When Zaitsev arrived in Stalingrad he used the standard Mosin-Nagant 91/30 rifle,later in Stalingrad when Zaitsev was promoted to sniper he used a Mosin Nagant 91/30 with a 4X PEM scope,After Stalingrad Zaitsev was issued a Mosin Nagant 91/30 with a PU 3.5X scope. He also carried a PPSH submachine gun
Vassili Zaitsevs rifle is exhibited in the Volgograd State Panoramic Museum today,its been exhibited there since 1951.
Yury Zaitsev was born in 1951.
Viktor Zaitsev was born in 1966.
Vassily Maximov was born in 1844.
Vassily Maximov died in 1911.
Vassily Sinaisky was born in 1947.
Vassily Primakov was born in 1979.
Vassily Brandt died in 1923.
Vassily Brandt was born in 1869.
Vassily Solomin was born in 1953.
Vasily Zaitsev was born on March 23, 1915.
Vasily Zaitsev was born on March 23, 1915.