The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)
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The Hot Snow Goryachiy Sneg ) is a 1972 Soviet war movie directed by Gabriel Yegiazarov. The movie is based on eponymous novel by Yuri Bondarev. The story takes place in December 1942, when the soldiers of a Red Army antitank gun battery face the onslaught of German armored division trying to relieve the besieged German troops in Stalingrad.
The following weapons are seen in the movie The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg):
Handguns Nagant M1895 Revolver One of the main characters, Lt. Drozdovsky (Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. ), is armed with Nagant M1895 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time Issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A holstered Nagant M1895 revolver is seen at the side of Lt. Drozdovsky. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Drozdovsky (Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. ) with his Nagant revolver in hand. TT-33 Pistol Most Soviet officers including one of the main characters, Lt. Kuznetsov (Boris Tokarev ), are armed with Tokarev TT-33 pistols. The pistols are mostly seen in holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Kuznetsov (Boris Tokarev ) with TT-33 pistol and Sgt. Ukhanov (Yuriy Nazarov ) with PPSh-41 submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing General Vesnin (Anatoli Kuznetsov ) fires his TT-33 pistol when his car is attacked by the German ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortally wounded General Vesnin still holds his discharged TT-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view on the standard TT holster at the side of Lt. Kuznetsov. Submachine guns PPSh-41 Several Soviet soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns with drum magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles and PPSh-41 submachine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Kuznetsov (Boris Tokarev ) with TT-33 pistol and Sgt. Ukhanov (Yuriy Nazarov ) with PPSh-41 submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 is seen on the wall of the blindage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Osin (Igor Ledogorov ) fires his PPSh-41 at the German ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Kuznetsov (Boris Tokarev ) with his PPSh-41. MP40 MP40 submachine guns are briefly seen in hands of German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German tanker leaves his damaged tank with MP40 in hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with captured MP40 in the final scene. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Rifle Most Soviet infantry soldiers are armed with full-length Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, mostly with bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with M1891/30 rifles and PPSh-41 submachine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with M1891/30 rifles with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in the blindage with his M1891/30 rifle. Note that the bayonet is attached backwards. This wasn't supposed to do but was not uncommon and could be seen in wartime stock footage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries several rifles taken from his wounded comrades. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Soviet artillerymen are armed with M1938 carbines which is historically correct.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R. This was modified to become the M44 which replaced it, entering combat trials in 1943, becoming fairly common in 1944. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Sergunenkov (Aleksandr Kavalerov ) with his M1938 carbine near the horse with a broken leg. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Ukhanov (Yuriy Nazarov ) fires M1938 carbine to finish off the horse with a broken leg. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M1938 carbine is seen on the wall of the blindage. At the table is General Bessonov (Georgi Zhzhyonov ), commander of the field army. Machine guns Degtyaryov DP-28 Light Machine Gun Degtyaryov DP-28 light machine gun is seen in the opening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Drozdovsky (Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. ) with DP-28 during the German air attack on the railroad station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Drozdovsky fires at the German airplanes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Drozdovsky reloads his DP-28. Degtyaryov DT Machine Gun Degtyaryov DT machine guns are seen on T-34 tanks. They are also mocked up as German MG34 on Tiger tanks (which are visually modified T-34s).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A machine gun is seen on the fake Tiger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing General Bessonov (Georgi Zhzhyonov ) near the destroyed German tank. A machine gun is seen. Maxim M1910/30 Machine Gun Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are seen in the Soviet trenches.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim is blurry seen in the Soviet trenches. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A broken Maxim is seen. Other weapon PTRS-41 Antitank Rifle PTRS-41 AT rifle is seen in the Soviet trenches.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle - 14.5x114mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PTRS-41 AT rifle in the Soviet trenches. RPG-40 Anti-tank Grenade In one scene Soviet soldiers use AT grenades against German tanks. These grenades are dummy training version of RPG-40 .
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 Lt. Drozdovsky handles two AT grenades to Pvt. Sergunenkov and orders him to attack German tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Sergunenkov (Aleksandr Kavalerov ) with two AT grenades hidden under his coat (the handles are seen). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Kuznetsov (Boris Tokarev ) attacks the German tank with the AT grenade. Automatic AA gun M1939 37mm M1939 AA gun is seen in the opening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 37mm AA gun is mounted on the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 37mm AA gun fires at German airplanes attacking the railroad station. Trivia Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing The artillerymen equips the position for the 76.2mm ZIS-3 field gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene, another view on the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZIS-3 fires at the German tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm A-19 heavy field gun on the march. Tanks and Armored Cars Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Tiger tank is really a visually modified T-34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Side view on the fake Tiger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 visually modified as the destroyed German self-propelled gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The BTR-152 APC is seen among tanks. It acts as a German APC though it's wheeled, not half-track as real German APC were. 
