Enemy at the Gates: Difference between revisions
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Enemy at the Gates: Difference between revisions
The [[MG42]] is used by German soldiers. While the MG42 actually saw limited use at Stalingrad, the movie's depiction commits the common error of showing the weapon with the post 1943 vertical charging handle instead of the period appropriate and rare slab-sided horizontal handle.
The [[MG42]] is used by German soldiers.
[[Image:MG42Bipod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser]]
[[Image:MG42Bipod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser]]
[[Image:EnemyGatesMG42.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MG42 fired by German soldiers.]]
[[Image:EnemyGatesMG42.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MG42 fired by German soldiers.]]
[[Image:ETG MG42a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MG42 fired by German soldiers. Note the vertical charging handle, a feature which was developed at some point in 1943 after the Battle of Stalingrad.]]
[[Image:ETG MG42a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MG42 fired by German soldiers. Note the vertical charging handle, a feature which was developed at some point in 1943 after the Battle of Stalingrad. The period appropriate slab-sided horizontal handle is quite rare and really wouldn't be possible for any film crew to acquire.]]
==Other==
==Other==
Revision as of 16:29, 3 January 2019
Error creating thumbnail: File missingEnemy at the Gates (2001) The theatrical movie poster with the "infamous" reversed image of a Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle.
Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 World War II film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Jude Law stars in the film as Vassili Zaitsev, an ordinary Russian soldier who became a legend for his feats as a sniper fighting during the battle of Stalingrad. Ed Harris co-stars in the film as German intelligence officer Major König, an expert sniper tasked to eliminate Zaitsev. The cast also includes Joseph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. The film is notable for being one of the few modern English language films to depict the Eastern Front of the war.
The following weapons were used in the film Enemy at the Gates:
Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law) uses the sniper variant of the Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifle with a PU scope when he is "promoted" to sniper. The Sniper version of the M91/30 is used by the other Soviet snipers, most notably master sniper Koulikov (Ron Perlman), Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz), and junior snipers Volodya (Ivan Shvedoff) and Ludmilla (Sophie Rois). The use of the PU scope is anachronistic, as the Mosin-Nagant rifle with PU scope did not appear until 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaitsev actually carried a Mosin-Nagant with an earlier PEM scope.
The Mosin Nagant M91/30 is used by nearly all Soviet infantry enlisted men in the film. Also used by Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law) at the first battle he experiences in Stalingrad.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm RError creating thumbnail: File missingWhen Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz) first enters the basement, she is carrying a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine. Note that she does not use the leather 'rings' of the traditional Mosin Nagant Sling, instead she sticks one end through the buttstock sling opening (like a K98 Rifle). Probably a field expedient to a damaged rifle sling.Error creating thumbnail: File missingTania sets her Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine against the wall next to Vasilis' Sniper Rifle.
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33 Pistol
The Tokarev TT-33 pistol is used by Soviet officers and political officers (NKVD NCOs and officers).
Russian Maxim M1910/30 machine guns can be seen in various fortified positions and on the troop transport train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRussian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mm RError creating thumbnail: File missingNKVD blocking troops ready their M1910/30 Machine gun. Note the post-1941 shape of the cooling jacket.
The MP38 can be seen by various German soldiers, usually older NCOs. The precursor to the MP40, finely machined and more difficult to manufacture, the MP38 was phased out in favor of the stamped sheet metal MP40.
The MP41 (a more expensive, wooden stock version of the MP40) is used by one of the German soldiers firing into the fountain filled with dead Russians.
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