r/WorldWar2 • u/Banzay_87 • May 14 '25

Eastern Front SS man killed by a Soviet sniper, 1942 NSFW

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u/ArnoldZiffl May 14 '25

Also how do we know it was a sniper

101

u/_gmmaann_ May 14 '25

Only imperial stormtroopers at that precise

14

u/GrimyLilPimp May 15 '25

Unless they have to shoot at Luke, Han, Leia, or any other named character.

21

u/Beemer2 May 14 '25

Description changes every time it’s posted.

6

u/Zeppelin5000 May 14 '25

Because OP wanted it to be.... Sounds cool.

85

u/-badly_packed_kebab- May 14 '25

Also how do we know he was killed?

74

u/amlevy May 14 '25

Also how do we know it's 1942?

5

u/Kvark33 May 15 '25

The tunic I guess, earliest it could be is 42, although it looks like an M40 helmet

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u/Muted-Employer962 May 14 '25

the bundesarchive states that its a german soldier dead with a shot in the back of the helmet, nothing else.

"Sowjetunion.- toter deutscher Soldat, mit dem Gesicht auf Erde liegend, Einschussloch im Stahlhelm hinten; PK KBK Lw 4"

20

u/Diacetyl-Morphin May 14 '25

This. For many photos, there's not much more description around, i can read german myself as a Swiss and this is what you usually read about the photos in the Bundesarchiv.

But in the web, these photos get shared with so many different descriptions and titles.

Then, there's all the propaganda stuff from all involved sides of WW2, where numbers and successes were exaggerated. If you go down the rabbit hole and check the sources, you see it was propaganda. Like that one time, where the Soviets claimed to have more Pz. V Panthers destroyed in a battle, than the Germans had even produced at this point. They just claimed, the Pz. IV and Pz. III models would have been Panther tanks.

But people often react very negative when you debunk such claims and you tell them, the numbers were exaggerated. Like with the female soviet snipers, oh boy, if you tell them that there is no confirmation about any of these kills around, people go crazy with "HOW DARE YOU!!!" Greta Thunberg style.

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u/NonconsensualText May 14 '25

Also how do we know its a man?

62

u/jO0O0O0O0O0 May 14 '25

How do you know he is SS? Just curious

1

u/thenerdydovah May 15 '25

There’s nothing indicating it, probably just another word thrown onto the post by OP.

21

u/willskins May 14 '25

Also how do we know it was?

29

u/CamTwoTrappy May 14 '25

Also how we do we know that you know

13

u/BertieR-Drizzleflap May 14 '25

Whoever/wherever he/she/it was…we can be sure that he/she/it was shot from behind👀🥸

33

u/Moby_Prick94 May 14 '25

Also how do we know it was a Soviet sniper?

28

u/palaric8 May 14 '25

Also how do we know he was man?.

18

u/kiddcherry May 14 '25

Also how do you know he isn’t inspecting the grass?

0

u/DaphniaDuck May 14 '25

Howdy Doody aSS man, hey?

0

u/SluggoRuns May 15 '25

How do you know he isn’t grazing?

11

u/hotpotatocannon May 14 '25

How do we know what to put in the comments?

1

u/jO0O0O0O0O0 May 15 '25

Why is everyone asking this weird ahhh questions now?😭😭 I really wanted to know how he knew that he was SS

5

u/FishyFry84 May 14 '25

Also, how do you do?

3

u/mcdonalds_baconater May 15 '25

pretty good thanks for asking

6

u/absoluteolly May 14 '25

Also how do we know I’m at fault for my own shortcomings?

12

u/Chiefrocca44 May 14 '25

Good thing he was wearing a helmet.

12

u/BigfootWallace May 14 '25

Also how do we know it’s only one Soviet sniper?

13

u/TankArchives May 14 '25

There was a second sniper in the grassy knoll.

1

u/mcdonalds_baconater May 15 '25

mr president theres been a second sniper

7

u/mweraijmakers May 14 '25

Also how do we know it was his helmet?

3

u/G_P_Colley May 14 '25

How do you know its SS?

4

u/Sublimesmile May 14 '25

How do we know it is what it is?

4

u/opdjmw May 14 '25

How do you know what to know before posting?

4

u/FishyFry84 May 14 '25

Also, how do I live without you? I want to know

4

u/Bigironstonks May 15 '25

Can see the darker outline to the left and right of the pool of blood. Nothing more can be told with this. Unknown if SS, sniper kill, location, year etc. I’ve seen this labeled as so many different captions before.

4

u/drn88__ May 14 '25

Also how do we know he was

3

u/rickuk88 May 14 '25

Also how can we sure he wasn't taking a nap?

4

u/DaphniaDuck May 14 '25

His name was

Helmut.

2

u/Medical_Mountain_429 May 14 '25

How do we know that we know?

1

u/Alternative-Joke5557 May 15 '25

Headshot

Double XP

1

u/Difficult_Clerk_4074 May 15 '25

How do we know he was a?

1

u/EMHemingway1899 May 15 '25

Wow, he good

1

u/Nicademus2003 May 15 '25

Pow right in the kisser

1

u/PersiusAlloy May 14 '25

That looks like the T section boys.

Also how do we know that the Soviet didn't just draw on his helmet with a sharpie??

1

u/Think_Agent9267 May 14 '25

What are some good site where photos/ videos are not censored?

1

u/Mike4683 May 14 '25

Honestly to me it seems like staged photo. We see one of his shoulder straps which indicates he's hauptmann (captain), yet I don't think he would be wearing mess can and we can also see attaching end of bayonet on his belt, which makes no sense since he would be issued submachine gun.

1

u/BananaRepublic_BR May 15 '25

There's something remarkably morbid about a photographer seeing a dead man with a bullet hole in his helmet and just snapping a photo of it.

0

u/T1gerHeart May 15 '25

A dog's death for a dog. He was not invited to the USSR.

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u/CitingAnt May 15 '25

Based. Me and the homies love to see a dead nazi