Tanks for Stalin
Russian Poster
Tanks for Stalin Tanki ) is a Russian 2018 war action film directed by Kim Druzhinin . The plot is inspired by the real events of April-May 1940 when chief designer of the brand new T-34 tank Mikhail Koshkin and his team underwent a 2,000-kilometre drive from Kharkov to Moscow for a demonstration of the tanks to the Soviet leaders. In the film, the story is retold in a completely implausible way, including the absurdic White bandits (in 1940!), German saboteurs and a Abwehr spy who infiltrated the Koshkin's team (in reality, the T-34 was a surprise for Nazis when Wehrmacht first encountered this tank in June 1941).
The following weapons were used in the film Tanks for Stalin (Tanki) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Several White bandits hold Nagant M1895 revolvers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two bandits hold Nagant revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit with a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit (Anton Paderin ) aims his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character holds the driver of the first tank Vasiliy Krivich at gunpoint. He wears the insignia of Yefreytor of the Drozdovskiy regiment of the White Army. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another White bandit holds the driver of the second tank Nikolay Kayrat at gunpoint. Pistols TT-33 Lt. of State Security Pyotr Andreevich Mizulin (Anton Filipenko ) carries a TT-33 . Two slightly different pistols are seen in his hands in various scenes, both of anachronistic post-1947 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mizulin draws his pistol from the holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mizulin aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mizulin holds his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the encounter with the White bandits, Mizulin's TT switches to another prop. This pistol has a different blueing and a reddish color of the chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol falls on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mizulin interrogates Vasiliy Krivich who is exposed as a German spy. In this scene the pistol switches back to the first prop. Mauser C96 The chieftan of the White bandits "Batya" ("Daddy") (Yuriy Itskov ) and two of his men are armed with Mauser C96 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 "Pre-War Commercial" - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit at the right holds a Mauser C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another bandit aims his Mauser pistol. This scene looks as if the extras from a film about the Civil War mixed up the film set. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Batya's Mauser on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Batya holds his Mauser. Submachine Guns MP38 Several German saboteurs are armed with MP38 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A saboteur (Vladimir Veryovochkin) at the right holds an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two saboteurs carry MP38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The commander of the saboteurs Gozzo (Aleksey Ovsyannikov ) fires an MP38. Rifles SVT-40 An SVT-40 is carried by a Red Army soldier during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939. It may be used as a stand-in for correct SVT-38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center carries an SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same soldier is seen at the far right. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Red Army soldiers during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol and the NKVD guards of the Kremlin carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several soldiers on the battlefield hold M91/30 rifles (best seen the one in hands of a sitting soldier at the right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The guards of the Kremlin with rifles with bayonets. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Several German saboteurs, including their commander Gozzo (Aleksey Ovsyannikov ), White bandits, Soviet Militsioners and Red Army artillerymen carry Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gozzo and other saboteurs with M38 Carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Gozzo's carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The White bandits with M38 Carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White bandit with a Nagant revolver in hand and a carbine on sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White bandit carries a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pyotr Mizulin (Anton Filipenko ) uses a captured carbine to knock the lock off the door. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Militsioners carry carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The artillerymen carry carbines in the night scene. Mosin Nagant "obrez" The bandit "Borodatiy" ("Bearded") (Igor Grabuzov) is armed with a Mosin Nagant "obrez" sawed-off rifle. The rear sight allows to identify the base rifle as the original M1891. Another bandit is also seen with an "obrez", likely the same prop reused.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 "Obrez" - 7.62x54mm R. The screen gun has similar configuration but is made of M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The "obrez" in hands of Borodatiy. Note the M91 rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another bandit with the "obrez" is gunned down during the attack. The wrapping on the barrel is the same that on Borodatiy's gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Borodatiy holds Lida Kataeva as hostage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Borodatiy's "obrez" in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Borodatiy holds his gun in another scene. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted on various Soviet tanks. Only barrels are seen. These guns are most likely modern replicas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal DT on an experimental T-34 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A turret DT on a T-37A tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frontal DT machine guns on two experimental T-34 tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DT is seen inside the T-34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine guns on a T-35 tank (in the frontal small turret) and an SMK tank (frontal). Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine guns on a T-35 tank, in the rear small turret and coaxial with the 45 mm gun in the rear medium turret. RPD-44 (visually modified as MG34) The German saboteurs use two RPD-44 machine guns, visually modified to resemble an MG34 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPD-44 - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The saboteurs prepare the machine gun for action. The man at the foreground holds the belt drum. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A saboteur (Vladimir Veryovochkin) fires a machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another machine gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The belt drum and the belt are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the RPD receiver. Other Weapons RPG-40 An RPG-40 anti-tank grenade is seen in hands of German agent Schulz (Leonid Timtsunik ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45 mm 53-K AT Gun A 45 mm 53-K AT gun is briefly seen in the night scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 45 mm AT gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The artillery commander (Vladimir Kapustin ) at the gun. Trivia Tanks According to the filmmakers, one of the two "main characters" - first experimental T-34 tanks is a visually modified T-34-85, while another one is based on an armored recovery vehicle T-34-T which is in turn a rebuild wartime tank. Other tanks, seen in the movie, seem to be a mix of genuine vehicles, full-size replicas and CGIs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A destroyed T-37A light tank on the battlefield at the Khalkhin Gol in 1939. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-38 light tank is seen at the right in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A row of BT-7 tanks on the Kharkov tank factory. Most tanks don't have the turrets installed yet. This scene seems to be a CGI. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two T-34 tanks are assembled on the factory. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34 on march. The turret is rotated backwards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle of the tank gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tanks are demonstrated to Soviet leaders near Kremlin. A T-35 heavy tank is seen at the left, an SMK heavy tank at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SU-100Y SPG is seen to the left of T-35. Error creating thumbnail: File missing KV-2 heavy tank and partially seen SU-100Y. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of T-35 and SU-100Y. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of SU-100Y and KV-2. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two T-34 in Moscow after the drive from Kharkov. The footage, both documentary and from 1949 film Stalingradskaya bitva
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