ORIGINAL: Pavomesa
...As for repelling or protecting the family from other people, the lowly .22 is quite effective at that. The Russians used it very effectively as a sniping rifle against Germans in WW-2 and heaven only knows how many people a 22 has killed...
Is there any documented evidence of the Russians using a 22LR as a sniping round in WWII? I've never read anything about it.