We Take All Upon Ourselves
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We Take All Upon Ourselves Beryom vsyo na sebya ) is a Soviet 1980 war movie directed by Yevgeni Sherstobitov . In Summer 1944 a group of Soviet Black Sea Fleet commandos is sent on a mission to destroy a German floating battery that is a threat for the upcoming landing operation. When the commandos appear on place, they uncover an even greater menace: a well-hidden coastal battery. Now they have to take all upon themselves and destroy both targets in a single night.
The following weapons were used in the film We Take All Upon Ourselves (Beryom vsyo na sebya) :
Handguns Walther P38 During the attack on the coastal battery Kalinushkin (Georgi Dvornikov ) uses a Walther P38 , dual-wielding it with an MP40 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalinushkin draws a P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalinushkin dual-wields P38 and MP40. Submachine Guns MP40 All nine commandos, the commander of the group Sr. Lt. Balandin (Vladimir Nikitin ), second in command Glavny starshina (chief petty officer) Vlas Shergin (Aleksandr Kirilin ), Starshina 1st stage (first class petty officers) Fyodor Kalinushkin (Georgi Dvornikov ) and Ivan Rynda (Aleksandr Chernyavsky ), Starshina 2st stage (second class petty officers) Yegor Mukhin (Valery Panarin ) and Semyon Ladoga (Aleksandr Parkhomenko ), Sgt. Odintsov (Viktor Stepanenko ), and Sr. Seamen Munko Laptsuy (Aleksei Oorzak ) and Vladimir Kolosov (Igor Chernitskiy ), are armed with MP40 SMGs. Most German soldiers also carry MP40s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolosov in ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalinushkin and Shergin before the line of the barb wire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ladoga with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shergin with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s patrol the barb wire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German sentry with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rynda fires MP40 during the attack on the floating battery. Note the brown Bakelite furniture, typical for post-1943 manufactured MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mukhin with MP40 in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Radio operator Odintsov (at the left) and Lt. Balandin (at the right) with MP40s. PPSh-41 In the opening scene Soviet soldiers on march carry PPSh-41 SMGs with both drum and stick magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with drum magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry PPSh-41s with drum magazines... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and stick magazines. PPS-43 In the opening scene a seaman carries a PPS-43 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A seaman carries a blurry but indentifiable PPS-43 on sling. Rifles Karabiner 98k Some German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles. In the final scene Sr. Seaman Laptsuy (Aleksei Oorzak ) uses a captured 98k.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German sentry holds a 98k with bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rynda (Aleksandr Chernyavsky ) hits a sentry with his own rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center holds a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Laptsuy aims. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 In the opening scene Soviet soldiers on march carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing AK An AK-47 or AKM is seen in hands of a German soldier, standing for an Sturmgewehr 44 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the right holds an AK. Machine Guns MG34 MG34 machine guns are used by German soldiers in several scenes.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPV heavy machine gun in 2M-7 twin (over and under) naval mounting - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two 2M-7 mountings are seen at the left and center. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade Rynda (Aleksandr Chernyavsky ), Kalinushkin (Georgi Dvornikov ) and Laptsuy (Aleksei Oorzak ) use F-1 hand grenades in several scenes.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rynda sacrifices himself and detonates a pair of F-1 in the ammunition magazine of the floating battery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalinushkin readies to throw an F-1 during the night attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An F-1 is used to detonate explosive charge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An F-1 is seen below the barrel of Laptsuy's rifle. Model 24 Stielhandgranate Mukhin (Valery Panarin ) uses a pair of Model 24 Stielhandgranate during the attack on the floating battery. These movie props have unusually short handles, possibly for the ease of handling.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two handles of RGD-33s are seen on Ladoga's belt; the warheads are wrapped. 85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) Both floating battery and coastal battery are equipped with 85mm 52-K AA guns, standing for German 88mm Flak. During the attack Kalinushkin (Georgi Dvornikov ) and Shergin (Aleksandr Kirilin ) capture one of the guns and use it to destroy the others point blank.
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