At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)

Tenkrát o vánocích DVD Cover Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Karel Kachyna Release Date 1958 Language Czech German Slovak Russian Studio Filmové studio Barrandov Main Cast Character Actor Capt. Hloušek Otomar Korbelár Pvt. Vondrácek Rudolf Deyl 2nd Lt. Jílek Petr Hanicinec 1st Lt. Vána Frantisek Hanus Cpl. Benko Otto Lackovic Cpl. Vlasta Eva Klepácová Pvt. Vítek Jirí Vala Pvt. Karlícek Jirí Sovák Pvt. Simácek Vladimír Mensík Pvt. Jirka Antonín Sura

At That Time, at Christmas... (Original: Tenkrát o vánocích) is a 1958 Czech black-and-white war movie directed by Karel Kachyna. The last Christmas of WWII has a battalion of Czech troops led by Captain Hloušek (Otomar Korbelár) in a mountain village in the Slovak Republic. Everything looks like idyll, but the Germans are preparing for a Christmas Eve surprise attack.

The following guns were used in the film At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích):

Pistols

Tokarev TT-33

Captain Hloušek (Otomar Korbelár) and other officers carry a Tokarev TT-33 pistols.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

The basic weapon of the Czechoslovak soldiers in the USSR are PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Pvt. Lojza (Vladimír Mensík).

Pvt. Vítek (Jirí Vala)

Cpl. Ján Benko (Otto Lackovic) and nurse Cpl. Vlasta (Eva Klepácová).

Pvt. Jirka (Antonín Sura).

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

Some Czechoslovak soldiers carry Mosin Nagant M44 Carbines.

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.

Pvt. Samo (Lubos Vidlák) with a Mosin Nagant M44 carbine on his back.

Pvt. Vondrácek (Rudolf Deyl) put a bayonet on his rifle.

Mosin Nagant M91/30

Among the weapons carried by the Czechoslovak soldiers, there are some full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R

Karabiner 98k

Most German soldiers are seen with Karabiner 98ks. This weapon is seen in the hands of the guardsmen(Zdenek Rehor) in the trench.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

Sturmgewehr 44

Some German infantrymen are armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles.

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.

Machine Guns

Degtyarev DP-28

Pvt. Vítek (Jirí Vala) and also 2nd Lt. Vána (Petr Hanicinec) are seen with Degtyarev DP-28 light machine guns.

Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Pvt. Vítek carries his Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun on the back.

Machine gunner Vitek on frontline with his charger.

2nd Lt. Vána in night fight fired from a machine gun.

MG42

German gunners are armed with MG42 machine guns.

MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser

Hand Grenades

RGD-33 Stick Grenade

Soldiers of a reconnaissance unit are equipped with RGD-33 Stick grenades.

RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

German soldiers carry a Model 24 Stielhandgranates at their belts.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade

Other

OSP-30 Flare Pistol

2nd Lt. Jílek (Petr Hanicinec) can be seen firing a OSP-30 Flare pistol.

Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm.

PTRD-41

Pvt. Karlícek (Jirí Sovák) is seen armed with a PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle.

PTRD-41 Anti-tank rifle - 14.5x114mm

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Panzerfaust

Pvt. Vondrácek (Rudolf Deyl) destroys a German Hetzer using a Panzerfausts.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

Czechoslovak battalion is also issued one Soviet 76 mm divisional gun M1942.

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

75 mm SPG Hetzer

The Germans use some 75 mm SPG Hetzer tank destroyers in their attack.