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  • Lady Death: Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the Greatest Female Sniper of All Time

    07/21/2020 12:46:30 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 51 replies
    GetPocket ^ | Suzanne Raga
    With 309 confirmed kills, she became a heroic figure to the Soviets—but the American media didn't know what to make of her. Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko For Lyudmila Pavlichenko, killing Nazis wasn't complicated. “The only feeling I have is the great satisfaction a hunter feels who has killed a beast of prey,” she once said of her job. But Pavlichenko wasn’t just any soldier: She was the most successful female sniper in history, and one of the most successful snipers, period. As a member of the Soviet Army during World War II, she killed 309 Nazis, earning the sobriquet “Lady...