Sniper Movement in Units and Formations of the Black Sea Group of Forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (during the Great Patriotic War (September 1942 - March 1943)
This study examines the creation and organization of the sniper movement in units and formations of the Black Sea Group of Troops (September 1942 - March 1943). The archival documents of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, studies, memoirs of Soviet military leaders during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, participants in the hostilities of the Wehrmacht troops in the northwestern Caucasus, as well as studies of soviet, russian and foreign authors were used as sources and materials. The author comes to the conclusion that the sniper movement of the Black Sea Group of troops acted effectively in destroying the manpower of the troops of the Hitlerite coalition, which suffered significant losses.