Fighting Film Collection No. 4
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Fighting Film Collection No. 4 Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 4 ) is the fourth issue of Boyevoy kinosbornik series, released in September 1941. It contains three segments: "Patriontka/Patriot", "Prikas vypolnen/Order Carried Out" and British documentary "British Navy". Letter carrier Dunya Petrova alias Strelka (Lyubov Orlova), the main character of a popular Soviet comedy Volga-Volga , appears as a storyteller, uniting the segments.
The following weapons were used in the film Fighting Film Collection No. 4 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 4) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Zotov (Pavel Shpringfeld ), the driver of armoured car, is armed with a Nagant M1895 in "Patriot". Capt. Vladimir Tyurin (Vladimir Solovyov ) and a tractor driver (Vladimir Chuvelyov ) carry Nagants in "Order Carried Out".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zotov with a Nagant in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tractor driver draws his Nagant in "Order Carried Out". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character with a Nagant (at the left). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Voyenfeldsher of 2nd rank (combat medic) Nikolay Stepanovich (uncredited) carries a Nagant in holster (in center).Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Capt. Tyurin draws his Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tyurin in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Lt. (Aleksandr Smirnov) holds a Nagant (at the right). In previous scene he was seen with a TT holster. Pistols M1911 German officers and NCOs are armed with M1911 pistols in "Patriot" and "Order Carried Out".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer (Andrey Fayt ) holds an M1911 in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Lt. (at the right) holds an M1911 in "Order Carried Out". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Unteroffizier holds an M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer pistol-whips one of his soldiers. Submachine Guns Suomi M31 German infantry soldiers and paratroopers are armed with Suomi M31 SMGs in "Patriot". In "Order Carried Out" some German soldiers also are armed with Suomi.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Suomi KP/-31 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with Suomi SMGs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A peasant woman struggles with a German soldier for his SMG. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with Suomi SMGs in "Order Carried Out". Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are used by Red Army soldiers in "Order Carried Out", notably Pvt. Mikhail Bakov (Dmitri Pavlov ) (in the beginning of the scene he is seen with M91 rifle).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov holds M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov and Taratora (Sergey Pozharskiy) ready their rifles when hearing that enemy approaches. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov over the body of his comrade-in-arms. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers with M91/30 rifles and a Maxim machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds his M91/30 rifle. Mosin Nagant M1891 Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles are used by Red Army soldiers in "Order Carried Out", notably Pvt. Mikhail Bakov (Dmitri Pavlov ) (later he is seen with M91/30). M91s are also seen in the final sequence.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov holds an M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army Lt. (Aleksandr Smirnov) holds an M91 rifle when he raises his soldiers in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several M91s are seen at the left in the final sequence. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers march with M91 rifles. Simonov AVS-36 In the interlude sequence a young female militsioneer (Marina Gavrilova) carries an AVS-36 automatic rifle. AVS-36s are also seen in hands of Red Army soldiers in the final sequence.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Simonov AVS-36 Rifle - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The militsioneer carries AVS-36. Error creating thumbnail: File missing She arrests a German saboteur (Evgeniy Velikhov). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the bayonet (at the right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers on rest. AVS-36 is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene. AVS-36 is seen at the left. Karabinek wz. 1929 Mauser rifles are seen in hands of German soldiers in "Order Carried Out". Their outlook with straight bolt handles, large protectors of the front sight and full-length handguards with grooves and notches match Polish Karabinek wz. 1929 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish Karabinek wz. 1929 - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified rifle In documentary footage British personnel, guarding POWs, carry unidentified rifles (possibly Lee-Enfields ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns Single Barreld Shotgun A peasant woman (Yelena Maksimova) holds a Single Barreled Shotgun in "Patriot". It is hard to identify it but IZh-5 may be a decent guess. A shotgun is briefly seen in hands of a female driver (Yelizaveta Kuzyurina) in the interlude sequence.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A peasant woman with shotgun in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The female driver (at the left) participates in arrest of a German saboteur. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Red Army soldiers use Degtyaryov DP-27 machine guns in "Order Carried Out".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers repel German attack in several scenes. Note the lack of conical flash hider. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 is seen in the final sequence (next to the tree trunk). Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted on Soviet tanks and armoured cars.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-28 tank in documentary footage in "Patriot". Two DTs in small turrets and a coaxial DT are its secondary armament. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A crewmember of Soviet armoured car fires a DT in "Patriot". Lewis Royal Navy sailors with Lewis Guns are seen in documentary footage. These are aircraft Lewis guns, reused for AA purposes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun with 47-round magazine - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 In "Order Carried Out" Red Army soldiers, including Bakov (Dmitri Pavlov ) and Taratora (Sergey Pozharskiy), use Maxim M1910/30 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim is transported on the tractor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov and Taratora set Maxim on position. The prop appears to be deactivated. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov at the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov and Taratora transport Maxim on new position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bakov fires (firing is imitated, and this machine gun doesn't fire on screen). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim in trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim is mounted on top of the tractor. Maxim M1910 In one scene in "Order Carried Out" Maxim M1910/30 (probably non-firing) is substituted with a Maxim M1910 that is seen firing on screen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Maxim fires. Note that a gunner has SSh-40 steel helmet while all other Red Army soldiers are equipped with SSh-36s. Possibly this scene is reused from some other movie. ShKAS ShKAS machine guns are mounted on Soviet airplanes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS aircraft machine gun - 7.62x54mmR. This is a turret version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet Tupolev SB-2 bomber in "Patriot". This is a late version (supposedly 18th series), idnetified by MV-3 dorsal turret for ShKAS machine gun. Browning .303 Mk II Browning .303 Mk II machine guns are mounted on British airplanes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning .303 Mk II - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning machine gun is seen in nose position on Vickers Wellington. Vickers .50 Mark III Vickers .50 Mark III machine guns in quad navy mountings are seen in documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate (mockup) German soldiers use stick hand grenades in "Order Carried Out". They resemble Model 24 Stielhandgranate but seem to be mockups as they have too large warheads.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier carries two grenades, one in hand and another one in his teeth. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tractor driver (Vladimir Chuvelyov ) catches a grenade in midair and throws it back. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zotov (Pavel Shpringfeld ), the driver of armoured car, carries a Nagant M1895 holster in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer (Andrey Fayt ) carries an M1911 holster in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet tractor driver (Vladimir Chuvelyov ) carries Nagant holster in "Order Carried Out" (at the left). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet Lt. (Aleksandr Smirnov) carries a TT-33 holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German Lt., armed with an M1911, carries a TT holster. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mockup of German anti-tank cannon in "Patriot". Next moment it is crushed by Soviet tank. Armour German and Soviet tanks are seen in documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet BT-5 tank in "Patriot". It is equipped with a hand-rail radio antenna around the turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing BT-5s in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet BT-7 tanks in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-28 tank in "Patriot". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified Soviet armoured car in "Patriot". It seems to be armed with a 37mm or 45mm cannon in turret and a frontal DT machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The armoured car in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The turret is turned to side, and the barrel of the main gun can be seen. It looks more like a 37mm than a 45mm that has longer barrel. Airplanes Soviet, German and British airplanes are seen in documentary footage.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing 15-inch turret and secondary artillery of Queen Elizabeth class battleship.. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Submarine, likely O/P/R class. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Destroyer Encounter (H10). Note that the image is mirrored. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Queen Elizabeth class battleships.Error creating thumbnail: File missing 16-inch triple turrets of Nelson -class battleship. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arc Royal aircraft carrier.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Naval Mines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 4-inch AA gun on a destroyer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Depth charges. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Exeter heavy cruiser after the Battle on River Plate.Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8-inch twin turret on Exeter . 
