alot of people have the wrong idea often a scout/snipers primary job is to gather intellegence information. being in the field for days at a time having to piss your pants because you cant get up. being thristy,hot/cold tired and just how exhasting it is being so far from friendly forces
The US military did not train snipers after ww2 till korea kicked off then reapeted this mistake again till finding them selves in vietnam in 65-66. fortunatly carlos and capt land were able to get marine scout sniper school founded at quantico va the army has school at benning and airforce in ark
@Acryingtear they interveied the russian female sniper and they mentioned the soviet sniper that killed koning the soviet union had over 2000 snipers during the war any one of whoms story would be interesting if you didnt notice most of the film was shot in britian
@Acryingtear they had 46min to cover from the civil war to modern day. the tactics are the same. john plaster wasnt mentioned ether nor chuck mawanihe or several other veitnam era snipers carlos hathcock is the most famous us marine sniper i dont think he was mentioned ether but why not enjoy the info presented and find more elsewere
@Acryingtear The Russians are not mentioned because they do not have legitimate records. Sniping accomplishments, like all Russian claims were purely propaganda and not based on fact. The Russians saying something does not make it so. Even their war footage is for the most part recreated after the fact.
@vliegendehollander55 They were interviewing veterans. is anyone alive that actualy observed simos actions? The basic skills are the same weathere finn,brit,german. Im glad that they got the experiances that they did.
@Lordnickefa It's because they're focussing on the military ones. Simo Hayha although epic as a sniper wasn't military. He was a Finnish citizen who wiped out hundreds of russian troops. Not particularly military but more partisan.
@NMikkanen I'm going off of what I've been told here from friends etc - if I'm wrong then I'll put my hands up. As I say I'm not disagreeing with you on the epicness front.
@SDWLLB During the Winter War (1939–1940), between Finland and the Soviet Union, he began his duty as a sniper and fought for the Finnish Army against the Red Army. In temperatures between −40 and −20 degrees Celsius, Häyhä was credited with 505 confirmed kills of Soviet soldiers. A daily account of the kills at Kollaa was conducted for the Finnish snipers. Besides his sniper kills, Häyhä was also credited with over 200 kills with a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun
@SDWLLB You might wanna read a bit more. Simo Häyhä after 1 year mandatory service left the army with a rank of corporal, then he joined Suojeluskunta (civil service of his local area) It's like National guard in US. He was called back to active duty during Winter war and placed in 6th company of JR34.
So read up before you post. I'm seriously tired of explaining these things that you can easily read yourself.
@Intruder74 Well just throwing this out there, he did prefer to use iron sights over a telescopic sight - so that might be why he was not included here. It's possible the producers of the show felt this meant he didn't fit the mould of sniper they wished to portray. Whilst he was trained as a sniper, I guess the producers may have felt they only wanted to show those using scopes and therefore sniping at greater range?
@SDWLLB actually simo wasnt trained as a sniper he was a champion marksman before the war sinilar to carlos hathcock the finns would stalk the soviets and ski away. the history of firearms are acurate as dipicted. several snipers in veitnam had more kills than carlos had but hes still the most famous marine
@SDWLLB At the age of 17, he joined the Finnish militia suojeluskunta and succeeded with his sniping skills in shooting sports in the Viipuri province. His farmhouse was reportedly full of trophies for marksmanship. Simos growing up the way he did on the frontier gave him the skills he later used in defense of his home. his whole carrer was 100days
@Lordnickefa Simo did herioc duty defending his country 200 of his kills were with a summi sub machine gun. the finns had verry good fieldcraft and often put meat on the table with there rifle skills the same skills of a hunter are verry useful in war if taught good fieldcraft.tactics and marksmanship there are many who served honorably that have never been mentioned
@Lordnickefa When asked in 1998 how he had become such a good shooter, he answered, "practice." When asked if he regretted killing so many people, he said "I did what I was told to as well as I could." Simo Häyhä spent his last years in Ruokolahti, a small village located in southeastern Finland, near the Russian border.
We now know that there WAS no "Konig" at Stalingrad, and that the whole story was a Soviet propaganda ploy. And the British and Canadians were TOTALLY routed at Dieppe. Typical History Channel bullshit.
Sorry to tell you but the Barret is the best rifle,,, look at how many are in use in all the different countries.. You do have a good show though
kel12176 2 days ago
its a pretty old clip if the super magnum was the best tool ... its still exceptional but no longer the "top gun"
TheSamaell 1 week ago
11:49
Did he just say, that there is not really a great deal of difference between a deer and a german? ;-)
APedroSanchez 1 week ago
alot of people have the wrong idea often a scout/snipers primary job is to gather intellegence information. being in the field for days at a time having to piss your pants because you cant get up. being thristy,hot/cold tired and just how exhasting it is being so far from friendly forces
sass225 3 weeks ago
The US military did not train snipers after ww2 till korea kicked off then reapeted this mistake again till finding them selves in vietnam in 65-66. fortunatly carlos and capt land were able to get marine scout sniper school founded at quantico va the army has school at benning and airforce in ark
sass225 3 weeks ago
Why didn't they mention Ivan Mytrofanov? Or any of the other Soviet sniper legends.
Typical America, hating on Russia like that :P
Acryingtear 3 weeks ago
@Acryingtear they interveied the russian female sniper and they mentioned the soviet sniper that killed koning the soviet union had over 2000 snipers during the war any one of whoms story would be interesting if you didnt notice most of the film was shot in britian
sass225 3 weeks ago
@Acryingtear they had 46min to cover from the civil war to modern day. the tactics are the same. john plaster wasnt mentioned ether nor chuck mawanihe or several other veitnam era snipers carlos hathcock is the most famous us marine sniper i dont think he was mentioned ether but why not enjoy the info presented and find more elsewere
sass225 3 weeks ago
@Acryingtear The Russians are not mentioned because they do not have legitimate records. Sniping accomplishments, like all Russian claims were purely propaganda and not based on fact. The Russians saying something does not make it so. Even their war footage is for the most part recreated after the fact.
jimbrady1776 2 weeks ago
Simo should be here...
sLHakon 1 month ago
They forget Simo...bad investigation
vliegendehollander55 1 month ago
@vliegendehollander55 They were interviewing veterans. is anyone alive that actualy observed simos actions? The basic skills are the same weathere finn,brit,german. Im glad that they got the experiances that they did.
sass225 3 weeks ago
wow a natural talent(killing nazis), i got my piece for the talent show in my skool pagent lol
rafwarrior 1 month ago
What a stupid mistake. the germans never crossed the volga, and stalingrad started in august 1942 not 1941
JimbobHarrigan1984 2 months ago
Simo Häyhä was the best. He was a Finn.
aapoaalto2 2 months ago
interesting that Simo Häyhä is not mentioned in this documentary.
Lordnickefa 2 months ago 15
@Lordnickefa It's because they're focussing on the military ones. Simo Hayha although epic as a sniper wasn't military. He was a Finnish citizen who wiped out hundreds of russian troops. Not particularly military but more partisan.
SDWLLB 2 months ago
Simply wrong. Häyhä was in the Finnish Army during Winter War. Google is better than guessing.
NMikkanen 1 month ago
@NMikkanen I'm going off of what I've been told here from friends etc - if I'm wrong then I'll put my hands up. As I say I'm not disagreeing with you on the epicness front.
SDWLLB 1 month ago
@SDWLLB During the Winter War (1939–1940), between Finland and the Soviet Union, he began his duty as a sniper and fought for the Finnish Army against the Red Army. In temperatures between −40 and −20 degrees Celsius, Häyhä was credited with 505 confirmed kills of Soviet soldiers. A daily account of the kills at Kollaa was conducted for the Finnish snipers. Besides his sniper kills, Häyhä was also credited with over 200 kills with a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun
sass225 3 weeks ago
@SDWLLB You might wanna read a bit more. Simo Häyhä after 1 year mandatory service left the army with a rank of corporal, then he joined Suojeluskunta (civil service of his local area) It's like National guard in US. He was called back to active duty during Winter war and placed in 6th company of JR34.
So read up before you post. I'm seriously tired of explaining these things that you can easily read yourself.
Intruder74 1 month ago
@Intruder74 Well just throwing this out there, he did prefer to use iron sights over a telescopic sight - so that might be why he was not included here. It's possible the producers of the show felt this meant he didn't fit the mould of sniper they wished to portray. Whilst he was trained as a sniper, I guess the producers may have felt they only wanted to show those using scopes and therefore sniping at greater range?
SDWLLB 1 month ago
@SDWLLB actually simo wasnt trained as a sniper he was a champion marksman before the war sinilar to carlos hathcock the finns would stalk the soviets and ski away. the history of firearms are acurate as dipicted. several snipers in veitnam had more kills than carlos had but hes still the most famous marine
sass225 3 weeks ago
@SDWLLB At the age of 17, he joined the Finnish militia suojeluskunta and succeeded with his sniping skills in shooting sports in the Viipuri province. His farmhouse was reportedly full of trophies for marksmanship. Simos growing up the way he did on the frontier gave him the skills he later used in defense of his home. his whole carrer was 100days
sass225 3 weeks ago
@Lordnickefa What about Ivan Mytrofanov??? Soviet sniper doing WWll more than 1000 confirmed kills.
Acryingtear 3 weeks ago
@Acryingtear As above, 'confirmed' means that he agreed with the number more than once, not that there were independent verifications.
jimbrady1776 2 weeks ago
@Lordnickefa Simo did herioc duty defending his country 200 of his kills were with a summi sub machine gun. the finns had verry good fieldcraft and often put meat on the table with there rifle skills the same skills of a hunter are verry useful in war if taught good fieldcraft.tactics and marksmanship there are many who served honorably that have never been mentioned
sass225 3 weeks ago
@Lordnickefa im glad that you know of simo. the way the finns fought the soviets there whole army were specialist artic troops.
sass225 3 weeks ago
@Lordnickefa When asked in 1998 how he had become such a good shooter, he answered, "practice." When asked if he regretted killing so many people, he said "I did what I was told to as well as I could." Simo Häyhä spent his last years in Ruokolahti, a small village located in southeastern Finland, near the Russian border.
sass225 3 weeks ago
interesting but also a negative influence on our youth this docu , killing is not cool
BayouBluesMan 2 months ago
5:01 - love it when snipers extract the shell and catch it in their fingers like that, its just amazing on what snipers can do.
SkatePride101 2 months ago
Tom David. It does not matter if the Konig affair was real or not Zaytesv was still a great sniper that killed alot of Nazi Scum
cseers710 2 months ago
We now know that there WAS no "Konig" at Stalingrad, and that the whole story was a Soviet propaganda ploy. And the British and Canadians were TOTALLY routed at Dieppe. Typical History Channel bullshit.
Tom David
Minneapolis
TomDavid88 2 months ago
@TomDavid88 we also know the yanks never went to the moon and godzilla is real but we dont ever say shit to people about it!!! ;)
ElPresidio31 2 months ago 3
@TomDavid88 I couldn't agree more!
bigbunsnightrunner 1 month ago
Hahaha FIERST
ghostslayer54 4 months ago
i think u spelled "first" wrong
tangokilla11 5 months ago
FIERST!!by the way thanks for making the videos
MegaUncleDaddy 6 months ago