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 (English: 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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Japanese paratrooper fires a submachine gun on the Janka.
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Sten Mk II
Pvt. Tomek Czeresniak (Wieslaw Golas ) uses the Sten Mk II submachine gun in "Zamiana" (S2E01).
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Shotguns
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun
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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 .
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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 .
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Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine
Mr. Czeresniak (Tadeusz Fijewski ) uses a Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt Grigoriy Saakashvili (Wlodzimierz Press ) fires an AKS-47.
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Machine guns
Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun
Janek (Janusz Gajos) uses the Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28 .
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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.
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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.
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Maxim M1910/1930
Polish troops are seen with THE Maxim M1910/30 .
Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR
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MG42
German troops are equipped with the MG42 .
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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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Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun
The Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun is mounted on a BTR-152 armored personnel carrier.
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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.
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Hand Grenades
F-1 hand grenade
Soviet and Polish soldiers are seen with F-1 hand grenades .
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade.
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Model 24 Stielhandgranate
German soldiers use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate . Polish troops are seen with captured examples.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German infantryman prepares to throw a Model 24 Stielhandgranate.
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Flare pistols
OSP-30 Flare Pistol
Col. Tadeusz (Tadeusz Kalinowski ) gives the signal to launch an attack with a OSP-30 Flare Pistol .
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Hebel Flare Pistol M1894
Wehrmacht forces use the Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
The 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lidka (Malgorzata Niemirska) and Marusia (Pola Raksa) replace a fallen gun crew.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Germans tried to destroy the tank "Rudy" using a new ammunition for the 76.2 mm ZIS-3. Captured ZIS-3s were occasionally used by Wehrmacht under the name 7.62cm FK 288(r).
122mm Howitzer M1938 (M-30)
Polish artillerymen clear of way for tanks and infantry in the streets of Berlin with fire from 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)s .
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T-34 tanks
All T-34 tanks appearing in the series are the later models armed with the 85mm gun. However, in the early episodes, they are meant to represent the T-34-76 tanks.
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Tiger I
The Tiger I tanks are actually converted T-34 and IS-2 tanks.
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