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Did Simo Häyhä actually have over 500 confirmed kills? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml to c/history@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] narr1@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't think it can be known now more than 85 years after-the-fact. Byt Häyhä was a good shot with a rifle and also a squad leader issued with a submachine gun, using the Suomi KP/-31 with a firerate of 750-900 rounds a minute would rip an enemy to shreds in suitable ranges. So a combination of fact and fiction (propaganda) will lead to such a number. I personally am not sure if I believe everything they tell us.