Chtoby vyzhit
USA Theatrical Release Poster
Country
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Directed by
Vsevolod Plotkin
Release Date
1992
Language
Russian
Studio
Rolan Bykov Foundation Cinewest Entertainment Group Inc. Raven Star Pictures
To Survive (also known as Red Mob ; Russian title: Чтобы выжить, Chtoby vyzhit ) is a 1992 Russian thriller. Emissary of the former "party mafia", nicknamed "Jaffar" prepares and implements a series of provocations and terrorist acts on the outskirts of the country to create the preconditions for a coup. During a attack on one of the army armories wounded his conductor.
Bandits urgently need to smuggle across the Afghan border caravan with drugs. As a conductor Jaffar tries to use the former army officer - Oleg, wherefore bandits taking hostage his son. Oleg and his army friend, Nikolai, using all his experience of the war in the mountains, enters into an unequal deadly struggle against a gangs...
The following weapons were used in the film To Survive (Chtoby vyzhit) :
Handguns
FN Barracuda
Several Jaffar's henchmen used the FN Barracuda Revolvers . Nikolai (Sergey Veksler ) captured FN Barracuda from gangster in the one scene (which is too blurry to take a good shot).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henchman holds a revolver, before a Nikolai captured him from an ambush.
Stechkin APS
Oleg (Vladimir Menshov ) uses Stechkin APS as his sidearm.
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Makarov PM
One of Jaffar's henchmen armed Makarov PM .
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Makarov PB
At the beginning of the film, in an attack on a police station, one of the gangsters carries Makarov PB .
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M1911A1
One of the Jaffar's henchmen used M1911A1 during shootout on the airport.
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Submachine guns
Heckler & Koch MP5K
Jaffar (Aleksandr Rozenbaum ), throughout the film carries MP5K with 15-round magazine.
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Czech Sa.26
One of the main weapons was used by the mercenaries, is a Sa.26 submachine guns.
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Uzi
Several Jaffar's mercenaries carries the Uzi submachine guns. Oleg (Vladimir Menshov ) also uses Uzi in the nightly shootout.
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Assault rifles
AKS-47
Some Jaffar's men armed with the AKS-47 rifles.
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AKS-74U
Plenty AKS-74U rifles seen at the beginning of the movie in the armory in a police station.
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AKS-74
Jaffar (Aleksandr Rozenbaum ) uses in the end of the movie AKS-74 with GP-25 grenade launcher.
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M16A1
Nikolai (Sergey Veksler ) uses M16A1 rifle with XM148 grenade launcher .
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Heckler & Koch G3A4
Nikolai finds Heckler & Koch G3A4 rifle in the weapon cargo of the Jaffar's caravan, and used this in the nightly shootout with gangs, when his RPK is empty.
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SA Vz.58
One of the weapons, which Nikolai used in nightly shootout, is a SA vz.58 .
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Shotguns
Mossberg 500
Nikolai (Sergey Veksler ) used Mossberg 500 on hunting in the beginning of the movie.
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Machine guns
RPK
Nikolai uses in the night shootout with Jaffar's bandits RPK LMG.
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PKM
The PKM machine gun is seen among the gang's weapons, and later is used by them during the night shootout.
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UK vz. 59
UK vz. 59 machine gun seen on the wall of Jaffar's base.
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Rocket launchers
RPG-7
Nikolai uses against Jaffar's bandits RPG-7 .
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RPG-18
Nikolai uses the RPG-18 , to destroy bandits.
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