Dnieper Line: Love and War (Dnieprovski rubej)
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Dnieper Line: Love and War Dnieprovski rubej - "Dnieper Line") is a 2009 Belarussian war movie directed by Denis Skvortsov. The story takes place in July 1941 during the Soviet defence of the town of Mogilev on the Dniepr river.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Dnieper Line: Love and War:
Handguns Nagant M1895 Revolver Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by many Soviet officers and NCO.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet officer holds his Nagant revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commissar Ivan Jigunov (Anatoliy Kot ) fires his Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zoya Sintsova (Kseniya Knyazeva ) fires her Nagant. Next to her a medical orderly soldier fires Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the Nagant revolver. TT-33 Pistol Tokarev TT-33 pistols are used by several Soviet officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German saboteur, dressed as a Soviet officer, fires his TT pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Shadrin (Viktor Molchyan ) fires his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Katjushin (Ivan Pavlov ) fires his TT during the battle for the Mogilev railroad station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing NKVD officer (Evgeni Ivkovitch ) loads his TT. Mauser C96 Pistol A Mauser C96 pistol is a personal weapon weapon of Division Commander Alexei Zubov (Igor Sigov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 in wooden holster is seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Zubov holds his Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zubov with Mauser in the final scene. Next to him is Zoya Sintsova (Kseniya Knyazeva ) with a Nagant M1895 . Luger P08 Pistol A Luger P08 is briefly seen in a holster of German officer Paul Schmidt (Nikolai Kozak ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun, thus it is a World War One firearm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Submachine guns PPD-40 A PPD-40 submachine gun is a personal weapon of Colonel Shadrin (Viktor Molchyan ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPD-40 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shadrin leads his soldiers in attack with a PPD in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shadrin fires his PPD. MP38 MP38 SMGs are used by German soldiers. Captured MP38s are seen in hands of Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 submachine gun - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds an MP38 in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds an MP38. At the background other soldiers inspect the captured Soviet BT-7 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier fires a captured MP38. MP40 MP40 SMGs are used by German soldiers. Captured MP40s are seen in hands of Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers throw Model 24 Stielhandgranate grenades at Soviet positions. An MP40 is seen on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German tank officer fires MP40 during the Soviet night counterattack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet civil volonteer Jernosek (Nikolai Kolozin ) fires a captured MP40 in the final scene. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are main weapons of Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with an M1891/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view at the barrel of M1891/30 rifle. Note that the bayonet is attached backwards. This is a exclusively cinematic practice; in reality such practice was banned by service manuals. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with an M1891/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers fire their rifles with attached bayonets at the German planes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier fires his rifle at the crewmen of burning German tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Artillerymen carry M1891/30 rifles. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines are also seen in hands of Soviet soldiers, mostly artillerymen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A medical orderly soldier fires an M38 carbine. Next to him Zoya Sintsova (Kseniya Knyazeva ) fires her Nagant M1895 revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zoya Sintsova fires an M38 carbine in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the opened bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mortar crew member at the foreground is armed with a M38 carbine. Tokarev SVT-40 SVT-40 is seen in hands of an unnamed Soviet soldier (Evgeni Sangadjiev ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with an SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the receiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier fires his SVT in the final scene. Mauser Karabiner 98k Karabiner 98k rifles are main weapons of German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the barrel of Kar 98k. An MG34 is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds his Kar 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier aims his Kar 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire their rifles. Machine guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Soviet soldiers use Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier fire DP-27 at German planes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commissar Ivan Jigunov (Anatoliy Kot ) fires DP-27 during the defence of the airfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the loading of DP magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier fires DP in the final scene. MG34 German soldiers use MG34 machine guns, both on bipods and tripods. In the scenes where MG34s are firing they are substituted with visually modified PK /PKM machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A halftrack APC is armed with an MG34. At the background a PzKpfw IV tank is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier aims MG34. The using of the shoulder of other soldier to support the machine gun was a common practice in Wehrmacht. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is mounted in the sidecar of the motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is mounted on the tripod. PK (visually modified to resemble MG34) Visually modified PK /PKMs stand for MG-34 in various scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion Error creating thumbnail: File missing A visually modified PK is mounted on the halftrack APC. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A visually modified PK is mounted in the sidecar of the motorcycle. PK (standing for DT) Replicas of BA-20 armored cars carry PK Machine Guns with the front sight removed as their main armament, rather than the correct (and probably unavailable) Degtyaryov DT .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PK machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the PK, mounted in the turret of the BA-20. PKT (visually modified to resemble MG34 Panzerlauf) Visually modified PKTs stand for MG34 Panzerlauf , mounted on Pz III tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PKT machine gun with 250-round ammo drum - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two fake MG-34 Panzerlauf are mounted on the replica of PzKpfw III tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The turret MG is firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The front MG is firing (this one may be a non-firing mockup of a barrel with CGI muzzle flame). Maxim M1910 Maxim M1910 machine guns are used by Soviet soldiers. They can be indetified by their smooth water-jackets that are typical for Maxims manufactured during the WW1 and in early 1920s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910 is seen in the trench after the battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Maxim machine guns: M1910 at the left and M1910/30 at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910, Mosin Nagant M1891/30 and Karabiner 98k rifles are seen among the bodies of Soviet and German soldiers after the battle. Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are used by Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian 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 Maxim M1910/30 on the fortress mounting. It is the post 1941 manufacture machine gun. The hose is attached incorrectly: in real fortress mounting is was attached to water jacket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view at the Maxim machine gun from the rear. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Maxim machine guns: M1910 at the left and M1910/30 at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 fires at Germans. Maxim M-4 Quad Mounting The M-4 AA quad mounting of Maxim M1910/30 appeares in the final scene. This movie prop is a genuine M-4 from a Belarusian museum.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 in M-4 AA quad mounting Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M-4 AA quad mounting is seen installed in a truck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at the M-4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet officer fires the M-4 at attacking German soldiers. Maxim MG08 In one scene German soldiers fire Maxim MG08 machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG08 fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at MG08. Degtyaryov DS-39 In one scene a Degtyaryov DS-39 machine gun is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DS-39 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DS-39 is seen on the breastwork of the trench. Chatellerault FM 24/29 In one scene a German soldier carries a Fusil mitrailleur modele 1924 M29 . These French light machine guns, better known as FM 24/29, were really used by Germans as leMG 116(f). Due to absence of original French 7.5mm cartridges, the movie-used machine gun is converted to use 7.62x39 cartridges; an AKM magazine is seen (due to its curved shape this FM 24/29 resembles Bren ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chatellerault M1924/29 Light Machine Gun - 7.5x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grenades Model 24 Stielhandgranate Model 24 Stielhandgranate grenades are used by German soldiers. Captured Model 24s are seen in hands of Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers throw Model 24 grenades at Soviet positions. An MP40 is seen on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dead German soldier still holds a grenade. Several Karabiner 98k are seen around. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier readies a grenade. He also carries an MP38 or MP40 SMG. Another soldier is armed with an FM 24/29 machine gun. RGD-33 stick grenade RGD-33 grenades are widely used by Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier holds a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle and an RGD-33 grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view at RGD-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bundle of RGD-33 grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier readies an RGD-33 to throw. Incendiary Bottle No. 3 Many Soviet soldiers are armed with No. 3 incendiary bottles (known outside the USSR as "Molotov cocktail").
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet No.3 Fire Bottle Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other Weapon Flammenwerfer 41 A mockup of Flammenwerfer 41 is seen in hands of a German soldier in the opening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flammenwerfer 41 flamethrower Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gewehrgranatengerät A Gewehrgranatengerät (known also as Schiessbecher - "shooting cup") rifle grenade launcher is seen in one scene. This weapon is mounted on the muzzle of Karabiner 98k and fires 30mm grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gewehrgranatengerät ("rifle grenade apparatus") with accessories - 30x250 mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gewehrgranatengerät, mounted on Karabiner 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier is armed with a Kar 98K with Gewehrgranatengerät 41. An MG08 is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loading of the Gewehrgranatengerät. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier fires the rifle grenade. OSP-30 Flare Pistol An OSP-30 Flare Pistol is seen in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German saboteur, dressed as a Soviet officer, readies to fire an OSP-30 flare pistol in order to show the position of the Soviet headquarters to German planes. SPSh Flare Pistol An SPSh Flare Pistol is seen in one scene. Unlike OSP-30, this one is anachronistic as it entered service only in 1943.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian SPSh Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing NKVD officer (Evgeni Ivkovitch ) fires a signal to the Soviet plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at the SPSh. Signal Flare In one scene a German soldier is seen with a short tube that he readies and throws in the direction of Soviet positions. It is supposed to be a signal flare used to show the target to artillery and aviation.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier readies a signal flare. The soldier next to him readies a Model 24 Stielhandgranate . An MP40 is seen on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at the same scene. Trivia PzKpfw III Replica A replica of PzKpfw III was made specially for the filming of this movie. It is based on BMP-1 chassis. Later the same tank appeared in The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Pz III on the road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Pz III in attack. PzKpfw IV Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PzKpfw IV is seen in an opening scene. It is a non-moving museum exhibit. Tatra OT-810 (as Sd.Kfz. 251) Two Tatra OT-810, post-war Czechoslovak copy of German Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack APC, were used during the filming of the movie. They are armed with MG34 machine guns which switch to visually modified PK in the scenes of firing.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A halftrack APC armed with an MG34. At the background a PzKpfw IV tank is seen. BA-20 Replica Two replicas of BA-20 armored car were made specially for the filming of this movie. Later they were used in filming of The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) Degtyaryov DT they carry PK Machine Guns with the front sight removed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A BA-20 at the forest road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view at the BA-20. BT-7 Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers inspect the captured Soviet BT-7 tank. 45-mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) are used by Soviet troops in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers inspect captured Soviet 45-mm guns. 3-inch gun in fortress mounting Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 3-inch gun M1902/30 L30 is mounted in the fortress in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet artillerists load the gun in the fortress. 122-mm Howitzer M1910/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet 122-mm howitzer M1910/30 after the battle. 37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA gun 37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA guns are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37mm AA gun guards the headquarters and the hospital in the town of Mogilev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same AA position in another scene. Mortar Soviet mortars appear in one scene. They are seen only partially, and it's hard to identify the model, but due to the size of the muzzle they are most likely 120-mm.
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