chris kyle: also lied about killing poor people victims of natural disasters in his own country.
chinese sniper that i forgot the name: haunted the enemy commanding office after dying, to the point he ordered his troops to recover the body to give a proper burial.
Yang Jingyu, such an icon
If only all of us could be even a quarter as based as Zhang Taofang in today's age...
I know this is just a meme, but no one would say Chris Kyle is the best US sniper. He was a sniper, but having a movie made about you doesn’t make you the best.
Pretty sure that's the American's version of canonization of saints though.
Wasn’t Chris Kyle a horrible war criminal?
I thought that was a given with him being an american
True, I just remember reading about it somewhere after watching the movie about him (many years ago).
He was a US Navy SEAL who killed 150 people, no way in hell he didn't commit war crimes.
Yeah, my comment was pretty redundant lol
You can't talk about snipers without mentioning the GOAT, Simo Hayha. 505 kills in 98 days.
Side note, Chris Kyle was a known lying sack of shit. I wonder how much of his record is fabricated.
Ah, Simo Häyhä. The Ghost of Kyiv of snipers, and that is not a compliment.
This Simo Hayha? https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2411905
I'll concede those numbers are probably higher than reality. As your link states, most kills by most snipers are largely unknown.
I've heard similar about Chris Kyle before but have only seen his movie and know nothing else about him. What has he said that people know is lying?
The big one, which is also grotesque and racist, was about shooting civilians after Katrina. He's also been called out by other special forces guys for lying about missions and other interactions he's had in his private life. Most notably, Jesse Ventura, though he's a piece of shit as well. The guy was a decent shot, but a terrible person and habitual liar.
The problem with Hayha is the lack of evidence for most of his kills.
