Kandahar

Kandahar Error creating thumbnail: File missing Film poster Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russia Directed by Andrei Kavun Release Date 2010 Language Russian Studio Rekun Cinema Main Cast Character Actor Vladimir Karpatov Aleksandr Baluev Sergey Vladimir Mashkov Alexandr Zdor Andrey Panin Viktor Alexandr Golubev Roman Vakulenko Bogdan Benyuk

Kandahar (Russian Title: Кандагар) is a 2010 Russian film directed by Andrei Kavun. Five pilots of the Russian cargo plane were captured in Kandahar (Afghanistan) by the Taliban. After being in captivity for over a year they make an attempt to escape. Film based on actual events.

The following weapons are featured in the film Kandahar:

Handguns

Browning Hi-Power

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Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm

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Taliban fighter fires his Browning Hi-Power

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CZ 52

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Czech CZ 52 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

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One of the guards holds CZ 52

Assault rifles

AKM

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake - 7.62x39mm

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Taliban leader holds an AKM assault rifle

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Taliban leader fires AKM. Note the size of magazine

Norinco Type 56

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Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") which was standard on PLA-issue Type 56s - 7.62x39mm

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One of the guards of the airfield fires his Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet

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This Norinco Type 56 has no under-folding "pig sticker" bayonet

AIMS-74 Carbine

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Taliban fighter holds the AIMS-74 (Romanian clone of the AKS-74) with a shortened barrel and wooden stock.

AK-74

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AK-74 - 5.45x39mm

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AK-74 assault rifle lies on the ground

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Taliban fighter is trying to reload his AK-74 but Russian navigator taken away a magazine.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

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Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.

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One of the Taliban fighters can be seen with the Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

Mauser carbine

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One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the Mauser carbine

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Same fighter aimed his Mauser carbine at radioman Victor (Alexandr Golubev)

Sniper rifle

FPK/PSL Sniper Rifle

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Romanian FPK/PSL sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R.

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One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the FPK / PSL Sniper Rifle to the right

Machine Guns

PKM Machine Gun

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PKM with with latest version of Flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

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PKM Machine Gun on the roof of the house with captured Russian pilots

Goryunov SGM Machine Gun

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Goryunov SGM Machine Gun on Sokolov mount - 7.62x54mm R.

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Goryunov SGM Machine Gun on the roof of the house with captured Russian pilots

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Same machine gun in other location

Browning M2

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Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG

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Browning M2HB mounted on VAB armoured personnel carrier

KPV heavy machine gun

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KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-2 dual anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm

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KPV heavy machine gun in ZPU-2 dual anti-aircraft mounting is seen on the airfield

Grenade Launcher

RPG-7

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RPG-7 - 40mm

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One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the RPG-7 near the destroyed truck

Grenades

F-1 Hand Grenade

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

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Young Taliban fighter has lost his F-1 hand grenade. Grenade painted black, usually used for training grenades

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Young Taliban fighter pulls out a safety pin from grenade

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A safety pin was pulled and striker lever was thrown

Trivia

MiG-21U

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U supersonic jet fighter aircraft forces Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter to land