Battery Number One
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Battery Number One Edinichka ("The one" or "Number one"; TV release title Boevaya edinichka ("Combat unit number one")) is a Russian 2015 war drama directed by Kirill Belevich. The plot is set in September 1944 on Soviet-German front in Poland. Soviet artillery battery has a mission to keep position at the important bridge. Arriving at the position, Lt. Egorov organizes an observation post in a destroyed monastery. There he discovers a group of deaf orphans under the care of the surviving nun Eva. Repelling attacks of German SS unit, Soviet soldiers try to hold position and to save children. The situation is complicated, as a group of Polish resistance head to the bridge with a mission to destroy it, but at last Soviet and Polish soldiers unit together on the last stand.
Note: the movie was released in 2015 as theatrical version and in 2017 as four-part TV version under the slightly different title. This page is based on the TV version.
The following weapons were used in the film Battery Number One (Boevaya edinichka) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Kolya (Dobrynya Belevich-Obolenskiy), a Russian kid who escaped from a Nazi concentration camp, finds a Nagant M1895 on the body of dead Soviet pilot. In one scene this revolver switches to a blank-firing Blef and then back to a common Nagant. When Kolya's revolver is seen in hands of SS-Obersturmführer Harold (Fitz van Thom), the gun turns out to be a different prop, fitted with a front sight of an original Belgian version of Nagant M1895. A Nagant revolver is also a sidearm of field telephone operator Jr. Sgt. Nadya Tikhomirova (Arina Borisova).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolya finds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolya aims the revolver at a Hilfspolizei who assaults Eva. Despite the cylinder is empty, a gunshot follows. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolya shows the revolver to Lt. Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov unloads the revolver before giving it back to Kolya. In next scene the revolver switches to a blank-firing "Blef" (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-Obersturmführer Harold fires the revolver near Kolya's head, testing if the boy is really deaf-mute as he pretends to be. The ejector rod falls out of the socket; in next moment it is seen on place. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the revolver in Harold's hands. Note the front sight of the original Belgian model (possibly a modern replica, attached to a common Russian/Soviet manufactured Nagant). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nadya Tikhomirova with a Nagant. Nagant M1895 "Blef" Blank-firing "Blef" (VPO-503 "Nagan-S") is used instead of a genuine Nagant M1895 in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Blef" (VPO-503 "Nagan-S"), a blank-firing version of Nagant M1895 - .22 Gevelot small cap Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolya plays with the revolver. The Nagant lacks the ejector rod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The boy encounters an SS-man. Note the groove on the frame between the cylinder and the barrel. Pistols TT-33 TT-33 pistols are service sidearms of Soviet officers Lt. Anatoliy Egorov (Ilya Korobko ), the commander of the artillery battery, and Lt. Semyon Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin ), the zampolit (deputy for political matters) of the battery. Both pistols are of post-1947 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov fires his TT during the night attack of the SS unit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov, covered in blood and soot, fires his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A jammed blank cartridge is seen in Egorov's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov fires his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Finogenov's pistol when he confronts Porucik Stefan Romanowski. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov in grapple with SS-Obersturmführer Harold. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A strange pin is seen in the back part of frame below the slide. Possibly it has something with the deactivating of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle of Egorov's pistol is seen. Walther P38 The commander of SS unit SS-Obersturmführer Harold (Fitz van Thom) and the commander of Polish resistance group Porucik (Lt.) Stefan Romanowski (Marcin Stec ) carry Walther P38 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harold holds his P38 during the opening credits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Romanowski holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov with a TT and Romanowski with a P38 on the last stand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harold fires at Nadya Tikhomirova. Submachine Guns PPS-43 Lts. Anatoliy Egorov (Ilya Korobko ) and Semyon Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin ) carry PPS-43 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov fires his PPS during the encounter with an encircled group of German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov inspects the vicinity of the artillery position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov holds his PPS during the first skirmish with SS-men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov fires his PPS. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov carries his PPS. His TT holster is seen perfectly. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov carries his PPS during the battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov reloads his submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov holds the PPS during the final battle. PPSh-41 Many Soviet soldiers, notably Sr.Sgt. Yakov Sergeevich Gudyma (Sergey Gabrielyan ), Sgts. Mikael Gevorkyan (Michael Janibekyan ) and Pavel Zhilkin (Aleksandr Vershinin ), Pvts. Zinatullin (Iskander Shaykhutdinov), Tyurin (Aleksey Polyakov), Astakhov (Ilya Kiporenko), Anatoliy Ivanov (Azamat Nigmanov ) and Kulebyaka (Andrey Fandeev). Nearly all PPSh-41s are fitted with drum magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zinatullin with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tyurin holds a PPSh during the skirmish in the monastery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhilkin holds a PPSh when covering under the enemy fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gudyma fires his PPSh during the night attack on the battery positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gevorkyan holds his PPSh when Soviet soldiers save Kolya. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Astakhov fires his PPSh at pursuing German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Gevorkyan's PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zignatullin fires a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gevorkyan and another soldier fire their submachine guns, defending Eva and children. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kulebyaka with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivanov, a Kazakh with Russian name, takes a PPSh from his dead comrade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivanov furiously fires at German tankers leaving a destroyed tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Tyurin fires a PPSh in his last seconds. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nadya Tikhomirova (Arina Borisova) takes a PPSh of a dead soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nadya on last stand, defending the dugout where the children hide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the soldiers of reinforcement holds a PPSh with stick magazine. MP38 MP38 submachine guns are used by German soldiers, notably SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) (in several scenes his insignia changes to an SS-Sturmmann), and Polish resistance fighters. Some Soviet soldiers and officers, notably Yefreytor Aleksandr Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov ), use captured MP38s.
Trivia: nearly all professional actors, seen with MP38s and MP40s, handle their submachine guns inaccurate, gripping the bottom part of the magazine. Contrary, the reenactors in the roles of German soldiers demonstrate proper handling.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyutikov fires an MP38 during the shootout on the road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Lyutikov's MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gustav fires his MP38 during the skirmish in the monastery. In next scene he is seen with an MP40 and then again with an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyutikov with MP38 in same scene. After the shootout he is seen with an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man fires an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gustav again fires an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gustav with MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Egorov (Ilya Korobko ) with a captured MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Egorov fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man readies his MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin ) fires a captured MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Polish resistance fighter (Viktor Belomestnov) fires an MP38. MP40 German soldiers also are armed with MP40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-men hold MP38s and MP40s during the execution of Polish partisans and nuns who hid partisans in the monastery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) fires an MP40 during the skirmish in the monastery. In previous moment he is seen with an MP38, and later his MP40 again switches to an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yefreytor Aleksandr Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov ) carries a captured MP40.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Konrad (Konrad Kujawski), an SS executioneer, carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man fires his MP40 during the attack on Soviet observation post. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-Sturmmann fires point-blank at Lyutikov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the muzzle of MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Polish resistance fighter (Viktor Belomestnov) carries a pair of captured MP40s (in addition to his own MP38, see above). Sten Mk II Porucik (Lt.) Stefan Romanowski (Marcin Stec ) and one of his men, Franciszek (Rafal Zawierucha ) are armed with Sten Mk II submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franciszek holds a Sten at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romanowski's Sten is seen in the scene in the forest camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romanowski fires the submachine gun. A spent cartrige is seen in midair. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frantiszek with a Sten and a sniper rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Romanowski's Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romanowski fires his Sten during the final battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov with an MP38 and Romanowski with a Sten. Rifles and Assault Rifles Sturmgewehr 44 One of the SS-men carries a Sturmgewehr 44 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz Error creating thumbnail: File missing An StG 44 is seen in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He is gunned down and drops his weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character is gunned down one more time. SVT-40 Several Soviet soldiers and one of the SS-men are armed with SVT-40 rifles. Captured SVT-40s were really used by Wehrmacht and SS troops, designated as Selbstladegewehr 259(r).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry carries an SVT-40 with bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man with an SVT-40 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He reloads the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier is gunned down and drops his weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SVT-40 is seen in hands of one of the attacking Soviet soldiers in the final scene. Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine Soviet artillerymen Anatoliy Ivanov (Azamat Nigmanov ), Kats (Andrey Natotsinskiy) and Uruzbaev (Bain Bovaldinov) are armed with Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbines , a brand new gun for September 1944. The folding bayonets are removed from all carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Ivanov's M44 Carbine in the scene of air bombardment. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uruzbaev carries an M44 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Gudyma with a PPSh-41 and Kats with an M44 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivanov fires his carbine during the German night attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uruzbaev carries an M44 Carbine (at the left). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the barrel. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine In the final scene both Ivanov and Uruzbaev are armed with Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines instead of previously seen M1944s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uruzbaev carries an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivanov carries an M38 Carbine while loading the ZiS-3. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Ivanov's M38 Carbine. Note the deactivating slot in the bottom part of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Ivanov's M38 Carbine. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Full-length Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are briefly seen in hands of Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with M91/30 rifles in attack. Strangely, the front sights lack hoods. Karabiner 98k German soldiers and Hilfspolizei personnel widely use Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man with a 98k in the scene of the execution of Polish nuns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with 98k rifles, MP38 and MP40 SMGs during the execution. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Ukrainian Hilfspolizei (Maksimilian Czeron) who just killed a Polish survivor holds a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle of another Ukrainian Hilfspolizei (Dariusz Maj). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man holds a 98k rifle during the skirmish with Lt. Egorov and his soldiers in the monastery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tyurin (Aleksey Polyakov) holds two captured rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier falls, gunned down by Lyutikov's machine gun. The bolt of his rifle is open. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good closeup of a 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers on guard of evacuated archive of Abwehr (German military intelligence service). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier aims at Lt. Egorov. Karabiner 98k (dummy) Some Karabiner 98k rifles turn out to be dummies.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dummy 98k rifle in hands of SS-man during the close combat with Lt. Egorov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier of the mortar battery carries a dummy 98k rifle. Karabiner 98k Sniper Rifle The Polish resistance unit has a single Karabiner 98k with a sniper scope. It is used by Agatha (Elena Glazkova) and then by Franciszek (Rafal Zawierucha ). The sniper scope is wrapped for camouflage, so it's hard to identify the exact version, but the general outlook resembles Soviet PSO-1, issued in 1963 for SVD sniper rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k Sniper with Zeiss ZF42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser. The screen gun has a different sniper scope. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Agatha aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sniper rifle is seen in the forest camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franciszek aims. The general shape of the sniper scope is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Franciszek's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franciszek holds his rifle in action. Mauser short rifle with trench magazine An SS-man holds a Mauser short rifle, fitted with a 20- or 25-round trench magazine, designed for a Gewehr 98 during the WW1. The rifle looks very similar to the Karabiner 98k but has grooves on the stock and generally seems longer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Gewehr 24(t) (Czech vz. 24) with trench magazine - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pattern 1914 Enfield Polish resistance fighter Ruzek (Ilya Pivnyuk) carries a Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pattern M1914 (P 14) Enfield - .303 UK Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruzek holds his rifle at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruzek with his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the stock allows to identify the rifle as British Pattern 1914 rather than US M1917. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruzek in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruzek reloads... but a grenade explodes behind him. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Soviet artillerymen use two DP-27 machine guns. During the battle they are used by Pvt. Klyuev (Vladislav Dorofeev), Yefreytor Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov ), Sgt. Gevorkyan (Michael Janibekyan ) and Pvt. Tyurin (Aleksey Polyakov).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP in the car during the march of the artillery battery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Klyuev takes the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 on the observation post in the monastery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Klyuev fires the DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyutikov fires the DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Lyutikov's DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After Klyuev is killed, Gevorkyan fires his machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tyurin replaces Gevorkyan at the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 in hands of a Soviet soldier from a late reinforcement. Degtyaryov DT A Degtyaryov DT is seen mounted on a Soviet T-34-85 tank.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the frontal DT machine gun is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34 in attack in the final scene. The DT is seen firing (possibly this is not a real muzzle flame but a CGI effect). MG42 The SS unit uses an MG42 . When mounted on the motorcycle, it is used with free belt, and in all other scenes the machine gun is fitted with an ammo drum.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG42 is mounted on the motorcycle during the mass execution of Polish partisans and nuns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG42 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries an MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loading. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gunner fires at Finogenov and Romanowski. MG34 Panzerlauf Two fake German tanks (visually modified T-54) have frontal MG34 Panzerlauf machine guns. These MG34s are hardly complete guns, but possibly genuine barrels, fitted to the tank construction, were used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frontal machine guns are seen. Maxim A graphic image of a Maxim machine gun is seen during the opening credits. The machine gun is probably an M1910 or M1910/30 model but the barrel isn't seen that hampers the identification of the actual version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Maxim M1910/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate German soldiers widely use Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier throws a grenade during the night attack on Soviet positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with SVT-40 carries a grenade in his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franciszek (Rafal Zawierucha ) reaches a grenade that falls in the trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He tries to throw it back... but it is too late. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up shows the preparation of the grenade to throw. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-Rottenführer Gustav (Stanislav Callas) and his soldiers throw grenades into the Soviet trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A grenade falls in the trench. A lot of 7.62mm rifle cartridges lying on the ground; some star crimped ends, indicating blank ammo, are clearly distinguishable. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Eva covers a grenade with her body to save the children. Model 17 Stielhandgranate At least a single stick grenade of many, used by German soldiers, turns out to be a Model 17 Stielhandgranate (possibly a modern replica), identified by the belt clip on the head.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 17 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with a Karabiner 98k and a Model 17 Stielhandgranate. F-1 Hand Grenade An F-1 hand grenade is seen in hands of Sgt. Gevorkyan (Michael Janibekyan ).
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gevorkyan holds a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the F-1. Hafthohlladung Anti Tank Mine Hafthohlladung Anti Tank Mines are seen in several scenes. A German soldier tries to destroy a Soviet ZiS-3 gun with a Hafthohlladung during the night attack. Later Lt. Egorov (Ilya Korobko ) and Pvt. Kulebyaka (Andrey Fandeev) use captured Hafthohlladung mines against a German tank.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hafthohlladung H3.5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the night attack a German soldier plants a Hafthohlladung on a Soviet gun, but Sgt. Gudyma disarms it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Egorov and Yefreytor Lyutikov find a crate with Hafthohlladung that was abandoned by retreating Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov ) examines a mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shell-shoked Egorov makes an attempt to destroy a German tank with a mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He activates the mine but collapses. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kulebyaka takes already activated mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He plants the Hafthohlladung on the German tank. Tellermine 35 (Stahl) Anti-tank Mine A German Tellermine 35 (Stahl) anti-tank mine is seen in one scene. A Polish boy accidentally steps on it, and Lt. Finogenov (Andrey Merzlikin ) explains that this is an anti-tank mine that reacts on vehicles pressure no less than 190 kg.
Tellermine 35 (Stahl) Anti-tank mine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov carefully disarms the mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finogenov extracts the mine... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and hands it to Pvt. Tyurin. POMZ-2 Anti-personnel Mine In one scene Yefreytor Lyutikov (Mikhail Evlanov ) examines a POMZ-2 anti-personnel mine that he planted previous night.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing POMZ-2M anti-personnel mine Error creating thumbnail: File missing BM-37 Mortar The SS unit uses two mortars during the battle. These are Soviet BM-37 Mortars , standing for German Granatwerfer 34 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar, early model Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortars are loaded. A shell is seen in hands of a soldier at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the mortar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view from another side. Note the thin wire in the muzzle; it turns out to be an ignition of a pyrotechnical charge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortar shells. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortars in action. Pak 40 A destroyed AT gun, likely a Pak 40 , is seen in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The destroyed AT gun is seen at the left. ZiS-3 The Soviet artillery battery is armed with two 76.2mm ZiS-3 field guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZiS-3 (M1942) divisional gun - 76.2x385mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZiS-3 on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loading. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZiS-3 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Finogenov at the gun. Tanks T-34-85 T-34-85 tanks are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-85 tank. The barrel of the frontal Degtyaryov DT is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-85 in attack in the final scene. T-54 (mocked up as German tanks) Visually modified T-54 tanks appear as German Tiger-style tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake Tiger in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Destroyed tank near the grave of Soviet soldiers. The barrel of frontal MG34 Panzerlauf is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another similar tank in the second attack on Soviet positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing It is also destroyed. Again the frontal machine gun is seen. Matilda II A destroyed Matilda II tank is seen in one scene. This is a real Lend-Lease tank, used as a static decoration in several Russian 2010s war films, like Belyy tigr
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the twin smoke grenade launcher on the right side of the turret. The launcher mechanisms are based on sawed-off Lee-Enfield rifles with dischargers. This particular launcher probably has only rusty tubes, without firing mechanisms. Airplanes German Ju-87 bombers and Soviet La-5 fighter are seen in the movie. These planes are CGI.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ju-87 attack Soviet positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing La-5 attacks enemy bombers. 
