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== Tokarev TT-33 ==
== Tokarev TT-33 ==
All Soviet tankists carry [[TT-33]] pistols. Some use them in action, notably Sgt. Karasyov ([[Ivan Kuznetsov]]).
All Soviet tankists carry [[TT-33]] pistols. Some use them in action, notably Sgt. Karasyov ([[Ivan Kuznetsov]]) and Sgt. Melnikov ([[Vladimir Chobur ]]).
[[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]]
[[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]]
[[File:Tankisty-TT-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karasyov draws his pistol to fire through a porthole.]]
[[File:Tankisty-TT-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Melnikov draws his pistol to fire through a porthole.]]
[[File:Tankisty-TT-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karasyov holds his pistol while on a recon mission.]]
[[File:Tankisty-TT-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karasyov holds his pistol while on a recon mission.]]
[[File:Tankisty-TT-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Division Commander Smirnov (Georgiy Gorbunov) holds a TT in the final scene.]]
[[File:Tankisty-TT-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Division Commander Smirnov (Georgiy Gorbunov) holds a TT in the final scene.]]
Revision as of 06:40, 7 July 2018
Red Tanks (Tankisty)
Modern DVD Cover
Red Tanks Tankisty ("Tankists") is a Soviet 1939 B&W war movie directed by Zinovij Drapkin and Robert Malman. It depicts a Nazi Germany invasion in USSR and and the following victorious counteroffensive of the Red Army (as it was expected before the real war began). The main characters are three crewmembers of BT-5 tank, commander Lt. Loginov, gunner Karasyov and driver Melnikov.
The following weapons were used in the film Red Tanks (Tankisty) :
Pistols Tokarev TT-33 All Soviet tankists carry TT-33 pistols. Some use them in action, notably Sgt. Karasyov (Ivan Kuznetsov ) and Sgt. Melnikov (Vladimir Chobur ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Melnikov draws his pistol to fire through a porthole. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karasyov holds his pistol while on a recon mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Division Commander Smirnov (Georgiy Gorbunov) holds a TT in the final scene. FN Model 1900 In the final scene an FN Model 1900 is seen in hands of Gen. von Buller (Ivan Orlov). In one scene a German officer holds an FN Model 1900.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1900 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer holds a pistol when he and his soldiers try to capture damaged Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Von Buller (at the left) holds an FN Model 1900. Pocket pistol In the final scene Col. von Harten (Vasiliy Merkuryev ) holds an unidentified pocket pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Von Harten (at the right) holds a pistol. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 In the final scene Red Army soldiers carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrels and bayonets of M91/30 rifles are seen at the background. Arisaka Type 38 Arisaka Type 38 rifles are used by German soldiers. Probably due to the lack of Mauser rifles they were substituted with "foreign-looking" Arisaka.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arisaka with typical sword bayonet is seen in a pillbox. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds an Arisaka at the foreground during the assault of damaged Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier manages to insert the barrel of his rifle in porthole, imprudently opened by Sgt. Karasyov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier holds an Arisaka rifle. Unidentified rifes German soldiers carry rifles that aren't seen clear enough to be identified. Possibly they are abovementioned Arisaka or some Mauser model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German cavalryman falls from his horse under the fire of Soviet tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire their rifles. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted on Soviet tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A coaxial DT is mounted in turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Loginov (Aleksandr Kulakov ) dismounts DT and uses it to fire from a port in the rear of the turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loginov fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing After Loginov is wounded, Sgt. Melnikov (Vladimir Chobur ) fires the DT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine guns are mounted in small turrets of T-28 tank. Maxim M1910/30 In one scene a Maxim M1910/30 machine gun is used by German soldiers, standing for MG08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire a Maxim. Note the ribbed water jacket. Maxim M1910 Early Maxim M1910 , identified by smooth water jacket, is also used by German troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire a Maxim with smooth water jacket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the Maxim. Other Weapons 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) 45 mm AT guns 19-K stand for German 3.7 cm Pak 35/36 guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in). M1932 is an early version that differs in shield and wheels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The crew moves AT gun on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing AT gun fires at Soviet tanks. Trivia Tanks Error creating thumbnail: File missing BT-5 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-26 with conical turret (late version) leads a column of early T-26s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-26 with cylinder turret (early version) slowly down a steep cliff. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-28 tank in attack. 76/2 M1902 Field Gun File:Russian M1902.jpg 76-mm (3-inch) divisional gun model 1902 in the Finnish Military Museum, Helsinki, Finland. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76.2mm M1902 field gun stands for a German gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the cannon. 
