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=Submachine Guns=
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==PPSh-41==
==PPSh-41==
The [[PPSh-41]] is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPsh's in the movie has 71-round drum magazines..
The [[PPSh-41]] is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPSh-41s in the movie have 71-round drum magazines.
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:DOS NKVD PPSH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Guard at the NKVD headquarters with a PPSh-41 slung.]]
[[File:DOS NKVD PPSH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Guard at the NKVD headquarters with a PPSh-41 slung.]]
Revision as of 20:35, 8 July 2018
The Death of Stalin
Country
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Directed by
Armando Iannucci
Release Date
2017
Language
English
Studio
Main Journey Quad Productions
Distributor
Focus Films (United States) Entertainment One (United Kingdom)
The Death of Stalin is a 2017 satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, In the Loop, Veep) and based on the French graphic novel La mort de Staline . Set in 1953 Soviet Union, the film depicts the power struggle following the death of Joseph Stalin.
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The following weapons were used in the film The Death of Stalin :
Sidearms
Tokarev TT-33
The |Tokarev TT-33 is used by officers of the Red Army and NKVD. Vasily Stalin (Rupert Friend ) carries a TT-33 with silver grips.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasily Stalin (Rupert Friend ) fires his TT-33 in an attempt to stop his fathers autopsy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The confiscated pistol tucked into a guard's waistband. Note the silver grips.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An NKVD officer with several Stalin look-alikes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The NKVD officer barking orders.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army officer hands over his sidearm.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army officer executes Beria with a Tokarev TT-33. Another can be seen in the bottom left.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPSh-41s in the movie have 71-round drum magazines.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guard at the NKVD headquarters with a PPSh-41 slung.
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Assault Rifles
AK-47
The AK-47 is used by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs ) (incorrectly referred to as Field Marshal in the movie) and other Red Army officers and soldiers during the coup against Beria. One of Stalin's guards carries an AK-47.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard at Stalin's dacha with an AK-47.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Boys, meet your dates for tonight". Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs ) opens up his waistcoat to reveal several AK's.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "I'll take the tall blonde".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhukov leads the coup.
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Battle Rifles
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Red Army soldiers carry the Mosin Nagant M91/30 . Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral have rifles with bayonets fixed.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral carry Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles with bayonets fixed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The army soldier to the left carries a full-length Mosin. The one next to him carries an M38 Carbine.
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Red Army and NKVD soldiers can be seen using the Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R. This was modified to become the M44 which replaced it, entering combat trials in 1943, becoming fairly common in 1944.
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SKS
Red Army and NKVD soldiers use the SKS .
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Machine Guns
Maxim M1910/30
The Maxim M1910/30 is used by NKVD soldiers at a checkpoint.
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