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Port (1976)
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Port is a Soviet 1976 (filmed 1975) B&W war movie directed by Yuriy Chernyy. In Spring 1944 Soviet troops approached the German-occupied city of Odessa on Black Sea coast. The Soviet intelligence and underground workers take measures to prevent undermining of the Odessa port by retreating Germans.
The following weapons were used in the film Port:
Pistols
Luger P08
German and Romanian officers carry Luger P08 pistols but holsters for P08 mostly appear to be flat and empty. Andrey Nikolaevich Kotelnikov (Boris Nikiforov) uses a Luger during the final operation in Odessa port.
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Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
Most Soviet soldiers and some underground fighters and partisans in Odessa are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs.
MP40
Nearly all German soldiers and many Soviet underground fighters and partisans are armed with MP40 SMGs.
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MP38
Some MP38s are also seen.
Assault Rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
In one scene German soldiers, guarding the port, carry Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles, slightly out of time for Spring 1944.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
In one scene a Soviet soldier carries a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle.
Machine Guns
MG34
MG34 are used by German troops. In one scene an MG34 Panzerlauf is seen.
MG 34 Panzerlauf
The MG 34 Panzerlauf.
Degtyaryov DT
A Degtyaryov DT is seen mounted on Soviet T-34 tank that stands for destroyed German tank.
KPV
A post-war 2M-7 mounting with two KPV heavy machine guns is mounted on a German patrol boat.
Other Weapons
Dummy Training Grenade
A stick hand grenade is seen during the battle in port. Its shape and size match dummy training grenade.
2.8 cm sPzB 41
A 2.8 cm sPzB 41, light anti-tank gun with squeeze bore, is seen in the port. Possibly same prop (this is a really rare gun) was used in Proshchay, filmed by same studio a decade earlier.
Trivia
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
Soviet 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) guns are seen.
T-34
A T-34 tank stands for destroyed German tank.