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	Soviet sniper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soviet snipers, also referred to as Russian snipers, played an important role during World War II (known as Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, in Russia, and in some other post-Soviet states).
		Soviet, Russian, and derived military doctrines include squad-level snipers, which may be called "sharpshooters" or "designated riflemen" in other doctrines (see "Sniper" article).
		A film was made about Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev, a sniper who fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, called Enemy at the Gates, based on a section in the eponymous book by William Craig which allegedly fictionalizes a duel between Zaitsev and a German sniper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_sniper (418 words)

	Israel Uses Russian Snipers On West Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Telegraph - UK -- Veterans of Russia's campaign in Chechnya are serving in the Israeli army as highly trained snipers in the West Bank and Gaza.
		Russian immigrants fill the ranks of a specialist sniper unit known as the Aliya (Immigration) brigade, the army confirmed yesterday following a report in the newspaper Ha'aretz.
		Most snipers are armed with Barrett.50 calibre semi-automatic rifles, accurate to a range exceeding 1,000 yards.
	www.rense.com /general42/israelusesrussiansnipers.htm (241 words)

	Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев) (March 23, 1915 in Yelino - December 15, 1991 in Kiev), was a Soviet sniper during World War II who between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 225 soldiers and officers of the enemy, including 11 snipers (in Junior Lieutenant military rank).
		It is estimated that the 28 snipers he had trained killed more than 3000 enemy soldiers.
		Conferences were arranged to spread the doctrine of "sniperism" and exchange ideas on technique and principles that was not limited to marksmanship skills.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vasily_Alexandrovich_Zaitsev (452 words)

	Mosin-Nagant M1891/1930
		Sniper rifles, based on the M1891/30 rifles, were issued with scope mounts on the left side of the receiver and with bolt handles bent down.
		The sniper movement peaked with the widely circulated tale of the duel to the death between Senior Sergeant Zaitsev and Major Koenig in the ruins of Stalingrad.
		The sniper rifle M1891/30, which is basically the M1891/30 adapted for use with a telescope, was a standard weapon in Soviet and satellite armies.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/mosin-nagant.htm (2326 words)

	Mosin Nagant obr 1891/1930g Sniper Rifle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The sniper rifle M1891/30 is basically the M1891/30 adapted for use with a telescope.
		Sniper rifles were chosen for accuracy from the production lines, had the bolt turned down, and were fitted with a telescopic sights.
		Anxious to put the German sniper in a maximum amount of blinding sunlight, they followed the irregularly curving front line until they found a spot where the afternoon sun would be at their backs...
	www.rt66.com /~korteng/SmallArms/mnsniper.html (539 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / For Marine snipers, war is up close and personal
		Marine sniper teams are spread in and around the city, working night and day, using powerful scopes, thermal-imaging equipment, and modified bolt-action rifles that allow them to identify and target armed insurgents from 800 yards or more.
		Marine snipers, whose motto is ''One shot, one kill," fire from rooftops in crowded urban areas of Fallujah, as well as while exploring the city by foot.
		But the sniper, with time to set up the shot, sees the victims more clearly through a powerful scope: their faces, their eyes, the weapons in their hands.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/04/19/for_marine_snipers_war_is_up_close_and_personal (836 words)

	Soviet Sniper's Handbook, 1942 - & How to Zero the 1891 and 1891/30 7.62mm Three Line Rifle
		The Mosin sniper rifle, in one form or another, was the standard sniping arm of the Soviet military from the mid 1930s until the SVD "Dragunov" replaced it in the 1960s.
		The success of the Russian sniper in WWII is evidence enough that their training was sound, accurate and modern in all respects.
		Russians are as clever as any people on this earth and their military sniping tactics were as advanced as any.
	www.snipercountry.com /BVT_Reviews/SovietSnipersHandbook_1942.asp (1400 words)

	Snipers Dream (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Marine sniper teams are spread in and around the city, working night and day, using powerful scopes, thermal imaging equipment and specially modified bolt-action rifles that allow them to identify and target armed insurgents from 800 yards or more.
		Marine snipers, whose motto is "one shot, one kill," fire from rooftops in crowded urban areas of Fallujah, as well as exploring the city by foot.
		Marine officers credit the snipers, all of whom are enlisted men, with saving Marine lives by suppressing enemy fire and allowing their comrades greater freedom of movement.
	www.cheshirecat.ws /55 (762 words)

	Infantry Magazine: Russian snipers: in the mountains and cities of Chechnya - Professional Forum
		Sniper is a term of excellence in the Russian Army.
		The increase in the number of snipers to 18 per infantry battalion did not reflect the growing role of snipers as much as it reflected the rearmament of the Red Army.
		In 1952, the Soviet Union closed its national system of sniper schools, although basic marksmanship continued to be taught to the citizenry through the Young Pioneers, mandatory grade school and high school classes and the widespread DOSAAF (Voluntary Organization for the Support of the Soviet Army, Air Force, and Navy) civilian sports clubs.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_2_91/ai_106792175 (1503 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Chechnya - Russian troops retake city in fierce gunfight
		CHECHEN resistance in the Russian city of Nalchik ended yesterday in a furious shoot-out as security forces stormed a bus in which rebels were trying to make an escape.
		Russian snipers opened fire and special forces soldiers stormed the bus, killing the rebels and freeing all five hostages unharmed.
		Russian units began combing the town and surrounding villages for survivors.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=610&id=2091322005 (805 words)

	IDF using imported snipers: Murdoc Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Israel using crack Russian snipers in the West Bank - free registration required
		They're immigrants who previously served in the Russian army where sniping is an art.
		Russian snipers undergo instense training, sometimes lasting up to a year.
	www.murdoconline.net /archives/000202.html (291 words)

	Battle of Stalingrad
		The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (today Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German and other Axis forces in and around the city.
		Instead, Army Group South, which had previously conquered the Ukraine, was to rush forward through the southern Russian steppes into the Caucasus, capturing vital Soviet oil fields.
		Soviet snipers also successfully used the ruins to hide in.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_stalingrad.html (2617 words)

	The MOUT Homepage
		Russians casualties were also high -- perhaps constituting as much as 12.5% of their total entering force in Chechnya through March of 1995 -- six month before the second battle for Grozny where Russian casualties were “appalling.” Civilian losses were also high.
		Russian tactical training standards for squads, platoons, and companies mandate a block of 151 hours of total instruction, of which only 5-6 hours were suppose to go to urban warfare.
		Russian accounts of Air Force operations in Chechnya also reveal that pilots were not psychologically prepared for combat, had “squandered their skills in employing their weapons”, and had problems flying in adverse weather because of reduced peace-time training.
	www.specialoperations.com /mout/chechnyaA.html (6783 words)

	Troops in Grozny Measure Their Gains in Yards
		The Russian military's most important accomplishment today was not the seizure of a new building or compound, but the recovery of the body of Maj. Gen. Mikhail Malofeyev, one of the commanders of the Grozny operation, who vanished in the fighting on Tuesday.
		Russian officers boasted that they controlled Minutka Square in central Grozny several days ago, only to acknowledge today that it was still the object of fierce firefights.
		But after the Russian military brought a group of reporters, television cameramen and photographers here later in the day, they were informed that snipers were active in the Russian-controlled area of Grozny and that travel to Staropromyslovsky had become too risky.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/europe/012400russia-chechnya.html (1232 words)

	Enemy at the Gates
		The two snipers wage a personal war through the streets of the tattered city, until one is dead.
		Add in a love story, Zaitsev is training Russian snipers and falls in love with Tania Chernova, one of his students, and you have a story that seems perfect for the big screen.
		While the German sniper recognizes he is a coward, and is somewhat embarrassed by killing people from such a long distance, that is about as much insight as either main character has.
	www.thirdreich.net /Enemy_Gates2.html (1147 words)

	Snipers in Command Decision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A sniper team - the sniper and his assistant - is shown as a single figure, mounted on a half stand.
		If the sniper is engaged in close combat, he fights as other personnel.
		A Red Army sniper was normally equipped with a Model 1891/30 Sniper Rifle with a PU Sniper Scope.
	www.chakoten.dk /russfinskyten.html (599 words)

	\'For every one of us you kill, we will wipe out 50 children\' / News / Russian London
		As darkness fell, with no end to the siege in sight, the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, was embroiled in the worst crisis of his presidency.
		Russian television showed a grim-faced Mr Putin rushing back to Moscow from his holiday home by the Black Sea while the head of the Russian interior ministry went straight to Beslan.
		Russian sources said the fighters had opened fire on an armoured troop carrier with a grenade launcher.
	www.russianlondon.com /uknews/news/21946 (757 words)

	World-News
		A Russian Foreign Ministry official in Moscow told the Interfax news agency that even though Chechen separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev committed all 1,800 of his men to the Grozny assault, the rebels had failed to seize a single checkpoint.
		There was no news on the whereabouts of 84 Russian construction workers seized by the Chechen fighters at the beginning of their attack on Grozny, Russian television said.
		Russian television said Sunday that reports that rebel military commander Aslan Maskhadov had suffered a serious injury in a clash near the town of Gudermes could not be confirmed.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/news-old/3-96/ew3-10-96.html (1621 words)

	Print Article: Israel using ex-Chechnya snipers in West Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Russian immigrants fill the ranks of a specialist sniper unit known as the Aliya (Immigration) brigade, the army said after a report in the newspaper Ha'aretz.
		Most snipers are armed with Barrett.50 calibre semi-automatic rifles, accurate to a range exceeding 1000 metres.
		Snipers play a key role in Israel's ground forces operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where Palestinian militants are spearheading a nearly three-year-old uprising for independence.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/09/23/1064082997624.html (336 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Stalingrad
		The battle is considered to include: the German bombing campaign of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (today Volgograd); the German march towards the city; the battle inside the city itself; and, the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German and other Axis forces in and around the city.
		The Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dominated by the statue of Mother Russia Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мама́ев Курга́н) is a dominant height overseeing the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in southern Russia.
		Hero City (город-герой or gorod-geroy in Russian) is an honorary title awarded to twelve cities and one city-fortress in the Soviet Union for outstanding heroism during the Great Patriotic War of 1941 to 1945.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Stalingrad (8430 words)

	Spetsnaz Mod: Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Though the SVD Dragunov has been and still is the primary sniping rifle of the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces, snipers have for many years been calling for a bolt action rifle designed specifically for precision shooting at long range.
		For years the standard sniping rifle of all Russian military units was the 7.62x54mm SVD Dragunov.
		While this design proved to be an excellent long range rifle, recent conflicts and tactical situations have shown that snipers are engaging targets at ranges of 500 yards and closer.
	www.baconbomb.com /spetsnazmod/w_sniping.html (539 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Enemy at the Gates"-Comments1
		The early acts of despair by the Russians as they had to face either the Germans or their own Soviet officers; the chaos of the battlefield (comparisons to Private Ryan is apt); etc. Most of the acting was good.
		Our female sniper was a regular b** who cracked German skulls open...she was NOT on equal standard with our Russian sniper** (he beat her on more then one occasion).
		The Russian soldiers view makes the story seem very fresh and I thought the love story between the two Russian soldiers was interesting in that both women and men fought on the front lines.
	www.joblo.com /enemyatthegates1.htm (2845 words)

	Russian Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The best of the Russian snipers preferred the 1891/30 to the SVT40, which was also issued in a snipers model, because they were more reliable and the action made practically no noise.
		The Red Army was alone among the major combatants in that it never produced a viable anti tank weapon for its infantry throughout the course of the war.
		Although the russian military was reportedly not very enthusiastic about the lend-lease Bazookas which they had received in little numbers in 1943, they took a liking to the bigger Panzerschreck and the late-war Panzerfaust types which were captured from the Germans in great quantities.
	www.planetquake.com /dday/extra/russian (811 words)

	News
		Russian shells crashed down into southwest and southeast areas of the city, seized by thousands of rebels in fighting which has killed hundreds of people.
		Russian Television quoted its reporter as saying heavy fighting was going on in the centre of Grozny, and loud explosions could be heard coming from the area, but there was no sign of heavy artillery or Russian aviation.
		Not a single Russian soldier was to be seen in districts I drove through on Monday; the only proof that they were there was the whistle of mortar rounds falling on areas overrun by rebels.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/news-old/8-96/ew8-19-96.html (1632 words)

	HRW, Russian Soldiers Executed Seven Men in Chechen Village (Press Release, 3/31/2000)
		The Russians took out four men from another cellar and shot them; I saw the soldiers shoot but couldn't see at whom; there was a wall in the way.
		Russian snipers shot indiscriminately at civilians in Gekhi-Chu.
		Sultan Kataev (59) stated that his uncle, Adlan Miev, (about 70) was shot by a sniper on February 6 in the chest and leg.
	www.hrw.org /press/2000/03/chech0331.htm (1132 words)

	Vanguard News Network Forum - Enemy at the Gates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Upon being slaughtered to just a few men the Russians retreat only to be machine-gunned down by their officers as cowards.
		After unknowingly killing a Russian captive the leader is perplexed at the lack of concern the Germans had over the linesman.
		This is the real reason the Russians are fighting the Germans: not for the "motherland," but because the Germans kill Jews.
	www.vnnforum.com /showthread.php?t=4654 (2806 words)

	Russian SV-98
		But when the snipers need a precision long range rifle, the SVD does not perform up to the modern sniper rifle standard.
		A formal request for a new bolt action sniper rifle was made, and in 1998 Vladimir Stronskiy designed and delivered to the Arms R&D center of the Izhmash OJSC the Snaiperskaya Vintovka (sniper rifle), model 1998.
		Because the performance is not as good as the military would like, there has been several complaints from the head of the military arms and evaluation center in the Russian Military that the rifle was adopted for political gain for a certain "un-known" person.
	www.snipercentral.com /sv98.htm (437 words)

	Israelis recruiting Russian snipers -DAWN - International; September 23, 2003
		TEL AVIV, Sept 22: Israel’s army has begun using Russian immigrant soldiers, veterans of fighting in Chechnya, as snipers to guard Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories, Israeli security sources said on Monday.
		The unit, dubbed the “Immigrant Legion”, was created recently by recruiting several dozen Russian-born men aged 40 and over who were too old to qualify for reserve duty but had volunteered to serve in semi-official security squads, the sources said.
		The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said snipers in the Russian army undergo a year of training, giving those who eventually move to the Jewish state a qualitative edge over Israeli counterparts who have only five weeks of training.
	www.dawn.com /2003/09/23/int6.htm (314 words)

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