Someone needs to ask Hillary how that “reset” is working out...
Maybe some of this guy’s descendants can help out: (Winter War was Finland v. Stalin)
“Simo Hayha’s involvement in the Winter War was very extraordinary. With his Mosin-Nagant M91 rifle, he would dress in white winter camouflage, and carry with him only a day’s worth of supplies and ammunition. While hiding out in the snow, he would then take out any Russian who entered his killing zone. Hayha preferred to use iron sights on his gun instead of scopes, as scopes had a tendency to glare in the sunlight and reveal his position. While he may sound like an ordinary sniper, this was far from the case: over the course of 100 days during the winter he racked up over 500 kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death”. The Soviets feared him so much that they mounted numerous counter sniper and artillery attacks to get rid of him, all of which failed miserably. However, on March 6th, 1940, he was hit in the jaw by an explosive round from a counter sniper. He fell into an 11-day coma, awakening on the day that the war ended.”
Whoever the guy was that planned for the WWII war with Russia was a smart guy.
They captured a bunch of Russian rifles (I believe at the end of WWI or shortly after), rebuilt them to tighter tolerances than the original gun, and used the same ammunition as the Russians. When the war came, the Finns captured most of their supplies from the Russians. Everything worked seamlessly with what they already had.
Evidently, he did was not paralyzed with “not-invented-here”.
Cheers to the warriors in Finland for getting ready during such an anti-defense social and political situation. We in the western culture nations need you.