20th of December (20-e dekabrya): Difference between revisions
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20th of December (20-e dekabrya): Difference between revisions
[[File:20dekabrya-Chronicle-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A half-track armoured car. Only two such vehicles, designed by Col. Gulkevich, were produced: ''Ilya Muromets'' and ''Akhtyrets''. Each armoured car was armed with 76.2mm M1910 gun and two Maxim machine guns.]]
[[File:20dekabrya-Chronicle-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A half-track armoured car. Only two such vehicles, designed by Col. Gulkevich, were produced: ''Ilya Muromets'' and ''Akhtyrets''. Each armoured car was armed with 76.2mm M1910 gun and two Maxim machine guns.]]
[[File:20dekabrya-Chronicle-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of Gulkevich armoured car.]]
[[File:20dekabrya-Chronicle-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of Gulkevich armoured car.]]
[[File:20dekabrya-Chronicle-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Renault-Mgebrov armoured car. It is armed with two Maxims in gun turrets.]]
[[File:20dekabrya-Chronicle-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Renault-Mgebrov armoured car. It is armed with two Maxims in gun turrets. This scene is reused from ''[[October: Ten Days That Shook the World (Oktyabr)#Armour|Oktyabr]]'' (1927).]]
20th of December (a direct translation of original title 20-e dekabrya) is a Soviet 1982 (filmed 1981) historical TV mini series directed by Grigori Nikulin. The story is set in December 1917, soon after the Russian revolution. Soviet power has to struggle against numerous enemies. On December 20, 1917 All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Conter-Revolution and Sabotage, shortly Vcheka (Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya) or Cheka is founded. It is lead by Felix Dzerzhinsky.
The following weapons were used in the film 20th of December (20-e dekabrya):
A Luger P08 is a personal handgun of Felix Dzerzhinsky (Mikhail Kozakov). Also a Luger is seen in hands of a female robber (Tatyana Tkach), a member of Count Eboli's gang (she is also seen with a CZ 27, see below).
Anachronistic CZ 27 pistol is another Savinkov's handgun. The abovementioned female robber (Tatyana Tkach) is seen with a CZ 27 that later switches to a Luger.
Arisaka Type 30 rifles are seen in documentary footage of Russian revolution. A large number of Arisaka Type 30 and Type 38 was purchased by Russian Empire from Japan in 1915-1917.
Maxim M1910
Maxim M1910 machine guns are seen in documentary footage of Russian revolution.
Vickers Mk.I
A British Army Vickers Mk.I machine gun on AA mounting is seen in documentary footage of Great War.
Vickers 2-pounder "Pom-Pom"
Vickers 2-pounder "Pom-Pom" autocannons on static mounts are seen in documentary footage of Russian revolution. 2-pounder "Pom-Pom" autocannons were purchased by Russian Army and Navy during the Great War and used on ships, armoured cars and static AA mountings.