Shattered Sky (Raskolotoe nebo)
Modern Poster
Shattered Sky (Raskolotoe nebo ) is a Soviet 1979 mini-series directed by Anatoliy Ivanov. During the Great War several Russian military pilots are trained in France. After Russian revolution 1917 they return back, and the Civil war splits former comrades-in-arms between Reds and Whites.
The following weapons were used in the film Shattered Sky (Raskolotoe nebo) :
Revolvers
Nagant M1895
Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used by both Reds and Whites, notably Daniil Semyonovich Shchepkin (Aristarkh Livanov ), former Russian Army and White Army Poruchik and later Red Army pilot, White Army officers Poruchik Leonid Leopoldovich (Leon) Sventitskiy (Sergey Nikonenko ) and Col. Viktor Nikolayevich Cherkizov (Ernst Romanov ). Revolvers are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing White Army Poruchik Mariupolskiy (Dmitri Mirgorodsky ) holds a Nagant during the flight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Molochkov (Viktor Miroshnichenko ), a member of Special Department (military counterintelligence of Red Army), holds a Nagant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shchepkin holds his Nagant. This gun is a personal award weapon, and thus plays a significant role in the plot.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shchepkin hands his Nagant to Sventitskiy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army commander Mikhail Konyaev (Yuriy Nazarov ) leads his soldiers in attack with a Nagant in hand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Sventitskiy holds a Nagant.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Nagant falls from Cherkizov's dead hand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Konyaev (at the left) holds a Nagant while Shchepkin picks up Cherkizov's revolver...
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and finds out that this is his own award gun.
Pistols
Mauser C96 "Bolo"
Red Army pilot Yakov Gnevnyy (Abesalom Loria ) carries a Mauser C96 "Bolo" pistol, out of time for 1919.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gnevnyy carries a Mauser in wooden holster-stock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the grip.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mikhail Konyaev (Yuriy Nazarov ) holds Gnevnyy's Mauser.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Konyaev holds Mauser ammo.
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Percussion Cap Pistol (Possibly Mockup)
A Percussion Cap Pistol is seen on the wall. Its general shape also causes suspicion that it can be a single barreled shotgun, mocked up as percussion cap pistol.
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Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
Red Army soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s. In one scene Daniil Shchepkin (Aristarkh Livanov ) is seen with a rifle.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle of Red Army sentry (Leonid Yanovsky ) is seen at the left.
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Machine Guns
Maxim M1910/30
A Maxim M1910/30 is seen mounted on a makeshift mounting for air gunnery training. A Maxim on standard Sokolov mount is used by Konyaev's soldiers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the mounting.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakov Gnevnyy (Abesalom Loria ) with Maxim.
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MG08/15
An MG08/15 is used as aircraft machine gun.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Daniil Shchepkin (Aristarkh Livanov ) fires an MG08/15, mounted on his plane.
Trivia
Holsters
The series shows a wide variety of handgun holsters, including some anachronistic.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing British pilots Henry Lowford (V. Beliy) and unnamed one (Aleksandr Zadneprovsky) carry holsters for Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model revolvers, standing for Webley revolver holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Army pilots with Nagant holsters.
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Airplanes
Full size replicas (on land) and scale models (in flight) of WW1 era airplanes are seen in the series.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mockup of air bomb, used by White Army pistol Poruchik Baron Aleksandr Tubenshlyak (Yuri Mochalov ) during the aerial bombardment.
Documentary footage of Russian Civil war is seen in the series.
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