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{{Infobox Movie
|name = I Am 11-17 (Ya - 11-17)
|picture =YA-11-17-1970.jpg
|caption = ''Modern Poster''
|country =[[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR
|director =[[Viktor Shcheglov]]
|date= 1970
|language =Russian
|studio=Tsentralnoye Televideniye
|distributor=
|character1=Sergei Dementyev alias Capt. Paul Rückert
|actor1=[[Boris Bystrov]]
|character2=Col. Dovgalyov
|actor2=Pavel Makhotin
|character3=Pavel Arvidovich Leimanis
|actor3=Serafim Zaytsev
|character4=Karl
|actor4=Vitaliy Balagurov
|character5=Madame Pesis
|actor5=Elektrina Korneeva-Levitan
|character6=Inga Pesis
|actor6=Olga Novak
|character7=Ruta
|actor7=Olga Seleznyova
|character8=Zina Kotova
|actor8=Tatyana Shchukina
}}

'''''I Am 11-17''''' (direct translation of the original title ''Ya - 11-17'') is a Soviet 1970 three-part war movie directed by [[Viktor Shcheglov]] and based on the novel by Vasili Ardamatsky. In Winter 1944-1945 Soviet intelligence agent Sergei Dementyev performs a secret mission on the Baltic coast, operating under the name of German officer Paul Rückert.

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= Pistols =
== Walther P38 ==
While acting as Capt. Paul Rückert, Sergei Dementyev ([[Boris Bystrov]]) carries a [[Walther P38]]. P38s are also used by the head of Gestapo Kamerhoff (Viktor Znamerovskiy) and Gestapo officers Richard Brandt ([[Nikolai Brilling]]) and Dietrich ([[Viktor Shcheglov]]).
[[File:P38Black.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm]]
[[File:11-17-P38-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dementyev-Rückert holds his P38.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A good view of P38 holster.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Brandt holds his P38 when he tried to carry out surveillance at Rückert... but fails his mission.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dementyev-Rückert shows his pistol to Kamerhoff and Dietrich and tells them that it is an award weapon, given personally by Führer.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dietrich reads the inscription on the gun.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|He returns the Walther. Note that the pistol isn't loaded.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-10.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Kamerhoff holds a P38.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dietrich fires after escaping Dementyev-Rückert.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-12.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view of Dietrich's P38.]]

= Submachine Guns =
== PPSh-41 ==
Soviet Navy ''Starshina'' 2nd stage (second class petty officer) Andrey ([[Gennadi Donyagin]]) carries a [[PPSh-41]] in the scene in Soviet headquarters.
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:11-17-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Andrey holds a PPSh-41 while Dementyev interrogates real Paul Rückert, captured by Soviet troops.]]

== MP40 ==
[[MP40]]s are used by German soldiers in numerous scenes.
[[File:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dementyev meets a group of German soldiers (Yakov Rombro at the left) with MP40s.]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Same soldiers with MP40s (Vladimir Vasilyev at the right).]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier in Luftwaffe uniform carries an MP40 at the background.]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soldiers on guard of the port.]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier on guard of the port.]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An SS-man with MP40 in Kamerhoff's office.]]
[[File:11-17-MP40-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier on guard of the port.]]
[[File:11-17-P38-11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A ''Feldgendarmerie'' soldier with MP40.]]

= Rifles =
== Karabiner 98k ==
Some German soldiers carry [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles.
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937.]]
[[File:11-17-Kar98k-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier at the left carries a 98k rifle.]]
[[File:11-17-Kar98k-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The barrel of 98k is seen at the right.]]

= Trivia =
== Holsters ==
In one scene Dementyev-Rückert carries his [[Walther P38]] in a holster for [[TT-33]].
[[File:11-17-Holster-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]

== AA Gun ==
An anti-aircraft gun of unclear model is seen in the port.
[[File:11-17-AAGun-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The crane loads the gun on the vessel. Note the four-wheel carriage, common for AA guns.]]
[[File:11-17-AAGun-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closer view of the same gun.]]

= Footage =
Wartime documentary footage is widely used in the film.

== PPS-43 ==
[[File:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-10.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet soldiers with [[PPS-43]] submachine guns ride on SU-152.]]

== Berezin UBT ==
[[Berezin UBT]] machine guns are seen mounted on Il-2 and Pe-2.
[[Image:Berezin UBT.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Berezin UBT, a turret version of UB with spade grips - 12.7x108mm]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A group of Il-2 in attack. UBT machine guns are seen.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-12.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view of UBT on Il-2.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-15.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-16.jpg|thumb|none|500px|UBT machine guns on Pe-2.]]

== Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 ==
[[Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23]] autocannons are seen mounted on Il-2.
[[File:VYa-23_cannon_Keski-Suomen_ilmailumuseo.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 - 23x152mmB]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Il-2 on airfield. A good view of wing-mounder VYa-23 autocannons.]]

== Artillery ==
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Coastal heavy artillery in twin turrets, model unclear.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Coastal heavy artillery in twin turrets, model unclear.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher, mounted on Lend-Lease Studebaker US6.]]

== Armour ==
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|T-34-76 tanks in action.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SU-152 self-propelled heavy howitzer.]]

== Airplanes ==
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An Il-4 bomber on airfield. No weapon is mounted on this plane. The footage is taken from 1941 film ''[[Valery Chkalov]]''.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A group of Il-2 in attack.]]
[[File:11-17-Chronicle-14.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pe-2 in flight.]]

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