At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne)

At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) Film poster Country USSR Directed by Viktor Tregubovich Release Date 1968 Language Russian Studio Lenfilm Main Cast Character Actor Junior Lieutenant Alexander Maleshkin Mikhail Kononov The SPA gun-layer Mikhail Domeshek Oleg Borisov The SPA operator Grigory Shcherbak Viktor Pavlov The SPA gun-loader Osip Byankin Fyodor Odinokov Lieutenant Bezzubtsev Boris Tabarovsky Colonel Day Mikhail Gluzsky The political officer Timofei Ovsyannikov Pyotr Lyubeshkin

At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) (Russian Title: На войне как на войне) is a 1968 World War II drama directed by Viktor Tregubovich and based on a story by Viktor Kurochkin. The film tells about the weekdays of the crew of self-propelled tank destroyer, commanded by the young and inexperienced junior lieutenant Maleshkin.

The following weapons are featured in the film At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne):

Pistols

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.

Junior lieutenant Alexander Maleshkin (Mikhail Kononov) holds his Tokarev TT-33

The SPA operator Grigory Shcherbak (Viktor Pavlov) with his Tokarev TT

SPSh Flare Pistol

Russian SPSh Flare Pistol 26.5mm

Soviet officer fires his SPSh Flare Pistol to signal the start of the attack

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Junior lieutenant Maleshkin fires his PPSh-41

The SPA gun-layer Mikhail Domeshek (Oleg Borisov) fires his PPSh-41

The SPA gun-loader Osip Byankin (Fyodor Odinokov) holds his PPSh-41

Private Gromykhalo (Yuri Dubrovin) opens fire with PPSh-41 at Waffen-SS troops

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Waffen-SS soldier with MP40 submachine Gun

Assault Rifles

AK-47

During the final battle some German soldiers can be seen with the AK-47 assault rifles. Probably intended as stand-ins for the Sturmgewehr 44.

Type III AK-47 with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DT

DT machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Degtyaryov DT tank machine gun mounted in T-34-85 tank

MG34 Machine Gun

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

German soldier with the MG34 machine gun

Other

F-1 Hand Grenade

One of the F-1 hand grenades in self-propelled tank destroyer have lost a cotter pin. Junior lieutenant Maleshkin disarmed this grenade.

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Panzerfaust

One of the Waffen-SS soldiers armed with the fake Panzerfaust antitank grenade launcher.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

The fake Panzerfaust and PPSh-41 submachine gun without magazine lying on the ground

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

The 76 mm divisional gun M1942 in destroyed building

T-54 main battle tank

The T-54 Soviet main battle tank can be seen during the tank attack. This is an anachronism

Fake German tank

The Soviet T-34-85 tank modified to resemble the German tank

Fake Tiger I tanks

The Soviet T-44 tank modified to resemble the German Tiger I heavy tank

Note the difference between these screenshots. The muzzle brake flew off after the firing

Fake PzKpfw V Panther

The Soviet IS-2 (Iosif Stalin) heavy tank modified to resemble the German PzKpfw V Panther Medium tank

SU-100

SU-100 self-propelled tank destroyer. Main armament is a 100-mm gun D-10S. Actually the first use in combat was only in January 1945.

Inside the SU-100

Breech of the 100-mm gun D-10S