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'''The Liberation of Prague''' is Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising.
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'''The Liberation of Prague''' is Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising. The film directed by Otakar Vavra was made for the propaganda of a 30th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army.  In a cinema, however, came with a delay.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:31, 24 March 2012

The Liberation of Prague (1978)

The Liberation of Prague is Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising. The film directed by Otakar Vavra was made for the propaganda of a 30th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army. In a cinema, however, came with a delay.


The following guns were used in the 1978 Czechoslovak film The Liberation of Prague:

Pistols

Walther P38

Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm
A Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) soldier executes a captured insurgent with his Walther P38.
SS General Pückler (Horst Preusker) commits suicide with his P38.

CZ 27

CZ 27 - .32 ACP
A NAzi official holds his issue CZ 27 pistol.

Submachine guns

MP40

The MP40 submachine gun is widlely used by German soldiers and resistance fighters.

MP40 - 9mm.
A German soldier aims his MP40 from the hip.
A Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) carries his MP40 .
A Czech insurgent is seen with an MP40.

PPSh-41

Red Army and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
A Russsian soldier helps a wounded comrade with a PPSh-41slung on his back.
Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol), a Czech soldier fires his PPSh-41.
File:Doleželová-PPSh-41.jpg
Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová) carries a slung PPSh-41.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k rifles captured from the Germans are the standard insurgent weapons .

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm
Germans-op-K98k.jpg
File:Jandák-K98.jpg
Standa Horák (Vítezslav Jandák), a Czech insurgent, fires his Kar98k.
CzI-K98k.jpg

Machine guns

MG34

The MG34 machine guns is used by the Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
German troops prepare an MG34.
CzI-MG34.jpg
RA-MG34.jpg

Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun

Soviet troops also use the Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun.

A Soviet soldier fires on hidden Germans.
RA-kulometDP-2.jpg

Other

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

The resistance also also use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate
CzI-Model 24 hg.jpg

Panzerfaust

The insurgents uses the Panzerfaust as their defense against German armoured vehicles. They are shown firing them from the shoulder bazooka-style, rather than the official under-the-arm method.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead
A resistance fighter aims a Panzerfaust from behind a baricade.
File:Krampol-Panzerfaust.jpg
A Soviet soldier uses a Panzerfaust during street fighting.

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