The Star (Zvezda) (1949): Difference between revisions
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[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pvt. Golubovsky (Yu. Abicht) (at the left) and Sgt. Mamochkin ([[Nikolai Kryuchkov]]) with PPSh-41 SMGs.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pvt. Golubovsky (Yu. Abicht) (at the left) and Sgt. Mamochkin ([[Nikolai Kryuchkov]]) with PPSh-41 SMGs.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Four of Lt. Travkin's scouts with PPSh SMGs; Starshina Anikanov ([[Vasiliy Merkurev]]) at the right.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Four of Lt. Travkin's scouts with PPSh SMGs; Starshina Anikanov ([[Vasiliy Merkuryev]]) at the right.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pvt. Brajnikov (N. Stepanov) with PPSh.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pvt. Brajnikov (N. Stepanov) with PPSh.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Travkin ([[Anatoliy Verbitskiy]]) holds a PPSh.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-PPSh-08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Travkin ([[Anatoliy Verbitskiy]]) holds a PPSh.]]
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== RPG-40 ==
== RPG-40 ==
During the fight in the barn Starshina Anikanov ([[Vasiliy Merkurev]]) throws an [[RPG-40 anti-tank grenade]], using it as anti-personnel.
During the fight in the barn Starshina Anikanov ([[Vasiliy Merkuryev]]) throws an [[RPG-40 anti-tank grenade]], using it as anti-personnel.
[[Image:RPG-40ATGrenade.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body.]]
[[Image:RPG-40ATGrenade.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-RPG40-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Anikanov readies a grenade.]]
[[File:Zvezda1949-RPG40-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Anikanov readies a grenade.]]
The Star (original title Zvezda) is a 1949 Soviet war movie about a group of Soviet scouts working behind enemy lines in Summer 1944 ("Zvezda" is a name of this special group). The film is directed by Aleksandr Ivanov and based on a story by Emmanuil Kazakevich. It was remade in 2002.
The following weapons were used in the film The Star (Zvezda) (1949):
An M45 Quadmount with four Browning M2HB machine guns is seen in the opening scene. It is mounted on M17 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, a version of better known M16 MGMC. This vehicle was supplied under Lend Lease to USSR.
