Re: Francotiradores en el punto de mira
Publicado: Vie Jun 08, 2018 10:15 pm
¡Hola a todos!
Parece que están de suerte los amantes de la hisoria de los francotiradores en la IIGM. Este 2018 Greenhill Books ha publicado las memorias de Lyudmila Pavlichenko con el título Lady Death. The Memories of Stalin's Sniper, publicadas originalmente en Moscú en 2015 con el título I – Sniper: In Battles for Sevastopol and Odessa.
Se trata de las memorias de la número uno de las francotiradoras soviéticas, con 309 muertes oficialmente reconocidas. El prólogo corre a cuenta de Martin Pegler, que ya hizo lo mismo con las arriba citadas de Matthäus Hetzenauer. El fusil preferido de Pavlichenko era el Mosin Nagant Modelo 1891/30 PE (más tarde complementado con una PEM). Su tubo medía 73cm y el fusil pesaba 4kg. Un par de extractos:
The Mosin sniper variant had a 4x PE scope that was effectively a copy of the German Zeiss. It was accurate to beyond 1,000 metres, but only if weather conditions were perfect and the sniper was extremely competent. It was Pavlichenko’s favoured rifle, being very robust, easy to field repair and with good-quality optics. They continued in production until the very early 1940s, when a new model with PU sight was introduced which was a smaller, lighter scope of 3.5x.
In comparison, the SVT-40 semi-automatic was new technology, based on the earlier, flawed SVT-38 rifle. It too was chambered in 7.62 x 54 R mm but its gasoperated action provided rapid-fire capability that was extremely useful in close combat. It too had the new PU sight, which lacked the magnification power of the PE scope. However, because of its complex gas-operated mechanism the SVT did not have the range or accuracy of the Mosin, and 600 metres was regarded as a reasonable maximum for effective sniping. It also suffered from problems with reliability and accuracy. Pavlichenko’s rifle was, of course, a presentation weapon but she would probably not have chosen it herself, although she mentions several instances where its firepower proved extremely useful during large-scale attacks. In general, as a sniping weapon the SVT did not live up to expectations, and in 1942 production resumed of the Mosin sniping rifle.
La misma editorial (tiene una colección dedicada a los francotiradores) publicó el año pasado las memorias de otro francotirador soviético, Yevgeni Nikolaev, con el título Red Army Sniper. A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War II, publicadas originalmente en Moscú en 2009. Nikolaev ocupa el puesto 32 en la lista rusa de los mejores francotiradores de la IIGM.
En fin, la editorial está preparando una nueva publicación a cargo de John Walter con el título THE SNIPER ENCYCLOPAEDIA. An Illustrated History of World Sniping.
Saludos cordiales
JL
Parece que están de suerte los amantes de la hisoria de los francotiradores en la IIGM. Este 2018 Greenhill Books ha publicado las memorias de Lyudmila Pavlichenko con el título Lady Death. The Memories of Stalin's Sniper, publicadas originalmente en Moscú en 2015 con el título I – Sniper: In Battles for Sevastopol and Odessa.
Se trata de las memorias de la número uno de las francotiradoras soviéticas, con 309 muertes oficialmente reconocidas. El prólogo corre a cuenta de Martin Pegler, que ya hizo lo mismo con las arriba citadas de Matthäus Hetzenauer. El fusil preferido de Pavlichenko era el Mosin Nagant Modelo 1891/30 PE (más tarde complementado con una PEM). Su tubo medía 73cm y el fusil pesaba 4kg. Un par de extractos:
The Mosin sniper variant had a 4x PE scope that was effectively a copy of the German Zeiss. It was accurate to beyond 1,000 metres, but only if weather conditions were perfect and the sniper was extremely competent. It was Pavlichenko’s favoured rifle, being very robust, easy to field repair and with good-quality optics. They continued in production until the very early 1940s, when a new model with PU sight was introduced which was a smaller, lighter scope of 3.5x.
In comparison, the SVT-40 semi-automatic was new technology, based on the earlier, flawed SVT-38 rifle. It too was chambered in 7.62 x 54 R mm but its gasoperated action provided rapid-fire capability that was extremely useful in close combat. It too had the new PU sight, which lacked the magnification power of the PE scope. However, because of its complex gas-operated mechanism the SVT did not have the range or accuracy of the Mosin, and 600 metres was regarded as a reasonable maximum for effective sniping. It also suffered from problems with reliability and accuracy. Pavlichenko’s rifle was, of course, a presentation weapon but she would probably not have chosen it herself, although she mentions several instances where its firepower proved extremely useful during large-scale attacks. In general, as a sniping weapon the SVT did not live up to expectations, and in 1942 production resumed of the Mosin sniping rifle.
La misma editorial (tiene una colección dedicada a los francotiradores) publicó el año pasado las memorias de otro francotirador soviético, Yevgeni Nikolaev, con el título Red Army Sniper. A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War II, publicadas originalmente en Moscú en 2009. Nikolaev ocupa el puesto 32 en la lista rusa de los mejores francotiradores de la IIGM.
En fin, la editorial está preparando una nueva publicación a cargo de John Walter con el título THE SNIPER ENCYCLOPAEDIA. An Illustrated History of World Sniping.
Saludos cordiales
JL
nota: en febrero 2019 editorial Crítica sacaba en castellano la misma obra pero con el título "Liudmila Pavlichenko. La francotiradora de Stalin" https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-l ... lin/289655