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Ash Pepel ) is a Russian 2013 TV series. In 1938 a Red Army Capt. Igor Anatolyevich Petrov (Vladimir Mashkov ) finds himself under the threat of arrest. While riding a train, he is accidentally involved in the criminal shootout and finds it a chance to change his identity, taking the documents from wounded criminal Arseniy Nikolaevich Skvortsov aka Senya-Pepel ("Ash") (Yevgeny Mironov ) and leaving the latter with Petrov's papers. Both men have to start their lives completely anew. During the following ten years, one will become a brave commander and war hero, and the other - a ruthless gang leader. But one day they will have to meet again...
Note: since each of the main characters participates in the plot under two names, their names are used within quotation marks ("Petrov" and "Pepel") when it comes to fake identities.
The following weapons were used in the television series Ash (Pepel) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are seen in hands of NKVD personnel and criminals. Revolvers that are identified as rubber- or blank-firing versions of Nagant are listed in separate entries below.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing NKVD operative (Andrey Babenko ) arrests "Petrov" when the latter tries to escape from hospital. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An NKVD officer executes "Petrov"'s cellmate Gleb Vladimirovich Ryazantsev (Vladimir Gostyukhin ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the scene of the conflict for the gold mine, criminal Ryaba ("Pockmarked") (Yuriy Arkhangelskiy ), one of the attackers, holds a Nagant (he is seen through the sniper scope). In previous moment Ryaba is seen with a TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the members of the gang, attacking the gold mine, holds a Nagant (at the left). Nagant M1895 "Naganych" R-1 During the robbery of jewelry workshop, seasoned criminal Vitya-Garderob ("Wardrobe") (Andrey Smolyakov ) uses a "Naganych" R-1, gas- and rubber-firing revolver based on Nagant M1895 (the name "Naganych" is modeled after the patronymic of the Russian language in the meaning "Son of Nagant"). This civilian version, converted from live Nagant revolvers, can be identified by a distinctive round hole in the frame between the barrel and the cylinder.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Naganych" R-1 - 9mm P.A. tear gas/rubber Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Vitya-Garderob's revolver. The round hole on the frame exposes the gun as "Naganych" version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Garderob, disguised as a female janitor, holds a secutiry guard at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Garderob holds his revolver and a TT-33 , taken from the guard. Nagant M1895 "Blef" During the crucial encounter in the train in the first episode when two main characters exchange their identities, criminal safecracker Arseniy Skvortsov aka Senya-Pepel (Yevgeny Mironov ) uses a "Blef" (VPO-503 "Nagan-S"), blank-firing version of Nagant M1895 . When he is wounded, Capt. Igor Petrov (Vladimir Mashkov ) takes the revolver. "Blef" is identified by a horisontal groove on the frame below the front part of the cylinder.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Blef" (VPO-503 "Nagan-S"), a blank-firing version of Nagant M1895 - .22 Gevelot small cap Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pepel covertly aims his revolver at Petrov, sitting across from him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pepel confronts two criminals who try to get the stolen jewelry that Pepel transports. In this scene the extractor rod is pushed a little forward, as it is commonly seen on well-worn Nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Petrov picks up the revolver of wounded Pepel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Petrov, now posing as Pepel, holds the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pepel" kills two street thugs. Pistols TT-33 Criminals and Militsia (police) personnel widely use TT-33 pistols. Both pre- and post-1947 versions are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robber Sueta ("Fuss") (Gesha Menshikov) holds a TT during the robbery of the jewelry workshop. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the pistol, taken from a security guard by Vitya-Garderob (Andrey Smolyakov ). This is a post-1947 model while the scene is set in 1938. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Garderob with a TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robber Leshiy ("Forest Spirit") (Gleb Temnov ) holds a TT in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A member of "Pepel"'s gang (Farkhad Makhmudov ) holds a TT during the abduction of a Major of Border Guards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ryaba (Yuriy Arkhangelskiy ) holds a TT in the scene of "Petrov"'s meeting with crime bosses. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pre-1947 TT in the drawer of "Petrov"'s table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Petrov" (Yevgeny Mironov ), currently a Colonel, holds his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Militsia Maj. Zakhar Ignatyevich Kupriyanov (Sergey Garmash ) fires his TT at Special Department officer Maj. Yeryomenko (Sergey Chonishvili ).Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Kupriyanov's pre-1947 TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Criminal Kuvalda ("Sledgehammer") (uncredited), in officer's peaked cap, holds a pre-1947 TT during the attack on the gold mine. Walther P38 Crime boss Shults (Romuald Makarenko ) is armed with Walther P38 during the attack on the gold mine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shults holds a P38. Browning Hi-Power One of the criminals, attacking the gold mine, is armed with a Browning Hi-Power .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN P-35 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A criminal in center holds a Hi-Power pistol. This is an original FN P-35 version with the tangent rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of same character. The pistol holster on his belt is a German pattern for P38 . M1911-style pistol In a wartime scene a German officer in charge of the firing squad holds a pistol that resembles some version of Colt M1911 . The pistol is seen in distance and briefly, and the positive identification is impossible.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer and his soldiers fall under the fire before they could carry out the execution. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 PPSh-41 with both drum and stick magazines are widely used in the scenes set during and after the war. They are notably used by "Captain Petrov" (Yevgeny Mironov ), "Pepel" (Vladimir Mashkov ), his companion Diego the Catalan (Aleksandr Dyachenko ), and Special Department officer Maj. Sergey Leonidovich Yeryomenko (Sergey Chonishvili ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Captain Petrov" fires a PPSh at German soldiers when breaking from encirclement. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Petrov" with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers (Oleg Novikov at the left, Maksim Salnikov at the right) with PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pepel", in charge of a group of criminals turned partisans, carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Lt. (Konstantin Tretyakov ), commander of scouts of "Major Petrov"'s battalion, carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sentries of "Colonel Petrov"'s unit with PPSh-41s in post-war episode. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the criminals, attacking the gold mine, holds a PPSh with drum magazine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 35-round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing The commander of a penal company Lt. Makarov (Evgeniy Morozov ) and another officer (at the right) of "Major Petrov"'s battalion with PPSh-41s with stick magazines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Masked criminals, including "Pepel" and Diego, with PPSh-41s with stick magazines during the attack on the gold-transporting armoured car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Diego carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gang member carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Andrey Petrishchev (Konstantin Balakirev ) aims at Maj. Yeryomenko with Major's own PPSh when the officer steals gold. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yeryomenko gets back his PPSh and fires at Maj. Kupriyanov's car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the criminals, attacking the gold mine, holds a PPSh with stick magazine. PPS-43 Several criminals are armed with PPS-43 submachine guns in wartime episodes, when "Pepel"'s gang became partisans, and during the shootout of the gold mine in the post-war episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two of the members of "Pepel"'s gang (at the left, near the motorcycle, and in center) carry PPS-43 after the attack on a German car on the forest road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPS of the man at the left (Mikhail Solovyov ) is seen better. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character (at the right) holds a PPS during the night attack on a gold mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character carries a PPS at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the criminals, attacking "Pepel"'s gold mine, is armed with a PPS-43 (in center). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another attacker with a PPS-43. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of "Pepel"'s men fires a PPS, defending the gold mine. MP38 An MP38 is seen in hands of a German soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MP38 in hands of a soldier. Note the lack of the furniture. MP40 German soldiers and "Pepel"'s criminals-partisans use MP40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of "Pepel"'s men fires an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier at the right carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Diego (Aleksandr Dyachenko ) carries an MP40. In previous scene, during the road ambush, he was armed with a PPSh. Denix MP40 At least one of the MP40s of German soldiers turns out to be a Denix non-firing replica.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with a MP40. The silumin surface with molding seams and the crude front sight indicate early Denix production. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character on knees under the fire of "Pepel"'s men. Assault Rifles Sturmgewehr 44 After the ambush on a German car on the forest road, one of "Pepel"'s men (Farkhad Makhmudov ) picks up a Sturmgewehr 44 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz Error creating thumbnail: File missing A criminal-partisan takes an StG 44 from a dead German soldier. Rifles SVT-40 One of "Pepel"'s men (Aleksandr Makovskiy) uses an SVT-40 in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A criminal carries an SVT-40 during the night attack on a gold mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the SVT is seen next to the character who prepares to activate a blasting machine during the ambush on the gold-transporting armoured car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same criminal with the SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same criminal holds his rifle when the gang divides the plunder. SKS One of "Pepel"'s men (Aleksandr Lazarev (III)) carries an anachronistic SKS in a wartime episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SKS - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The criminal carries his SKS at the background. The barrel and folded bayonet are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The criminal-partisan aims his SKS at a German officer, commanding the firing squad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He carries the rifle on his shoulder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character carries the SKS at the left. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Soviet soldiers, NKVD prison guards and "Pepel"'s men use Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards of the prison railway wagon carry M91/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A prison guard carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of "Pepel"'s criminals-partisans holds an M91/30 rifle at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The armoury in "Colonel Petrov"'s unit barracks, with rifles in gun rack at the left, and PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns at the right. Among the rifles most are M91/30 but some original M91s are also seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers take weapons. Mosin Nagant M1891 Several Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles are seen in the armoury in "Colonel Petrov"'s unit barracks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Most rifles in the gun rack are M91/30 but at least three M91 Infantry rifles can be seen. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle "Pepel"'s gang posesses several Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifles (most likely a single prop is reused).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gang member at the left carries a wrapped sniper rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another criminal with a sniper rifle (at the right) during the night attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the attack on the gold mine one of the defenders aims a sniper rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pepel" (Vladimir Mashkov ) takes a sniper rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He hunts for "Colonel Petrov". Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pepel" with the sniper rifle. Note a kind of award plate on the buttstock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the rifle. A promotional image of "Pepel" (Vladimir Mashkov ) holding the sniper rifle. Karabiner 98k In one episode German soldiers carry Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with 98k rifle is seen on guard when "Pepel", disguised as a German officer, enters the commandant's office. "Pepel"'s man (Farkhad Makhmudov ), also in German uniform, carries an universal holster for P08 and P38 pistols but it's most likely empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards at the commandant's office. A soldier at the left carries a 98k rifle while the soldier at the right is armed with full-length Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with 98k rifles on the road block. Mauser Gewehr 1898 One of the German soldiers carries a Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards at the commandant's office. A soldier at the left carries a 98k rifle while the soldier at the right is armed with full-length Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The straight bolt handle is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more view of same rifle. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 "Pepel"'s gang uses two DP-27 machine guns during the shootout on the gold mine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pepel"'s men fire two DP-27s from a car at the attackers. Degtyaryov DT Two Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted in a BA-6 armoured car. The BA-6 is a modern replica (see Trivia section) but one of the machine guns is a genuine and even firing weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrels of frontal and coaxial DT machine guns are seen. Later, when the armoured car is seen in action, the coaxial machine gun is absent. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The frontal DT is seen inside the armoured car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the barrel. Note the lack of the coaxial DT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gunner opens fire at attacking criminals. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fire! Error creating thumbnail: File missing The DT is seen in the destroyed armoured car. MG34 MG34 machine guns are seen in several wartime scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is mounted on a German motorcycle, escorting a staff car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers near the Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle hold an MG34 with cartridge belt. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade F-1 hand grenades are seen during the shootout on the gold mine.
URG F-1 practice grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Criminal Voron ("Raven") (Vladimir Denisov) covertly hands an F-1 to disarmed "Colonel Petrov" (Yevgeny Mironov ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the attackers throws an F-1 at the defenders of the gold mine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Petrov" with the grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Petrov" throws the grenade at grappling "Pepel" and Shults. The black color of the body and the smoke from the fuze allow to identify the grenade as URG practice grenade. 3.7 cm Pak 35/36 In a wartime episode a 3.7 cm Pak 35/36 anti-tank gun is seen on the battlefield. A Pak 35/36 is also seen in the location of "Colonel Petrov"'s unit in the episode, set in 1948.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3.7 cm Pak 35/36 anti-tank gun - 37×249 mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing An anti-tank gun with dead crew is seen at the left. The gun shield is absent. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 37mm gun of the Soviet unit. With all similarity with 45mm 53-K gun, the 3.7cm Pak can be identified by thinner barrel and typical German wheels with tire tread, different from Soviet pattern. Trivia BA-6 Armoured Car In one episode, set after the war, a BA-6 armoured car of "Petrov"'s unit is used to transport gold and is ambushed by "Pepel"'s gang. The BA-6 is a modern replica, but it is armed with at least one genuine DT machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The BA-6 at the background. It is armed with a 45mm main gun (most likely a mockup) and two DT machine guns, one coaxial and another one frontal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the armoured car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The BA-6 is ambushed by the gang. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the turret. English Poster Error creating thumbnail: File missing English language release poster 
