Action B (Akce B)

Akce B (1952)

Akce B (english: Action B) is Czechoslovakian action film from 1952. Two years after the Second World War with remains of Ukrainian Insurgent Army divisions called OUN, trying to get from Poland to the west through Slovakia to Germany. One large group leads Burlak (Miloslav Holub) and his faithful companion Ophelia (Vlasta Chramostová). To her disposal were mobilized a troops in Czechoslovakia National Security Corps (SNB) and Army. Their members are warned against possible encounter with the spies and collaborators bandits. Investigators of the National Security Corps (SNB) arrested spy between members of the Catholic clergy, who provide for OUN weapons and false documents. Also in the staff of the army penetrated the traitor, but thanks to the vigilance of his members revealed. Among Burlakem and his deputy Juzek Kuczerjavý (Jaroslav Mareš) conflict occurs due to assaults a soldiers and civilians, in which there is a great loss. is by commander deprived of his office and shot after an argument. Burlak then tries to escape by stealth from the besieged, but fail and have to retreat back into the mountains. There are encounters a gamekeeper's lodge, where a young woman Maria (Antonie Hegerlíková) hides the wounded officer Lt. Málek (Rudolf Deyl) with the group soldiers. There will be the last fight. The troops is then crushed in a fight and a small group of survivors led by Burlak to surrender.

The following guns were used in the 1965 Czechoslovak film Akce B:

Handguns

Luger P08

Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.

Juzek Kuczerjavý (Jaroslav Mareš) uses Luger P08 pistol.

Commander Burlak (Miloslav Holub) shot Juzek by his pistol.

Walther PPK

Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP

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Ofélie (Vlasta Charmostová) with a pistol Walther PPK.

Submachine guns

MP40

MP40 - 9mm.

OUN fighter used MP40 submachine guns.

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The officer OUN Juzek (Jaroslav Mareš) (left) armed by a German submachine gun.

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Private Pavlovič (Martin Tapák) had disarmed and captured the UPA fighter.

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Ofélie (Vlasta Chramostová) shoot on czechoslovak soldiers.

Commander Burlak (Miloslav Holub) and his most loyal had surrender to hands of Czechoslovak soldiers.

PPSh-41

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Ensign of SNB Suk (Oldrich Lukes) performs control cars on the road with a PPSh-41 sub machine gun.

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Private Pavlovič (Martin Tapák) and Jula (Jirí Sovák) with a submachine guns ready to fire.

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Private Láda (Antonín Sura) armed with a submachine gun had a night patrol.

Lt. Málek (Rudolf Deyl) by firing from a submachine gun reflects the attack of UPA fighters on the forester's house.

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Mária (Antonie Hegerlíková) knock a bandits by short bursts from a submachine gun.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

Czech insurgent armed by Karabiner 98k rifle (retrospective scene from Prague uprising at the beginning of the film).

Sturmgewehr 44

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.

OUN fighter (left) armed with Sturmgewehr 44.

Machine guns

MG34

MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser

OUN fighter fire by MG34 machine gun in Polish villagers.

ZB26 Machine Gun

In the Czechoslovak army service was also a ZB26 Machine Gun.

ZB26 Light Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm

Czechoslovak sodiers in position with ZB26 Machine Gun.

Hand grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade

Burlak by Model 24 Stielhandgranate silenced a Czechoslovakian machine gun.