Take Him Alive (Vzyat zhivym)
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Take Him Alive Vzyat zhivym ) is a Soviet 1983 (filmed 1982) three-part mini-series directed by Vadim Lysenko and adapted from the novel by Vladimir Karpov. The main character is Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ), commander of a reconnaissance platoon on Soviet-German front.
The following weapons were used in the miniseries Take Him Alive (Vzyat zhivym) :
Pistols TT-33 TT-33 are service sidearms of Soviet officers, including Lt. (later Sr. Lt. and Capt.) Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ), Lt. (later Sr. Lt., Capt. and Maj.) Grigoriy Kurzhakov (Aleksandr Potapov ), and Sr. Lt. (later Capt.) Ivan Kazakov (Georgiy Nazarenko ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurzhakov whose family perished in the first days of the war shoots at German POWs in a fit of rage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin draws a TT during his first battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Romashkin's TT holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kuzhakov raises a TT when leading his company in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin holds a TT when stops a trio of defectors. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin with a TT in hand helps wounded Pyotr Nagorniy. Luger P08 A German officer holds a Luger P08 during the operation of Romashkin's unit against German headquarters. What appear to be a P08 is seen in hand of a German officer during the massacre in Soviet field hospital.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer fires his pistol at a doctor in Soviet field hospital. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer fires his Luger at Soviet scouts, attacking the German headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The jointed arm of the Luger locks in rear position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksandr Prolyotkin (Sergey Makovetskiy ) carries a holster for P08. It's impossible to say if there is a pistol inside. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 PPSh-41 submachine guns are most widely used weapons of Soviet troops. They are seen in hands of Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ), Lt. Grigoriy Kurzhakov (Aleksandr Potapov ), Capt. Ivan Kazakov (Georgiy Nazarenko ), war correspondent Capt. Kim Ptitsyn (Aleksandr Lenkov ), and soldiers and sergeants of Romashkin's platoon - Bogdan Shovkoplyas (Aleksandr Ignatusha ), Aleksandr Prolyotkin (Sergey Makovetskiy ), Ivan Rogatin (Aleksandr Bespalyy ), Zhmachenko (Viktor Pavlov ), Goloshchapov (Anatoli Yurchenko ), Konoplyov (Vladimir Zaytsev ), Mikola Tsymbalyuk (Vladimir Shakalo ), Zhuk (Valeriy Zaytsev ), Luzgin (Viktor Bychkov ) and others.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurzhakov with PPSh and Romashkin with M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhuk reloads his PPSh. Luzgin's PPSh is seen on the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goloshchapov carries a PPSh, wrapped in white cloth. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhmachenko carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin and Kazakov with PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing War correspondent Ptitsyn makes photos of the battlefield; his PPSh is seen on the ground next to him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Konoplyov with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Kuzma Pryakhin (Aleksandr Zhdanov ) fires a PPSh during the crossing of Dniepr. Next to him Romashkin reloads his PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rogatin with a PPSh and Zhuk with MP40 and Prolyotkin's PPSh during the assault of Konigsberg in April 1945. MP40 MP40 submachine guns are widely used by German troops. Aleksandr Prolyotkin (Sergey Makovetskiy ), Zhuk (Valeriy Zaytsev ) and several other soldiers of Romashkin's platoon also use MP40s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40 under the fire of Soviet infantry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire their MP40 during the massacre in Soviet field hospital. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rogatin (Aleksandr Bespalyy ) picks up an MP40 during the raid on German positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhuk holds an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhuk fires his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the muzzle of MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurzhakov (Aleksandr Potapov ) with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s during the attack on German headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prolyotkin carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of MP40 in hands of one of scouts. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Many Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ) takes an M91/30 rifle from a slain soldier in his first battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of Romashkin's platoon carry M91/30 rifles with and without bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin takes a rifle from a slain soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin and a soldier at the background fire at attacking German infantry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view through the rifle sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin reloads the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the bolt and receiver. The hex receiver indicates pre-1936 manufactured rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers stand in formation with M91/30 rifles with bayonets. Konstantin Korolevich (Nikita Lysenko) is at the left, and Mikola Tsymbalyuk (Vladimir Shakalo ) in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pyotr Nagorniy (Evgeniy Solyakov ) carries an M91/30 rifle. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are also used by Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Kuzma Pryakhin (Aleksandr Zhdanov ) with M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A trio of defectors surrender their weapons. A soldier at the left (Rudolf Mukhin ) holds an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pyotr Nagorniy (Evgeniy Solyakov ) with his M91/30 and M38 Carbine, taken from the defector. Karabiner 98k German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier carries a 98k rifle in the episode, set during the Battle for Moscow in January 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire at Soviet scouts in the episode, set in Autumn 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier reloads his 98k rifle in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier with a 98k rifle. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns are widely used by Soviet troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-28 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center carries a DP-27 in the episode, set during the Battle for Moscow in late Autumn 1941. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with a DP-27 in a dugout in same episode. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with DP-27 in the episode, set during the assault-crossing the Dnieper river in September 1943. Maxim M1910 Maxim M1910 with smooth barrel jackets are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim in trench in the episode, set during the Battle for Moscow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same Maxim is used to repel a German night attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim on position. MG34 German troops use MG34 machine guns in several scenes. Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ) fires a captured MG34 in one scene. All screen MG34 have bipods fitted under the guns’ center of gravity rather than under the muzzle; likely a single prop is reused throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires at Soviet scouts in the episode, set in Autumn 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A better view of the MG34. Note the position of the bipod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 on German positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin fires a captured MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned MG34. PKT German tanks in the movie are mockups, built on the chassis of MT-LB armoured prime movers. Standard small turret of MT-LB with a PKT machine gun is removed from most of these mockups, but at least one such fake tank has the turret on place, and a firing machine gun can be seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PKT machine gun with 250-round ammo drum - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A real turret with a machine gun is seen in front of the large fake turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun is seen firing. Other Weapons PTRD-41 A PTRD-41 is seen during the battle in late autumn 1941.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRD-41 - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PTRD in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the anti-tank rifle. OSP-30 Flare Pistol Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ) uses an OSP-30 Flare Pistol in an episode, set in Summer 1942.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin fires a flare pistol, signalling for attack Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the flare pistol. F-1 Hand Grenade F-1 hand grenades are used by Soviet soldiers.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the night raid on German positions, Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov ) throws a grenade without releasing a pin in order to frighten a German soldier and take him alive. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romashkin picks up the intact grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksandr Prolyotkin (Sergey Makovetskiy ) uses an F-1 grenade to blow up an explosive charge during the assault of Konigsberg in April 1945. Dummy Training Grenade Dummy training stick grenades, seen in several scenes, stand for RG-14/30 and RGD-33 hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Training stick grenade. Such cast aluminum dummies were widely used in USSR for basic training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Konstantin Korolevich (Nikita Lysenko) with a stick grenade and a PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Romashkin's scouts throws a stick grenade during the attack on German headquarters. 45 mm anti-tank gun 53-K A 45mm anti-tank gun 53-K is seen in the scene of the Battle for Moscow.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 45mm gun fires at German tanks. Trivia MT-LB armoured prive movers with fake turrets are used as German tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fake German tanks in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close view of visually modified MT-LB. Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT machine guns, mounted on various Soviet tanks, are seen in wartime documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal DT on a T-34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK and DT in the turret of T-40 light tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DT is mounted in the rear niche of the turret of BT-7 tank. MG34 Panzerlauf A frontal MG34 Panzerlauf is seen on a destroyed Pz.IV Ausf.G in wartime documentary footage.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG 151 aircraft automatic cannon - 15x96mm or 20x82mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 autocannons are seen mounted on Il-2 in wartime documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 - 23x152mmB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Il-2 fires wing mounted VYa-23. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm A-19 heavy field guns in the Battle for Moscow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm M1910/30 field howitzer (early version with spoked wheels) in the Battle of Moscow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm M-30 field howitzer in the Battle of Moscow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified German heavy field gun (supposedly a 150mm model). Error creating thumbnail: File missing M-30 rocket launchers fire salvos during the Battle of Stalingrad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 152mm ML-20 gun-howitzers during the Battle of Kursk. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85mm 52-K AA guns used for salute in Moscow.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned 75mm Pak 40 AT gun . Armour Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34-76 on the parade in Moscow in November 1941. This is a 1941 version with L-11 main gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-40 light tank during the Battle of Moscow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing BT-7 during the Battle of Moscow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned Panther tanks (left and background). This footage was taken in 1945 but in the movie it is used for the Winter 1941-1942 which is obviously incorrect. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned Tiger I. Same thing as with the previous footage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-70 light tank during the Battle of Stalingrad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34-76 during the Battle of Kursk. This is a 1942 version with F-34 main gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Destroyed Elefand tank destroyer during the Battle of Kursk. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Destroyed Pz.IV Ausf.G. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lend-Lease supplied Valentine tank during the crossing of Dniepr. This is a version with 2-pounder main gun, Airplanes Error creating thumbnail: File missing German FW 200C-3 Condor, captured in Stalingrad. In the movie this footage is used for the Battle for Moscow which is obviously incorrect. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Pe-2 bombers in flight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Il-2 in attack. 
