The Battle of Neretva: Difference between revisions
The Battle of Neretva: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Battle of Neretva: Difference between revisions
[[Image:Sergey Bondarchuk-BN.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Partisan commander Martin ([[Sergey Bondarchuk]]) fire a 85mm M1939 (52-K) on aircrafts.]]
[[Image:Sergey Bondarchuk-BN.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Partisan commander Martin ([[Sergey Bondarchuk]]) fires a 85mm M1939 (52-K) at German aircraft]]
[[Image:Anti-aircraft-FLAK-BN.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Partisans liquidates before a retreated into the mountains their heavy artillery.]]
[[Image:Anti-aircraft-FLAK-BN.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Partisans destroy their heavy artillery before retreating into the mountains.]]
== 7,5 cm PaK 40 ==
== 7,5 cm PaK 40 ==
Revision as of 17:08, 11 February 2013
The Battle of Neretva (Original: Bitka na Neretvi) is a 1969 Yugoslavian war drama recounting the largest combat encounter between the Axis occupiers and the partisans in the territory of the former Yugoslavia during WWII. The film was an Italian-German coproduction directed by Veljko Bulajic and was the most expensive film produced in the then-Yugoslavia country. The film also featured an international cast including Yul Brynner, Orson Welles, Sergei Bondarchuk, Hardy Krüger, Curt Jürgens, Franco Nero and Sylva Koscina and is also notable for the massive amount of Soviet-made armor used in the production.
Partisans anti-tank troops are equipped with PTRS-41 rifles.
Kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42 (GrW 34)
Flak 38
Partisans capture a German Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun.
M1939 (52-K) Soviet 85mm Anti Aircraft Gun
7,5 cm PaK 40
Armor
One of the most interesting aspects of this film was the massive amount of Soviet-era armor lent to the production including the following:
Tank T-34
The unmodified T-34 Russian tank is the most widely seen armored vehicle in the film, which was typically seen utilized by the German forces.
Tiger I Tank
What appear to be Tiger I tanks are also seen used by German forces in the film. In reality, these were T-34's with modified turrets to resemble the Tiger. These mockups were so well detailed that three of them were eventually reused in the 1970 Clint Eastwood war film Kelly's Heroes.
Tank M4 Sherman
Strangely, American M4 Sherman tanks are also seen depicted as German armor in the film.