Kandahar (Russian Title: Кандагар) is a 2010 Russian film directed by Andrei Kavun. Five pilots of the Russian cargo plane were captured in Kandahar (Afghanistan) by the Taliban. After being in captivity for over a year they make an attempt to escape. Film based on actual events.
The following weapons are featured in the film Kandahar:
Handguns
Browning Hi-Power
Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm
Undefined pistol
One of the guards holds an undefined pistol
Assault rifles
AKM
AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake - 7.62x39mm
Taliban leader holds an
AKM assault rifle
Taliban leader fires AKM. Note the size of magazine
Norinco Type 56
Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") which was standard on PLA-issue Type 56s - 7.62x39mm
One of the guards of the airfield fires his
Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet
This Norinco Type 56 has no under-folding "pig sticker" bayonet
AIM Carbine
Taliban fighter holds the AIM (Romanian clone of the AKM) with a shortened barrel
AK-74
AK-74 assault rifle lies on the ground
Taliban fighter is trying to reload his AK-74 but Russian navigator taken away a magazine.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine
Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.
Mauser carbine
One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the Mauser carbine
Same fighter aimed his Mauser carbine at radioman Victor (Alexandr Golubev)
Sniper rifle
FPK/PSL Sniper Rifle
Romanian FPK/PSL sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R.
Machine Guns
PKM Machine Gun
PKM with with latest version of Flash hider - 7.62x54mm R
Goryunov SGM Machine Gun
Goryunov SGM Machine Gun on Sokolov mount - 7.62x54mm R.
Same machine gun in other location
Browning M2
Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
KPV heavy machine gun
KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-2 quad anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm
Grenade Launcher
RPG-7
One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the
RPG-7 near the destroyed truck
Grenades
F-1 Hand Grenade
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Young Taliban fighter has lost his
F-1 hand grenade. Grenade painted black. Usually in this color painted training grenades
Young Taliban fighter pulls out a safety pin from grenade
A safety pin was pulled and striker lever was thrown
Trivia
MiG-21U
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U supersonic jet fighter aircraft forces Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter to land