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== Karabiner 98k ==
== Karabiner 98k ==
The basic equipment was a for German soldier also [[Karabiner 98k]] rifle.
German soldiers use [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles .
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm]]
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm]]
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The Assassination (Atentát) is a Czech black-and-white war drama directed by Jirí Sequens from 1964. The story depicting the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 which was perpetrated by parachutists from the group ANTHROPOID sent from England. For those interested in war history this is cult film.
The following guns were used in 1964 Czechoslovak film The Assassination (Atentát) :
Pistols
CZ 38
Czechoslovak paratroopers use the CZ 38 pistols as their issue sidearm.
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File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-CZ 38 pistol.jpg 1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý ).
File:Rudolf Jelínek-CZ 38 pistol.jpg Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek ) saves his last round for himself.
File:Jirí Kodet-CZ 38 pistol.jpg Sgt. Tousek (Jirí Kodet ) uses his CZ 38 to defend the entrance of the church crypt.
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-CZ 38 pistol.jpg Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka ) gives his friend a CZ 38 .
Walther P38
The paratroopers also have a captured Walther P38 pistol.
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File:Rudolf Jelínek-Walther P38.jpg Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek ) holds a Walther P38.
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-Walther 38.jpg Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka ) decides to use the P38 to commit suicide.
Luger P08
SS and SD officers, as well as Gestapo agents, use the Luger P08 as a service weapon.
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File:Oldrich Velen-Luger P08 pistol.jpg Commissioner of Gestapo Sleicher (Oldrich Velen ) holds his Luger.
File:Germans-atnt-Luger P08.jpg SS-officer (Jirí Cimický ) aims a Luger.
File:German-atnt-Luger P08 pistol.jpg SD-officer (Oto Sevcík ) holds a Luger P08 as he examines a map of the crypt.
SACM M1935A
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File:Rudolf Jelínek-CZ 27 pistol.jpg Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek ) puts his personal weapon, a SACM M1935A pistol, on the table.
Submachine guns
Sten
The main weapon of Czechoslovak paratroopers in England were Sten submachine guns.
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File:Josef Vinklár-Sten.jpg Sgt. Vrbas (Josef Vinklár ) marches with a Sten at jump school.
File:Mrkvicka-sten-detail.jpg Sgt. Vyskocil's (Ladislav Mrkvicka ) Sten gun, true to form, fails when needed.
File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-Sten.jpg 1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý ) watchs from the church with a slung Sten gun.
File:Rudolf Jelínek-Sten.jpg Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek ) fires on the Germans from the church gallary.
File:Jirí Kodet-Sten.jpg Sgt. Toušek (Jirí Kodet ) fires at an SS trooper descending into teh church crypt.
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-Sten.jpg Sgt. Vyskočil, Sten in hand, refuses to surrender.
MP40
SS soldiers carry MP40 submachine guns.
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File:Germans-atnt-MP40.jpg
Rifles
VZ-24 Czech Mauser
Czechoslovakian soldiers carry VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifle.
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File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-vz24 rifle.jpg 1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý ) carries a VZ-24 during training in Scotland.
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers use Karabiner 98k rifles.
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File:Germans-atnt-K98k.jpg
Machine guns
MG34
Germans was deploy against a paratroopers to hidden in the church also the MG34 machine gun.
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File:MG34-change-atnt.jpg
MG42
The film got a little "renonc" when in the first moment in the window appeared MG42 , that was then swapped for the MG34 .
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Hand grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
The SS men were completely equipped with a Model 24 Stielhandgranate .
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File:German-atnt-Model 24 grenade.jpg
Training Grenade
The czechoslovak troops use what look like modified Great War Italian Pineapple grenades. France purchased many Grenades from Italy during WW1 and started building their own after a while. Though this film takes place in the post-WW2 years, the production seemed to use Italian Pineapple style training grenades, to impersonate French F1s or American Mk IIs.
File:Rudolf Jelínek-Mills bomb.jpg Stg. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek ) demonstrates that the instructor a paratroopers training how can wield the hand grenade.
Trivia
10,5 cm Flak 38
Planes with paratroopers and also night bombers were under heavy fire from 10.5 cm FlaK 38 .
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File:Germans-flak38.jpg