 Kọkọ parí gbólóhùn yìí: Lọdún 1932, Kliment Voroshilov ló bẹrẹ sí í darí ẹgbẹ àwọn tó ń yìnbọn. Lọdún 1938, àwọn agbatẹnirò ọmọ ogun Red Army kópa nínú ìjà : Ogun ti Lake Khasan lodi si awọn ọmọ ogun ti Imperial Japanese Army. Awọn julọ aseyori Soviet lilo ti snipers nigba ti Ogun Agbaye Keji wà nigba ti won defensive ipele 19411943, lẹhin eyi ti awọn anfani ti idaabobo shifted si awọn German ẹgbẹ ati German snipers di a gidi ewu si awọn advancing Soviet ogun. 