Kandahar
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Film poster
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Country
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Russia
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Directed by
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Andrei Kavun
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Release Date
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2010
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Language
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Russian Ukrainian Pashto Dari
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Studio
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Rekun Cinema
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Kandahar (Russian Title: Кандагар) is a 2010 Russian film directed by Andrei Kavun (Piranha (Okhota na piranyu)). The five-man crew of a Russian cargo plane are captured in Kandahar, Afghanistan by the Taliban, and after being held in captivity for over a year, they make an attempt to escape. The film is based on actual events.
The following weapons are featured in the film Kandahar:
Handguns
Browning Hi-Power
Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm
CZ 52
Czech CZ 52 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
One of the guards holds
CZ 52
Assault rifles
AKM
AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake - 7.62x39mm
Taliban leader holds an
AKM assault rifle
Taliban leader fires AKM. Note the size of magazine
Norinco Type 56
Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") which was standard on PLA-issue Type 56s - 7.62x39mm
One of the guards of the airfield fires his
Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet
This Norinco Type 56 has no under-folding "pig sticker" bayonet
AIMS-74 Carbine
Taliban fighter holds the AIMS-74 (Romanian clone of the AKS-74) with a shortened barrel, plastic AK-74 magazine and wooden stock.
AK-74
AK-74 assault rifle lies on the ground
Taliban fighter is trying to reload his AK-74 but Russian navigator taken away a magazine.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine
Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.
Mauser carbine
One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the Mauser carbine
Sniper rifle
PSL Sniper Rifle
Machine Guns
PKM Machine Gun
PKM with with latest version of Flash hider - 7.62x54mm R
Goryunov SGM Machine Gun
Goryunov SGM - 7.62x54mm R
Same machine gun in other location
Browning M2
Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
KPV heavy machine gun
KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-2 dual anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U that forces the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane to land is armed with a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L auto cannon.
Grayzev-Shipunov GSh-23L - 23x115mm
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U that forces the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane to land is armed with a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L auto cannon.
Grenade Launcher
RPG-7
One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the
RPG-7 near the destroyed truck
Grenades
F-1 Hand Grenade
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Young Taliban fighter has lost his
F-1 hand grenade. Grenade painted black, usually used for training grenades
Young Taliban fighter pulls out a safety pin from grenade
A safety pin was pulled and striker lever was thrown