The Scouts (Razvedchiki)
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The Scouts Razvedchiki ) is a Soviet 1968 war movie directed by Igor Samborsky and Aleksei Shvachko. In December 1944, Soviet troops are fighting for a major city on the Danube (meaning Budapest). The river is heavily mined. A recon group of the Soviet Navy under the command of Captain-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Commander) Kurganov is assigned a mission to get plans for a safe fairway from the German headquarters.
The following weapons were used in the film The Scouts (Razvedchiki) :
Pistols TT-33 Sashko Makarenko (Leonid Bykov ) is seen with a TT-33 pistol when he acts under disguise of a local civilian.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makarenko holds a TT. Luger P08 Capt.-Lt. Viktor Kurganov (Ivan Mikolaychuk ) carries a Luger P08 when he is disguised as an SS officer. Miklos Gabor (Konstantin Stepankov ) and numerous German officers use Lugers in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer fires a Luger P08 during the Soviet attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurganov is SS uniform draws a Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurganov holds a Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two German officers (Rudolfs Dambrans and Vitold Janpavlis ) carry Luger holsters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer (Rudolfs Dambrans) holds a Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miklos Gabor with a P08. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dark but close view of Gabor's pistol. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Most Soviet troops are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns. Capt.-Lt. Viktor Kurganov (Ivan Mikolaychuk ) carries a PPSh with stick magazine, others, including Starshina 2nd stage (second class petty officer) Sashko Makarenko (Leonid Bykov ), Pvt. Vasiliy Sigaev (Aleksei Smirnov ), Nikolay (Anatoli Yurchenko ), Koberidze (Gizhuri Kobakhidze), and Lt. Kashkin (Vitali Doroshenko ), use PPSh-41s with drum magazines.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with MP40 on motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miklos Gabor (Konstantin Stepankov ) with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makarenko fires at German soldiers in the port. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makarenko fires MP40 during the battle of the clock tower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Some Soviet soldiers, notably Vasiliy Sigaev (Aleksei Smirnov ), carry 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 Sigaev holds an M91/30 rifle when he describes to his comrades how he meets a tiger from destroyed zoo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Sigaev's rifle. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female military traffic controller (Svetlana Kondratova) carries an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the carbine is seen. Karabiner 98k German soldiers carry Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with 98k rifles on slings on patrol. Assault Rifles AK-47 In mass scenes Soviet soldiers carry AK-47 assault rifles (a platoon or a company of Soviet Army with service weapons was assigned to act in the mass scenes, as it was in many other Soviet war films).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type III AK-47 with laminated stock - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries an AK on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier carries an AK in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with AKs in attack in the final scene. Machine Guns and Autocannons Degtyaryov DP-27 Glavny starshina (chief petty officer) Chernyak (Andrei Sova ) fires a DP-27 when the group retreats on a boat under the enemy fire.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-28 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chernyak fires the DP. MG34 German MG34 machine guns are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires at Soviet recon group in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 fires at Soviet scouts on the clock tower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the machine gun. Goryunov SGMB A Goryunov SGMB is seen mounted on a BTR-152 APC. Both the vehicle and this version of the SG-43 machine gun are post-war models.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37mm 61-K AA gun on march. Other Weapons OSP-30 Flare Pistol In the opening and the climactic scenes Capt.-Lt. Viktor Kurganov (Ivan Mikolaychuk ) fires an OSP-30 Flare Pistol .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kurganov fires a flare, signalling for attack. F-1 Hand Grenade Vasiliy Sigaev (Aleksei Smirnov ) uses several F-1 hand grenades during the battle in the clock tower.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Despite the darkness, an F-1 can be seen in Sigaev's hand. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122mm M-30 howitzer on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A post-war BTR-152 APC is seen at the background left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Post-war T-54 tanks on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-54 in attack in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A destroyed Tiger-style tank is a mockup, based on BTS-2 Armoured Recovery Vehicle on T-54 chassis. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fake Tiger on street. 
