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The Defense of Volochayevsk
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The Defense of Volochayevsk is the USA relise title for the 1938 Soviet movie Volochayevskiye dni (Russian: Волочаевские дни , lit Volochayevka Days
The following weapons were used in the film The Defense of Volochayevsk :
Handguns Nagant M1895 Several characters uses Nagant M1895s . After close inspection, this is 1930th models, anachronistic for the times of Russian Civel War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yesaul (Vasily Gushchinsky) with the holstered revolver. Only grip can be seen.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan with the nagant during the battle with Japanese intervents. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poruchik Grishin (Yuri Lavrov ) with the nagant during the night diversion.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrei (Nikolai Dorokhin ) with the nagant. Note the angular front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrei aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrei brandishes his revolver during the final battle. Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model Sailor Bublik (Boris Blinov ) briefly uses Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model - .44 Russian Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bublik (at the right) aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bublik (at the center) with the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bublik (at the center) with the revolver, tiked on the belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolver is partly seen on the belt. Unknown Revolver One partisan briefly seen carry an unknown holstered revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Only grip is seen. Unknown Handgun Col. Ushijima (Lev Sverdlin ) carry an unknown pistol in the holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ushijima (at the left) with the holstered revolver. Muskets & Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Fyodor (Pavel Volkov) gave his 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun to Col. Ushijima. At least one partisan uses 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun (most likely, the same movie prop) at the several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fyodor hands his shotgun... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...to Col. Ushijima. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Ushijima with the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan with theshotgun on thesling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan reloads his shotgun during the battle with Japanese soldiers. Unknown Musket An unknown musket was used by one of the partisans. It's was seens only partly, but the flash from the blasting aperture means that's flintlock of matchlock musket. Such firearms were widely used by native peoples of Siberia in Russian Empire.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Musket is seen at the bottom. Note the very long ramrod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Musket fires. Note the large muzzle flash, typical for black powder's guns and the flash from the blasting aperture. Rifles Mosin Nagant Rifle Near all partisans, Red and White arme soldiers uses Mosin Nagant Rifles .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrei fires his mosin-nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan (Ivan Sizov) with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan fires during the shotout with the Japanese soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Cunning Old Man (Boris Chirkov ) disarmes the White Army soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trofimych (Aleksandr Morozov) with the rifle on shoulder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan with the rifle. Arisaka Type 38 Bayonet attached Arisaka Type 38 is the standart firearm of near all Imperial Japanese Army soldiers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Patisan fires his maxim at the Japanese soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldiers exicute peasants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldier readies his maxim... Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...before was killed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan ambushed Japanese soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim barrel is seen on mounted on the MS-1. Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun Japanese soldiers uses Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun at the several scenes. Most likely, the single movie prop, due only single gun is seen onscreen.
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