Fit for Non-Combatant Duty
Original Theatrical Poster
Fit for Non-Combatant Duty Goden k nestroevoy ) is a Soviet 1968 B&W war comedy directed by Vladimir Rogovoy and Efraim Sevela. In 1943 17-years old, clumsy and short-sighted Vladimir Danilin volunteers for the service in Soviet Army. Being fit for non-combatant duty only, he is enlisted to a communications platoon as a driver of horse cart. When his horse is blown up by a mine, Danilin manages to get another one, and it turns out to be a trained circus horse.
The following weapons were used in the film Fit for Non-Combatant Duty (Goden k nestroevoy) :
Pistols TT-33 Platoon commander Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Kachura (Mikhail Pugovkin ) carries a TT-33 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kachura draws his TT when planning to shoot a horse, unfit for service. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kachura carries a TT holster in another scene. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Some Soviet soldiers, notably Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Kachura (Mikhail Pugovkin ), Pavel Fomin (Boris Gitin ) and Skhirladze (Kakhi Kavsadze ), are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs. Both drum and stick magazines are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fomin takes his PPSh with stick magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Skhirladze carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Skhirladze's PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another close view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet scouts with PPSh-41s move across enemy lines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kachura's PPSh with stick magazine is seen on the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kachura (in center) carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The stick magazine is seen. MP40 Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Lena Korolyova (Lyubov Rumyantseva ), commander of scout group, carries an MP40 . MP40s are also carried by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korolyova carries an MP40 when returning from mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Korolyova's MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German sentry carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Danilin (Viktor Perevalov ) carries his M91/30 rifle and Korolyova's MP40 when he drags wounded Korolyova across the no man's land to Soviet positions. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Many Soviet soldiers, notably Vladimir Danilin (Viktor Perevalov ) and Ivan Pavlovich Samokhin (Aleksey Chernov ), are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Samokhin's rifle with bayonet, attached backwards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A row of M91/30 rifles is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Samokhin cleans his rifle. The removed bolt is seen on the cloth. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Danilin carries his rifle when he drags wounded Korolyova across the no man's land to Soviet positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Danilin's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bayonet, attached backwards, is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Samokhin holds his rifle when guarding arrested Danilin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel and bayonet of Danilin's rifle. Mauser Rifle In one scene a German soldier carries a Mauser rifle of unclear model (perhaps, but not necessarily a Karabiner 98k ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with Mauser rifle guards horses at night. Machine Guns MG34 German MG34 machine guns, mounted on motorcycles, are seen in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several MG34, mounted on motorcycles, are seen in the night scene. Degtyaryov DP-27 A Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun is seen mounted on a motorcycle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A motorcycle with DP-27 is seen in the column of Soviet troops. Degtyaryov DT A Degtyaryov DT machine gun is seen mounted on a T-34-85 tank.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal DT is seen on a T-34-85 that stands for destroyed German tank. Other Weapons PTRD-41 PTRD-41 AT rifles are seen during the march of Soviet troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRD-41 Anti-tank rifle - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry PTRD-41 AT rifles. RGD-33 Hand Grenade Skhirladze (Kakhi Kavsadze ) carries an RGD-33 hand grenade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Skhirladze carries an RGD-33 and an F-1 grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An RGD-33 is seen on the table. F-1 Hand Grenade Lena Korolyova (Lyubov Rumyantseva ) and Skhirladze (Kakhi Kavsadze ) carry F-1 hand grenades .
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Skhirladze carries an RGD-33 and an F-1 grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korolyova carries a pair of F-1 grenades. 82mm BM-37 Mortar During the march Soviet soldiers carry disassembled BM-37 mortars.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar, early model Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carry mortar barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other soldiers carry mortar bipod and baseplate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of carried baseplate. 120mm M1938 Mortar A battery of Soviet 120mm M1938 Mortars (or nearly same looking M1943) is seen in one scene. The mortars are of post-war modification as they are fitted with muzzle devices, preventing double loading.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 120-mm regimental mortar M1938 on wheeled carriage Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loading of 120mm mortar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 120mm mortar is towed by a truck. Trivia Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 76.2mm ZiS-3 field gun is briefly seen on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122mm M-30 howitzer on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of M-30 on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are seen on march across the pontoon bridge. Due to relatively short tube launchers, they appear to be post-war 140mm BM-14.Tanks Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-85 stands for destroyed German tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34 on railway flatcar; the turret is rotated to back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Post-war T-55 tanks. Documentary footage is used in several scenes to represent the Soviet offencive and the attacks of German planes.
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of a soldier, firing and reloading Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with M91/30 rifles in attack. PPSh-41 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with PPSh-41 (at the left) and PPD-40 (at the right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with PPSh in action. PPD-40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPD-40 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with PPSh-41 (at the left) and PPD-40 (at the right). Degtyaryov DP-27 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with a Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 in action. MG15 / MG81 Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG 81 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG15 or MG81 machine gun is seen mounted on a German He111 bomber in ventral position. Berezin UBT Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berezin UBT, a turret version of UB with spade grips - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Berezin UBT machine gun is seen mounted on Soviet Il-2 ground attack plane. RPG-40 Hand Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with RPG-40 anti-tank grenade . Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45mm 53-K AT gun .Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 57mm ZiS-2 AT guns. The very long barrel allows to differ ZiS-2 from generally similar 76.2mm ZiS-3. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85mm 52-K AA guns .Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm M-30 howitzers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 152mm ML-20 gun-howitzer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 203mm B-4 howitzer. Tanks Error creating thumbnail: File missing A destroyed German Pz.IV tank. This is a late version with long 75mm gun. Airplanes Error creating thumbnail: File missing German He111 bombers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German Ju87 dive bomber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Pe-2 bombers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Il-2 ground attack planes. 
