Wasnt he a Russian sniper?
Could be wrong on that, here's the story but it doesnt say.
"The Cobra" -- a Communist Counter Sniper
The problem with being a legend is that pretty soon, someone is going to come try to take you down. The NVA countersniper that came for Hathcock was known as "The Cobra." The Cobra made it personal for Hathcock when he killed a Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant outside of the sniper's own living quarters on base.
"I watched him die," Hathcock recalls. "I took a vow, right there and then. I was gonna get him some way or another."
Hathcock says he came out of his first tour in Vietnam with 86 confirmed kills and a "whole gob of probables." His next tour was just as eventful. In his mind, he was better than the North Vietnamese. He got his partner and his gear and began to trail the Cobra.
"He was close to being as good as I was but ain't no way," Hathcock says with a smile. "Ain't nobody that good."
The Cobra took a shot at Hathcock and his team as the legendary sniper accidentally fell over a decayed tree, forcing the shot to miss and hit his spotter's canteen instead. The Cobra took off running. Eventually, the two teams worked their way around until they had completely switched places. Unfortunately for the Cobra, his new position was facing the sun.
"The sun glinted off the lens of his scope, I guess," Hathcock says. "I saw the glint and I shot where the glint was... By the looks of things, I was just the quickest on the trigger, otherwise he'd have killed me."
When Hathcock went to check his kill, he realized his shot went straight through the Cobra's scope -- straight through without even touching the sides.
