Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost), The (2010)
The Brest Fortress (Russian Title: Brestskaya Krepost/Брестская крепость) is a 2010 Russian/Belarusian World War II drama directed by Aleksandr Kott. The film tells about the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, which had taken upon the first strike of Nazi troops on June 22 1941. The Brest Fortress has become one of the great symbols of the Soviet resistance in World War 2.
The following weapons are featured in the film Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost), The:
Handguns
Luger P08
Shura Pochernikova (Tatyana Kamina) fires a
Luger P08 at German soldiers
Sashka Akimov (Aleksei Kopashov) gives a flask of water to wounded border guard while holding a Luger P08 in his right hand
He charges the Luger P08 magazine
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
A Russian officer fires his TT in another melee near the eastern fort.
The regiment commander, Major Pyotr Gavrilov (Aleksandr Korshunov), with his TT.
Russian Nagant M1895
Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).
OSP-30 Flare Pistol
Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol 26.5mm
Submachine Guns
MP38
The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military before 1940
German soldier hold his
MP38 submachine gun
German soldier fires the MP38 submachine gun
PPD-40
Lieutenant Kizhevatov holds his
PPD-40
Lieutenant Kizhevatov fires his PPD-40 during a night attack
Rifles
Mosin Nagant Rifle
The Mosin Nagant Rifles and Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines are the mainstay weapons of the fortress defenders. Some rifles have hex receivers, as they were manufactured before 1936.
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
Close up of the Mosin Nagant rifles. Note the difference between hex and round receivers.
Red Army soldier with the Mosin Nagant rifle with the hex receiver. Note the spike bayonet on the right side of the rifle
NKVD border guards fire their Mosin Nagant rifles
Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
A 9th Frontier Outpost Border Guard fires his Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Karabiner 98k
The Karabiner 98k are the mainstay weapon of the German soldiers. Some Soviet troops also use captured Karabiner 98k.
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
German soldier fires his Karabiner 98k during the attack of the 9th Frontier Outpost
German soldiers charge their Karabiner 98k during the execution of regimental commissar Efim Fomin.
Russian soldier with a trophy Karabiner 98k. Note the straight bolt handle and missing rear sight.
Tokarev SVT-40 Rifle
Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR
Close up of the SVT-40. Note that the PU scope seen used is not original scope for SVT-40, it was meant for the Mosin-Nagant rifle.
Machine Guns
PK Machine Gun (modified to resemble MG34)
A modified PK or PKM Stands in for an MG-34, because the filmmakers only had a single genuine MG-34. This mock up was also used in Star (Zvezda), The]]
A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion
MG34 Machine Gun
Some German soldiers carry real MG34 Machine Guns, though they are never shown being fired. This was probably due to a lack of sufficient 7.92x57 blanks or belts, as the weapon is never seen loaded. Some Soviet troops also use captured MG34s
MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down.
German soldier with his MG34 come in the soviet garrison hospital
Russian soldier with a captured MG34
Another shot of the same episode
The MG34 mounted on German motorcycle
Fake MG34 machine gun in mocked-up PzKpfw III tank. Note this shot is mirrored, as the machine gun and driver's hatch are on the wrong sides.
PKT Machine Gun
Replicas of the BA-20 armored car carry PKT machine guns as their main armament in the film, rather than the correct (and probably unavailable) DT.
PKT machine gun with 250-round ammo drum - 7.62x54mm R
Close up of PKT. Note the blank fire adapter
Maxim M1910/30
The defenders of the Brest fortress used several Maxim machine guns in this movie. Some Maxim machine guns have the large filler cap on the top of the water jacket, which appeared at the end of 1941.
Maxim 1910/30 with wheel mount and shield - 7.62x54R
Lieutenant Kizhevatov fires the Maxim M1910/30 during his last stand
Close up of Maxim M1910/30.
Undefined automatic cannon
Messerschmidt Bf.109 shoots from an automatic cannon at Polikarpov I-16 during air combat. This gun has a low rate of fire like as MK 103. But this weapon was appeared on Bf.109 only in 1944. Also Bf.109 has two cannons in the nose in this movie. I guess it is fictional version of the Messerschmidt Bf.109 fighter.
Hand Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Model 39 Eihandgranate
The Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade
RGD-33 Stick Grenade
RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade
Sergeant major Koftun (Yuri Anpilogov) joins together RGD-33 grenades to increase their destructive capacity.
Other
Flammenwerfer 41
At the end of the movie German troops use flamethrowers to destroy the Soviet resistance.
Flammenwerfer 41 flamethrower
45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in)
Russian artillery gunners fire the
M1937 (53-K) anti-tank gun at the German tank
Close up of the M1937 breech
SC-1800 bomb
The Germans dropped a 1800 kg bomb on a Brest fortress, causing its defenders to surrender.
BA-20
Replica of the BA-20 armored car
Fake PzKpfw III
The fake German PzKpfw III tanks were built on the BMP infantry fighting vehicle chassis, and is an excellent mockup.
Note the pyrotechnic wire under the tank barrel.
This mockup of the PzKpfw III tank was made of wood
Fake Flammpanzer III
At the end of the movie German troops use Flammpanzer III tank. In actuality those tanks appeared in 1943.
The fake German Flammpanzer III tank was built on the BMP chassis.
Note the flamethrower mounted under the tank barrel