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The Forty-First (Russian: Сорок первый, romanized: Sorok pervyy) is a 1956 Soviet war romance film based on the eponymous novel by Boris Lavrenyov.It was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starred Izolda Izvitskaya and Oleg Strizhenov.
The three most common sniper rifles employed by the Soviet Union were the Mosin–Nagant, the Tokarev SVT-40, and later in 1963, the SVD, the first purpose built designated marksmen's rifle. The sniper version of the Mosin–Nagant rifle was used before, during, and after World War II .
The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion rifle used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent long-range accuracy for its era, especially when used with a telescopic sight, the Whitworth rifle was widely regarded as the world's first sniper rifle.
The Whitworth rifle was arguably the first long-range sniper rifle in the world. [1] Designed in 1854 by Sir Joseph Whitworth, a prominent British engineer, it used barrels with hexagonal polygonal rifling, which meant that the projectile did not have to "bite" into the rifling grooves as with conventional rifling.
A distinguished Ukrainian Senior Sergeant and proficient sniper, Stephan Petrenko notably contributed to the Soviet Union’s reputation of having the most adept snipers during WWII. He was born ...
A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War. [citation needed] 500+ Soviet Union: Billy Sing: 1886–1943 1914–1918 An Australian First World War sniper credited with over 150 confirmed kills. Contemporary evidence puts his tally at close to 300 kills. [57] 150+ Australia: Mikhail Surkov: 1921–1953 1941–1945
The rifle, fully assembled, is six feet, six inches long (longer than the average sniper is tall) and weighs 50 pounds. Each 14.5mm round weighs 2.2 ounces, compared to a 1.5 ounces for the .50 ...
A Montana National Guard soldier became the first woman to finish the U.S. Army’s sniper course at Fort Benning, Georgia, military officials said.
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