The Axe Topor ) is a 2018 Russian two-part made for TV war film directed by Vladimir Semenovykh. After the Russian Civil War is over, a Cossack officer Ivan Ilyich Rodin (Andrey Smolyakov ) becomes a Siberian hermit. Seventeen years passed, and when Rodin gets news about the German invasion, he volunteers to the Red Army.
In 2021 the film was followed by a sequel Topor. 1943
The following weapons were used in the film The Axe (Topor) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Voenkom (the head of the military enlistment office) Boyko (Gleb Podgorodinskiy) carries a Nagant M1895 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Nagant grip is partially seen in Boyko's holster. The holster is a universal pattern for Nagant and TT. Pistols TT-33 Kombrig (brigade commander) Pyotr Alyoshin (Dmitriy Shevchenko ) carries a TT-33 in holster. The pistol in holster of a German saboteur Kurt (Edijs Zalaks) also turns out to be a TT.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The heel of the grip of Alyoshin's pistol allows to identify it as a TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurt, posing as a Senior Lieutenant of the State Secutiry Ozols, carries a pistol in holster that also turns out to be a TT. Unidentified pistol Initially Kombrig Alyoshin carries a different pistol in holster. Only a minor part of the grip is seen. It has a hole, common for CO2 guns but the exact model cannot be identified.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rhöner SM 80 The commander of the SS scout group SS-Hauptsturmführer Böhme (Konstantin Yudaev) (he carries the insignia of Untersturmführer) holds a pocket pistol that turns out to be a gas-firing Rhöner SM 80 . This pistol is generally similar to Reck pistols, such as Baby and Perfecta but SM 80 has the longer barrel and the different shape of the grip.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rhöner SM 80 - 8mm gas ammo Error creating thumbnail: File missing Böhme attaches a sound suppressor to his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the pistol. The fake suppressor is screwed inside the barrel, as it is common on screen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Böhme holds Rodin at gunpoint. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Several Soviet soldiers and officers as well as one of the German saboteurs in disguise carry PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh is seen on the wall in Kombrig Alyoshin's dugout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The platoon commander Senior Lieutenant Tsapko (Ivan Borisov) holds a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several scouts of Capt. Belov's unit carry PPSh-41s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A scout carries a PPSh when transporting a German prisoner across the frontline. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German saboteur, disguised as a Sergeant of the State Security, with a PPSh. MP40 (Denix) The commander of the scout company Capt. Belov (Ivan Shibanov ) and several of his subordinates are armed with MP40 submachine guns. Hauptsturmführer Böhme (Konstantin Yudaev) also carries an MP40. The details and surface reveal these guns as Denix non-firing replicas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix non-firing replica of MP40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Belov carries an MP40. Note the truncated front sight that is used on an early version of the Denix MP40 replica. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belov (in center) carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A scout at the left carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Belov's MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Böhme carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belov and his scouts carry MP40s. In this scene Belov has an MP40 with a standard hooded front sight. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sergeant Fyodor Mokhov (Vladimir Kapustin ) and some other Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stacked rifles are seen near the Soviet headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Mokhov holds an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mokhov carries his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries an M91/30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of Mokhov's rifle is seen. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Ivan Ilyich Rodin (Andrey Smolyakov ) is seen with a Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine in one scene of his life in Siberia (he is mostly seen with an M44 Carbine in this sequence). When serving in the Red Army, Rodin also carries an M38 Carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Due to a continuity error, Rodin's M44 Carbine switches to an M38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Note that the top of the hood on the front sight is broken. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin's M38 Carbine is seen in his horse cart. The front sight is intact. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin holds an M38 Carbine (at the left). Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine Rodin is mostly seen with an anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine in the scenes in Siberia. When serving in the Red Army, Rodin also carries an M44 Carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin, at that time a Siberian hunter, holds an M44 Carbine. The bayonet is removed but the bracket is on place. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin holds his carbine when he encounters the fugitive criminals. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds the carbine in close combat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Rodin goes to front, he leaves his carbine to a fugitive political convict Boris Gubin (Ignatiy Akrachkov ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin, now a Red Army soldier, holds an M44 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In later scene Rodin's carbine lacks the bayonet bracket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin's M44 Carbine, without the bayonet bracket, is seen in his horse cart. Karabiner 98k German scouts are mostly armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin uses his axe (claimed to be his personal WWI booty taken in combat against the Austro-Hungarians) in a close combat against a rifle-wielding SS-man. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Kar 98k on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several stacked rifles are seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the scouts holds a short rifle that is identical to Karabiner 98k but has straight bolt handle. Supposedly this is a rework Kar 98k with Gewehr 98 bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Rodin uses the captured rifle (the one with the straight bolt handle). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SS-men with their rifles in action. Vz. 16/33 Czech Mauser One of the rifles of the German scouts seems to be a Czech Mauser vz. 16/33 Carbine , adopted for Wehrmacht service as Gewehr 33/40 (t). The bright yellow wood may be a result of a modern rework.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech Mauser vz. 16/33 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mauser carbine is seen at the right. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 A DP-27 is seen in Kombrig Alyoshin's dugout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP hangs on the wall. Maxim M1910/30 A Maxim M1910/30 is seen in Soviet trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry a Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun on position. RPD-44 (visually modified as MG34) An RPD-44 , visually modified to resemble an MG34 , is used by the German scouts. Ivan Rodin (Andrey Smolyakov ) captures the machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPD-44 - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man carries a machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin fires the machine gun. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade Rodin transports crates with F-1 hand grenades on a horse cart when he encounters the German scouts. These grenades are mostly plastic dummies.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man opens the crate and takes a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Many grenades in the crate are plastic dummies (note the casting seams on the bottoms). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SS-man installs the fuze. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the grenades in the crate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin takes a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin cuts off the safety pin with the axe. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodin holds a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurt (Edijs Zalaks) hastely tries to equip a grenade. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hauptsturmführer Böhme (Konstantin Yudaev) carries a holster for Luger P08 . It's hard to say if there is a gun inside or the holster is empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heinkel He 111H bombers in flight. MG15 machine guns in the ventral gondola are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers march with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M-30 (M1938) 122 mm howitzer in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim machine gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lend-Lease Valentine tanks support the infantry in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with a PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing An ML-20 (M1937) 152 mm gun-howitzer in action. 
