The Naval Mettle
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The Naval Mettle Morskoy kharakter ) is a Soviet 1970 war movie directed by Vasili Zhuravlyov and based on several stories by Leonid Sobolev. The story depicts the participation of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet Marines in the defence of the city of Odessa in 1941.
The following weapons are seen in the movie The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter):
Handungs Tokarev TT-33 Several Soviet officers carry 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 Colonel Arkhipov (Pyotr Glebov ) holds a TT pistol. Walther P38 In one scene a German officer (Valentin Bryleev ) is seen with a Walther P38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer holds a P38 and a Model 24 Stielhandgranate . Shpagin SPSh Flare Pistol An SPSh Flare Pistol is used by Tatyana (Lyudmila Gladunko ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian SPSh Flare Pistol 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tatyana loads her SPSh... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and fires it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view at SPSh. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Many Soviet Marines are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs with drum magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yefim Korzh (Aleksandr Lukyanov ) with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrey Krotkikh (Boris Tokarev ) and Aleksandr Surnin (Vladimir Kostin ) with PPSh-41s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrey Krotkikh with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine officer (Vladimir Protasenko ) with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tatyana (Lyudmila Gladunko ) with a PPSh. MP40 German soldiers carry MP40 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer fires an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pompey Karasyov (Nikolai Kryuchkov ) fires a captured MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with MP40. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are seen in hands of Soviet Marines and infantry soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine with a M1891/30 rifle with bayonet in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine hits a German soldier with the buttstock of his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine with a M1891/30 rifle is seen at the background. Tokarev SVT-40 Many Soviet Marines are armed with Tokarev SVT-40 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine with SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine with SVT escorts German POWs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two SVTs are seen at the foreground, one of them is with sword bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrey Krotkikh (Boris Tokarev ) carries an SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marines with STVs in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentinel with SVT. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Soviet Marines use Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pompey Karasyov (Nikolai Kryuchkov ) with a DP-27. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine fires DP-27. Maxim M1910 A Maxim M1910 machine gun is seen in one scene. It can be indetified by its smooth water-jacket that is 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 mounted on a rowboat. Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are used by Soviet Marines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Marine fires a Maxim M1910/30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrey Krotkikh (Boris Tokarev ) fires a Maxim M1910/30. MG34 MG34s are used by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is seen on German positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of MG34 is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire MG34. Goryunov SGMB Goryunov SGMB, pedestal mounted version of Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun , are mounted on BTR-60P. They are seen in post-war scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goryunov SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goryunov SGMT A coaxial Goryunov SGMT machine gun is mounted on PT-76 tank, seen in post-war scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SGMT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. Solenoid-operated version intended for use as a coaxial weapon on tanks Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of coaxial SGMT is seen. Degtyaryov-Shpagin DShK DShK heavy machine gun is mounted on a patrol boat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK on naval mounting - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DShK is seen on the bow of a patrol boat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of DShK can be seen. Vladimirov KPV KPV heavy machine guns are seen in naval mountings.
2M-5 A twin 2M-5 mounting is used on Project 123K torpedo boats.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPV heavy machine gun in 2M-5 twin naval mounting - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 14.5-mm 2M-5 is seen on the stern of a torpedo boat. 2M-7 Another vesion of twin mounting is a 2M-7, used on patrol boats.
KPV heavy machine gun in 2M-7 twin naval mounting - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 14,5-mm 2M-7 is seen on the bow of a patrol boat. 37-mm V-11 37-mm V-11 AA twin mountings, naval version of 61-K , are seen on a Soviet cruiser.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier readies to throw a grenade but is shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer (Valentin Bryleev ) holds a Walther P38 and a Model 24 Stielhandgranate. Dummy Hand Grenade A hand grenade is carried by Andrey Krotkikh (Boris Tokarev ) during the training. It is supposed to be a dummy mockup used for basic training.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Training stick grenade. Such cast aluminum dummies were widely used in USSR for basic training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andrey Krotkikh with Tokarev SVT-40 rifle and a grenade. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Triple 180-mm turrets on the Kirov -class cruiser of the Soviet Navy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 100-mm B-34 AA gun on the Kirov -class cruiser of the Soviet Navy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 tanks are viually modified to resemble German tanks. Several different mockups are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85 tank, anachronistic for 1941. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing PT-76 amphibious light tanks are seen in post-war scene. 
