Helmut Wirnsberger
Helmut Wirnsberger (born in Steyr) was a sniper in the 3rd Mountain Division on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, and was credited with 64 kills.[1]
Wirnsberger was sent to the Eastern Front in September 1942, and fought with both a K-98 and a Gewehr 43 after sniper training in the Seetaler Alpen.[1]
After being wounded, Wirnsberger was reassigned to teach courses on sniper training.
References
- ^ Storr, Jim (2009). The human face of war. New York: Continuum. p. 159. ISBN 9781847065230.
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World War II snipers
- Joseph Gregory
- Harold Marshall
- Matthäus Hetzenauer
- Friedrich Pein
- Bruno Sutkus
- Helmut Wirnsberger
- Tuleugali Abdybekov
- Noah Adamia
- Ivan Abdulov
- Ivan Antonov
- Mahmud Amayev
- Akhat Akhmetyanov
- Mikhail Belousov
- Mikhail Budenkov
- Leonid Butkevich
- Tsyrendashi Dorzhiev
- Fedir Dyachenko
- Nikolai Galushkin
- Vasily Golosov
- Pyotr Goncharov
- Ivan Gorelikov
- Ilya Grigoriev
- Abukhadzhi Idrisov
- Nikolai Ilyin
- Mikhail Ivasik
- Asan Khaliev
- Ivan Kulbertinov
- Vasilij Kvachantiradze
- Ivan Larkin
- Aleksandr Lebedev
- Semyon Nomokonov
- Fyodor Okhlopkov
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko
- Maksim Passar
- Vladimir Pchelintsev
- Stepan Petrenko
- Filipp Rubakho
- Ivan Sidorenko
- Ibragim Suleymanov
- Mikhail Surkov
- Zhambyl Tulaev
- Moisey Usik
- Gennady Velichko
- Vasily Zaytsev
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