Khanpasha Nuradilov

Khanpasha Nuradilovich Nuradilov (Russian: Ханпаша Нурадилович Нурадилов, Chechen: Хампаша Нурадилан-кIант Нурадилов; 6 July 1924 – 12 September 1942) was a Soviet machine gunner in the Red Army between 1940 and 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 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.

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1944 Soviet postage stamp featuring Nuradilov.