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== Tokarev TT-33 pistol == | == Tokarev TT-33 pistol == | ||
[[Image:TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips]] | [[Image:TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips]] | ||
[[Image:Andrzej Chyra-Tokarev TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt Jerzy ([[Andrzej Chyra]]) | [[Image:Andrzej Chyra-Tokarev TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt Jerzy ([[Andrzej Chyra]]) prepares to shoot himself with a [[Tokarev TT-33]].]] | ||
[[Image:TT-33 pistol-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:TT-33 pistol-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
== Walther P38 pistol == | == Walther P38 pistol == | ||
The members of NKVD | The members of the NKVD execute Polish officers with German [[Walther P38]] pistols. | ||
[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:NKVD-Walther P38-Katyn-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:NKVD-Walther P38-Katyn-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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==Luger P08== | ==Luger P08== | ||
[[Image:Luger.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:Luger.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Antoni Pawlicki-Luger P08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tadeusz ([[Antoni Pawlicki]]) | [[Image:Antoni Pawlicki-Luger P08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tadeusz ([[Antoni Pawlicki]]) with a [[Luger P08]] hidden in his baggage.]] | ||
[[Image:Polish soldier-Luger P08-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|She was found lying next to his body by a military patrol.]] | [[Image:Polish soldier-Luger P08-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|She was found lying next to his body by a military patrol.]] | ||
==PPSh-41== | ==PPSh-41== | ||
Soviet and Polish troops equipped | Soviet and Polish troops are equipped with [[PPSh-41]] submachine guns. | ||
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | [[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | ||
[[Image:Soviet soldiers-PPSh-41-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Soviet soldiers-PPSh-41-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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==Karabiner 98k== | ==Karabiner 98k== | ||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[Image:SS soldier-Karabiner 98k-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The SS man | [[Image:SS soldier-Karabiner 98k-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The SS man with a [[Karabiner 98k]] rifle.]] | ||
== Mosin Nagant Rifle == | == Mosin Nagant Rifle == | ||
Red Army | Red Army soldiers and NKVD are armed with [[Mosin Nagant Rifle]]s. | ||
[[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R]] | [[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R]] | ||
[[Image:NKVD-M-N-rifle-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:NKVD-M-N-rifle-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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==Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun== | ==Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun== | ||
[[Image:GoryunovSG43MachineGun.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R]] | [[Image:GoryunovSG43MachineGun.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
[[Image:Soviet soldier-SG-43-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:Soviet soldier-SG-43-Katyn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Soviet machine gun crew dragging a wheeled [[Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun]].]] | ||
Revision as of 22:08, 5 September 2012
Katyn is a 2007 World War II drama directed by Andrzej Wajda. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. The axis of the film are the stories of women who lost their husbands, brothers, sons. Some of them also come into Soviet captivity, others are looking for evidence of their survival, others is apathetically resigned to the worst. The film was nominated in 2008 for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The following weapons are featured in the film Katyn:
Tokarev TT-33 pistol
Walther P38 pistol
The members of the NKVD execute Polish officers with German Walther P38 pistols.
Luger P08
PPSh-41
Soviet and Polish troops are equipped with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Karabiner 98k
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Red Army soldiers and NKVD are armed with Mosin Nagant Rifles.
