To Award (Posthumously)
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To Award (Posthumously) Nagradit (posmertno) ) is a 1987 (filmed 1986) Soviet detective action movie directed by Boris Grigoryev. The story is set in 1945. Soviet frontline scout Yuriy Sosnin (Aleksandr Timoshkin ) was considered dead and awarded posthumously, but he survived though suffered memory loss. A female criminal Lyol'ka (Marina Yakovleva ) pretends to be Sosnin's sister and draws him into a gang, coming up with his criminal past. Sosnin participates in robberies as a bandits driver, until his wartime friend Andrey Kalashnikov (Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev ), currently Militsiya officer, recognizes him.
The following weapons were used in the film To Award (Posthumously) (Nagradit (posmertno)) :
Pistols Tokarev TT-33 Militsiya personnel, notably Col. Arkhipov (Mikhail Zhigalov ), carry TT-33 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Militsioneer (Aleksandr Novikov ) fires his TT at bandits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Arkhipov carries a TT holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arkhipov readies his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arkhipov's TT. Note the correct pre-1947 slide serration. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Yuriy Sosnin carries a PPSh-41 in war scenes. Later PPSh-41s are used by Militsiya personnel and guards of cash delivering car.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sosnin carries a PPSh during the raid when he was wounded and considered dead. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sosnin fires his PPSh from a car in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard of cash delivery car carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh is seen in Col. Arkhipov's observation post during the ambush on the gang. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Plainclothes Lt. Andrey Kalashnikov (Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev ) with a PPSh. MP40 Criminals use MP40 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Criminals, disguised as Soviet officers and soldiers, fire MP38s and MP40s at cash delivery car (a bandit in peaked cap at the foreground - Aleksei Loktev ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bandit in peaked cap (Aleksei Loktev ) is seen with MP40 at the left on the DVD cover. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyol'ka holds an MP40. Two other bandits are armed with MP38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit "Kopyto" ("Hoof") (Konstantin Berdikov ) (at the left, with Lt. insignia) holds an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of "Kopyto"'s MP40. "Shcherbatiy" (Georgiy Drozd ) (at the foreground) also carries an MP40 instead of previously seen MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of "Shcherbatiy"'s MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MP40 in gang hideout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyol'ka carries a pair of MPs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit in car holds MP38 or MP40. MP38 Criminals also use MP38 submachine guns. MP38s and MP40s sometimes switches to each other due to continuity errors.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gang leader "Shcherbatiy" (Georgiy Drozd ) (at the right, with Major insignia) and unnamed bandit in center (Vladimir Sichkar ) are armed with MP38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the DVD cover Lyol'ka holds MP38 while in the movie she is seen with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bandit (Vladimir Sichkar ) holds his MP38 at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Shcherbatiy" fires his MP38 at a Militsioneer (in previous moment he carried an MP40). Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Kopyto" (Konstantin Berdikov ) holds an MP38 in the scene in gang hideout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Shcherbatiy" with MP38 in the climactic scene (the exact model isn't seen on this screenshot but the details of MP38 are very briefly seen a bit later in same scene). Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Militsiya personnel use a DP-27 machine gun during the ambush on the gang.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A hidden DP-27 on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Militsiya Sgt. with DP-27.Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade Gang leader "Shcherbatiy" (Georgiy Drozd ) carries an F-1 hand grenade in the climactic scene. Sosnin uses this grenade to blow bandits car.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the bandits passes the F-1 to "Shcherbatiy". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenade on "Shcherbatiy"'s belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sosnin tears away the grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He pulls the pin and jumps out from the car, leaving the grenade inside. 
