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Czechoslovak paratroopers use the [[CZ 38]] pistols as their issue sidearm.
 
Czechoslovak paratroopers use the [[CZ 38]] pistols as their issue sidearm.
 
[[Image:CZ_38_1780.jpg|thumb|none|300px|9×17mm Browning Short]]
 
[[Image:CZ_38_1780.jpg|thumb|none|300px|9×17mm Browning Short]]
[[Image:Radoslav_Brzobohatý-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|1st Lt. Král ([[Radoslav Brzobohatý]]).]]
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[[Image:Radoslav_Brzobohatý-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|1st Lt. Král ([[Radoslav Brzobohatý]]).]]
[[Image:Rudolf_Jelínek-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Strnad ([[Rudolf Jelínek]]) saves his last round for himself.]]
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[[Image:Rudolf_Jelínek-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Strnad ([[Rudolf Jelínek]]) saves his last round for himself.]]
[[Image:Jirí_Kodet-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Tousek ([[Jirí Kodet]]) uses his CZ 38 to defend the entrance of the church crypt.]]
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[[Image:Jirí_Kodet-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Tousek ([[Jirí Kodet]]) uses his CZ 38 to defend the entrance of the church crypt.]]
[[Image:Ladislav_Mrkvicka-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Vyskocil ([[Ladislav Mrkvicka]]) gives his friend a [[CZ 38]].]]
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[[Image:Ladislav_Mrkvicka-CZ_38_pistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Vyskocil ([[Ladislav Mrkvicka]]) gives his friend a [[CZ 38]].]]
  
 
== Walther P38 ==
 
== Walther P38 ==

Revision as of 23:35, 10 December 2014


Atentát
Cinema poster
Country CZE.jpg Czechoslovakia
Directed by Jirí Sequens
Release Date 1964
Language Czech, German
Studio Filmové studio Barrandov
Main Cast
Character Actor
1st Lt. Král Radoslav Brzobohatý
1st Lt . Sedlák Ludek Munzar
Sgt. Strnad Rudolf Jelínek
Sgt. Tousek Jirí Kodet
Sgt. Vyskocil Ladislav Mrkvicka
Sgt. Vrbas Josef Vinklár
The gamekeeper Oldrich Lukes
Ondra Pavelka Jirí Holý
Col. Moravec Jirí Vrstala


The Assassination (Atentát) is a 1964 Czech black-and-white war drama directed by Jirí Sequens. The story depicting the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 which was perpetrated by parachutists from the group ANTHROPOID sent from England. For those interested in war history this is cult film.



The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination (Atentát):


Pistols

CZ 38

Czechoslovak paratroopers use the CZ 38 pistols as their issue sidearm.

9×17mm Browning Short
File:Rudolf Jelínek-CZ 38 pistol.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) saves his last round for himself.
File:Jirí Kodet-CZ 38 pistol.jpg
Sgt. Tousek (Jirí Kodet) uses his CZ 38 to defend the entrance of the church crypt.

Walther P38

The paratroopers also have a captured Walther P38 pistol.

Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm
File:Rudolf Jelínek-Walther P38.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) holds a Walther P38.
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-Walther 38.jpg
Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka) decides to use the P38 to commit suicide.

Luger P08

SS and SD officers, as well as Gestapo agents, use the Luger P08 as a service weapon.

Luger P08 9x19mm
File:Oldrich Velen-Luger P08 pistol.jpg
Commissioner of Gestapo Sleicher (Oldrich Velen) holds his Luger.
File:German-atnt-Luger P08 pistol.jpg
SD-officer (Oto Sevcík) holds a Luger P08 as he examines a map of the crypt.

SACM M1935A

SACM M1935A - 7.65 x 22mm Longue
File:Rudolf Jelínek-CZ 27 pistol.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) puts his personal weapon, a SACM M1935A pistol, on the table.

Submachine guns

Sten

The main weapon of Czechoslovak paratroopers in England were Sten submachine guns.

Sten Mk II - 9x19mm
File:Josef Vinklár-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Vrbas (Josef Vinklár) marches with a Sten at jump school.
File:Mrkvicka-sten-detail.jpg
Sgt. Vyskocil's (Ladislav Mrkvicka) Sten gun, true to form, fails when needed.
File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-Sten.jpg
1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý) watchs from the church with a slung Sten gun.
File:Rudolf Jelínek-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) fires on the Germans from the church gallary.
File:Jirí Kodet-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Toušek (Jirí Kodet) fires at an SS trooper descending into the church crypt.
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Vyskočil, Sten in hand, refuses to surrender.

MP40

SS soldiers carry MP40 submachine guns.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Rifles

VZ-24 Czech Mauser

Czechoslovakian soldiers carry VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifle.

Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-vz24 rifle.jpg
1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý) carries a VZ-24 during training in Scotland.

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers use Karabiner 98k rifles.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

Machine guns

MG34

Germans deploy an MG34 machine gun against the trapped paratroopers.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

MG42

An MG42 is seen briefly before becoming an MG34 in a continuity error .

MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser

Hand grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

The SS men use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate during the church battle.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate with fragmentation sleeve.

Training Grenade

The Czechoslovakian troops use dummy grenades while training in England

File:Rudolf Jelínek-Mills bomb.jpg
Stg. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) demonstrates the use of a hand grenade.

Trivia

105mm Flak 38

Planes with paratroopers and also night bombers were under heavy fire from 10.5 cm FlaK 38.

A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun

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