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− | '''On the Pomegranate Islands''' (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh; Russian: На Гранатовых островах) is a 1981 Soviet political drama. Republic of Pomegranate Islands. A | + | '''On the Pomegranate Islands''' (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh; Russian: На Гранатовых островах) is a 1981 Soviet Cold War-era political drama. The action takes place in the fictional Republic of Pomegranate Islands. The petroleum discovered on the islands becomes the cause of a coup organized by the CIA. A group of Western journalists accredited to the UN are visiting the country and must report in their reports that everything is calm. |
+ | At the end of the visit, journalists leave the Islands, but because of the bad weather they are forced to return. And then they become witnesses of what was not intended for attention of outsiders - Operation Globe, a invasion of US troops into the republic. | ||
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[[Image:Ngo m3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|M3A1 submachine guns seen on the left.]] | [[Image:Ngo m3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|M3A1 submachine guns seen on the left.]] | ||
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==L1A1== | ==L1A1== | ||
The [[L1A1]] assault rifles used by several US soldiers. | The [[L1A1]] assault rifles used by several US soldiers. | ||
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[[File:StG44-M16-MovieProp.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sturmgewehr 44, visually modified to resemble M16 - 7.62x39 blank]] | [[File:StG44-M16-MovieProp.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sturmgewehr 44, visually modified to resemble M16 - 7.62x39 blank]] | ||
[[Image:Ngo stg44.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier on the left carries fake M16.]] | [[Image:Ngo stg44.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier on the left carries fake M16.]] | ||
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+ | == AK-74 == | ||
+ | A one US soldier beyond any logic briefly seen with the [[AK-74]]. Also AK-74s are visible in the hands of the insurgents in the end of the movie. | ||
+ | [[Image:AK-74 NTW 12 92.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AK-74 - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
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+ | ==M1 Carbine== | ||
+ | A some of the US troopers and insurgens armed [[M1 Carbine]]s. But failed do captured shot, where it is good visible. | ||
+ | [[Image:M1c.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Carbine (Post-War) - .30 Carbine]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Drama]] | [[Category:Drama]] | ||
[[Category:Soviet Produced]] | [[Category:Soviet Produced]] |
Revision as of 14:03, 16 August 2017
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On the Pomegranate Islands (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh; Russian: На Гранатовых островах) is a 1981 Soviet Cold War-era political drama. The action takes place in the fictional Republic of Pomegranate Islands. The petroleum discovered on the islands becomes the cause of a coup organized by the CIA. A group of Western journalists accredited to the UN are visiting the country and must report in their reports that everything is calm. At the end of the visit, journalists leave the Islands, but because of the bad weather they are forced to return. And then they become witnesses of what was not intended for attention of outsiders - Operation Globe, a invasion of US troops into the republic.
The following weapons were used in the film On the Pomegranate Islands (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh):
Handguns
Colt M1911A1
The Colt M1911A1 pistols used by several American soldiers, Faraj, Kalisher, and Holtz.
Submachine Guns
M1928A1 Thompson
The M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns used by several American soldiers and Resistance fighters. Majority of them are converted for using 7.62x25 blanks in MP40 magazines (since the Soviet filmmakers had a deficit with .45 ACP blanks cartridges).
M1A1 Thompson
The M1A1 Thompson submachine guns used by several American soldiers and Resistance fighters. Some SMGs modifed with the addition of the vertical foregrips, Cutts compensators, and a "classic" finned barrels.
M3A1 "Grease Gun"
The M3A1 "Grease Gun" submachine guns used by several US soldiers.
Rifles
L1A1
The L1A1 assault rifles used by several US soldiers.
Sturmgewehr 44 (visually modified to resemble M16)
In one scene, one of the soldiers also carries STG 44 rifle, mocked up as a M16.
AK-74
A one US soldier beyond any logic briefly seen with the AK-74. Also AK-74s are visible in the hands of the insurgents in the end of the movie.
M1 Carbine
A some of the US troopers and insurgens armed M1 Carbines. But failed do captured shot, where it is good visible.