The Tank Brigade

The Tank Brigade DVD Cover Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Ivo Toman Release Date 1955 Language Czech Studio Československý armádní film Main Cast Character Actor Major Stašek Otomar Krejca Staff Capt. Renč Martin Ruzek Sgt. Juraj Klimko Július Pántik Kysela Rudolf Deyl Tankist Antonín Sura Jasko Jirí Sovák Soviet General Oldrich Lukes Miloš Sýkora Jirí Vala

The Tank Brigade (original: Tanková brigáda) is 1955 Czechoslovak war film directed by Ivo Toman. It was the first color feature film of the Czechoslovak Army Film' studio.

The following guns were used in film The Tank Brigade:

Pistols and revolvers

Luger P08

German officers carry the Luger P08 as their sidearm.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.

A SS officer smokes with his Luger at the ready.

Russian Nagant M1895

Various characters carry Nagant M1895 revolvers.

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).

Mjr. Stašek (Otomar Krejca) draws his Nagant revolver.

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Sgt. Klimko (Július Pántik) exits his tank, revolver in hand .

Submachine guns

MP40

MP40 submachine gun are used by German soldiers and Czech insurgents.

MP40 - 9mm.

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A German artilleryman carries a slung MP40.

SS soldiers patrol, armed with MP40s.

A Czech insurgent uses a captured MP40.

PPSh-41

Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers carry PPSh-41s.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Soviet soldiers martch with PPSh-41s across their chests.

A Czechoslovak soldier stoms a trench with his PPSh-41.

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Sgt. Klimko (Július Pántik]) talks to Olga with a PPSh-41 on his back.

PPS-43

Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers use PPS-43 submachine guns.

Soviet PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Czechoslovak soldiers stand in ranks with PPS-43s.

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A tank crewman (Antonín Sura)holds a PPS-43.

Rifles

Sturmgewehr 44

Some German troops are armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle.

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.

A German infantryman in the trenches holds his StG44.

The crew of an 88mm AA gun carry slung StG44s as they engage enemy tanks with direct fire.

Karabiner 98k

Most German troops use the standard Karabiner 98k rifles. Some are captured by the insurgents.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

An SS guard at the bridge carries a Karabiner 98k with bayonet fixed.

A resistance fighter holds a Karabiner 98k rifle.

Machine guns

MG42

MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

German soldiers fire an MG42 at attacking troops.

Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun

Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

A Soviet soldier fires his Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun from a jeep.

DShK heavy machine gun

DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm

Soviet soldiers fire a DShK heavy machine gun at enemy aircraft.

Hand grenade

Model 43 Stielhandgranate

Model 43 Stielhandgranate high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade

The SS man throws the Model 43 Stielhandgranate in the trench.

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Dying resistance fighter Miloš Sýkora (Jirí Vala) saves the bridge by destroying the detonator wire with a grenade.

Other

Panzerschreck

Panzerschreck rocket launcher - 88mm

An SS soldier fires at a Czechoslovakian tank with his Panzerschreck.

Flak 38

Flakvierling 38 - 20x138mm B

Germans fire a Flakvierling 38.

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

Female gunner man a 37-mm M1939 (61-K) anti-aircraft gun.

8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) mortars

8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34)

Germans bombard enemy positions with their 8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) mortars.

152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)

Russian 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20s open fire before an attack).

Panzer IV

A Panzer IV (Ausf. G or later).

T-34

A Soviet tank runs over a 7.5cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun.