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Purgatory (Chistilishche)
Purgatory (Russian Title: Chistilishche/Чистилищe) is a 1998 Russian made-for-television movie directed by Alexander Nevzorov about the First Chechen War. Set during the First Battle of Grozny in January 1995, the movie follows a group of Russian soldiers who must fight their way out of a hospital after being surrounded by Chechen rebels and foreign fighters. The movie is notable for its unflinching portrayal of urban combat and nationalistic tone.
The following weapons are seen in the television movie Purgatory:
Rifles
AKM
The AKM is used by some of the GRU spetsnaz commandios, as well as by various Chechen fighters. Most of the AKMs seen have attached GP-25 grenade launchers and orange bakelite magazines.
AK-74
Russian soldiers from the 131st Motorized Rifle Brigade (Maikop Brigade) are armed with AK-74 rifles. Most of their Chechen adversaries are similarly armed, including rebel commander Dukuzov Israpilov (Dmitry Nagiyev). The rifles are a mix of older model AK-74s and newer AK-74Ms, and like the AKMs, most have magazines taped "jungle-style".
SVD Dragunov
A pair of female Lithuanian snipers (Irina Veselin and Victoria Matveeva) employed as mercenaries for the Chechens use SVD Dragunov sniper rifles to pick off Russian soldiers. It is interesting to note that the female snipers are a depiction of the popular White Tights urban legend in which female biathletes from Baltic states are alleged to have fought against Russian forces as mercenaries in Chechnya and other wars in the former USSR. Aslan (Nikolai Alekseev) also uses a Dragunov while hunting the snipers down within the hospital.
Machine Guns
RPK Light Machine Gun
The leader of the GRU spetsnaz team, Kostya (Alex Gushin), uses a RPK machine gun throughout the film. Colonel Vitaly Suvorov (Viktor Stepanov) also uses a RPK towards the end of the film while leading a counter-attack on Chechen positions.
PKM Machine Gun
Russian and Chechen forces use PKM machine guns to provide suppressing fire during their assaults.
NSV Heavy Machine Gun
A NSV heavy machine gun is mounted on the commander's hatch of Lieutenant Igor Grigorashenko's (Roman Zhilkin's) T-80B tank, which is used in a desperate effort to relieve the surrounded Russians. Though never fired, the machine gun can be seen in several sequences, notably when Israpilov calls on Grigorashenko to surrender after his tank is disabled.
Grenade Launchers
GP-25 Grenade Launcher
GP-25 grenade launchers are often seen attached to the AKM and AK-74 rifles used by the combatants.
AGS-17 "Planya"
An AGS-17 Plamya grenade launcher is initially used by African foreign fighters to bombard the hospital wing that the Russians are holed up in. It is later captured by the spetsnaz commandos and turned on the Chechens with devastating results.
Rocket Launchers
RPG-7
The RPG-7 is used by Chechen fighters at various points in the movie, including one sequence where it is used to (unrealistically) launch the head of an executed POW into Russian positions.
RPG-18
RPG-18 launchers are frequently seen slung over the shoulder of Russian troops. The RPG-18s are used to knock out a Chechen T-72 that attempts to attack the Russians' positions.
RPG-26
The RPG-26 is another common rocket launcher in the film, and is often used by the Chechen fighters, especially when they are attacking Lt. Grigorashenko's tank.
Others
F-1 Hand Grenade
Israpilov uses a F-1 hand grenade while attempting blow open the hatch on Grigorashenko's tank.
