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Farmer Who Became the World’s Deadliest Sniper
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[@whatitdodave]

1k views tells me this is content you want to see on this channel. Can we get there? I have an interest in history thanks to SABATON, but this video’s performance determines if I continue doing reactions to vids like this, versus me just watching them off camera.

[@benediktvogler4229]

You can find even more Information on sabaton history channel because 500 kills are just the credited but He may have 200 uncredited more with his suomi smg

[@mikehall5815]

Dave, I appreciate you doing the things you do. I would really like to see you keep this going. This white death was strictly one badass.

[@dangerouswitch1066]

Yes this is great!

[@melkor3496]

You got to 1k we want more of this.

[@whatitdodave]

@@melkor3496 and more you guys should get!

[@TGS48Gaming]

Another thing you have to remember with the "feeling nothing towards the enemy" part is the fact that the Soviet Union invaded Finland. They invaded his homeland and he defended it, so in turn that most likely lessened his feelings towards the enemy, thinking of them as the enemy and as invades of his homeland, and less of humans or men

[@TGS48Gaming]

And I definitely would recommend Sabaton's song about the White Death

[@SK-nw4ig]

​@@TGS48Gaming and Lauri Törni.

[@YellowLantern18]

Those crazy Finns, gotta love them they gave the world Simo and Lauri. The White Death and the Soldier of 3 armies.

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Don't forget our another legends tank batallion commander Ruben Lagus and ace Ilmari Juutilainen.

[@JPievilainen]

Talking about crazy Finns, just look up Aimo Koivunen…

[@kessu1863]

@@ACorpseWithoutSoul Ilmari juutilainen is best non german ace pilot

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

@ Juha PIEVILAINEN oh speaking of Almo Yarnhubs video on him is amazing

[@statostheman]

Also Aarne Edward Juutilainen aka "The Terror of Morocco". The dude was such a badass, that when his company ran out of ammo and weapons, they went behind the enemy lines and snatched some of the Soviet ammo supplies.

[@RavetsU]

When the snow starts to speak finnish, you're probably already dead. Jokes aside, I went to visit Simos grave last summer, saluted him for a minute and thanked him. This man is embodiment of Sisu.

[@PerformanceY]

He defended his homeland. RIP legend

[@carinalundstrom7566]

He had 505 confirmed sniper kills, and probably much more, because he also used machine guns sometimes

[@Deilwynna]

only just under 300 was confirmed to been with the finnish mosin nagant, rest been with a kp/31 suomi smg or captured russian firearms

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Submachinegun kills +200.

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Wrong. Read again his stories.

[@billheadis9138]

@@Deilwynna no 505 confirmed with the mosin nagant. and MAYBE around 300 with smg. so he could have 800+ kills just not confirmed

[@Juhani96]

@@billheadis9138 i remember 505 confirmed and 250+ unconfirmed smg kills

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Greetings from Helsinki,Finland. Simo "Simuna" Häyhä is a Finnish national hero. He was so humble man who was only want protect his family land.

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

He did all that in quite bad conditions, due to weather. That winter was one of the coldest with temperatures going down to -40 C to -50 C for weeks. And there was only about 5-6 hours of daylight. Simo was, they say, a very humble man. He said; "I only did what had to be done".

[@TheDonghaile]

Sabaton has a song about this mans. Called The White Death. Great song. Highly recommend if you haven't reacted already.

[@whatitdodave]

I know. I said in the video we was gonna react to it later. I wanted to do this first.

[@andreanecchi5930]

I have suggested that song

[@binyominsilverman1592]

@Josh Kirk he’s reacted to it

[@mattilindstrom]

You're right about the peripheral vision aspect of Mr. Häyhä's technique, on almost every assignment, he was shooting without a spotter. The situational awareness was entirely dependent on his sight and hearing. In the phases it was for him a turkey shoot, he was far more distant from the enemy (brother ruski by now) than the mobile ski troops. But isn't a turkey shoot what every skilled sniper who lays his ambush right gets in the end of the day?

[@gregorysiegel1178]

500 was the confirmed number could be more

[@A_Condre7734]

I think the scary thing is he got all of his kills in less than 4 months. Averaged roughly 4 per day. 505 confirmed and I believe closer to 700 unconfirmed with the addition of his smg.

[@hellhoundactual8201]

Whats even more fucked is this man killed 505 people 200+ more unconfirmed with SMG The war ended and he went back to being a humble Farmer until his death in 2002.

[@Sevaanmeneemuteimeeonneks]

Simo was shooting from a child

[@tarjaikola]

Thanks for reacting! And greetings from Finland🇫🇮 Thanks to many heroes, skillful people and God, Finland retained her independence in the two wars against Soviet Union in 1939-1944. That is a miracle. Look at the map! Soviet Union had multiple times more men and war machinery, it should have been an easy conquest. In the Winter War (Häyhä’s war) 32 tanks aganst 3000. 114 planes against 3800. Bravery and wit saved us.

[@mikkosimonen]

A bit weird to think that we retained our independence in TWO wars, since the second time we invaded them as allies of Nazi Germany.

[@jamesbrackett1302]

My hat is off to all fo you in Finland.I think the world view is fantastic.I feel like you're just wanting to live your lives simply and without interference the way you see fit. If there is anything you wish to add or if I am reading anything wrong or just incompletely,I would LOVE to hear your feeling about it.Knowledge is the best defense against bigotry and hatred. PEACE MY FRIEND

[@TheObscureRambler]

@@jamesbrackett1302 that is precisely the so-called national attitude. We just want to exist and live in peace, minding our own business, enjoying our own nature and our land, farming, foraging, hunting, building - all of the wars we've been part of have been thrust upon us, by a larger, outnumbering power, from the times when Finnish farmer-peasant troops were levied by Sweden to our times under Russian rule, we didn't need them nor did we care, honestly. Not until 1939 and the Winter War, and then the Continuation War, where Finnish aggression only wanted to reclaim ceded Karelian territories and stop there. This is not only national, it's personal and civilian attitudes as well: Keep your cards close to your chest, don't make a scene in public (unless hammered), small talk is unnecessary, mind your business and we don't mind you, that's very Finnish. 😅 Loud, obnoxious people need not apply. Humility, duty and personal space are virtues.

[@MrBanaanipommi]

oh, and also he preferred crouch instead of laying on his belly because he was better to aim on that position, and he was only a littlebit more than 5 feet long so he wasnt worried about being too tall in that position at least when making snow barrier/foxhole :) and yes, 505 confirmed kills on his rifle without scope + 200 confirmed kills on Suomi m-31 SMG :) the count started after he killed about 40 kills in few days. so there is AT LEAST 700 kills confirmed but it is more likely even more!

[@Future_sight_katakuri]

Five hundred with the sniper ALONE, he had another hidden TWO-HUNDRED kills with an smg, fecken beast

[@codyyh9421]

watch lauri törni (soldier of 3 armies) yarnhub its also a great video and sabaton also has a song about him too.

[@lkreinmiller-author]

My grandfather had that kind of eyesight. Unbelievable how accurate he was with nothing but iron sights. He scorned scopes, which were useless in the forested wilderness where he hunted. I have heard stats quoted (couldn’t find the quote in a browser search) that say a soldier averages several thousand rounds per kills while a sniper averages 1.35.

[@DR_REDACTED]

Those small and silent finnish words in this video😂

[@joeylingross818]

I found this channel thru your history reactions, and i love em

[@its_just_N]

I've been watching your nerdcore reactions for a long while now, I was surprised to see this one as a Finn myself! One tactic that the video didn't touch was that he poured water on the snow front of him, so it would freeze and wouldn't reveal his position when firing. There's a famous (almost certainly apocryphal) quote from Simo Häyhä when asked what he felt killing the soviets. His response was "the recoil".

[@dangerouswitch1066]

Epic

[@tmas47]

"There's a famous (almost certainly apocryphal) quote from Simo Häyhä when asked what he felt killing the soviets. His response was "the recoil"." That's not true. It's an old joke in military what you felt when you killed an enemy. Has nothing to do with Simo Häyhä.

[@MrBanaanipommi]

hello! a finn here! its really crazy even for us to think you sitting in the snow waiting for hours and hours in weather cold as -40celsius!! im glad finnish women (called Lotta Svärd organization) made weapons, ammo, clothes, held field hospitals etc... my grand grandma was aircraft observator or whatever it is, detecting enemy planes only on her bare eyes, later she got binoculars.. once an enemy fighter caught her on the roof of school building which is still there and being lived in... the fighter started to dive on it but at the last moment she noticed that the pilot was only waving his hand to her.. :D he totally trolled her haha... i think she was thinking that it is the end of story of her. i love to see reaction videos on these stuff :)

[@tennoryu2794]

If I remember correctly Soviet Doctrine had about 120 men per Infantry Company with 3-4 Infantry Companies per Battalion. So one man basically took out more than a Battalion give or take by himself.

[@annina134]

This is by far the best reaction to Simo Häyhä I've seen. :D The facial expressions and all. :D Thanks for the video, greetings from Finland.

[@therighttrousers343]

Ooh history reaction! I love a good history reaction! Qxir, Oversimplified, Simple History and The History Guy - History that deserves to be remembered are all interesting channels I follow, The History Guy being the most formal in presentation and the only one of these showing his face, Qxir being a sarcastic Irishman just talking about whatever piques his interest, Simple History falling a bit closer to the formal presentation side but not quite as much, and Oversimplified being cartoon-conveyed series with plenty of jokes, no real presenter.

[@toryistatertot5394]

You said, "I was 12". I said, "Dang I'm old" but also said "You made a connection.". A good video to give you a connection to the sniper.

[@briandurio6479]

If I'm remembering right they also left some stuff out of this video. Like how he would pack the snow down in front of his rifle or wet it so it would freeze over that way every time he shot the snow wouldn't fly up into the air giving away his position. He also rarely laid on his stomach preferring to fire from a kneeling/sitting position because he felt it help increases accuracy (Edited to fix a spelling mistake)

[@tiagopatricio3805]

Simo is what we call GOD LEVEL SNIPER!!

[@ericjones1519]

Simo never shot laying down. He swat behind piled snow for better accuracy

[@yuriwalczak6354]

Something else to consider, he had over 500 sniper kills but he also killed several hundred with his submachine gun. I heard in total he killed around 1000 men in 100 days

[@Spetulhu]

Stone-cold, maybe. But a proper hunter does try to kill his prey fast so the animal doesn't have to suffer and is easier to retrieve. A good hit to the heart-lung area and even a big moose is down in very little time and doesn't manage to run very far. He did the same for his poor opponents in the war. A good hit to the chest and they won't have to suffer for long or run off very far.

[@elisabethnyman9528]

Thanks for this reaction! Häyhä was a good hunter and did well in the winter war. I myself are a sniper in the fiinish army and are same in horoscope as Simo and the same born dayt in 17. december. We finns are a bit silent and backdravn, but when someone thetens us we do our best. After the winter war we got the continuation war with Russia and Simo did not want to be the one who goes to an other mans land as the russians did. Thats a humble guy. Greetings and thanks from City of Vasa here in Finland.

[@jamesbrackett1302]

Btw Dave forgot to subscribe this morning, have now rectified that an my Best Girl is on deck now too 😁

[@2104dogface]

The Russian's at the start didn't have any winter camo they wore dark colored great coats so they really stood out in the snow.Also need to do "Sabaton History " on youtube lots of great info on all their songs

[@christianjuntunen5941]

He only served in the army for 1 year before the war (14 years before).

[@tomwestgarth9755]

You should watch "the one eyed scout who Liberated an entire town by himself"

[@miafranlund6982]

You ARE aware that Yarhub made the animated videos "No bullets fly" and "Nightwitches" for Sabaton,

[@whatitdodave]

Yep I know.

[@pederkristianson2843]

and somewhere between 100 to 300 more kills with the finnish KP/-31 I think it was. Some years after the war, a reporter asked simo what he felt when he killed someone..His answer: Recoil.

[@Joonatan75]

In Finland, the defense forces and Häyhä have not been an ice-cold killer, the overwhelming Soviet Union gave opportunities, it was necessary to defend our country. The Battle of Raatttentie was one of the most legendary, check it too.

[@CrazyhorseDK]

Simo the legend and ghost between 505 - 542 confirmed kills now that puts the movies into perspective He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 (a variant of the Mosin-Nagant rifle) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun

[@eiurgretarsson9884]

He had over 200 Kills w msg aswell 700 kills in 100 days

[@MichaelScheele]

The Soviets invaded Finland during the Winter War. Simo was fighting invaders of his country. He had done nothing to feel bad about. He also had greater than 200 kills with a submachine gun in addition to his 505 confirmed kills with his rifle. All during that 100 day period.

[@vesaroivainen]

Simo Häyhä had enemies who did not accept Häyhä's actions during the Winter War. - He got a lot of death threats. He was told right to the face that if you don’t disappear, then we will go around that corner and see. Nobody generally talks aboutit but I think it has something to do about Finnish civil war some old reds didn't like him.

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

2:05 no there were scopes back then but they explain why he uses Iron sights later on the video

[@r2d2fromstartrack83]

the soviets had green coats and sniper scopes were used very much

[@gaborkakuszi1598]

They put the number of hits between 505-542, but he did not kill that many people. They attribute to him around 800 more victims with machine guns and grenades. If only half of them are his credit, he still killed nearly 1000 enemy soldiers in 3 months. However, there is no data on that that he would have fought in the second Finno-Soviet war, his wound probably prevented him

[@abntemplar82]

Hayha was given a brand new German Kar 98 all snipered out, 5x scope and he junked it for his personal rifle with iron sights only. not kinda it is an honor. that's why when scanning in a scope you use the lowest power and keep both eyes open.

[@TheDarkstormy]

505 confirmed kills with his Rifle, there is a disputed additional 328 with SMG and Grenades. Edit: He also lived rent-free in the heads of every man who served in the Red Army, anecdotaly a friend of mine who's family is from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for Reference that's 4000+ miles from the Finnish Border, His Grandfather who did serve in WW2 as a tanker, never came closer to Finland in his life than when he went to Moscow. Used to tell his children, my friends mother and siblings, "Be good boys and girls or White Death will take you." Simo Häyhä was Myth and Legend in his own lifetime.

[@Pappa_66]

Thank you for this! 505 confirmed kills but most likely there are more. Plus the kills with Suomi Konepistooli - the Finnish SMG it is estimated that total kills were like over 800. Simo and 30 other Finnish soldiers held 4000 Russians back through the whole Winter War. He was not a "soldier" and he did not take part of the continuation war cause he wanted only to defend his country and not attack against Russia with Germans. He said that he only did what he was told. Next Lauri Törni alias Larry Thorne "the Soldier of three Armies". Finnish, German and US special forces.

[@jamesbrackett1302]

Oh yea Dave you missed Simo's Finnish nickname "magic shooter" Peace Bro. And keep up the good work hope I didn't sound critical on my other comment.just found a little soap box to jump up on.even pushed my own buttons for a sec. I just try to look at things from other perspectives .we all should. Keep ourselves honest

[@hailrose_chan5780]

If he actually used the scope, bro things abt to hit in a whoollee another level 💀

[@tombrezel9770]

Random anime fact: he was choosen as a reprentative of humanity against the gods, Record of Ragnarok

[@Templarofsteel88]

505 confirmed sniper kills (might be even higher since they only counted the confirmed) this is during a time when daylight is limited during winter This is leaving out the kills he got with other weapons that were used.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

Who knows if you will read this, Dave: Simo was only protecting his home. During the beginning of WW2, Finland sort of allied with Germany to attack Russia, but he refused to invade another land the way his was invaded.

[@Tsuyuri193]

10:33 looks like he ate a Lemon

[@lintu25]

300? Its more than 500 and then comes....GET DOWN!

[@andreanecchi5930]

you should see such a video on Alvin York

[@YellowLantern18]

On another note I'd be estactic if you delved more into military history.

[@zeozeus4653]

I think on another video I watched they asked him what he felt when he shot his enemies and he replied the recoil

[@Ortti]

*russian soldier sneezes* snowpile replies.. "bless you" russian soldier *oh shit*

[@ericjones1519]

Everybody a sniper until the snow starts laughing in Finnish

[@metalheadsunite20]

As a finn i think that Simo häyhä is important part of our history.

[@seppoharkkonen5766]

to be fair he had a deal with the grim reaper to go halfsies.

[@MrSpeedholic]

simo didn't use scope, because while using it you must keep head higher, field of view is much more limited, and in freezing temperatures they aren't that reliable... also in pitch black winter forest he saw enemy muzzle flash and reacting to that was much much more quickly than using scope. It also tend to reveal position because of reflection/glare from the lens.

[@mrlizardtx]

Should've followed this with the Sabaton song White Death

[@lintu25]

In WW2 there was scopes. Häyhä didn't want one.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

It's amazing the stories of real life badasses that have lived.

[@anette7283]

HayHa was a legend.

[@user-um1fv8xs7f]

All and all itwas around 800 bodies he was pretty good with also machine guns

[@statostheman]

After the war, he didn't mix with the public. Actually many finns hated him. Remember there was numerous death threats they've made against his life.

[@hansreftel4271]

Some sy its more then 505. Maybe 542 + a lot more with his machine gun.

[@TheTbf96]

told you he was ridicoulus enough to be straight out of a hollywood action movie ^^

[@jeffnorsegod8080]

When or if you do react to more Sabaton, I’d highly recommend watching the music videos uploaded by Piscator. His videos have lyrics on screen, images during solos, and full accurate descriptions of what the songs are about. I’d also recommend you check out some of their more sad songs; some are legitimately heart rending. Besides that, you’re one of the few react youtubers I enjoy. You approach things so genuinely, it doesn’t seem faked. Even things you don’t understand, you put forth the effort to try and decipher. And you’re very eloquent with your words/explanations.

[@RoyalMela]

Simo used the same rifle for over 20 years. That is why he never used scoped. He was a master of his weapon and at the time of biggest need, why change it for the worse.

[@TheWilku22]

I Hope you will do more history reactions

[@timno2639]

you should react to some videos from extra credits/ extra history

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

scopes have glint, they make you raise your head up an extra couple inches to use and they fog up at -40 degrees. simo because the highest scoring sniper in history with just his skill as a man of the wilds. records from both sides vary a little on the exact number of confirmed kills, but neither side thinks he got less than 500.

[@jamesbrackett1302]

Hey Dave,like your take on things,exc.on the white death perspective,I've grown up in a hunting culture, and REAL hunters aren't bloodthirsty unfeeling automatons,(never said you even thought of inferring that by the way)true hunters or sportsmen don't desire to cause pain or suffering to their targets anymore than any other natural predator. I won't go into the ethics of hunting,that's not the platform.sometimes though it comes from need.everyone can't afford the convenience of a local grocier.poor people gotta eat too.That being said. Our boy's reason for feeling nothing over 505 kills.....they threatened his home....his people ...his country ...his existence..... for nothing more than avarice ,greed,power ,dominion and if I may be so bold...evil. Rest in Peace is the only thing I have to say to Him. He set an example anyone could have been proud of.If you research a little more you'll find He followed a long life of peace afterwards.Killer NO...Defender.yes yes yes.l

[@deanmcandrew8050]

He WAS a Stone Cold Killer…..! It was in his nature…

[@iirokarimo4565]

Damn how fast you realised the scope thing. You're military?

[@whatitdodave]

I am not.

[@iirokarimo4565]

@@whatitdodave only good eye for things then :) i will b watching ya vids. thanks

[@jsal2284]

Check out the movie Enemy at the Gates

[@Taoru11]

Hey man if you are interested in checking out some more crazy, badass or just hilarious historical figures, check out Count Dankula's "Absolute Mad Lads" series. I recommend the video about Götz von Berlichingen, the man that coined the phrase "Kiss my ass".

[@artturisiikanen3843]

this dosent talk about the 200 or so kills he got with a machinegun and because of him.being a hunter he saw the soviets as just hunting targets instead of human beings which is what might stop ptsd from developing

[@restionSerpentine]

Dave, tyhis was insane, seeing you react to this, I love it, please react to Sabaton's White death or Shiroyama Or snoopy Vs the Red Baron

[@YellowLantern18]

He has reacted to Red Baron.

[@restionSerpentine]

@@YellowLantern18 He Reacted to Sabaton's Red Baron, I am asking for The Royal Guardsmen's "Snoopy Vs the Red Baron"

[@AnnaI-ld2kl]

Korektion 505 kills

[@dangerouswitch1066]

In 2002 i was 15

[@DR_REDACTED]

I was born in 2002

[@Grisseable]

The "fun" part was that he targeted mainly officers

[@kessu1863]

"what did you felt when you pulled the trigger?" Simo: "recoil"

[@MrAatami]

Always glad, he outlived the cancer known as Soviet Union.

[@edwardnelson9807]

The man out lasted the soviet union lol.

[@genighmartin4999]

Please do a reaction to Diana baster metal belly dancing. Some of her stuff has over 3 million clicks.

[@CryOutLoud89]

If you think that is crazy. you should lookup the statistics of the Finnish winter war. The Finns basically whopped the russians ass. altough outnumbered

[@6th_Army]

Francis did have the most kills as a sniper. Until Simo got the chance to fight. However, Simo never did surpass Francis in kills with a rifle. Although he would have, the Winter War was not suited for snipers. The densely packed snow covered forest forced Simo to make 60% of his kills with his machine gun. And the war didn't last long enough to Simo to get more. Also, like Francis before him, Simo chose not to use scopes as the light reflecting off it could give away his position.

[@user-gp6dd1uj4r]

I'm sorry but you are mistaken. As ""Francis" most likely you are referring to Francis Pegahmagabow. He had 378 confirmed kills as sniper while Simo had 505. Those are ONLY the kills he had as sniper. It is estimated that he had another 250-500 using his submachinegun. As for the snow covered terrain you mention, you forget the huge number of Russians in the area. Francis was also awesome though. ,🤘

[@6th_Army]

@@user-gp6dd1uj4r Alright. Snipers, historians. Looks like you know nothing of your craft.

[@user-gp6dd1uj4r]

@@6th_Army Are you on something? Cause you make absolutely ZERO sense.

[@6th_Army]

@@user-gp6dd1uj4r Well, snipers say they'd never be stupid enough to willing use their rifles for such short distance targets for more than a few kills. And especially not if there's more than 5 of them. and Historians say Simo had just over 500 kills total with most of then with a short ranged submachine gun. You claim pretty much contradicts them.

[@DR_REDACTED]

@@user-gp6dd1uj4r The dude must be on something like you said. He is probably just angry that Simo is not from the same country as he is.😂