Best Sniper In History
Here are some names from time to times into the sniper who was greatly feared and even capable of changing a history.
1. Major General John Sedgwick killer in the U.S. Civil War
Bloodiest battle in the U.S. This turned out to bear a sniper world history, when a charismatic general from the North named John Sedgwick died pounced on by a hot tin Confederate troops from a great distance at that time namely, about 1,000 yards (910 m) in a disebutBattle battle of Spotsylvania Court House, On May 9, 1864.
2. Killer General Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler In Aceh War I
Aceh War I, led by General Kohler was actually pretty successful with successfully swallow the pride of the people of Aceh mosque, the Masjid Raya Baiturrahman.
However, on 14 April 1873 when the general is being inspected in the area of the mosque, suddenly a nation of Aceh shooter opened fire in a crouched position from a distance of 100 meters and the heart of the general.
A few moments later the general was killed. The event was certainly surprised the troops of this Company and ultimately the hero-general of the murderer was killed by army bullets mowed Company.
3. Simo Haya
Perhaps this is the most famous sniper of the world for the kill record hit the highest, which killed more than 500 Russian troops in the Winter War of 1939-1940 period.
The nickname for the Simo Haya is "White dead" because it always uses Finnish soldiers in white clothes as camouflage for field battles in the area is truly extraordinary bersalju.Yang Simo Haya only use weapons bold action without using the standard telescope, enough with iron sight ato pisir regular iron!
For Simo, the use of telescopes in the snowy area would prejudice because it will reflect light and hiding the sniper would easily known.
4. Lyudmila Pavlichenko
If women's emancipation, the U.S. should have learned a lot from his eternal rival, Russia. When the U.S. women are still struggling in the kitchen stuff and the like, Russian women have a hero. Lyudmila Pavlichenko is one satudari many red army Russian woman who fought in World War II era.
What makes him so remarkable is the ability to shoot very unusual, which in those days booked Lyudmila hit kill as many as 309 people, including 36 enemy snipers! But unfortunately, he was hit by mortar attack and had to be withdrawn from the battlefield.
At the time of wound recovery that, Lyudmila visited U.S. states and Canada within the framework of Soviet propaganda. He also met with Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House and became a Russian citizen who first met the U.S. president in the White House.
After recovering Lyudmila was not deployed on the battlefield again, only used as a sniper instructor for the school, until the war ended. He was awarded the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union and her face made stampel stamps.
5. Vasily Zaytsev
Ever watch a movie, starring Jude Law, entitled 'Enemy At The Gates'? The film picked up the story of a Soviet troop Top Sniper named Vasily Zaytsev. Vasily considered the most dangerous sniper kills not because of the number of hits (149 kills, 400 who can not yet confirmed), but because the killer with a sniper duel top of Germany, namely Heinz Thorvald.
Sniper duel between these often occur in Stalingrad, where the sniper is often must move from the rubble of the ruins of another and sometimes have to dig for an unknown enemy, who is known as rat war (War of the Rats).
The story of the triumph of the propaganda Vasily Russia would force Germany to send its best sniper, Heinz Thorvald, to finish off Vasily. German propaganda had replied to these with similar propaganda, then tersiarlah news there will be tough fight between the two sniper. They were finally met and fought which eventually won by Vasily.
6. Francis Pegahmagabow
Pegahmagabow is one of the great sniper owned by Canadians. In world war 1, Pegahmagabow of aboriginal descent was recorded hit kill as many as 378 kills and is regarded as one of the most dangerous sniper during World War 1.
7. Chuck Mawhinney
At the Vietnam war, there are two names that are very famous American sniper, Carlos Hathcock and Chuck Mawhinney. The name may not be as famous as Chuck Carlos Hathcock is capable of killing a North Vietnamese general, but when viewed from the amount collected Hathcock hit kill must take my hat off to Mawhinney to record 103 kills, while only recorded 93 kills Hathcock.
However, the Mawhinney did not want to expose it too much and prefers to live quietly and melupkan all the memories of Vietnam.
8. Carlos Hathcock
Greatness and natural talent was amazing. Usually when a sniper is always accompanied by one person who served as an assistant spotter and the measuring range for the sniper. But Hathcock able to work alone when given the task to kill a general of the North Vietnamese enemy alone in the nest!
In addition, Hathcock pioneered the use of 0.5-inch caliber rifle as a sniper weapon remotely. Namely by modifying the Browning M2 .50-caliber Machine Gun as a sniper weapon by placing a telescope on it, and record-breaking shot and killed a Vietcong yards ato around 2500 as far as 2275 feet!
From this came the idea to bear heavy guns (heavy sniper rifle) for a great distance or to shoot heavy objects such as combat vehicle (combat vehicles). So to say Hathcock name is legendary among the sniper world.
9. Rob Furlong
Decades long record Hathcock shoot unshakable finally old record was solved by a Canadian Sniper Rob Furlong when him and with colleagues in the field vicious epithet operation anaconda in Afghanistan by 2000.
Precisely in the valley of Shah-i-Kot, Furlong managed to destroy an al-Qaeda mortar observer from great distances, which is 2,430 meters (2,657 yd / 1509 miles).
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