Russian doctrine for sniper training took a rather broader view than that of other nations. The Russians claimed that by 1938 six million soldiers had qualified for the ‘Voroshiloff Sharpshooter’ badge.
This is not to say that these men were true snipers, but they were trained riflemen who gave the Russian command a very deep pool [...]
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