A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy)
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A Good Lad Slavnyy malyy ), also known as Novgorodtsy (Those of Novgorod ) is a 1943 Soviet war movie directed by Boris Barnet . Claude, a pilot of Free French Air Force squadron that serves together with Red Army Air Force, is shot down in air battle but lands in the forest, controlled by the Soviet partisan unit. The partisans help Claude to complete the mission to find the heavily camouflaged German airfield.
The following weapons were used in the film A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy) :
Pistols M1911 Vasya Sukhov (Nikolai Stepanov ), disguised as a German soldier, carries M1911 pistol. Claude (Viktor Dobrovolsky ) also has the M1911 (probably the same prop) that he exchanges for Katya's (Ekaterina Sipavina ) Mauser Pocket Pistol .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasya Sukhov (in German uniform) runs with the 1911 in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Claude gives his pistol to Katya. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katya holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katya fires her pistol. 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol Katya (Ekaterina Sipavina ) carries the 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol (looks too large for .25 Model 1910). She exchanges it for Claude's M1911.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 7.65x17mmSR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katya hands her pistol to Claude. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Claude examines the pistol. Luger P08 In one scene a German officer uses the Luger P08 . A Luger is also hold by a partisan.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A young partisan at the background runs with the Luger in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer fires the Luger. Submachine Guns MP40 Several partisans, including Pyotr Nevskiy (Evgeniy Grigorev ), the commander of the partisan unit, and Vasya Sukhov (Nikolai Stepanov ), are armed with MP40 SMGs. MP40s are used by numerous German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bearded partisan in German Stahlhelm carries the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nevskiy carries the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasya carries the MP40. Rifles Karabinek wz.29 Most partisans, notably Ivan Doronin (Nikolay Bogolyubov ), are armed with Karabinek wz.29 rifles. These Polish Mauser rifles were used by Wehrmacht under the designation Gewehr 29(p); Red Army also got a sufficient number.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish WZ29 Mauser - 8x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shchukin (Leonid Tkachyov) carries the Wz.29 rifle with bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans fire at the German plane. Machine Guns Maxim M1910/30 The Maxim M1910/30 is seen on the partisans base.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 German soldiers use MG34 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MG34 is mounted on the motorcycle. Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate Some partisans, including Katya (Ekaterina Sipavina ), carry Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A young partisan at the background carries two grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katya carries the grenade at the belt. 
