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Snipers (13 photos)
In this post we will focus on the most famous sniper in history
Roza Shanina (1924-1945)
Was known for the ability to conduct accurate shooting at moving targets, he chalked up confirmed killed 59 enemy soldiers and officers (including 12 snipers). Participated in hostilities less than a year, the newspaper called allies Shanin "invisible terror East Prussia».
Died January 28, 1945 during the East Prussian operation, protecting the badly wounded commander of the artillery unit. Thomas Plunkett (? -1851)
Baker Rifle
Plunket - Irish from the British 95th Infantry Division, which is famous for one episode. That was in 1809, the troops retreated Monroe, but cacabelos battle took place: Plunkett managed to "remove" the French General Auguste Marie Francois Colbert. The enemy felt completely safe, since the distance to the enemy was about 600 meters (then use arrows British Brown Bess muskets and more or less confidently hit the target at a distance of approx. 50 m).
Shot Plunkett was a real miracle: Use rifle Baker, it is 12 times higher than the best results at the time. But this seemed not enough for him: he proved his skill with the same position exactly hitting the second target - Adjutant General, who rushed to the aid of his commander.
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Sergeant Grace
Grace - a sniper of the 4th Infantry Division of the Georgia who killed himself a high-ranking military Union Army during the American Civil War.
May 9, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsilveyni artillery Union led by General John Sedgwick. Confederate snipers opened the hunt for him from a distance of about one kilometer. Staff officers immediately lay down and offered to go into the general shelter. However, Sedgwick expressed doubt that from such a distance is possible aimed fire, and said that the officers behaved like cowards. According to legend, he had not even finished speaking when a bullet hit him Grace under the left eye, and smashed his head.
Simo Simo Häyhä (Simo Häyhä)
He was born in 1905 (died in 2002) on the border between Finland and Russia in a family of farmers, a kid fishing and hunting. With 17 years he entered the garrison, and in 1925 enrolled in the Finnish army. After 9 years of service was sniper training.
During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 in less than 3 months, killed 505 Soviet soldiers. There are some inconsistencies in his performance. This is due to the fact that the bodies of those killed were in enemy territory, in addition Simo shot perfectly and with a pistol and a rifle, and getting out of this weapon is not always taken into account in the overall standings.
During the war, he was nicknamed "White Death". In March 1940 he was seriously wounded, the bullet shattered his jaw, disfigured face. It took a long recovery. During the Second World get to the front it was not possible due to the effects of injuries.
Effectiveness Simo is primarily due to the use of features talented theater. Simo Häyhä using open sight, since scopes are covered with frost in the cold and give highlights on which they pinpoint the enemy, require a higher hand position of the head, as well as a long time aiming. He poured water prudently snow in front of the firing position (to the shot did not rise into the air unmasks the position of a cloud of snow), ice-cooled my breath that there was much steam and so
Vassili Zaitsev (1915-1991)
Name Vasily Zaitsev became famous worldwide thanks to the film «Enemy At The Gates». Basil was born in a village in the Urals Yeleninka. In the Pacific Fleet since 1937 he served as a clerk, then - head of the financial section. From the first days of the war are regularly filed reports on the transfer to the front.
Finally in the summer of 42-th satisfied his request. He started his job at Stalingrad with "trehlineyki." In a short time, Zaitsev managed to hit more than 30 opponents. Command noticed a talented shooter and identified in the squad of snipers. Just for a few months, his account was 242 confirmed hits. But the actual number of enemies killed during the Battle of Stalingrad reached 500.
Illuminated in the film an episode of the combat biographies Zaitseva took place in reality: at this time in the Stalingrad area to fight the Soviet sniper was sent to the German "sverhsnayper" when he was killed, it was found that his rifle was mounted optics with 10x increase. The norm for the shooters of the time was considered a 3-4-fold aim, since a large handle easily.
In January 1943 as a result of mine explosion Vasily lost his sight, and only the enormous efforts of the doctors managed to restore it. Then snipers Zaytsev supervised school, wrote two textbooks. That he is one of the techniques of "hunting" is used to this day.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974)
Since 1937, Ludmila was engaged in small and gliding sports. The outbreak of war caught her at graduation practice in Odessa. Lyudmila immediately went to the front as a volunteer - she was one of the 2,000 women-snipers (thousands of our women snipers According to official data destroyed during the war, more than 12 thousand fascists).
His first goal, it was struck in the battles at Belyaevka. Participated in the defense of Odessa, there destroyed 187 enemy. After that, eight months defending Sevastopol and the Crimea. At the same time she trained snipers. During the war Lyudmila Pavlichenko eliminated 309 fascists. After being wounded in 1942 it was withdrawn from the front and sent a delegation to Canada and the United States. After returning snipers continued training at school "Shot".
Some data on the performance of our snipers during WWII:
Real accounts of snipers is actually more than a confirmation. For example, Theodore Okhlopkov at prikidochnym data, all destroyed more than 1000 (!) The Germans, also using a machine gun.
Top Ten Soviet snipers destroyed (confirmed) 4200 soldiers and officers, and the first twenty - 7400.
Cnayper 82nd Infantry Division Mikhail Lisov in October 1941 from an automatic rifle with a sniper scope knocked dive bomber Ju87. Data on the number of Marines killed them, unfortunately, no.
A sniper 796 th Infantry Division sergeant Vasily Antonovich Antonov in July 1942 near Voronezh 4 shots from a rifle shot down a twin-engine bomber Ju88! Data on the number of dead Marines as they do not have.
Mawhinney Charles (Charles Mawhinney), was born in 1949
Since childhood, fond of hunting. In 1967 he joined the Marines. As part of the US Marine Corps Mawhinney went to Vietnam.
Normal working distance for a shot sniper was 300-800 meters. Charles was the top scorer of the Vietnam War, hitting their targets from a distance of one kilometer. To his credit - 103 confirmed lesions. Because of the light of the military situation and the riskiness of search killed, another 216 victims considered probable.
Charles Mawhinney today.
Farlong Rob (Rob Furlong), who was born in 1976
Rob Farlangu not so long ago belonged distance record confirmation successful shot. He struck their target at a distance of 2430 meters!
In 2002, Furlong took part in "Operation Anaconda", in a group of two corporals and three senior corporals. They spotted three armed militants from the al-Qaeda in the mountains. While the enemy camp, Furlong took one of them on the fly of his rifle McMillan Tac-50.
The first shot went wide of the goal. The second bullet hit one of the militants. But when the second bullet hit Corporal made a third shot. The bullet was a need to overcome the distance in 3 seconds - enough time, so that the enemy had time to take cover. But the gunman realized that is under fire, when the third bullet had pierced his chest.
Craig Harrison (Craig Harrison)
New record in sniping - 2477 m established in Afghanistan, a British sniper, shot a two-Taliban machine gunners. He fired from a sniper rifle L115A3 Long Range Rifle caliber 8.59 mm, having a full-time firing range of about 1,100 meters. However, Corporal Harrison, a veteran of the Royal Cavalry Regiment, destroyed the enemy machine-gun crew at a distance of more than a kilometer superior normative.
The sniper fired from the vehicle, is nearby, he saw two machine-gunners opened fire on the soldiers and the commander of the enemy and destroyed by two shots. "The first shot hit in the belly gunner. When he fell, the second Taliban tried to take up arms, but was shot in the side - says Cpl. - Conditions for shooting were perfect, windless weather, excellent visibility. "
Poole took about three seconds to reach the goal.
This rifle that caused the death of many of the Taliban in Afghanistan, called the "silent killer".
Corporal killed 12 Taliban and wounded seven in his helmet had already fell into a bullet, a roadside bomb had broken both of his hands, but after his recovery he returned to service in Afghanistan. Craig is married and has a child, he hails from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Roza Shanina (1924-1945)
Was known for the ability to conduct accurate shooting at moving targets, he chalked up confirmed killed 59 enemy soldiers and officers (including 12 snipers). Participated in hostilities less than a year, the newspaper called allies Shanin "invisible terror East Prussia».
Died January 28, 1945 during the East Prussian operation, protecting the badly wounded commander of the artillery unit. Thomas Plunkett (? -1851)
Baker Rifle
Plunket - Irish from the British 95th Infantry Division, which is famous for one episode. That was in 1809, the troops retreated Monroe, but cacabelos battle took place: Plunkett managed to "remove" the French General Auguste Marie Francois Colbert. The enemy felt completely safe, since the distance to the enemy was about 600 meters (then use arrows British Brown Bess muskets and more or less confidently hit the target at a distance of approx. 50 m).
Shot Plunkett was a real miracle: Use rifle Baker, it is 12 times higher than the best results at the time. But this seemed not enough for him: he proved his skill with the same position exactly hitting the second target - Adjutant General, who rushed to the aid of his commander.
:
Sergeant Grace
Grace - a sniper of the 4th Infantry Division of the Georgia who killed himself a high-ranking military Union Army during the American Civil War.
May 9, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsilveyni artillery Union led by General John Sedgwick. Confederate snipers opened the hunt for him from a distance of about one kilometer. Staff officers immediately lay down and offered to go into the general shelter. However, Sedgwick expressed doubt that from such a distance is possible aimed fire, and said that the officers behaved like cowards. According to legend, he had not even finished speaking when a bullet hit him Grace under the left eye, and smashed his head.
Simo Simo Häyhä (Simo Häyhä)
He was born in 1905 (died in 2002) on the border between Finland and Russia in a family of farmers, a kid fishing and hunting. With 17 years he entered the garrison, and in 1925 enrolled in the Finnish army. After 9 years of service was sniper training.
During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 in less than 3 months, killed 505 Soviet soldiers. There are some inconsistencies in his performance. This is due to the fact that the bodies of those killed were in enemy territory, in addition Simo shot perfectly and with a pistol and a rifle, and getting out of this weapon is not always taken into account in the overall standings.
During the war, he was nicknamed "White Death". In March 1940 he was seriously wounded, the bullet shattered his jaw, disfigured face. It took a long recovery. During the Second World get to the front it was not possible due to the effects of injuries.
Effectiveness Simo is primarily due to the use of features talented theater. Simo Häyhä using open sight, since scopes are covered with frost in the cold and give highlights on which they pinpoint the enemy, require a higher hand position of the head, as well as a long time aiming. He poured water prudently snow in front of the firing position (to the shot did not rise into the air unmasks the position of a cloud of snow), ice-cooled my breath that there was much steam and so
Vassili Zaitsev (1915-1991)
Name Vasily Zaitsev became famous worldwide thanks to the film «Enemy At The Gates». Basil was born in a village in the Urals Yeleninka. In the Pacific Fleet since 1937 he served as a clerk, then - head of the financial section. From the first days of the war are regularly filed reports on the transfer to the front.
Finally in the summer of 42-th satisfied his request. He started his job at Stalingrad with "trehlineyki." In a short time, Zaitsev managed to hit more than 30 opponents. Command noticed a talented shooter and identified in the squad of snipers. Just for a few months, his account was 242 confirmed hits. But the actual number of enemies killed during the Battle of Stalingrad reached 500.
Illuminated in the film an episode of the combat biographies Zaitseva took place in reality: at this time in the Stalingrad area to fight the Soviet sniper was sent to the German "sverhsnayper" when he was killed, it was found that his rifle was mounted optics with 10x increase. The norm for the shooters of the time was considered a 3-4-fold aim, since a large handle easily.
In January 1943 as a result of mine explosion Vasily lost his sight, and only the enormous efforts of the doctors managed to restore it. Then snipers Zaytsev supervised school, wrote two textbooks. That he is one of the techniques of "hunting" is used to this day.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974)
Since 1937, Ludmila was engaged in small and gliding sports. The outbreak of war caught her at graduation practice in Odessa. Lyudmila immediately went to the front as a volunteer - she was one of the 2,000 women-snipers (thousands of our women snipers According to official data destroyed during the war, more than 12 thousand fascists).
His first goal, it was struck in the battles at Belyaevka. Participated in the defense of Odessa, there destroyed 187 enemy. After that, eight months defending Sevastopol and the Crimea. At the same time she trained snipers. During the war Lyudmila Pavlichenko eliminated 309 fascists. After being wounded in 1942 it was withdrawn from the front and sent a delegation to Canada and the United States. After returning snipers continued training at school "Shot".
Some data on the performance of our snipers during WWII:
Real accounts of snipers is actually more than a confirmation. For example, Theodore Okhlopkov at prikidochnym data, all destroyed more than 1000 (!) The Germans, also using a machine gun.
Top Ten Soviet snipers destroyed (confirmed) 4200 soldiers and officers, and the first twenty - 7400.
Cnayper 82nd Infantry Division Mikhail Lisov in October 1941 from an automatic rifle with a sniper scope knocked dive bomber Ju87. Data on the number of Marines killed them, unfortunately, no.
A sniper 796 th Infantry Division sergeant Vasily Antonovich Antonov in July 1942 near Voronezh 4 shots from a rifle shot down a twin-engine bomber Ju88! Data on the number of dead Marines as they do not have.
Mawhinney Charles (Charles Mawhinney), was born in 1949
Since childhood, fond of hunting. In 1967 he joined the Marines. As part of the US Marine Corps Mawhinney went to Vietnam.
Normal working distance for a shot sniper was 300-800 meters. Charles was the top scorer of the Vietnam War, hitting their targets from a distance of one kilometer. To his credit - 103 confirmed lesions. Because of the light of the military situation and the riskiness of search killed, another 216 victims considered probable.
Charles Mawhinney today.
Farlong Rob (Rob Furlong), who was born in 1976
Rob Farlangu not so long ago belonged distance record confirmation successful shot. He struck their target at a distance of 2430 meters!
In 2002, Furlong took part in "Operation Anaconda", in a group of two corporals and three senior corporals. They spotted three armed militants from the al-Qaeda in the mountains. While the enemy camp, Furlong took one of them on the fly of his rifle McMillan Tac-50.
The first shot went wide of the goal. The second bullet hit one of the militants. But when the second bullet hit Corporal made a third shot. The bullet was a need to overcome the distance in 3 seconds - enough time, so that the enemy had time to take cover. But the gunman realized that is under fire, when the third bullet had pierced his chest.
Craig Harrison (Craig Harrison)
New record in sniping - 2477 m established in Afghanistan, a British sniper, shot a two-Taliban machine gunners. He fired from a sniper rifle L115A3 Long Range Rifle caliber 8.59 mm, having a full-time firing range of about 1,100 meters. However, Corporal Harrison, a veteran of the Royal Cavalry Regiment, destroyed the enemy machine-gun crew at a distance of more than a kilometer superior normative.
The sniper fired from the vehicle, is nearby, he saw two machine-gunners opened fire on the soldiers and the commander of the enemy and destroyed by two shots. "The first shot hit in the belly gunner. When he fell, the second Taliban tried to take up arms, but was shot in the side - says Cpl. - Conditions for shooting were perfect, windless weather, excellent visibility. "
Poole took about three seconds to reach the goal.
This rifle that caused the death of many of the Taliban in Afghanistan, called the "silent killer".
Corporal killed 12 Taliban and wounded seven in his helmet had already fell into a bullet, a roadside bomb had broken both of his hands, but after his recovery he returned to service in Afghanistan. Craig is married and has a child, he hails from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
