Guest Big Time Software Posted October 13, 1999 Share Posted October 13, 1999 Stalingrad was a special case in the nearly six years of WWII warfare. It was a multi-month urban battle in a very confined space. Ideal sniper conditions. But the number of kills precentage wise was probably a fraction of even the number who died from exposure or malnutrition. I bet more comitted suicide or faked wounds than were hit by snipers. But in such a battle the impact a sniper has on larger issues (mainly morale) is much greater. Sorta like the German infiltration squads that were used in the Bulge. Their actual impact was next to nothing, but the wave of paranoia they indirectly caused was significant. Just some food for thought using made up figures. If there were 1000 snipers used on both sides, and each averaged 10 kills, this comes out to about 1% (hard to estimate due to fluctuations in Soviet forces). Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonS Posted October 13, 1999 Share Posted October 13, 1999 Using made up numbers? What's the point of that? Here's some other made up numbers: say each side had 3000 snipers, and each got 1 kill every 3 days this comes out to about 10%. JonS ------------------ Quo Fas et Vino du Femme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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