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Movie poster for 9th Company (2005) (Russia)

Russian language poster for 9th Company aka 9 POTA (2005) (Russia). Note: Though IMDB lists the Russian name as "9 POTA" the cyrillic in the poster reads 9 "Roh-ta" with the "r" rolled on the tip of the tongue like in Spanish. Thus the 'phonetic' English wording used for the International Title is actually incorrect.

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9th Company (9 POTA) is a 2005 Russian language film about a group of Soviet vets in the mountains of Afghanistan, during the Afghan-Russo War (1979-1989). The story deals with idealistic young soldiers who are fighting a desperate battle against the Mujahideen fighters.

The weapons seen in this movie are:

AKS-74

Used by almost all Soviet and Mudjahideen.

AKS-74 5.45x39mm

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AK74 & BG15 launcher

Used by several of the main characters including Lt. Pogrebnyak. The Grenade Launcher was first introduced in the 1980s and was referred to as the BG15. A later updated version would be the GP-25 and the latest incarnation, the GP-30 (which is much lighter in weight).

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PK machine gun

Several 9th Company soldiers use the PKM: Chugainov is given Samyilin's old gun, which was disfigured by a hand grenade explosion. He can be seen in on scene trying to sight it to fire at a rock 3m away. One of the main characters grab's his PKM's barrel to bash a Mujahideen with it, receiving 3rd degree burns. The main character picks up the previous character's PKM after he is killed and uses in the scene after Sparrow's suicide.

PKM with classic (most seen) version of the flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

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Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 machine gun

Used by the Mi-25 helicopters

A Yak-B Gatling Gun - 12.7mm.

in fact the helicopter is a Mi24 P series, armed with GSh-30K dual 30mm side fixed auto gun, known to us as a "Hind-E" or "Hind-F"

Dragunov SVD

Given to Petrovsky, who is an excellent marksman through painting.

SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.6x54mm R

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DShK 12.7mm

One is given to 9th Company, while others can be seen at the various military bases on top of military vehicles.

A Russian DShKM in 12.7x109mm on Tripod

RPG-7

Used by the Mudjahideen alongside LAWs to attack the 9th Company.

RPG-7 40mm

ZU-23

Seen on Soviet vehicles.

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ZU-23-2

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