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[[Image:24-43_grenade.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate]] | [[Image:24-43_grenade.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate]] | ||
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[[Image:Krampol-M24-Sthg.jpg|thumb|none|550px|none|Lt. Karel Horák ([[Jirí Krampol]]) wears | [[Image:Krampol-M24-Sthg.jpg|thumb|none|550px|none|Lt. Karel Horák ([[Jirí Krampol]]) wears hand grenades in his belt.]] | ||
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The insurgents use the [[Panzerfaust]] as their defense against German armoured vehicles. They are shown firing them from the shoulder bazooka-style, rather than the official under-the-arm method. | The insurgents use the [[Panzerfaust]] as their defense against German armoured vehicles. They are shown firing them from the shoulder bazooka-style, rather than the official under-the-arm method. | ||
[[Image:Panzerfaust.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead]] | [[Image:Panzerfaust.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead]] | ||
[[Image:CzI-LoP-Pf.jpg|thumb|none|550px|The insurgent fires on German armored car by a Panzerfaust from a windows.]] | |||
[[Image:Civil-Panzerfaust.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A resistance fighter aims a Panzerfaust from behind a barricade.]] | [[Image:Civil-Panzerfaust.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A resistance fighter aims a Panzerfaust from behind a barricade.]] | ||
[[Image:Krampol-M24-Sthg.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Lt. Karel Horák ([[Jirí Krampol]]) carries a Panzerfaust in his hand.]] | [[Image:Krampol-M24-Sthg.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Lt. Karel Horák ([[Jirí Krampol]]) carries a Panzerfaust in his hand.]] | ||
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The Liberation of Prague (original: Osvobození Prahy) is Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising directed by Otakar Vávra in 1978. The film has no central hero and as a continuation to the previous of Vávra´s movie titled Sokolovo, stand out in it also the characters from the film - Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová) and Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol). The film was made for the propaganda of a 30th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army. In a cinema, however, came with a delay. Therefore, the German actor who played the commander of the SS troops in Bohemia and Moravia Horst Preusker died before its premiere.
The following guns were used in the 1978 Czechoslovak film The Liberation of Prague:
Pistols
CZ 27
The officer of the government troops (Jan Preucil) holds his issue CZ 27 pistol.
Walther P38
At the end of the war the Nazis used as the service arms for officers mainly a Walther P38 pistols.
Submachine guns
MP40
The MP40 submachine gun is widely used by German soldiers and resistance fighters.
PPSh-41
Red Army and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Rifles
VZ-24 Czech Mauser
Czech police and the government troops are armed with a VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifles.
Karabiner 98k
In this movie are a Karabiner 98k rifles the standard weapons of Germans and also the Czech insurgents.
Machine guns
MG34
The MG34 machine guns is used by the Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops.
Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun
Soviet troops also use the Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun.
Degtyaryov DT machine gun
Soviet gunner in tank T-34 fire a Degtyaryov DT machine gun.
Hand grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
The German soldiers and insurgents use a Model 24 Stielhandgranates.
Others
Panzerfaust
The insurgents use the Panzerfaust as their defense against German armoured vehicles. They are shown firing them from the shoulder bazooka-style, rather than the official under-the-arm method.
88mm Flak 18/36/37
The German artillery shot at the city from cannons ...
Hetzer
... and against the insurgents was deployed armored vehicles and tanks.
Panzer IV
T-34
Soviet T-34 tanks rushing to help Prague ....
