The Soviet Sniper Mikhail Surkov has the most confirmed kills with an astonishing 702, while Simo Hayha comes in second with a confirmed 505 and Ivan Sidorenko comes in third with around 500 kills
This question always draws an argument when asked. Bodycount? Effecton the battlefield? Most strategic shot? Longest shot? Many factors gointo the equation.The Soviets probably had the finest snipers in WW2, as a group. Vasilli Zaitsev with 224 kills at Stalingrad alone and more than 400 kills in all (some say more than 500) is surely ranked in the top tier. Ludmilla Pavlichenko ranks as the best woman sniper with 309 or more kills.Simo Hayha of Finland is credited with more than 500 kills (by sniper, 200 more with an SMG) during only 100 days, in the Winter War.Billy Singh of the Australian Light Horse would be the top WW1 sniper.Carlos Hathcock, USMC during Vietnam, is legendary for (among other things) setting a world record (longest range confirmed kill, stood for 40 years), shooting and killing an enemy sniper through the scope and crawling through 1000 yards of heavily defended enemy territory to eliminate a Viet Cong general on one of his first missions.Actually, the greatest sniper of WW1 is Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow, a Canadian sniper who earned 378 confirmed kills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4Simo Häyhä, over 500 hundred confirmed sniper kills, and 200 confirmed kills with a machine gun. all happened in about 100 days.
Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen with 70 kills.
Assuming that the question should read "what sniper rifle did the Germans use in world war 2" the answer is as follows: Most commonly the K98 Mauser was used, with an optical sight. Secondly the G41 semi-automatic rifle was used, designed by Walther. Also fitted with an optical sight.
plain and simple.yes. but not the most accurate.
A Finnish spiper with the most recorded sniper kills in any major war, and a total badass.
It is often accepted the Heckler and Koch PSG-1 is the most accurate sniper rifle in the world.
carlos hathcock a sniper for the u.s. army i think he was ranked a sergant The above information is incorrect, Carlos Hathcock although an amazing sniper achieving 93 confirmed kills during the Vietnam war was not old enough to partake in the Korean war. On the other hand During the Korean War the sniper with the most kills by my knowledge was Zhang Taofang. Source: My father was 3rd Infantry Division Sniper of the 3rd Ranger Company during the Korean War.
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The Soviet Sniper Mikhail Surkov has the most confirmed kills with an astonishing 702, while Simo Hayha comes in second with a confirmed 505 and Ivan Sidorenko comes in third with around 500 kills
The symbolism in the short story "The Sniper" is the cold nature of wars. Without the audience knowing the of all the characters, it would show how it is like in most wars, thoughtless kills. When the sniper finds out that his enemy was his brother, it shows how brutal wars can be and it turns brothers against each other.
the most harmful disease in the world is cancer (it kills the most people).
This question always draws an argument when asked. Bodycount? Effecton the battlefield? Most strategic shot? Longest shot? Many factors gointo the equation.The Soviets probably had the finest snipers in WW2, as a group. Vasilli Zaitsev with 224 kills at Stalingrad alone and more than 400 kills in all (some say more than 500) is surely ranked in the top tier. Ludmilla Pavlichenko ranks as the best woman sniper with 309 or more kills.Simo Hayha of Finland is credited with more than 500 kills (by sniper, 200 more with an SMG) during only 100 days, in the Winter War.Billy Singh of the Australian Light Horse would be the top WW1 sniper.Carlos Hathcock, USMC during Vietnam, is legendary for (among other things) setting a world record (longest range confirmed kill, stood for 40 years), shooting and killing an enemy sniper through the scope and crawling through 1000 yards of heavily defended enemy territory to eliminate a Viet Cong general on one of his first missions.Actually, the greatest sniper of WW1 is Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow, a Canadian sniper who earned 378 confirmed kills.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4Simo Häyhä, over 500 hundred confirmed sniper kills, and 200 confirmed kills with a machine gun. all happened in about 100 days.
Snipers are chosen from various branches of the military from those people that show an aptitude. They are trained assassins. It would be impossible to say which individual displays the highest skills.