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== MP38 ==
A number of German soldiers and officers are armed with [[MP38]] submachine guns. Captured MP38s are used by sailors Kesha ([[Ivan Lapin]]), Krokha ([[Evgeniy Chernoray]]), Timofey ([[Anton Filipenko]]) and Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev).
A number of German soldiers and officers are armed with [[MP38]] submachine guns. Captured MP38s are used by sailors Kesha ([[Ivan Lapin]]), Krokha ([[Evgeniy Chernoray]]) and Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev), and former criminal , now the member of the special squad Timofey ([[Anton Filipenko]]).
[[File:Mp38-1.jpg|thumb|400px|none|MP38 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:Mp38-1.jpg|thumb|400px|none|MP38 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German ''Jäger'' fires his MP38.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German ''Jäger'' fires his MP38.]]
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[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good view of Kesha's MP38.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Motya with an MP38.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Motya with an MP38.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Timofey fires an MP38 single-hand.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Timofey fires an MP38, holding it with one hand.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wounded Krokha looks at the empty magazine of his MP38.]]
[[File:Chyornye bushlaty-MP38-14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wounded Krokha looks at the empty magazine of his MP38.]]
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Black Pea Coats Chyornye bushlaty ) is a Russian 2018 war mini-series directed by Vitaliy Vorobyov. The plot depicts the activities of a Soviet special operations squad of the Northern Fleet in 1941 (inspired by the real 181st Separate Reconnaissance Squad and its serviceman, subsequently commander Viktor Leonov). "Black pea coats" was a common nickname of the Soviet naval infantry (marines).
The following weapons were used in the miniseries Black Pea Coats (Chyornye bushlaty) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Sailor Sanya Syomin (Pyotr Puchok) carries a Nagant M1895 revolver in several scenes. A Nagant is also seen in holster of Militsioner Yasha (Igor Liventsov).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yasha, a Militsioner in the town of Murmansk, carries a Nagant in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Syomin (at the far right) holds a Nagant during the training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Syomin fires a Nagant during the training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Syomin carries a Nagant in holster during the mission. Pistols Tokarev TT-33 TT-33 pistols are used by the instructor of the special squad Senior Lieutenant Sashok (Ilya Spinov), sailor Yukhim (Ivan Latushko), Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Gusko (Timur Savin). A TT is also seen in hands of a German Unteroffizier (Andrey Fomin). Levontiy Leontyev (Vyacheslav Krikunov ) carries a TT holster in many scenes, but it seems to be flat and empty.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sashok teaches the trainees the proper using of the TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yukhim (at the far right) holds a TT during the training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gusko holds a TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gusko's TT is seen in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gusko fires a TT... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but he is gunned down. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Unteroffizier in charge of the rangefinder post holds a TT during the attack of the Soviet special squad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy's TT holster of the Naval pattern is seen. It turns out to be empty. Walther PPK (Erma EGP 75S) A German engineer (Grigoriy Zeltser) of the Organisation Todt (a military engineering organisation in Nazi Germany) who is captured during the special squad raid carries a Walther PPK style pistol. The shape of the slide serration allows to identify the gun as a Erma EGP 75S blank- and gas-firing pistol, based on the PPK.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Erma EGP 75S - 8mm blank and gas ammo Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) disarms the German engineer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Note the large sloped serration that is unique for Erma PPK-based pistols. Submachine Guns PPD-40 Levontiy Leontyev (Vyacheslav Krikunov ), Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) subsequently Junior Lieutenant and a platoon commander, carries a PPD-40 throughout the series. The wooden stock of the submachine gun looks like it could be made anew.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPD-40 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy carries his PPD-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy holds the PPD. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy with the PPD-40 and Azamat with a DP-27 on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy holds the PPD-40 on a mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of typical PPD-40 muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy fires the PPD during the attack on a German artillery battery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy rests with the PPD lying on his knees. PPSh-41 A PPSh-41 is seen in hands of an unnamed serviceman of the special squad.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 71 round drum - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man at the foreground carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character holds his PPSh at the far right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PPSh on the ground near the dead hand. MP38 A number of German soldiers and officers are armed with MP38 submachine guns. Captured MP38s are used by sailors Kesha (Ivan Lapin ), Krokha (Evgeniy Chernoray ) and Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev), and former criminal, now the member of the special squad Timofey (Anton Filipenko ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Jäger fires his MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An unnamed serviceman of the special squad holds an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha holds an MP38 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha's MP38 has the charging handle of the late version which was introduced for this model only in August 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Unterfeldwebel of Jägers with an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha takes out a German sentry carrying an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha with two captured MP38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Kesha's MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya with an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey fires an MP38, holding it with one hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Krokha looks at the empty magazine of his MP38. MP40 (replica) Several MP40s are seen in hands of Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) and Timofey (Anton Filipenko ). They are most likely Denix non-firing replicas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix non-firing replica of MP40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha carries an MP40 during the raid. This MP40 is supposedly a Denix replica judging by its surface. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey holds an MP40, also supposedly a Denix replica. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey with supposedly Denix MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha with supposedly Denix MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey with supposedly Denix MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey with an MP40 on a promotional image. MP40 (dummy) Crude, supposedly cast dummy MP40s are also seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya's and Kesha's MP40s look more like cast dummies. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Similar rough looking MP40 is seen in hands of a gunned down German sentry. Rifles SVT-40 Yukhim (Ivan Latushko), Stakh (Yuriy Mikhaylovskiy), Kesha (Ivan Lapin ), Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev), Krokha (Evgeniy Chernoray ), "Pomor" (Igor Kulachko ), and Starshina Gusko (Timur Savin) carry SVT-40 rifles in various scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stakh carries an SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha holds an SVT-40 when the platoon of the special squad is transported on a submarine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yukhim holds an SVT-40 during the landing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya holds an SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha holds an SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya with an SVT and Azamat with an MG42 on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of Motya's rifle reveals the marking "MMG-SVT". MMG ("Maket masso-gabaritniy", literally "Weight and dimensions dummy") is a Russian term for non-firing replicas, mostly converted from live guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the barrel of Motya's SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya carries the SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pomor"'s SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gusko's SVT-40. SVT-40 Sniper Rifle Masha Belaya (Aleksandra Tyuftey), the sniper of the special squad, mainly uses an SVT-40 with sniper scope.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 with PU sniper scope - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the sniper scope. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha fires at a German airplane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha fires at German Jägers , descending from the cliff. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha loads the magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha fires the rifle in training. The spent brass is seen in midair. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha trains with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy (Vyacheslav Krikunov ) with Masha's SVT. Then he hands the rifle to Tsaryov (Nikita Lavrenenko). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha on sniper position. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 In many scenes Soviet soldiers and sailors, notably Levontiy Leontyev (Vyacheslav Krikunov ) and several servicemen of his platoon, as well as some German soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors on patrol carry M91/30 rifles with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Osoaviakhim (Soviet paramilitary organization, mainly for basic military and civil defense training) trainees on shooting range.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) (at the right) carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha (Evgeniy Chernoray ) holds an M91/30 rifle during the battle with German Jägers . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of Krokha's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the battle, Krokha's rifle switches to another gun that has a hexagonal receiver, a sign of pre-1936 manufactured M91/30 rifles. On the previous screenshot a rounded receiver is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tsaryov (Nikita Lavrenenko), a sentry at the entrance to the disposition of the special squad holds an M91/30 rifle with a bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tsaryov (Nikita Lavrenenko) carries an M91/30 rifle and a PTRD-41 AT rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the Jägers holds an M91/30 rifle. This screenshot shows a good variety of guns: an MG42 machine gun (at the left) and Mosin Nagant M91/30, Karabiner 98k and Gewehr 24(t) rifles. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle In a pre-war scene Masha Belaya (Aleksandra Tyuftey) uses a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle during the hunt on the fugitive convicts. Krokha (Evgeniy Chernoray ) holds an M91/30 Sniper Rifle in training. Some M91/30 rifles with turned down bolt handles of the sniper version but without scopes are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The scope of Masha's rifle is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the bolt and magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha takes aim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy, at that time a Starshina , carries an M91/30 with turned down bolt handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha carries an M91/30 rifle with turned down bolt handle on training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Osoaviakhim trainees on shooting range. The rifle at the left has a turned down bolt handle.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha fires an M91/30 rifle with turned down bolt handle during the battle with German Jägers . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha carries an M91/30 Sniper rifle in training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha holds the sniper rifle. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Levontiy Leontyev (Vyacheslav Krikunov ), Sanya Syomin (Pyotr Puchok), Som (Evgeniy Orekhov), Korneliy Vladislavovich Zatulskiy alias "Ded" (Grandfather) (Leonid Timtsunik ), Timofey (Anton Filipenko ), Tsaryov (Nikita Lavrenenko), "Pomor" (Igor Kulachko ) and several unnamed servicemen of the special squad carry Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines in various scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy carries an M38 Carbine in training. Note the lack of the magazine cover. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Levontiy's M38 Carbine in training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy holds a carbine during the first mission of the special unit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the men of Levontiy's platoon carries a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M38 Carbine is seen in hands of a German Jäger . The front section of the stock of this carbine looks somewhat too long for a standard M38, so it may be a full-length rifle shortened to carbine length. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Ded" carries a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Ded"'s invention, a remotely controlled mannequin of a scout with a carbine "in hand" is used to lure a German sniper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey carries a carbine in the scene on the submarine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the same scene "Pomor"'s SVT (see above) switches to an M38 Carbine due to a continuity error. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the landing, Tsaryov's M44 Carbine (see below) switches to an M38 Carbine due to a continuity error. Mosin Nagant M1938 Sniper Carbine Some Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines have turned down bolt handles of a sniper version but lack the scopes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine with PU 3.5x sniper scope - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Syomin fires at German Jägers . His carbine has turned down bolt handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Som (at the left) holds an M38 Carbine with turned down bolt handle. Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine Several servicemen of the special squad are seen with anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbines with removed folding bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R. Screen guns have their bayonets removed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the servicemen carries an M44 Carbine when the unit lands from a submarine. The bracket of the folding bayonet is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Tsaryov's (Nikita Lavrenenko) M44 Carbine. During the following landing from the submarine, he carries an M38 Carbine instead. Karabiner 98k Most German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles. Kar 98k rifles are also seen in hands of Levontiy Leontyev (Vyacheslav Krikunov ), Starshina Gusko (Timur Savin), Timofey (Anton Filipenko ) and "Pomor" (Igor Kulachko ), as well as a number of Hiwi (Hilfswilliger (auxiliary volunteer) were Wehrmacht auxiliary forces mostly recruited of Soviet POWs). Several versions of 98k are seen, with open and hooded front sights and with different barrel bands.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k, late version, with bayonet - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gusko, disguised as a German sentry, carries a 98k rifle in training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Jäger with a 98k rifle in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jägers follow the traces of the special squad.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy uses a 98k rifle with bayonet to check the mined shore. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An artilleryman of the AA battery holds a 98k rifle of the late version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same soldier fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another artilleryman fires a 98k rifle of the early version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A former Hiwi (Igor Salimonov) who joins the squad holds a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey examines a 98k rifle in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel and the front sight of the 98k rifle of the late version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another former Hiwi fires a 98k rifle during the battle with Jägers . Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pomor" holds a 98k rifle. Karabiner 98k Sniper Rifle Several German snipers use Karabiner 98k rifles with sniper scopes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k Sniper with Zeiss ZF42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Yager sniper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha spots another Yager sniper in the scope of her sniper PTRD-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) carries a captured sniper Kar 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He hands the rifle to Masha. vz. 24 Czech Mauser During the battle with the Soviet special squad a German Jäger holds a short rifle with straight bolt handle and sling swivels positioned below the stock. These features allow to indetify the rifle as Vz. 24 Czech Mauser (Gewehr 24(t) on Wehrmacht service).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Jäger at the far right holds a Mauser rifle with a straight bolt handle and sling swivels below the stock. Unidentified Mauser rifle In the same scene another Jäger , seen only through the sniper scope, holds a Mauser 98 style carbine with straight bolt handle. This rifle seems shorter that a Kar 98k and resembles a Vz.16/33 Czech Mauser but the bolt handle doesn't match this model, and the stock lacks the grasping grooves that are common for vz. 16/33.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Jäger with a Mauser carbine in hands is gunned down. TOZ-8 In the scene on the shooting range of the Osoaviakhim training school, Masha Belaya (Aleksandra Tyuftey) shows her marksmanship, firing a TOZ-8 .22 caliber sporting rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing TOZ-8 - .22LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha with a TOZ-8. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha loads the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha takes aim. She holds a few more cartridges in her lips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha rapidly reloads. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shooting instructor (Vladimir Novitskiy) carries the rifle on sling. Izhmash PSR In a pre-war scene Levontiy (Vyacheslav Krikunov ), Masha (Aleksandra Tyuftey), Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev) and Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) shoot Izhmash PSR air rifles in the shooting gallery.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Diana Model 25 Air Rifle - .177. PSR is the license-manufactured version of Diana 25 and looks nearly same. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy shoots the air gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya shoots the air gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy loads the air gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya aims, Kesha loads. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An open air rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha loads the air gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy and Masha with air rifles. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun "Pomor" (Igor Kulachko ), a local hunter, carries a Double Barreled Shotgun when he comes to be enlisted in the special squad. This is a model with exposed hammers, most likely a TOZ production.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For reference: Russian TOZ-B double barreled side by side shotgun - 16 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pomor" carries his shotgun. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 A DP-27 is mainly used by Azamat (Azamat Nigmanov ). In one scene Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev) and an uncredited sailor are seen with DP-27s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat (in center) with a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The marking "MMG DP 884" is seen (see above for the term "MMG"). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The DP-27 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya with a DP in the scene on a submarine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya and one of his comrades-in-arms with DP-27s during the landing. MG42 An MG42 , anachronistic for the Autumn 1941, is used by Azamat (Azamat Nigmanov ) in one scene. German soldiers use MG42s in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat with an MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat carries the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat holds the MG42 during the landing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat fires the MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the pistol grip and the cartridge belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat with the machine gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG42 is mounted on the German rangefinder post. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gunner is killed by a bullet of the PTRD that pierced the gun shield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German MG42 on Dreibein anti-aircraft tripod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun position is destroyed. MG34 Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) captures an MG34 in a German pillbox. This is the only case when a real MG34 is seen; in other scenes visually modified PKM machine guns are used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The captured MG34 is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MG34 on the deck of a boat, transporting the squad. PKM (visually modified as MG34) PKM machine guns, visually modified as MG34 , are used by German soldiers in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion Error creating thumbnail: File missing A visually modified PKM is mounted on a German car during the attack on the Soviet artillery observers position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Jäger fires a fake MG34. A genuine Gurtrommel 34 belt drum is attached to the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake MG34 in a German pillbox, defending the artillery position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha (Ivan Lapin ) fires the captured machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha carries the fake MG34. ZB-26 A ZB-26 (German designation MG26(t)) is briefly seen carried by a German soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZB-26 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Jäger , descending from the cliff to the rear of the Soviet position, carries an MG26(t) machine gun. Other Weapons PTRD-41 A PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle, converted to a sniper rifle, is used by Masha (Aleksandra Tyuftey) against German snipers who use armor shields. In another scene Tsaryov (Nikita Lavrenenko) uses the same gun, but it is fitted with a different sniper scope.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRD-41 - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PTRD in the headquarters of the special squad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Ded" shows Masha the anti-tank rifle that he converted into a sniper gun. The scope seems to be a marine spyglass, mounted on a makeshift bracket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha trains with the rifle. The bolt is open. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fire! Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha aims at the enemy sniper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha aims at the second sniper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tsaryov with the sniper PTRD. The sniper scope is radically different. F-1 Hand Grenade Azamat (Azamat Nigmanov ) uses an F-1 hand grenade .
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An F-1 grenade is seen near Azamat's MG42 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Azamat holds the grenade. Model 24 Stielhandgranate Levontiy (Vyacheslav Krikunov ), Kesha (Ivan Lapin ), Krokha (Evgeniy Chernoray ), Timofey (Anton Filipenko ) and Motya (Nikita Kudryavtsev) carry Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy with a PPD-40 and a pair of stick hand grenades tucked into his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kesha carries a pair of stick hand grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha with a grenade in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey readies a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krokha holds a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Motya carries a pair of stick hand grenades when he is gunned down by an enemy machine gun. Trivia 8.8 cm Flak A German anti-aircraft battery on which Leontyev's platoon makes a raid is armed with 8.8 cm AA guns of unclear model (Flak 36 seems to be the best guess). This episode is based on the real operation of Viktor Leonov's squad although it happened in October 1944, not 1941 as in the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For reference: German FlaK 36 (note two-piece barrel with locking collar) - 88x571mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 8.8 cm Flak is seen through the sniper scope. The image of the gun seems to be a CGI. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two artillerymen carry an ammo crate. The markings on the crate look strange, as the first line "Container 3 obus" is French, meaning "Container with 3 shells". The second line claims that the ammo is for Flak 18. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 8.8 cm Flak on the shore. The gun may be a real wartime weapon or a modern replica. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Flak is covered with camouflage net. The markings on the ammo crates claim that this is "Flak 38" while such model didn't exist. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levontiy near a captured Flak. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 8.8 cm Flak is seen on a production image. Navy Soviet destroyers and submarines, seen in various scenes, are scale models and 3D images from the World of Warships game.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An S-class submarine. The 100 mm B-24PL gun is seen on the deck, and the 45 mm 21-K AA gun is partially seen on the superstructure. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the submarine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Gnevniy -class (Project 7) destroyers shell the enemy positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 130 mm B-13 main guns of a destroyer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Shchuka -class submarine of Series X-bis. It is armed with two 45 mm 21-K guns. The shape of the superstructure is correct for the Northern Fleet Shchuka . Airplanes Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masha fires her sniper rifle at a Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber. The plane is a CGI. Gun Posters Several education gun posters are seen in the headquarters of the special unit.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A poster of PPSh-41 is seen on the wall at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A poster at the left shows several German hand grenades, including Model 24 Stielhandgranate , Model 39 Eihandgranate , Panzerwurfmine anti-tank grenade and Hafthohlladung Anti Tank Mine (those two are anachronistic for Autumn 1941). One of the posters on top shows a number of land mines while the posters on the bottom show DP-27 and Maxim machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A poster of Nagant M1895 is seen on the wall at the right. Note that one of the revolvers, depicted on the poster, is a long-barreled target version. 
