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Did Simo Häyhä actually have over 500 confirmed kills? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Possibly but most of his kills were with an SMG, not a sniper rifle, so his reputation is definitely exaggerated. It's very likely he had a high kill count but there were probably a few Soviet sharpshooters from after Barbarossa who had more.