scothunter 12,609 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Love these sharp shooters................nerves of steel... bet you were a fan of enemy at the gates lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Never heard of it so i just googled it mate and it looks worth the watching. I loved Sniper and i i had that game Silent Scope....that was class. If we went to war i think that would be the job for me.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junior 267 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Never heard of it so i just googled it mate and it looks worth the watching. I loved Sniper and i i had that game Silent Scope....that was class. If we went to war i think that would be the job for me.......... enemy at the gates is class mate,surprised ye never seen it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 unfortunately Enemy at the Gates is a work of pure fiction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrCh 856 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 its like one of my porno's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Clown porn? I think thats real Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,818 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 unfortunately Enemy at the Gates is a work of pure fiction actually its not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev was a sniper and killed around 225 germans. Appart from that the rest is fiction. There's no evidence to suport the thing with the German Major. I also believe Vasilies Girlfreind died during the war and Zaytsev lost partial sight due to a mortar attack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,818 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev was a sniper and killed around 225 germans. Appart from that the rest is fiction. There's no evidence to suport the thing with the German Major. I also believe Vasilies Girlfreind died during the war and Zaytsev lost partial sight due to a mortar attack. the german major is fiction but he did have a duel that lasted days and when zaytsev shot him and took his tags,he found out that he was the head insructor of the berlin sniper school Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'll not bother watching it now then eh lads................ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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PlasticJock 539 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev was a sniper and killed around 225 germans. Appart from that the rest is fiction. There's no evidence to suport the thing with the German Major. I also believe Vasilies Girlfreind died during the war and Zaytsev lost partial sight due to a mortar attack. the german major is fiction but he did have a duel that lasted days and when zaytsev shot him and took his tags,he found out that he was the head insructor of the berlin sniper school Think he won it in the end by circling around so the sun was behind him and blinding his enemy?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lapin2008 1,587 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev was a sniper and killed around 225 germans. Appart from that the rest is fiction. There's no evidence to suport the thing with the German Major. I also believe Vasilies Girlfreind died during the war and Zaytsev lost partial sight due to a mortar attack. on the DVD there are some extras including documentarys about the russian snipers war efforts and also an interview with Zaytsev probably done in the 60s. The documentary mentioned the german sniper but i think they were just not 100% on his exact name or precise background, Obviously been hollywooded to death though but some of it genuine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) The guy he was supposed to have killed was called Thorvald or Konig (both names exist in the Russian records) but from what I've read there's no evidence in German records of this person. That isn't to say Zaysev didn't have a 3 day battle with a top sniper but there is no evidence to say this person existed either, if they had the dog tags then surely they would be able to confirm this. German military records were generally very thorough. I find the story hard to believe because of the Russians propoganda, they are masters of fiction when it comes down to stories of the war. http://www.snipercentral.com/konig.htm Edited January 17, 2012 by Nik_B 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lapin2008 1,587 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 The guy he was supposed to have killed was called Thorvald or Konig (both names exist in the Russian records) but from what I've read there's no evidence in German records of this person. That isn't to say Zaysev didn't have a 3 day battle with a top sniper but there is no evidence to say this person existed either, if they had the dog tags then surely they would be able to confirm this. German military records were generally very thorough. I find the story hard to believe because of the Russians propoganda, they are masters of fiction when it comes down to stories of the war. http://www.snipercentral.com/konig.htm yeh the program that came with the film was fairly vague on exactly who it was but i think that the 'battle' happened over some sort of river bed with the german getting shot on the 3rd day. If now adays they are not sure who he was it is very unlikely that at the time the russians had a clue who he was just made something up to suit. It also never said anything about dog tags being collected. I know that the whole battle was 99% embelished for the purposes of russian propergander at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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