Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu)

Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) DVD Cover Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Ivo Toman Release Date 1974 Language Czech Studio Filmové studio Barrandov Main Cast Character Actor Jan Chýn Karel Hlusicka 1st Lt. Sauer Jirí Kodet Jiřina Doubravová Hana Cízková Father Chýn Ladislav H. Struna The insurgent Bronislav Poloczek

Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) is a Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising. Action drama, set in occupied Czechoslovakia, in which a group of resistance fighters operating out of a railway station must ensure a shipment of arms reaches their fellow rebels without being detected by the Nazis. Was filmed director Ivo Toman on a story of Rudolf Cerný Pancérový vlak (Armoured train).

The following guns were used in Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu):

MP40

MP40 submachine gun was used by German soldiers and widely also the resistance fighters.

MP40 - 9mm.

German soldier armed MP40 submachine gun.

Jiřina Doubravová (Hana Cízková) fires a MP40 submachine gun.

A insurgent (Bronislav Poloczek) aims an loot German submachine gun.

1st Lt. Sauer (Jirí Kodet) with a MP40 submachine gun in his hands.

PPSh-41 / PPS-43

Red Army soldiers were armed with PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Soviet PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

The Soviet soldier on a tank T-34 armed with a PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns.

Karabiner 98k

No battle scene is complete without a Karabiner 98k rifle.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

German train escort is armed with Karabiner 98k.

Resistance fighters shot from Karabiner 98k.

Resistance fighter (Roman Skamene) with loot Karabiner 98k.

MG34

The resistance fighters also captured a MG34 machine gun.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

Resistance fighter fire from MG34 machine gun at the Germans.

Jan Chýn (Karel Hlusicka) fired MG34.

Walther P38

Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm

Resistance fighter (right) armed Walther P38 pistol.

Luger P08

Luger P08 9x19mm

Jan Chýn (Karel Hlusicka) used Luger P08 pistol.

Panzerfaust

In the hands of Germans and Resistance appeared also Panzerfaust.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

German soldier is going to use the Panzerfaust.

Jan Chýn (Karel Hlusicka) (left) to MG34, and 1st Lt. Sauer (Jirí Kodet) (right) to Panzerfaust prepared for used.

Flak 38 Zwilling

The AA Flak 38 Zwilling was corrected for a Czech resistance fighters and manipulated by the father Chýn (Ladislav H. Struna).

Anti-aircraft "twins" gun mounted on an armored train.

Anti-aircraft weapon in ground combat.