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Gunpowder (Porokh) is a Soviet 1985 was drama directed by Viktor Aristov. In Autumn 1941 Soviet troops, defending besieged Leningrad, are in dire need of artillery gunpowder. Large stores of old naval gunpowder are in island fortress Kronstadt. A group of chemical and artillery specialists is sent to Kronstadt to examin gunpowder and organise its transporting across the sea rout under heavy enemy bombing.
The following weapons were used in the film Gunpowder (Porokh):
Pistols
TT-33
Nikolay Nikonov (Yury Belyayev), the head of the group, has a TT-33 pistol.
Submachine Guns
MP40
When German soldiers on boats make an attempt to seize the barge, many of them are armed with MP40s.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
Many Soviet soldiers and sailors are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles with attached bayonets.
Unidentified rifles
Some German soldiers on boats are armed with rifles. They are most likely Karabiner 98k but they aren't seen clear enough to make a sure guess.
Machine Guns and Autocannons
DShK
Numerous AA machine guns are seen in Kronstadt. These are DShK on 2M-1 naval mountings. While 2M-1 are twin over and under mountings, those seen in the movie have the bottom machine gun removed.
Nudelman-Nemenov NN-30
An AK-230 mounting with twin 30mm Nudelman-Nemenov NN-30 is seen on a Soviet Navy ship (patrol boat or minesweeper). It was issued only in 1959.
A twin (over and under) 25mm AA automatic gun 2M-3M with two 110-PM autocannons is mounted on Project 1204 armoured boat. In reality these guns appeared only in 1950s.
Artillery
A 45mm 21-KM gun is mounted on a Soviet Navy patrol boat. 21-KM is a further development of 21-K gun, fitted with a longer L/68 barrel of M-42 AT gun. This gun was issued only in 1944.
76.2mm 34-K guns, removed from ships, are used as a part of AA defence of Kronstadt.
85mm AA Gun 52-K
Numerous 85mm AA guns 52-K are seen in Leningrad and Kronstadt.
122mm Howitzer M-30
In the final scene a battery of 122mm M-30 field howitzers is seen.
Many Soviet Navy ships are seen in the movie. Most if not all of them are post-war, standing for wartime ships.