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Thread: Gun Babe
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November 3rd, 2019, 03:56 PM #7901
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Attorney Phil Kline, AKA gunlawyer001@gmail.com
Ce sac n'est pas un jouet.
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November 3rd, 2019, 04:06 PM #7902
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No , these are!
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I don't speak English , I talk American!
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November 3rd, 2019, 04:14 PM #7903Grand Member
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Yes, we can all laugh and make fun of the first Slavic girls........until they start shooting at you!
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November 3rd, 2019, 04:21 PM #7904
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November 3rd, 2019, 04:25 PM #7905
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Yep! Here is the story along with the original B&W copy of that picture.
https://mashable.com/2016/07/30/soviet-women-snipers/
But far and away the most notorious was Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who came to earn the nickname “Lady Death.”
Born in a small village outside of Kiev, Ukraine, Pavlichenko was a driven and competitive child. After hearing a young neighbor boast of his prowess at the shooting range, she began practicing with a rifle.
She was studying for a master’s degree in history at Kiev University when the Germans invaded, and she immediately volunteered.
Though recruiters tried to steer her toward becoming a nurse, she insisted she be given a combat role.
Stationed on a hill the Red Army was defending, she was handed a rifle and given an audition — take out two distant Romanians who were working with the Germans.
She picked them off with ease, and was quickly enlisted in the 25th Chapayev Rifle Division.
June 6, 1942
Lyudmila Pavlichenko in combat at Sevastopol. With 309 confirmed kills, she is one the deadliest snipers in history.
Image: Ozerksy/AFP/Getty Images
Pavlichenko fought in Odessa and Moldavia for a couple months before her unit was redeployed to defend Sevastopol against a German siege.
In those months of fighting, she gained a fearsome reputation for stealth and accuracy, picking off dozens of enemy soldiers. She was given the most dangerous assignments, including countersniping — engaging enemy snipers in tense duels that could last for days.
Her notoriety grew to the point where the Germans even attempted to bribe her to defect, shouting with loudspeakers that they would give her chocolate and make her an officer.
She was wounded four times, and after taking a blast of shrapnel to the face she was pulled out of combat duty to train new snipers and engage in propaganda activities.
In less than a year of combat, she had made 309 confirmed kills, including 36 enemy snipers, making her one of the deadliest snipers in history.Last edited by gghbi; November 3rd, 2019 at 04:30 PM.
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November 3rd, 2019, 04:29 PM #7906Grand Member
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Exactly who I was thinking about. Clean her up a little and I would definitely give her Babe status too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Shanina
Edit: Good article and I might have gotten my Russian sniper girls mixed up. I was probably thinking about Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Might be stretching it to give here Babe status but with 309 confirmed kills I'm not saying anything.Last edited by Delkal; November 3rd, 2019 at 04:36 PM.
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November 5th, 2019, 10:06 PM #7907
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November 7th, 2019, 04:32 PM #7908Junior Member
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November 7th, 2019, 05:56 PM #7909
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November 7th, 2019, 10:36 PM #7910Senior Member
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