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 also captured 18 Nazi German soldiers alive and 7 German machine guns. 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.[3]

Khanpasha Nuradilov
Native name
Chechen: Хампаша Нурадилан-кIант Нурадилов
Russian: Ханпаша Нурадилович Нурадилов
Born(1924-07-06)6 July 1924[lower-alpha 1]
Yaryksu-Aukh village, Khasav-Yurt District, Dagestan, Mountain Republic
Died12 September 1942(1942-09-12) (aged 18)
Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchRed Army
Years of service1940 – 1942
RankSergeant
Unit34th Cavalry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Awards

Footnotes
1944 Soviet postage stamp featuring Nuradilov.
  1. Nuradilov told Red Army recruiters that he was born in 1922, not 1924, after being repeatedly rejected for service because of his age.

References
  1. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза начальствующему и рядовому составу Красной Армии» от 17 апреля 1943 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1943. — 23 апреля (№ 16 (222)). — С. 1
  2. Vorobyov, Valery. "Нурадилов Ханпаша Нурадилович". warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  3. "Памятник самому результативному пулеметчику Второй мировой откроют в Грозном 9 Мая". ТАСС. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
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