Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Penal Battalion (2004)The Penal Battalion (Russian: Shtrafbat, штрафбат) is a 2004 Russian eleven-part miniseries, directed by Nikolay Dostal, set on the Eastern Front of World War II. Vasilii Tverdokhlebov (Aleksey Serebryakov ) is the sole survivor of a firing squad after his unit is captured by the Germans during Operation Barbarossa. Accused of cowardice and desertion, he is given a choice: summary execution, or the task of leading a battalion of political prisoners, petty criminals, deserters, and those accused of cowardice in suicidal missions as "redemption".
The following weapons can be seen in the miniseries The Penal Battalion :
Sidearms Luger P08 Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ) captures a Luger P08 in Episode 2. He is noticeably seen using it to execute a thief in Episode 3.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ) with a Luger P08 in his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glymov cocking the Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glymov fires the Luger. Russian Nagant 1895 In a flashback to his civilian days, Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ) is seen playing Russian Roulette with a Nagant M1895 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ) with a Russian Nagant 1895 revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Playing Roulette. Tokarev TT-33 Russian officers carry the Tokarev TT-33 in hip holsters. It is only drawn twice in the series however; once by an NKVD officer in a fight with a Russian soldier, and by a police officer in a flashback.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier struggling with a Tokarev TT-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A police officer draws his Tokarev. Walther P38 A captured Walther P38 is seen on a table in Episode 3. In Episode 5, a German soldier is seen reaching for a P38, only to be shot by Russian soldiers before he can use it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Walther P38 on a table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier eyes a P38. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Vasilii Tverdokhlebov (Aleksey Serebryakov ) and other Russian officers and soldiers carry the PPSh-41 , with 71-round drum magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasilii Tverdokhlebov (Aleksey Serebryakov ) urges his troops to attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasilii leading from the front with his PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasilii firing his PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PPSh-41 leaning against a window. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh-41 on an officer's desk. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasilii with his PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasilii firing the PPSh during a river crossing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sweeping a trench. MP38 German soldiers carry the MP38 . Several Russian soldiers use captured MP38s throughout the series, most noticeably Aleksey Shustrov (Aleksandr Bashirov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the MP38 in a Russian soldier's hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksey Shustrov (Aleksandr Bashirov ) with an MP38 slung. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shustrov with his MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shustrov during a night patrol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MP38 clutched by a wounded German soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers firing MP38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier crawling with his MP38. MP40 The main submachine gun for the Germans is the MP40 . They are also carried by Russian soldiers, most notably Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MP40 next to a wounded German soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ) goes Rambo with a captured MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier demonstrates a new way to use the weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glymov loads a new magazine into his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glymov cleaning his weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier with an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of an MP40 being fired by a German soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glymov taking cover with his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier firing his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glymov fires his MP40 during a river crossing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MP40 lying next to a dead Russian soldier. Rifles Mosin Nagant M91/30 The Penal Battalion soldiers are issued the Mosin Nagant M1891/30 before first going into combat. Although many quickly swap it for the MP40, it is seen used throughout the rest of the series by replacements and other Russian soldiers. Father Mikhail (Dmitriy Nazarov ) carries a Mosin Nagant when he becomes the Battalion chaplain.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian instructor demonstrates how to assemble the Mosin Nagant M91/30. Note that there is no trigger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Penal Battalion recruits with Mosin Nagant rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three recruits clean their rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antip Glymov (Yuriy Stepanov ) under fire with his Mosin Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier works the bolt on his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A stack of rifles taken from casualties. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A battalion soldier decides to sacrifice his foot to avoid going into combat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier fires his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier clearing a trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Father Mikhail (Dmitriy Nazarov ) fires his Mosin Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier fires his rifle. Also seen in this image are two MP38 and one PPSh-41 submachine guns. Karabiner 98k The main weapon of the German soldiers is the Karabiner 98k . Several Russian soldiers are seen using them. In Episode 7, several German soldiers have bayonets fitted to their rifles during urban combat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian defectors Nikolay Evseev (Igor Lebedev) (at the left) and Aleksand Sazonov (Aleksey Pushkin ) (at the right) with Karabiner 98k rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German is shocked into surrendering, courtesy of a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of a bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier with a captured 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier firing his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Working the bolt. Another German can be seen with a Karabiner. PTRD-41 Several Russian soldiers carry and use the PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRD-41 - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers manning a PTRD-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chudilin (Timofey Tribuntsev ) sports the thousand-yard stare. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian crew with their PTRD. PTRS-41 In Episode 6, the Battalion is issued several PTRS-41 and PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles, which they use several times throughout the rest of the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRS-41 - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers lugging a PTRS-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Russian soldiers await the order to fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing And the trigger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Father Mikhail (Dmitriy Nazarov ) mans a PTRS-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers displace with the PTRS. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PTRS in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dead Russian soldier with his PTRS-41. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 At the beginning of the series, the battalion is issued several Degtyaryov DP-27 machine guns, which are used throughout the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyarev DP-28 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of Degtyaryov DP-27 machine guns on a table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier running into action with his DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier firing point-blank into a bunker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Resting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier hauls a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier fires his DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier firing the DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian soldiers in defensive positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier with a DP during a river crossing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sweeping a trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dead soldier besides his DP-27. Maxim M1910/30 Among the weapons issued to the battalion are several Maxim M1910/30 machine guns, which are typically fired from the Solokov wheel mount. Father Mikhail (Dmitriy Nazarov ) is noticeably seen firing it to repel a German counterattack in Episode 12. NKVD barrier troops use the Maxim to fire on retreating Russians in Episode 3.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910 on a table. Note a smooth water jacket. MG34 German soldiers use the MG34 , although it is only fired once in the series. In Episode 4, two marching Russian soldiers carry MG34's.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 in a captured trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 behind Shustrov (Aleksandr Bashirov ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marching Russian soldiers with captured machine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German machine gunner firing an MG34. Grenades F-1 Hand Grenade Aleksey Shustrov (Aleksandr Bashirov ) throws an F-1 hand grenade into a German bunker in Episode 2. Two grenades are also seen besides a PTRS-41 in Episode 7.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian soldier holds a bundle of RGD-33. Other Weapons 45mm 53-K AT Gun A 45mm 53K AT gun is seen during a river crossing.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
