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[[Image:Czs-PPSh-41-Sok.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Czechoslovak soldier holding a position with a submachine gun in his hand.]] | [[Image:Czs-PPSh-41-Sok.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Czechoslovak soldier holding a position with a submachine gun in his hand.]] | ||
[[Image:Rudolf_Jelínek-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Platoon commander Lt. Sochor ([[Rudolf Jelínek]]) gives orders with his submachine gun slung over his shoulder.]] | [[Image:Rudolf_Jelínek-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Platoon commander Lt. Sochor ([[Rudolf Jelínek]]) gives orders with his submachine gun slung over his shoulder.]] | ||
[[Image:Renáta Dolezelova-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nurse | [[Image:Renáta Dolezelova-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nurse Anka Kadlecová ([[Renáta Doleželová]]) used a [[PPSh-41]] belonging to wounded Karel Horák ([[Jirí Krampol]]).]] | ||
[[Image:Martin_Stepánek-PPSh-41.jpg.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The company commander 1st Lt. Otakar Jaroš ([[Martin Stepánek]]) | [[Image:Martin_Stepánek-PPSh-41.jpg.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The company commander 1st Lt. Otakar Jaroš ([[Martin Stepánek]]) fires his submachine gun at the attacking Germans.]] | ||
=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
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== 122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) == | == 122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) == | ||
Soviet | Soviet [[122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)]] are used against the Germans. | ||
[[Image:Howitzer_M1938.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer]] | [[Image:Howitzer_M1938.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer]] | ||
[[Image:Sokolovo-Zis-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Sokolovo-Zis-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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Sokolovo is Czechoslovak World War II film directed by Otakar Vávra, filmed in 1975. The film depicts the events in occupied Czechoslovakia after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and also parallel to the formation of the Czechoslovak foreign troops in the USSR. The movie culminates in the Battle of Sokolovo, the first time a foreign military unit, in this case the First Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion, fought alongside the Soviet Red Army.
The following guns were used in the 1975 Czechoslovak film Sokolovo:
Pistols
Walther P38
Some characters are seen with a Walther P38 pistol.
Submachine Guns
Sten
British paratroopers are equipped with the Sten.
MP40
A German soldiers carry the MP40 submachine gun.
PPSh-41
Red Army and Czechoslovak soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
The German firing squad, armed with Karabiner 98ks, murder the population of Lidice.
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Soviet and Czech infantry carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
PTRD-41
Pvt. Rataj (Jan Kanyza) fires a PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle.
Tokarev SVT-40 Rifle
The Czechoslovak unit at the Battle of Sokolovo carry SVT-40 rifles.
Machine guns
MG34 Machine Gun
German troops use MG34 machine guns.
Maxim
The Maxim machine gun is used by Soviet and Czechoslovakian troops.
Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun
Soviet troops also use the Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun.
Hand Grenades
No. 73 Mk. I hand grenade
As in the real attack, Jan Kubiš (Miroslav Rataj) throws a No. 73 Mk. I hand grenade at Heydrich's car.
RPG-40
Soviet and Czechoslovakian troops are equipped with RPG-40 anti-tank grenades.
Other
SPSh Flare Pistol
A Czechoslovak soldier gives the signal to launch an attack with an SPSh Flare Pistol.
82mm BM-37 mortar
The Czechoslovak unit also use BM-37 mortars.
45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
Soviet artillery troops use the 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) during the battle.
122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)
Soviet 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) are used against the Germans.
