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[[Image:KRSovietTT33holster.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet officer has a TT-33 holster]] | [[Image:KRSovietTT33holster.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet officer has a TT-33 holster]] | ||
==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
[[Image:KRSoviettank.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | [[Image:KRSoviettank.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Some kind of Tank meant to impersonate the T-72, it obviously is NOT a T-72]] | ||
[[Image:KRSovietT34.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | [[Image:KRSovietT34.jpg|thumb|none|600px|T-34 wreckage is seen as Amir and Farid drive through Afghanistan, strangely the T-34 was retired by the Soviet Union long before the 1979 invasion so it really should not be there]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:50, 22 May 2009
The Kite Runner
As this film was produced in western china as it has a similar environment to Afghanistan all the weaponry in the film is chinese.
The firearms that were seen in the 2007 movie The Kite Runner include the following...
Norinco Type 56 assault rifle
The Taliban, and Pakistani Border guards are seen with the Type 56;A number of Red Army soldiers were also seen armed with Norinco Type 56 rifles (without the folding bayonet attached) during the scenes dealing with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Since most of the scenes for Kabul and Afghanistan was filmed in Kashghar, China; the production crew didn't have access to genuine Russian-made Kalashnikov rifles and had to use Chinese ones instead.
Chinese Type 56-1
A pair of Taliban are seen looking for Amir are armed with Type 56-1s.
Chinese Type 63 Assault Rifle
The Type 63 Rifle is Seen slung over the shoulders of Taliban guards at a public execution of adulterers.
Tokarev TT33
Though not seen a TT-33 holster is seen on the side of the Soviet officer.
