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Russian Female Sniper ww2

During WW2 the soviet Army enrolled about 2000 female sniper, about 1500 died during fighting. The sniper sargeant is armed with a Tokarev SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle with 3.5X telescopic sight.

Skirts were issued to the enlisted women, but on the field they wore the best fitted standard trousers of the Red Army.

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Uploaded on August 3, 2017