Snipers "Francotiradores"
Snipers "Francotiradores"
Ive looked for information in a lot of places about snipers during the spanish civil war and the only thing that ive found was that they were called "pacos" and that they were used in the "asedio a la ciudad universitaria de madrid" and in "el cerco de oviedo"sry dunno how to say that in english. If u guys could post pictures of them or tell me information like the sniper rifles they used in the republican and in franco's side id be great full.
Thx,
DUKE
Ps. if someone has information of snipers among the blue division plz post here too
Thx,
DUKE
Ps. if someone has information of snipers among the blue division plz post here too
- freiwillige
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Hello Duke,
The main "pacos" activities were during the days after the rebellion of July'36. They were mainly pro-nationalists elements isolated in urban areas were the military were defeated. Barcelona experimented a hard activity during the final days of July. They were hidden in the rooftops and attacked red militiamen.
Also existed the "coches fantasmas" (ghost cars), wich were flying commandos of snipers in cars and carried raids in "red zones" of the republican Barcelona.
I know only the existence of pacos in republican zone.
Regards,
Ferran
The main "pacos" activities were during the days after the rebellion of July'36. They were mainly pro-nationalists elements isolated in urban areas were the military were defeated. Barcelona experimented a hard activity during the final days of July. They were hidden in the rooftops and attacked red militiamen.
Also existed the "coches fantasmas" (ghost cars), wich were flying commandos of snipers in cars and carried raids in "red zones" of the republican Barcelona.
I know only the existence of pacos in republican zone.
Regards,
Ferran
- freiwillige
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