Khanpasha Nuradilov
Khanpasha Nuradilov | |
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| Born | 6 July 1924[a] Yaryksu-Aukh village, Khasav-Yurt District, Dagestan, Mountain Republic |
| Died | 12 September 1942 (aged 18) Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1940 – 1942 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | 34th Cavalry Regiment |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Khanpasha Nuradilovich Nuradilov (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-ce; 6 July 1924 – 12 September 1942) was a Soviet machine gunner in the Red Army between 1940-1942. He is credited with killing an estimated 920 enemy soldiers with his PM M1910 machine gun, making him the highest-scoring machine gunner of all time. He also captured 18 Nazi German soldiers alive and 7 German machine guns. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union[1] for his valiant last stand in the Battle of Stalingrad.[2] As his body was never found it is suspected that he was killed by ordnance dropped by German bombers.[3]
Awards
Footnotes
- ^ Nuradilov told Red Army recruiters that he was born in 1922, not 1924, after being repeatedly rejected for service because of his age.
References
- ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза начальствующему и рядовому составу Красной Армии» от 17 апреля 1943 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1943. — 23 апреля (№ 16 (222)). — С. 1
- ^ Vorobyov, Valery. "Нурадилов Ханпаша Нурадилович". warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "Памятник самому результативному пулеметчику Второй мировой откроют в Грозном 9 Мая". ТАСС. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
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