Helmut Wirnsberger

Helmut Wirnsberger (born in Steyr) was a German sniper in the 3rd Mountain Division on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, and was credited with 64 kills.

Wirnsberger was sent to the Eastern Front in September 1942, and fought with both a K-98 and a Gewehr 43 after sniper training in the Seetaler Alpen.

After being wounded, Wirnsberger was reassigned to teach courses on sniper training.

World War II snipers

Canada	Joseph Gregory Harold Marshall

Finland	Simo Häyhä Sulo Kolkka

Germany	Sepp Allerberger Matthäus Hetzenauer Erwin König / Heinz Thorvald (apocryphal) Friedrich Pein Bruno Sutkus Helmut Wirnsberger

Soviet Union	Noe Adamia Fyodor Okhlopkov Ivan Sidorenko Vasily Zaytsev Abukhadzhi Idrisov Tanya Baramzina Natalya Kovshova Nina Lobkovskaya Aliya Moldagulova Semyon Nomokonov Lyudmila Pavlichenko Konstantin Pankov Roza Shanina Ziba Ganiyeva Mikhail Ilyich Surkov Vasilij Kvachantiradze

Czechoslovakia	Marie Ljalková

See also	World War I snipers Vietnam War snipers

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