9th Company: Difference between revisions
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[[File:9thCo Lyosha AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lyosha looks through the NSPU telescopic night sight fitted onto his AK-74.]]
[[File:9thCo Lyosha AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lyosha looks through the NSPU telescopic night sight fitted onto his AK-74.]]
[[File:9thCo Akhmet AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Akhmet ([[Marat Gudiev]]), a local Muhjadeen leader, carries an AK-74.]]
[[File:9thCo Akhmet AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Akhmet ([[Marat Gudiev]]), a local Muhjadeen leader, carries an AK-74.]]
[[File:9thCo Petrovsky AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Soslan Fidarov]]), carrying an AK-74 instead of the SVD Dragunov, is led through an Afghan village by a local in his search for matches.]]
[[File:9thCo Petrovsky AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Konstantin Kryukov]]), carrying an AK-74 instead of the SVD Dragunov, is led through an Afghan village by a local in his search for matches.]]
[[File:9thCo Korgaman AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain "Korgaman" Bystrov ([[Aleksey Kravchenko]]), the commander of the 9th Company, tenses his finger on the trigger of his AK-74.]]
[[File:9thCo Korgaman AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain "Korgaman" Bystrov ([[Aleksey Kravchenko]]), the commander of the 9th Company, tenses his finger on the trigger of his AK-74.]]
[[Image:Cap372a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soviet Vehicle Crewmen fire their AK-74 rifles when the convoy is ambushed.]]
[[Image:Cap372a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soviet Vehicle Crewmen fire their AK-74 rifles when the convoy is ambushed.]]
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[[File:9thCo Stas AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stas ([[Artyom Mikhalkov]]) uses his AKS-74 during bayonet practice.]]
[[File:9thCo Stas AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stas ([[Artyom Mikhalkov]]) uses his AKS-74 during bayonet practice.]]
[[File:9thCo Recruit AK-74S 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Soviet recruit fires his AKS-74 on the rifle range.]]
[[File:9thCo Recruit AK-74S 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Soviet recruit fires his AKS-74 on the rifle range.]]
[[File:9thCo Petrovsky AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Soslan Fidarov]]) trades his AKS-74 for an SVD Dragunov.]]
[[File:9thCo Petrovsky AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Konstantin Kryukov]]) trades his AKS-74 for an SVD Dragunov.]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Soviet Paratrooper holds an AKS-74. Note the magazines taped together "jungle-style."]]
[[File:9thCo Paratrooper AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Soviet Paratrooper holds an AKS-74. Note the magazines taped together "jungle-style."]]
[[File:9thCo Afanasiy AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Afanasiy ([[Dmitriy Mukhamadeev]]) holds his AKS-74.]]
[[File:9thCo Afanasiy AK-74S.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Afanasiy ([[Dmitriy Mukhamadeev]]) holds his AKS-74.]]
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==Dragunov SVD==
==Dragunov SVD==
An [[SVD_Dragunov#SVD_Dragunov|SVD Dragunov]] is issued to Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Soslan Fidarov]]), whom is an excellent marksman.
An [[SVD_Dragunov#SVD_Dragunov|SVD Dragunov]] is issued to Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Konstantin Kryukov]]), whom is an excellent marksman.
[[Image:9POTA-SVD AK74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Petrovsky with his Dragunov. Note the soldier next to him (Lyosha) using an AK-74 fitted with an NSPU telescopic night sight.]]
[[Image:9POTA-SVD AK74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Petrovsky with his Dragunov. Note the soldier next to him (Lyosha) using an AK-74 fitted with an NSPU telescopic night sight.]]
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Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Soslan Fidarov]]) throws an [[RGD-5 hand grenade|RGD-5 Hand Grenade]] into a Mujahideen tunnel complex in the aftermath of the Convoy Ambush.
Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Soslan Fidarov]]) throws an [[RGD-5 hand grenade|RGD-5 Hand Grenade]] into a Mujahideen tunnel complex in the aftermath of the Convoy Ambush.
[[File:Rdg5.jpg|thumb|none|130px|RGD-5 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade]]
[[File:Rdg5.jpg|thumb|none|130px|RGD-5 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade]]
[[File:9thCo Petrovsky RGD-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An RGD-5 Hand Grenade thrown by Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Soslan Fidarov]]) rolls into a hole used by the Muhjadeen to escape.]]
[[File:9thCo Petrovsky RGD-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An RGD-5 Hand Grenade thrown by Giaconda Petrovsky ([[Konstantin Kryukov]]) rolls into a hole used by the Muhjadeen to escape.]]
[[File:9thCo RGD-5 Explosion.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The grenade goes "boom!" This scene is noteworthy for two reasons: the non-Hollywood explosion and by illustrating the ease at which the Muhjadeen are able to escape the Soviets. One hole for every man.]]
[[File:9thCo RGD-5 Explosion.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The grenade goes "boom!" This scene is noteworthy for two reasons: the non-Hollywood explosion and by illustrating the ease at which the Muhjadeen are able to escape the Soviets. One hole for every man.]]
Revision as of 16:15, 18 January 2012
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 NSVT's are seen mounted at the Commander's hatches of T-64 tanks (despite the T-64 being incorrect 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.
