Farewell (Proshchay)
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Farewell Proshchay ) is a Soviet 1967 (filmed 1966) B&W war movie directed by Grigori Pozhenyan. In Spring 1944 a unit of Soviet torpedo boats of Black Sea fleet gets a mission to intercept German sail schooner Lola that is used for secret operations.
The following weapons were used in the film Farewell (Proshchay) :
Pistols TT-33 During boarding of Lola , Sr. Lt. Matvey Podymakhin (Viktor Avdyushko ), commander of torpedo boat, holds a TT-33 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Podymakhin leads the boarging team. His pistol is seen unclear but still can be identified. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Podymakhin fires. Unidentified pistol Kriegsmarine officers on Lola are armed with pistols that are seen very unclear. They appear to be Luger P08 or (less likely) Walther P38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German sailor with a pistol in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A very blurry image of a pistol of a German officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A holster of said officer is seen. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Soviet soldiers and sailors are mostly armed with PPSh-41 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41s and M91/30 rifles on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with PPSh-41s on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors with PPSh-41s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor fires a PPSh-41 during the boarding of Lola . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor fires from Lola rigging. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor with PPSh on guard. MP40 Some Soviet soldiers and sailors are armed with MP40s . German sailors use MP40 during the boarding of Lola .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet cavalryman carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another cavalryman carries an MP40. He is dressed in civilian so most likely he should represent a partisan whose group joined the Soviet troops recently. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor of boarding team (at the left) holds an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German sailor of Lola crew fires an MP40. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Some Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cavalryman in center carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the right carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M91/30 rifle is seen in center. Mauser Rifle In one scene a Soviet cavalryman carries a Mauser rifle of unclear model (perhaps, but not necessarily a Karabiner 98k ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cavalryman at the right carries a Mauser rifle. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun A Double Barreled Shotgun with exposed hammers is seen in the house of meteorologist Lyuba (Zhanna Prokhorenko ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: TOZ-B shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shotgun is seen on the wall. Machine Guns and Autocannons KPV KPV heavy machine guns in 2M-5 twin mountings are mounted on Soviet Project 123-K torpedo boats. These torpedo boats are of post-war model; wartime torpedo boats were armed with DShK machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPV heavy machine gun in 2M-5 twin (side by side) naval mounting - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Twin 2M-5 on the stern of torpedo boat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of twin machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Twin 2M-5 on the stern of torpedo boat. 37-mm V-11 37-mm V-11 AA twin mounting, naval version of 61-K , is seen in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm V-11 twin naval automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrels of the twin autocannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The V-11 fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of muzzle flash hiders. 25-mm AA Naval Gun 2M-3M Twin (over and under) 25-mm AA automatic guns 2M-3M with two 110-PM autocannons are mounted on Project 183 torpedo boats. In reality these guns appeared only in 1950s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 25mm 2M-3M naval mounting with two 110-PM autocannons in museum exposition Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2M-3M mountings on two Project 183 torpedo boats are seen at the background. Other Weapons Diana Model 25 (Izhmash PSR) Air Rifle Stroyev (Vladimir Akimov ) shoots a pellet gun in the shooting gallery. It appears to be a German pre-war Diana Model 25 or its Soviet produced under license copy Izhmash PSR.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Diana Model 25 Air Rifle - .177 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pellet guns in the shooting gallery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "The Greek" (Emmanuil Geller ), manager of the gallery, hands a pellet gun to Stroyev. Semi-grip stock allows to differ this gun from post-war version PSRM that has straight grip stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stroyev aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He opens the gun to load it with a new pellet. 2.8 cm sPzB 41 An abandoned 2.8 cm sPzB 41 , light anti-tank gun with squeeze bore, is seen in recently liberated town of Yalta. Possibly same prop (this is a really rare gun) was used in Port
Error creating thumbnail: File missing sPzB 41 (foreground) at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Adandoned sPzb 41. Note that the barrel is stuck in rear position. Trivia Most Soviet torpedo boats, seen in the movie, are Project 123-K. They are armed with two 450mm (17.7") torpedo tubes and a twin 14.5mm machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Project 183 torpedo boats are seen in one scene in Yalta port. They are armed with two 533mm (21") torpedo tubes and two twin 25mm autocannons.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Project 183 torpedo boats are seen at the background. 
