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Zaitsev, left, in Stalingrad, December 1942 Zaitsev's sniper rifle, a 7.62×54mmR Mosin Model 1891/30 sniper rifle with a PU 3.5× sniper scope on display at the Volgograd's Stalingrad Panorama Museum. Zaitsev was serving in the Soviet Navy as a clerk in Vladivostok when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Like many of his ...
After that, she joined Vasily Zaitsev's sniper school and trained as a sniper. The group of snipers that Zaitsev formed was called "The Hares". Chernova participated in a raid on a German headquarters after which she and the rest of the Hares claimed to have killed Germans by picking off guards one by one. Tania claimed she had killed 24 soldiers.
Vasily Zaitsev (pilot) (1910–1961), Soviet World War II flying ace; Vasily Zaitsev (sniper) (1915–1991), Soviet World War II sniper This page was last edited on 8 ...
A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, ... Vasily Zaytsev: 1915–1991 1937–1945 A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad ...
König is mentioned both in Zaitsev's memoirs Notes of a Sniper (a "Major Konings", potentially SS) and William Craig's 1973 non-fiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad. [4] According to Zaitsev, his duel with König took place over a period of three days in the ruins of Stalingrad. [1] In a post-war visit to Berlin, [when?
Zaitsev's sniper rifle on display at the Volgograd's Stalingrad Panorama Museum. Actor Jude Law (who portrays Zaitsev) uses an accurate version of the weapon in the film: a 7.62×54mmR Mosin Model 1891/30 sniper rifle with a PU 3.5× sniper scope. As a film inspired by real events, it was dramatized and the plot was fictional in several ways.
A Hollywood film called Enemy at the Gates was made about Vasily Zaitsev, a Soviet sniper who fought in the Battle of Stalingrad. The plot of the movie is based on a section in the eponymous book by William Craig, which fictionalizes an alleged duel between Zaitsev and a (possibly) fictional German sniper called Major König.
Award list. "During the period from October 10 to December 17 , 1942 in the street battles for Stalingrad sniper Vasily Zaitsev destroyed 225 German soldiers and officers. Participating in defensive and offensive battles, he increased his combat score daily. Directly at the forefront Zaitsev continuously trained fighters and commanders in sniping.