Makar the Pathfinder (Makar-sledopyt)
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Makar the Pathfinder Makar-sledopyt ) is a Soviet 1984 adventure mini series directed by Nikolai Kovalsky. During the Russian Civil war a village kid Makar, his friends and his pet dog help the Red Army and hijack a British tank, supplied to Whites.
The following weapons were used in the film Makar the Pathfinder (Makar-sledopyt) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by a Red Army commander Timofey (Aleksandr Lenkov ) and by numerous White Army officers. All revolvers are of post-1930 version.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Timofey fires at pursuing White Cossacks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Poruchik (Lt.) (Valeri Mironov ), Chyorniy's aide, fires at Makar's pet dog. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poruchik Chertyaka (Stanislav Sokolov ) holds a Nagant.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White Army officer holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White Army Praporshchik (Ensign) (Valeriy Nakonechnyy ) holds a revolver. Note the extended ejector rod, usually a sign of well worn Nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Podporuchik (2nd Lt.) (Gennadi Beglov) fires a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Poruchik (Boris Arakelov ) holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Podporuchik (Aleksandr Lipov ) fires a Nagant inside the tank, captured by Makar and his friends. Pistols Astra 900 An Astra 900 pistol, standing for Mauser C96 , is a personal sidearm of White Army Staff Capt. Chyorniy (Oleg Borisov ). In several scenes this pistol is carried by Chyorniy's aide, an unnamed Poruchik (Valeri Mironov ). Astra 900 is also seen in several other Lenfilm productions, including Nachalnik Chukotki Strogovy
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Astra 900 - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chyorniy fires his pistol on small targets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He takes the pistol from the holster in hands of his aide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the wooden holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chyorniy holds his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chyorniy holds his pistol, standing next to firing artillery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poruchik carries his commander's pistol in holster.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chyorniy fires at Makar's pet dog that carries off the hat with sewn inside message to Reds. Mauser C96 "Bolo" Due to a continuity error, Staff Capt. Chyorniy's (Oleg Borisov ) Astra 900 switches to a Mauser C96 "Bolo" , and later back to Astra. Same pistol is used by Myachik (Andrey Rostotskiy ), the commander of reconnaissance of a Red Army regiment. Upon close inspection this pistol appears to have a full-size grip and early style lanyard ring, so it's possibly a standard C96 with barrel, shortened down to 3.9-inch (99mm).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 "Bolo" Model - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chyorniy's Astra switches to a short-barreled Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chyorniy fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Myachik holds a short-barreled Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Myachik fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Myachik carries the pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the grip. The attachment for lanyard ring (the ring itself absents) matches the early version with pivoting fore & aft ("Bolo" pistols had late version of lanyard ring, pivoting from side to side). Vis wz. 35 A British officer (Igor Dmitriev ), sent to White Army as a technical adviser on tanks, carries a Vis wz. 35 pistol, probably standing for M1911 (he even carries this pistol in US Army M1916 holster). Possibly same prop is seen in several other Lenfilm productions, like Moy drug Ivan Lapshin
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vis wz. 35 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the holster. "US" letters can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The British officer on rest. His pistol is seen on the small table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the grip. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A more general view of the pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sleeping British officer carries his pistol in holster. Various pistols A pistol is very briefly and unclear seen in hands of engineer Antonov (Igor Chernitskiy ), a member of Red covert organisation. This gun appears to be hammerless. It can be a member of vast family of Ruby pistols but it's only a guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Garate, Anitua y Cia Ruby-Type Pistol - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antonov holds his pisol at the left. A compact hammerless pistol is briefly seen among the belongings of the British officer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing What appears to be a hammerless pocket pistol can be seen on the shelf. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Most Red and White soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, standing for original M91s.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White soldier, nicknamed "Dylda" ("Lanky Fellow") (Anatoliy Rudakov ), carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another White soldier, nicknamed "Student" (Viktor Ilyichyov ), rests in a haystack. His rifle stands next to him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrels and bayonets of "Dylda"'s and "Student"'s rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Dylda" fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier fires at attacking Whites. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier fires at attacking Whites. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Red soldiers, Vasilyev (Evgeniy Pashin ) at the left and Sorokin (Mikhail Semyonov ) at the right, escort Makar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sorokin carries his rifle on sling. The bayonet is attached backwards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing White Cossacks are assigned to guard the British officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing White soldiers fire at a kite, used to carry a message to Reds. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Reds and Whites also use out of time Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White Cossack (Iosif Krinsky ) carries an M38 Carbine on sling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A tavern owner Danila (Geliy Sysoev ) holds a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cossack fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White soldier with carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Carbines of White artillerymen in stands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cossack (Oleg Vasilyuk ) holds an M38 Carbine during the chase after Timofey and Makar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White soldier (Sergey Koshonin ) carries a carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red commissar (Vladimir Levitskiy ) with M38 Carbine. Next to him the Red regiment commander (Aleksandr Bakharevsky ) serves a Maxim machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier with a carbine. Shotguns IZh-K In one scene Makar Zhuk (Maksim Minin) fires a single barreled shotgun with exposed hammer that belonged to his grandfather (Georgiy Teykh ), the watchman in the manor house. The shotgun appears to be IZh-K (IZh-17 , the direct descendant of IZh-K, is also possible but IZh-17s rarely have a groove on stock that is seen on the screen gun).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IZh-K - 16 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makar takes a shotgun. Note the groove on the stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makar cocks the hammer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makar fires. Machine Guns Maxim M1910 Maxim M1910 machine guns are used by Reds and Whites. They are also mounted on the "British tank" (see below ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910 is seen behind Staff Capt. Chyorniy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same machine gun. Now it lacks the cartridge belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An aged Red soldier Fadeyich (Vladimir Alekseyenko ) next to the Maxim M1910. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Whites Maxim on the watchtower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing White soldiers tug a Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Whites Maxim on the bridge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910 is mounted in the superstructure of the tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910 in the board mounting on the tank. Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are also used by Reds and Whites and mounted on the "British tank" (see below ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red troops use Maxims to repel the attack of Whites. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red gunner is slain.. Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and the regiment commander (Aleksandr Bakharevsky ) replaces him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Maxim on horse cart. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim on Reds positions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910/30 is placed on the board mounting of the tank. Other Weapons RG-14/30 Hand Grenade Some Red soldiers carry RG-14 (most likely RG-14/30 version) hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RG-14/30 hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier at the right carries a grenade tucked in his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A head of Reds recon group (uncredited) carries a grenade (at the right). RGD-33 Hand Grenade In the course of events an aged Red Army soldier Gavryukov alias Fadeyich (Vladimir Alekseyenko ) gives two hand grenades (without fuzes) to Makar (Maksim Minin) who is sent on recon mission. These grenades appear to be anachronistic RGD-33 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fadeyich holds a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makar throws one of his grenades at the British tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makar carries a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He throws his last grenade at Whites. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Poruchik Chertyaka's Nagant holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army commander (at the left) carries a kirza (Russian type of artificial leather) holster of Soviet pattern. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red soldier at the left carries a Luger P08 holster. 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 Red and White troops use 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 (probably M1902/30 version) field guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76.2mm M1902 Field Gun. M1902/30 L30 version looks nearly the same. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing White Army 3-inch guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note that the gun at the background has a longer barrel, probably being a version with barrel length 40 calibers (others have barrel length 30 calibers, like original M1902s). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army 3-inch guns. Armour "British Tank" A "British tank" is a valuable plot item. The screen vehicle is a mockup, build around some wheeled truck. Its outlook bears resemblance more with a German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V than British "rhomboid" tanks. Three Maxims are mounted on the tank, one in the superstructure and two on boards.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makar sneaks into the tank. The barrel of Maxim is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal view. A Maxim with smooth water jacket is mounted in the superstructure Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inside the tank. A Maxim is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim opens fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim on the left board switches from M1910/30 (with ribbed water jacket) to an M1910 (with smooth water jacket). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view from the right board. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inside the tank. Yegorka is a driver while Makar fires the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal view. Note the lack of the machine gun on the right board. In one scene the British officer shows a scale model of Medium Mark B tank to White Army officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Armoured Cars White troops also use several Austin armoured cars (modern replicas). Each Austin is armed with two Maxim machine guns (they aren't seen close enough to be identified as M1910 or M1910/30).
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