9th Company: Difference between revisions
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[[File:9thCo Paratrooper RPK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Paratrooper operating a minesweeper carries an RPK slung around his back.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper RPK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Paratrooper operating a minesweeper carries an RPK slung around his back.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper RPK-74 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the far left has an RPK-74 deployed on a rock.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper RPK-74 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the far left has an RPK-74 deployed on a rock.]]
==DShK Heavy Machine Gun==
The [[DShK heavy machine gun|DShK Heavy Machine Gun]] is seen mounted on the turret of T-72 tanks. As this is a Russian-produced film, the DsHk's in the film are authentic, and not the M2 mock-ups commonly seen in American productions.
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|left|400px|A Russian DShK mounted on Tripod - 12.7x108mm]]
[[File:9thCo T72 DsHk.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DShK Heavy Machine Gun is visible on the T-72 tank leading the convoy.]]
[[File:9thCo T72 DsHk 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An unmanned DShK sits on the turret of the T-72.]]
==KPVT Heavy Machine Gun==
==KPVT Heavy Machine Gun==
The [[KPV_heavy_machine_gun#KPVT_Heavy_Machine_Gun|KPVT Heavy Machine Gun]] is mounted on BTR-60 APC's used by the Soviet Army in the film.
The [[KPV_heavy_machine_gun#KPVT_Heavy_Machine_Gun|KPVT Heavy Machine Gun]] is mounted on BTR-60 APC's and BRDM-2 scout vehicles used by the Soviet Army in the film.
[[File:Kpvt 01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|KPVT Heavy Machine Gun - 14.5x114mm]]
[[File:Kpvt 01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|KPVT Heavy Machine Gun - 14.5x114mm]]
[[File:9thCo BTR KPVT.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A KPVT Heavy Machine Gun is visible mounted on the turret of a Soviet BTR-60.]]
[[File:9thCo BTR KPVT.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A KPVT Heavy Machine Gun is visible mounted on the turret of a Soviet BRDM-2.]]
[[File:9thCo BTR KPVT 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of a turret mounted KPVT as the 9th Company returns to base after successfully defending Hill 3234.]]
[[File:9thCo BTR KPVT 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of a turret mounted KPVT as the 9th Company returns to base after successfully defending Hill 3234.]]
==NSV Heavy Machine Gun==
==NSV Heavy Machine Gun==
The [[NSV heavy machine gun|NSV Heavy Machine Gun]] is used as a mounted heavy machine gun by Soviet Paratroopers on Hill 3234.
The [[NSV heavy machine gun|NSV Heavy Machine Gun]] is used as a mounted heavy machine gun by Soviet Paratroopers on Hill 3234. Additional NSV's are seen mounted at the Commander's hatches of T-64 tanks (despite the T-64 being anachronistic for the Soviet war in Afghanistan; these tanks are possibly standing in for the similar T-72).
[[File:6U6 NSV 02.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Tripod-mounted NSV heavy machine gun with ammo box and belt - 12.7x107mm]]
[[File:6U6 NSV 02.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Tripod-mounted NSV heavy machine gun with ammo box and belt - 12.7x107mm]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper NSV.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A tripod-mounted NSV Heavy Machine Gun sits at the Anava Outpost.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper NSV.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A tripod-mounted NSV Heavy Machine Gun sits at the Anava Outpost.]]
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[[Image:Cap201a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NSV is clearly visible behind the head of this Paratrooper as it opens up on Mujahideen fighters during the convoy ambush.]]
[[Image:Cap201a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NSV is clearly visible behind the head of this Paratrooper as it opens up on Mujahideen fighters during the convoy ambush.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper NSV 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|9th Company Paratroopers open up on the charging Muhjadeen.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper NSV 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|9th Company Paratroopers open up on the charging Muhjadeen.]]
[[File:9thCo T72 DsHk.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NSV Heavy Machine Gun is visible on the T-64 tank leading the convoy.]]
[[File:9thCo T72 DsHk 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An unmanned NSV sits on the turret of the T-64.]]
==Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Machine Gun==
==Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Machine Gun==
Revision as of 20:57, 10 September 2011
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMovie poster for 9th Company (2005) (Russia)Error creating thumbnail: File missingRussian language poster for 9th Company aka 9 POTA (2005) (Russia). Note: Though IMDB lists the Russian name as "9 POTA" the cyrillic in the poster reads 9 "Roh-ta" with the "r" rolled on the tip of the tongue like in Spanish. Thus the 'phonetic' English wording used for the International Title is actually incorrect.
9th Company (9 POTA) is a 2005 Russian language film about a group of Soviet Recruits from Basic Training to combat in the mountains of Afghanistan, during the Afghan-Russo War (1979-1989). The story deals with the idealistic young Paratroopers, assigned to the 9th Company, who are fighting a desperate battle against the Mujahideen fighters in the final days of the doomed conflict. It is (loosely) based on the Battle for Hill 3234.
The following firearms are used in the film 9th Company:
Soviet Paratroopers use the AKS-74, differentiated from the AK-74 by its folding stack (or lack of buttstock), in both training and combat in Afghanistan. The Muhjadeen fighters also use them. Their heavier-then-expected use amongst the 9th Company in both training and combat is undoubtedly due to their lightweight and the ability to fold the buttstock, making them ideal for paratroopers.
Several 9th Company Paratroopers use the PKM Machine Gun: Chugainov (Ivan Kokorin) is given Samylin's old gun, which suffered a bend in the barrel due to a hand grenade explosion. He can be seen in one scene trying to sight it to fire at a rock 3m away. One of the paratroopers grabs the barrel of his PKM to bash a Mujahideen and sustains 3rd degree burns in the process.
The NSV Heavy Machine Gun is used as a mounted heavy machine gun by Soviet Paratroopers on Hill 3234. Additional NSV's are seen mounted at the Commander's hatches of T-64 tanks (despite the T-64 being anachronistic for the Soviet war in Afghanistan; these tanks are possibly standing in for the similar T-72).
The AK-74 mounted GP-25 grenade launcher is used by Warrant Officer Khokol Pogrebnyak (Fyodor Bondarchuk) and Afanasiy (Dmitriy Mukhamadeev). This Grenade Launcher was first introduced in the 1980s and was referred to as the BG15. A later updated version would be the GP-30.
The RPG-7, mounted with a PGO-7 scope, is used by the Mujahideen alongside RPG-18s to attack the 9th Company. They are also carried by Soviet Paratroopers, but without a scope. A glaring error is that in several shots it is apparent that there is no loaded rocket when the RPG is fired.
The main grenade carried by the Soviet Paratroopers is the World War Two-era F-1 Hand Grenade, even though the RGD-5 was standard issue from the 1960's onward.
