The State Border (1980-1988). DVD cover
The State Border: Film 6 (Russian Title:Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: Za porogom pobedy/Государственная граница: За порогом победы) is a 1987 Soviet television film directed by Boris Stepanov. "The State border" are the historical-adventure television series about the Soviet border guards. The action takes place in the period from 1917 to late 1980 on the territory of the USSR from the Far East to the western borders. The sixth film story takes place in 1946 on Ukrainian Transcarpathia. Border guards are fighting against the the Ukrainian Insurgent Army units.
The following weapons are seen in the film The State Border: Film 6:
Handguns
Luger P08
Walther P38
Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.
Browning Hi-Power
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Pavlo Levada fires his PPSh
Ukrainian insurgent with the customized PPSh can be seen in documentary footage. This submachine gun has a pistol grip instead of the buttstock
MP38
The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military before 1940
Ukrainian insurgent with his
MP38
Another Ukrainian insurgent
MP40
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
Ukrainian insurgent fires his
MP40 at Russian Border guards
Assault Rifles
M2 Carbine
An M2 Carbine select Fire carbine - .30 carbine
AKM
AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake - 7.62x39mm
Polish Border guard (on the left) and Soviet Border guard (on the right) with the
AKM assault rifles can be seen in documentary footage
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm
Another Ukrainian insurgent
Ukrainian insurgent fires his Karabiner 98k
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
Another Soviet Border guard
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
Soviet Border guard fires DP-27 machine gun at the Ukrainian insurgents
PK Machine Gun (modified to resemble MG34)
A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion
Grenades
Mk 2 Hand Grenade
Mk 2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Other
45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)
Russian gunners fire the
M1937 (53-K) anti-tank gun can be seen in documentary footage
POMZ-2M anti-personnel fragmentation mine
POMZ-2M Russian anti-personnel fragmentation mine
See Also
The State Border series