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Stalker (1979): Difference between revisions
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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
==Femaru 37M== | ==Femaru 37M== | ||
One of the scenes features Writer ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) | One of the scenes features Writer ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) pulling a WW2-era Hungarian [[Femaru 37M]] before opening a closed door. He is asked to leave it, as the Zone is not a good place to go around waving weapons. Moments later we see Stalker ([[Alexander Kaidanovsky]]) pushing the pistol further into the water, out of the sight. | ||
[[Image:FEG 37M 1538.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Femaru 37M - 9 x 17mm Browning Short]] | [[Image:FEG 37M 1538.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Femaru 37M - 9 x 17mm Browning Short]] | ||
[[Image:Stalker-20-colt.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Writer ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) takes out his pistol]] | [[Image:Stalker-20-colt.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Writer ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) takes out his pistol]] | ||
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=Submachine Guns= | =Submachine Guns= | ||
==Thompson M1928A1== | ==Thompson M1928A1== | ||
A [[Thompson Submachine Gun]] is featured, first seen in the hands of guards in the checkpoint, and then up close and in better detail in a dream sequence. It is most likely a [[M1928A1 Thompson]]. The Soviet Union received a number of M1928A1s during WWII as part of lend-lease program. They were included as standard equipment in M3 light tanks, but never used because .45 ACP ammunition was not standard in Russia at the time. After the war many of these were converted to prop weapons using blank 7.62x25mm cartridges. | |||
[[File:Thompson-M1928-7.62-MovieProp.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson, converted for using MP40 magazines fitted for 7.62x25 blank cartridges]] | [[File:Thompson-M1928-7.62-MovieProp.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson, converted for using MP40 magazines fitted for 7.62x25 blank cartridges]] | ||
[[Image:Stalker-10-guard.jpg|500px|thumb|none|A guard with a Thompson.]] | [[Image:Stalker-10-guard.jpg|500px|thumb|none|A guard with a Thompson.]] | ||
[[Image:Stalker-15-grip.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Pistol grip section of the Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:Stalker-14-mid.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Middle of the gun. You can see the adapter for the 7,62 pistol round, as used in many other Russian films like ''[[Pirates of the XXth Century]]'']] | |||
[[Image:Stalker-13-top.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Thompson's top section. You can see cooling fins introduced in M1928A1 and bolt handle on top of the receiver.]] | |||
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==Unidentified | ==Unidentified Machine Gun== | ||
When three movie protagonists illegally enter the Zone through a checkpoint, the guards start shooting at them. | When the three movie protagonists illegally enter the Zone through a checkpoint, the guards start shooting at them. An unidentified machine gun on a bipod is used by one of them; it is visibly fed by a ammunition belt coming from a boxy container, thus possibly being a [[PK Machine Gun|PK/PKM]] machine gun. | ||
[[Image:Stalker-11-guard.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Unidentified firearm on a bipod.]] | [[Image:Stalker-11-guard.jpg|500px|thumb|none|Unidentified firearm on a bipod.]] | ||
==MG34== | |||
== MG34 == | |||
An [[MG34]] is briefly seen. | An [[MG34]] is briefly seen. | ||
[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:Stalker1979-MG34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An abandoned MG34.]] | [[File:Stalker1979-MG34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An abandoned MG34.]] | ||
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[[Category:Science-Fiction]] | [[Category:Science-Fiction]] | ||
[[Category:Soviet Produced]] | [[Category:Soviet Produced]] | ||
[[Category:Andrei Tarkovsky]] | [[Category:Andrei Tarkovsky]] | ||
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Stalker is a Russian Language movie by Andrei Tarkovsky. The movie is loosely based on Roadside Picnic, a 1972 novel by Russian science fiction authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, who also wrote the screenplay. Despite being filmed entirely in Estonia (a USSR Republic at the time) the film was released internationally under the English Title "Stalker". The film takes place in "The Zone", an area with no specific time or location. The film is very peaceful, and instead uses firearms as symbols rather than for action scenes. This film was a partial inspiration for the 2007 Videogame S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, and many of its elements were incorporated into the game.
The following weapons were used in the film Stalker (1979):
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Handguns
Femaru 37M
One of the scenes features Writer (Anatoly Solonitsyn) pulling a WW2-era Hungarian Femaru 37M before opening a closed door. He is asked to leave it, as the Zone is not a good place to go around waving weapons. Moments later we see Stalker (Alexander Kaidanovsky) pushing the pistol further into the water, out of the sight.
Submachine Guns
Thompson M1928A1
A Thompson Submachine Gun is featured, first seen in the hands of guards in the checkpoint, and then up close and in better detail in a dream sequence. It is most likely a M1928A1 Thompson. The Soviet Union received a number of M1928A1s during WWII as part of lend-lease program. They were included as standard equipment in M3 light tanks, but never used because .45 ACP ammunition was not standard in Russia at the time. After the war many of these were converted to prop weapons using blank 7.62x25mm cartridges.
Machine Guns
Unidentified Machine Gun
When the three movie protagonists illegally enter the Zone through a checkpoint, the guards start shooting at them. An unidentified machine gun on a bipod is used by one of them; it is visibly fed by a ammunition belt coming from a boxy container, thus possibly being a PK/PKM machine gun.
MG34
An MG34 is briefly seen.
