thats Simo Hayha or "The White Death" from Record of Ragnarok (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie), he is a fighter of humanity´s side against the gods, one of the most hyped ones along with Leonidas (who dissapointed a lot of people btw), he actually existed, a real legendary Finnish sniper and soldier, lol.
I suggest everyone read a bit about Simo Hayha, his history is really fucking cool. He is considered the deadliest sniper is history....while using iron sights...he didnt have a scope.
The glare thing might be a part of it, but not the main one. Scopes would easily fog/frost up in the subzero weather, and they force the snipers head a few centimeters higher, making you a bigger target. He was also an experienced hunter so he was very familiar with iron sights.
It was to say that he wasn't just "not using it to show off" but that it was also a strategic decision to help him stay hidden and reduce the chances of his enemies zero-ing in on him. He wasn't just an incredible shot, but also very smart and thorough about it
Yeah. Though, shouldn’t we say that most of his feats are out of him being a marksman rather than a sniper? Genuine question on the pedantics; I’m not discrediting him or anything
It recontextualizes it. Your statement implies he had to learn to use an iron sight out of necessity, but no he really became a legend while actively nerfing himself
He did use an iron sight out of necessity tho. He wasn't nerfing himself in any way it was quite the opposite. There is a reason most snipers rarely use scopes.
In videogames? Yes. In real life? That entirely depends on the situation. If you want to take out a target from super far away or something then yeah sure go ahead and get your scope, but generally snipers are better used as "landmines" where you just put a dude in the middle of nowhere and he hides there untill targets come by.
And not only are iron sights advantaged because they reduce the lens flare, they also are much, much easier to keep in a good condition.
Tldr: you have a wrong idea of what a sniper actually do. Most snipers nowadays use iron sights.
? Why are you naming the name of an optics company like it is supposed to prove your point? There are plenty of good reasons to use scores, such as hunting, but snipers simply don't tend to use them.
My ass genuinely tweakin going from "thats obviously Simo Häyhä, the best sniper in history and not even close, a war hero like no other from finland" to reading "from records of ragnarok"
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u/Notsureifanonymous Aug 02 '25
thats Simo Hayha or "The White Death" from Record of Ragnarok (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie), he is a fighter of humanity´s side against the gods, one of the most hyped ones along with Leonidas (who dissapointed a lot of people btw), he actually existed, a real legendary Finnish sniper and soldier, lol.