Black Shark
Film poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Major Andrey Gusarov
Valeriy Vostrotin
Green
Oleg Martyanov
Catrine Nelson
Carey Schofield
Karahan
Yuriy Tsurilo
Capt. Rastorguev
Aleksandr Belov
Black Shark (RussianЧёрная акула ; Chyornaya akula Chyornaya akula (Black Shark).
Note: most actors are non-professionals, including actual soldiers of Spetsnaz , combat pilots (including cheif pilot of Kamov Design Bureau), and aircraft designers.
The following weapons were used in the film Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) :
Pistols Makarov PB Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) and Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) both use Makarov PB pistols during the raid on Karahan's drug facility.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makarov PB with integral suppressor - 9x18mm Makarov Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) charges his pistol. Note: Valeriy Vostrotin is the real Soviet–Afghan War veteran and Hero of the Soviet Union. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pistol in the hands of Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov), disguised as mujaheddin. M1911A1 Harry (V. Pogrebenkov) fires M1911A1 in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harry (V. Pogrebenkov) fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles AKMS Several mujahedeen, as well as Soviet soldiers can be seen armed with the AKMS rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldier caver with his rifle... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but, a second later, he was killed by explosion. Machine Guns PKM Machine Gun Both Soviet soldiers and mujahedeens use PKM Machine Guns . They are fitted with late flash hiders.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1919A4 on an M2 tripod, pre 1943 model with bolt latch - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Gun at the right. KPVT KPVT Heavy Machine Gun was mounted on Soviet BTR .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPVT heavy machine gun - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Good view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrel is seen. NSVT heavy machine gun Several mujahedeen uses NSVT heavy machine gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing NSV-T heavy machine gun mounted on a Ukrainian T-84 - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grenade Launchers GSN-19 Little boy Seryozha (uncredited) fires AKMS with GSN-19 grenade launcher at the target at the opening scene.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 65 recoilless rifle 82mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Recoilless rifle at the left. Hand Grenade F-1 Grenades Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) and Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) both uses F-1 hand grenades during the raid
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) loads his grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) hanged the brenade on his belt. Heavy weapons Shipunov 2A42 Helicopter Chyornaya akula was equiped with the Shipunov 2A42 .
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