White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni)
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White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni ) is a 1970 classic Russian "Eastern" film by Vladimir Motyl, one of the most popular Russian films of all time. The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov (Anatoly Kuznetsov ) fight against the gang of outlaws lead by Abdullah the Black (Kakhi Kavsadze ).
The following weapons were used in the film White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni) :
Handguns
Nagant M1895
The Nagant M1895 revolver is the personal weapon of the main character, Fyodor Sukhov (Anatoly Kuznetsov ). This weapon was handed to him by his commander as award, so Sukhov appreciates his revolver and use it in most firefight scenes. Several Abdullah's men also use Nagant revolvers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rakhimov (Musa Dudayev ), the commander of a squadron of Red Army, fires his Nagant in air.
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Reichsrevolver M1879
Reichsrevolver M1879 revolvers are used by several Abdullah's men. Sayid (Spartak Mishulin ) takes the revolver from one of the brigands but never fired it. Only a single Reichsrevolver can be seen in a time, so it looks like only one movie prop was used in the film.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the Abdullah's men holds a Nagant M1895 , taken from Sukhov, in one hand and Reichsrevolver M1879 in other.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character is hit with lasso by Sayid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A brigand at the right aims Reichsrevolver at Sayid (Spartak Mishulin ).
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Mauser C96
Mauser C96 is a personal weapon of Abdullah the Black (Kakhi Kavsadze ) and several of his men. During the scene on the shore Sukhov (Anatoly Kuznetsov ) also use Mauser C96, knocking out the weapon from hand of Ibraghim, commander of small group sent to capture Sukhov.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ibraghim aim his Mauser C96 on Sukhov.
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Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Rifle
Young soldier Petrukha (Nikolai Godovikov ) carries a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle with bayonet. His rifle is in poor condition and often misfires.
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Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine
Various characters carry anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 carbines, notably Sayid (Spartak Mishulin ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army soldier holds an M38 carbine in the opening scene.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Sayid's M38 Carbine. Note the notches next to bolt handle. They indicate that this carbine was sometime fitted with a sniper scope.
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Marlim Model 1893
One of the Abdullah's men is armed with a lever action rifle that appears to be a Marlin Model 1893 . It is a well-worn and partially broken gun; it lacks the hammer that was simply lost and has other traces of home-made repair.
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Machine Guns
Lewis Machine Gun
Lewis light machine gun is seen in Sukhov's (Anatoly Kuznetsov ) hands.
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Degtyaryov DP-27 (visually modified to resemble Lewis machine gun)
In firing scenes Lewis Gun is substituted with a visually modified Degtyaryov DP-27 .
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Hotchkiss Light Machine Gun
A Hotchkiss LMG is seen in the house of retired custom officer Pavel Vereshchagin (Pavel Luspekaev ). It never fired during the movie and wound up being dumped into the sea by Vereshchagin's wife who wanted to keep her husband at home.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing No, lads, I'll not give you the machine gun... . Drunken Vereshchagin with his machine gun. Note the flexible belt which wasn't used on the real Hotchkiss and appears to be taken from the PK MG.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing These guns, these bullets... plague on them! . Vereshchagin's wife throws her husband's weapon overboard.
Trivia
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