The Battle of Stalingrad
Original poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Josef Stalin
Aleksei Dikij
Gen. Col. Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky
Yuri Shumsky
Gen. Col. Nikolay Nikolayevich Voronov
Vasiliy Merkuryev
Gen. Lt. Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Boris Livanov
Gen. Col. Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Gen. Lt. Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov
Nikolai Simonov
Gen. Maj. Alexander Ilich Rodimtsev
Sergei Brzhesky
Col. Ivan Ilyich Lyudnikov
Mikhail Nazvanov
Sgt. Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov
Leonid Knyazev
Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Vladimir Gajdarov
The Battle of Stalingrad Stalingradskaya bitva ) is a Soviet B&W 1949 two-part epic war movie, directed by Vladimir Petrov. It depicts the the Battle of Stalingrad. The Part I (also released in English as The First Front ) covers the events of Summer and Autumn 1942, including the German offensive at the Don and Volga and the Soviet defence of Stalingrad. The Part II , released half a year later (another English release title The Victors and the Vanquished ), depicts late Autumn and Winter 1942/43: the fighting in the city, Soviet victorous offensive and surrender of encircled German troops.
The following weapons were used in the film The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part II :
Pistols Tokarev TT-33 Soviet officers carry Tokarev TT-33 pistols.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer in center draws and surrenders his Luger. Walther P38 German officers also use Walther P38 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer in fur cap fires his P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer fires a P38. Beretta M1923 A Beretta pistol is a personal handgun of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus (Vladimir Gajdarov). Upon a close inspection it appears to be an M1923 rather than more common M1934/35.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 1923 - 9x19mm Glisenti Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paulus surrenders his pistol to Soviet officer. In reality he didn't carry a handgun when surrendered. Femaru 37M A Femaru 37M is a personal handgun of Paulus' Chief of staff Gen. Lt. Arthur Schmidt (Vladimir Vsevolodov).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing German issued Pistole M37 - 7.65 x 17mm Browning. Note thumb safety unique to this model Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oberst (Col.) Wilhelm Adam (Nikolay Nikolaevskiy) surrenders his own pocket pistol and Schmidt's Femaru 37M (seen in Adam's hand above the pocket pistol).Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Adam puts both guns on the table next to Paulus' Beretta. Unidentified pistol Paulus' adjutant Oberst (Col.) Wilhelm Adam (Nikolay Nikolaevskiy) carries a pocket pistol that is seen very briefly and unclear.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Adam surrenders his own pocket pistol and Schmidt's Femaru 37M (seen in Adam's hand above the pocket pistol). Submachine Guns PPSh-41 PPSh-41 SMGs are widely used by Soviet troops. Some have stick magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Defenders of Stalingrad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers in battle in ruins. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers in attack during the offensive in November 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds a PPSh with stick magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers break in Paulus' headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41s stand in ceremonial formation. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Many soldiers carry PPSh-41s with stick magazines. MP40 MP40s are widely used by German troops.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers prepare to attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet troops in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet troops in ceremonial formation. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet sniper. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Soviet cavalrymen carry Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cavalrymen carry M38 Carbines. Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine Some Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbines with unfolded bayonets are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k Many German and Romanian soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles (or possibly a mix of 98k and similar looking Vz.24 Czech Mausers ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with 98k rifles, often with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 98k lies next to dead soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romanian soldiers, carrying Mauser rifles, retreat from positions under Soviet attack. Mauser Gewehr 98 A Mauser Gewehr 98 is seen in hands of a German soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds a full length Mauser rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lange-Visier rear sight is seen. VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser A Romanian soldier is seen with a Mauser rifle that has a front sight, sling swivel and bayonet matching VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser . Persian Mausers became available in USSR after the British-Soviet invasion in Iran in 1941.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Persian Mauser 98/29 with bayonet - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center holds a Persian Mauser. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Soviet troops use Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers carry DP-27 in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27s are mounted on motorcycles. Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted on T-34 tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of frontal DT is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 crashes enemy AT gun. The barrel of frontal DT is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of frontal DT on T-34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DT is mounted in the rear of the turret on IS heavy tank. Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns, mostly of post-1940 version, are also used by Soviet troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers fire a Maxim M10/30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim of post-1940 version in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxims are used during the offensive in November 1942. Degtyaryov-Shpagin DShK DShK heavy machine guns are mounted on armoured boats of Volga riverine flotilla.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK on tripod - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An armoured boat is caught by enemy searchlight. DShK mounts on top of superstructure and on the stern are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK mounts on top of superstructure are seen. MG34 MG34 are standard machine guns of German and Romanian troops. They are often seen mounted on tripods.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS aircraft machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyushin Il-10 ground attack planes. Berezin UBT Berezin UBT machine guns are mounted on Il-10.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 - 23x152 mmB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyushin Il-10 ground attack planes. Other Weapons PTRD AT Rifle Soviet troops use PTRD-41 AT rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer carries an M24 grenade. 45mm 53-K AT Gun 45mm 53-K AT guns are used by Soviet troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet troops move 45mm guns in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romanian soldiers man the 53-K gun (it may be used as a replacement for German 37mm Pak or as a war booty). Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers man the 53-K gun at the background (again the Soviet 45mm AT gun probably stands for 37mm Pak). 7.5cm Pak 40 German troops use 7.5 cm Pak 40 AT guns for direct support.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pak 40 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned Pak 40 guns. Mortar An abandoned mortar is briefly seen on battlefield. It can be a Soviet BM-37 or a German GrW 34 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mortar is seen at the right. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Romanian officer has a Luger P08 holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus (Vladimir Gajdarov) carries a holster for compact pistol that looks like Soviet Korovin TK holster (it is definitely empty). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer carries a Walther P38 holster. He has a P38 in hand but it is seen very unclear due to fast motion. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gen. Lt. Arthur Schmidt (Vladimir Vsevolodov) carries a Walther PP holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commander of tank corps Col. Ivanov (Nikolay Kryuchkov ) carries a TT holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gen. Col. Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Yuri Shumsky) carries a holster that looks like FN Model 1900 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer at the right carries a Luger holster. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76.2mm ZiS-3 field guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm M-30 howitzers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 152mm ML-20 gun-howitzers on positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katyusha rocket launchers.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned German 10.5cm leFH 18 howtizers. Armour Such armoured vehicles as T-34-85, KV-85 and IS-1 tanks and SU-76M SPGs are out of time for Autumn-Winter 1942/43.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34-76 in attack. A plane is seen over the tank, possibly an Il-2. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 tanks in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-76 after attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing KV-85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing KV-85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing KV-85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing IS-1 (at the left). Error creating thumbnail: File missing IS-1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing IS-1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing SU-76M Error creating thumbnail: File missing SU-76M Error creating thumbnail: File missing A destroyed Pz. II is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned Sd Kfz 251 half-track APC on battlefield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pz.IV Ausf.F2/G Error creating thumbnail: File missing Destroyed Pz.III (possibly Panzerbefehlswagen III Command tank with dummy main gun). Airplanes Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ilyushin Il-10 ground attack planes. Il-10 was put into sevice only in 1945. The screen planes must be of early version, armed with two VYa-23 autocannons and two ShKAS machine guns in the wings, and an UBT machine gun for a rear gunner. Ships Project 1125 armoured boats of Volga riverine flotilla are seen in one scene. They are armed with a single 76.2mm F-34 cannon in a turret of T-34 tank and two DShK machine guns in single turrets.
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