Battery Number One (Edinichka): Difference between revisions
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[[File:Edinichka-PPSh-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zinatullin with a PPSh.]]
[[File:Edinichka-PPSh-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zinatullin with a PPSh.]]
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== MP38 ==
== MP38 ==
[[MP38]] submachine guns are used by German soldiers, notably SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) (in several scenes his insignia changes to an SS-Sturmmann), and Polish resistance fighters. Some Soviet soldiers and officers, notably ''Yefreytor'' Aleksandr Lyutikov ([[Mikhail Evlanov]]), use captured MP38s.
[[MP38]] submachine guns are used by German soldiers, notably SS-Rottenführer Gustav ([[Stanislav Callas]]) (in several scenes his insignia changes to an SS-Sturmmann), and Polish resistance fighters. Some Soviet soldiers and officers, notably ''Yefreytor'' Aleksandr Lyutikov ([[Mikhail Evlanov]]), use captured MP38s.
''Trivia:'' nearly all professional actors, seen with MP38s and MP40s, handle their submachine guns inaccurate, gripping the bottom part of the magazine. Contrary, the reenactors in the roles of German soldiers demonstrate proper handling.
''Trivia:'' nearly all professional actors, seen with MP38s and MP40s, handle their submachine guns inaccurate, gripping the bottom part of the magazine. Contrary, the reenactors in the roles of German soldiers demonstrate proper handling.
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[[File:Edinichka-MP40-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS-men hold MP38s and MP40s during the execution of Polish partisans and nuns who hid partisans in the monastery.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS-men hold MP38s and MP40s during the execution of Polish partisans and nuns who hid partisans in the monastery.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of same scene.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of same scene.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) fires an MP40 during the skirmish in the monastery. In previous moment he is seen with an MP38, and later his MP40 again switches to an MP38 due to continuity errors.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS-Rottenführer Gustav ([[Stanislav Callas]]) fires an MP40 during the skirmish in the monastery. In previous moment he is seen with an MP38, and later his MP40 again switches to an MP38 due to continuity errors.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the shootout ''Yefreytor'' Aleksandr Lyutikov ([[Mikhail Evlanov]]) carries an MP40 instead of his MP38 due to a continuity error.]]
[[File:Edinichka-MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the shootout ''Yefreytor'' Aleksandr Lyutikov ([[Mikhail Evlanov]]) carries an MP40 instead of his MP38 due to a continuity error.]]
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[[File:Edinichka-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Edinichka-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Edinichka-Mosin-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Edinichka-Mosin-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Edinichka-Mosin-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soviet soldiers with M91/30 rifles in attack. Strangely, the front sights lack hoods.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Mosin-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soviet soldiers with M91/30 rifles in attack.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up shows the preparation of the grenade to throw.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up shows the preparation of the grenade to throw.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) and his soldiers throw grenades into the Soviet trench.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS-Rottenführer Gustav ([[Stanislav Callas]]) and his soldiers throw grenades into the Soviet trench.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A grenade falls in the trench. A lot of 7.62mm rifle cartridges lying on the ground; some star crimped ends, indicating blank ammo, are clearly distinguishable.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A grenade falls in the trench. A lot of 7.62mm rifle cartridges lying on the ground; some star crimped ends, indicating blank ammo, are clearly distinguishable.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Eva covers a grenade with her body to save the children.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Stielhandgranate-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Eva covers a grenade with her body to save the children.]]
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[[File:Edinichka-Pak-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The destroyed AT gun is seen at the left.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Pak-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The destroyed AT gun is seen at the left.]]
== ZiS-3 ==
==76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)==
The Soviet artillery battery is armed with two 76.2mm ZiS-3 field guns.
The Soviet artillery battery is armed with two [[76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)]] field guns.
[[File:Edinichka-ZiS3-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ZiS-3 on march.]]
[[File:Edinichka-ZiS3-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ZiS-3 on march.]]
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== Matilda II ==
== Matilda II ==
A destroyed Matilda II tank is seen in one scene. This is a real Lend-Lease tank, used as a static decoration in several Russian 2010s war films, like ''[[White_Tiger_(Belyy_tigr),_The#Other|Belyy tigr]]''.
A destroyed Matilda II tank is seen in one scene. This is a real Lend-Lease tank, used as a static decoration in several Russian 2010s war films, like ''[[White_Tiger_(Belyy_tigr),_The#Other|Belyy tigr]]''.
[[File:Edinichka-Matilda-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the twin smoke grenade launcher on the right side of the turret. The launcher mechanisms are based on sawed-off [[Lee-Enfield]] rifles with dischargers. This particular launcher probably has only rusty tubes, without firing mechanisms.]]
[[File:Edinichka-Matilda-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the twin smoke grenade launcher on the right side of the turret. The launcher mechanisms are based on sawed-off [[Lee-Enfield]] rifles with dischargers. This particular launcher probably has only rusty tubes, without firing mechanisms.]]
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Battery Number One (Edinichka) (Boevaya edinichka)
Battery Number One (theatrical release title Edinichka ("The one" or "Number one"; TV release title Boevaya edinichka ("Combat unit number one")) is a Russian 2015 war drama directed by Kirill Belevich. The plot is set in September 1944 on Soviet-German front in Poland. Soviet artillery battery has a mission to keep position at the important bridge. Arriving at the position, Lt. Egorov organizes an observation post in a destroyed monastery. There he discovers a group of deaf orphans under the care of the surviving nun Eva. Repelling attacks of German SS unit, Soviet soldiers try to hold position and to save children. The situation is complicated, as a group of Polish resistance head to the bridge with a mission to destroy it, but at last Soviet and Polish soldiers unit together on the last stand.
Note: the movie was released in 2015 as theatrical version and in 2017 as four-part TV version under the slightly different title. This page is based on the TV version.
The following weapons were used in the film Battery Number One (Boevaya edinichka):
Kolya (Dobrynya Belevich-Obolenskiy), a Russian kid who escaped from a Nazi concentration camp, finds a Nagant M1895 on the body of dead Soviet pilot. In one scene this revolver switches to a blank-firing Blef and then back to a common Nagant. When Kolya's revolver is seen in hands of SS-Obersturmführer Harold (Fitz van Thom), the gun turns out to be a different prop, fitted with a front sight of an original Belgian version of Nagant M1895. A Nagant revolver is also a sidearm of field telephone operator Jr. Sgt. Nadya Tikhomirova (Arina Borisova).
TT-33 pistols are service sidearms of Soviet officers Lt. Anatoliy Egorov (Ilya Korobko), the commander of the artillery battery, and Lt. Semyon Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin), the zampolit (deputy for political matters) of the battery. Both pistols are of post-1947 version.
The commander of SS unit SS-Obersturmführer Harold (Fitz van Thom) and the commander of Polish resistance group Porucik (Lt.) Stefan Romanowski (Marcin Stec) carry Walther P38 pistols.
MP38 submachine guns are used by German soldiers, notably SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) (in several scenes his insignia changes to an SS-Sturmmann), and Polish resistance fighters. Some Soviet soldiers and officers, notably Yefreytor Aleksandr Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov), use captured MP38s.
Trivia: nearly all professional actors, seen with MP38s and MP40s, handle their submachine guns inaccurate, gripping the bottom part of the magazine. Contrary, the reenactors in the roles of German soldiers demonstrate proper handling.
Several Soviet soldiers and one of the SS-men are armed with SVT-40 rifles. Captured SVT-40s were really used by Wehrmacht and SS troops, designated as Selbstladegewehr 259(r).
Soviet artillerymen Anatoliy Ivanov (Azamat Nigmanov), Kats (Andrey Natotsinskiy) and Uruzbaev (Bain Bovaldinov) are armed with Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbines, a brand new gun for September 1944. The folding bayonets are removed from all carbines.
The Polish resistance unit has a single Karabiner 98k with a sniper scope. It is used by Agatha (Elena Glazkova) and then by Franciszek (Rafal Zawierucha). The sniper scope is wrapped for camouflage, so it's hard to identify the exact version, but the general outlook resembles Soviet PSO-1, issued in 1963 for SVD sniper rifle.
An SS-man holds a Mauser short rifle, fitted with a 20- or 25-round trench magazine, designed for a Gewehr 98 during the WW1. The rifle looks very similar to the Karabiner 98k but has grooves on the stock and generally seems longer.
Soviet artillerymen use two DP-27 machine guns. During the battle they are used by Pvt. Klyuev (Vladislav Dorofeev), Yefreytor Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov), Sgt. Gevorkyan (Michael Janibekyan) and Pvt. Tyurin (Aleksey Polyakov).
The SS unit uses an MG42. When mounted on the motorcycle, it is used with free belt, and in all other scenes the machine gun is fitted with an ammo drum.
Two fake German tanks (visually modified T-54) have frontal MG34 Panzerlauf machine guns. These MG34s are hardly complete guns, but possibly genuine barrels, fitted to the tank construction, were used.
A graphic image of a Maxim machine gun is seen during the opening credits. The machine gun is probably an M1910 or M1910/30 model but the barrel isn't seen that hampers the identification of the actual version.
At least a single stick grenade of many, used by German soldiers, turns out to be a Model 17 Stielhandgranate (possibly a modern replica), identified by the belt clip on the head.
Hafthohlladung Anti Tank Mines are seen in several scenes. A German soldier tries to destroy a Soviet ZiS-3 gun with a Hafthohlladung during the night attack. Later Lt. Egorov (Ilya Korobko) and Pvt. Kulebyaka (Andrey Fandeev) use captured Hafthohlladung mines against a German tank.
A German Tellermine 35 (Stahl) anti-tank mine is seen in one scene. A Polish boy accidentally steps on it, and Lt. Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin) explains that this is an anti-tank mine that reacts on vehicles pressure no less than 190 kg.
Visually modified T-54 tanks appear as German-style tanks, resembling late versions of Pz.IV. These particular vehicles are seen in a number of Russian 2000s-2010s movies, including Attack on Leningrad, Stalingrad and Belyy tigr.
A destroyed Matilda II tank is seen in one scene. This is a real Lend-Lease tank, used as a static decoration in several Russian 2010s war films, like Belyy tigr.
