#SimoHyh

Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! Today’s selection features the art of sniping. We get to follow the 10th Mountain Division Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2-22 Infantry Battalion, as they compete in the Häyha Sniper Competition, Finland, August 26, 2023. The Häyha Sniper Competition had no less than 24 shooting events and tasks to challenge the skills of snipers in team-based obstacles.

Photo Of The Day – We are looking at a rather unusual SAKO TRG M10. Unusual, why? Because it is painted in white. The rifle is suppressed (probably by ASE Utra from Finland) and has a Steiner rifle scope (a 5-25×56 I suppose) and a Spuhr/SAKO mount. The pictures are taken from the SAKO Defence 2019 brochure.

Simo Häyhä, the sniper from Finland, nicknamed “White Death” by the Russians during 1939–40 Winter War is the subject in this Photo Of The Day.

With either a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle or a Suomi KP/-31 sub-machine gun, Mr. Simo Häyhä (1905-2002) reportedly killed 505 enemy soldiers during the Winter War (1939-1940). This is the highest recorded number of sniper kills in any war.