Bumbarash
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DVD Cover
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Country
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USSR
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Directed by
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Abram Naroditsky Nikolai Rasheyev
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Release Date
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1971
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Language
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Russian
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Studio
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Dovzhenko Film Studios
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Bumbarash is a Soviet 1971 made for TV adventure movie directed by Abram Naroditsky and Nikolai Rasheyev. The story depicts the adventures of Russian soldier Bumbarash who returns to his native village after WW 1 and finds himself in the middle of event of Russian civil war.
The following weapons were used in the film Bumbarash:
Handguns
Nagant 1895
Nagant M1895 revolver are used by various characters including Gavrila (Yuri Smirnov) and Zaplatin (Roman Tkachuk). In the final scene Bumbarash (Valeriy Zolotukhin) fires Gavrila's Nagant.
Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N. This is post-1930 version.
Gavrila fires his Nagant.
Red Army commander Zaplatin aims his Nagant.
Gavrila holds his Nagant in the final scene.
Mauser C96 "Bolo"
Mauser C96 "Bolo" pistol is used by a German officer (uncredited) in the opening scene. Later "Bolo" Mausers are used by Gavrila (Yuri Smirnov) and "The Bandit Queen" Sofya Tulchinskaya (Yekaterina Vasilyeva).
Mauser C96 Short Barreled "Bolo" Model - 7.63x25mm Mauser
A German officer holds a Mauser in the opening scene.
Sofya Tulchinskaya with Mauser.
Luger P08
In the opening scene a German officer takes a Luger P08 after he unsuccessfully emptied his Mauser C96 "Bolo" at Bumbarash.
Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Rifle
Red Army and White Army soldiers and bandits carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, often with bayonets.
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R
Russian Imperial army soldiers stand in formation with anachronistic M91/30 rifles.
Gavrila's henchman fires his rifle.
Red Army soldiers with M91/30 rifles in attack.
A killed soldier still holds his rifle.
Bumbarash aims his rifle.
Mosin Nagant M1891
Original Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles are also seen.
Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R
Red Army soldier Sovkov (
Nikolai Dupak) with a M91 rifle with bayonet.
A bayonet is attached to the rifle backwards. This is a exclusively cinematic practice; in reality such practice was banned by service manuals.
Sovkov with M91 rifle in the final scene.
Mosin Nagant "obrez"
Sawn-off "obrez" are used by several Gavrila's henchmen.
Sawn-off Mosin Nagant M1891/30 "obrez"
A bandit with "obrez" climbs the ladder.
A bandit at the background holds an "obrez".
A bandit fires his "obrez".
Karabiner 98k
In the opening scene German Imperian soldiers are armed with anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles, standing for Mauser Gewehr 1898s.
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
German soldiers aim their rifles with bayonets at descending Russian balloon.
Machine Guns
Maxim M1910
Maxim M1910s with smooth barrel covers are used by Red Army soldiers in several scenes.
Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR
Red Army soldiers carry a Maxim.
A close view at the barrel.
Hand Grenades
M1917 Chemical Hand Grenade
In one scene Lyovka Demchenko (Aleksandr Khochinsky) carries a hand grenade that looks like an inert version of Russian M1917 Chemical Hand Grenade.
M1917 Chemical hand grenade
Lyovka threatens Bumbarash with his grenade.
He is surprised when Bumbarash explaines him that the grenade is dummy.
Another view at the grenade.
RG-14/30
Red Army soldiers and bandits use RG-14 hand grenades (most likely RG-14/30 version) in several scenes.
RG-14/30 Soviet hand grenade
A bandit nicknamed "Hamster" (V. Turbin) carries an RG-14/30 hand grenade.
A Red Army soldier throws an RG-14/30 grenade.
53-K AT gun (visually modified)
In one scene Red Army soldiers use a visually modified 45mm 53-K AT gun. It is fitted with wooden wheels and the shield of 3-inch mountain gun M1909.
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)
Lyovka holds a shell at the background.
The gun on the last position of Red Army unit.
Trivia
Russian 3-inch M1902 field cannon.
Visually modified Russian 3-inch M1900 field cannon stands for German 77-mm Feldkanone 96. It is fitted with armor shields of 3-inch M1902.
Same "German" M1900 is now seen on Russian positions.