German Snipers

Doktor Krollspell · Post by **Doktor Krollspell** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:50 pm

Hello again Simon!

I agree that documentation/authorization of high awards such as the Knight's Cross so late in the war was not complete or official for many (deserving) soldiers... I just think that if a man like Allerberger actually was bestowed this award, it would have been possible after the war to find witnesses to the award event. For example, GFM Ferdinand Schörner didn't die until 1973.

A note of interest: Both top scoring Snipers, Matthias Hetzenauer (345 kills) and Sepp Allerberger (257 kills) belonged to the (austrian) 3. Gebirgs-Division from Styria. Another sniper, Helmut Wirnsberger (64 kills) also belonged to this Division before becaming a sniper instructor.

Forum member Bladerunner posted a interview with Hetzenauer earlier in this thread but there's also an interview with all three snipers. I know that this link have been posted before but here it goes again:

http://www.snipersparadise.com/history/german.htm

Regards,

Krollspell

Simon Orchard · Post by **Simon Orchard** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:58 am

The interview also appears in Peter Senich's book "The German sniper 1914-1945"

If ever there was a book which ought to be translated into English then 'Im auge des Jägers' is the one. I can stumble through German but not well enough to be able to sit back and enjoy a whole book.

M.H. · Post by **M.H.** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:14 am

Simon Orchard wrote: I can stumble through German but not well enough to be able to sit back and enjoy a whole book.

Don't give up!
I started out with english just the same (me and my beloved dictionary that is)...you do it for awhile and you get better and better and better and better and...

Richard Schoutissen · Post by **Richard Schoutissen** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:02 am

Leningradfront, December 1942, Legion Niederlande.

Dutch sniper.

solietjake · Post by **solietjake** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:11 am

thanks yall, all the pics and the cool info about german snipers

Warager · Post by **Warager** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:49 pm

hi guys haven´t been in this forum for a while
i have some sniper pictures for you

Warager · Post by **Warager** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:50 pm

another

Warager · Post by **Warager** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:51 pm

Warager · Post by **Warager** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:52 pm

another

Warager · Post by **Warager** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:54 pm

i got most of this pictures from the AHF

Doktor Krollspell · Post by **Doktor Krollspell** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:10 am

Hello Warager!

Nice sniper pics that you posted. I especially liked the one with the Sturmgewehr 44 with telescopic sight. Do you, or any other member have any information on how effective, or how popular the Sturmgewehr was as a sniper rifle?

Regards,

Krollspell

Richard Schoutissen · Post by **Richard Schoutissen** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:46 am

German officer-sniper in the foothills of the Crimea leads fire according to the opponent from the captured self-loading rifle CBT-40. One can see well that the front belts of sword belt are fastened to the the waist.

Richard

Weishar · Post by **Weishar** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:12 pm

I have a German sniper training film that if anyone is interested in feel free to email me and I can send it

It runs about an hour and is excellent quality,(English audio/subs)

Here are a few clips from the video

my email addy is [email protected] (please include something in subject line about the video)

Weishar · Post by **Weishar** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:39 pm

There have been a couple of requests for this video so far,I will just set up an FTP server and I will post the info when its ready

Its been a while since I ran an FTP server,if any of you have exp with them,can you please pm me,I need a small walk through

I will also throw in several other war docs such as The Baltic Tragedy and some episodes of "Die Deutsche Wochenschau" that I have (I have 9-10 episodes)

M.H. · Post by **M.H.** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:26 pm

Oh that would be great, thank you!