Black Shark
Film poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Major Andrey Gusarov
Valeriy Vostrotin
Green
Oleg Martyanov
Catrine Nelson
Carey Schofield
Karahan
Yuriy Tsurilo
Capt. Rastorguev
Aleksandr Belov
Black Shark (Russian title: Чёрная акула ; Chyornaya akula Chyornaya akula (Black Shark).
Note: most actors are non-professionals, including actual soldiers of Spetsnaz , combat pilots (including cheif pilot of Kamov Design Bureau), and aircraft designers.
The following weapons were used in the film Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) :
Pistols Makarov PB Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) and Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) both use Makarov PB pistols during the raid on Karahan's drug facility.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makarov PB with integral suppressor - 9x18mm Makarov Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) charges his pistol. Note: Valeriy Vostrotin is the real Soviet–Afghan War veteran and Hero of the Soviet Union. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pistol in the hands of Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov), disguised as mujaheddin. M1911A1 Harry (Valeriy Pogrebenkov) fires M1911A1 in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harry (Valeriy Pogrebenkov) fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles AKMS Several mujahedeen, as well as Soviet soldiers can be seen armed with the AKMS rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKMS - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with the AKMS. Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) holds an AKS-74 at the far right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldier fires his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKMS near the killed Soviet soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Catrine Nelson (Carey Schofield) fires AKMS during the film climax. Note: Carey Schofield is the real life British freelance journalist. AKS-74 Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin), Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov), several Soviet and American soldiers uses AKS-74 rifles. Another AKS-74 can be seen using by several mujahedeen and mercenaries. Some of them are new versions with AK-74M synthetic furniture.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74 - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74 with synthetic furniture - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of the rifle in the hands of Soviet soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers fires during the training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two mujahedeen with the rifles. These AKs are fitted with blank firing adapters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mercenary with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another mercenary with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mujaheddin fires. Blank firing adapter is seen. M16A1 Most of American soldiers were armed with the M16A1 rifles. Captured M16A1s can be seen in the hands of several mujahedeen and mercenaries.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldier caver with his rifle... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but, a second later, he was killed by explosion. Machine Guns PKM Machine Gun Both Soviet soldiers and mujahedeens use PKM Machine Guns . They are fitted with late flash hiders.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1919A6, post-WWII manufacture with conical muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Gun at the right. KPVT KPVT Heavy Machine Guns are mounted on Soviet BTR-80 APCs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPVT heavy machine gun - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Good view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrel is seen. NSVT heavy machine gun Several mujahedeen uses NSVT heavy machine guns , mounted atop tank turrets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing NSV-T heavy machine gun mounted on a Ukrainian T-84 - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grenade Launchers GSN-19 A kid Seryozha (uncredited), son of an officer, fires AKMS with GSN-19 grenade launcher at the target at the opening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing GSN-19 grenade launcher with unfired round - 30mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close view of the launcher in Seryozha's hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) holds the launcher attached AK. GP-25 Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) and Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) uses GP-25s during the raid.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 65 recoilless rifle - 82mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Recoilless rifle at the left. Hand Grenade F-1 Grenades Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) and Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) both uses F-1 hand grenades during the raid
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Andrey Gusarov (Valeriy Vostrotin) loads his grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Rastorguev (Aleksandr Belov) hanged the brenade on his belt. Heavy weapons Shipunov 2A42 A genuine Ka-50 Chyornaya akula helicopter appears in the film. It is armed with the Shipunov 2A42 autocannon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shipunov 2A42 automatic cannon - 30x165mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Perfect view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2A42 autocannons are also mounted on BMP-2 AIFVs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30K Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30K was mounted on Karahan's (Yuriy Tsurilo ) Mi-24P (Hind-F).
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