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=== Sturmgewehr 44 === | === Sturmgewehr 44 === | ||
German troops are armed also with a [[Sturmgewehr 44]] assault rifle. | |||
[[Image:Sturmgewehr_44.jpg |thumb|none|350px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.]] | [[Image:Sturmgewehr_44.jpg |thumb|none|350px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.]] | ||
[[Image:Germans-Sturmgewehr44-Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|German | [[Image:Germans-Sturmgewehr44-Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|German infantryman in the trenches with an assault rifle in hand.]] | ||
[[Image:Germans-_Sturmgewehr_44-TankBrig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|German | [[Image:Germans-_Sturmgewehr_44-TankBrig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|German artillery gunners with assault rifles on their backs.]] | ||
== Karabiner 98k == | == Karabiner 98k == | ||
The military patrols prevailed wore a standard [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. Some are captured by the insurgents. | |||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm]] | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm]] | ||
[[Image:SS_soldier-Gewehr_98_-_Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|500px|none|SS guard at the bridge is equipped with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifle with bayonet.]] | [[Image:SS_soldier-Gewehr_98_-_Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|500px|none|SS guard at the bridge is equipped with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifle with bayonet.]] |
Revision as of 08:38, 9 January 2013
The Tank Brigade (original: Tanková brigáda) is Czechoslovak war film directed by Ivo Toman. This is the first color feature film of the Czechoslovak Army Film. It was screened with a delay after several years of filming (since 1951), on the occasion of the ten-year anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia. The film used real weapons and military equipment, which the filmmakers had available along with expert consultants from Mosfilm and with a support of the Ministry of National Defense. The movie depicts the fate of a tank brigade in the time the toughest of battles of Czechoslovak troops on the Eastern Front, especially the commander mjr. Stašek (Otomar Krejca), who must face the intrigues of his chief of staff cpt. Renč (Martin Ruzek) allocated to him by of the command from London. At the same time tells the story of the tank commander sgt. Juraj Klimko (Július Pántik) and his love for the beautiful nurse Olga (Jana Dítetová). Into the story also were incorporated the fundamental political events of that time and the gradual transformation czechoslovak units to of the military instrument of Communist power. At the end of the film is described by a real event when a member of resistance Miloš Sýkora (Jirí Vala) saved the bridge over the river at the cost of their lives.
The following guns were used in the 1955 Czechoslovak film 'The Tank Brigade:
Pistols and revolvers
Luger P08
Russian Nagant M1895
Submachine guns
MP40
MP40 submachine gun was used by German soldiers and also the Czech insurgents.
PPSh-41
Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with a PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns.
PPS-43
Rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
German troops are armed also with a Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle.
Karabiner 98k
The military patrols prevailed wore a standard Karabiner 98k rifles. Some are captured by the insurgents.