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Snow and Ashes Sneg i pepel ) is a Russian 2015 war espionage mini-series directed by Sasha Kiriyenko. In Winter 1942, a large unit of Red Army falls into the enemy encirclement. Only a narrow isthmus in swamps connects this unit with the mainland. While Wehrmacht prepare for a decisive offensive, a German saboteur acts among the Soviet troops, hampering the defence. To expose him, Major Urusov (Denis Shvedov ) of the counterintelligence service begins the investigation.
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Revolvers Nagant M1895 The commander of the partisans unit Yuzefovich (Igor Mosyuk) carries a Nagant M1895 revolver in holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yuzefovich carries a Nagant in holster. Pistols Tokarev TT-33 TT-33 pistols are seen in hands of Major Nikolay Urusov (Denis Shvedov ) who acts under the name of the representative of the Supreme Command headquarters Col. Yampolskiy, the chief of staff Col. Zinoviy Borisovich Velyaminov (Anatoliy Belyy ), Yefreytor Pavel Bezgin (Aleksey Grishin), scout Nikita Breus (Aleksey Krasnotsvetov ), and nurse Natalya (Olga Sutulova ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Velyaminov confronts Yampolskiy with a TT in hand. Two soldiers, accompaniying him, hold Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yampolskiy disarms Velyaminov and holds the TT at his head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yampolskiy on a motorcycle pursues Bezgin and Lidiya Karpovna on a lorry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bezgin draws a TT in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the brawl, Chapkis kicks the pistol off Yampolskiy's hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yampolskiy and Breus aim their pistols at Velyaminov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Velyaminov holds Breus' TT and takes nurse Natalya as hostage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yampolskiy fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natalya with the pistol, taken from Velyaminov. Walther P38 (Denix) Scout Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi) carries a Walther P38 . The appearance of the pistol and visible markings reveal it as a Denix non-firing replica.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix non-firing replica of Walther P38 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev holds the radio operator (Pyotr Logachyov ) of the false partisans unit at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev interrogate the false partisan. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Bodoev's pistol in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same scene is seen in a flashback. The markings on the frame reveal the pistol as a Denix replica. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev fires his pistol during the shootout on the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He is gunned down and falls from the train. The pistol holster is seen. Luger P08 (Denix) Scout Nikita Breus (Aleksey Krasnotsvetov ) carries a Luger P08 . A P08 is also briefly seen in hands of Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi) instead of the latter's common P38. The Luger is a non-firing Denix replica of the early model, identified by the markings on the frame.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix Luger P08 non-firing replica. The screen gun is an early Denix model that has marking "P-08 PARABELLUM" on the frame. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev fires at German sniper Zickler. The muzzle flame is a CGI. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus holds a Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Upon close inspection, the markings can be seen on the frame of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus fires at Zickler. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A screw on the top of the frame, one more sign of a Denix replica, can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus with a Luger (at the background) and Bodoev with a Walther. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Several Soviet soldiers and partisans are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 71 round drum - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers with PPSh-41s guard the hospital room where the only survivor of the explosion on the ammunition depot is kept. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan fires a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with a PPSh guards the arrested German agent. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds a PPSh during the arrest of Velyaminov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier breaks in the room when Velyaminov takes Natalya as hostage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier convoys arrested Bezgin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same scene on a promotional image. MP40 Yefreytor Pavel Bezgin (Aleksey Grishin) fires an MP40 when he tries to escape. Scouts Nikita Breus (Aleksey Krasnotsvetov ) and Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi) are armed with MP40s during the shootout on the train; in other scenes both mainly carry Denix replicas of MP40 (see below). MP40s are also seen in hands of a German soldier and one of the German agents who poses as a partisan.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bezgin fires an MP40 at pursuing Yampolskiy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. The charging handle is seen moving. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A false partisan fires an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the shootout on the train, Breus holds a real MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires an MP40. The moving cover of the chamber is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bezgin fires the MP40 on a promotional image. MP40 (Denix) Nikita Breus (Aleksey Krasnotsvetov ) and Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi) mainly carry Denix non-firing replicas of MP40 submachine guns, idenfitied by the typical greyish silumin surface. Same Denix MP40s are also seen in hands of some German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix non-firing replica of MP40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus and Bodoev follow the traces of the false partisans unit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle and the front sight of Breus' MP40 are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of one of the MP40s when the duo capture Yuzefovich. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus and Bodoev act together with the partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The duo with MP40s. Bodoev also holds a P38 , also a Denix replica (see above). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev uses his submachine gun in close combat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus carries his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev disarms a German sentry on the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires during the shootout on the train. Note the skewed and bent magazine that also lacks the bottom cover. The muzzle flash is obviously a CGI. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus with an MP40. His pistol holster is also seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix MP40s of Breus and Bodoev are seen on promotional images. MP40 (dummy) When Breus and Bodoev jump or fall from the train, their MP40s are replaced with rubber props.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus holds a rubber prop. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev holds a rubber prop. MP38 Due to a continuity error, Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi) is also seen with an MP38 in the scene on the train. An MP38 is also seen in hands of a German soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M38-wielding German soldier on a train is gunned down. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev fires an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The charging handle is seen. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Many Soviet soldiers and partisans carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A centry on an ammunition depot holds an M91/30 rifle with a bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A scout of Maj. Dedukh's training school holds a M91/30 rifle during the training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aged huntsman Uralych (Igor Vukolov) (at the right) and the radio operator (Pyotr Logachyov ) of the false partisans unit (in center) carry M91/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Uralych's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The radio operator carries an M91/30 rifle. The sniper scope of Zickler's Karabiner 98k rifle is seen at the foreground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers, accompaniying Col. Velyaminov, aim at Yampolskiy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three partisans of Yuzefovich's unit carry M91/30 rifles. The muzzle section of the barrel on the rifle in center is absent, probably broken. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan Lyokha (Zakhar Cherezov) (at the right) carries an M91/30 rifle (in previous scene he is seen with an M38 Carbine). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A promotional image shows soldiers in formation, many armed with M91/30 rifles. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine A number of Soviet scouts and partisans are armed with Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines . Some of these carbines lack the front sights.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Scouts of the training school stand in formation. Lukyan Portnov (Yakov Shamshin ; the character is called Kokhanovskiy in credites but Portnov in the film itself) (second from the right) carries an M38 Carbine; next to him Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi) carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same scene is seen from another side. Breus (Aleksey Krasnotsvetov ) (at the far right) and a scout at the far left also carry M38 Carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the training, a scout fires his carbine. This gun lacks the blade and the hood of the front sight, only the base is on place. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breus aims his carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more scout with a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portnov holds a carbine without the front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan Lyokha (Zakhar Cherezov) carries an M38 Carbine without the front sight (later this character's rifle switches to an M91/30). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan holds an M38 Carbine without the front sight on a promotional image. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A promotional images shows a soldier with an M38 Carbine (again without the front sight) who receives an award. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine (visually modified as M1907 Carbine) Several M38 carbines (or maybe M91/30 rifles) are visually modified to resemble M1907 Carbines . The origin of these guns is revealed by the rear sight of 1930 version and the position of crossbolts in the grasping grooves - off center while on original M91s and M07s they were centered.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For reference: Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portnov (Yakov Shamshin ) carries an M07-style carbine during the training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portnov with the same carbine. In this scene his gun several times switches between this rifle and an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A scout fires an M07-style carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more scout with an M07-style carbine on training. Karabiner 98k Several German soldiers and Soviet partisans are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier on the train holds a Kar 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Kar 98k of a German radio operator leans against the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries a Kar 98k rifle. Note the simplified barrel band that didn't exist in 1942 yet. Karabiner 98k Sniper Rifle German sniper Zickler (Romuald Makarenko ) (his military rank is not specified) is armed with a Karabiner 98k with a Hensoldt Wetzlar sniper scope.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the sniper scope. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zickler aims at Yampolskiy on the snow-covered forest road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zickler's rifle on the snow. The Hensoldt Wetzlar scope is clearly visible. This is a pre-war commercial model, not adopted for service officially but still used on military rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the sniper rifle. The bolt is opened. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zickler carries his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Zickler fires at the radio operator and his radio set. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 The commander of the partisans unit Yuzefovich (Igor Mosyuk) and several Soviet soldiers use DP-27 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Tingeev is on duty on the watchtower with a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries a DP-27 on sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 is mounted on a motorcycle sidecar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yuzefovich with a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yuzefovich carries a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yuzefovich carries a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yuzefovich fires a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yuzefovich with a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A motorcycle with a DP-27 is seen on a promotional image. ZB-53 A ZB-53 machine gun (German designation MG 37(t)) is mounted on a flatcar of a German train. It is captured and used by Aslan Bodoev (Antonis Shamanidi).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZB 53 / vz. 37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev sneaking up to a German gunner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev kills the gunner. Note the cartridge belt, filled with prop cartridges with plastic bullets that burn during the firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev fires the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He leaves the empty gun. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade F-1 hand grenades are used by Chapkis (Ignatiy Akrachkov ) and senior nurse Lidiya Karpovna (Alyona Ivchenko).
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing An F-1 grenade and a bayonet of a Mosin Nagant Rifle are seen on the table in Yuzefovich's dugout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An F-1 grenade is planed by Chapkis on an oxygen ballon in the basement of the hospital. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lidiya Karpovna holds a grenade during the car chase. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flashback scene reveals Chapkis planting the grenade. Granatwerfer 34 Mortar When German mortars shell the Soviet positions, two of the three mortars on screen are Granatwerfer 34 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortars in center and at the right are GrW 34 while the one at the left is a BM-37. BM-37 Mortar One of the three German mortars turn out to be a Soviet BM-37 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar, early model Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A BM-37 is seen at the left. Anti-Personnal Mine During the chase after Zickler's group, Bodoev finds a planted anti-personnel mine. The scouts describe it as a German Springmine that contains 365 (360 in reality) steel balls. What is seen, differs from the S-Mine with its typical three-pronged pressure fuze; the fuze itself looks more like Soviet grenade fuze UZRG.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodoev carefully cleans the mine. The fuze is seen. Trivia ML-20 Soviet 152 mm ML-20 guns-howitzers are used to depict the German artillery. In reality, captured ML-20s were highly prized in Wehrmacht and adopted as 15.2 cm KH 433/1(r), so the usage of this guns against the Soviet troops is not impossible. As the guns are shown firing without any artillerymen near them, most likely these are CGI.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pz. IV Tank Scale Models An episode looks funny when a German General Wiedel (Dmitriy Podnozov) is developing an upcoming military operation, moving small models of Pz. IV tanks on the map.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tanks on a "log road". Error creating thumbnail: File missing General moves the models. 
