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'''''Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?''''' (''Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben?'') is an 1959 West-German film, directed by Frank Wisbar and based on the novel by Fritz Wöss. The film is about the Battle of Stalingrad, where German soldiers recognize the futility of war (Very similar to [[Stalingrad (1993)]]) .
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'''''Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?''''' (''Hunde, wollt ihr ewig Leben?'') is a 1959 West-German film, directed by Frank Wisbar and based on the novel of the same name by Fritz Wöss. The young, Nazi-influenced First Lieutenant Wisse is transferred in the fall of 1942 as a liaison officer to Stalingrad. Although the German troops have conquered the city with great losses, but are already encircled by the Red Army. Many of the ordinary soldiers have realized that they are at the mercy of the opponent. But with orders from the top, the officers under General Paulus still believe in victory. As the situation worsens dramatically, Wisse recognizes the futility of this war and turns more and more away from the Nazi ideology. In the freezing cold, almost without ammunition and food, he fights for survival on the side of the lost 6th Army.
  
The movie was released almost simultaneously with the German award winning film [[The Bridge (1959)]].
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The title is similar to the literary model by Fritz Wöss and is a reference to a quotation from Frederick the Great. He is said to have cried to his fleeing soldiers in anger during the battle of Kolin, who lost Prussia to Austria: "''You damned rascals, do you want to live forever?''". The movie was released almost simultaneously with the German award-winning film ''[[The Bridge (1959)|The Bridge]]'' and has many similarities to the years later appeared movie ''[[Stalingrad (1993)|Stalingrad]]''.
  
  
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==Luger P08==
 
==Luger P08==
Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) is briefly seen with a [[Luger P08]] as he flees from Soviet soldiers in the ruins of Stalingrad.
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Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) is briefly seen with a [[Luger P08]] pistol as he flees from Soviet soldiers in the ruins of Stalingrad.
 
[[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
 
[[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:dywtlf_luger_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) holds his [[Luger P08]].]]
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[[File:dywtlf_luger_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wisse unlocks his Luger.]]
[[File:dywtlf_luger_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Better view]]
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[[File:dywtlf_luger_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Better view of the pistol.]]
  
 
==Sauer Model 1913==
 
==Sauer Model 1913==
The personal weapon of Major Linkmann ([[Wolfgang Preiss]]) is a [[Sauer Model 1913]] Pocket Pistol. The Pistol is only seen in one short scene in the movie.
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The personal weapon of Major Linkmann ([[Wolfgang Preiss]]) is a [[Sauer Model 1913]] Pocket Pistol which is only seen in one short scene in the movie.
 
[[Image:Sauer_1913.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Sauer Model 1913 - .32 ACP]]
 
[[Image:Sauer_1913.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Sauer Model 1913 - .32 ACP]]
[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_pro.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Promotional picture]]
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[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Linkmann pulls out his Sauer Model 1913...]]
[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Linkmann ([[Wolfgang Preiss]]) pulls out his Sauer Model 1913...]]
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[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|... and threatens Wisse.]]
[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|... and threateneds Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]).]]
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[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_pro.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Promotional picture.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_sm1913_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The pistol lies on his table.]]
  
 
=Rifles=
 
=Rifles=
  
 
==Karabiner 98k==
 
==Karabiner 98k==
German, Romanian and Soviet solders use [[Karabiner 98k]]s. It's correct for the Romanians to use the [[Karabiner 98k]] but for the Soviets the rifle stands for the [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M91/30]].
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German, Romanian and Soviet solders use [[Karabiner 98k]]s. It's correct for the Romanians to use this rifle but for the Soviets the rifle stands for the [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M91/30]].
 
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:dywtlf_kar_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two German soldiers with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles on their back.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_kar1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Frightened Romanians carrying their Kar98ks during the beginning of "Operation Uranus".]]
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[[File:dywtlf_kar_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two German soldiers with Karabiner 98k on their back.]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_kar_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gefreiter Krämer ([[Peter Carsten]]) holds his rifle.]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_kar_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gefreiter Krämer ([[Peter Carsten]]) holds his rifle.]]
[[File:dywtlf_kar_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Later Gefreiter Krämer ([[Peter Carsten]]) aims at Major Linkmann ([[Wolfgang Preiss]]).]]
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[[File:dywtlf_kar_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Later Gefreiter Krämer aims at Major Linkmann.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_carcano.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Many Karabiners in a heap of weapons.]]
  
==VZ-24 Czech Mauser==
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==Belgian Mauser Model 1935==
Some German and Romanian soldiers are briefly seen with [[VZ-24 Czech Mauser]] rifles.
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At least one German soldier can be briefly seen carrying a [[Belgian Mauser Model 1935]] rifle.
[[File:Czech vz. 24.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
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[[File:Belgian Mauser 1935.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Belgian Mauser Model 1935 - 7.65x53mm]]
[[File:dywtlf_czech_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Romanian soldier with [[VZ-24 Czech Mauser]] rifle.]]
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[[File:dywtlf-BelMauserjpg|thumb|none|500px|The soldier in the middle between chaplain Busch ([[Alexander Kerst]]) and Wisse. Note the typical "ear" protectors.]]
[[File:dywtlf_czech_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German soldier shots a Soviet soldier.]]
 
  
 
==Carcano M91/38==
 
==Carcano M91/38==
Near at the end of the movie a German soldier throws an Italian [[Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle]] in a heap of weapons.
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A Soviet soldier is briefly seen with an Italian [[Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle]]. Near at the end of the movie a German soldier throws a Carcano into a heap of weapons.
 
[[File:CarcanoM91-38ShortRifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Carcano M91/38 - 6.5x52 mm]]
 
[[File:CarcanoM91-38ShortRifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Carcano M91/38 - 6.5x52 mm]]
[[File:dywtlf_carcano.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Note the shape of the magazine and the type of the barrel.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_carcano1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Soviet soldier on the left next to Katia ([[Sonja Ziemann]]).]]
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[[File:dywtlf_carcano.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Note the shape of the magazine and the type of the barrel on the left.]]
  
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==Mauser Rifles==
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Some German and Romanian soldiers are briefly seen with Mauser rifles with straight bolt handles.
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[[Image:Mauser Standard Modell.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Standard Modell - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
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[[File:dywtlf-Mauser1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf-Mauser2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf-Mauser3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf_czech_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Romanian soldier with the rifle.]]
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[[File:dywtlf-Mauser4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf_czech_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German soldier shots a Soviet soldier.]]
  
 
=Submachine Guns=
 
=Submachine Guns=
  
==MP40==
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==MP41==
Several German soldiers use [[MP40]]. The barrel seems to be from a [[MP41]].
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German and Romanian soldier's main submachine gun is the [[MP41]]. It is used by Gerd Wisse, Feldwebel Böse ([[Horst Frank]]), Kunowski ([[Günter Pfitzmann]]), Leutnant Fuhrmann ([[Gunnar Möller]]) and Major Linkmann. Oddly enough, the wooden stocks were removed and replaced by [[MP40]] stocks.
[[File:MP40.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maschinenpistole 40 - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
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[[Image:Mp41-1.jpg|thumb|400px|none|MP41 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:dywtlf_mp40_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) shots two Soviet soldiers.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mp40_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wisse aims at two Soviet soldiers sneaking to his comrades.]]
[[File:dywtlf_mp40_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Linkmann ([[Wolfgang Preiss]]) with a [[MP40]].]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mp1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''No prisoners are taken here. On no sides!''"<br />Kunowski charges his MP to shoot a Soviet PoW.]]
[[File:dywtlf_mp40_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The [[MP40]] of Major Linkmann on the left.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mp2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|After being deterred by Wisse, he examines the Soviet food bag.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mp40_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Linkmann with his MP to form a ''Kampfgruppe''.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mp3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Böse holds the submachine gun in the field hospital.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mp40_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The MP41 of Major Linkmann on the left next to Wisse. Note the fire selector.]]
  
 
==PPSh-41==
 
==PPSh-41==
The primary weapon of Soviet soldiers is the [[PPSh-41]]. Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) exchanged his [[Luger P08]] for a [[PPSh-41]].
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[[PPSh-41]] are the primary weapon of the Red Army. Oberleutnant Wisse exchanged his Luger P08 for an PPSh-41.
 
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
 
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:dywtlf_ppsh_pro.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) with a [[PPSh-41]] on a promotional picture.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_ppsh_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet soldier dies with PPSh-41 in hand.]]
[[File:dywtlf_ppsh_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet soldier dies with [[PPSh-41]] in hand.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_ppsh1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41s during street fighting.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_ppsh2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wisse looks at a dead Soviet lying next to an PPSh-41.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_ppsh2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Red Army soldiers and disguised Wisse with their SMGs over the shoulders.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_ppsh_pro.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gerd Wisse with an PPSh-41 on a promotional picture.]]
  
 
=Machine Guns=
 
=Machine Guns=
  
 
==MG 42==
 
==MG 42==
Various [[MG42]]s are used by German and Romanian soldiers.
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Various [[MG42]]s are used by German including Kunowski and Romanian soldiers. The MG is shown with post-1943 vertical charging handle instead of the period appropriate and rare slab-sided horizontal handle.
 
[[File:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:dywtlf_mg42_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two Romanian soldiers with a [[MG42]].]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mg42_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two Romanian soldiers operate an MG42 on November 19th, 1942.]]
[[File:dywtlf_mg42_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Detailed view.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mg42_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Detailed view of the charging handle.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mg1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An MG42 in a German dugout.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mg2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German solders repeal a Soviet attack.]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_mg42_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gefreiter Schmidt fires the Machine Gun.]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_mg42_3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gefreiter Schmidt fires the Machine Gun.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_mg3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German fires the MG from the hip.]]
  
 
=Hand Grenades=
 
=Hand Grenades=
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==Geballte Ladung==
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During the first day of the Soviet attack, Oberleutnant Wisse uses a [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate|Geballte Ladung]] to destroy a Soviet T-34/65 "tank".
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[[File:M24 geballte ladung.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Model 24 "Geballte Ladung" ("Bundled Charge")]]
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[[File:dywtlf_geballte1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wisse waits for an opportunity with the Bundled Charge.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_geballte.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Having succeeded in sneaking up to a tank, he throws the grenade in the open hatch.]]
  
 
==Model 24 Stielhandgranate==
 
==Model 24 Stielhandgranate==
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[[File:dywtlf_mg24_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gefreiter Krämer ([[Peter Carsten]]) with a grenade.]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_mg24_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gefreiter Krämer ([[Peter Carsten]]) with a grenade.]]
  
==Geballte Ladung==
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=Other=
Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse ([[Joachim Hansen]]) uses a [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate|Geballte Ladung]] to destroy a Soviet T-34.
 
[[File:M24 geballte ladung.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Model 24 "Geballte Ladung" ("Bundled Charge")]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_geballte.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
  
=Other=
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==10.5 cm leFH 16==
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The Romanian battary of General Codreanu ([[Paul Hoffmann]]) is equipped with WW1 German Feldhaubitze 16 howitzers.
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[[File:LeFH 16.jpg|thumb|none|350px|10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16.]]
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[[File:dywtlf-LeFH1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf-LeFH2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf_field-gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf-LeFH3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
  
 
==Tellermine 35==
 
==Tellermine 35==
A Romanian soldier lays a [[Tellermine 35]] on a Soviet T-34.
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A Romanian soldier lays a [[Tellermine 35]] on a Soviet tank.
 
[[File:Tellermine35.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Tellermine 35]]
 
[[File:Tellermine35.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Tellermine 35]]
[[File:dywtlf_tellermine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf_tellermine1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wisse gives the mine to the Romanian.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_tellermine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Romanian to placed the mine on the tank.]]
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==10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40==
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A 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze/Gebirgshaubitze 40 Howitzer can be seen.
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[[Image:LeFH1840.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 field gun displayed in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum - 105mm]]
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[[File:dywtlf-howitzer1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
  
==German Anti Tank Gun==
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==Anti Tank Gun==
 
German soldiers use an unknown AT Gun in the streets of Stalingrad.
 
German soldiers use an unknown AT Gun in the streets of Stalingrad.
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[[Image:7.5cm Pak 97 38.jpg|thumb|none|400px|For comparison: 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 anti-tank gun - 75x350mm R]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_at-gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
[[File:dywtlf_at-gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
==Romanian Field Gun==
 
A Field Gun is used by Romanian soldiers that is hardly to identify.
 
[[File:dywtlf_field-gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
  
 
==Fake Tank==
 
==Fake Tank==
The Tank in the movie is a dummy tank which had been mounted on a tractor.
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The Tanks in the movie are dummy tanks which had been mounted on a tractor. This configuration can be seen also in the 1959 movie ''The Journey''.
[[File:dywtlf_tank.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf_tank.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Acting as a (not accurate) T-34/85.]]
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[[File:dywtlf_tank1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
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[[File:dywtlf_tank2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Acting as a German Panzer forGeneraloberst Hoth ([[Karl John]]).]]
  
 
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Revision as of 13:11, 8 August 2019


Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben?
Stalingrad dogs.jpg
Movie Poster
Country GER.jpg West Germany
Directed by Frank Wisbar
Release Date April 7, 1959
Language German
Romanian
Russian
Main Cast
Character Actor
Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse Joachim Hansen
Major Linkmann Wolfgang Preiss
Gefreiter Krämer Peter Carsten
Katja Sonja Ziemann
Feldwebel Böse Horst Frank
Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus Wilhelm Borchert


Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (Hunde, wollt ihr ewig Leben?) is a 1959 West-German film, directed by Frank Wisbar and based on the novel of the same name by Fritz Wöss. The young, Nazi-influenced First Lieutenant Wisse is transferred in the fall of 1942 as a liaison officer to Stalingrad. Although the German troops have conquered the city with great losses, but are already encircled by the Red Army. Many of the ordinary soldiers have realized that they are at the mercy of the opponent. But with orders from the top, the officers under General Paulus still believe in victory. As the situation worsens dramatically, Wisse recognizes the futility of this war and turns more and more away from the Nazi ideology. In the freezing cold, almost without ammunition and food, he fights for survival on the side of the lost 6th Army.

The title is similar to the literary model by Fritz Wöss and is a reference to a quotation from Frederick the Great. He is said to have cried to his fleeing soldiers in anger during the battle of Kolin, who lost Prussia to Austria: "You damned rascals, do you want to live forever?". The movie was released almost simultaneously with the German award-winning film The Bridge and has many similarities to the years later appeared movie Stalingrad.



The following weapons were used in the film Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?:


Handguns

Luger P08

Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse (Joachim Hansen) is briefly seen with a Luger P08 pistol as he flees from Soviet soldiers in the ruins of Stalingrad.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm
Wisse unlocks his Luger.
Better view of the pistol.

Sauer Model 1913

The personal weapon of Major Linkmann (Wolfgang Preiss) is a Sauer Model 1913 Pocket Pistol which is only seen in one short scene in the movie.

Sauer Model 1913 - .32 ACP
Major Linkmann pulls out his Sauer Model 1913...
... and threatens Wisse.
Promotional picture.
The pistol lies on his table.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

German, Romanian and Soviet solders use Karabiner 98ks. It's correct for the Romanians to use this rifle but for the Soviets the rifle stands for the Mosin Nagant M91/30.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Frightened Romanians carrying their Kar98ks during the beginning of "Operation Uranus".
Two German soldiers with Karabiner 98k on their back.
Gefreiter Krämer (Peter Carsten) holds his rifle.
Later Gefreiter Krämer aims at Major Linkmann.
Many Karabiners in a heap of weapons.

Belgian Mauser Model 1935

At least one German soldier can be briefly seen carrying a Belgian Mauser Model 1935 rifle.

Belgian Mauser Model 1935 - 7.65x53mm
File:Dywtlf-BelMauserjpg
The soldier in the middle between chaplain Busch (Alexander Kerst) and Wisse. Note the typical "ear" protectors.

Carcano M91/38

A Soviet soldier is briefly seen with an Italian Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle. Near at the end of the movie a German soldier throws a Carcano into a heap of weapons.

Carcano M91/38 - 6.5x52 mm
The Soviet soldier on the left next to Katia (Sonja Ziemann).
Note the shape of the magazine and the type of the barrel on the left.

Mauser Rifles

Some German and Romanian soldiers are briefly seen with Mauser rifles with straight bolt handles.

Mauser Standard Modell - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Dywtlf-Mauser1.jpg
Dywtlf-Mauser2.jpg
Dywtlf-Mauser3.jpg
A Romanian soldier with the rifle.
Dywtlf-Mauser4.jpg
A German soldier shots a Soviet soldier.

Submachine Guns

MP41

German and Romanian soldier's main submachine gun is the MP41. It is used by Gerd Wisse, Feldwebel Böse (Horst Frank), Kunowski (Günter Pfitzmann), Leutnant Fuhrmann (Gunnar Möller) and Major Linkmann. Oddly enough, the wooden stocks were removed and replaced by MP40 stocks.

MP41 - 9x19mm
Wisse aims at two Soviet soldiers sneaking to his comrades.
"No prisoners are taken here. On no sides!"
Kunowski charges his MP to shoot a Soviet PoW.
After being deterred by Wisse, he examines the Soviet food bag.
Major Linkmann with his MP to form a Kampfgruppe.
Sgt. Böse holds the submachine gun in the field hospital.
The MP41 of Major Linkmann on the left next to Wisse. Note the fire selector.

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 are the primary weapon of the Red Army. Oberleutnant Wisse exchanged his Luger P08 for an PPSh-41.

PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Soviet soldier dies with PPSh-41 in hand.
Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41s during street fighting.
Wisse looks at a dead Soviet lying next to an PPSh-41.
Red Army soldiers and disguised Wisse with their SMGs over the shoulders.
Gerd Wisse with an PPSh-41 on a promotional picture.

Machine Guns

MG 42

Various MG42s are used by German including Kunowski and Romanian soldiers. The MG is shown with post-1943 vertical charging handle instead of the period appropriate and rare slab-sided horizontal handle.

MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Two Romanian soldiers operate an MG42 on November 19th, 1942.
Detailed view of the charging handle.
An MG42 in a German dugout.
German solders repeal a Soviet attack.
Gefreiter Schmidt fires the Machine Gun.
A German fires the MG from the hip.

Hand Grenades

Geballte Ladung

During the first day of the Soviet attack, Oberleutnant Wisse uses a Geballte Ladung to destroy a Soviet T-34/65 "tank".

Model 24 "Geballte Ladung" ("Bundled Charge")
Wisse waits for an opportunity with the Bundled Charge.
Having succeeded in sneaking up to a tank, he throws the grenade in the open hatch.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Gefreiter Krämer (Peter Carsten) throws a Model 24 Stielhandgranate at a Soviet squad. Later he is seen with a grenade on his belt.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade
Gefreiter Krämer (Peter Carsten) with a grenade.

Other

10.5 cm leFH 16

The Romanian battary of General Codreanu (Paul Hoffmann) is equipped with WW1 German Feldhaubitze 16 howitzers.

10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16.
Dywtlf-LeFH1.jpg
Dywtlf-LeFH2.jpg
Dywtlf field-gun.jpg
Dywtlf-LeFH3.jpg

Tellermine 35

A Romanian soldier lays a Tellermine 35 on a Soviet tank.

Tellermine 35
Wisse gives the mine to the Romanian.
The Romanian to placed the mine on the tank.

10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40

A 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze/Gebirgshaubitze 40 Howitzer can be seen.

Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 field gun displayed in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum - 105mm
Dywtlf-howitzer1.jpg

Anti Tank Gun

German soldiers use an unknown AT Gun in the streets of Stalingrad.

For comparison: 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 anti-tank gun - 75x350mm R
Dywtlf at-gun.jpg

Fake Tank

The Tanks in the movie are dummy tanks which had been mounted on a tractor. This configuration can be seen also in the 1959 movie The Journey.

Acting as a (not accurate) T-34/85.
Dywtlf tank1.jpg
Acting as a German Panzer forGeneraloberst Hoth (Karl John).

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