Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran)
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Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm Duma o Kovpake: Buran ) is a Soviet 1975 war movie directed by Timofei Levchuk. It is the second part of the tetralogy of films, depicting the activities of Soviet partisan unit under the command of Sidor Artemyevich Kovpak on Nazi-occupied territories of Ukraine in 1941-1944. The events, covered in Buran , take place from January to December 1942.
The following weapons were used in the film Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran) :
Handguns Luger P08 German officers carry Luger P08 pistols in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer unsuccessfully tries to raise his soldiers in attack on snow-covered field under the heavy fire of partisan's Maxims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasily Nikolayev (Nikolay Merzlikin ) disarms a German officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolayev holds the captured Luger. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Partisans widely use PPSh-41 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans march through heavy snow-storm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries his PPSh on sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 is seen on the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Petrov (Viktor Chekmaryov ) fires the PPSh during the battle in January 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lenkin (Ivan Gavrilyuk ) observes the field of recent battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudnev (Valentin Belokhvostik ) with PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pyotr Vershigora (Yuriy Sarantsev ) appears from the plane with PPSh in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zurab Toladze (Zurab Kapianidze ) with PPSh and Radik Rudnev (Pyotr Lastivka, Jr.) with MP40 in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vershigora has a PPSh at his side while watching the railway bridge. MP40 MP40 SMGs are widely used by both German troops and Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolya Mudryi (Viktor Pivnenko ) (at the left) carries MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zurab Toladze's (Zurab Kapianidze ) MP40 is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers under heavy fire of partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan in center carries the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasily Gurin (Aleksandr Anurov ) (at the right) carries the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan with MP40 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zurab Toladze (Zurab Kapianidze ) with PPSh-41 and Radik Rudnev (Pyotr Lastivka, Jr.) with MP40 in center. MP38 MP38 SMGs are also used by German troops and Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan (Viktor Polishchuk ) carries MP38 during the winter march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character fires his SMG. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer aims his MP38. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Many partisans 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 partisan fires during the winter battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans repel the attack of German troops. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan at the right carries M91/30. Note the turned down bolt handle, a feature of sniper rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two partisans in center carry M91/30 rifles during the river crossing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stepan Krymov (Leonid Slisarenko ) on rest with his rifle next to him. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Some partisans carry Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan holds M38 Carbine. SVT-40 Some Soviet partisans, notably Medved (Viktor Plotnikov ), use SVT-40 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing SVT is seen at the right during the winter battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries SVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Medved with SVT. Karabiner 98k Many German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles. Captured 98k rifles are used by partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German artillerymen with 98k rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers use 98k rifles in close combat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries 98k rifle. Machine Guns and Autocannons Degtyaryov DP-27 Partisans widely use Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan (Ivan Simonenko ) mans the DP-27 during the battle in January 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lenkin (Ivan Gavrilyuk ) fires the DP-27. Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are used by partisans. Both pre- and post-1941 versions are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans ready the Maxim for battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasily Nikolayev (Nikolay Merzlikin ) fires the Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Opanasenko (Aleksandr Lutsenko ) fires the Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Maxim is transported on horse cart. MG34 Wehrmacht troops widely use MG34 machine guns. Captured MG34s are used by partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 50 round belt drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Medved (Viktor Plotnikov ) fires MG34 during the winter battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Opanasenko (Aleksandr Lutsenko ) hands the MG34 to a partisan. Two more MG34s are seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tripod-mounted MG34 is abandoned by retreating German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan fires the MG34 during the night attack. 61-K AA Autocannon The 37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA autocannon is seen in the scene when Kovpak visits Moscow in Summer 1942.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 37-mm autocannon is partially seen at the right. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade In one scene Pavel Ustuyzhanin (Mikhail Kokshenov ) makes booby traps, using F-1 hand grenades .
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ustuyzhanin makes booby traps. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of F-1. Model 24 Stielhandgranate Model 24 Stielhandgranates are used by both German soldiers and Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier carries two Stielhandgranates. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Pavel Ustuyzhanin (Mikhail Kokshenov ) has a grenade at his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasily Gurin (Aleksandr Anurov ) (at the left) carries Stielhandgranate at his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan holds the bundle of Stielhandgranates, used as anti-tank weapon. Unlike German "Geballte Ladung", this bundle keeps the sticks of all grenades. PTRD-41 Partisans use PTRD-41 AT rifles while repelling German tank attack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRD-41 Anti-tank rifle - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries PTRD. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRD in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two PTRD (No 1 and 2) and Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (No 3) are seen on partisan base. PzB-39 In the same scene partisans also use German PzB-39 AT rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PzB-39 Anti-tank rifle - 7,92×94 mm (Patrone 318) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries PzB-39. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan mans PzB-39 at the left. Wz. 35 Polish Wz. 35 anti-tank rifles (Wehrmacht index PzB 35(p)) are also used by partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle - 8x107mm DS Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan in center is armed with MP40 , two Model 24 Stielhandgranates and Wz. 35 AT rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wz.35 is seen on battlefield (at the right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wz.35 is seen on partisan base at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two PTRD-41 (No 1 and 2) and Wz. 35 (No 3) are seen on partisan base. 45-mm 53-K 45-mm 53-K AT guns are used by partisans. Zurab Toladze (Zurab Kapianidze ) commands the artillery and personally mans one of these guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45-mm AT gun on winter march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45-mm gun on positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45-mm gun in partisans camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans move two 45-mm guns on the river crossing. 7.5 cm Pak 40 Wehrmacht troops use 7.5 cm Pak 40 guns during the attempt to destroy partisans in January 1942.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Granatwerfer 34 Mortar 81.4-mm Granatwerfer 34 Mortars are used by Wehrmacht troops and partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers carry GrW 34 mortars. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The GrW 34 (No 1) is seen in partisan camp together with BM-37 Mortar (No 2). BM-37 Mortar Partisans also use 82-mm BM-37 Mortars .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing The BM-37 at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The BM-37 (No 2) is seen in partisan camp together with Granatwerfer 34 Mortar (No 1). The following guns are seen only in documentary footage, including in the movie.
TT-33 A Soviet officer with TT-33 pistol is seen in the footage of Stalingrad battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing RM-38 Mortar RM-38 Mortars are used by partisans.
Soviet 50-mm RM-38 Mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia Armour Error creating thumbnail: File missing BTR-40s on winter road. They stand for German APC, despite being wheeled unlike German half-track SdKfz 250/251. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Visually modified PT-76 tanks stand for German tanks. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans unload 76.2mm M1938 mountain gun from the plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1938 Mountain gun is seen at the left. See Also 
