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Chernobyl

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Chernobyl (2019)

Chernobyl is a 2019 HBO miniseries documenting the 1986 nuclear disaster and the ensuing aftermath.


The following weapons were used in the miniseries Chernobyl:


Makarov PM

Soviet soldiers and police throughout the series can be seen armed with Makarov PM pistols as their standard sidearms. In one scene, a soldier grows frustrated trying to get an elderly woman to evacuate and draws his Makarov and shoots her cow in order to force her to leave.

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Makarov PM 9x18mm Makarov

Mosin-Nagant M91/30

Soviet soldiers assigned to eliminate contaminated animals in the Chernobyl exclusion zone can be seen using Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifles.

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Mosin-Nagant M91/30 7.62x54mm R

AKM Rifle

Some soldiers, such as those those at the funeral held for firefighters who responded to the explosion at the plant, can be seen armed with AKM rifles. In another scene however, a pair of soldiers can be seen with AKM's fitted with AK-74 style muzzle brakes, but they're given away by the curved 7.62mm magazines (one even using a metal magazine instead of orange Bakelite like his comrade.

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AKM 7.62x39mm
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Soviet soldiers armed with AKM rifles serving as an honor guard for firefighters who died responding to the Chernobyl plant explosion
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A pair of Soviet soldiers carrying AKM rifles mocked up as AK-74's, the one on the right having a metal magazine making it even more obvious

KPVT Heavy Machine Gun

During the evacuation of Pripyat, BRDM-2 scout vehicles can be seen, complete with turret-mounted KPVT heavy machine guns.

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KPVT Heavy Machine Gun 14.5x114mm
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A woman observes a BRDM-2 scout vehicle, complete with KPVT heavy machine gun, when the evacuation of Pripyat is being announced