The Silent Barricade

The Silent Barricade (1949)

The Silent barricade (orig. Němá barikáda) is a Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising, which in 1949 made ​​the director Otakar Vávra according to the Book of Jan Drda. The story tells of Prague's citizens, who organized resistance against Panzer Division SS was coming to Prague. In Troja was they build barricades on the bridge and their defense is worth a great effort and heroism.

The following guns were used in the 1949 Czechoslovak film The Silent Barricade:

Pistols and revolvers

Walther P38

German officers service weapon was a Walther P38 pistol.

Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm

Insurgents have found this weapon in covert of a Nazi sniper.

Luger P08

Some German officers wore still a Luger P08 pistols.

Luger P08 9x19mm

A German officer pulls his gun.

CZ 38

Gendarmerie in service should also CZ 38 pistols.

9×17mm Browning Short

Patrolman Brucek (Jaroslav Marvan) holds a gun ready to fire.

Submachine guns

MP40

SS soldiers and resistance fighters carry MP40 submachine guns.

MP40 - 9mm.

An SS soldier (Radovan Lukavský) armed with an MP40 submachine gun.

A barricade fighter (Jirí Plachý) carries a captured MP40 .

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Hosek Jr. (Antonín Šura) and Halina (Barbara Drapinska) with an MP40 and a Panzerfaust.

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The sergeant (Robert Vrchota) gives the order to hold fire.

Patrolman Brucek (Jaroslav Marvan) with his MP40 at the barricade.

Communist interbrigadist Kroupa (Vladimír Šmeral) writes password: NO PASARAN!

PPSh-41 / PPSh-43 Submachine Gun

Soviet soldier sitting on a tank T-34 is armed with a PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

The main weapon of German soldiers is the Karabiner 98k rifle.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

Wehrmacht soldiers with their Karabiner 98k's.

VZ-24 Czech Mauser

Czech police and soldiers are armed with VZ-33 Czech Mauser carbines and VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifles.

Czech vz. 16/33 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Hošek (Jaroslav Prucha) carries a rifle on his shoulder.

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The sergeant (Robert Vrchota) defend a barricade with his rifle.

The sergenat (Robert Vrchota) carries a VZ-24 rifle on his schoulder.

Patrolman Brucek (Jaroslav Marvan) used a VZ-33 carbine at the barricade.

Nedvědová (Marie Vášová) learns how to use a VZ-33 Czech Mauser.

Halina (Barbara Drapinska) aims her rifle at an SS Soldier.

Machine guns

MG34 Panzerlauf

A German soldier is seen with an MG34 Panzerlauf machine gun.

MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A German guard mans his Panzerlauf.

MG42

The Czech insurgents used captured MG42 machine guns against the Germans.

MG42 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

Barricade fighters at the station find an MG42 machine gun.

A Czech insurgent fires an MG42 at the Germans.

Hand grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

German troops and also resistance fighters used a Model 24 Stielhandgranates.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Hosek Jr. (Antonín Sura) found a hand grenade in the wagon.

Halina (Barbara Drapinska) threw a grenade at the SS-men.

The sergeant (Robert Vrchota) safety catch off a hand grenade.

Model 39 Eihandgranate

A grenade stash in the sniper's hideout contains some a Model 39 Eihandgranates and VZ 21 hand grenades.

The Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade

VZ 21 hand grenade

HG 21 offensive hand grenade

Others

Panzerfaust

The Czech insurgents use the Panzerfaust to combat German armoured vehicles.

Luger P08 9x19mm

A barricade fighter holds a Panzerfaust.

Josef Hošek Jr. (Antonín Sura) about to use his rocket.

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He manages to destroy a German Panzer IV