Ski Battalion (Za Sovetskuyu Rodinu): Difference between revisions
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Ski Battalion (Za Sovetskuyu Rodinu): Difference between revisions
Both Soviet and Finnish soldiers are mostly armed with historically correct [[Mosin Nagant M1891]] rifles. They are notably seen in hands of Red Finns Toivo Antikainen ([[Oleg Zhakov]]), Arttu ([[Ivan Chuvelyov]]), Hjalmar ([[Ivan Selyanin]]), Eino ([[Pyotr Aleynikov]]) and unnamed soldier ([[Stepan Krylov]]). A Red partisan (Konstantin Nazarenko) holds M91 rifle when he guards captured Lt. Riuttu.
Both Soviet and Finnish soldiers are mostly armed with historically correct [[Mosin Nagant M1891]] rifles. They are notably seen in hands of Red Finns Toivo Antikainen ([[Oleg Zhakov]]), Arttu ([[Ivan Chuvelyov]]), Hjalmar ([[Ivan Selyanin]]), Eino ([[Pyotr Aleynikov]]) and unnamed soldier ([[Stepan Krylov]]). A Red partisan ([[Konstantin Nazarenko]]) holds M91 rifle when he guards captured Lt. Riuttu.
Ski Battalion (USA release title; original title Za Sovetskuyu Rodinu ("For the Soviet Motherland"); also known as Padenie Kimas-ozera ("The Fall of Kimas Lake")) is a Soviet 1937 war movie directed by brothers Rafail and Yuri Muzykants. It depicts an episode of Soviet–Finnish conflict in Winter 1921–1922, a raid of Soviet ski battalion, formed of 170 Red Finns under the command of Toivo Antikainen (Oleg Zhakov), behind enemy lines and the victory at Kimas-ozero (Kiimaisjarvi Lake).
The following weapons were used in the film Ski Battalion (Za Sovetskuyu Rodinu):
Jukka (Nikolay Kryuchkov), the commander of Karelian Red partisans, carries a Nagant M1895 revolver. During the final battle Arttu (Ivan Chuvelyov) disarms a Finnish gunner of a Nagant.
Winchester Model 1895 rifles are used by some Finnish soldiers. This is also correct weapon as in 1918 Finland got several thousands Russian contract M1895s from former Russian army.
Lt. Riuttu (Pyotr Kirillov) carries a Double Barreled Shotgun when he goes on hunt. Some Karelian Red partisans are armed with double barreled shotguns.
In the opening scene Soviet border guards use a Maxim M1910 machine gun during the attack of Finnish troops. In the final scene Finnish soldiers use a Maxim M1910, but Arttu (Ivan Chuvelyov) commandeers the machine gun.
Antikainen's soldiers use a Chauchat that appears as the only machine gun of Red unit. In reality the ski battalion was supplied with six Cauchat, six Madsens and a number of Fedorov Avtomats.