Slingboy

Slingboy DVD Cover Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Karel Kachyna Release Date 1950 Language Czech German Studio Filmové studio Barrandov Main Cast Character Actor František Bureš Michal Koblic Pfc. Šamonil Gustáv Valach Pvt. Pekárek Vladimír Mensík Pvt. Valda Heller Oldrich Musil Pvt. Imrich Gallo Martin Tapák Cpl. Krupka - Slepejš Vladimír Hlavatý 1st Lt. Zlonický Stanislav Remunda Sgt. Kvačil Frantisek Krahulík Sgt. Maj. Sodoma Milan Holubár Major Kubeš Miloslav Holub

Slingboy (Original: Práče) is a 1960 Czech black-and-white war movie directed by Karel Kachyna. The story begins at the end of WWII, when a small orphan boy, who was liberated from a concentration camp, arrives in the rear unit of Czechoslovak army. He becomes the unit's mascot, and is given the nickname "Slingboy", after Czech boys who had fought with slingshots in the Czech Hussite armies of the 15th century.

The following guns were used in the film Slingboy:

Nagant M1895 Revolver

Major Kubeš (Miloslav Holub) (right) carries in the holster on a belt probably a Nagant M1895 Revolver.

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N

PPSh-41

Basic weapons of the Czechoslovak troops in the USSR was PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Two tankers stand guards their techniques with PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Artillery Sgt. Kvačil (Frantisek Krahulík) carries a PPSh-41 submachine gun on his back.

German spy (Jindrich Narenta) disguised as a Soviet soldier (middle) is equipped with a PPSh-41.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

A lot of Czechoslovak soldiers at the end of the war were armed with Mosin Nagant M44 Carbines.

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.

A Czechoslovak soldier carries Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine on his shoulder.

František (Michal Koblic) took a rifle from the armory squad ...

... and went to learn to shoot at the fields firing range.

1st Lt. Zlonický (Stanislav Remunda) teached to František, how to shoot.

Cpl. Krupka (Vladimír Hlavatý) sneaks with a rifle in combat action.

Pvt. Pekárek (Vladimír Mensík) (right) fired his rifle in fight.

RGD-33 Stick Grenade

Czechoslovak soldiers qre equipped with Soviet RGD-33 Stick Grenades.

RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade

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Soldiers from the laundry room received allocation of grenades into combat action.

Pvt. Imrich Gallo (Martin Tapák) throws a grenade on Germans shelter.

Panzerfaust

On the platform in a concentration camp lay a Panzerfaust.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)

František is based on the Czechoslovak artillery 152 mm howitzer.

T-34 tanks

Around the Czecholsovak military laundry droved Soviet T-34 tanks.