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{{Infobox Movie
|name = Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh) 
|picture = Trial of the Road DVD.jpg
|caption = ''DVD Cover''
|country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR
|director = Aleksei German
|date= 1971/1985
|language = Russian
|studio=Lenfilm
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|character1=Lazarev
|actor1=[[Vladimir Zamansky]]
|character2=Lokotkov
|actor2=[[Rolan Bykov]]
|character3=Petushkov
|actor3=[[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]
|character4=Solomin
|actor4=[[Oleg Borisov]]
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'''''Trial of the Road''''' (''Proverka na dorogakh'') is a 1971 Russian war movie by Aleksei German. It was released only in 1985. The plot of the movie release the drama of Russian POW who was forced to serve Germans and now has to pass a deadly trial in order to prove that he is not a traitor.

'''The following weapons are seen in the movie ''Trial of the Road'' (Proverka na dorogakh):'''

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=Pistols=
== Luger P08 Pistol ==
[[Luger P08]] pistol is seen in hands of Lazarev ([[Vladimir Zamansky]]) and Inga ([[Anda Zaice]]).
[[File:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P08-MP38-DP.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lazarev, disguised as a German soldier, readies his [[MP40]] SMG and P08 pistol for the "trial on the road".]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P08-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lazarev disguised as a German soldier is firing P08.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P08-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lazarev is arrested by Petushkov ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) so his P08 is taken away from him.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P08-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Inga, disguised as a German NCO, is firing P08 in Russian traitor who exposed her being the partisan.]]

== Walther P38 Pistol ==
Lokotkov ([[Rolan Bykov]]), commander of the Russian partisan detachment, is seen with [[Walther P38]] pistol in one scene but never fires it. German officers also use P38.
[[File:P38.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P38-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lokotkov ([[Rolan Bykov]]) with P38.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P38-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wounded German officer ([[Nikolai Vashchilin]]) fires P38.]]

=Rifles=
== Mosin Nagant Rifle ==
[[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant rifles]] are used by Russian partisans.
[[File:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-Mosin-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Partisan ([[Pavel Kormunin]]) with Mosin Nagant rifle M1891/30 in ambush.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-Mosin-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mitka ([[Gennadi Dyudyayev]]) with Mosin Nagant rifle M1891/30.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-Mosin-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Partisan with Mosin Nagant rifle M1891/30.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-Mosin-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two partisans enter a barn, one with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 and the other with [[MP40]] SMG.]]

=Submachine guns=
== MP40 SMG ==
[[MP40]] are used by German soldiers and several Russian partisans including Lazarev ([[Vladimir Zamansky]]) and Solomin ([[Oleg Borisov]]).
[[File:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MP40-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Solomin ([[Oleg Borisov]]) (on the left side of the screenshot, back to camera) carries MP40.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MP40-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mitka ([[Gennadi Dyudyayev]]) holds the MP40 at the left.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-Mosin-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two partisans enter a barn, one with [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle]] and the other with MP40.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P08-MP38-DP.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lazarev ([[Vladimir Zamansky]]) disguised as a German soldier prepares his MP40 SMG and [[Luger P08|P08]] pistol for the "trial on the road". Near him is Solomin ([[Oleg Borisov]]), his MP40 is not seen.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MG34-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German motorcyclist with MP40.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MP40-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German soldier is firing MP40.]]

== PPSh SMG ==
[[PPSh-41]] are used by several Russian partisans.
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PPSh-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PPSh-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]

== Sturmgewehr 44 ==
In one scene a German soldier is seen with a weapon that look like [[Sturmgewehr 44]]. The story take place in December 1942 so StG 44 is an anachronism.
[[File:Sturmgewehr_44.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-Stg44.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soldier at the right side of the screenshot carries something very similar to StG 44.]]

=Machine guns=
== Degtyaryov DP-27 ==
[[Degtyaryov DP-28|DP light MG]] is used by Russian partisans.
[[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|400px|DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-P08-MP38-DP.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Old partisan ([[Fyodor Odinokov]]) with DP.]]

== MG 34==
[[MG 34]] is mounted on German motorcycles. It is also seen in twin mountings on the riverboat in the flashback summer scene.
[[File:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser,]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MG34-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German motorcyce with MG 34 mounted in the sidecar.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MG-twin-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG 34 in twin mounting on the bow of the tugboat.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MG-twin-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MG-twin-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG 34 in twin mounting on the barge with Russian POWs.]]

== PK machine gun mocked up as MG42 ==
In battle scenes German soldiers use [[PK Machine Gun|PK machine guns]] very roughly mocked up as [[MG42]]. In final scene Lazarev ([[Vladimir Zamansky]]) fires this MG from lockout tower. It is PK, not PKM (that can be understood from the form of buttstock).
[[Image:Pk machine gun.jpg|thumb|500px|none|PK Machine Gun, note the larger curved gas block and the thicker fluted barrel that was found on the original weapon - 7.62x54mm R]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PK-MG42-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PK-MG42-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German soldier is firing fake MG42.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PK-MG42-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Fake MG42 is mounted on lockout tower.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PK-MG42-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PK-MG42-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lazarev ([[Vladimir Zamansky]]) is firing fake MG.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-PK-MG42-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Close view on buttstock of the fake MG.]]

== MG42 ==
The only real [[MG42]] is seen in final scene. It is not firing.
[[File:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-MG42.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]

= Other weapons =
== BM-37 mortar ==
[[Image:82mm BM-37 Mortar.jpg|thumb|none|300px|82mm BM-37 mortar]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-mortar-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Russian 82mm [[BM-37]] mortar acting for German 81.4mm mortar.]]

== MS-2 booby trap mine ==
[[Image:MS-2_mine.jpg|thumb|none|300px|MS-2 booby trap mine]]
[[File:Trial of the Road-trapmine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Old partisan ([[Fyodor Odinokov]]) plants [[MS-2 booby trap mine]].]]

= Trivia =
[[File:Trial of the Road poster 1986.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Cinema poster of ''Trial of the Road'' (1986)]]

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