72-WW2-700 USSR SOVIET FEMALE SNIPERS WITH A DOG

In the 1920s and - especially - in the 1930s, the Red Army underwent a rapid development in terms of increasing its posts, as well as increasing saturation with technical weapons, primarily armored weapons. At the same time, however, unlike, for example, the German army, it attached a large role to the actions of sharpshooters and snipers. Attempts were made to develop weapons, the doctrine of their use and tactics. During World War II, Soviet snipers and sniper rifles (in the Red Army, women could also undergo specialist training) turned out to be a difficult opponent for the Germans. It is assumed that in the period 1941-1945 as many as about 430,000 people (including partisans) underwent special shooting training in the Red Army, and about 9,500 underwent further specialist training. Soviet snipers were aimed at eliminating non-commissioned officers and - especially - officers of the German army. They used various types of small arms, but the most common was the 7.62mm Mosin rifle with optical equipment or the SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle, also with a special scope. It is worth adding that during World War II, the Red Army had many great snipers and snipers, including Vasily Zaitsev, Ivan Sidorenko, Ludmila Pawliczenko and Tatiana Baramzinova.