Soldiers (Soldaty)

Soldiers (Soldaty) DVD cover Country USSR Directed by Aleksandr Ivanov Release Date 1956 Language Russian Studio Lenfilm Main Cast Character Actor Kerzhentsev Vsevolod Safonov Chumak Leonid Kmit Farber Innokenti Smoktunovsky Anton Valega Yuri Solovyov Ivan Sedyh Vladislav Kovalkov Marusya Lyudmila Markeliya

Soldiers (Soldaty) (Russian Title: Солдаты) is a 1956 World War II drama based on a novel In the Trenches of Stalingrad by Viktor Nekrasov. This film is also known as Four Soldiers from Stalingrad.

The following weapons are featured in the film Soldiers (Soldaty):

Pistols

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Soviet Army junior lieutenant holds his Tokarev TT-33

Same junior lieutenant runs into the attack

Russian Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).

Farber (Innokenti Smoktunovsky) with his Nagant Revolver

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Chumak (Leonid Kmit) holds his PPSh-41

Kerzhentsev (Vsevolod Safonov) in captured German bunker with his PPSh-41

Kerzhentsev runs into the attack

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

German soldiers armed with the MP40

Another German soldier

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

Russian soldier carries a full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Soviet Army soldier holds a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine

PzB-39

PzB-39 Anti-tank rifle - 7.92×94 mm (Patrone 318)

PzB-39 German anti-tank rifle can be seen on parapet of the trench

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

A group of Soviet officers sit around the Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun

Soviet Army soldier fires the DP-27 LMG. Note the RGD-33 Stick Grenade under the machine gun

MG34 Machine Gun

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

German soldier fires MG34. Note the M24 Grenade on the right

Same soldier

Soviet Army lieutenant with the captured MG34

MG42

MG42 with sling and bipod collapsed - 7.92mm Mauser

MG42 can be seen during the first battle on the streets of Stalingrad

Maxim M1910

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR

One of the Russian soldiers carries the Maxim M1910 machine gun

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense guns on the streets of Stalingrad

Hand Grenades

RGD-33 Stick Grenade

RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade

Chumak carries a RGD-33 Stick Grenade at the belt

Another Russian soldier with the RGD-33 stick grenade

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

German soldier with the M24 Grenade at the belt.

Other

45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

Russian troops use the 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) during the battle

M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

Russian trucks tow the ZiS-3 guns

122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)

Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer.

152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)

Russian tractors tow the 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937

T-34 tanks

T-34-76 with the hex turret, T-34-85 with the longer barrels

BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher

Numerous of the post-war production Katyusha rocket launchers can be seen in the final of film. They are mounted on the ZiS-151 chassis.