The Bridge (Most; Georgian title Khidi) is a 1942 Soviet Georgian war drama directed by Konstantine Pipinashvili and Shota Managadze. During the Soviet offensive in Spring 1942, a strategic bridge is destroyed by the Germans. A sapper battalion under the command of Capt. Ilo Gigauri restores the crossing and defends it against the enemy counterattack.
The following weapons were used in the film The Bridge (Most):
When the Germans interrogate captured Soviet radio operator, one of the officers holds a compact pistol that turns out to a Korovin TK. It may be used as a stand-in for a Mauser Pocket Pistol.
One of the guns, seen in hands of German soldiers, is a mockup with parts of MP38 (barrel, magazine well, part of receiver) in combination with custom parts. A horizontal box is mounted under the receiver instead of a vertical magazine. The reason of creating of such mockup is unclear, since genuine MP40s are used in the film.
Many Soviet soldiers, including Sr. Sgt. Otar Gigauri (Davit Lortkipanidze) who is Capt. Gigauri's younger brother, and Pvt. Baruta (Pyotr Dolzhanov), are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles.
Some Soviet soldiers carry Tokarev SVT-38 rifles. Due to a continuity error, Otar Gigauri's Mosin Nagant rifle switches to an SVT-38 during his duel with a German sniper.
Many German soldiers carry rifles that are seen in distance and unclear.
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Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns are used by Soviet troops. The DP-27s mostly lack the conical flash hiders.
The machine gun, used by German troops in several scenes, is a Degtyaryov DT with fake covers on the barrel and the receiver, without the magazine and with mockup cartridge belt.
In an attempt to destroy the bridge, the Germans use floating mines. The mines are mockups that look like scaled-down version of typical contact naval mines with their "Hertz horn" protuberances.
