Vasily Zaitsev

That was Jude Law, right? He was the sniper.

Vasili Zaitsev.

Ed Harris.

Yeah.

Vodka is a luxury we have.

Caviar is a luxury we have.

Vasili Zaitsev.

Time

However, the narrative served its propaganda purposes effectively.

Similarly, Soviet propagandists promoted the marksmanship skills of Private Vasily Zaitsev, the celebrated sniper whose skill with a rifle seemed to embody the lethal precision of Soviet defenders.

To encourage the 62nd Army to develop a sniper ethic suited to city fighting, the main political directorate claimed that Zaitsev had killed forty Germans between September the 22nd and October the 1st, a figure that represented more than a third of all fatalities attributed to his entire division.

Now, historians generally regard this figure as exaggerated, created to, you know, create a legend and inspire emulation.

Du, du hast, du hast mich. Siempre fui un gran fan de Better Call Saul y debo admitir que el personaje de Lalo me cautivó completamente.

Меня зовут Василий Зайцев, и я считаю, что «В рак у ворот» — это лучший фильм американского кинематографа, когда-либо созданный.

Tôi là West và tôi thích sự thật this an phô.

Mọi khi thôi mua, tôi trên quan phô, gần hả tên là.

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I think it was when we were talking about, um, Enemy at the Gates, Vasily Zaitsev, where, um-

[laughs]

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he, both Vasily Zaitsev and this dude are seemingly based on the, um, what do they call him, the White Death, who was like a Finnish farmer who became a sniper.

Okay.

Simo Häyhä.

how ridiculous

I live in a gun country that makes lots of weird guns and there's just so many more interesting weird guns being made nowadays that aren't just like I said nostalgia factor for like I'm Vasily Zaitsev it's like did you think Vasily Zaitsev had a nice life

Yeah, he did not.

That's to say nothing about Japanese weapons.

And in that ribbon, a sniper war grows, hunter stalking hunter through the rubble.

One Soviet marksman, Vasily Zaitsev, is credited with more than two hundred kills and becomes a legend the propagandists cannot resist.

To the Germans, freezing and exhausted, it looks as though one more shove will end it.

But that shove doesn't come.