Not much is known about Ivan Ivanovich Larkin. However, in the 10 years preceding WWII, the Soviet Union uniquely established specialized sniper units. The high level of proficiency of these Soviet ...
Mosin Nagant PU Sniper - Authentic 1943© "Mosin Nagant PU Sniper - Authentic 1943" by tigertailzbezerk@att.net is licensed under PDM 1.0. The Second World War saw plenty of makeshift weapons ...
During World War II, thousands of women took up arms in the Red Army, among them 18-year-old sniper Aliya Moldagulova of Kazakhstan. On January 14, 1944, in the fight for the Nasva railway station, ...
Just two weeks after American forces landed at Normandy on D-Day, Jack Leroy Tueller, one of those Americans, was taking sniper fire with the rest of his unit. Instead of sitting helplessly, Tueller ...