Appointed as the Granddaughter
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Appointed as the Granddaughter Naznachayeshsya vnuchkoy ) is a Soviet 1976 (filmed 1975) made for TV adventure war movie, directed by Yaropolk Lapshin. The story is set in Autumn 1942 in a village on German occupied Kuban. Seventeen-year-old radio operator Yevdokiya (diminutive name Dusya) Melnikova is sent across enemy lines. She poses as the granddaughter of old Timofey, Soviet agent who impersonates a pro-Nazi collaborationist, a trusted person of German commandant.
The following weapons were used in the film Appointed as the Granddaughter (Naznachayeshsya vnuchkoy) :
Pistols Korovin TK A Korovin TK is a personal handgun of Dusya Melnikova (Irina Grishina ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korovin TK - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya draws her pistol when meeting Grandfather Timofey. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A TK and F-1 hand grenades are seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya holds a TK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "This is a toy gun", disapproves Grandfather Timofey. "Throw it away, take my Walther ." Tokarev TT-33 Hilfspolizei Sashko (Vladimir Artyomov ) carries a TT-33 . A TT is also used by Grandfather Timofey (Boris Andreyev ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sashko fires his TT at a German officer, defending Dusya. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grandfather Timofey holds a TT when leaving the village. Luger P08 Hauptmann Stoltz (Nikolai Prokopovich ) carries a Luger P08 in holster. An SS officer fires a Luger in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A small part of the grip is seen in Stoltz's holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer draws his Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but he is shot by Sashko. Walther P38 A Walther P38 is Grandfather Timofey's (Boris Andreyev ) handgun until he hands the pistol to Dusya Melnikova (Irina Grishina ), leaving a TT for himself.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grandfather Timofey holds his Walther when Dusya appears in his house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sick Timofey holds a Walther. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey gives his Walther to Dusya. Submachine Guns MP40 Some German soldiers and Hilfspolizei carry MP40 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hilfspolizei at the right carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers march with MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s on village market. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 In the opening scene a Soviet sentry carries a Mosin Nagant M1891 rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry at the gates of military enlistment office in Dusya's native town. Karabiner 98AZ German Gefreiter Karl (Yuriy Yershov ) carries a Karabiner 98AZ in the scene in Timofey's house. When he leaves the house, his rifle switches to Karabiner 98k (see below).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karl aims his carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karl carries the Mauser 98AZ. Karabiner 98k Many German soldiers and Hilfspolizei carry Karabiner 98k rifles. Both standard 98k and "Kriegsmodell" late war version, anachronistic for 1942, are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k "Kriegsmodell" - 7.92x57mm Mauser. The "Kriegsmodell" (war model), was a late war simplification to the Kar 98k. The sample is a "semi-Kriegsmodell". Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Karl (Yuriy Yershov ) leaves Timofey's house, his Mauser 98AZ switches to 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hilfspolizei at the left carries a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sashko (Vladimir Artyomov ) carries a 98k "Kriegsmodell". Error creating thumbnail: File missing A drunk German soldier (Vladimir Grigoryev) threatens Dusya with his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He reloads. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds Dusya at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hilfspolizei carry 98k rifles in the scene on village market. A "Kriegsmodell" is seen at the left, and a standard 98k at the background.Other Weapons F-1 (URG) Hand Grenade Dusya Melnikova (Irina Grishina ) carries several F-1 hand grenades . They appear to be training URG version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing URG, practice version of F-1 hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya's Korovin TK and F-1 hand grenades are seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya holds two F-1s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya with an F-1. RG-14/30 What appear to be RG-14/30 hand grenades are seen in hands of Grandfather Timofey (Boris Andreyev ) who uses them as a booby trap.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RG-14/30 Soviet hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey carries a pair of RG-14s tucked in his pants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey makes a booby trap. PMN Mine In one scene Grandfather Timofey (Boris Andreyev ) checks a stock of anti-personnel mines that appear to be Soviet PMN. This mine was issued to service in 1950.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PMN anti-personnel mine, a dummy training version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey examines the mines. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army commander carries a holster for TT-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commandant Hauptmann Stoltz (Nikolai Prokopovich) carries a Luger holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sashko carries a TT holster. Armour Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet post-war BTR-40 APC stand for German vehicle. Berezin UB Berezin UBT machine gun is a defence weapon on Il-2.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berezin UBT, a turret version of UB with spade grips - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 23mm Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 autocannons are main guns on Il-2.
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