Kandahar

Kandahar Film poster Country Russia Directed by Andrei Kavun Release Date 2010 Language Russian Ukrainian Pashto Dari Studio Rekun Cinema Main Cast Character Actor Vladimir Karpatov Aleksandr Baluev Sergey Vladimir Mashkov Alexandr Zdor Andrey Panin Viktor Aleksandr Golubev Roman Vakulenko Bohdan Benyuk

Kandahar (Russian Title: Кандагар) is a 2010 Russian film directed by Andrei Kavun (Piranha (Okhota na piranyu)). The five-man crew of a Russian cargo plane are captured in Kandahar, Afghanistan by the Taliban, and after being held in captivity for over a year, they make an attempt to escape. The film is based on actual events.

The following weapons are featured in the film Kandahar:

Handguns

Browning Hi-Power

Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm

Taliban fighter fires his Browning Hi-Power

CZ 52

Czech CZ 52 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

One of the guards holds CZ 52

Assault rifles

AKM

AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake - 7.62x39mm

Taliban leader holds an AKM assault rifle

Taliban leader fires AKM. Note the size of magazine

Norinco Type 56

Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") which was standard on PLA-issue Type 56s - 7.62x39mm

One of the guards of the airfield fires his Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet

This Norinco Type 56 has no under-folding "pig sticker" bayonet

AIMS-74 Carbine

Taliban fighter holds the AIMS-74 (Romanian clone of the AKS-74) with a shortened barrel, plastic AK-74 magazine and wooden stock.

AK-74

AK-74 - 5.45x39mm

AK-74 assault rifle lies on the ground

Taliban fighter is trying to reload his AK-74 but Russian navigator taken away a magazine.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.

One of the Taliban fighters can be seen with the Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

Mauser carbine

One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the Mauser carbine

Same fighter aimed his Mauser carbine at radioman Victor (Alexandr Golubev).

Sniper rifle

PSL Sniper Rifle

PSL - 7.62x54mm R

One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the PSL Sniper Rifle to the right

Machine Guns

PKM Machine Gun

PKM with with latest version of Flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

PKM Machine Gun on the roof of the house with captured Russian pilots

Goryunov SGM Machine Gun

Goryunov SGM - 7.62x54mm R

Goryunov SGM Machine Gun on the roof of the house with captured Russian pilots

Same machine gun in other location

Browning M2

Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG

Browning M2HB mounted on VAB armoured personnel carrier

KPV heavy machine gun

KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-2 dual anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm

KPV heavy machine gun in ZPU-2 dual anti-aircraft mounting is seen on the airfield

Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U that forces the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane to land is armed with a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L auto cannon.

Grayzev-Shipunov GSh-23L - 23x115mm

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U that forces the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane to land is armed with a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L auto cannon.

Grenade Launcher

RPG-7

RPG-7 - 40mm

One of the Taliban fighters is seen with the RPG-7 near the destroyed truck

Grenades

F-1 Hand Grenade

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Young Taliban fighter has lost his F-1 hand grenade. Grenade painted black, usually used for training grenades

Young Taliban fighter pulls out a safety pin from grenade

A safety pin was pulled and striker lever was thrown