I am Simo Häyhä,born 17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002,often referred to by my nickname, The White Death,i was a Finnish military sniper in World War II during the 1939–1940 Winter War against the Soviet Union. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 (a variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. Im is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the Winter War