Sniper (1931): Difference between revisions
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Sniper (1931): Difference between revisions
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-43.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Russian soldiers of Expeditionary Force carry M91 Infantry rifles. This is incorrect as they were armed in France with French weapons, mostly Berthier rifles.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-43.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Russian soldiers of Expeditionary Force carry M91 Infantry rifles. This is incorrect as they were armed in France with French weapons, mostly Berthier rifles.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-36.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A civilian volunteer holds an M91 Dragoon rifle with early model sights.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-36.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A civilian volunteer holds an M91 Infantry rifle with early model sights.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-37.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another volunteer is armed with an M91 Dragoon with M1910 sights.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-37.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another volunteer is armed with an M91 Infantry with M1910 sights.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Red Army soldiers fire Mosin Nagant rifles.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Red Army soldiers fire Mosin Nagant rifles.]]
Sniper is a Soviet 1931 B&W movie directed by Semyon Timoshenko. During World War 1 a Russian soldier (Pyotr Sobolevsky) serves in Russian Expeditionary Force in France where he is chosen for his marksmanship and trained as a skilled sniper. After the Russian revolution the soldier returns home while his commander (Boris Shlikhting) fights against the Soviet Russia. In 1930 the former soldier works on a factory and also he is the instructor in shooting club. Once the town that is near the Soviet border is attacked by foreign troops (the hostile state isn't named but the uniform of the soldiers resembles Finnish). The character meets againt with his former commander who serves in invading forces.
The following weapons were used in the film Sniper (1931):
The Soldier (Pyotr Sobolevsky) and The Captain (Boris Shlikhting) both use Ross M1910 rifles with sniper scopes. Standard Ross rifles are also seen in hands of Russian and British soldiers. The moviemakers could use a large stock of Ross M1910s that were captured during the Russian civil war and used in USSR for target shooting in 1920s-1930s.
During the training in the shooting club in 1930 numerous small caliber rifles are seen. They are supposed to be .22 caliber single-shot TOZ-1 rifles that were used in late 1920s - early 1930s for basic shooting training, until replaced with improved TOZ-7.
In one scene a British soldier loads a Livens Projector mortar with a gas bomb. It can be a genuine weapon, not a mockup (although the bomb is a dummy of course).
