The Liberation of Prague
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The Liberation of Prague (original: Osvobození Prahy )Otakar Vávra in 1978. The film has no central hero and as a continuation to the previous of Vávra´s movie titled Sokolovo , stand out in it also the characters from the film - Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová ) and Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol ). The film was made for the propaganda of a 30th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army. In a cinema, however, came with a delay. Therefore, the German actor who played the commander of the SS troops in Bohemia and Moravia Horst Preusker died before its premiere.
The following guns were used in the 1978 Czechoslovak film The Liberation of Prague :
Pistols CZ 27 The officer of the government troops (Jan Preucil ) holds his issue CZ 27 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing CZ 27 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 At the end of the war the Nazis used as the service arms for officers mainly a Walther P38 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) soldier executes a captured insurgent with his Walther P38 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS General Pückler (Horst Preusker ) commits suicide with his P38. Submachine guns MP40 The MP40 submachine gun is widely used by German soldiers and resistance fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier aims his MP40 from the hip. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) carries his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Czech insurgent is seen with an MP40. PPSh-41 Red Army and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier helps a wounded comrade with a PPSh-41 slung on his back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol ), a Czech soldier fires his PPSh-41. File:Doleželová-PPSh-41.jpg Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová ) carries a slung PPSh-41. Rifles VZ-24 Czech Mauser Czech police and the government troops are armed with a VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k In this movie are a Karabiner 98k rifles the standard weapons of Germans and also the Czech insurgents.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing File:Jandák-K98.jpg Standa Horák (Vítezslav Jandák ), a Czech insurgent, fires his Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine guns MG34 The MG34 machine guns is used by the Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier fires on hidden Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DT machine gun Soviet gunner in tank T-34 fire a Degtyaryov DT machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hand grenades Model 24 Stielhandgranate The German soldiers and insurgents use a Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol ) wears a hand grenades in his belt. Others Panzerfaust The insurgents use the Panzerfaust as their defense against German armoured vehicles. They are shown firing them from the shoulder bazooka-style, rather than the official under-the-arm method.
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