Across the Gobi and the Khingan
Soviet Poster
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (original Mongolian title: Говь Хянганд тулалдсан нь (Fought in Gobi Khangai), Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni Через Гоби и Хинган Cherez Gobi i Khingan
The following weapons were used in the film Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) :
Pistols Tokarev TT-33 Near all Soviet (include Colonel General Issa Pliyev (Akhsarbek Bekmurzov), Vanya Sokolov (Oleg Shtefanko ), Maj. Matveev (Vladimir Ivashov ), Lieutenant Colonel Moroz (Leonid Nevedomsky ), Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky (Lev Zolotukhin), Marshal Kiril Afanasyevich Meretskov (Vyacheslav Yezepov ), Сapt. Aleksey Terenkov (Andrey Martynov ), Marfutenko (Nikolay Smorchkov ) Chernozubenko (Ivan Afanov), Lomov (Georgi Shevtsov ) and unnamed Mikhail Chigaryov ) and Mongolian (iclude Lubsan (Laikhansureniyn Lkhasuren), Lavdan (R. Lutaa) and Lkhavsuren (Ts. Damdindorj) officers and generals are armed with Tokarev TT-33s , which mostly seen holstered.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mongolian soldier with the holstered pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldier draws his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Issa Pliyev (Akhsarbek Bekmurzov) fires his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lubsan (Laikhansureniyn Lkhasuren) brandishes his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vanya Sokolov (Oleg Shtefanko ) with the holstered pistol. Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"s can be seen in the hands of several characters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Note the rear tangent sight; in something of a display of wishful thinking, the C96's sight is adjustable for ranges up to 1000 meters. Later examples had a sight adjustable to a still unrealistic 500 meters. C96 pistols with fixed rear sights are very rare. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigands at the center holds the Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Matveev (Vladimir Ivashov ) investigate the Mauser, captured from brigands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant colonel Moroz holds the Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigands aims their Mausers. Note the wooden holsters for it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Surrendered Japanese soldiers drops their weapons during the final scene. The holstered Mauser can be seen at the top, right. Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer Demchig (uncredited) uses Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer as his duty sidearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Demchig carry the Mauser in the wooden holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Demchig draws his Mauser... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and fires it. Note the pistol cycling. Luger P08 Imperial Japanese Kwantung Army officers carry Luger P08s possibly, stands for Nambu Type 14s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese officer draws his Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close Up. SPSh Flare Pistol Kislenko (uncredited) gave a SPSh Flare Pistol to Maj. Matveev, who fires it one time.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian SPSh Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Matveev tooked SHSh from Kislenko... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and aims it in air. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Many soviet Soldiers (include Vanya Sokolov) carry PPSh-41 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldiers a few seconds later. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with the PPSh right after the battle with Japanese Army. Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 Several Soviet soldiers uses PPS-43s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with PPS at the film begging. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldier at the left carry PPS on the sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant colonel Moroz carry PPS on the sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korenych (uncredited) with the PPS on the sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS can be seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stahlberg (Roman Khomyatov ) with the PPS. MP40 German soldiers can be seen used MP40 for a few seconds at the oppening scene. All shots of it were very blured.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing M3A1 "Grease Gun" Temirkhanov (Valeriy Lushchevskiy) aims M3A1 "Grease Gun" at the one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M3A1 "Grease Gun" - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Temirkhanov aims his Grease Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing More close view of the gun. M1928A1 Thompson USA soldiers briefly carry M1928A1 Thompson during the loading the Little Boy nuclear bomb. A Thompson without magazine, handguard and buttstock (possybly to imitate it's damage can be seen during the battle with Imperial Japanese Army soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with a Stick Magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thompson can be seen at the background, right. Rifles Mosin Nagant M91/30 Most of the Soviet and Mongolian soldiers and peasants carry Mosin Nagant M91/30s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mongolian peasant aims his Mosin- Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Mongolian peasant fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with the Mosin Nagant rifles during the parade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another battallion of the Soviet soldiers during the same parade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldier carry the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect view of the Mosin Nagant rifle.
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine Several Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines appears in the hands of soviet soldiers (include Vanya Sokolov) at the a few scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R. This was modified to become the M44 which replaced it, entering combat trials in 1943, becoming fairly common in 1944. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vanya Sokolov with the Mosin Nagant on the sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M38 can in hands of a Soviet soldier at the left. Arisaka Type 38 Bayonet attached Arisaka Type 38 rifles is the standrt firearm of all Imperial Japanese Army soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldier during the attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Japanese soldier at the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Killed Japanese soldier with the rifle. Note the Thompson at the background, right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bayonets attached on the rifles are perfectly seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Surrendered Japanese soldiers drops their rifles during the final scene. Tokarev SVT-40 Tokarev SVT-40s can be seen holds by Soviet soldiers at the one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR. Note the purple color of the bolt; this is a result of post-WWII re-arsenaling, and is thus incorrect for any media taking place during the war. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k At least one Imperial Japanese soldier fires Karabiner 98k at the film climax.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldier at the right fires the Karabiner. Unknown Rifles Several characters uses an unknown rifles at the several scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several rifles is seen at the arsenal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigands with the rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Machine Guns Goryunov SGMB Goryunov SGMs were mounted on the near all Soviet military vechles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goryunov SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect view of the machine gun. DShKM Several DShKMs can be seen mounted on the Soviet T-55 or T-62 tanks and BRDM-2.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several T-55 or T-62 tanks with DShKM machine guns, mounted on turrets, and BRDM-2 (one second from right and another in center). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 Several Mongolian soldiers fires Degtyaryov DP-27s
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Destroed DP can be seen mounted on the notocycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ayush (uncredited) fires his DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPV Heavy Machine Gun KPV heavy machine gun can be seen at the one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-4 quad anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet four barreled KPV. Type 11 Light Machine Gun Type 11 Light Machine Gun used by Imperial Japanese soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 11 Light Machine Gun - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 11 machine gun near the killed gunner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Surrendered Japanese soldiers drops their weapons during the final scene. Type 11 at the center right, under the type 99. Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun Several Type 3 Heavy Machine Guns can be seen used by Imperial Japanese soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun 6.5x50mm SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldier fires. Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 Twin Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 can be seen mounted on the Soviet Tu-4, which plaeyed role the US B-29 bomber.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nudelman Rikhter NR-23 - 23mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The dorsal twin mounting is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The ventral twin mounting. Type 96 Light Machine Gun Imperial Japanese Army officer hands a Type 96 Light Machine Gun to Votintsev (Nikolay Penkov). Killed Imperial Japanese soldier drops a Type 96 Light Machine Gun during the battle..
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 Light Machine Gun (minus magazine) - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese officer holds the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese officer hands the gun to Votintsev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Killed Japanese soldier drops his machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the lack of a cone flash hider, which differ this gun from Type 99. Type 99 Light Machine Gun Type 99 Light Machine Gun can be seen among the weapons, which were dropped by the surrendered Japanese soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 light machine gun 7.7x58mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Surrendered Japanese soldiers drops their weapons during the final scene. Type 99 (at the center right) can be ID by the cone flash hider. Polish Browning wz. 1928 In firing scenes, Type 96 turns to Polish Browning wz. 1928 to Votintsev (Nikolay Penkov) and forsed him to use it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish Browning wz. 1928 - 7.92 x 57mm Mauser. Another European clone of the Colt Monitor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buttstock can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Votintsev (Nikolay Penkov) fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unknown Machine Gun An unknown machine gun can be seen mounted on the Imperial Japanese Navy ship. It's possibly may be some aircraf autocannon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grenades & Launchers F-1 hand grenade Soviet soldiers, include Vanya Sokolov uses F-1 hand grenades
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vanya Sokolov holds the grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldier at the center carry the grenade on the belt. BM-37 Mortar A BM-37 Mortar of late version can be seen in the one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing BM is seen at the left. Hiragana and/or Kanji characters is fictional and drawn to made the gun some Japanese reeces. Flamethrowers ROKS flamethrower Soviet soldier uses a ROKS flamethrower (most likely, a mocke up) at the oppening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing LPO-50 flamethrower Imperial japanese soldiers uses LPO-50 flamethrowers at the film climax.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing LPO-50 flamethrower (Image courtesy of Sword of the Motherland Foundation www.russianwarrior.com) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Japanese soldiers with the flamethrowers. Note the triple fuel tanks of it's. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldiers burns the labs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the bipode. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect view of the fuel tanks. Trivia Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet cannons salute during the parade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 76.2mm ZiS-3 field cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An abandoned cannon near the railroad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imerial Japanese Army soldiers with Arisaka Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Japanese tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese soldiers with the Arisakas . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannon is firing during the battle of Khalkhin Gol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another cannon at the same battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A heavy anval cannon on the ship of Imperial Japanese Navy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Japanese combat plane during the attack on the Pearl Harbor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A tank during the battle of Khalkhin Gol. Little Boy nuclear bombError creating thumbnail: File missing The bomb is a dummy movie prop of cource. Japanese Agitation Poster Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifleman can be seen on the agitation poster, hanged on the wall. Military Planes Error creating thumbnail: File missing The USA bomber with the Little Boy nuclear bomb. Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 stands for Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same bomber in the air. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet military cargo plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese kamikaze plane on the airfield... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and air. Military Ships Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet riverine patrol boat stands for Imperial Japanese Army vessel (river units on Chinese rivers were subordinate of Army, not Navy). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Soviet riverine patrol boat stands for Imperial Japanese Army vessel (river units on Chinese rivers were subordinate of Army, not Navy). Military Weacles Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85 tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85 tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet SU-100 tank destroyer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet post-war BTR-40 APCs stand for lend-lease M3 Scout Cars. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet BTR-40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A replica of Soviet 1930s armoured car, resembling BA-6 or BA-10. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same replica of armoured car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85. 
