Heroes 20/03/20 Vasily Zaytsev: how to fight the best sniper of the battle of Stalingrad
the Legendary sniper of the great Patriotic war Vasily Zaytsev during the battle of Stalingrad, for six weeks, killed more than two hundred German soldiers and officers, including 11 snipers.
Warrior
the War caught Vasily Zaytsev in the service of the Pacific fleet in the chief of a financial part, which he was appointed due to his education. But Basil, who received a 12 years, a gift from my grandfather my first hunting rifle, never thought to sit in the accounting Department. He wrote five reports with the request to forward it to the front. Finally, the commander heeded the requests, and the hares went into the army to defend the homeland. Future sniper enlisted in the 284-th infantry division.
Earned “sniper”
After a short military training Basil along with other Pacific fleet crossed the Volga and took part in the battle of Stalingrad. From the first encounters with the enemy Zaitsev proved himself as an outstanding shooter. Using a simple “trehlineyki” he skillfully killed the enemy soldier. In war it is very useful hunting wise advice of his grandfather. Later Basil would say that one of the main qualities of the sniper the ability to hide and to be invisible. This quality is necessary for any good hunter.
Just a month later for their fighting zeal, Vasily Zaytsev was awarded a medal “For courage”, and in addition to it… a sniper rifle! By this time a good shot already brought down 32 enemy soldier.
Sniper ingenuity
Good sniper live sniper. Feat sniper is that it does its job again and again. To succeed in this difficult task you need to perform the feat every day and every moment: to beat the enemy and stay alive!
Vassili Zaitsev knew that the template is the path to death. So he kept coming up with new models of hunting. Especially dangerous is hunting for drugoho hunter, but then our soldiers have always been on top. Basil, like in a chess game, outplayed their opponents. For example, he did a realistic puppet of a sniper, and he was hiding nearby. As soon as the enemy found themselves to be shot, Basil began to patiently wait for his emergence from hiding. And time didn’t mean nothing to him.
From intelligence to science
Zaitsev was commander of a sniper group and taking care of their growth and their professional skills, have accumulated considerable didactic material, which enabled later to write two textbooks for the snipers. One day, two hunters, returning from the firing position, met their commander. Punctual Germans went for lunch, so you can own and the rest is still anyone in the crosshairs not to catch. But Zaitsev said that now is the time for zeroing. It turns out that even when the fire was not in one smart hunter quietly calculated the distance to the places of possible appearance of the enemy and put them in a notebook, so on occasion, without wasting a second, hitting the target. Because another chance may not present itself.
a Duel with a German “swarmsnapper”
Soviet shooter much annoyed the German “machine”, so the German command sent from Berlin to Stalingrad front his best arrow: the head of the school of snipers. German ASU has set the task to destroy the “Russian hare”. In turn, Basil received the order to destroy the German “swarnapuri”. Between them began a game of “cat and mouse”. The actions of the German Vasily realized that he is a hardened professional. But after several days of mutual hunting Vassili Zaitsev outwitted the enemy and emerged victorious.
the duel the world has glorified our sniper. This story is reflected in modern cinema: Russian film in 1992, the year the “Angels of death” and the Western “enemy at the gates” (2001).
hunt
unfortunately, to triumph over the victory in principle of the duel was once. Commander diviii Nikolai Batyuk congratulated Basil and instructed his team of snipers a new important job. It was necessary to disrupt the impending German attack on one of the sections of the Stalingrad front. “How many at your disposal soldiers,” said the commander. – “13”. – “Well, hope, cope.”
Performing the task, the group Zaitsev used a new tactic of warfare – hunting group. Thirteen sniper rifles took aim at the most attractive points to the location of the enemy. The calculation is as follows: out of Hitler’s officers on the last inspection of the strip offensive – fire!
Calculating fully justified itself. The attack was thwarted. Though an experienced fighter Vasily Zaytsev in the heat of battle went to a frontal attack on the German infantry, not expecting that the German artillery fire on his own and others.
Return to front
When Vassily came to, it was shrouded in darkness. As a result of severe injuries seriously injured eyes. In his memoirs he admits that when he escalated the hearing, he was pondering to pick up a rifle… fortunately, after several operations his eyesight returned, and on 10 February 1943 sniper Zaitsev saw the light again.
For their military skill and valour to the commander of the sniper group was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded the order of Lenin and medal “gold Star”. However, as in the beginning of the military way, Basil did not think to stay away from the main event and soon returned to the front. The victory in the great Patriotic war he met with the rank of captain.
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