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== Luger P08 == | == Luger P08 == | ||
[[Image:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.]] | [[Image:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.]] | ||
| − | [[Image:SS-officer-Luger_P08-Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|The SS officer smoking a cigarette armed by | + | [[Image:SS-officer-Luger_P08-Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|The SS officer smoking a cigarette armed by [[Luger P08]] pistol.]] |
== Russian Nagant M1895 == | == Russian Nagant M1895 == | ||
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== PPSh-41 == | == PPSh-41 == | ||
| − | Soviet and | + | Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with a [[PPSh-41]] and [[PPS-43]] submachine guns. |
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | [[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | ||
[[Image:Soviet_soldiers-PPSh-41-Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet soldiers marched with the submachine guns on the chest.]] | [[Image:Soviet_soldiers-PPSh-41-Tank_Brig.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet soldiers marched with the submachine guns on the chest.]] | ||
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== Panzerschreck == | == Panzerschreck == | ||
[[Image:Tank h5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Panzerschreck rocket launcher - 88mm]] | [[Image:Tank h5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Panzerschreck rocket launcher - 88mm]] | ||
| − | [[Image:SS_soldier-Panzerschreck.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SS man is trying to destroy a | + | [[Image:SS_soldier-Panzerschreck.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SS man is trying to destroy a Czechoslovak tank with [[Panzerschreck]].]] |
== Flak 38 == | == Flak 38 == | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 29 September 2012
The Tank Brigade (original: Tanková brigáda) is Czechoslovak war film directed by Ivo Toman. This is the first color feature film of the Czechoslovak Army Film. It was screened with a delay after several years of filming (since 1951), on the occasion of the ten-year anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia. The film used real weapons and military equipment, which the filmmakers had available along with expert consultants from Mosfilm and with a support of the Ministry of National Defense. The movie depicts the fate of a tank brigade in the time the toughest of battles of Czechoslovak troops on the Eastern Front, especially the commander mjr. Stašek (Otomar Krejca), who must face the intrigues of his chief of staff cpt. Renč (Martin Ruzek) allocated to him by of the command from London. At the same time tells the story of the tank commander sgt. Juraj Klimko (Július Pántik) and his love for the beautiful nurse Olga (Jana Dítetová). Into the story also were incorporated the fundamental political events of that time and the gradual transformation czechoslovak units to of the military instrument of Communist power. At the end of the film is described by a real event when a member of resistance Miloš Sýkora (Jirí Vala) saved the bridge over the river at the cost of their lives.
The following guns were used in the 1955 Czechoslovak film 'The Tank Brigade:
Pistols and revolvers
Luger P08
Russian Nagant M1895
Submachine guns
MP40
MP40 submachine gun was used by German soldiers and also the Czech insurgents.
PPSh-41
Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with a PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns.
PPS-43
Rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
Karabiner 98k
Machine guns
MG42
Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun
DShK heavy machine gun
Hand grenade
Model 43 Stielhandgranate
Other
Panzerschreck
Flak 38
37-mm M1939 (61-K)
8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) mortars
