"American Sniper?" Try "Finnish Sniper," he had the Russian army terrorized.

[Archae]

I first heard about this guy on the History channel years ago, during the 1939 Soviet invasion of Finland he had the whole Russian army terrified.

Simo Hayha had a fairly boring life in Finland. He served his one mandatory year in the military, and then became a farmer. But when the Soviet Union invaded his homeland in 1939, he decided he wanted to help his country.

Since the majority of fighting took place in the forest, he figured the best way to stop the invasion was to grab his trusty rifle, a couple of cans of food and hide in a tree all day shooting Russians. In six feet of snow. And 20-40 degrees below zero.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html#ixzz3PJCvrKwQ

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I liked 'Mad Jack' Churchill best of that lot.

Doing WW2 with a claymore and bagpipes? Now that's style