Cant believe Lyudmila Pavlichenko hasn't been mentioned. Best female sniper in history, and one of the best snipers in history period. 309 confirmed kills in WW2 fighting Nazi's in the Red Army. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko The Russian government recruited loads of women for front line combat in WW2, partially because they were so desperate, and partially to make the male soldiers fight harder so they wouldn't look like cowards in front of women. The Soviets didn't expect much from these female soldiers, but were shown the error of underestimating them when heroes such as Lyudmila emerged.
