 Join our Discord!
|
| If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here. |
The Liberation of Prague
The Liberation of Prague is Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising directed by Otakar Vávra in 1978. The film has no central hero and as a continuation to the previous of Vávra´s movie titled Sokolovo, stand out in it also the characters from the film - Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová) and Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol). The film was made for the propaganda of a 30th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army. In a cinema, however, came with a delay. Therefore, the German actor who played the commander of the SS troops in Bohemia and Moravia Horst Preusker died before its premiere.
The following guns were used in the 1978 Czechoslovak film The Liberation of Prague:
Pistols
Walther P38
At the end of the war the Nazis used as the service arms for officers mainly a Walther P38 pistols.
CZ 27
The officer of the government troops (Jan Preucil) holds his issue CZ 27 pistol.
Submachine guns
MP40
The MP40 submachine gun is widely used by German soldiers and resistance fighters.
PPSh-41
Red Army and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k rifles captured from the Germans are the standard insurgent weapons.
Machine guns
MG34
The MG34 machine guns is used by the Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops.
Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun
Soviet troops also use the Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun.
Other
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
The resistance also also use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate.
Panzerfaust
The insurgents use 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.
