Error creating thumbnail: File missingEnemy at the Gates (2001). The theatrical movie poster with the "infamous" reversed image of a Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle.
Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 World War II film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Jude Law stars in the film as Vasily Zaitsev, an ordinary Russian soldier who became a legend for his feats as a sniper fighting during the Battle of Stalingrad. Ed Harris co-stars in the film as German intelligence officer Major Erwin König, an expert sniper tasked to eliminate Zaitsev. The cast also includes Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz and Bob Hoskins. The film is notable for being one of the few modern English language films to depict the Eastern Front of the war.
The following weapons were used in the film Enemy at the Gates:
Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law) uses the sniper variant of the Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifle with a PU scope when he is "promoted" to sniper. The sniper version of the M91/30 is also used by other Soviet snipers, most notably master sniper Koulikov (Ron Perlman), Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz), and junior snipers Volodya (Ivan Shvedoff) and Ludmilla (Sophie Rois). The use of the PU scope is anachronistic, as the Mosin Nagant rifle with PU scope did not appear until 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaitsev actually carried a Mosin Nagant with an earlier PEM scope.
The Mosin Nagant M91/30 is used by nearly all Soviet infantry enlisted men in the film. Also used by Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law) in the first battle he experiences in Stalingrad. At the beginning of the film, unarmed conscripts are paired up and given a single M91/30 per pair, and told to pick up their partner's rifle when he is shot. This single scene actually ended up leading to a number of rumors and myths that the Red Army only had half as many guns as soldiers, and sent men into combat unarmed. This, like much of the movie, is completely embellished and was added to emphasize the desperation present in the Soviets at the battle of Stalingrad.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmRError creating thumbnail: File missingWhen Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz) first enters the basement, she is carrying a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine. Note that she does not use the leather 'rings' of the traditional Mosin Nagant sling, instead she sticks one end through the buttstock sling opening (like a K98 rifle). Probably a field expedient to a damaged rifle sling.Error creating thumbnail: File missingTania sets her Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine against the wall next to Vasily's sniper rifle.
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 pistol is used by Soviet officers and political officers (NKVD NCOs and officers).
Russian Maxim M1910/30 machine guns can be seen in various fortified positions and on the troop transport train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRussian Maxim M1910/30, post-1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmRError creating thumbnail: File missingNKVD blocking troops ready their M1910/30 machine gun. Note the post-1941 shape of the cooling jacket.
The MP38 is used by various German soldiers, usually older NCOs. The precursor to the MP40, finely machined and more difficult to manufacture, the MP38 was phased out in favor of the stamped sheet metal MP40.
The MP41 (a more expensive, wooden stock version of the MP40) is used by one of the German soldiers firing into the fountain filled with dead Russians.
The MG42 is also used by German soldiers. While the MG42 actually saw limited use at Stalingrad, the film's depiction commits the common error of showing the weapon with the post-1943 vertical charging handle instead of the period appropriate and rare slab-sided horizontal handle.
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