Gunpowder (Porokh) is a Soviet 1985 war drama directed by Viktor Aristov. In Autumn 1941 Soviet troops, defending besieged Leningrad, are in dire need of artillery gunpowder. Large stores of old naval gunpowder are in island fortress Kronstadt. A group of chemical and artillery specialists is sent to Kronstadt to examin gunpowder and organise its transporting across the sea rout under heavy enemy bombing.
The following weapons were used in the film Gunpowder (Porokh):
Numerous AA machine guns are seen in Kronstadt. These are DShK on 2M-1 naval mountings. While 2M-1 are twin over and under mountings, those seen in the movie have the bottom machine gun removed.
A twin (over and under) 25mm AA automatic gun 2M-3M with two 110-PM autocannons is mounted on Project 1204 armoured boat. In reality these guns appeared only in 1950s.
A 45mm 21-KM gun is mounted on a Soviet Navy patrol boat. 21-KM is a further development of 21-K gun, fitted with a longer L/68 barrel of M-42 AT gun. This gun was issued only in 1944.
Many Soviet Navy ships are seen in the movie. Most if not all of them are post-war, standing for wartime ships.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Project 68-bis cruiser is seen at the background.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSeveral Project 50 frigates fire their 100mm guns. They stand for Soviet wartime destroyers Project 7, having roughtly similar appearance.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close view of Project 50 frigate Rossomakha (according to board number). Two 100mm B-34 guns and anti-submarine rocket launcher RBU-2500 can be seen.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA group of Soviet ships under enemy aerial bombardment. The nearest ship is Project 266 minesweeper.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA scale model of Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya battleship.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Project 266 minesweeper is seen at the background. It is armed with two 30mm AK-230 twin mountings.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Project 1204 armoured boat under attack of German planes (YaK-18 training planes stand for Ju 87 dive bombers). The armoured boat is armed with a 76.2mm gun D-56TS in turret of PT-76 light tank, a 25mm twin (over and under) AA mounting 2M-3M and 140mm BM-14 multiple launch rocket system.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close, although blurry view of the 76.2mm turret on the said armoured boat.
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