Maghull Mike Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/europe/ukraine-war-army-women.html In WW2 the CCCP had women fighters, their sniper women between them they killed over 14,000 German troops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 It's worth noting that there was a lot of propaganda about snipers (and female soldiers) in the USSR. That's not to say the snipers didn't kill a lot of Germans, but individual stories were probably exaggerated. For example, it's still not clear whether the famous 'duel' between a Soviet and German sniper in Stalingrad (as portrayed in the Enemy at the Gates movie) ever happened. As an aside, I've actually fired a Soviet sniper rifle from WWII. I still wonder what its wartime service record was like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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