Carlos Hathcock on Hardcore Heroes full video

Winchester-1897 said:
I could never figure out why a Movie such as American Sniper was made when Carlos was never considered for a Movie.
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Gunny Hatchcock was never caught out in a lie or an over-the-top tale-telling, either during his lifetime, or post mortem.

The book, 'American Sniper' is chock-filled with stuff that may not, uh, not have happened quite like that...

Gunny Hathcock was a hero in a war that America would dearly love, for many reasons, to forget.

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Winchester-1897 said:
I could never figure out why a Movie such as American Sniper was made when Carlos was never considered for a Movie.
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Different time. Different political climate. The public now embraces vets to almost godlike status, in Hathcocks time they were almost despised.
 
cigar_man said:
Carlos Hathcock, I had the pleasure of meeting the legend myself back in the early nineties in Florida.

A gentleman to the end.

GodSpeed!
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Also a shooter to the end, albeit smallbore.


When the fire-damage (from when he rescued his fellow Marines from a flaming armoured vehicle) took its toll on him, he apparently got into smallbore shooting.


A true hero, all-round. My fave stories concern him and executing the torturers that Hanoi Jane whitewashed.
 
For those of us who find Jane Fonda's (alleged) acts of treason to be truly disgusting, Lt. Cmdr. Mike Walsh's auto-biographical book Seal! is a very good read. One particular chapter describes how Hanoi Jane is, in Walsh's words, "a lucky girl".
 
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don't want to knock Kyle but he was in a pretty rich environment for killing. Sometimes four or five a day.
Hathaway would hide sometimes for days waiting for a shot. No comparison in my book.
 
old hound said:
don't want to knock Kyle but he was in a pretty rich environment for killing. Sometimes four or five a day.
Hathaway would hide sometimes for days waiting for a shot. No comparison in my book.
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For his longest shot he used 50-caliber M2 Browning Machine Gun with a scope. This guy was innovative to say the least. I wonder how a Kyle Vs Hathcock faceoff would play out.
 
I'm probably out of my lane here but IMO Hathcock was perhaps the best sniper ever, taking both shooting skills and fieldcraft into account.

I don't know if there was ever a more challenging operational environment for a sniper than Vietnam?
 
cyclone said:
Also a shooter to the end, albeit smallbore.


When the fire-damage (from when he rescued his fellow Marines from a flaming armoured vehicle) took its toll on him, he apparently got into smallbore shooting.


A true hero, all-round. My fave stories concern him and executing the torturers that Hanoi Jane whitewashed.
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The fire damage wasn't the problem. After all he went through he ended up with MS.
 
Winchester-1897 said:
For his longest shot he used 50-caliber M2 Browning Machine Gun with a scope. This guy was innovative to say the least. I wonder how a Kyle Vs Hathcock faceoff would play out.
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would depend on the environment maybe. Kyle would set up shop in buildings or rooftops and had a fairly good business.
Hathaway on the other hand was mostly in the jungle and depended on steath and camoflage. He had a lot of patience and I would not bet against him.
 
During Hathcock's tenure as a sniper in Nam the documented kills were much more stringently documented, so in all likelihood he had more to his credit than attributed. He was also operating in a much more demanding jungle environment without the benefit of rooftop or open-window perches where he waited for days in stifling conditions.

Sad that Chris Kyle was caught fabricating stories and allegations of character defamation which were proven in court and that he met such a tragic demise.

Nevertheless, they both served their country with honor and diligence and are both heroes.
 
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