Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah)
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Fortress on Wheels Krepost na kolesah ) is a 1960 Soviet war movie. The story takes place in July 1941 on Soviet-German front. A Soviet armoured train is a mainstay of the defence against Wehrmacht offensive.
The following weapons were used in the film Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) :
Handguns Tokarev TT-33 Soviet officers' service sidearms are TT-33 pistols. They are mostly seen in holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Gen. Usov (Boris Dmokhovsky ) holds his TT. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Many Soviet soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Aleksei Gogolko (Andrei Khlebnikov ) with PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgts. Aleksei Gogolko and Ivan Vozhzhov (Mikhail Pugovkin ) with PPSh-41 SMGs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Bondarenko (Aleksandr Anurov ) with PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vozhzhov (at the right) with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh is seen on the wall inside the armoured train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Political commissair Samarin (Vasili Vekshin ) (at the left) and the commander of the armoured train Maj. Pyotr Kirillovich (Grigory Mikhaylov ) (at the right) with PPSh-41s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pyotr Kirillovich and Samarin lead the crew of the armoured train after it is destroyed. MP40 MP40 SMGs are seen in hands of German soldiers in several scenes. They are also used by Soviet soldiers and partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailor Yurko (Pavel Dubashinsky ) rides a bicycle in the opening scene. He carries two captured MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German motorcyclists with MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A young partisan holds an MP40. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Rifle Many Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier fires his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ostap Korneevich (Aleksei Bunin ), the commander of partisan unit, holds an M91/30 rifle (in center). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries an M91/30 on sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with M91/30 rifles on march. Some rifles are fitted with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier fires his rifle during the night battle. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Some Soviet soldiers carry Mosin Nagant M1938 carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the right holds an M38 carbine. Mauser Rifle Some German soldiers are seen with Mauser rifles. It's hard to say if they are Karabiner 98ks or Gewehr 98s or a mix of both.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with rifles under the heavy artillery fire. Some of them seem to be long enough for Gewehr 98s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier at the left holds a rifle. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun In one scene Ostap Korneevich (Aleksei Bunin ), the commander of partisan unit, carries a double barreled shotgun (later he replaces it with a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ostap Korneevich (in the middle) with a shotgun. Single Barreled Shotgun In the same scene one of the partisans carries a single barreled shotgun (later he replaces it with a DP-27 machine gun).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan behind Ostap Korneevich carries a shotgun. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Soviet troops use Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Eset Ismaili (Anvar Turaev ) with DP-27 in ambush. At the right Sgt. Ivan Vozhzhov (Mikhail Pugovkin ) holds a PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the partisans holds a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier reloads his DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailor Yurko (Pavel Dubashinsky ) fires a DP-27 in the final scene. Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted on the armoured train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DT is seen below the turret. MG34 MG34s are briefly seen in hands of German soldiers and Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier carries an MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another German soldier carries an MG34 with folded bipod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan at the right mans an MG34. MG42 Anachronistic MG42s are seen among the weapons that the commander of the armoured train gives to partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ostap Korneevich (Aleksei Bunin ), the partisans commander, holds an MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrels of two MG42s are seen in the middle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan at the left mans an MG42. Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are used by Soviet infantry and also mounted on the armoured train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim inside the armoured train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim covers the work to restore the broken railway. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim on the armoured train. It is covered with armoured tube. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two gunners remove the Maxim from armoured mounting in order to use it outside the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim in night battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim in the final scene. Maxim M-4 Quad Mount Two M-4 quad AA mounts are seen on the armoured train. They are manned by Sgts. Ivan Vozhzhov (Mikhail Pugovkin ) and Aleksei Gogolko (Andrei Khlebnikov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 in M-4 AA quad mounting Error creating thumbnail: File missing A quad Maxim on flatcar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vozhzhov fires the M-4. Behind him a 76.2-mm AA gun M1938 is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vozhzhov cleans his machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vozhzhov fires at German dive bombers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gogolko at his machine gun. Maxim M1910 A Maxim M1910 with smooth water jacket is seen in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A broken-down Maxim and a slain gunner are seen on the battlefield. Degtyaryov DShK-12,7 Several DShK heavy machine guns are mounted on the armoured train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DShK on the armoured wagon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DShK is seen behind Sgt. Aleksei Gogolko (Andrei Khlebnikov ). 37-mm AA gun M1939 (61-K) Four 37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA guns are mounted on the armoured train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37?252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of 37-mm AA gun is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A wagon with two 37-mm AA guns. Hand Grenades RGD-33 RGD-33 grenades are used by Soviet soldiers in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailor Yurko (Pavel Dubashinsky ) carries an RGD-33 and an F-1 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nadya (Natalya Naum ) takes a grenade from a slain soldier. F-1 Some Soviet soldiers carry F-1 hand grenades .
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailor Yurko (Pavel Dubashinsky ) carries an RGD-33 and an F-1. Model 24 Stielhandgranate Several Soviet soldiers carry captured Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier (next to a sailor) carries a grenade tucked at his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailor Yurko (Pavel Dubashinsky ) also carries an M24 grenade. A moment later it switches to RGD-33 . Other Weapons 45-mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) Soviet 53-K AT guns are seen 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 A 45-mm AT gun is seen during the march of Soviet troops on the forest road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 45-mm gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 45-mm gun is seen on the flatcar. 7.5 cm Pak 40 German 7.5 cm Pak 40 AT guns are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 7.5 cm Pak 40 is seen near the house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 7.5 cm Pak 40 is towed by a car. 82-mm Mortar BM-37 82-mm mortars BM-37 are used by both Soviet and German soldiers (in the latter case they stand for German Granatwerfer 34 Mortars .)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers run to the mortar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing They fire at the armoured train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier at the left carries the barrel of the mortar. Trivia Armoured Train A genuine WWII-era armoured train appears in the movie. It's a late war version of Soviet armoured trains. It consists of two armoured wagons, one with three turrets of T-34 tanks with 76.2-mm F-34 guns, and another one with a single such turret, and of several flatcars with 76.2-mm M1938 AA guns, 37-mm M1939 AA guns, 45-mm M1937 guns and numerous machine guns.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing German tanks in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A side view of a burning tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another tank in attack. Next to it a hull of a destroyed tank is seen. Armoured Car A mockup of the Sd. Kfz. 231 (6-rad) German armoured car is seen in one scene. It's a movie prop, specially made for filming. Note that the turret isn't rotating.
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