I think there was one British soldier during WW2 who used a mortar as an AT weapon when he ran out of ammo, think he blew up a couple of armoured cars and a few tanks to boot. Got major fractures at the end of it though.
I heard it from a friend, so not sure if it's false or not.
[QUOTE=snake eye;20974700][B]Hiroo Onoda[/B]
[img]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/onoda.jpg[/img]
He's far from the most badass soldiers, but he's surely one of the most persistent![/QUOTE]
Holy shit. That's like from a movie or something.
My firend's great uncle had his tank blown up 3 times while he was in Burma, apparently.
When he got drunk he used to shout at the sky, thinking the Japanese were coming to get him.
Eagle Watch is an awesome soldier, well, back to real life, the russian sniper, forogt his name, but he was fucking badass.
[QUOTE=zpiscool;20974951]I think there was one British soldier during WW2 who used a mortar as an AT weapon when he ran out of ammo, think he blew up a couple of armoured cars and a few tanks to boot. Got major fractures at the end of it though.
I heard it from a friend, so not sure if it's false or not.[/QUOTE]
I'm thinking you or your friend misheard.
I've heard accounts of the PIAT AT weapon used as a makeshift mortar but never heard of a mortar used as an AT weapon.
My favorite of them all is...
Simo Häyhä
[URL=http://www.cubeupload.com][IMG]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/e2bc00hayha4.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[QUOTE]Now when you think of Finland, the phrase "military powerhouse" isn't exactly the first thing that pops into your head. Likewise, when you looked at Simo Häyhä, a slight-framed Finnish farmer who didn't stand an inch over five feet tall, you also probably didn't think "total fucking unstoppable badass". Well let's just say that first impressions can be deceiving. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dbuhos;20974363]Simo Häyhä can destroy all those pussies.
tl;dr : 505 sniper kills
+200- sub-machine gun kills.[/QUOTE]
jesus fucking christ that's terrible
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but still lol @ 5ft 3
That British helicopter pilot who safely landed with a bullet through his head.
I don't remember what book I read this from, or the details, but it was from a WW2 true stories book.
It told the story of a small company happening upon an abandoned trench, used by the Germans. It said that they had found the bodies of 12 [B]decapitated[/B] German soldiers surrounding a single dead British soldier, armed with nothing but a shovel. It was said that the British soldier had been shot in the back of the head, but he was clearly still a total badass.
Btw, don't take this as 100% truth, I read it a long, long time ago. But that's definitely the gist of the story.
[QUOTE=The Ripper;20974398]One of the most incredible I've seen is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel]Hans-Ulrich Rudel[/url] the most highly decorated German servicemen in the war.
He was shot down or forced to land 32 times, 7 behind enemy lines. Stalin place a 100,000 ruble bounty on his head. After the war his input was used in the development of the A-10 Warthog.[/QUOTE]
Plus he ran away from soviet hunting parties, swam across an ice-cold river where he lost his rear gunner, whom was a kings cross holder, got capture by an hunting party. Made a run for it from enemy k9, then reached safety.
He also got shot in the leg by a 20mm cannon round and after that he found with one leg and destroyed 23 tanks. He is the only one to hold kings cross with golden oak leaves, swords and diamons, the highest decoration possbile in German army.
[QUOTE=Doozle;20974330][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill"]Jack Churchill[/URL]
[URL]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
I wanna be like this if i go join the army, hes the raiden (mgs4) of world war 2 :cool:
I read about some Canadian guy who took down a few squads of Germanese by running into their barracks with nothing but a pistol and just shooting the shit out of them, but then he died after a few tries.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;20974207]For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty at Saipan, Mariana Islands, 19 June to 7 July 1944. When his entire company was held up by fire from automatic weapons and small-arms fire from strongly fortified enemy positions that commanded the view of the company, Sgt. (then Pvt.) Baker voluntarily took a bazooka and dashed alone to within 100 yards of the enemy. Through heavy rifle and machinegun fire that was directed at him by the enemy, he knocked out the strong point, enabling his company to assault the ridge. Some days later while his company advanced across the open field flanked with obstructions and places of concealment for the enemy, Sgt. Baker again voluntarily took up a position in the rear to protect the company against surprise attack and came upon 2 heavily fortified enemy pockets manned by 2 officers and 10 enlisted men which had been bypassed. Without regard for such superior numbers, he unhesitatingly attacked and killed all of them. Five hundred yards farther, he discovered 6 men of the enemy who had concealed themselves behind our lines and destroyed all of them. On 7 July 1944, the perimeter of which Sgt. Baker was a part was attacked from 3 sides by from 3,000 to 5,000 Japanese. During the early stages of this attack, Sgt. Baker was seriously wounded but he insisted on remaining in the line and fired at the enemy at ranges sometimes as close as 5 yards until his ammunition ran out. Without ammunition and with his own weapon battered to uselessness from hand-to-hand combat, he was carried about 50 yards to the rear by a comrade, who was then himself wounded. At this point Sgt. Baker refused to be moved any farther stating that he preferred to be left to die rather than risk the lives of any more of his friends. A short time later, at his request, he was placed in a sitting position against a small tree. Another comrade, withdrawing, offered assistance. Sgt. Baker refused, insisting that he be left alone and be given a soldier's pistol with its remaining 8 rounds of ammunition. When last seen alive, Sgt. Baker was propped against a tree, pistol in hand, calmly facing the foe. Later Sgt. Baker's body was found in the same position, gun empty, with 8 Japanese lying dead before him. His deeds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like an average game of CoD.
[QUOTE=snake eye;20974700][B]Hiroo Onoda[/B]
[IMG]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/onoda.jpg[/IMG]
He's far from the most badass soldiers, but he's surely one of the most persistent![/QUOTE]
Holy shit
Some of the stuff in the thread reminded me of this.
[img]http://i41.tinypic.com/1zegh7c.jpg[/img]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grigoryevich_Zaitsev[/url]
Vasily Zaitsev.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Vasily.Zaitsev.jpg[/img]
[quote]Zaytsev was born in Yeleninskoye and grew up in the Ural Mountains. His surname is based on the Russian word zayats (заяц) meaning "hare". Before going to Stalingrad, he served in the Soviet Navy as a clerk but upon reading about the brutality of the fighting in Stalingrad, volunteered for front-line duty. Zaytsev served in the 1047th Rifle Regiment of the 284th Rifle Division of the 62nd Army. He is notable for having participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. There, the Soviets set up a snipers' training school in the Metiz factory; it was run by Zaytsev. The snipers Zaytsev trained were nicknamed zaichata, meaning "leverets" (baby hares). Antony Beevor wrote in Stalingrad that this was the start of the "sniper movement" in the 62nd Army. Conferences were arranged to spread the doctrine of "sniperism" and exchange ideas on technique and principles that were not limited to marksmanship skills. It is estimated that the snipers Zaytsev trained killed more than 3000 enemy soldiers.[/quote]
[b]Fyodor Okhlopkov[/b]
Who managed to snipe 513 targets during WW2
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Okhlopkov[/url]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Okh-2.jpg/130px-Okh-2.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE][B]Thomas Peck Hunter
[/B]On 2 April 1945 at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Comacchio&action=edit&redlink=1"]Lake Comacchio[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"]Italy[/URL], Corporal Hunter, who was in charge of a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bren"]Bren[/URL] gun section, offered himself as a target to save his troop. Seizing the Bren gun, he charged alone across 200 yards of open ground under most intense fire towards a group of houses where three Spandau machine-guns were lodged. So determined was his charge that the enemy soldiers were demoralized and six gunners surrendered. The remainder fled. Hunter cleared the house, changing magazines as he ran and continued to draw enemy fire until most of the troop had reached cover, Hunter was killed, firing accurately to the last. Danish national, Major [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"]Anders Lassen[/URL] of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Boat_Service"]Special Boat Service[/URL] (SBS) was also awarded a VC posthumously in the same action.[/QUOTE]
Then there was that one scottish guy who played a Bag pipe on one of the beach landings and got the only kill in World war 2 with a Bow and arrow.
Lots of Scottish guys played bag pipes into battle in WWII. It was tradition.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;20982282]Lots of Scottish guys played bag pipes into battle in WWII. It was tradition.[/QUOTE]
Scratch that, He was linked, Jack Churchill
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;20974259]That Russian sniper from Stalingrad. Vasily something.
And two Delta snipers who got post-humous Medals of Honour for acts of bravery during the First Battle of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down).[/QUOTE]
Gary Gorden and Randall Shugart. I've got a poster of them on my wall.
Lets get some of the bad guys in here :eng101:
Michael Wttman
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1983-108-29,_Michael_Wittmann.jpg/250px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1983-108-29,_Michael_Wittmann.jpg[/IMG]
[quote]
[B]Michael Wittmann[/B] (April 22, 1914 – August 8, 1944) was a German [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS"]Waffen-SS[/URL] tank commander during the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War"]Second World War[/URL]. Wittmann would rise to the rank of SS-[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptsturmf%C3%BChrer"]Hauptsturmführer[/URL] (Captain) and was a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross"]Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross[/URL] holder.
He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, making him one of Germany's top scoring panzer aces, together with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_B%C3%B6lter"]Johannes Bölter[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Barkmann"]Ernst Barkmann[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Carius"]Otto Carius[/URL], and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Knispel"]Kurt Knispel[/URL] who was the top scoring ace of the war with 168 tank kills.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wittmann#cite_note-2"][3][/URL]
Wittmann is most famous for his ambush of elements of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_7th_Armoured_Division"]British 7th Armoured Division[/URL], during the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage"]Battle of Villers-Bocage[/URL] on 13 June 1944. While in command of a single [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_I"]Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger[/URL] he destroyed up to 14 tanks and 15 personnel carriers along with 2 anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes.
The circumstances behind Wittmann’s death have caused some debate and discussion over the years, but it has been historically accepted that Trooper [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ekins"]Joe Ekins[/URL], the gunner in a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Firefly"]Sherman Firefly[/URL], of the 1st [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire_Yeomanry"]Northamptonshire Yeomanry[/URL] was his killer.
[[URL="http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:toggleToc%28%29"]hide[/URL]][/quote]This one is kind of depressing, but:
Heinrich Severloh
[IMG]http://www.gr916.co.uk/images/photos/352/heinrich_severloh.jpg[/IMG]
[quote]FOR Hein Severloh the ‘Longest Day’ meant nine hours constantly machine-gunning American soldiers as they attempted to land on Omaha Beach.
One image still brings tears to his eyes. A young American had run from his landing craft and sought cover behind a concrete block. Severloh, then a young lance-corporal in the German army in Normandy, aimed his rifle at the GI. He fired and hit the enemy square in the forehead. The American’s helmet flew away and rolled into the sea, his chin sank to his chest and he collapsed dead on the beach.
Tormented by the memory, Severloh now weeps at the thought of the unknown soldier’s death.
Severloh was safe in an almost impregnable concrete bunker overlooking the beach. He had an unimpeded view of the oncoming Allied forces. He was the last German soldier firing, and may have accounted for about 3,000 American casualties, almost three-quarters of all the US losses at Omaha. The Americans came to know him as the Beast of Omaha.
He had been saved from the waves of Allied bombing by the poor weather. The US aircrews were worried that if they allowed their bombs to fall too soon they might destroy their own landing ships. As they flew over they lingered before releasing their weapons, meaning the bombs often landed far behind the Nazi bunkers.
The Germans joked that the ‘Amis’ - their slang for the US forces - had merely bombed French cows and farmers rather than the German installations.
Alerted by the bombers, Severloh and the 29 others in his bunker rushed to their firing holes and prepared for the onslaught. Severloh, then just 20, gasped when he saw the ocean. He was confronted by what seemed to be a wall of Allied ships. He said: "My God. How am I going to get out of this mess?"
The veteran explained: "What could I do? I just thought that I was never going to make it to the rear. I thought that I was going to shoot for my very life. It was them or me - that is what I thought."
As the landing ships neared the beach, Severloh listened to the final orders from his commander, Lieutenant Berhard Frerking. They wanted to stop the Americans while they were still in the water and could not move easily. But if he fired too soon - while the soldiers were still some way out in the water - he risked missing them.
Frerking explained: "You must open fire when the enemy is knee-deep in the water and is still unable to run quickly."
Severloh had seen little action before. His previous stint on the Eastern Front had been cut short by tonsillitis. But he was anything but enthusiastic. Severloh said: "I never wanted to be in the war. I never wanted to be in France. I never wanted to be in that bunker firing a machine gun.
"I saw how the water sprayed up where my machine gun bursts landed, and when the small fountains came closer to the GIs, they threw themselves down. Very soon the first bodies were drifting in the waves of the rising tide. In a short time, all the Americans down there were shot."
He fired for nine hours, using up all the 12,000 machine-gun rounds. The sea turned red with the blood from the bodies. When he had no more bullets for the machine-gun, he started firing on the US soldiers with his rifle, firing off another 400 rifle rounds at the terrified GIs.
A leading German historical expert of the Second World War, Helmut Konrad Freiherr von Keusgen, believes Severloh may have accounted for 3,000 of the 4,200 American casualties on the day.
Severloh is less sure about the number, but said: "It was definitely at least 1,000 men, most likely more than 2,000. But I do not know how many men I shot. It was awful. Thinking about it makes me want to throw up. I almost emptied an entire infantry landing craft. The sea was red around it and I could hear an American officer shouting hysterically in a loudspeaker."
Lt-col Stuart Crawford, formerly of the Royal Tank Regiment, and a defence consultant, said it was entirely possible that a single German soldier had killed so many GIs.
He said: "I have fired that machine-gun. I did it as part of my training, and it has an extremely high rate of fire. He was in a position which was almost impervious to the weapons which the Americans could bring to bear on him. The Americans made the mistake of not landing tanks with the first wave of troops, so they had no support or protection."[/quote]
And what are we learning from this? The bad guys are always badass!!!
Needs more Grigori Raspution. Was fed enough poison to kill five guys, Attacked by a hooker, Shot four times in the back, Clubbed and castrated, Then threw him in a frozen river, Where he broke his bonds and then drowned because he couldn't break through the ice of the river.
[quote]Sgt. Baker refused, insisting that he be left alone and be given a soldier's pistol with its remaining 8 rounds of ammunition. When last seen alive, Sgt. Baker was propped against a tree, pistol in hand, calmly facing the foe. Later Sgt. Baker's body was found in the same position, gun empty, with 8 Japanese lying dead before him.[/quote]
Aim botter.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;20982135]Then there was that one scottish guy who played a Bag pipe on one of the beach landings and got the only kill in World war 2 with a Bow and arrow.[/QUOTE]
Jack Churchill.
[QUOTE=Dbuhos;20974363]Simo Häyhä can destroy all those pussies.
tl;dr : 505 sniper kills
+200- sub-machine gun kills.[/QUOTE]
holy fuck that's more kills then rambo
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20982588]
Heinrich Severloh
[IMG]http://www.gr916.co.uk/images/photos/352/heinrich_severloh.jpg[/IMG]
*Beach Landing story*
[/QUOTE]
Every time I read that I wonder again and again why we're taught that the Germans during WWII were evil bastards who wanted nothing but control of the globe. In fact, almost all of the Germans that fought were fighting for their country's honor instead of being bloody-thirsty scoundrels who only wanted to kill the innocent.
[QUOTE=FFFFFUUUUU;20981928][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grigoryevich_Zaitsev[/url]
Vasily Zaitsev.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Vasily.Zaitsev.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
This guy was fucking badass. Sniping during the battle of stalingrad.
god snipers need to be nerfed
There was one Russian sniper in Stalingrad who killed over 300 Germans and lived, another who killed nearly 257 along with Germany's "most elite sniper" as they called him. Over a long, drawn-out duel, the Russian managed to headshot the German during the Battle of Stalingrad. He was later blinded though near the end of the Battle of Stalingrad by a landmine.
There was also a British soldier a few months back who, when he ran out of ammunition, bayonet-charged two armed insurgents who fired at him with automatic weapons. He wasn't even hit once, and he bayoneted them both, and he also shot and killed a few of them before.
At the Battle of Tobruk, the Anzac (Australian and New Zealand) and British soldiers, extremely outnumbered and undersupplied, held off and crushed Erwin Rommel's force every time they were attacked, and never did Tobruk fall.
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