Liberation: The Fire Bulge(Russian Title: Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya Duga/Освобождение: Огненная дуга) is a 1969 Russian/East German/Polish/Yugoslavian/Italian World War II drama directed by Yuri Ozerov. It's a first part of five-part film series. Fire Bulge focusing on one of the major Eastern Front campaign: the Battle of Kursk.
Liberation is the most large-scale World War II film ever made in the Soviet Union.
The following weapons were used in the film Liberation: The Fire Bulge:
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 is the standard sidearm of Russian officers
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Soviet officer holds the TT-33
Luger P08
SPSh Flare Pistol
Russian SPSh Flare Pistol 26.5mm
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
The
PPSh-41 submachine gun right on a ground
MP40
German troops widely use MP40 submachine guns in this movie. Some Russian soldiers also use captured MP40s
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
Rifles
Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle
Most of Russian soldiers armed with the full-length Mosin Nagant Rifles. Some rifles have attached bayonets.
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
Russian soldier runs with the Mosin-Nagant rifle
PTRS-41
PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DT
DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R
A tank crew member fires
DT machine gun
MG34 Panzerlauf
MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Maxim M1910/30
Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR
Maxim machine gun can be seen on the top of trench
Goryunov SGM Machine Gun
Goryunov SGM Machine Gun on Sokolov mount - 7.62x54mm R.
The
SGM represented as
DT machine gun fires real tracer cartridges
37-mm M1939 (61-K)
37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR
The
61-K AA gun fires at German tanks
Gun Platformes
T-34-85
Soviet T-34-85 medium tank. Actually entered service only in 1944
Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger
German PzKpfw VI Tiger heavy tank converted from Soviet T-44 tank
Fake German PzKpfw V Panther
German PzKpfw V Panther tank converted from Soviet IS-2 tank. Same tank can be seen in
At War as at War
IS-3 (Iosif Stalin) heavy tank
This is an anachronism. Actually the IS-3 came too late to see action in World War II
T-62
Soviet T-62 main battle tanks tanks can be seen on a background. These tanks represented as WWII German tanks
Yakovlev Yak-18
Yakovlev Yak-18 training aircrafts represented as Lavochkin La-5 fighters
Zlin.326
Czechoslovakian Zlin.326 Training aircrafts represented as Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters
Other
76 mm Divisional Gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm
Burning PzKpfw VI Tiger tank crushes ZiS-3 gun