The State Border: Film 5

The State Border (1980-1988). DVD cover

The State Border: Film 5 (Russian Title:Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: God sorok pervy/Государственная граница: Год сорок первый) is a 1986 Soviet television film directed by Vyacheslav Nikiforov. "The State border" are the historical-adventure television series about the Soviet border guards. The action takes place in the period from 1917 to late 1980 on the territory of the USSR from the Far East to the western borders. The fifth film story takes place in summer 1941 on the Soviet-Polish border. Nazi troops attacked the Soviet Union. Soviet border guards enter into mortal combat with the enemies.

The following weapons are seen in the film The State Border: Film 5:

Handguns

Russian Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).

The politruk (political commissar) of the frontier outpost Viktor Belov (Yevgeni Leonov-Gladyshev) runs into the attack with his Nagant Revolver

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

German saboteur Byuhner (Viktor Kostetsky) fires Tokarev TT-33

Luger P08

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

The leader of the frontier outpost Lt. Il'ya Sushencov (Dmitry Matveev) holds Luger P08s

The leader of the border guard Lt.-Col. Sviridov (Gennadi Korolkov) holds Luger P08 in left hand

Walther P38

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

German pilot holds his Walther P38

Lt.-Col. Sviridov holds Walther P38 in right hand

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length Mosin Nagant rifles are the mainstay weapon of the Soviet Border guards.

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

Karpuhin (Aleksandr Timoshkin) holds his full-length Mosin Nagant rifle

The politruk Viktor Belov (on the right) fires the Mosin Nagant rifle

Border guards firing at the German aircraft

Closeup of the Mosin Nagant rifle. Note the hex receiver. This rifle was manufactured before 1936

Mauser Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm

German soldier with the Karabiner 98k can be seen in documentary footage

Another German soldiers in documentary footage

German soldier escorting captive Red Army soldiers holds his Mauser Karabiner 98k

Submachine Guns

PPD-40

PPD-40 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Lt. Il'ya Sushencov holds his PPD-40

Lt. Il'ya Sushencov fires his PPD-40 at German troops

Closeup of the PPD-40 magazine

MP38

The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military before 1940

Russian Border guard carries captured MP38

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

German soldier fires his MP40

German soldier with MP40 check the phone cord

Karpuhin fires captured MP40

Sgt. Nikolay Grinevich (Andrey Smolyakov) with captured MP40

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Russian Border guard fires Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun at the German soldiers

Sgt. Nikolay Grinevich and his DP-27

Russian Border guard fires DP-27 at the enemies

Degtyaryov DT

DT machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

The Soviet T-34-85 tank (modified to resemble the German Tiger I heavy tank) fires Degtyaryov DT tank machine gun

Fake Tiger tank. By the way this is an anachronism. Tiger tanks were not in 1941

Maxim M1910

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR

Russian Border guards charge Maxim M1910 machine gun

Lt. Il'ya Sushencov fires Maxim M1910. Petty officer Pavlo Levada (Semyon Morozov) holds PPD-40 submachine gun

The M-4 AA quad mounting of Maxim M1910 machine guns can be seen in documentary footage

Another shot

Browning M1917

Browning M1917 machine gun with tripod and ammo box - .30-06‎

Browning M1917 machine gun can be seen in documentary footage

PK Machine Gun (modified to resemble MG34)

A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion

German soldiers fire PK Machine Gun mocked up as MG34

Closeup of fake MG34

Fake MG34 on tripod mount.

Flak 38

Flak 38 - 20x138mmB.

Flak 38 mounted on an armored vehicle can be seen in documentary footage

Another shot

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

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

The 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun can be seen in documentary footage

Gunner loading ammunition in the 37-mm M1939

Hand Grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

German soldier with the M24 Grenade can be seen in documentary footage

Other

7.5 cm Pak 40

German gunners fire 7.5 cm Pak 40

T-44 modified to resemble the German Tiger I heavy tank

This is an anachronism. Tiger tanks were not in 1941

T-34-85

This is also an anachronism. T-34-85 was introduced only in early 1944

See Also

The State Border series

• State Border: Film 1, The
• State Border: Film 2, The
• State Border: Film 3, The
• State Border: Film 4, The
• State Border: Film 6, The