Liberation: The Last Assault

Liberation: The Last Assault Osvobozhdenie: Posledniy Shturm DVD cover Country USSR East Germany Directed by Yuri Ozerov Release Date 1971 Language Russian German Studio Mosfilm Deutsche Film (DEFA) Distributor Columbia Pictures Main Cast Character Actor Marshall Georgy Zhukov Mikhail Ulyanov Maj. Tzvetaev Nikolay Olyalin Adolf Hitler Fritz Diez Joseph Goebbels Horst Giese Eva Braun Angelika Waller

Liberation: The Last Assault(Russian Title: Osvobozhdenie: Posledniy Shturm/Освобождение: Последний штурм) is a 1971 Russian/East German World War II drama directed by Yuri Ozerov. It's a fifth part of five-part film series. The Last Assault focusing on the last days of the assault of Berlin.

Liberation is the most large-scale World War II film ever made in the Soviet Union.

The following weapons were used in the film Liberation: The Battle of Berlin:

Handguns

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 is the standard sidearm of Russian officers

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Maj. Tzvetaev fires his TT

Walther PP

Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.

Adolf Hitler tries to shoot himself with his Walther PP.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Soviet officer fires the PPSh-41 submachine gun

PPS-43

PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Capt. Vasiliev holds his PPS-43 submachine gun

MP40

German troops widely use MP40 submachine guns in this movie. Some Russian soldiers also use captured MP40s

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

German soldiers trying to get out of the flooded underground Berlin U-Bahn tunnel

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

A lot of Russian soldiers can be see armed with the full-length Mosin Nagant rifles and Mosin Nagant M38 carbines. Unfortunately this weapon can be seen mostly on background or in fast movement. So it's a trouble to get a good screenshot

Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle

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

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers and Russian soldiers widely use Karabiner 98k rifles

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Soviet soldier holds captured Karabiner 98k

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

Russian solders widely use Degtyaryov DP-27 machine guns. German soldiers also use this machine gun (Episode in Berlin U-Bahn tunnel)

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Soviet soldier fires the Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun

MG34 Machine Gun

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down.

The fight inside the Reichstag. MG34 machine gun on a gallery

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R

Soviet soldiers fire the Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

DShK Heavy Machine Gun

DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm.

The DShK machine gun is mounted on ISU-152 SPG

Hand Grenades

F-1 Hand Grenade

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Maj. Tzvetaev holds the F-1 hand grenade

RPG-43 Anti-tank Grenade

Soviet RPG-43 anti-tank grenade

Soviet soldier holds the RPG-43 anti-tank grenade

Grenade Launchers

Panzerfaust

The Volkssturm (German national militia of the last months of World War II), German soldiers and Russian soldiers widely use the Panzerfaust antitank grenade launchers during assault of Berlin.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

Volkssturm fire the Panzerfaust grenade launcher at T-34-85 medium tank

Soviet soldier carries two Panzerfaust grenade launchers

Other

76 mm Divisional Gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

Soviet gunners down the ZiS-3 gun in a Berlin U-Bahn

Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger

German PzKpfw VI Tiger heavy tank converted from Soviet T-44 tank

See Also

• Liberation: The Fire Bulge
• Liberation: Breakthrough
• Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
• Liberation: The Battle of Berlin