Four Tankers and A Dog (Czterej pancerni i pies)

Czterej pancerni i pies Country Poland Language Polish Channel Telewizja Polska (TVP) Creator "Syrena" and "Nike" Genre War / Adventure Broadcast 1966 - 1970 No. of Seasons 4 No. of Episodes 21 Main Cast Character Actor Cpl Janek Kos Janusz Gajos Cpl Gustaw Jeleń Franciszek Pieczka Sgt Lidka Wisniewska Malgorzata Niemirska Sgt Franek Wichura Witold Pyrkosz Marusia 'Ogoniok' Pola Raksa Pvt Tomek Czeresniak Wieslaw Golas Sgt Grigoriy Saakashvili Wlodzimierz Press Lt Olgierd Jarosz Roman Wilhelmi Col Tadeusz Tadeusz Kalinowski Honorata Barbara Krafftówna

Czterej pancerni i pies (English: Four Tankers and A Dog) is a Polish produced war adventure television series which ran from 1966 - 1970. It tells the story of tank crew of Polish army in the USSR during the Second World War

Pistols

Tokarev TT-33 pistol

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips

Lt Olgierd Jarosz (Roman Wilhelmi) leads men to attack with a Tokarev TT-33 pistol in his hand.

Sgt. "Gresh" (Wlodzimierz Press) (left) holds his Tokarev TT-33 pistol.

Mauser C96

Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser.

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Cpl. Janek Kos (Janusz Gajos) took a Mauser C96 pistol.

Luger P08

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

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SS officer by a Luger P08 pistol armed took as his hostage nurse Marusia.

Walther P38 pistol

Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm

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German feldwebel pointing his Walther P38 pistol at Janek Kos.

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Submachine guns

PPSh-41

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

The PPSh-41 submachine guns uses a Soviet Army soldiers.

Sgt. Lidka (Malgorzata Niemirska) wields a submachine gun.

Nurse Marusia (Pola Raksa) armed by PPSh-41 submachine gun.

Gustlik (Fraciszek Pieczek) and "Gresh" (Wlodzimierz Press) holds a PPSh-41 submachine guns.

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Honorata (Barbara Krafftówna) with a submachine give a captured Germans in the cellar.

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

PPSh-41 submachine gun is also fighting arms of Polish troops.

German feldwebel tries to hit the dog "Sharik" by soviet sub-machine gun.

Pvt. Tomek Czeresniak (Wieslaw Golas) fights on the floor of the house in Berlin.

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

German soldiers armed a MP40 submachine guns.

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Janek Kos (Janusz Gajos) with a loot German submachine gun.

Cpl. Gustaw Jeleń (Franciszek Pieczka) himself defend a positions against the odds.

Sgt. "Gresh" Saakashvili (Wlodzimierz Press) disarmed Germans.

Lanchester Mk. I*

Lanchester Mk. I* - 9x19mm

Japanese paratrooper shoot from a submachine gun on the Janka.

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It was a Lanchester Mk. I*.

Rifles

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.

Janek (Janusz Gajos) shot Japanese from his 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun.

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

Red Army soldier fires his Mosin Nagant Rifle at the German airplane.

Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Polish soldier with M38 carbine on his back.

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R

Mr. Czeresniak (Tadeusz Fijewski) is seen with M1944 carbine.

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Janek Kos (Janusz Gajos) holds a Karabiner 98k rifle.

Cpl. Jeleń (Franciszek Pieczka) disguised as a German soldier.

Karabiner 98k Sniper with Zeiss ZF42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Cpt. Baranov (Janusz Paluszkiewicz) got Karabiner 98k Sniper as prey.

Cpl Janek Kos has also become an excellent sniper.

AKS-47

AKS-47 is seen several times in hands of German and Polish soldiers. It appeares as a substitution of German Sturmgewehr 44.

Type III AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm

Sgt Grigoriy Saakashvili (Wlodzimierz Press) fires AKS-47 assault rifle.

Sgt Grigoriy Saakashvili holds the AKS-47 with stock folded

Machine guns

Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun

Janek (Janusz Gajos) use the Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28.

Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Degtyaryov DT Series Machine Gun

During the war was there replaced in tank "Rudy" several gunners of Degtyaryov DT machine gun.

DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

Lidka too is occasionally serving with a Degtyaryov DT machine gun.

Sgt Franek Wichura (Witold Pyrkosz) fires DT machine gun with a bipod

Maxim M1910/1930

Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR

Polish soldiers are transported across the river Oder with the support of Maxim M1910/30 machine guns.

MG42

MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A German gunner in fight with his MG42 machine gun.

Sgt. "Gresh" (Wlodzimierz Press) reflects German attacks by fire from machine gun.

MG34

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

German soldiers fired by MG34 machine gun.

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R

The Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun mounted on the BTR-152 armored personnel carrier.

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense guns on the streets of Berlin

Hand grenades

F-1 hand grenade

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.

Soviet soldier (left) with F-1 hand grenades in his belt.

Polish soldiers plays with a hand grenade on the table.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

German soldiers eqipped by a Model 24 Stielhandgranates.

Pvt. Tomek awakened the crew of "Rudy" by a hand grenade.

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Honorata (Barbara Krafftówna) throws a hand grenades at the Germans one by one.

Cpl. Gustaw Jeleń safety catch off a hand grenade.

Others

OSP-30 Flare Pistol

Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol 26.5mm

Col Tadeusz (Tadeusz Kalinowski) gives the signal to launch an attack with OSP-30 Flare Pistol.

Kampfpistole Z

German Flare Gun 1944 No. 2

The officer fired from Kampfpistole Z on a car driven by Cpl. Jelen.

Panzerfaust

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

German soldier lurking on the tank "Rudy" with a Panzerfaust at bridge.

Cpl. Jeleń (Franciszek Pieczka) using by a Panzerfaust openned the water tank.

LPO-50 flamethrower

LPO-50 flamethrower

German soldier used LPO-50 flamethrower.

German 8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) mortars

Soviet 82mm BM-37 (or its Polish postwar copy) in the role of 8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34)

8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34)

The German mortars fires at positions of Polish troops

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

Polish troops use the 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) during the battle.

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

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

Polish artillery uses against German tanks a 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

Lidka (Malgorzata Niemirska) and Marusia (pola Raksa) had replaced a fallen crew of gun.

German 76.2mm Gun FK288 (r) w/Crew

The Germans tried tank "Rudy" terminate by using a new ammunition in 76.2 mm cannon.

122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)

Polish artillerymen clean of way for tanks and infantry in the streets of Berlin by fire from 122mm howitzers M1938 (M-30).

Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer

T-34 tanks

All T-34 tanks appearing in the series are the later models armed with the 85mm gun. However, in the early episodes they are meant to represent the T-34/76 tanks.

Legendary Tank "Rudy" in transit across the river Oder.

Tiger I

The Tiger I tanks are actually converted IS-2 tanks.

Tiger failed to stop the onset of Polish tanks.