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'''''Road Hawks''''' (also known as '''''The Road Vultures'''''; Russian title: Стервятники на дорогах, ''Stervyatniki na dorogakh'') is a 1990 Soviet action movie. Truck driver ([[Oleg Fomin]]) confronts a unbridled criminal organization which robs and kills drivers, acting under the guise of a road maintenance service, and operating alongside a biker gang and local police.
'''''Road Hawks''''' (also known as '''''The Road Vultures'''''; Russian title: Стервятники на дорогах, ''Stervyatniki na dorogakh'') is a 1990 Soviet action movie. A truck driver ([[Oleg Fomin]]) confronts an unbridled criminal organization which robs and kills drivers, acting under the guise of a road maintenance service, and operating alongside a biker gang and local police.


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One of the bandits (uncredited) carries the custom compact [[StG-44]]. Such weapon today are sometimes referred to as "StG-44k", with a note that it was allegedly tested during the WW2, although there is no evidence for this and all "StG-44k" are modern replicas. The gun used in the film is noteworthy in that it is fully operational (which means that work was carried out to transfer the gas system). This same compact StG-44 can be seen later in some other Belarusfilm movies, such as ''[[Gladiator for Rent (Gladiator po naymu)]]'' and ''Between Life and Death (Mezhdu zhiznyu i smertyu)''.
One of the bandits (uncredited) carries a custom compact [[StG-44]]. Such weapons today are sometimes referred to as the "StG-44k", with a note that it was allegedly tested during the Second World War, although there is no evidence for this and all "StG-44k" are modern replicas. The gun used in the film is noteworthy in that it is fully operational (which means that work was carried out to transfer the gas system). This same compact StG-44 can be seen later in some other Belarusfilm movies, such as ''[[Gladiator for Rent (Gladiator po naymu)]]'' and ''Between Life and Death (Mezhdu zhiznyu i smertyu)''.
[[Image:mp44k.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"StG-44k" - 7.92x33mm Kurz. This is a modern modification of the full-size rifle. The in-movie gun is similar to this one, except the standard gas tube removed, and no folding buttstock.]]
[[Image:mp44k.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"StG-44k" - 7.92x33mm Kurz. This is a modern modification of the full-size rifle. The in-movie gun is similar to this one, except the standard gas tube is removed and there no folding buttstock.]]
[[Image:SND 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|StG-44 fires during the chase.]]
[[Image:SND 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|StG-44 fires during a chase.]]
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[[Image:SND 3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A mafia member holds the gun, during capture a truck.]]
[[Image:SND 3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A mafia member holds the gun while capturing a truck.]]
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Road Hawks (Stervyatniki na dorogakh)
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Cinema Poster
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Directed by Samvel Gasparov
Release Date 1990
Language Russian
Studio "Triller" Moscow film association
Granit
Belarusfilm
Main Cast
Character Actor
Sasha Oleg Fomin
Rita Nina Ruslanova
Tanya Natalya Vavilova
Ira Marina Yakovleva
Arsen Arsen Gasparovich
Bandit Viktor Yevgrafov
Grisha Sergey Barabanshchikov
Bandit Aleksandr Brukhatskiy
Vitka "Vermut" Yevgeniy Titov (II)


Road Hawks (also known as The Road Vultures; Russian title: Стервятники на дорогах, Stervyatniki na dorogakh) is a 1990 Soviet action movie. A truck driver (Oleg Fomin) confronts an unbridled criminal organization which robs and kills drivers, acting under the guise of a road maintenance service, and operating alongside a biker gang and local police.


The following weapons were used in the film Road Hawks (Stervyatniki na dorogakh):


"StG-44k"

One of the bandits (uncredited) carries a custom compact StG-44. Such weapons today are sometimes referred to as the "StG-44k", with a note that it was allegedly tested during the Second World War, although there is no evidence for this and all "StG-44k" are modern replicas. The gun used in the film is noteworthy in that it is fully operational (which means that work was carried out to transfer the gas system). This same compact StG-44 can be seen later in some other Belarusfilm movies, such as Gladiator for Rent (Gladiator po naymu) and Between Life and Death (Mezhdu zhiznyu i smertyu).

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"StG-44k" - 7.92x33mm Kurz. This is a modern modification of the full-size rifle. The in-movie gun is similar to this one, except the standard gas tube is removed and there no folding buttstock.
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StG-44 fires during a chase.
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A mafia member holds the gun while capturing a truck.
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