During World War II, there were a large number of excellent ace snipers in the Soviet Union and Germany, today let's take a look at the Soviet sniper, many excellent snipers in the Soviet Union were also trained by him, he is the prototype of the Soviet sniper god Vasily!He is also the most famous sniper in the world!
He was the most hated Soviet combat hero of the German army, and during the war of aggression against fascist Germany, he single-handedly killed more than 300 enemies. In total, he trained students to shoot and kill more than 3,000 German troops, making a great contribution to the anti-fascist movement.
Born in 1915 in a small village in Orenburg, Vasily grew up living with his grandfather, who was a hunter and took Vasily to hunt since he was a child.
In 1937, Vasily signed up for the army, and he was assigned to work as a civilian in the army, where he lived a comfortable and comfortable life. This good day was shattered by the German invasion, in 1941 Germany lightning attack on the Soviet Union, seeing the country and people ravaged by fascism, Vasily resolutely put down the pen in his hand, picked up the gun and went to the front line of the battlefield, because he had a solid shooting foundation and superb concealment skills in childhood, so that he almost every shot to eliminate an enemy, and those German troops who were killed by Vasily could not even know his location, and he only used an ordinary Mosin Nagant rifle, without optical sights! !
At the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad, Vasily sniped 32 German soldiers, and there were many officers and snipers, which caused serious psychological pressure on the German army, which was a ghostly enemy and was really terrifying!
In the following month, Vasily killed more than 200 German soldiers.
While he brought endless fear to the enemy, he also boosted the low morale of the Soviet army and brought light to the turning point of the battle. In this respect, more than the more than 200 enemies sniped to the victory!
Soon, the superiors noticed this wonderful soldier, and they hyped up Vasily, made him a Hero of the Soviet Union, and awarded him a medal.
At the same time, Vasily formed a sniper school, which trained 28 snipers, who killed more than 3,000 enemy soldiers on the battlefield.
The duel with the principal of the German sniper school in the movie, Konings, is not accurately recorded in reality, but it does not affect the reputation of this legendary sniper.
In the end, the Battle of Stalingrad was successfully defended, which was also one of the turning points of World War II. After the war, Vasily was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
He died at his home in 1991 at the age of 76. On his deathbed, he still wished he could be buried in Stalingrad and continue to guard the land.