Posted on 02/06/2016 2:20:31 PM PST by beaversmom
Roza Shanina (1924--1945) Roza Georgiyevna Shanina was a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 54 confirmed kills, including 12 snipers during the Battle of Vilnius. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of firing precise semi-automatic shots on moving enemy targets. She volunteered to serve as a marksman on the front line. She died from wounds at age 20. She served part of the time in an all-woman sniper unit. Before the war she worked as a kindergarten teacher. -
Roza Shanina
Roza Shanina
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet sniper during WWII. A student at the time, Pavlichenko was among the first to volunteer for the armed forced when the Soviet Union was invaded and declined the opportunity to serve as a nurse instead of a soldier so as to put her badass shooting talents to good use. She went on to record 309 kills, making her the most successful female sniper in history. After she was wounded in battle, Pavlichenko traveled to the United States.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
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I believe the picture in your post is a picture of a living history re-enactor portraying Roza Georgiyevna Shanina. She does bear a remarkable resemblance and is doing a good job.
Very nice! Thanks so much for sharing. Interested to look her up now and know more. Tell your wife thanks, too.
Very interesting. Fun to learn.
Funny, I had forgotten the Finnish sniper’s name, and looked him up earlier to show my son.
“semiautomatic rifle used by the Russian forces as a sniper weapon’
Yes, SVT-40 rifles were scoped and used as snipers. See the 2nd pic up from the bottom.
Pretty rare to find one.
Are you kidding? Overly bulbous nose, jaw too masculine, nose-to-mouth and mouth-to-bottom-of-chin distance ratios waaaay off, her face is overall too flat and her bone structure is overall too robust.
Not that looks matter for much, but from a purely artistic viewpoint...
If Laz would not hit that, I will hit Laz. I will hit Laz with a two by four until he comes to his senses. She is seriously hot and the Nagant is all the make up she needs.
Thanks for info, I shall research this weapon.
It meets the Dan Rather standard, it's a close match to other pictures of her, and she's hot, which is what I want to see. Who cares if the color and resolution are modern? The photo is fake but accurate.
(bats eyelashes)
here’s a couple of good sites for Mosin stuff:
http://mosinnagant.net/sniper%20section/Red-Star-Snipers.asp
I dunno, she could have been a real b@llbuster.
“Is good I have telescopic sight with 4x magnification, isn’t it little man?”
Then what are you gonna do?
She has 3 books listed on Kindle but not an autobiography. They’re all novels. Can you please tell me the title of her autobiography? Maybe I can get it on Amazon.
My favorite is her autobiographical work from 1959.
I should warn you that she was trained as a nurse, not a sniper. But she did well in firearms training and had some experience described in the book shooting at Germans. Here is the link to used editions of the out of print book on Amazon. They start at $5.94 + $4.00 shipping.
The Tokarev SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle was modified during WWII for use as a sniper rifle using the 4X PU scope. Some famous Soviet Snipers are said to have preferred it over the Mosin Nagant because of it's “rapid second hit” capability.
We have three Mosin Nagant and love to shoot them. They do better with cartridges we have made up ourselves rather than the cheap lacquered steel cased 1980s surplus ammo currently available. But I have to admit we can't put them together as cheaply as the surplus ammo so we use the surplus mostly.
Thank you very much.
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