"Vasilii Saitsev" Topic

This figure on 54mm was made by Mario Pardo from Spain.

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Hope you like it.

By he way, was Vasilii the best sniper on WW2 or only the best Russian sniper?
And if the answer is that he was not the best, why he was so famouns and other better than him were not?

Amicalement
Armand

He wasn't even the best Soviet sniper. Most famous perhaps, as he was a needed propaganda/morale boost during the dark days of Stalingrad.

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The record is held by the Finnish sniper, Simo Häyhä, with 500 sniper kills. The 200 he got with a submachine gun are not usually counted as sniper kills.
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Wow!.

In comparison, VAsilii was an amateur!!.

Amicalement
Armand

His story happened to be selected to be part of a book that did reasonably well, which was then distilled into a movie of the same name that likewise did reasonably well.

Thanks for the link John, what an amazing story!!!

His story happened to be selected to be part of a book that did reasonably well, which was then distilled into a movie of the same name that likewise did reasonably well.
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The whole Enemy at the Gates story was pretty much fiction,aside from the obvious Battle of Stalingrad! The was NO German super sniper brought in to take Zaitsev out,and certainly not one as OLD as the actor in the movie!
the book,Enemy at the Gates, briefly mentions Zaitsev,NO Maj. Koenig!
the best part of that movie was the beginning crossing the Volga.It went downhill after that..

Bob

He's not even the top scoring Soviet.

This is the best I could find…I have my doubts about their top two but below that it agrees with what i've read elsewhere.

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I thought the history channel did a piece on Zaitsev's showdown with a top German sniper

I recall a "comrade comissar" who took out quite a few Germans with a 14.5mm AT rifle. The forebearer of the modern .50 snipers.

His wasn't the best sniper, but he did have the best press agent.

The battle which made him famous (in his own words) was a sniper battle they had with the Germans over a water supply….

I recall a "comrade comissar" who took out quite a few Germans with a 14.5mm AT rifle.

Wasn't me!

Only have done that in FOW!

I believe you will find that Zaitsev was the leading sniper in Stalingrad, which places him early in the war, and yes his good PR buddy didn't hurt.

He was seriously wounded and unable to continue as a sniper becasue of his injuries, so it open to speculation as to how far he could have gone.

He was withdrawn and then was given the job of training snipers.

Thanks for the awsome link John.

Americans and English Army had not snippers at WW2?

Because it seems that only Russian or some German (finnish too) are at the top list.

Wonder to know.

Amicalement
Armand

Who makes the miniature? The head looks a bit small in relation to the rest of the body. As far as the paint job is concerned I like the painting on the uniform but the face could clearly use some work. I think that if the paints were watered down just a bit the finish would be smoother, and the eyes should be much smaller. Right now Vasili looks like he's got his naughty bits caught in a mouse trap!

I feel I can be as candid as I want with critiquing these posts seeing as the actual painter will probably never see this thread anyway!

American and British forces had snipers, although not as dedicated specialists as the Germans and Soviets.

My grandad, as a Marine going through boot camp kept pestering his superiors to be sent to sniper school. He finally found out the life expectancy of Marine snipers. He left for translator school the next week.

Tango where did you find the figure? Is it commercially availablr? What scale is it?

Here is the site the photo was lifted from

falcatadevillar.com