Defiance Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber as brothers who decide to take the fight to the enemy during the German occupation of Poland while also protecting mass numbers of Jewish refugees. The film, based on a true story, was directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai
The following weapons were used in the film Defiance (2008) :
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Pistols Walther P38 Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig ) uses a Walther P38 as his sidearm. He gives it to Lilka Ticktin (Alexa Davalos ) to protect herself during her food mission. Asael (Jamie Bell ) also uses one to kill one German.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lilka pulls out the Walther P38, and, in a rarely seen moment, thumbs the safety off. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lilka with the P38. Note how hammer stays up, which is correct, yet also rarely seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia kills a refugee who disobeyed orders and tried to overthrow Tuvia. Tokarev TT-33 During the Soviet ambush, Zus (Liev Schreiber ) uses a Tokarev TT-33 to execute a German officer and a soldier. Near the end of the film, he shoots the tank commander with the Tokarev. Lilka's sidearm is also a TT-33.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - Pre-1947 version - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus aims at a vehicle after throwing a grenade under it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia checks Lilka's Tokarev. The period-correct large slide serrations are visible in this shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus takes down the tank commander. Revolvers Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 The first gun obtained by Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig ) from Koscik is a French Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 revolver. He uses it to avenge his parent's death.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver - 11x17mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig ) draws the Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 revolver on the police chief. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of Tuvia with the Chamelot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Tuvia's Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 revolver. Nagant M1895 A female member of the Otriad is seen firing the Nagant M1895 in the final battle. Also seems to be standard issue for the police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant Error creating thumbnail: File missing Policeman fires his Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police officer wounds Zus with a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Refugee fires at Germans. Submachine Guns MP40 Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig ) and his brother Zus (Liev Schreiber ) carry their captured MP40 submachine guns. Numerous Germans are equipped with the MP40.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 Submachine gun - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig ) has an MP40 slung across his back as he leads Chaya (Mia Wasikowska) from a cellar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Waffen SS soldier, wearing one of their SS Dot pattern camo smocks, fires his MP40 into one of the forest refugee camps. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia aims his MP40 at the police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus aims at a refugee who snuck into camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig ) carries an MP40 as he leads refugees through the forest. Behind him members of his militia march with Mosin Nagant rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus runs out of the woods, firing on German infantry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers are gunned down, holding MP40s. PPSh-41 Red Army soldiers are equipped with the PPSh-41 . Towards the end of the film, some partisans have it too, notably Asael Bielski (Jamie Bell ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mint condition Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun is seen on a cart for distribution. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet partisan with a PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus' comrade firing PPSh in the police station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Asael aims his PPSh. Rifles / Carbines Mosin Nagant M91/30 The Mosin-Nagant M91/30 is used by the Red Army soldiers and the Bielski partisans. Chaya (Mia Wasikowska) fires an M91/30 in the final battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length Mosin-Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Peretz Shorshaty (Martin Hancock ) enters camp brandishing a Mosin Nagant M91/30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus Bielski (Liev Schreiber ) examines a Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Resistance members training with Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chaya fires at the Germans. Mauser Model 1938 During the Nazi attack led by the milkman who gave the Nazis directions (forcing the Bielskis to abandon their first camp), Zus (Liev Schreiber ) is seen firing a Turkish Mauser M38 in addition to the MP40 he is typically seen carrying, particularly when he shoots the milkman's arm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Model 1938 - 8mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus wields the M1938 Turkish Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus aims the rifle at the milkman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus works the bolt on the Mauser. His typically carried MP40 is slung; its pistol grip is barely seen on the right. Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine Several Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines are seen in the film, used by partisans. Also used by Belorussian Police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the collaborating Belorussian police officers wields a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police search the forest, armed with M38 carbines. Tokarev SVT-40 One of Zus' comrades carries a Tokarev SVT-40 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SVT-40 clearly seen slung. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus speaks with Viktor Panchenko, the Soviet commander of the October Otriad. The SVT-40 is again seen slung on Zus' comrade in the background. Mauser Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is used by German forces and some Bielski partisans in the film. Aron Bielski (George MacKay ) is briefly seen with one of them.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus Bielski (Liev Schreiber ) leads a battle between partisans and the Wehrmacht in an open field. The German troops fight with Karabiner 98k rifles which is their standard-issue weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Germans gunned down, holding K98 rifles. Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Zus (Liev Schreiber ) keeps a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun for protection and uses it when he goes into town seeking vengeance. He takes two rounds to down his first victim, and hits another in the chest, just wounding him, which suggests he is using either birdshot or another less powerful round. It also has exposed hammers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modern Baikal Commercial hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge. Baikal is a Russian manufacturer and a version of this budget shotgun is known as the Remington Spartan. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus (Liev Schreiber ) loads up his shotgun to go into town, exposed hammers clearly visible. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus stands behind a collaborator he just wounded. Machine Guns Degtyarev DP Zus is seen using a Degtyaryov DP-28 during an ambush. Later in the film, other partisans use it against attacking German forces.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus with a DP machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Bielski Otriad partisan wields a DP. MG34 At the end of the film, a German machine gun team is setting their MG34 , mounting it on a tripod, but Tuvia (Daniel Craig ) takes them out from behind and uses the machine gun against the German infantry. The tank which he shoots at also has an MG34 which is later removed by Aron Bielski (George MacKay ). Earlier, during the Red Army ambush, a German soldier shoots it from a truck.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 50 round belt drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia opens fire with the captured MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuvia with the MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German tank commander fires at Tuvia. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus Bielski (Liev Schreiber ) ducks behind the turret of a Panzer MK III to shield himself from an explosion. Above him is a German MG34 machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 mounted on the turret. MG42 The MG42 is also carried by the Germans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 mounted on German motorcycle. Hand Grenades Model 24 Stielhandgranate The Model 24 Stielhandgranate is a German grenade, but it is only seen used by the Bielski partisans during the film. Zus throws one under a German truck during the Red Army ambush and later throws one into a German tank. Near the end of the film, Isaac (Mark Feuerstein ) attacks German soldiers with a bag of grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zus readies the Stielhandgranate during the Red Army ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Isaac (Mark Feuerstein ) prepares to attack the German tank with the Stielhandgranate. F-1 The Otriad acquires a few F-1 hand grenades .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Otriad acquires a few F-1 hand grenades. Trivia Panzerkampfwagen Ausf. J/1 A rather good mockup of a Panzerkampfwagen Ausf. J/1 was used at the end of the film. It is one of the two vehicles used in the film Enemy at the Gates
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Side view of the Panzerkampfwagen III. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rotating the turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing the main gun at the partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup view with the MG34 mounted on the turret. 
