They Fought for Their Country

They Fought for Their Country (Oni srazhalis za Rodinu) DVD cover Country USSR Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk Release Date 1975 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Distributor RUSCICO Main Cast Character Actor Piotr Lopakhin Vasiliy Shukshin Nikolay Strel'tsov Vyacheslav Tikhonov Ivan Zvyagintsev Sergey Bondarchuk Alexandr Kopytovskij Georgiy Burkov Pvt. Nekrasov Yuri Nikulin Natalya Stepanovna Nonna Mordyukova

They Fought for Their Country (Russian Title: Oni srazhalis za Rodinu/Они сражались за Родину) is a 1975 World War II drama directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. The film tells about the heavy defensive battles on the approaches to Stalingrad in July 1942, about heroism and sacrifice of ordinary soldiers.

The following weapons are featured in the film They Fought for Their Country:

Pistol

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Seriously wounded Russian officer tries to go on the attack with his Tokarev TT

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Russian soldier with his PPSh-41 submachine gun

Confused Russian soldier fires at German troops

Closeup of PPSh-41 with the 71-rounds drum magazine

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

German soldier tries to reload his MP40 submachine gun during the melee

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

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

Russian soldier with his Mosin Nagant rifle

Another Russian soldier.

Assault rifles

Sturmgewehr 44

The few German soldiers can be seen with the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles. Those rifles were not in service in the German army in 1942.

Sturmgewehr 44 7.92x33mm

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Russian soldier fires Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine gun at German troops

Maxim M1910/30

Maxim 1910/30 with wheel mount and shield - 7.62x54R

Russian soldier carries Maxim machine gun

Russian soldiers fire Maxim M1910/30 at enemies. This machine gun has the large filler cap on the top of the water jacket

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

Russian soldiers fire 37-mm M1939 (61-K) at German bombers

Hand Grenades

F-1 Hand Grenade

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

F-1 hand grenade lying on the ground

Undefined anti-tank grenade

Russian soldier used anti-tank grenade to destroy a German tank

Anti-tank rifles

PTRS-41

The PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle is used by Russian forces. They are never shown being fired.

PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm

PTRD-41

PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm

Russian soldier takes aim his PTRD-41 AT rifle at German tanks

Russian soldier fires PTRD-41

The cartridge box with 14.5x114mm cartridges

Other

Molotov Cocktail

Russian soldier prepares to use the Molotov cocktail

The same soldier few seconds later

The Molotov cocktail bottle lying on the ground

45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)

Russian gunners firing 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

Russian gunners firing ZiS-3 at the German tanks

122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)

Closeup of Russian 122 mm howitzer M1938

Fake German tanks

The fake German tank was built on the Soviet T-34-85 tank chassis.

The fake German tank was built on the Soviet T-54/55 tank chassis

Soviet T-54/55 tank mocked-up to look like a German tank

Trivia

Original cinema poster for They Fought for Their Country (Oni srazhalis za Rodinu) (1975).