Fight at the Crossroads (Boy na Perekryostke)
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Fight at the Crossroads (a direct translation of original title Boy na Perekryostke ) is a Soviet 1982 made for TV two-part adventure movie directed by Anatoly Tyutyunnik. In 1918 in Moscow Chekists disclose a counter-revolutionary conspiracy.
The following weapons were used in the film Fight at the Crossroads (Boy na Perekryostke) :
Revolvers
Nagant M1895
Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used by Chekists and conspirators, including Michel Lafar (Maksud Imatshoyev ), Yunna Ruzic (Tatyana Kondyreva), Kalugin (Valeri Ryzhakov ), Ilya Frumin (Aleksandr Ignatusha ) and Kovalkov (Valeriy Zhukov ). All revolvers are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Chekist holds his Nagant during the operation. The revolver lacks ejector rod.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A conspirator fires his revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Chekist with Nagant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frumin holds a Nagant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Lafar's Nagnat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A grip of Lafar's Nagant. Note the lack of lanyard ring.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kazan Cheka operative Kovalkov arrests a conspirator.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Kazan conspirator (Makharbek Kokoyev ) fires at Lafar.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lafar returns fire.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalugin hands Lafar's Nagant to Yunna Ruzic (Tatyana Kondyreva).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of this revolver in Yunna's hands. Note the "arrow in triangle" Izhevsk 1940s logo.
Pistols
Mauser C96
Commissar of Cheka Kalugin's (Valeri Ryzhakov ) personal sidearm is a Mauser C96 pistol (some features of his pistol match M1930 version, and some - classic C96). In the scene when Martin Ivanovich Lacis (Vsevolod Abdulov ), high rank Cheka official, is arrested by a group of anti-Bolshevik Socialists-Revolutionaries (SRs), the latters are armed with C96 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 M1930 - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Note the stepped barrel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalugin aims.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle is seen. This prop appears to be deactivated.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalugin carries his pistol in holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view. The pistol has smooth rails on each side of the barrel extension that matches M1930 (classic C96 has milled rails) but the barrel lacks typical step. Possibly the prop was assembled of parts of several different version.
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Walther PPK
A Walther PPK , heavyly anachronistic for 1918, is seen in hands of Boris Travnikov (Vladimir Sedov ), one of the leaders of anti-Bolshevik Society for Defence of Motherland and Freedom , and his aide (Pavel Remezov ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Travnikov cocks the pistol. Note that the gun is deactivated by drilling a hole in chamber.
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Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s, are also used by Red Guards, Cheka personnel and SRs.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Guard escorts Ruzic (Leonid Kulagin ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard in special communications room.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Guards carry M91/30 rifles with bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous riflemen fire from the building during the SRs rebellion.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the rifle.
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Machine Guns
Maxim M1910/30
A Maxim M1910/30 machine gun of post-1940 version is used by SRs during their rebellion.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim is seen in conspirators' weapon cache.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SRs deploy a Maxim.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Muksun (Les Serdyuk ) readies the machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the muzzle.
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Other Weapons
F-1 Hand Grenade
While searching conspirators' weapons cache, Chekist Ilya Frumin (Aleksandr Ignatusha ) finds a number of hand grenades, including anachronistic F-1s . Screen grenades appear to be mockups, as they have different shape of the body.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
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RGD-33
An equally anachronistic RGD-33 is seen among the grenades, found by Frumin. It lacks the fragmentation sleeve.
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RG-14
RG-14 (or RG-14/30 without fragmentation sleeve) grenades are also found in weapon cache.
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Trivia
During SRs rebellion, Red Guards use a 76.2mm M1927 regimental gun, standing for similar looking 3-inch M1909 mountain gun, M1910 fortress counter-assault gun or M1913 infantry gun.
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