The first Women Sniper of WW2
Tania Chernova
Well known as one of the few Russian-American soldiers to fight for the red army, she was a cunning woman that head a dead-on sight and a perfect eye for headshots. Many histories keep mentioning that her actions are full of lies, however, her career, as well as heroic actions, have been confirmed by the glories Vasily Zaitsev as she has actually fought with him in the battle of Stalingrad and learned sniper tactics from Vasily himself.
She has never compered to him but, for a soldier to have 24 confirmed kills in the second world war was something special. It is imperative to remember that the red army was at its weakest point in the second world war and this new sniper warfare was a welcomed approach to push back the germans or at least hold them long enough from taking Stalingrad until reinforcements from East Russian would come with new guns as well as fighting supplies. The way in which the battle of Stalingrad was fought was more of a scavenger war on its own (at least for the red army) as the soldiers were sent in groups of two, one with the gun and the other with the ammo…
