The Date in the Milky Way (Svidanie Na Mlechnom Puti)

The Date in the Milky Way (Svidanie Na Mlechnom Puti) DVD Cover Country USSR Directed by Janis Streics Release Date 1985 Language Russian Latvian Studio Rigas Kinostudija Distributor International Film Exchange (IFEX) Main Cast Character Actor 1stLt. Astra Leyna Inara Slucka Boris Anatoli Lukyanenko Anya Nina Ilyina Cpt. Nesterenko Igor Chernyavskiy

The following weapons were used in the film The Date in the Milky Way (Svidanie Na Mlechnom Puti):

Pistols

Tokarev TT-33

1stLt. Astra Leyna (Inara Slucka) carries a Tokarev TT-33 as her sidearm.

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

Luger P08

Boris (Anatoli Lukyanenko) used a Luger P08 pistol.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Submachine Guns

MP40

MP40 submachine guns are seen in hand of German soldiers, when in the night fired at the Soviet airplane.

MP40 - 9x19mm

PPSh-41

Most Soviet soldiers in the film carry a PPSh-41 submachine gun, some with a stick magazine.

PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

PPS-43

One of Soviet soldiers is seen with PPS-43 SMG.

PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1891/30

Most Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.

Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R

Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine

Some Soviet soldiers, include a girl traffic-controller (Lyudmila Zverkhovskaya), carry Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines.

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

Soviet infantrymen widely use Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns.

Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

Maxim M1910/30

Also a Maxim M1910/30 machine gun appears in some shots of the film.

Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR

Other Weapons

45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

45-mm 53-K AT gun was abandoned by German soldiers on the battlefield.

M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

Soviet military trucks had 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) in tow.

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

ISU-152 SPG

In the film there are seen also the soviet ISU-152 SPGs.