9th Company

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Movie poster for 9th Company (2005) (Russia)

Russian language poster for 9th Company aka 9 POTA (2005) (Russia). Note: Though IMDB lists the Russian name as "9 POTA" the cyrillic in the poster reads 9 "Roh-ta" with the "r" rolled on the tip of the tongue like in Spanish. Thus the 'phonetic' English wording used for the International Title is actually incorrect.

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9th Company (9 POTA) is a 2005 Russian language film about a group of Soviet vets in the mountains of Afghanistan, during the Afghan-Russo War (1979-1989). The story deals with idealistic young soldiers who are fighting a desperate battle against the Mujahideen fighters.

The weapons seen in this movie are:

AKS-74

Used by almost all Soviet forces and Mujahideen fighters.

AKS-74 5.45x39mm

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AK74 & BG15 launcher

Used by several of the main characters warrant officer Pogrebnyak. The Grenade Launcher was first introduced in the 1980s and was referred to as the BG15. A later updated version would be the GP-25 and the latest incarnation, the GP-30 (which is much lighter in weight).

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PK machine gun

Several 9th Company soldiers use the PKM: Chugainov is given Samyilin's old gun, which was disfigured by a hand grenade explosion. He can be seen in on scene trying to sight it to fire at a rock 3m away. One of the main characters grabs the barrel of his PKM to bash a Mujahideen and sustains 3rd degree burns. The main character uses the PKM after the original user is killed and fires it during the scene after Sparrow's suicide.