Maksim Perepelitsa

Maksim Perepelitsa DVD cover Country USSR Directed by Anatoli Granik Release Date 1955 Language Russian Studio Lenfilm Main Cast Character Actor Maxim Perepelitsa Leonid Bykov Private Ezhikov Aleksandr Susnin Private Taskirov Radner Muratov Kondrat Perepelitsa Nikolai Yakovchenko Marusya Lyudmila Kostyrko Private Samus Sergei Sibel

Maksim Perepelitsa (Russian Title: Максим Перепелица) is a 1955 Soviet сomedy directed by Anatoli Granik. Maxim Perepelitsa is a cheerful, mischievous, and resourceful young man from a small Ukrainian village. He loves to invent different stories and jokes. Upon being drafted into the Soviet Army, his antics and jokes do not let up.

The following weapons are featured in the film Maksim Perepelitsa:

Rifles

AK-47

The Type II AK-47 is carried by Soviet infantrymen. This film is notably the first depiction of a Kalashnikov rifle in any popular media.

Type II AK-47 with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm

Private Ezhikov (Aleksandr Susnin) with his AK-47. Note the early slab-sided magazine, the predecessor to the more familiar ribbed pattern magazine.

Private Perepelitsa (Leonid Bykov) with his AK.

Private Perepelitsa fires an AK-47.

SKS

Some Soviet soldiers carry the SKS rifle.

Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm

Private Taskirov (Radner Muratov) with his SKS rifle.

Same soldier.

Taskirov holds an SKS with unfolded bayonet.

Machine Guns

RPD

Some Soviet soldiers handle the RPD.

RPD Light Machine Gun - 7.62x39mm

Private Samus with an RPD.

Private Ezhikov demonstrates his skill at disassembling a machine gun while blindfolded.

Same scene.

Private Samus fires his RPD.

Degtyaryov DT

The Degtyaryov DT is mounted on Soviet armor.

DT machine gun - 7.62x54mmR

A Degtyaryov DT tank machine gun can be seen at the rear of the IS-2's turret.

Goryunov SG-43

The Goryunov SG-43 is used by Soviet soldiers, both in infantry mounts and on vehicles.

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mmR

Soviet soldiers fire a Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun.

Goryunov SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 - 7.62x54mmR

The Goryunov SGMB mounted on the BTR-152 armored personnel carrier.

Other

57mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2)

100mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)

122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)

T-34-85 tank

IS-2 (Iosif Stalin) heavy tank