On the Pomegranate Islands (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh)

Na Granatovykh ostrovakh A logo for Na Granatovykh ostrovakh Country USSR Directed by Tamara Lisitsian Release Date 1981 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Main Cast Character Actor Freddy Clark Kirill Lavrov Maxwell Vladimir Sedov Edward Morr Aleksandr Solovyov Kathleen Gabyu Lyudmila Chursina Stannard Ernst Romanov Holtz Nikolay Volkov (Jr.) Kalisher Rostislav Plyatt Faraj Grigore Grigoriu

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.

Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP

US soldier with M1911A1 pistol.

Holtz with M1911A1.

A close look at Holtz's M1911A1 Colt pistol.

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).

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP

M1928A1 Thompson, converted for using MP40 magazines fitted for 7.62x25 blank cartridges

American guards with M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns.

US soldier with M1928A1 shoots during the climax.

Resistance fighters with M1928A1s during the climax.

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.

M1A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP

American guard with M1A1 Thompson.

Thompson M1A1 with vertical foregrip and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP

M1A1 with vertical foregrip and compensator seen on the left.

US soldier holds M1A1 Thompson. Note the finned barrel.

M3A1 "Grease Gun"

The M3A1 "Grease Gun" submachine guns used by several US soldiers.

M3A1 "Grease Gun" - .45 ACP

M3A1 submachine guns seen on the left.

Rifles

L1A1

The L1A1 assault rifles used by several US soldiers.

L1A1 SLR with wood furniture - 7.62x51mm NATO. Although this model features wood furniture, it has the contoured black fiberglass carry handle which identifies this as a later model L1A1 which has been fitted with after-market furniture.

L1A1 rifle visible in the middle.

A soldier on the background holds L1A1.

American soldiers with L1A1 rifles behind.

American soldiers with L1A1 rifles on the Willys Jeep, during the climax.

Sturmgewehr 44 (visually modified to resemble M16)

In one scene, one of the soldiers also carries STG 44 rifle, mocked up as a M16.

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm

Sturmgewehr 44, visually modified to resemble M16 - 7.62x39 blank

A soldier on the left carries fake 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.

AK-74 - 5.45x39mm

M1 Carbine

A some of the US troopers and insurgens armed M1 Carbines. But failed do captured shot, where it is good visible.

M1 Carbine (Post-War) - .30 Carbine