Under Martial Law
Original Russian Poster
Under Martial Law Po zakonam voyennogo vremeni ) is a 1983 Soviet war drama directed by Igor Slabnevich. The story takes place in Autumn 1941. Four Red Army soldiers are late for a train that goes to the frontline. As they may be taken for deserters and punished "under martial law" (that's the source of the title of the movie), they try to catch up the train as soon as possible. But during their way they encounter a group of German commandos and prevent them to destroy a railway bridge by the cost of their lives.
The following weapons were used in the film Under Martial Law (Po zakonam voyennogo vremeni) :
Handguns Nagant M1895 A Nagant M1895 is Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Dybaylo's (Boris Smorchkov ) service sidearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38N Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dybaylo with a Nagant in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the revolver. Tokarev TT-33 Lts. Krinitsyn (Vladimir Shirokov ) and Tolokonnikova (Olga Ageyeva ), and Capt. Podelkov (Zhorzh Novitskiy ) carry Tokarev TT-33 pistols. In one scene Lt. Krinitsyn's pistol is taken by his younger brother Gleb (Aleksey Yasulovich ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boris Krinitsyn unloads his pistol before handing it to his brother Gleb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gleb Krinitsyn, dressed in his brother's uniform, poses with a pistol at the mirror. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Krinitsyn's pistol. It's a correct pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Tolokonnikova's pistol is seen next to her body. Unlike Krinitsyn's pistol, it's a postwar version. Submachine Guns MP40 MP40 SMGs are carries by German soldiers. During the climactic scene a captured MP40 is fired by Starshina Dybaylo (Boris Smorchkov ) and then by Pvt. Stavrovsky (Igor Yasulovich ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dybaylo picks up the MP40... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and opens fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with MP40 hides under Dybaylo's fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stavrovsky with MP40. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Most Red Army soldiers carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, often with bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with M91/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries an M91/30 rifle. Tokarev SVT-40 A group of Red Army cavalrymen that patrol the railroad station and vicinity carry Tokarev SVT-40 semi-auto rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SVT is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A patrolman (Valeriy Denisov) fires his SVT during the scene on the railroad station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cavalryman (V. Tyuremnov) carries an SVT. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 In the opening scene a soldier fires a DP-27 at German planes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier takes a DP... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and fires at a German bomber. PK (Mocked up as MG34) In the climactic scene German soldiers use a PK machine gun, mocked up as MG34 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires the fake MG. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the machine gun. Maxim M-4 Quad Mounting The M-4 AA quad mounting of Maxim M1910/30 is seen in the opening scene, mounted on a railroad flatcar.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 in M-4 AA quad mounting Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M-4 is mounted on a flatcar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing It fires at German bombers. Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate German soldiers carry Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades. Starshina Dybaylo (Boris Smorchkov ) uses two captured grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two grenades are tucked at the belt of a dead German soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starshina Dybaylo crosses the river in an inflatable boat, hiding inside so that the boat would look abandoned. He holds a Nagant M1895 and two grenades. 
