The Victor (Pobeditel)
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The Victor Pobeditel ) is a Soviet 1976 (filmed 1975) adventure movie, directed by Andrey Ladynin and Edgar Khodzhikyan. The story is set during the Russian Civil War. Commissar of Red Army infantry and machine guns school Yakov Pavlovich Spiridonov (Aleksandr Zbruev ) becomes a prisoner of Whites but manages to escape and organises a unit of local peasants.
The following weapons were used in the film The Victor (Pobeditel) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by several characters, notably Commissar Yakov Pavlovich Spiridonov (Aleksandr Zbruev ) and the officer of White Army counterintellegence service Rotmistr (Capt.) Valentin Andreevich Kareyev (Vladimir Korenev ). Most, if not all Nagants appear to be of pre-1930 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s - 7.62x38R Nagant. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930. Error creating thumbnail: File missing White Army Feldfebel (senior NCO) Sergeyich (Vadim Zakharchenko ) carries a Nagant in holster. The holster lacks its bottom part, and the barrel of Nagant is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rotmistr Kareyev fires at Spiridonov. Note the rounded front sight.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kareyev's revolver is seen in darkness. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spiridonov fires at Kareyev's agent Aleksandr Ganin (Aleksei Loktev ) who also holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Spiridonov's men holds a Nagant during the attack on bridge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spiridonov holds Sergeych's Nagant. The revolver has rounded front sight. Pistols FN Model 1922 An out of time FN Model 1922 pistol is a personal sidearm of White Army Poruchik (Lt.) Georgiy Yevgenyevich Mokashev (Georgiy Taratorkin ). In one scene Yakov Pavlovich Spiridonov (Aleksandr Zbruev ) holds Mokashev's pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1922 with wood grips - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mokashev holds his pistol. The long barrel of Model 1922 is seen quite good. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spiridonov hands the pistol back to Mokashev. Note the thick wooden grips, typical for the version that was produced for Wehrmacht in occupied Belgium. Mauser C96 Mikhail (Yuri Gusev ), Spiridonov's assistant, fires a Mauser C96 during the battle against Rotmistr Kareyev's punitive detachment.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mikhail, one-armed invalid of war, fires his Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mauser in wooden holster is seen on the wall in Spiridonov's camp. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s, are used by White Army troops and Spiridonov's insurgents. Yakov Pavlovich Spiridonov (Aleksandr Zbruev ) is briefly seen with a rifle when he signals for the night attack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White Army soldier (Aleksandr Vigdorov ) at the right holds an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same soldier aims his rifle at peasants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yegor fires at disarmed White Army soldier with his own rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kareyev's soldiers in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spiridonov's men on horses carry rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing White soldiers on night march. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Poruchik Mokashev (Georgiy Taratorkin ), Spiridonov's assistant Dmitriy (nicknamed Mityay) Alekseevich Arsanov (Evgeniy Shutov ) and some other insurgents are seen with anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poruchik Mokashev fires an M1938 Carbine at escaping Spiridonov.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Insurgents fire at White soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A carbine is seen on the wall in Spiridonov's camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mityay Arsanov carries a carbine. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Double Barreled Shotguns are seen in hands of Mityay Arsanov (Evgeniy Shutov ), Yegor (Mikhail Lobanov ), and Aleksandr Ganin (Aleksei Loktev ). These hammerless shotguns are possibly IZh-54 model, widely produced in 1950s-1960s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mityay fires his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ganin holds a shotgun at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Ganin's shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Ganin's shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yegor carries a shotgun. Machine Guns Maxim M1910/30 A Maxim M1910/30 of post-1940 version is used by insurgents.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spiridonov (Aleksandr Zbruev ) fires a Maxim. Degtyaryov DT (visually modified to resemble Lewis) A Degtyaryov DT , visually modified to resemble Lewis Gun , is used Kareyev's soldiers.
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