'White Feather' The Marine Sniper Who Shot through an Enemy’s own Rifle Scope

In military shooting circles, American Carlos Norman Hathcock the Second, is a true legend.
For he was a US Marine sniper who is credited with killing at least 93 enemy soldiers in the Vietnam War, from incredible distances with pinpoint accuracy.

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Sources:

Confirmed Kill: Heroic Sniper Stories from the Jungles of Vietnam to the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Nigel Cawthorne
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
By Charles Henderson
American Snipers: Chris Kyle and Carlos Hathcock, the Deadliest Snipers in American History
Book by K. A. Harrison

[RandomTrinidadian]

I remember watching an interview he did years ago. He said he never took pleasure in killing his targets. But the only time he ever did, was when he killed the Apache Woman

[chewielouie]

The Cobra: “Yo is that bullet gettin bigger?”

[The_Mad_Regent]

A guy using a .50 caliber machine gun as a sniper rifle is one of the most American things ever.

[kentcostello]

I met him when I was a kid back in 1986 I'm glad I met a legend.

[nessygl]

Vietnamese soldier: *HEY GUYS* Wasn’t there a lump of grass over there?

[michaelwatson]

So basicaly; this guy also made a Barret before they where even a thing.

[Simplehistory]

Carlos Hathcock aka 'White Feather' would eventually be credited with an official confirmed total of 93 sniper kills.
But the true total was probably several hundreds more as the system for acknowledging confirmed kills was stringent in the extreme, as it required an officer and a spotter to be present when the kill was made.
Notable kills:
"Cobra" A sniper duel where Carlos shot through Cobra's scope and killed the sniper
"Apache" who had a reputation for torturing captive U.S. Marines
A NVA General at close range with out a spotter
Killing a Vietcong Guerilla with a M2 .50 Cal Browning at a range of 2, 500 yd, setting the record for the longest sniper kill at the time

[soupp]

mans was literally willing to spare the 12 year old kid transporting guns. mad respect

[slyngn]

White Death: "What's your kill count?"
White Feather: "93"
White Death: "A respectable number."

[DanielPerry]

My father has the same model of rifle he used. The thing is deadly accurate.

[Megalon-qcpf]

“Professionals have STANDARDS”- The Sniper

[andrewpellman]

"Yo I need a Barrett .50 cal"
"We don't have Barrett .50 cal its the 60's"
"Fine I'll make one myself."

[oranges]

The bushes: *speaks English*
The VC: "You weren't supposed to do that."

[MeChamelen_]

Carlos: Those communists call me the "White feather", what about you?

Simo Häyhä: The communists has also given me a nickname, it's the "White death"

[finnsobehart]

Everybody gangsta until the grass starts shooting

[roguecivilian]

The solo mission to take out a VC general is one of the most badass things anyone has ever done. I saw an interview of him describing VC soldiers patrolling so close he could have spit on them and never knew he was there. Legend.

[pbh]

Someone make a movie of this.

American sniper the prequel.

[skydragon]

You can't even do this in a video game without missing miserably and getting hit by a airstrike

[devinchandler]

snipers: failed to even wound him heavily
a random mine: *fine, i'll do it myself*

[T-roccBABY]

Sniping with a machine gun? And here I thought that was just battlefield 3 magic.