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9th Company
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9th Company (9 POTA) is a 2005 Russian language film about a group of Soviet Recruits from Basic Training to combat in the mountains of Afghanistan, during the Afghan-Russo War (1979-1989). The story deals with the idealistic young soldiers who are fighting a desperate battle against the Mujahideen fighters in the final days of the doomed conflict. It is (loosely) based on the Battle for Hill 3234.
The weapons seen in this movie are:
Rifles
AK-74
The AK-74, the replacement for the iconic AK-47, is the main weapon of both Soviet Paratroopers and the Muhjadeen fighters.
Dragunov SVD
An SVD Dragunov is issued to Petrovsky, who is an excellent marksman.
Machine Guns
PKM machine gun
Several 9th Company soldiers use the PKM Machine Gun: Chugainov is given Samyilin's old gun, which suffered a bend in the barrel by a hand grenade explosion. He can be seen in on scene trying to sight it to fire at a rock 3m away. One of the main characters grabs the barrel of his PKM to bash a Mujahideen and sustains 3rd degree burns. The main character uses the PKM after the original user is killed and fires it during the scene after Sparrow's suicide.
NSV heavy machine gun
NSV machine gun are used by the soldiers of the 9th company.
DShK 12.7mm
One is given to 9th Company, while others can be seen at the various military bases on top of military vehicles.
Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Machine Gun
The Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B is mounted on Soviet Mi-25 Gunships which come to the rescue of 9th Company during the final assault.
ZU-23
The ZU-23 Anti-Aircraft Gun is mounted on Soviet vehicles.
Launchers
GP-25 Grenade Launcher
The AK-74 mounted GP-25 grenade launcher is used by Warrant Officer Pogrebnyak. This Grenade Launcher was first introduced in the 1980s and was referred to as the BG15. A later updated version would be the GP-30.
RPG-7
Used by the Mudjahideen alongside RPG-18s to attack the 9th Company.
RPG-18
