Czterej pancerni i pies
Country
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Language
Polish
Channel
Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Creator
"Syrena" and "Nike"
Genre
War / Adventure
Broadcast
1966 - 1970
No. of Seasons
4
No. of Episodes
21
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Czterej pancerni i pies Four Tankers and A Dog ) is a Polish produced war adventure television series which ran from 1966 - 1970. It tells the story of a Polish Army tank crew in the USSR during the Second World War.
The following weapons were used in the television series Four Tankers and A Dog (Czterej pancerni i pies) :
Pistols Tokarev TT-33 Polish troops officers on the Eastern Front are equipped with Soviet Tokarev TT-33 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Olgierd Jarosz (Roman Wilhelmi ) leads his men in the attack with his gun in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. "Gresh" (Wlodzimierz Press ) (left) also uses this pistol. Mauser C96 A relatively rare weapon in the series, even for German soldiers, is the Mauser C96 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Janek Kos (Janusz Gajos ) with a Mauser C96 pistol. Luger P08 German officers primarily use Luger P08 or Walther P38 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS officer uses a pistol to take Russian nurse Marusia as a hostage. Walther P38 The Walther P38 is also widely used by German officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Feldwebel aims his pistol at Janek Kos.
Submachine Guns PPSh-41 The PPSh-41 is by far the most common SMG in the series, and is widely used by Red Army soldiers, Polish soldiers, and even German forces.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns with drum magazines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Lidka (Malgorzata Niemirska ) holds a submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nurse Marusia (Pola Raksa ) is armed with a PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gustlik (Franciszek Pieczek ) and "Gresh" (Wlodzimierz Press ) both hold PPSh-41 submachine guns. File:Barbara Krafftówna-PPSh-41.BMP.jpg Honorata (Barbara Krafftówna ) aims a PPSh-41 at captured Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PPSh-41 is also used by Polish troops. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Feldwebel tries to shoot the dog "Sharik" with a PPSh-41. Captured PPSh submachine guns were used by the Wehrmacht under the name Maschinenpistole 717(r). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Tomek Czeresniak (Wieslaw Golas ) in the Berlin house. MP38 Various characters are seen with MP38 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers are armed with MP38s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Janek Kos (Janusz Gajos ) with a captured German submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Gustaw Jeleń (Franciszek Pieczka ) defends a position against the odds. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. "Gresh" Saakashvili (Wlodzimierz Press ) with an MP38 taken from a disarmed German soldier. Lanchester Mk. I* The Lanchester Mk. I* is used by Japanese troops. It may be used as a stand-in for a Type 100 submachine gun, which was really used by Japan.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lanchester Mk. I* - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Japanese paratrooper fires a submachine gun on the Janka.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing It appears to be a Lanchester Mk. I* . Sten Mk II Pvt. Tomek Czeresniak (Wieslaw Golas ) uses the Sten Mk II submachine gun in "Zamiana" (S2E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Janek (Janusz Gajos ) fires at Japanese with his 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun . Rifles Mosin Nagant M91/30 Soviet and Polish infantry primarily use the Mosin Nagant M91/30 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army soldier fires his rifle at the German airplane. Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine Some Soviet and Polish troops use the Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish soldier with M38 carbine on his back. Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine Mr. Czeresniak (Tadeusz Fijewski ) uses a Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mr. Czeresniak (Tadeusz Fijewski ) is seen with M1944 carbine. Mauser Karabiner 98k German infantry primarily uses the Karabiner 98k . Scoped versions are also used by snipers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Janek Kos (Janusz Gajos ) holds a German rifle in his hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Jeleń (Franciszek Pieczka ) is disguised as a German soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k with "dow" scope and hooded front sight - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpt. Baranov (Janusz Paluszkiewicz ) with a captured Karabiner 98k . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Janek Kos has also become an excellent sniper. AKS-47 The AKS-47 is seen several times in the hands of German and Polish soldiers. While certainly anachronistic for World War II, it may be an attempted stand-in for the German Sturmgewehr 44 . It's worth noting that an AK-47 with a wooden stock would better depict a Sturmgewehr, but due to unknown reasons, the folding-stock AKS-47 is used instead.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type III AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt Grigoriy Saakashvili (Wlodzimierz Press ) fires an AKS-47. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt Grigoriy Saakashvili holds the AKS-47 with stock folded. Machine guns Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun Janek (Janusz Gajos) uses the Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyarev DP-28 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DT Series Machine Gun During the war, several crew members of the tank "Rudy" use the Degtyaryov DT machine gun, in both a coaxial mount and infantry configuration.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lidka is occasionally seen using the Degtyaryov DT machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mmR. The DT could be dismounted from the tank or armored car and used with a bipod as the light machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Franek Wichura (Witold Pyrkosz ) fires the DT machine gun with a bipod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol grip and magazine are seen. Maxim M1910/1930 Polish troops are seen with THE Maxim M1910/30 .
Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish soldiers are transported across the river Oder with the support of a Maxim M1910/30. MG42 German troops are equipped with the MG42 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his MG42 machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. "Gresh" (Wlodzimierz Press) beats back the German attacks while firing a machine gun. MG34 German troops also use the older MG34 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goryunov SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun seen here is actually the post-war SGMB modification. 37-mm M1939 (61-K) A 37-mm M1939 (61-K) is seen during the Battle of Berlin.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing An 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun on the streets of Berlin. Hand Grenades F-1 hand grenade Soviet and Polish soldiers are seen with F-1 hand grenades .
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier (left) with F-1 hand grenades in his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish soldiers play with a hand grenade on the table. Model 24 Stielhandgranate German soldiers use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate . Polish troops are seen with captured examples.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German infantryman prepares to throw a Model 24 Stielhandgranate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Tomek awakens the crew of "Rudy" with a hand grenade. File:Barbara Krafftówna-M24 shg.jpg Honorata (Barbara Krafftówna ) throws a hand grenades at the Germans one by one. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Gustaw Jeleń safely catches a hand grenade. Flare pistols OSP-30 Flare Pistol Col. Tadeusz (Tadeusz Kalinowski ) gives the signal to launch an attack with a OSP-30 Flare Pistol .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hebel Flare Pistol M1894 Wehrmacht forces use the Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hebel Flare Pistol M1894 - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German officer fires on a car driven by Cpl. Jelen. Launchers Panzerfaust The Panzerfaust is used by German and Polish troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier on the bridge prepares to fire on the tank "Rudy" with a Panzerfaust. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Jeleń (Franciszek Pieczka ) using a Panzerfaust to open the water tank. Flamethrowers LPO-50 flamethrower An anachronistic 1950s Soviet LPO-50 flamethrower is used by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing LPO-50 flamethrower Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier uses an LPO-50 flamethrower . Mortars 82mm BM-37 mortar Soviet 82mm BM-37 mortars are used as a substitution for German GrW 34s . The mortars used in the series are of late-war or post-war modification.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar, late version Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German mortars fire at positions of Polish troops. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In defense of the fort, Gustlik (Franciszek Pieczka) uses mortar ammunition as hand grenades. Other 45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) Polish troops use the 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) during a battle.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Legendary Tank "Rudy" crosses the river Oder. Tiger I The Tiger I tanks are actually converted T-34 and IS-2 tanks.
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