Interception (Perekhvat)

DVD Cover

Country	USSR
Directed by	Sergei Tarasov
Release Date	1986
Language	Russian
Studio	Mosfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Aleksey Bakhteev	Andrei Rostotsky
Steve Brewstner	Vladimir Menshov
Colonel Konovalov	Leonid Kulagin
Maxwell	Boris Khimichev

Interception (Perekhvat) is a Soviet 1986 espionage movie directed by Sergei Tarasov. Steve Brewstner (Vladimir Menshov) is sent to USSR with the order to destroy the antenna of Soviet surveillance satellite system. His plans are counteracted by Soviet Border Guard warrant officer Aleksey Bakhteev (Andrei Rostotsky). A long pursuit finishes in their final encounter.

The following weapons were used in the film Interception (Perekhvat):

Handguns

Makarov PM

A Makarov PM pistol is a personal sidearm of Soviet Border Guard warrant officer Aleksey Bakhteev (Andrei Rostotsky).

Russian Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov

Bakhteev holds his PM.

A close view at the PM.

Bakhteev runs with his pistol in hand in the final scene.

Shotguns

Double barreled shotgun

A geologist holds a double barreled shotgun when Bakhteev appeared at the camp.

A geologist aims his shotgun at Bakhteev, suspecting him to be a criminal. Bakhteev holds his Makarov PM in raised hand.

Rifles

AKS-74

Soviet Border Guard soldiers are armed with AKS-74 assault rifles.

AKS-74 - 5.45x39mm

A folding stock can be seen.

A soldier aims his AKS-74 at spy fast boat.

Sturmgewehr 44 (visually modified to resemble M16)

Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles, visually modified with the addition of a carrying handle, a modified front sight and shorter magazines to resemble either the M16 or the AR-10 rifles, are seen in hands of US military personnel. Visually modified StG 44s were widely used in Soviet action movies of 1970s-80s.

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm

Sturmgewehr 44, visually modified to resemble M16 - 7.62x39 blank

Machine Guns

Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12,7

A four-barrel YakB-12,7 machine gun is mounted on Mi-24 helicopter.

Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B mounted on Mi-24 Hind-D - 12.7x108mm

A YakB-12,7 is mounted on Mi-24.

Close views at YakB-12,7.

Nudelman-Nemenov NN-30

Nudelman-Nemenov NN-30 is a Soviet 30-mm twin automatic gun used in naval system AK-230. Two AK-230s are seen mounted on a Project 205P patrol boat of Sovier Border Guard.

AK-230 with twin Nudelman-Nemenov NN-30 - 30x210B mm

Two AK-230 are mounted on the patrol boat.

The bow mounting.

A close view at twin NN-30 gun.

Other Weapons

"Spy Rifle"

The weapon that Steve Brewstner (Vladimir Menshov) was intended to use in his mission is a non-firing movie prop that was specially made for this film. It uses parts of various real guns (some of them were taken from Heckler & Koch G3). Later this movie prop was used in several other Soviet/Russian movies.