Sniper in the History of War

Sniper in the History of War Sniper from time to time Hiding place under the metal plate is secretly, and this can be done without being seen the Russians in the evening.


To verify this allegation, he put a glove on a piece of board and slowly raise it, Dar! The Germans provoked to shoot the nest that hand. From the bullet holes in these gloves, it is known definitely that the German sniper was hiding under the metal plate. , Now a question, how can the head of the German fishing is out and there's no point in baiting directly. Vasily is now convinced of this nature these people, the Germans will not leave his position in this highly profitable. When night falls, Vasily and Nikolay carefully move the place and time of sunrise, Nikolay intentionally carelessly throw away shots to attract the attention of the Germans. Then they waited until noon when sunlight shining on the German position. When they saw a small glint of metal plate below it, Vasily ask: Was it telescope? ; Without answering Nikolay slowly raised his helmet with a stick Dar! shot pierced the helmet, the style of a professional actor Nikolay immediately appear instantly while shouting.

The Germans thought he had managed to shoot Vasily hunts for 4 days and raised a little head out from under the plate Dar! He immediately collapsed by Vasily shots.
Actually there are 9 people again top Russian sniper Vasily Zaitsev above the record. Vasily Zaitsev Like they all also got a merit badge "Order of Lenin" which is the highest decoration of the Soviet Union at that time.
The Russian sniper rifle to use 2 types as follows: Mosin Nagant M1891/30 7.62 mm caliber bolt action equipped with a telescope with a magnification 3.5 X or 4X. Vasily Zaitsev use this rifle. SVT40 Tokarev semi-automatic 7.62 mm caliber action which is equipped with a telescope with a magnification 3.5 X or 4X. Nikolay Yakovlevich Ilyin (496 people) and Lyudmila Pavlichenko (309 people) use this rifle. Vasily Zaitsev epic story then a lot is written in a variety of novels including "Stalingrad", "War of the Rats" and "Enemy at the Gate" which later was appointed kelayar silver into a movie.

Film Enemy at the Gate; real story
Although the characters in this film is really a lot there, the story changed and in fact many seasoned film to dramatize this for comfortable viewing, for example among others:
· Nikolay Kulikov (Vasily observer) that the film was shot dead by "Major Koenig" time is jumping. In fact he survived until the war ended, even with Vasily time "Major Koenig" was shot by Vasily.
· Super Vasily German sniper who shot at the end of the movie is not a "Major Koenig", but Heinz Thorvald.
· Commisar political officer Danilov and Russians who in the film propanganda meritorious orbit Vasily name, he accidentally wounded by a "super sniper" German for Vasily it to lure out of hiding to help him. Danilov was not dead.
In a real situation, the German sniper shot dead a hiding place is located underneath a sheet metal plate obsolete; no open place like in the movie. Even he had never dealt with the Russian kids hung in the film (the story is fabricated only to describe the atrocities of Nazi Germany's army).