The State Border (1980-1988). DVD cover
The State Border: Film 5 (Russian Title: Государственная граница: Год сорок первый/Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: God sorok pervy; "State border: Year Forty-First") is a 1986 Soviet television film directed by Vyacheslav Nikiforov. "The State border" are the historical-adventure television series about the Soviet border guards. The action takes place in the period from 1917 to late 1980 on the territory of the USSR from the Far East to the western borders. The fifth film story takes place in summer 1941 on the Soviet-Polish border. Nazi troops attacked the Soviet Union. Soviet border guards enter into mortal combat with the enemies.
The following weapons are seen in the film The State Border: Film 5:
Handguns
Russian Nagant M1895
Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Luger P08
The leader of the border guard Lt.-Col. Sviridov (
Gennadi Korolkov) holds Luger P08 in left hand
Walther P38
Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
Lt.-Col. Sviridov holds Walther P38 in right hand
Rifles
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length Mosin Nagant rifles are the mainstay weapon of the Soviet Border guards.
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
The
politruk Viktor Belov (on the right) fires the Mosin Nagant rifle
Border guards firing at the German aircraft
Closeup of the Mosin Nagant rifle. Note the hex receiver. This rifle was manufactured before 1936
Mauser Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm
German soldier with the
Karabiner 98k can be seen in documentary footage
Another German soldiers in documentary footage
German soldier escorting captive Red Army soldiers holds his Mauser Karabiner 98k
Submachine Guns
PPD-40
Lt. Il'ya Sushencov holds his
PPD-40
Lt. Il'ya Sushencov fires his PPD-40 at German troops
Closeup of the PPD-40 magazine
MP38
The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military before 1940
Russian Border guard carries captured
MP38
Karpuhin fires captured MP38
MP40
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
German soldier fires his
MP40
German soldier with MP40 check the phone cord
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
Sgt. Nikolay Grinevich and his DP-27
Russian Border guard fires DP-27 at the enemies
Degtyaryov DT
DT machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
The Soviet T-34-85 tank (modified to resemble the German PzKpfw IV tank) fires
Degtyaryov DT tank machine gun
Fake PzKpfw IV tank. By the way this is an anachronism. Pz.Kpfw.IV tanks with a long-barelled gun were not in 1941
Maxim M1910
Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR
Lt. Il'ya Sushencov fires Maxim M1910. Petty officer Pavlo Levada (
Semyon Morozov) holds
PPD-40 submachine gun
Maxim M1910/30 in M-4 AA quad mounting
The M-4 AA quad mounting of Maxim M1910 machine guns can be seen in documentary footage
Browning M1917
PK Machine Gun (modified to resemble MG34)
A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion
Fake MG34 on tripod mount.
2 cm KwK 30
A 2 cm KwK 30 is mounted on Sd. Kfz. 222 or Sd.Kfz. 231 armoured car, seen in documentary footage. KwK 30 is a distant relative to 2 cm Flak 38.
37-mm M1939 (61-K)
37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR
Gunner loading ammunition in the 37-mm M1939
Hand Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
German soldier with the
M24 Grenade can be seen in documentary footage
Other
7.5 cm Pak 40
7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R
T-44 modified to resemble the German PzKpfw IV Ausf.F2 tank
T-34-85
This is also an anachronism. T-34-85 was introduced only in early 1944
See Also
The State Border series