Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Snetkov a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu 1925 a Saratov, kuma ya kammala karatu daga Makarantar Pugachyov ta 2. An tattara shi cikin Red Army a cikin 1942 kuma a watan Oktoba na 1943 ya kammala karatun saurin karatu a Makarantar Makamai masu saukar ungulu ta 2nd Kiev a matsayin ƙaramin laftanan. A matsayinsa na kwamandan bindiga mai sarrafa kansa na SU-152 a cikin 9th Separate Guards Breakthrough Tank Regiment na 1st Ukrainian Front's 38th Army, Snetkov ya ga yaƙin farko a yammacin Rozhiv a cikin Yaƙin Kiev
a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, lokacin da ma'aikatansa suka ruwaito wani babban jami'in da ya hallaka tankin Tiger da bindigogi biyu. Don ayyukansa, Snetkov ya sami lambar yabo ta Red Star a ranar 12 ga Disamba. Yayin da ci gaba zuwa yamma a duk faɗin Ukraine ya ci gaba har zuwa hunturu, shi da rundunarsa sun yi yaƙi a cikin Zhitomir<unk>Berdichev Offensive da Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar soja ta 38. A lokacin aikin na ƙarshe, a ranar 26 ga Janairu, wani babban jami'in ya ba da rahoton cewa ma'aikatansa sun yi karo da rukunin tankokin Jamus na kimanin tankuna 20 kuma sun lalata uku, ɗayansu Tiger ne, a kan hanyar LipovetsRososhe. Don wannan aikin, Snetkov ya sami lambar yabo ta Yaƙin Patriotic, aji na 1, a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu.