 The barrage of shelling and mortar attacks killed off the rest of her machine gun crew who briefly came to her aid, so she moved her gun to a different position and continued firing on wave after wave of "Wehrmacht Heer" forces alone, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.Eventually Mametova was mortally wounded by a hail of enemy fire, but continued fighting until she died of her wounds.She killed more than 70 enemy combatants in her final battle.