Batalion Батальонъ
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Batalion (Original title: Batalyon - Russian: Батальонъ) is a 2015 Russian war drama about the biography of Mariya Bochkareva, was a Russian woman who fought in World War I and formed the Women's "Battalion of Death".
The following weapons were used in the film Batalion :
Handguns
Nagant M1895
Mariya Bochkareva (Mariya Aronova ), her deputy Lt. Seleznev (Nikolay Auzin ), both instructors - Yefim Zadorozhnyy (Konstantin Vorobyov ) and Alexey Kolokolchikov (Yakov Shamshin ) and most Russian officers carry a Russian Nagant M1895 . The revolvers are mostly of post-1930 version. At least one of it appears to be a Blef ("bluff") blank firing revolver, a conversion of live Nagant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a Wartime Issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mariya Bochkareva (Mariya Aronova ) clutched her revolver to her chest in the final battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Seleznev (Nikolay Auzin ) holds his sidearm in hand during a trench battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The instructor Zadorozhnyy (Konstantin Vorobyov ) with his Russian Nagant M1895 in a hand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The instructor Kolokolchikov (Yakov Shamshin ) fire his sidearm in battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The adjutant of Colonel Tseplyaev (right) pulls his sidearm from holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Borozdin's adjutant (Aleksey Sevastyanov ) waves his Nagant in the final attack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Nagant M1895 is seen also in Tseplyaev's (Evgeniy Dyatlov ) hand. Note the groove on the frame between the cylinder and the barrel, it's a feature of Blef . Soldiers in the background carry M1891/30s .
Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"
German officers in the film can be seen exclusively with a C96 Mauser "Broomhandle" pistol in hand.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer in gas mask holds his C96.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A C96 Mauser "Broomhandle" is held by a German officer as the woman attacks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer at the head of German troops in the final battle also holds his pistol.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
Women from "Battalion of Death" are armed with Soviet Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M1891s.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The women - the soldiers on the shooting range with their rifles during training.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The girls from "battalion of death" aims their Mosin Nagant M1891/30s against the horny soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya Grynyova (Yanina Malinchik ) defused one of the German spies by a bayonet on her rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yevdovkia Kolokolchikova (Mariya Antonova ) leads into captivity the second German spy (Mats Reinhardt ) (right).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 aims a girl behind Nadya Neklyudova (Valeriya Shkirando ) (middle) on right.
Mosin Nagant M1891
Original Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles also can be seen, although much less frequently. They have rifle slings fitted in holes in the stock, not in swivels, so they appear to be M1891 Dragoon rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The second and third rifles in a row appear to be M1891s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of the muzzle of this rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 holds in hand also Nadya Neklyudova (Alyona Kuchkova ) (far left).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rivka (Evgeniya Natanova ) (right) aims his rifle at captures Germans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vera Neklyudova (Valeriya Shkirando ) holds his weapon during the fight in a trench.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The original Mosin Nagant M1891 owned a girl behind Nadya Neklyudova (middle) on left.
Mauser Gewehr 98
Many of Imperial German soldiers are armed with Gewehr 98 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 98 - 7.92 x 57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup up of the lock of this rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A falling German soldier on left from Tonya (Mila Makarova ) (middle) holds a Gewehr 98 in his hand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gewehr 98 also carries one of the soldiers (right) which protects an officer.
Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine
Some German soldiers are seen with Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbines .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some German artillerymen during a gas attack are seen with these rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine also aims a soldier in a trench left from officer.
Czech vz. 24
A German soldier who leaps into the trench holds a rifle who is similar to VZ-24 Czech Mauser .
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Karabiner 98k
Most German infantrymen also used a classic Karabiner 98ks .
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M48 Yugoslavian Mauser
Anachronistic M48 Yugoslavian Mausers are also used by German soldiers.
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Machine Guns
Madsen machine gun
Private Dusya Grynyova (Yanina Malinchik ) seized a Madsen machine gun in the German trench. The shape of the magazine matches versions in German 7.92x57mm Mauser caliber, but generally, this Madsen looks more like 1920s-1940s versions as early Madsens had a different barrel shroud.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dusya defused a German machine-gunner and grabbed his weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Then she mows down the German soldiers in the trench.
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Maxim M1910
Lt. Nikolay Seleznev (Nikolay Auzin ) and Vera Neklyudova (Valeriya Shkirando ) a Maxim machine gun manned jointly.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Both gunners during the gas attack in masks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the final battle defending their position.
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Maxim MG08/15
On the edge of the trench is seen the German MG08/15 machine gun.
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Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
German soldiers and also one of the women-volunteers use anachronistic Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
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RG-14/30
Private Serafima Pluzhnikova (Anna Kuznetsova ) is seen used RG-14/30 hand grenades in the German trench.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serafima triggered a grenade in her hand ...
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Other
Gaswurfminen mortar (mockup)
German artillery used mortars for firing gas-grenades. They appear to be mockups that bear only marginally resemblance with real Gaswurfminen .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers who firing from mortars carry on their backs Gewehr 98s and also Karabiner 98ks (far right).
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