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Simo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah that's an M96 (or M38) Swedish Mauser. The front sight is wrong, and it has the Swedish Bayonet. Still loud as hell, and 6.5 Swede is still no joke in terms of accuracy and stopping power today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Obviously, he is just posing for the photo with a different gun than his own.

According to his Wikipedia article:

He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle (a variant of Mosin–Nagant)

M28-30

Finnish 7.62 mm rifle M/28-30 with M/28-30 bayonet.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The M28/30 was indeed his main rifle, but he had a Swede too. There's a picture of him after he retired where they're all in a rack behind him in his house.

[–] Taalen 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, that picture is thought to be of a Swedish volunteer and not Häyhä, although it is often claimed to be him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tbf, with the clothing and mask, this could be almost anybody.

[–] Taalen 2 points 3 weeks ago

It absolutely could be. I think the assumption is based on what's known about the photo, not what's actually in it.