Russian sniper rifle in Ukraine conflict

[rjmt]

I just caught this image on a news feed this morning

state of the art sniper system - for 1936

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[3MTA3]

Bet it still gets the job done! Rifles were capable of outstanding accuracy well over a hundred years ago, and the main thing that separates modern from vintage rifles are better optics.

 

[DirectDrive]

That is pretty crazy.
A Mosin ?
Vlad must be running out of money.

 

[RedRover]

Bet it still gets the job done! Rifles were capable of outstanding accuracy well over a hundred years ago, and the main thing that separates modern from vintage rifles are better optics.

Beat me to it.

That's the thing about firearms.. If they function properly, they can be as effective today as modern rifles are in their use by a capable marksman.

Vasily Zaitsev(Best known today in the West from "Enemy of the Gates") was credited with dispatching 250+ enemy soldiers utilizing an M1891in WWII.

A 7.62x54mmR is quite capable of delivering a very bad day to someone on the receiving end.

 

[rjmt]

Beat me to it.

That's the thing about firearms.. If they function properly, they can be as effective today as modern rifles are in their use by a capable marksman.

Vasily Zaitsev(Best known today in the West from "Enemy of the Gates") was credited with dispatching 250+ enemy soldiers utilizing an M1891in WWII.

A 7.62x54mmR is quite capable of delivering a very bad day to someone on the receiving end.

Vasily used a M91/30 with a PE scope

 

[Oro]

Lots of them in the back-up forces, Luhansk militia units, paramilitaries, etc. I saw this pic on ar15.com a few weeks ago. Not in front line troops but elsewhere, yes.



As Vasily famously said, for them, "There was no land beyond the Volga." Meaning, no retreat. Apparently Putin's pulled a Stalin and done the same, reportedly using death squads behind the lines to catch soldiers not into the whole murder and pillage thing he's got going on. Apparently some have even fragged their own commanders, albeit with tanks:

Russian soldier 'drives TANK into commanding officer in protest over losses'

A RUSSIAN soldier allegedly drove his tank into his commanding officer as he protested horrific losses among his comrades. Colonel Yuri Medvedev was hospitalised with severe leg injuries after the …

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[RedRover]

Vasily used a M91/30 with a PE scope

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Yes...

My post wasn't intended to imply that he was utilizing only iron sites. It's akin to referring to an 'A4' simply as a 'Springfield M1903'.

 

[rjmt]

Yes...

My post wasn't intended to imply that he was utilizing only iron sites. It's akin to referring to an 'A4' simply as a 'Springfield M1903'.

on the other hand Simo Hayha did use only iron sights on his Finn modified M28 Mosin

 

[RedRover]

on the other hand Simo Hayha did use only iron sights on his Finn modified M28 Mosin

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Apparently the Russkis didn't learn their lessons from their Pyrrhic invasion of Finland.

History has a way of repeating itself.

 

[rjmt]

Apparently the Russkis didn't learn their lessons from their Pyrrhic invasion of Finland.

History has a way of repeating itself.

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that's very appropriate - I read this morning Russia is incinerating their dead at field morgues and not returning the bodies to their families
Ukraine has asked repeatable if they can return the Russian war dead to their country, as required by international law and Russia will not take them back

 

[Jory45acp]

I take everything being published by the media with a heavy dose of skepticism. Several major headlines have already been shown to be false or retracted when scrutinized. This conflict is as much a global show with electronic media's ability to beam news instantly around the globe as it is an opportunity for sides to lie about each other. Gain the sympathy of the public.

 

[DirectDrive]

I take everything being published by the media with a heavy dose of skepticism. Several major headlines have already been shown to be false or retracted when scrutinized. This conflict is as much a global show with electronic media's ability to beam news instantly around the globe as it is an opportunity for sides to lie about each other. Gain the sympathy of the public.

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

 

[sobo]

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WTF is going on in that image???
Did mothers throw their babies into incinerators in WWII?

 

[rjmt]

WTF is going on in that image???
Did mothers throw their babies into incinerators in WW!!?

the image of the Russian commander is Putin
it's just a commentary that Russian mothers are sending their babies, even if they are 18 - 20, off to a war that will incinerate them

 

[DirectDrive]

It's too bad that Russia is full of frightened, silent citizens.
There are some courageous ones, but sadly they are in the minority.

 

[sobo]

the image of the Russian commander is Putin
it's just a commentary that Russian mothers are sending their babies, even if they are 18 - 20, off to a war that will incinerate them

I see that now. I thought that was Khrushchev. Thanks.

 

[Jory45acp]

It's too bad that Russia is full of frightened, silent citizens.
There are some courageous ones, but sadly they are in the minority.

Have you not seen the protests that have gone on since day 1 of the conflict??? By the first week they had over 1000 arrests.

 

[DirectDrive]

Have you not seen the protests that have gone on since day 1 of the conflict??? By the first week they had over 1000 arrests.

I have seen all that and then some.
My point was that they are a tiny segment of the population and Putin has been able to control them.

 

[3MTA3]

I see that now. I thought that was Khrushchev. Thanks.

Russian strategy has sadly been based on providing cannon fodder is massive numbers to overwhelm the enemy. In WW2 it was common to send unarmed and ill prepared troops onto the battlefield with instructions to take arms from first dead soldier he finds, and if luck also has ammunition. Life has always been cheap to Russian/Soviet leaders.

 

[rjmt]

I take everything being published by the media with a heavy dose of skepticism. Several major headlines have already been shown to be false or retracted when scrutinized. This conflict is as much a global show with electronic media's ability to beam news instantly around the globe as it is an opportunity for sides to lie about each other. Gain the sympathy of the public.

and we don't know if this is propaganda or not, but a Ukraine farming community banned together, blew their local bridge and destroyed a Russian armored column of 30 vehicles, using British AT rockets, Shop keepers, old house wife's and farmers defended their town
of course, they know Russia will be back in force to rebuild their bridge and drive into Ukraine, but the first time, they bloodied Putin's nose!

Ukraine: The small town which managed to block Russia's big plans

The mayor of Voznesensk hails the "fighting spirit" of local people who drove Russian troops back.

www.bbc.com

would our NW farm communities do the same?