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= Trivia =
= Trivia =
==76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)==
==76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)==
Soviet [[76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)] guns are seen.
Soviet [[76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)] ] guns are seen.
[[Image:ZiS3 nn.jpg|thumb|none|400px|ZiS-3 divisional gun - 76.2x385mm R]]
[[Image:ZiS3 nn.jpg|thumb|none|400px|ZiS-3 divisional gun - 76.2x385mm R]]
[[File:Port-ZiS3-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ZiS-3 on march.]]
[[File:Port-ZiS3-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ZiS-3 on march.]]
Latest revision as of 13:54, 25 February 2023
Port
Original Theatrical Poster
Port is a Soviet 1976 (filmed 1975) B&W war movie directed by Yuriy Chernyy. In Spring 1944 Soviet troops approached the German-occupied city of Odessa on Black Sea coast. The Soviet intelligence and underground workers take measures to prevent undermining of the Odessa port by retreating Germans.
The following weapons were used in the film Port :
Pistols
Luger P08
German and Romanian officers carry Luger P08 pistols but holsters for P08 mostly appear to be flat and empty. Andrey Nikolaevich Kotelnikov (Boris Nikiforov ) uses a Luger during the final operation in Odessa port.
Note: see additional images on talk page .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Romanian Maj. Leon Petrescu (Grigore Grigoriu ) shots himself, his Luger is partially seen on pavement.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer at the right holds a Luger.
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Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
Most Soviet soldiers and some underground fighters and partisans in Odessa are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of a PPSh in hands of a Soviet soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An arrestee (Gennadi Bolotov) grapples with a guard, wresting his PPSh.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Viktor Petrovich Kravchuk (Genrikh Ostashevsky ), the commander of partisans unit, holds a PPSh.
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MP40
Nearly all German soldiers and many Soviet underground fighters and partisans are armed with MP40 SMGs.
Note: see additional images on talk page .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two of Lugovoy's men with MP40s (Yakov (Viktor Kondratyuk ) at the left, unnamed one (Rudolf Mukhin ) at the right).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miron (Aleksandr Belina ) in shootout with Lugovoy. This scene is also used on DVD cover.
MP38
Some MP38s are also seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fyodor Mikhailovich Biryukov (Nikolay Slyozka ), the leader of underground group in the port, holds an MP38.
Assault Rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
In one scene German soldiers, guarding the port, carry Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles, slightly out of time for Spring 1944.
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Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
In one scene a Soviet soldier carries a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle.
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Machine Guns
MG34
MG34 are used by German troops. In one scene an MG34 Panzerlauf is seen.
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Degtyaryov DT
A Degtyaryov DT is seen mounted on Soviet T-34 tank that stands for destroyed German tank.
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KPV
A post-war 2M-7 mounting with two KPV heavy machine guns is mounted on a German patrol boat.
KPV heavy machine gun in 2M-7 twin (over and under) naval mounting - 14.5x114mm
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Other Weapons
Dummy Training Grenade
A stick hand grenade is seen during the battle in port. Its shape and size match dummy training grenade.
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2.8 cm sPzB 41
A 2.8 cm sPzB 41 , light anti-tank gun with squeeze bore, is seen in the port. Possibly same prop (this is a really rare gun) was used in Proshchay , filmed by same studio a decade earlier.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the gun.
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Trivia
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
Soviet 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) guns are seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZiS-3 on march.
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T-34
A T-34 tank stands for destroyed German tank.
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