Vasily Zaitsev
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Vasily Zaitsev,the Sniper Legend
Captain Vassiliy Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев) (March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II whobetween November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 114 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers. His military rank at thetime was Junior Lieutenant. By the end of the war, Zaitsev had made 242 verified kills
Life
Zaitsev was born in Yelino, grew up in the Ural Mountains and learned marksmanship bypoaching deer with his grandfather. His surname Zaitsev means of hare in Russian.
Zaitsev served in the 1047th rifle regiment of the 284th rifle division of the 62nd Army. Zaitsev served until January1943, when he suffered an injury to his eyes. He was attended to by Professor Filatov, who is credited with restoring his sight. After that he returned to the front and finished the war on the Dniestrriver with the military rank of Captain.
After the war, Zaitsev managed a factory in Kiev.
Prior to 10 November he had already killed 32 Axis soldiers with the standard-issue Mosin-Nagantrifle ("tryokhlineyka", three line rifle) [4].
Some sources claim that Zaitsev's remarkable performance of 242 kills was not unique, and that Ivan Mihailovich Sidorenko of the 1122nd rifle regimenthad made approximately 500 kills by the end of the war. [5] [6]. Undoubtedly, though, there were numerous Soviet snipers serving during World War II who did distinguish themselves with a high numberof individual kills.
The snipers he trained were nicknamed zaichata, meaning "leverets" (baby hares). Anthony Beevor wrote in Stalingrad that this was the start of the "sniper movement" in the62nd Army. Conferences were arranged to spread the doctrine of "sniperism" and exchange ideas on technique and principles that were not limited to marksmanship skills. It is estimated that the snipers...
Captain Vassiliy Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев) (March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II whobetween November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 114 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers. His military rank at thetime was Junior Lieutenant. By the end of the war, Zaitsev had made 242 verified kills
Life
Zaitsev was born in Yelino, grew up in the Ural Mountains and learned marksmanship bypoaching deer with his grandfather. His surname Zaitsev means of hare in Russian.
Zaitsev served in the 1047th rifle regiment of the 284th rifle division of the 62nd Army. Zaitsev served until January1943, when he suffered an injury to his eyes. He was attended to by Professor Filatov, who is credited with restoring his sight. After that he returned to the front and finished the war on the Dniestrriver with the military rank of Captain.
After the war, Zaitsev managed a factory in Kiev.
Prior to 10 November he had already killed 32 Axis soldiers with the standard-issue Mosin-Nagantrifle ("tryokhlineyka", three line rifle) [4].
Some sources claim that Zaitsev's remarkable performance of 242 kills was not unique, and that Ivan Mihailovich Sidorenko of the 1122nd rifle regimenthad made approximately 500 kills by the end of the war. [5] [6]. Undoubtedly, though, there were numerous Soviet snipers serving during World War II who did distinguish themselves with a high numberof individual kills.
The snipers he trained were nicknamed zaichata, meaning "leverets" (baby hares). Anthony Beevor wrote in Stalingrad that this was the start of the "sniper movement" in the62nd Army. Conferences were arranged to spread the doctrine of "sniperism" and exchange ideas on technique and principles that were not limited to marksmanship skills. It is estimated that the snipers...
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