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tangolima · February 2, 2014, 05:25 AM

Read memoire of a few famous WWII Russian snipers. They mentioned extensive use of anti-tank rifles, not by themselves but other troops in their units, in battle of of Stalingrad and the sort. Mainly for destroying German bunkers, sniper nests, and machine gun placements. Similar role as bazookas I guess.

BTW, they, the snipers, also shouldered submachine guns. When things were getting too hot too close, they would ditch their scoped Mosins and fired SMGs full auto. Also there were more snipers in a company than I had thought, which was a Russian army concept I suppose.

-TL

February 2, 2014, 05:25 AM	#12
tangolima Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2013 Posts: 3,814	Read memoire of a few famous WWII Russian snipers. They mentioned extensive use of anti-tank rifles, not by themselves but other troops in their units, in battle of of Stalingrad and the sort. Mainly for destroying German bunkers, sniper nests, and machine gun placements. Similar role as bazookas I guess. BTW, they, the snipers, also shouldered submachine guns. When things were getting too hot too close, they would ditch their scoped Mosins and fired SMGs full auto. Also there were more snipers in a company than I had thought, which was a Russian army concept I suppose. -TL Last edited by tangolima; February 2, 2014 at 10:58 AM.