Royal Marine Reacts To White Feather - The Deadliest Sniper in US History

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[@rustyfan89]

When I was stationed at camp lejuene I had the pleasure of meeting Carlos hathcock awesome dude

[@uurkisme]

Awe shit I hope you're getting your water lawsuit money 😂

[@tpiper1976]

They never mentioned how he took days to creep into position and took out a high ranking NVA officer and escaped to tell about it. That was taken from his book.

[@OcculiMortis]

I read his book in the 90’s when I was in the Marines. You should read it. There is a mission he went on to kill a Vietnamese bigwig. Absolute crazy mission and story. He got in, did the deed, and got out. And not one Vietnamese soldier saw him. Crawling across the open ground which took him days, he came face to face with a poisonous snake and stared it down, it slithered away. Vietnamese soldiers walked right by him as he was on the ground, and never realized he was there.

[@HornoDevilDawg]

I read the same book. I served in 1/1 during the 80's, the exact mission you're referencing had me on the edge of my seat while I read that chapter.

[@robdog7516]

Great book and amazing man.

[@raymurray3401]

If memory serves that specific mission was one of if not the only mission where he didn’t wear his namesake white feather.

[@Bayouman1966]

I read that book in the late 80's. I also liked the story where he pinned down a platoon of North Vietnamese for most of the day. He had shot several & they jumped into a large ditch or ravine, & every time one stuck his head up or tried to exit, he shot them. He would shoot then move to another position, so they did not know exactly where he was. They were stuck there until it got dark & Hathcock left the area. Good book did not want to put the book down.

[@OcculiMortis]

@@HornoDevilDawg absolutely agree with you.

[@gordonduke8812]

Hathcock once said (paraphrasing, of course) that the only faces that ever haunted his dreams were the ones that got away. He said he just knew they went onto to kill some of his fellow Marines.

[@EzraCannon-xp9is]

Fact: The whole reason why Hathcock wore a white feather on his hat was to be recognized.... it was intentional on his part. Hathcock was taunting his enemies, much like Doc Holiday in the movie Tombstone, saying: "I'm your huckleberry" and "You're a daisy if you do"

[@patrickwood9724]

“I think that says more about his wife and kids than it does about him!” 😂LOL PURE GOLD.

[@deltaecho4508]

The movie "Saving private Ryan" has a nod to Carlos Hathcock, where a German sniper gets shot through the scope

[@goosejjs]

Look up his Elephant Valley story... him and his spotter pinned down an entire NVA battalion for a a few days if I remember correctly. When they finally ran low of ammo they called in an arty strike

[@davidyoung745]

While he was no sniper, my father was an extremely good shot who also learned to shoot out of necessity. Dad was born in 1913 and grew up in the Great Depression. Just like Hathcock, my Dad hunted (and fished) to feed the family. He was the oldest of 6 children and Grandma said that if not for the meat and fish Dad brought home there wouldn’t have been meat on the table. When he was drafted in 1941 other soldiers noticed right away that he was an excellent shot and many asked him for help in getting their own skills up to scratch. When I was a boy and he was teaching me to shoot, Dad used to put an empty .22 cal ammo box on a stick and spin it by just shooting the corners. I had a friend who met Carlos Hathcock in real life. He said you could feel his eyes on you if he looked at you across a crowded room.

[@Rocco1332]

Can't believe they don't mention the mission where he crawled over 1,500 yards through a field for four days and three nights without sleep, and with constant inch-by-inch crawling, to shoot a PAVN general.

[@doobiedave9686]

That's my favorite Carlos Hathcock story and I think a NVA patrol almost stepped on him on that mission.

[@uurkisme]

With a 50 cal machine gun rigged up with a scope, no less.

[@LawrenceKennard]

That amazed me as well

[@txmaddog7917]

Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills is his book, very good read. I wish they had mentioned the mission to take out a high ranking NVA General where he spent 3 days crawling into range. Another was the Elephant Valley mission where he and his spotter tied up an entire NVA company for 2-3 days. Both of those are in his book.

[@edwardcalvet]

In 66 my parents paid $17k for a large house in great Long Island neighborhood and a Corvette was $4k.i hope that puts it into some perspective.

[@hobblobber3914]

That 30k would go so much further in Nam as well.

[@1lthrnk]

That shot on Cobra has been done in many movies. It wasn’t that he wanted to be away from his wife but he wanted to help and bring home his brother. After head trauma the Marine Corps let me go. When my MRI came back I was trying to complete a unit transfer with the army. My MRI showed I had multiple sclerosis. They have a few snipers who have mad longer shots but that was with modern scopes and it was in double and triple canopy jungle, the longer shot have been mad in the desert

[@johnathancoker8671]

can we all take a moment to appreciate the severety of that scenario. every sniper the NVA/VC had was actively HUNTING this man. think about that, dozens of proffessional killers, practiced in hunting humans all hunting you and any 1 moment could be ur last cause u never know if somewhere in the dense jungle a thousands meters from u is a sniper about to put a bullet in you. they killed a guy right outside his barracks! you could be takin a dump at the latrine and bam. everything goes black and ur corpse falls into the latrine. thats the reality this guy lived in. and he was fearless about it... the size of this mans bollocks. he wore a bright white feather to dare the enemy to spot him. im shocked they didnt find him by following the drag marks where he draggin his titanic testies on the ground.

[@TruthIsTheNewHate84]

Yep and people tend to underestimate the skills of the enemy's soldiers. When you realize that those enemy soldiers were also very very skilled it's even more amazing that he managed to evade them.

[@Usmc86]

His unofficial numbers are more than likely accurate because he once pinned down an entire nva battalion by himself dude did alot of deployments to Vietnam so its quite possible

[@thomasbeesimer7008]

He was full of heart!

[@erichardy9788]

$30,000 from 1965 would be equivalent to somewhere between $217,804 and $263,641 in today's money (2024) Carlos Hathcock (USA): Over 90 confirmed kills (many unconfirmed) - Vietnam. Simo Häyhä (Finland): Over 500 kills - Nicknamed "The White Death," he holds the record for documented sniper kills during the Winter War (1939-1940). Vasily Zaytsev (Soviet Union): 428+ kills - Famous for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad (WWII).

[@MKitchen75]

and Häyhä didnt use any scope..

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

a service record of 93 confirmed kills. so that is not accurate. Häyhä estimated in his private war memoir that he shot around 500 Soviet soldiers. Most of his kills were not Confirmed Not sure if you had it backward or just wrong but these are facts!

[@jacquelinejohnson9447]

@@MKitchen75 he was an incredible marksman, hunter and person, imo. Truly a hero. He didn't let anything stop him and his actions saved Finland, mho.

[@MKitchen75]

thats why he is still a hero here and has my respect too.. i am a corporan at at army engineering.. and if war comes I will go asap@@jacquelinejohnson9447

[@Cypherdiablo]

The White Death did those in 90 days, according to his squad records, averaging 10+ per day, with records in the 30's. The man didn't hunt people, he hunted platoons.

[@cplhobs6045]

Got to read the book Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson it’s goes into detail about Carlos Hathcock and his experience in Vietnam. This book was probably the biggest influence on me joining the Marine Corps, when I read it as a kid.

[@m2hmghb]

Chuck Mawhinney actually had the most confirmed kills in Nam at 103. Mawhinney also had 216 probable kills. Hathcock had 93 confirmed and a further 300 plus probable.

[@shawnsparkman7916]

Carlos did an interview, its here on KZbin. Broken into 3 parts.

[@charlesblood6061]

You should look up the time he held off an enemy platoon while waiting for extract on a helicopter crash

[@jamesgodeaux5202]

Wasn't that Ed Eaton

[@charlesblood6061]

@@jamesgodeaux5202 I think you’re right on that it’s been awhile since I’ve looked in to Hathcock’s career. I do remember he faced an enemy platoon, but I think Eaton was the helicopter crash sniper

[@maingate7672]

@@charlesblood6061: Yep, it was Eaton.

[@dokb1942]

I would recommend reading his biography. The 300-400 might be slightly exaggerated but not by much. That video didn't touch on his crazier stuff like slow crawling behind enemy lines for 3 days to get to a spot to shoot an enemy General. In my opinion given the equipment he had and the time frame I would list him easily in the top 3 snipers of all time.

[@joethomson8622]

He grew up in the great depression when bullets were expensive missing was expensive and you wouldn’t eat shooting rabbits with a 22 bolt action rifle he was deadly accurate without even having to aim which you’d have to be to get a rabbit by the time you got it up to your shoulder and lined up the rabbit was gone when he shot the sniper through the scope. He was actually in the prone position, crawling through the jungle the glimmer caught his side peripheral, and he just quickly swung the rifle around and away from his body and fired.

[@Cashcrop54]

Great video on Hathcock. I would not want to go thru sniper training. Having to lay in holes and hiding waiting for the target. A great book about Vietnam is "The 13th Valley" by John M Del Vecchio. It's a novel but is said to be really accurate. It spends much of the time in the jungle following an old vet (Egan) and a new guy (Cherry). You feel like you are there.

[@eddawg79]

Hathcock was probably the most famous sniper from Vietnam but he was 3rd as far as confirmed kills in that conflict. Chris Kyle is credited with the most confirmed kills in US sniper history.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Chuck Mawhinney also outscored Gunny Hathcock.

[@uurkisme]

Simo is the GOAT.

[@heathfitzgerald363]

@@uurkismesimo wasn’t American

[@uurkisme]

@@heathfitzgerald363 no shit.

[@jacquelinejohnson9447]

You should check out Sayma Heyha, Finnish, WWII. I believe he has the highest kill count ever, and he never used a scope. Also, he hit incredible distances accurately without a scope. Amazing person and very humble. A Finnish Narional hero.❤ I mispelled his name. It's Simo Hayha. There's dots above the a's in the last name. 😊

[@bitbrace]

Anyone who is interested in snipers knows his name, He was definitely a G too.

[@OldGoat-cw8he]

The White Death!

[@tereseduffy6591]

I had the privilege of meeting Carlos Hathcock at a gun show in Hampton, Virginia. I want to say it was around 1996. He was doing a book signing and even though I had already purchased his book I bought another one to get his signature. By that time MS pretty much had him wheelchair bound but his mind was sharp as a tack.

[@JIMBEARRI]

A quick check says that $30,000 in 1970 is equal to $244,000 in 2024.

[@richardcormier4561]

Your right i myself was taught at the age of 5 years old and in return taught my children at 5 also I have been shooting for 55 years now my grandchildren are also in training ever since they turned 5 keeping the tradition going for generations to come

[@markfischer7033]

I read a book about him years ago. When it came to his shot that killed the Cobra. He said the only way he could have done that was the other sniper had him in the cross hairs and he just pulled the trigger first.

[@tommurdock]

Got say I had the privilege to meet Carlos in 1990 or 1991 at Naval Weapons station Virginia at our Marine Corps Ball. Had a picture with him which i I have lost. But it was a Honor to meet a legend. It was sad to see how his injuries and illness effected him. I true marine legend. Semper Fi Mr. Hathcock.

[@skullrepublic9735]

Carlos is a marine legend, many look up to him.

[@bentleyrainwater7734]

Marine Sniper : 93 confirmed kills is the book. As others have said you have to look into the elephant valley mission. On one ever talks about what I think was the most amazing thing he did was to use a Ma Due fitted with a scope to snipe. that was the weapon Carlos was using when he set the distance record, not his rifle.

[@babyfry4775]

I tend to believe Hathcock when he quotes 300-400. No one would know better than him. There was a sniper from Finland who was better in WWII I believe. Simo Hayha with over 500 kills. He was nicknamed White Death by his enemies. My brother was a sniper in the 82nd Airborne. He doesn’t talk much about it.

[@genroc2005]

He was treated at a field hospital in Nam In Japan, the hospital is top tier He was moved to Brooks for two reasons 1st to clear beds for new severe injuries 2nd Brooks, Ft. Sam Houston is the top tier for burns

[@Aero5000]

Sniper: Deadliest Weapon on the Battlefield kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqmvhHmCpNKFoMUsi=Fpk8Xf3YUnk7res0 If you wanna check out other sniper videos, this is probably my favorite sniper documentary at 90 minutes long, which I guess you can chop up into 3 or 4 videos. It's a mix of dramatizations, testimonials, and archive footage of notable sniper kills.

[@MichaelScheele]

@3:45, Carlos Hathcock used a Browning M2 .50 BMG heavy machine gun to make his (then) record sniper kill of 2,500 yards. He wouldn't have attempted such a shot with his Winchester Model 70 in .30-06 Springfield. The only way to shoot that far with a standard rifle cartridge would be with indirect fire. With direct fire, bullet drop at that range would be measured in hundreds of inches. Carlos Hathcock was credited with 93 confirmed kills. There are six other American snipers credited with a greater number of confirmed kills. The late Chris Kyle is #1 with 160 confirmed kills. So far, the sniper with the most confirmed kills in history is Simo Häyhä (aka White Death) of Finland. His tally was 505 with his rifle; he had several hundred more kills with a submachine gun. This all took place during a 100 day span during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

[@Montweezy]

Yeah Nicholas Irving a US Army Ranger had 66 confirmed kills in a 3-4 month period as well.

[@bradleydanek3958]

the most impressive thing is that he used a ma deuce to snipe someone....

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

@@Montweezy Nicholas Irving is Full of SH-t. he has a lot of Military guys Angry he has made some real stupid claims Example a .50 Cal will not remove a limb just by going past the target and not directly hitting the target that's all lies and fan boy Crap. HE was a Great sniper but unfortunately his lack of reality after service is what he is forcing people to remember him for and a lot of his Stories are Lacking facts.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

while all of that is true...what your not taking into account is there's also an " unconfirmed " kills list...and Gunny Hathcocks is 300 + no other American sniper even gets to 100 unconfirmed...(at least at the last time of my looking at the list a few years ago)

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

White Death Was Just Different dude took a shot to the face!

[@michaelm1670]

Dark docs is an awesome channel that has some crazy historical videos

[@danc.3899]

I met Gunny Hatchcock (and Gunner Henderson) at my Marine Corps League in NY in the late 80's. Being in a USMC Reserve Scout/Sniper (STA) platoon at the time, it was awestruck. He signed his book, "93 Confirmed Kills" and a few of us talked (listened) the night away (he only drank ginger ale). He was in NY for a shark fishing trip we had planned for him. 93 "confirmed" kills, but untold amount of actual kills. Marine Chuck Mawhinney actually had 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam. In Army doctrine at the time, 'snipers' were often used more like a Designated Marksman, operating closer to the front line and had more targets/kills. Marine snipers often worked alone (2-man teams) and called in artillery, only shooting when appropriate. There's a great YT video of SeAL sniper Chris Kyle on Conan O'Brian. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5q5daeEn7SFmLs (2:25 mark) When asked about his 160 confirmed kills and being the best US sniper of all-time, he said Carlos Hatchcock was, citing the Gunny Hathcock didn't have nearly the targets of opportunity in Vietnam that he did in Iraq. THESE people should be our millionaires, before entertainers get their money. /rant

[@thomaskay8480]

93 confirmed kills. Also, they did make a movie about him.

[@cavscout62]

That’s why he did it, the feather. It was his way of wagging his finger at the enemy. Like most of us Southerners Carlos grew up hunting and fishing, learning to stalk game and move silently in the woods. Apache was known for skinning her victims alive within hearing and view of G.I.’s. Hathcock said he really enjoyed killing her.

[@realfeeltalktv6207]

The book is called Marine Sniper. We used to talk about it when i served in the 90s

[@thereallyst]

-Chris Kyle I believe is still known as the deadliest sniper in US history... (165 confirmed kills and 95 unconfirmed) -Also, you should check out Nicholas Irving, a special operations sniper in the Army Ranger know as "The Reaper" (33 confirmed kills in less than 4 months. His rifle was named "Dirty Diana". Would have probably had triple digit kills if others could be confirmed)

[@adriancooper8820]

the book is called marine sniper its very good i picked up a copy back in 92 from orlando airport once i started to read it i couldnt put it down

[@mdp4440]

I've owned a few of those Mosin-Nagant 91-30 rifles, and none were super accurate. Maybe because they were old surplus rifles that you could pick up in the 90s for $49.95 every day of the week. My Springfield M1A National Match in .308 is a whole other story. What an amazing person.

[@jasonlmeadows]

In terms of confirmed kills Sgt Hathcock's 93 is second in Corps history. Chuck Mawhinney, who passed in February of this year, had 103 confirmed. They were both passed by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's 160. In this case however the confirmed number does not tell the entire story. Sgt Hathcock had such a total skill set (marksmanship, tracking, land navigation, stealth, concealment) to do what he did, when he did it, that it is hard to comprehend. Chris Kyle acknowledged that while his total is greater Hathcock was in his opinion a superior sniper. The 2,500 yard shot was not made with a 30-06 Winchester rifle. That is more than double its range. That shot was made using an M2 Browning 50 caliber machine gun.

[@joshuaugust]

Simo “the white death” is on probably on par with Carlos. Check that sniper out.

[@royhorn2782]

You need to see the actual Carlos Hathcock interviews, if you really want to see and understand what he thought. He seemed like someone who understood exactly why he was there and he also seemed to be quite ok with what he had done.

[@randyscj429]

Hello, no it doesn't mean more about his wife, Hathcock was keeping his "brothers in arms" from being wounded/killed! That's the mentality and job of a good sniper!!! Just say'n...🧐 If ya don't have that ya shouldn't be in that position!!! Be safe and take care, "God Bless", sincerely, Randy. 😇🙏👊 P.S.: Ya need to check out the personal interview by either a reporter or 20/20 or 60 Minutes...

[@Montweezy]

Yes. I commented also about Hathcock's interview. It was a great watch.

[@cecilhiggins9907]

I’m watching this while hunting turkeys here in Missouri. Hunting for my own food is something I grew up doing. I’m a Marine as well. Not a white feather but deadly enough.

[@uurkisme]

His book was one of my favorites as a kid. I was obsessed with vietnam history back then. I think Simo has him beat as the GOAT though.

[@d4d104]

$30,000 in 1968 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $269,251.72 today

[@uglee4935]

Learning to hunt as a child in the US is just a common as going to school it's really a National Heritage

[@xr7speed]

A true legendary American

[@Echo4Sierra4160]

Carlos Hathcock got 93 confirmed kills. Hundreds unconfirmed.

[@Misguidedchild0351]

He had 93 “confirmed” kills. But those numbers are much lower than what his units accounted for.

[@70centurian]

l met him in 94. "Calm, Normal" man. Talked about the Model 700 and Model 70. ( l was in the gun business then.) ( Not albout the war )

[@joshusdean5821]

You should read One shot one kill, and 93 confirmed kills. They give a lot more details.

[@WilliamEades_Frostbite]

Vietnam was brutal both physically and mentally. Most don't know that it was never declared as a war, it was a "Police Action" so many things were never used so that it might have actually been won. Many of us who were there referred to it as the "South East Asian War Games" and even now, most of us suffer the aftereffects of having been participants.

[@richardwoods9102]

93 confirmed kills.... The book is Marine Sniper...

[@mdelashmitt5067]

in 1965 a new corvette was $2400 and an average house in 1969 was $10000

[@SirKnight1096]

Gunny Hathcock was an amazing man. We loved him and love him still. He would go through anything you threw at him for his country. He'd go through infinitely more hell for his Marine brothers and sisters. YES, Gunny got between 300 and 400 enemies. He and his spotter took out an entire NVA Company in one engagement. He tried to disassociate the enemy by calling them "Hamburgers" and "Hot Dogs". Every single engagement pained him.

[@user-po3ev7is5w]

my first job was at 8. We lived adjacent to a cattle ranch. The rancher paid me $1 for each varmint I shot on his land. Coyotes, prairie dogs and other things. Used a .22 rifle.

[@splatninja9447]

Its approx 320k now. Also, if a tree saved my life by tripping me, id plant a whole orchard of whatever tree it was when i got home. Or maybe a kids book, the Tripping Tree.

[@lboiv001]

They left out the biggest story as mentioned down in other comments about the mission to take out an army General. I can't believe this story was not included.

[@Finally_Retired_10-7]

One of the most deadly Snipers in History wasLyudmila Pavlichenko is considered the most successful female sniper in history, with 309 recorded kills during World War II. She was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during the sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol, and was known as "Lady Death" by her enemies. Pavlichenko was born in 1916 in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, and died in Moscow in 1974. She was the only female sniper in the Red Army to receive the Hero of the Soviet Union award while still alive.  The National WWII Museum “Lady Death” of the Red Army: Lyudmila Pavlichenko | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Mar 22, 2021  en.wikipedia.org Lyudmila Pavlichenko - Wikipedia Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is credited with killing 309 enemy combatants. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odessa and the siege of Sevastopol, during the early stages of the fighting on the Eastern Front. Her score of 309 kills likely ...  National Park Service "Lady Death" and The First Lady - National Park Service Feb 23, 2022 - Lyudmila Pavlichenko passed away in 1974. She was one of 2,000 female snipers in the Red Army and one of 500 who survived. She was also the only one of these women who received the Hero of the Soviet Union award, the highest award in the Soviet military, while she was still alive.  amazon.com.au Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper : Pavlichenko, Lyudmila Lyudmila Pavlichenko was one of the top scoring snipers of World War II with 309 recorded kills. She died on October 10th 1974.  simple.wikipedia.org Lyudmila Pavlichenko - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ... Lyudimila Mykhailivna Pavlichenko (12 July 1916 - 10 October 1974 was a Soviet sniper. She shot German soldiers in World War 2. She was one of the top military snipers of all time, and is credited with 309 kills. She was the most successful female sniper in history.

[@johnzubil2875]

Wow, this guy insinuating that everyone that fought in the Vietnam War was doing drugs is a slap in the face of all Vietnam Veterans. Apparently, he doesn't know anything about the Vietnam War, only what Hollywood showed him. Typical snarky Britt.

Not anymore, a Canadian sniper now has the longest kill of 3500 meters

[@frankmorris4790]

Early Viet Nam. "Who here was raised in the woods or on a ranch?" POOOF! YOU are a sniper.

[@pacmon5285]

I made this comment on the previous video. The story of him shooting through the scope like that is unlikely. Mythbusters tested this and was unable to replicate it until they used an AP round. So, unless he was shooting AP, it probably didn't happen.

[@txusmc69]

Mythbusters also said they won't say its "busted" bc there are too many factors. Like the age of the scope and the glass in it. Since Hathcock was not a bragger it's highly unlikely that he'd make up such a story by busting out the glass and bringing the scope in. A lot weirder things have happened in war.

[@colbunkmust]

Generally the most successful sniper in the world was Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper who achieved over 500 kills in less than 100 days service in the Winter War, before he was wounded by a Russian tank round. His weapon of choice was a Finnish Mosin Nagant rifle, using only iron sights as the cold weather often fogged up optic glass.

[@jeri3808]

OH, you need to google the deadliest sniper of all time, Simo Hayha. In the 1939-40 war between Finland and the Soviet Union Simo racked up 505 confirmed kills.......without a scope!!!!😵😵😵😵😵

[@russellw7785]

There's a movie called sniper, with Tom Beringer. Loosely follows this

[@Scott_Burton]

$30,000 in 1960 would convert to about $316,500 in 2024. Basically 1 US Dollar from 1960 equates to 10.55 US dollars in 2024

[@Dralor1]

I believe a Canadian currently holds the record for the longest shot

[@scottstahlman2385]

Check out Chuck Mawinny. Hathcock was there for 8 years. Chuck was there less than a year. I've got #32 of 103 rifles. He was over there for less than a year 103 confirmed and 265 probables. M40 is a remarkable rifle.

[@VadersRage]

Author Stephen Hunter based his character, Bob Lee Swagger, on Carlos Hathcock. The book " Time To Hunt" is loosely based on the story in the above video. It's good readin' !

[@beesnestna9544]

You should read the story where Carlos Hathcock crawled nearly 2 miles to take out a North Vietnamese General after being airdropped behind enemy lines. On several occasions, during his long, snail-paced crawl, he literally was within arm's reach of North Vietnamese patrols that walked right past him but never noticed he was there. He not only succeeded in taking out the general, he also escaped after firing the fatal shot. Carlos was not the type of guy who needed to embellish his exploits. More than likely, his number of kills is accurate. Peace 😉

[@txusmc69]

He "only" crawled about 1,500yds bc he'd have never crawled 2 miles in 3 days moving inches at a time.

[@beesnestna9544]

@@txusmc69 Sorry, the story was that he was airdropped 2 miles behind enemy lines and I was trying to type and think at the same time (walk and chew bubblegum) but yeah, crawling almost 1 mile is definitely not nearly as impressive. Have you ever tried it, BTW?🤭

[@txusmc69]

@beesnestna9544 I have not had to crawl almost a mile. I have however humped a 240 well over 2 miles lol

[@skitzojones2870]

The book is called the Marine sniper 93 confirmer kills and they didn't even tell the best story about how him and his spotter held down an entire company for 6 days in elephant valley and the time he took down an NBA general by worm crawling across 1,000+ yards of open ground over 3 days you really need to read the book

[@traceurs619]

The most lethal of all time was Simo Häyhä, but for the US, is probably Chris Kyle I believe.

[@squeakyarcher2946]

There is a live interview with Mr Hathcock, worth watching.

[@LutefiskSavage]

Mate you've got to look up the legendary sniper Simo Hayha of the Finnish army who genuinely was the most lethal sniper of history.... So far. that man single handedly eliminated an entire regiment in confirmed sniper kills besides his other more normal engagement kills. His Nickname given him by the Russian army was the White Death. Also consider this his kill count was performed during the length of the Winter War, not over the course of multiple years of engagement. Which to say the least is ____SIGNIFICANT____

[@john-wi5xx]

The book is One shot one kill. It’s a good read.

[@George-ux6zz]

That's crazy

[@whitefeatherairsoft8002]

if you havent watched carlos hathcocks INTERVIEWS they are LEGENDARY. his EYES ARE SCARYY

[@user-kq5ke5yb6k]

If you want to cross over your goal, NFL (brutal hits) or some OverSimplified videos could do the trick.

[@unreal4010]

True marine, right there. Not saying that you're not one, Luke lol.

[@austinrasmussen5743]

Check out the book one shot, one kill if you get the chance. Collection of sniper stories including several about Hathcock

[@cloudstrife5209]

I taught my son to shoot at a young age. He shot 40/40 for army qualification twice already. 😢😀

[@1lthrnk]

He had hundreds of kills that weren’t counted because the Vietnam would drag the bodies away. The Marine Corps has recently dropped sniper school

[@MrJamezJ]

Also, in those days, confirmed kills were counted differently than say Iraq

[@SuperbowlXIRaiders]

I've heard about this Marines Force Design 2030. Have to read more. Had not heard they are closing the SS School at Quantico but have heard about MARSOF Advance Weapons Course now at Camp Lejeune.

[@GrifonJ]

"DOUBLE TAP" !!!!!

[@AhHereWeGo]

I’m surprised they didn’t go into him making the M2 into a sniper rifle

[@CoryHeil-dy3hl]

I believe the name of the book is one shot one kill , an ex Marine gave me the book to read, very good reading

[@anniebalsbaugh2093]

Sabaton, " The Unkillible Soildier, Bismark, Soildier of Heaven, Red Baron ,The Final Solution

[@tpiper1976]

There was a Russian sniper in wold war II that had supposedly 600 kills given or take a couple! Especially during the battle for Stalingrad he shot a lot of Germans! As the story goes the head instructor of the German sniper school was dispatched to take the Russian sniper out and what followed was an intense cat and mouse until the Russian saw a glitter of light reflecting off the Germans scope under a piece of sheet metal. Then the Russian dispatched the German sniper.

[@williamjohnson9555]

That title belongs to the late American Sniper Chris Kyle

[@vampiro4236]

Not really. Even if you take into account the unconfirmed number for Chris Kyle (who was a bad MF for sure), he would still be somewhere between 50-100+ less than Hathcock (if you're going solely by numbers.)

[@txusmc69]

Chris Kyle in Conan stated that he believed that Hathcock was the greatest sniper in US history. Most likely because Hathcock did more stalking and shooting than Kyle did. Both were badass legends.

[@YurrNext]

If you liked this you definitely need to react to Simo Hayha.🤘

[@sportscardsplus318]

Carlos Hathcock Interview- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjFpn9pndZ2iLcsi=4mTbbab7Nddct4UT

[@MrJamezJ]

Gunny Hathcock is the Godfather of modern snipers

[@themeez1000]

Sadly this video failed to mention many more amazing feats that Hathcock performed. Truly the most skilled sniper of all time.