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{{Infobox Movie | {{Infobox Movie | ||
|name = Chtoby vyzhit | |name = Chtoby vyzhit | ||
|picture = To survive 1993.jpg | |picture = To survive 1993.jpg | ||
| − | |caption = '' | + | |caption = ''English Theatrical Release Poster'' |
|country = [[Image:RUS.jpg|25px]] Russia | |country = [[Image:RUS.jpg|25px]] Russia | ||
|director = Vsevolod Plotkin | |director = Vsevolod Plotkin | ||
|date= 1992 | |date= 1992 | ||
| − | |language = Russian | + | |language = Russian <br> Uzbek <br> Dari or Pashto |
|studio= Rolan Bykov Foundation <BR> Cinewest Entertainment Group Inc. <BR> Raven Star Pictures | |studio= Rolan Bykov Foundation <BR> Cinewest Entertainment Group Inc. <BR> Raven Star Pictures | ||
|distributor= | |distributor= | ||
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|character2=Nikolai | |character2=Nikolai | ||
|actor2=[[Sergey Veksler]] | |actor2=[[Sergey Veksler]] | ||
| − | |character3= | + | |character3=Jaffar |
| − | |actor3=Aleksandr Rozenbaum | + | |actor3=[[Aleksandr Rozenbaum]] |
|character4=Yura | |character4=Yura | ||
|actor4=Dmitri Volkov | |actor4=Dmitri Volkov | ||
|character5=Igor Marchuk | |character5=Igor Marchuk | ||
| − | |actor5=Andrey Shcherbovich-Vecher | + | |actor5=[[Andrey Shcherbovich-Vecher]] |
|character6=Kochmat | |character6=Kochmat | ||
|actor6=Murad Aliyev | |actor6=Murad Aliyev | ||
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}} | }} | ||
| − | '''To | + | '''To Survive''' (also known as '''Red Mob'''; Russian title: Чтобы выжить, ''Chtoby vyzhit'') is a 1992 Russian thriller. Events take place in 1991 before the collapse of the USSR. Emissary of the former "party mafia", nicknamed "Jaffar" prepares and implements a series of provocations and terrorist acts on the outskirts of the country to create the preconditions for a coup. During an attack on a military base, Jaffar's chief smuggler gets wounded. |
| − | Bandits urgently need to smuggle across the Afghan border | + | Bandits urgently need to smuggle a drug caravan across the Afghan border. Jaffar tries to force a former army officer named Oleg to act as a guide for the caravan by taking his son hostage. Oleg and his army friend, Nikolai, enter an uneven fight against Jaffar's gang using all the experience of the mountain warfare. |
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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
| − | == | + | ==FN Barracuda== |
| − | + | Several Jaffar's henchmen use the [[FN Barracuda Revolver]]s. Nikolai ([[Sergey Veksler]]) also takes a FN Barracuda from a gangster in one scene (which is too blurry to take a good shot). | |
| − | [[Image:Ts | + | [[Image:Barracuda.JPG|thumb|none|300px|FN Barracuda Revolver. It was manufactured in 9x19mm, .357 Magnum and .38 Sp calibers.]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts revolv 2.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:Ts Rv 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] |
| + | [[Image:Ts revolv 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts Rv 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts Rv 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Henchman holds a revolver moments before Nikolai attacks him from an ambush.]] | ||
==Stechkin APS== | ==Stechkin APS== | ||
| − | Oleg (Vladimir Menshov) uses [[Stechkin APS]]. | + | Oleg ([[Vladimir Menshov]]) uses [[Stechkin APS]] as his sidearm. |
[[File:Pistol Russian Stechkin 9x18mm Makarov machine pistol 2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Stechkin APS - 9x18mm Makarov]] | [[File:Pistol Russian Stechkin 9x18mm Makarov machine pistol 2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Stechkin APS - 9x18mm Makarov]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Ts APS.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:Ts APS.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Oleg holds his Stechkin APS]] |
| − | =Submachine | + | ==Makarov PM== |
| + | Several characters use a [[Makarov PM]]. | ||
| + | [[Image:MakarovPM.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Russian Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts PM2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A policeman carries a PM, just before being shot.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts PM3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A wounded officer clutches his PM, during a shootout with terrorists.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts PM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jaffar's henchman holds a Makarov PM]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Makarov PB== | ||
| + | At the beginning of the film, during the attack on a police station one of the gangsters carries a [[Makarov PB]]. | ||
| + | [[Image:Pb-1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Makarov PB with integral suppressor - 9x18mm Makarov]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts PM supressed.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A gangster fires his Makarov PB. Note the absense of a muzzle flash due to a real suppressor being used.]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==M1911A1== | ||
| + | One of the Jaffar's henchmen uses a [[M1911A1]] during the shootout at the airport. | ||
| + | [[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|300px|none|World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts M1911.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Submachine Guns= | ||
==Heckler & Koch MP5K== | ==Heckler & Koch MP5K== | ||
| − | + | Jaffar ([[Aleksandr Rozenbaum]]) carries an [[MP5K]] with 15-round magazine throughout the film. | |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:MP5K-SEF.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Heckler & Koch MP5K - version with SEF Plastic Trigger Pack - 9x19mm]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts MP5k.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:Ts MP5k.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jaffar readies his MP5K.]] |
| + | [[Image:Ts MP5k 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jaffar barks orders to his henchmen while brandishing his MP5K. Note the trigger discipline.]] | ||
| − | == | + | ==Sa 26== |
| − | + | One of the main weapons used by the mercenaries is the [[Sa 26]] submachine gun. | |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Sa 26.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Sa 26 - 7.62x25mm]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts Sa26.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:Ts Sa26 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A gangster disguised as a policeman fires a supressed Sa 26. The suppressor is a real PBS-4.]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts Sa26 2.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:Ts Sa26.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A gangster holds a Sa 26.]] |
| + | [[Image:Ts Sa26 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Jaffar's men with a Sa 26.]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==IMI Uzi== | ||
| + | Several Jaffar's mercenaries carries the [[IMI Uzi]] submachine guns. Oleg ([[Vladimir Menshov]]) also uses Uzi in the night shootout. | ||
| + | [[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|300px|IMI Uzi with buttstock collapsed - 9x19mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts Uzi 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A henchman in the background holds an Uzi.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts UZI.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Oleg (right) fires an Uzi one-handed.]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Shotguns= | ||
| + | ==Mossberg 500== | ||
| + | Nikolai ([[Sergey Veksler]]) used [[Mossberg 500]] shotgun with rifle sights in the beginning of the movie. Being that it is a 1992 year, chances are that it's a fully rifled barrel, made for one of the many "Combo" shotguns (fully rifled shotgun barrels were legal in Russia until the 1990s; "Combo" shotguns with they can still be found on the secondary market within the country, but any import of them has since been banned). | ||
| + | [[Image:Mossberg_500_combo.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mossberg 500 Combo Shotgun with rifled and smoothbore barrels - 12 gauge.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts shotgun 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts shotgun 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The tang safety is visible in this shot.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts shotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts shotgun 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Assault Rifles= | ||
| + | ==AKS-47== | ||
| + | At least four [[AKS-47]] rifles are visible among the weapons that the gang steals from the police station. AKS-47s are later used by many Jaffar's henchmen. | ||
| + | [[Image:AKS-47.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type III AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts AKS 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jaffar's mercenaries fires during the attack on the military base.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts AKS 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts AKMS.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==AKS-74U== | ||
| + | Plenty of [[AKS-74U]] rifles are seen at the beginning of the movie in the armory of the police station. | ||
| + | [[Image:AKSU-Krinkov.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74U (also referred to as the "AKSU" or 'Krinkov') - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts AKSU.jpg|thumb|none|600px|AKS-74U in the armory.]] | ||
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==AKS-74== | ==AKS-74== | ||
| − | + | The [[AKS-74]] rifles, some fitted with bayonets and synthetic furniture, are visible in the hands of soldiers, when terrorists attack a military base. In the end of the movie, Jaffar ([[Aleksandr Rozenbaum]]) uses an AKS-74 with wooden furniture and fitted with a [[GP-25]] grenade launcher. | |
| + | [[File:AKS-74 synthetic furniture.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74 with synthetic furniture - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:AKS-74.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74 - 5.45x39mm]] | [[Image:AKS-74.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74 - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Ts ak74s.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:Gp-25 1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|GP-25 grenade launcher - 40mm]] |
| + | [[Image:Ts AKS74 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Good view of the AKS-74, lying on the ground. Note the new synthetic furniture, similar to the [[AK-74M]]. Apparently this is the first appearance of this updated variant in a movie.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts ak74s.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jaffar fires his AKS-74.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts ak74s 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jaffar prepares to fire the grenade launcher.]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==M16A1 (with XM148)== | ||
| + | Nikolai ([[Sergey Veksler]]) uses a [[M16A1]] rifle with a [[XM148 grenade launcher]] attached as his main weapon. He uses the XM148 several times throughout the film against the Jaffar's men, and in the final battle blows down Jaffar's Mi-8 helicopter with the last 40mm grenade. | ||
| + | [[Image:Mosfilm M16A1 XM148.jpg|thumb|none|401px|Screen used XM148 Launcher (40mm) mounted on M16A1 - 5.56x45mm. This is verified screen used from the film '''''Red Mob/Chtoby vyzhit'''''.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts m16.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the markings on the launcher.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts M16 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts m16 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good shot of the mag release fencing and the forward assist.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts M16 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Heckler & Koch G3A4== | ||
| + | Nikolai finds a [[Heckler & Koch G3A4]] rifle in the weapon stash of Jaffar's caravan, and uses it in the night shootout with bandits when his RPK runs dry. This is a rare early version with slimline handguard. | ||
| + | [[File:G3A4.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Heckler & Koch G3A4 - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts G3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:To Survive G3 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nikolai fires the H&K G3A4 in the night shootout.]] | ||
| − | == | + | ==Sa vz. 58== |
| − | + | Several mercenaries carry [[Sa vz. 58]] rifles. In one moment during the firefight on the terrorists' base, Nikolai grabs a Sa vz. 58 off a fallen mercenary and uses it. | |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:800px-Sa 58-JH01.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sa vz. 58 P - 7.62x39mm]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts | + | [[Image:Ts VZ58 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts | + | [[Image:Ts VZ58.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nikolai fires the rifle. Note the magazines taped together "Jungle-style".]] |
| − | = | + | =Machine Guns= |
| − | == | + | ==RPK== |
| − | Nikolai | + | Nikolai uses a [[RPK]] LMG in the night shootout with Jaffar's bandits until he runs out of ammo for it. |
| − | [[Image:Ts | + | [[Image:RPK lmg.jpg|thumb|none|400px|RPK Light Machine Gun with 40 round magazine - 7.62x39mm]] |
| − | [[Image:Ts | + | [[Image:Ts RPK.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] |
| + | |||
| + | ==PKM== | ||
| + | The [[PKM]] machine gun is seen among the gang's weapons, and later is used by them during the night shootout. Another PKM can be seen carried by one of the soldiers at the roadblock. | ||
| + | [[Image:PKM-mg.jpg|thumb|400px|none|PKM with classic (most seen) version of the flash hider - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts MP5k.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:TS PKM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==UK vz. 59== | ||
| + | The [[UK vz. 59]] machine gun seen on the wall of Jaffar's base. | ||
| + | [[Image:UKVZ59.jpg|thumb|none|400px|UK vz. 59 - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts MG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==KPVT== | ||
| + | A [[KPVT]] HMG are seen as the main armament of a BTR-60PB deployed at a roadblock. | ||
| + | [[Image:Kpvt 01.jpg|thumb|none|400px|KPVT heavy machine gun - 14.5x114mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:TS BTR60.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Rocket Launchers= | ||
| + | ==RPG-7== | ||
| + | Nikolai also uses a [[RPG-7]] against Jaffar's bandits. | ||
| + | [[Image:Rpg-7.jpg|thumb|none|400px|RPG-7 with PG-7VM rocket and PGO-7 scope - 40mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts RPG7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==RPG-18== | ||
| + | Nikolai uses the [[RPG-18]], to destroy bandits. | ||
| + | [[Image:RPG-18Open.jpg|thumb|none|400px|RPG-18 - 64mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts RPG18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Grenades= | ||
| + | ==F-1== | ||
| + | Oleg and Nikolai in the movie use [[F-1 hand grenade|F-1]] grenades. Upon closer inspection, it seems to be a repainted URG training version. | ||
| + | [[Image:deactivated f1.jpg|thumb|none|150px|F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]] | ||
| + | [[File:URG F-1 grenade.jpg|thumb|none|150px|URG F-1 practice grenade]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Ts Gren.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Grenade on the floor.]] | ||
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To Survive (also known as Red Mob; Russian title: Чтобы выжить, Chtoby vyzhit) is a 1992 Russian thriller. Events take place in 1991 before the collapse of the USSR. Emissary of the former "party mafia", nicknamed "Jaffar" prepares and implements a series of provocations and terrorist acts on the outskirts of the country to create the preconditions for a coup. During an attack on a military base, Jaffar's chief smuggler gets wounded.
Bandits urgently need to smuggle a drug caravan across the Afghan border. Jaffar tries to force a former army officer named Oleg to act as a guide for the caravan by taking his son hostage. Oleg and his army friend, Nikolai, enter an uneven fight against Jaffar's gang using all the experience of the mountain warfare.
The following weapons were used in the film To Survive (Chtoby vyzhit):
Handguns
FN Barracuda
Several Jaffar's henchmen use the FN Barracuda Revolvers. Nikolai (Sergey Veksler) also takes a FN Barracuda from a gangster in one scene (which is too blurry to take a good shot).
Stechkin APS
Oleg (Vladimir Menshov) uses Stechkin APS as his sidearm.
Makarov PM
Several characters use a Makarov PM.
Makarov PB
At the beginning of the film, during the attack on a police station one of the gangsters carries a Makarov PB.
M1911A1
One of the Jaffar's henchmen uses a M1911A1 during the shootout at the airport.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5K
Jaffar (Aleksandr Rozenbaum) carries an MP5K with 15-round magazine throughout the film.
Sa 26
One of the main weapons used by the mercenaries is the Sa 26 submachine gun.
IMI Uzi
Several Jaffar's mercenaries carries the IMI Uzi submachine guns. Oleg (Vladimir Menshov) also uses Uzi in the night shootout.
Shotguns
Mossberg 500
Nikolai (Sergey Veksler) used Mossberg 500 shotgun with rifle sights in the beginning of the movie. Being that it is a 1992 year, chances are that it's a fully rifled barrel, made for one of the many "Combo" shotguns (fully rifled shotgun barrels were legal in Russia until the 1990s; "Combo" shotguns with they can still be found on the secondary market within the country, but any import of them has since been banned).
Assault Rifles
AKS-47
At least four AKS-47 rifles are visible among the weapons that the gang steals from the police station. AKS-47s are later used by many Jaffar's henchmen.
AKS-74U
Plenty of AKS-74U rifles are seen at the beginning of the movie in the armory of the police station.
AKS-74
The AKS-74 rifles, some fitted with bayonets and synthetic furniture, are visible in the hands of soldiers, when terrorists attack a military base. In the end of the movie, Jaffar (Aleksandr Rozenbaum) uses an AKS-74 with wooden furniture and fitted with a GP-25 grenade launcher.
M16A1 (with XM148)
Nikolai (Sergey Veksler) uses a M16A1 rifle with a XM148 grenade launcher attached as his main weapon. He uses the XM148 several times throughout the film against the Jaffar's men, and in the final battle blows down Jaffar's Mi-8 helicopter with the last 40mm grenade.
Heckler & Koch G3A4
Nikolai finds a Heckler & Koch G3A4 rifle in the weapon stash of Jaffar's caravan, and uses it in the night shootout with bandits when his RPK runs dry. This is a rare early version with slimline handguard.
Sa vz. 58
Several mercenaries carry Sa vz. 58 rifles. In one moment during the firefight on the terrorists' base, Nikolai grabs a Sa vz. 58 off a fallen mercenary and uses it.
Machine Guns
RPK
Nikolai uses a RPK LMG in the night shootout with Jaffar's bandits until he runs out of ammo for it.
PKM
The PKM machine gun is seen among the gang's weapons, and later is used by them during the night shootout. Another PKM can be seen carried by one of the soldiers at the roadblock.
UK vz. 59
The UK vz. 59 machine gun seen on the wall of Jaffar's base.
KPVT
A KPVT HMG are seen as the main armament of a BTR-60PB deployed at a roadblock.
Rocket Launchers
RPG-7
Nikolai also uses a RPG-7 against Jaffar's bandits.
RPG-18
Nikolai uses the RPG-18, to destroy bandits.
Grenades
F-1
Oleg and Nikolai in the movie use F-1 grenades. Upon closer inspection, it seems to be a repainted URG training version.
