Russian snipers with the most kills

Hi Slava, thanks for the info and its always great to hear from you ;-))

 

Carl,

Patti is one of my favorite people of all time. Spoke with her for about 5 years, before we met 2 years ago in San Antonio for lunch at the Riverwalk. It was like we wwere old friends. She had her fathers collection and I brought my uncle's collection. Mr. Willey was a one of a kind.

I'm sure Patti would love to see Ya', if you want I can email her to give her a heads up.

I promise on my next trip to Houston we'll visit Fajita Willey's.... Can't wait !

My Best Regards

Steve

 

Wow....wat a list of kills...jesus

 

Hi im looking for a movie made about one of these snipers i think its based in Stalingrad and theres on scene in it were he kills a guy jumping across a gap make from a tankshell or somthing, plz tell me if you have any idea about this movie i realy wana find it thanks.

 

That sounds like Enemy at the Gates, with the fictional Major Koenig of the German's sniper school searching for and loosing in the "one on one" with the actual Vassili Zaitsev/Zietsev (sp?)

 

spot on clint,enemy at the gates...

 

I thought the character of Koenig was based off of a real German sniper called Hienz Thorvald, although his existence has been debated as well. I know that Zaitsev did NOT have the most kills though, he was just the most famous.

 

Thanks alot +rep if you can on this forum

 

Those numbers just dont seem to be possible with the cold weather factor and poor equiptment I highly doubt any Russian had more than 250 kills it just does not make any sense the spotters usually conferm the Kill ratio and the Americans best in vietnam had below 300 in warm weather conditions with high power and nitrogen filled scopes to stop fogging . I just think they were trying to top the americans Numbers. Sorry no disrespect intended the communist manifesto would back my comments Plausability.

 

The world is a pretty big place and Americans aren't the best at everything. Maybe your having a hard time believing that someone in some way, shape or form might be better than an American at something?

BTW,
Simo Hayha was credited with over 500 kills in 100 days and he was from Finland not Russia and the highest number of kills by a US sniper is around 100 not 300.

 

World War II
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Simo Hayha Winter War Finland 542
Ivan Sidorenko W.W. II U.S.S.R. 500
Nikolay Yakovlevich Ilyin W.W. II U.S.S.R. 494
Ivan Nikolayevich Kulbertinov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 487
V. N. Pchelintsev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 456
Mikhail Budenkov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 437
Fyodor Matveevich Okhlopkov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 429
Fyodor Djachenko W.W. II U.S.S.R. 425
Vasilij Ivanovich Golosov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 422
Afanasy Gordienko W.W. II U.S.S.R. 417
Stepan Petrenko W.W. II U.S.S.R. 412
Sulo Kolkka Winter War Finland 400+
Erwin Konig W.W. II Germany 400
Vasili Zaitsev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 400
Pyotr Alexeyevich Goncharov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 380
Semen D. Nomokonov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 367
Ivan Petrovich Antonov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 362
Abdukhani Idrisov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 349
Philipp Yakovlevich Rubaho W.W. II U.S.S.R. 346
Matth�us Hetzenauer W.W. II Germany 345
Ivan Ivanovich Larkin W.W. II U.S.S.R. 340
Victor Ivanovich Medvedev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 331
E. Nicolaev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 324
Leonid Yakovlevich Butkevich W.W. II U.S.S.R. 315
Nikolai Ilyin W.W. II U.S.S.R. 315
Lyudmila M. Pavlichenko (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 309
Alexander Pavlovich Lebedev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 307
Ivan Pavlovich Gorelikov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 305
Ivan Petrovich Antonov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 302
Heinz Thorvald W.W. II Germany 300
Gennadij Iosifovich Velichko W.W. II U.S.S.R. 300
Moisej Timofeyevich Usik W.W. II U.S.S.R. 300
Nataly V. Kovshova &
Maria Polivanova (Female team) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 300
Ivan Filippovich Abdulov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 298
Yakov Mikhajlovich Smetnev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 279
Liba Rugova W.W. II U.S.S.R. 274
Anatolij Chekhov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 265
Zhambyl Evscheyevich Tulaev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 262
Josef Sepp Allerberger W.W. II Germany 257
Fyodor Kuzmich Chegodaev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 250
Ivan Ivanovich Bocharov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 248
Mikhail Ignatievich Belousov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 245
Maxim Passar W.W. II U.S.S.R. 237
David Teboevich Doev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 226
Vasilij Shalvovich Kvachantiradze W.W. II U.S.S.R. 215
Bruno Sutkus W.W. II Germany 209
Mikhail Stepanovich Sokhin W.W. II U.S.S.R. 202
Friedrich Pein W.W. II Germany 200
Noj Petrovich Adamia W.W. II U.S.S.R. 200
M.A. Abbasov W.W.II U.S.S.R. 200
Gefreiter Meyer W.W. II Germany 180
Yekaterina Zuranova (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 155
Vladimir Ptchelinzev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 152
Inna Semyonovna Mudretsova (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 143
Feodosy Smeljachkov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 125
I. Merkulov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 125
H. Andruhaev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 125
Oleh Dir W.W. II Germany 120
Tatiana Igantovna Kostyrina(F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 120
Janis Roze W.W. II U.S.S.R. 116
N.P. Petrova (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 107
V. N. Pchelintsev W.W. II U.S.S.R. 102
Yelizaveta Mironova (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R 100+
Aliya Moldagulova (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 91
Nina Lobkovskaya (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 89
Lidiya Gudovantseva (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 76
Helmut Wirnsberger W.W. II Germany 64
Alexandra Shlyakhova (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 63
P. Grjaznov W.W. II U.S.S.R. 57
Roza Shanina (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 54
A.P.Medvedeva-Nazarkina (F) W.W. II U.S.S.R. 43
Marie Ljalkov� (F) W.W. II Czech Army 30
James Bedford MacArthur W.W. II Canada 9
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Korea
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Zhang Taofang Korea China 214
Richard Crawford Korea U.S. Army 14
29*
Lowell Mason Korea U.S.M.C ?
Chester Hamilton Korea U.S. Army ?
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Vietnam
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Adelbert Waldron III Vietnam U.S. Army 109
Charles B. Mawhinney Vietnam U.S.M.C 103
Eric R. England Vietnam U.S.M.C 98
Carlos Hathcock Vietnam U.S.M.C 93
Ronnie Shinya Marshall Vietnam U.S. Army 77
Thomas R. Leonard Vietnam U.S.M.C. 74
Steve Suttles Vietnam U.S.M.C 63
Joseph T. Ward Vietnam U.S.M.C 63
George Filyaw Vietnam U.S.M.C 56
20*
Philip G. Moran Vietnam U.S. Army 53
Raymond W. Westphal Vietnam U.S.M.C 49
19*
Terry Mathis Vietnam U.S. Army 48
James C. Peters Vietnam U.S. Army 43
11*
T.R. Graves Vietnam U.S.M.C 43
Lynn Bushnell Vietnam U.S.M.C 43
Daniel L. Greene Vietnam U.S. Navy 42
12*
Joe York Vietnam U.S. Navy 42
Tom "Moose" Ferran Vietnam U.S.M.C 41
James Gularte Vietnam U.S.M.C 40
R. D. Bundy Vietnam U.S.M.C 40
Michael E. Duncan Vietnam U.S. Army 39
Chester Clarke Vietnam U.S. Army 39
William Lucas Vietnam
Panama U.S.M.C
U.S. Army 38
1
Bob Jones Vietnam U.S. Army 38
John M. Perry Vietnam U.S.M.C 37
5*
Dennis Oscier Vietnam U.S.M.C 36
20*
Bill E. Nation Vietnam U.S.M.C 35
Jay Taylor I Vietnam U.S.M.C 28
18*
Clifford L Wallace Vietnam U.S.M.C 27
Ed W. Eaton Vietnam U.S. Army 27
Craig McGary Vietnam U.S. Navy 26
8*
Mike Brewton Vietnam U.S. Army 23
Lloyd Crow Vietnam U.S.M.C. 23
Bobby J. Lee Vietnam U.S.M.C. 18
Craig Roberts Vietnam U.S.M.C. 18
35*
Ed Kugler Vietnam U.S.M.C. 17
Gary J. Brown Vietnam U.S. Navy 17
4*
Karl H. Grosshans Vietnam U.S.M.C 16
Greg Kraljev Vietnam U.S.M.C 15
Timothy Dunn Vietnam U.S.M.C 14
Thomas Ray Cohenour Vietnam U.S. Army 13
Tommy Cohenover Vietnam U.S. Army 13
Ron Szpond Vietnam U.S.M.C 12
12*
William B. Martin Vietnam U.S.M.C 12
John L. Brooks Vietnam U.S.M.C 11
6*
Michael McMillan Vietnam U.S. Army 5
Gary M. White Vietnam U.S.M.C 4
5*
Gabriel J. Gradney Vietnam U.S.M.C 4
1*
David W. Lee Vietnam U.S. Army 3
4*
Alan Bruce Hartung Vietnam U.S.M.C 3
3*
Colin McGee Vietnam U.S.M.C 3
Robert Miles Vietnam U.S. Army 2
Herb R. Coburn Vietnam U.S. Army 0
Bobby L. Taylor Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Jim Titus Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
George Filyaw Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Hulette S. Benefield Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Robert Elmer Bartruff Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Dave Leibensperger Vietnam U.S. Navy ?
Jeffrey S. Gunderson Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Dennis K. Stanely Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Jim Saracco Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Gary Edwards Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
John West Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
William Lancaster Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Mel Bauch Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Ronald R. Willoughby Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Dennis Toncar Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Vaughn Nickell Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Anthony Spanopoulos Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Thomas Casey Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Thomas Elbert Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Robert P. Millgan Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Loren Kleppe Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Fofo Tutilie Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Steve Englebrecht Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Carroll Gene Davis Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
John Howell Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Harold Gene Moore Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Verne Smith Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Ken Barden Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
A.R.D. Bean Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Eddie Rackow Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Dennis "Buddy" Bolton Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Charles Monroe Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
George Nash Vietnam U.S.M.C ?
Richard Prestwich Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Lawrence Tahler Vietnam U.S. Army ?
Ed Eaton Vietnam U.S. Army ?
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Grenada
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Scott Burkett Grenada U.S.M.C 3
4*
Patrick McFadden Grenada
Somalia U.S.M.C 3
3
John H. Hackenberg Grenada U.S.M.C 1
E. Tribull Grenada U.S.M.C 3*
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Panama
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Jeffrey N Tucker Panama
Desert Storm U.S.M.C 3
13
Bobby L. King Panama

DesertStorm U.S.M.C 3
2*
2
1*
Tweed Almond Panama U.S. Army 3
Robert Kirts Panama U.S. Army 4*
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Desert Storm
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Frank Grieci Desert Storm U.S.M.C 15
Scott Dennison Desert Storm

Bosnia U.S. Army 14
2*
4
1*
Jeffrey N Tucker Panama
Desert Storm U.S.M.C 3
13
Joseph McElheny Desert Storm U.S.M.C 13
Alexander K. Sheppard Desert Storm U.S.M.C 11
Robert H. Stiles Desert Storm U.S. Army 5
3*
Douglas Parker Desert Storm U.S.M.C 4
2*
Jose Macias Desert Storm U.S.M.C 4
Dave Dayter Desert Storm U.S.M.C 3
Grady Snell Desert Storm U.S.M.C 3
Bobby L. King Panama

DesertStorm U.S.M.C 3
2*
2
1*
Robert Rocha Desert Storm U.S.M.C 2
3*
Steven A Schirman Desert Storm U.S.M.C 2
Thomas P. Inglesby Desert Storm U.S. Army ?
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Somalia
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
John Fuger Somalia U.S.M.C 6
Cory Smith Somalia U.S.M.C 6
Stephen Tyson Somalia U.S.M.C 6
Chase Hamilton Somalia U.S.M.C 5
Patrick McFadden Grenada
Somalia U.S.M.C 3
3
Eldon Noble Somalia U.S.M.C 3
David E. Galloway Somalia U.S.M.C 3
Chris Mark Somalia U.S.M.C 2
Julio A. Garcia Somalia U.S.M.C 1
Bill Cook Somalia U.S.M.C 1*
John Henry Davis III Somalia U.S. Army 0
Gary I. Gordon Somalia U.S. Army ?
Randall D. Shughart Somalia U.S. Army ?
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Haiti
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Michael Hines Desert Storm
Haiti U.S.M.C 14
2
Timothy L. Kellner Iraqi Freedom

Haiti U.S.Army 78
4*
3
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Bosnia
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Scott Dennison Desert Storm

Bosnia U.S. Army 14
2*
4
1*
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Iraq (OIF & OEF)
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Timothy L. Kellner OIF.

Haiti U.S.Army 78
4*
3
Ian "Duke" Crune OIF/OEF U.S. SOCCOM 21
13*
Jonathan "Juan" Warren OIF/OEF U.S. SOCCOM 18
15*
Randall Davis OIF U.S. Army 8
2*
Spencer Hisatake & Ian Yee OIF U.S. Army 6
Ryan Mish OIF U.S. Army 3
1*
Matthew Pickar OIF U.S. Army 3
1*
Justin Cooper OIF U.S.M.C. 3
Ethan Caduff OIF U.S. Army 2
2*
Ryan Barna OIF U.S. Army 2
Christopher Lochner OIF U.S. Army 2
Benjamin Redus OIF U.S. Army 1
3*
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper


Others
Name Conflict Service Branch Kills
Gregory S. Bartlett Honduras U.S.M.C 5
Patrick Simpson Honduras U.S.M.C 2
3*
Robert K. Canfield Beruit U.S.M.C 2
Vincent Stampa Alba Italian Armored Force 2
1*
Jason Ferrand Liberia U.S.M.C 1
2*
Roger Griffith Liberia U.S.M.C 1
1*
* denotes unconfirmed kills (F) denotes Female sniper

 

Hi Ray, VERY impressive list, and I have met Bob Jones before. He lives in Corpus Christi, Texas. The man has sucha distinctive voice too-which was how I recognized him never having seen a photo of him. He sometimes is a "sit-in" for Eric von Wade on his talk show. I was with my then roommate Sarge Bill, and we were on the way to my car when I heard a fimilar voice say something to a Bus Driver I knew who was going into Wally-World (aka) Wal-Mart, and Bill and I were on our way out. I walked up to Mr. Jones and had asked if he was the man who I heard about who had been a Sniper in the military in nam, and yep, he was the one and the same ;-)) Very nice Gent to chat with.

 

would have been nice to have a chat about his shots,assuming he wanted to talk about his past,good spot carl..ray..

 

at lot of the snipers were also women-Lidiya Gudovantseva was a very famous women with many confirmed kills

 

Hi Ray, i've heard him mention about his service on the radio, but I don't recall ever hearing him talk about what his actual "job" was? The reason I know about Bob Jones as a Vet-is because of a good friend of mine Gary Hatley-had known him during the Vietnam War. Gary was in one of the 101st Airborne Divs P.I.R's and had been in the midst of fighting in the Ia Drang Valley and also connected to Operation Ripcord. Im not sure when Gary met Bob? but next time I see him? which will probably not be for at leasta year--ill try to remember to ask him and se what all he remembers about Bob Jones ;-))

BTW, Gary owns a Gunshop hat he runs which is next to his house, and he builds one of a kind weapons for people-one of which was a hunting rifle for Bob Jones. This was about 20 years ago though.

 

I think its very possible Mikhail Surkov got 702 kills,Simo Hayha got 705?(think thats the number)in about 3 months in very harsh conditions,i dont see why Surkov couldn't get 702 in about 4 years.

Cameraman Archady Letvian (left) and Sniper Mikhail Surkov (right) 1942 from Russian National Archives


Surkov passed away in 1953 in Siberia,In an interview Surkovs son said he himself became a top rate shooter in the Soviet Army post war and commented this talent was inherited from his father.
Regards

 

Hi Steve, I guess my original post didnt take? but, do so. They also serve their hot sauce hot-which does change things. However, don't drink their Iced Tea-that stuff as the British might say is: Orrible, absolutely orrible ;-))

 

Hi Vintovka, no offense meant but, you know how the Russians like to greatly embellish things sometimes ;-)) There have been too many cases proven as fact in which they did so, that are in print that tell about some of that embellishment. One case I can think off off hand-is when they claimed to have shot up more Tiger tanks than were actually a part of Otto Carius's Tiger Company during some "engagement" with Carius's Company-that never took place to begin with. Same can be said about their shooting down of German Aircraft. One case in point that the Russians claimed to have achieved, was in the shooting down of Stuka Pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel-on many occasions in which he was supposed to have been killed each time. Rudel was shot down, but I don't know how many times? and of course was never killed. Also, as was to the chagrin of the Russians, Rudel survived each time. Another great case in point was when they also claimed to have killed Erich Hartmann too.

 

no offence taken,Some of the kills could be propaganda I believe as well.
Vassili Zaitsev in his memoirs made an interesting statement,he said when a reporter was with him on a hunt he would take say 5 shots and only killed 2 Germans but the reporter's would mark all 5 down as kills thus the exploited kills in the papers were larger than the actual number.

 

Hi Vintovka, Zaitsev is one who I always admired for his skill. I wish Enemy At the Gates would have done Zaitsev justice-by actually telling his story instead of turing it into Romantic Fiction. That's hollywood for you though :-(