About 500 Ajack scopes arrived in Finland in the winter of 1943/1944, and the resulting M/39-43 was the best Finnish sniping rifle of World War II. Photo courtesy of Finnish Wartime Photographic ...

Simo Häyhä was one of the most famous soldiers to serve in World War II – a Finnish military sniper credited with more than 500 confirmed kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death”.

He relied on his intimate understanding of Finnish topography to set perfect ambushes. ... Here is a look at the deadliest snipers of World War II. Filipovic018 / iStock via Getty Images. 20.

EXCLUSIVE: Jarkko Lahti will lead The White Death as Simo Häyhä, the Finnish sniper who is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers in 98 days in the 1940 Winter War between Finland and ...

The competition’s namesake, sometimes referred to as his nickname, “The White Death,” was a Finnish military sniper in World War II, during the Winter War against the then, Soviet Union.