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Nothing wrong with Russian women...they produced some damn fine snipers...many unnamed

June 1942




some famous in their time...

A Record That Still Stands

By mid 1942, Lieutenant Pavlichenko had killed 309 German soldiers with her 1891/30 Moisin-Nagent sniper rifle. The 5-shot bolt-action rifle fired a 148-grain bullet at about 2,800 fps. The Moisin-Nagent with a P.E. 4-power scope was effective out to 600 yards.

Pavlichenko was wounded by mortar fire in June and pulled from the front lines in July. She was sent on goodwill tours in the United States and Canada where she received a hero’s welcome at the White House in Washington, D.C. In Canada, Pavlichenko was presented with an optically equipped Winchester rifle, which is on display today at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow. She also took home a Colt semi-automatic .45-caliber pistol, presented to her when in the United States



Roza Yegorovna Shanina

Born 1924 – January 28, 1945 (age: 21)
She was a Soviet sniper during the Great Patriotic War. She was responsible for 54 confirmed kills, including 12 enemy snipers.



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