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Kalashnikov (2020)
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Kalashnikov is a 2020 Russian biographical drama about the inventor of the AK-47 Mikhail Kalashnikov directed by Konstantin Buslov. The film takes place from 1943 to 1949. At the beginning of the war, a tankman, senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, performs a combat task at the cost of a severe injury. After the hospital, in a series of life-long searches, he begins inventive activities, achieves participation in all-Union weapons competitions, where he competes on equal terms with leading inventors, and builds relationships with his future wife Ekaterina. As a result, the developed AK is adopted, and the inventor is awarded the Stalin prize.
The following weapons were used in the film Kalashnikov:
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33
Mikhail Kalashnikov (Yuri Borisov) fires a Tokarev TT-33. State security captain Lobov also use Tokarev TT-33 pistol in film.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
Sahakyants is armed with PPSh-41. Also PPSh-41 is seen on the conveyor at the factory
PPS-43
Alexey Sudaev (Dmitry Bogdan) presented his PPS-43 at the 1943 weapons competition. In 1945 some Red Army soldiers were armed with PPS-43
PPK-42
Mikhail Kalashnikov (Yuri Borisov) modifies his prototype to the PPK-42 in order to present it on state tests.
PPK prototype
Mikhail Kalashnikov (Yuri Borisov) creates a prototype at a railway plant and goes with it to Alma-Ata to present it at state tests.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant
Red Army soldiers are armes with Mosin Nagant rifles.
