zero the hero

that one was supposed to be a reply to panzerwerfer42's cryptic suggestion that the pak 43's look alike

same graphics for both the pak 43 and the pak 43/41 dunno what version you're playing w/

tommi's right. i too, as a finn, am not so well built to handle propaganda considering our own boys. anyhow, until somebody shows up w/ evidence and facts stating otherwise, i will worship häyhä as the patron saint of snipers.

been thinking about the same thing tiger. visited achtungpanzer and read all the stuff about the nazi warmachines. a lmg can make all the difference.

is that the reek of sarcasm i'm smelling francesco.

sorry about the misinformation. i usually take things w/ a pinch of salt and don't swallow w/o chewing. ok. the bodycount seems a bit high but then again why shouldn't i believe that source. häyhä is credited as being the most prolific sniper of all time. and i doubt that the text meant that he shot all those soviets w/ a smg from 600 meters. so there.

i love hetzers. marders and nashorns seem so awkward. and at the combat mission distances the machine guns are essential.

haven't used them that much. don't really know how to. have found the conventional paks to be much more useful even if a lot more restricted. seems to me marders are painted red and screaming shoot me. they draw a lot of fire. and take time to use.

A Finn farmer turned civil guardsman still holds the highest kill record of any sniper in history. Simo Häyhä, as recounted in the book, was responsible for the demise of 505 Russian soldiers! Another Finn tallied 400 Russians as a sniper and another 200 with a submachine gun. What truly amazes me is that these two gentlemen plied their trade at ranges sometimes in excess of 600 yards - with IRON sights! same source as above. ok. enough of that.

It is disappointing that so few Westerners know about the history of Finland. Their battle against invasion and tyranny is inspiring and deserving of recounting. Rifles of the White Death went a long way toward whetting my appetite for more. Examples of individual bravery during the Winter War are the things of which true heroes are made. In one accounting, 32 Finn soldiers held off 4000 Russian infantrymen. By the end of the failed communist attack, 400 Soviets lay dead and the rest in retreat. Only 4 Finns survived, but they held the line. You cannot help but be amazed by this kind of sacrifice and bravery. http://www.snipercountry.com/RiflesWhiteDeath.htm i had to. sorry.

finns did kick some soviet fundaments. didn't have time to read all the rants so i jumped on the one wagon i caught up w/. this metaphilosophical stuff that's hanging up in the air on this board? here whistled past me in an instant. oh yeah. i'm a newbie. so diss me and strike me down w/ all your anger and spite. :mad: