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[entropy]

scaled-down Mosin-Nagant.

How'd Simo Häiyä get the Tsarevich's rifle? AFAIK, it was the only scaled down Mosin ever made, ½ scale, complete with scale ammunition.

 

[default]

(Nazi swastikas 'spiral' the other direction)

Yes, they spin counter-clockwise to attract the forces of darkness. Or so I read a long time ago in some goofy and sensationalistic book on Nazism and the occult.

Back on the main topic - I've always kind of assumed that König/Thorvald was largely a figment of Soviet propaganda. Although stranger things have happened, the idea of a dramatic duel between the cold and calculating Nazi super-sniper and the good-hearted Russian hero seems a little...cinematic. No firm evidence to cite here, though.

 

[Cosmoline]

What he used was either the Finn Model M27 or M28.

He wouldn't have used an M27, as he was a guardsman. He said he used an M28, though details are somewhat sketchy re. whether he used the 28/30 upgrade at any point. Iron sights for sure, either way. He was a little guy, and would set himself up in a little depression in the snow, just like a snowshoe hare hunkering down.

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/simohayha.asp