Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate)

Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) (1959) - Film poster

Ballad of a Soldier (Russian Title: Ballada o soldate / Баллада о солдате) is a 1959 Soviet World War II drama directed by Grigori Chukhrai. A young soldier Alyosha Skvortsov made a heroic act - destroyed two enemy tanks. A command decided to reward him. Alyosha asked for a few days of vacation to visit his mother. The way home was long and difficult. As a result, the young soldier has only a few minutes to hug his mother and say: "I'll be back, Mom!"

The following weapons are featured in the film Ballad of a Soldier:

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov) armed with a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine

Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length Mosin Nagant rifles are the mainstay weapon of the Russian soldiers

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

PTRD-41

PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm

Alyosha fires PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle at German tank

Closeup of PTRD-41

Maxim M1910

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR

Russian soldier carries Maxim M1910 machine gun

76.2mm divisional gun M1902

Destroyed 76.2mm divisional gun M1902 can be seen on the battlefield at the beginning of the movie

T-34-85

T-34-85 Soviet medium tank crosses the river

Fake Tiger tank

The fake German Tiger tank was built on the Soviet T-34-85 tank chassis