The Jackal (Shakal) is a 2016 Russian detective TV series. The plot is set in Moscow in 1972. Militsiya Maj. Ivan Petrovich Tcherkasov (Andrey Smolyakov) and his team investigate a row of robberies, committed by the gang that uses Militsiya uniform and AK assault rifles.
Shakal is the fourth installment in the TV series about detective Ivan Tcherkasov.
The following weapons were used in the television series The Jackal (Shakal):
Sergey Matyushin (Sergey Belov), one of the gang members, uses a TT-33 in several scenes. A TT is also seen in hands of Militsiya Lt. Vasiliy Ivantsov (Filipp Gurevich); in reality TT was already removed from service of Soviet law enforcement in 1970s.
Makarov PM pistols are widely seen throughout the series. Most of these guns turn out to be gas-firing IZh-79 (see below) but some genuine PMs also can be seen, notably in hands of the gang member Mikhail Vladimirovich Podkolzin aka Uncle Misha (Yuriy Itskov).
Most PM pistols in the series turn out to be IZh-79 gas-firing version. They are used by gang members Uncle Misha (Yuriy Itskov), Ilya Lyubovskiy (Pavel Chinaryov), Nyura Gorbatova (Aleksandra Bortich) and Sergey Matyushin (Sergey Belov), and by Militsiya personnel, including Maj. Ivan Petrovich Tcherkasov (Andrey Smolyakov), Capt. Kozyrev (Dmitriy Mazurov), Maj. Nikita Pozhidaev (Yuriy Tarasov) and Sr. Lt. Aleksey Garkusha (Aleksey Bardukov).
Militsiya personnel use AKM assault rifles in several scenes. Some of these guns lack the typical slanted muzzle compensators but shapes of receivers and front sights match AKM.
During the robberies the gang use AKS-74U assault rifles, not fitting for 1972. According to the storyline, these AKS-74U were trial guns, stolen from TOZ. In reality AKS-74U was designed only in late 1970s, and the trial guns were produced by Izhmash.
In one scene Sonya Timofeeva shows photos of AK-74 (describing it as an AKM) and AKS-74U to Tcherkasov.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSonya Timofeeva: "This is Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy. Index 6P1. Put into service in 1959".Error creating thumbnail: File missingSonya Timofeeva: "And this Kalashnikov is in the development stage. Unlike the previous model, it is chambered in 5.45mm caliber." Tcherkasov: "In development, and already shooting?" Timofeeva: "Yes. It is developed by the Izhevsk plant, and the trial guns are manufactured in Tula."
