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Lady Death, a Soviet Women Sniper
Pavlashanko racked up 309 confirmed kills, the highest tally of any woman sniper in all of history. She has a memoir called Lady Death that was her nickname; it's been translated into English. Later in life, she really struggled with what we now know to be post-traumatic stress disorder. It takes a particular kind of aptitude to be a sharpshooter of that caliber.