The Thirteen (Trinadtsat)

The Thirteen (Trinadtsat) (1936)

The Thirteen (Russian Title: Trinadtsat/Тринадцать) is a 1936 Russian film directed by Mikhail Romm. The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians which across a Middle Asian desert. They were forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi (Middle Asian Muslim rebels) for the dry draw-well. This film was remade as Sahara by Zoltan Korda in 1943

The following weapons are seen in the movie Thirteen (Trinadtsat), The:

Handguns

Russian Nagant M1895

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

Red Army man fires his Nagant revolver

Mauser C96

Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" - 7.63x25mm Mauser.

Outlaw Colonel Skuratov fires his Mauser C96

Rifle

Mosin Nagant Rifle

The full-length Mosin Nagant Rifles are the mainstay weapons of Red Army men and Basmachi.

Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR.

Machine Guns

Maxim M1910

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

Separately Maxim M1910 machine gun, 'Sokolov' wheel mount, shield and two cartridge boxes.

The Red Army man fires Maxim M1910 machine gun at Basmachi.

Degtyaryov DP-27

The Red Army reinforcements use DP-27 machine gun during the final battle

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Hand Grenade

RG-14/30

RG-14/30 Soviet hand grenade.

The Red Army man with a RG-14/30 hand grenade

See Also

• Sahara (1943)
• Sahara (1995)