Gunpowder (Porokh) is a Soviet 1985 war drama directed by Viktor Aristov. In Autumn 1941, Soviet troops, defending besieged Leningrad, are in dire need of artillery gunpowder. Large stores of old naval gunpowder are in the island fortress of Kronstadt. A group of chemical and artillery specialists are sent to Kronstadt to examine the gunpowder and organize its transport across a sea route under heavy enemy bombing.
The following weapons were used in the film Gunpowder (Porokh):
Numerous AA machine guns are seen in Kronstadt. These are DShKs on 2M-1 naval mountings. While 2M-1s are twin over and under mountings, those seen in the movie have the bottom machine gun removed.
A twin (over and under) 25 mm AA automatic gun 2M-3M with two 110-PM autocannons is mounted on a Project 1204 armored boat. In reality, these guns appeared starting in the 1950s.
A 45 mm 21-KM gun is mounted on a Soviet Navy patrol boat. The 21-KM is a further development of the 21-K gun, fitted with a longer L/68 barrel from a M-42 AT gun. This gun was issued starting in 1944.
Many Soviet Navy ships are seen in the movie. Most, if not all, of them are post-war, standing in for wartime ships.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Project 68-bis cruiser is seen in the background.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSeveral Project 50 frigates fire their 100 mm guns. They stand in for the Project 7 Soviet wartime destroyer, having a roughly similar appearance.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close view of Project 50 frigate Rossomakha (according to board number). Two 100 mm B-34 guns and RBU-2500 anti-submarine rocket launcher can be seen.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA group of Soviet ships under enemy aerial bombardment. The nearest ship is a Project 266 minesweeper.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA scale model of the Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya battleship.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Project 266 minesweeper is seen in the background. It is armed with two 30 mm AK-230 twin mountings.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Project 1204 armored boat under attack by German planes (YaK-18 training planes standing in for Ju 87 dive bombers). The armored boat is armed with a 76.2 mm D-56TS gun in the turret of a PT-76 light tank, a 25 mm twin (over and under) AA mounting 2M-3M and 140 mm BM-14 multiple launch rocket system.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close, although blurry, view of the 76.2 mm turret on said armored boat.
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