Fyodor Okhopkov

[snowhunter]

Fyodor Okhopkov, a hunter and miner, was one of the top scoring russian snipers of WW2, with 429 confirmed kills.

Yet, due to his racial bagground as an ethnic Yakut indiginous person from the Sahka Russian Repulic, Fyodor Okhopkov did not recieve his due honors until 1965, after intensive political lobbying, the highest orders of "Hero of the Soviet Union" as well as the "Order of Lenin".

Fyodor Okhopkov maninly used a scoped Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle for his works.

 

[H Wally]

Cool - got any pics or more details?

 

[bussche]

Cool - got any pics or more details?

Here's a start:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Okhlopkov

 

[Teapot]

Must have had a lot of motivation and self-discipline to get that tally of kills.

 

[Talquin]

gulag unless he gets his quota.

 

[John Sukey]

well, he had PLENTY of targets to shoot at

 

[NAA]

I thought this was going to be a thread about some real #####in' WWII vodka....

NAA.

 

[5440fight]

I thought this was going to be a thread about some real #####in' WWII vodka....

NAA.

Fyodor Okhopkov-"Drink it until you see nazi soldiers."

 

[snowhunter]

What many of these high scoring sniper had in common is that they were experienced hunters before joining the war. They just "crossed over", and used their predatory experience and expertise, to kill two legget animals, instead of the four legget ones ?

 

[eos]

What many of these high scoring sniper had in common is that they were experienced hunters before joining the war. They just "crossed over", and used their predatory experience and expertise, to kill two legged animals, instead of the four legged ones ?

Without doubt (even though there are snipers with innate skills as well), such experience would easily migrate from hunting to war.

 

[NAA]

Fyodor Okhopkov-"Drink it until you see nazi soldiers."

...lol... and from my readings from the war on the eastern front, I'm sure they did just that...

NAA.

 

[Calum]

Without doubt (even though there are snipers with innate skills as well), such experience would easily migrate from hunting to war.

Very true, only Caribou don't shoot back.

It would have been interesting to see him come up against Simo Häyhä.

 

[snowhunter]

Is it know which russian counter sniper, who eventually shoot Simo Hayha in the face ?