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[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossacks carry Berdan carbines on sling.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossacks carry Berdan carbines on sling.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sashko Kozir ([[Georgiy Yumatov]]) fires a carbine single-hand.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sashko Kozir ([[Georgiy Yumatov]]) fires a carbine single-hand.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-18.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Boyana ([[Zheni Bozhinova]]) fires a carbine. Next to her Petko ([[Apostol Karamitev]]) holds a full-lenght Berdan rifle.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-18.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Boyana ([[Zheni Bozhinova]]) fires a carbine. Next to her Petko ([[Apostol Karamitev]]) holds a full-length Berdan rifle.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-23.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sashko Kozir fires a carbine.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-23.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sashko Kozir fires a carbine.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Makar Lizyuta ([[Konstantin Sorokin]]) reloads his carbine.]]
[[File:Geroite na Shipka-Rifle-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Makar Lizyuta ([[Konstantin Sorokin]]) reloads his carbine.]]
Heroes of Shipka (Bulgarian title Geroite na Shipka, Russian title Geroi Shipki) is a 1955 Bulgarian-Soviet epic historical war movie directed by Sergey Vasilyev. It depicts the events of Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, especially focusing on the Battle of Shipka Pass.
The following weapons were used in the film Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka):
Russian and Bulgarian officers carry revolvers that appear to be French Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873. In reality Chamelot-Delvigne was never issued to Russian or Bulgarian armies; the service Russian revolver of this war was Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model.
All Russian and most Bulgarian infantry soldiers are armed with Berdan No.2 full-length rifle, fitted with bayonets. Some Turkish soldiers also use Berdan rifle, probably due to insufficient amount of Peabody-Martini rifles.
Some Bulgarian soldiers carry rifles with Mle 1866 Yataghan sword bayonets. These bayonets were issued for Chassepot 1866 but the screen rifles look different. In reaity Chassepot was a service rifle of Bulgarian troops in the early part of the war (about 20,000 Chassepot were purchased in Germany where they were stored after French-Prussian war); later these rifles were replaced with Krnka rifles.
Both Russian and Turkish troops use breech-loading cannons. Most of them appear to be Russian M1867 or M1877 guns (both models have same outlook) of several various calibers.
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