PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down11
arrow-up1223arrow-down1imageSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-29 months agoObviously, 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) Finnish 7.62 mm rifle M/28-30 with M/28-30 bayonet. Wiki commons (link doesn’t work using some clients, but with a browser it does)
minus-squareElizabeth @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoTbf, with the clothing and mask, this could be almost anybody.
Obviously, he is just posing for the photo with a different gun than his own.
According to his Wikipedia article:
Wiki commons (link doesn’t work using some clients, but with a browser it does)
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.
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Tbf, with the clothing and mask, this could be almost anybody.
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