Sniper (1931): Difference between revisions
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[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Soldier ([[Pyotr Sobolevsky]]) in trenches. The rifle, seen next to him, looks like a Mannlicher M95.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-41.jpg|thumb|none|500px|During the battle in the final scene one of the civilian volunteers fires a Mannlicher rifle.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-41.jpg|thumb|none|500px|During the battle in the final scene one of the civilian volunteers fires a Mannlicher rifle.]]
== Lebel Mle 1886 ==
In the scene when a French firing squad execute mutineers, the soldiers are armed with rifles that appear to be [[Lebel Mle 1886]]s ([[Berthier Mle 1907-15]] or [[Berthier Mle 1907-16]] rifles are also possible guess but less credible).
[[Image:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8x50Rmm]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-33.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]Young men and women at shooting range.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-33.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]Young men and women at shooting range.]]
== Unidentified rifles ==
== Kropatschek Mle 1884-1885 ==
Some unidentified rifles are also seen.
Rifles that appear to be [[Kropatschek Rifle|French Kropatschek Mle 1884-1885]] are seen in several scenes.
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-30.jpg|thumb|none|500px|In the scene in 1930 a border guard of the hostile state carries a rifle. It appears to be a Mauser system, with a straight bolt handle but without the "Lange Visier" rear sights, typical for Mauser 98.]]
[[Image:Kropatschek_rifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Portuguese Kropatschek Model 1886 - 8x60mmR. French Kropatschek Mle 1884-1885 in 11mm caliber looks similar.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Soldier ([[Pyotr Sobolevsky]]) in trenches. The rifle, seen next to him, looks like a Kropatschek.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-25.jpg|thumb|none|500px|French firing squad execute mutineers. The soldiers are armed with rifles that appear to be Kropatschek.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-30.jpg|thumb|none|500px|In the scene in 1930 a border guard of the hostile state carries a rifle that also appears to be a Kropatschek.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-35.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An enemy soldier fires at a Soviet border guard.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-35.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An enemy soldier fires at a Soviet border guard.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-38.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An enemy soldier with a Mauser-style rifle in action.]]
[[File:Sniper-1931-Rifle-38.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An enemy soldier with a rifle in action.]]
Sniper is a Soviet 1931 B&W movie directed by Semyon Timoshenko. During World War 1 a Russian soldier (Pyotr Sobolevsky) serves in Russian Expeditionary Force in France where he is chosen for his marksmanship and trained as a skilled sniper. After the Russian revolution the soldier returns home while his commander (Boris Shlikhting) fights against the Soviet Russia. In 1930 the former soldier works on a factory and also he is the instructor in shooting club. Once the town that is near the Soviet border is attacked by foreign troops (the hostile state isn't named but the uniform of the soldiers resembles Finnish). The character meets againt with his former commander who serves in invading forces.
The following weapons were used in the film Sniper (1931):
The Soldier (Pyotr Sobolevsky) and The Captain (Boris Shlikhting) both use Ross M1910 rifles with sniper scopes. Standard Ross rifles are also seen in hands of Russian and British soldiers. The moviemakers could use a large stock of Ross M1910s that were captured during the Russian civil war and used in USSR for target shooting in 1920s-1930s.
During the training in the shooting club in 1930 numerous small caliber rifles are seen. They are supposed to be .22 caliber single-shot TOZ-1 rifles that were used in late 1920s - early 1930s for basic shooting training, until replaced with improved TOZ-7.
In one scene a British soldier loads a Livens Projector mortar with a gas bomb. It can be a genuine weapon, not a mockup (although the bomb is a dummy of course).
