Battle for Moscow(Russian Title: Bitva za Moskvu/Битва за Москву) is a 1985 Russian/East German/Czechoslovak/Vietnamese World War II drama directed by Yuri Ozerov. The film consists of two parts- Aggression, a portrayal of the events that took place in Summer 1941 on the Eastern front; the sudden Nazi Germany's attack on Soviet Union and heroic defense of the Brest Fortress. The second part, Operation Typhoon, portrays the battle for Moscow, in which German troops has suffered their first major defeat in World War II. This battle was one of the largest during the war, with more than a million total casualties.
The following weapons were used in the film Battle for Moscow:
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 is the standard sidearm of Soviet officers. It is mostly seen holstered.
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
A Red Army Captain armed with the Tokarev.
SPSh Flare Pistol
Russian SPSh Flare Pistol 26.5mm
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Georgy Zhukov with a
PPSh-41 on his planning table.
Soviet Army soldiers with the PPSh-41 submachine guns take part in a legendary 1941 military parade on Red Square. All troops left Red Square, straight to the front line.
MP40
German troops widely use MP40 submachine guns in this movie.
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
German Army vanguards at the Krasnaya Polyana bus stop (25 km from Moscow). It was the place of closest advance by the Wehrmacht to Moscow in 1941. A motorcycle-mounted MG 34 mocked up from a PK is also visible here.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
The commander of 21st Army's 63rd Rifle Corps Lieutenant General Petrovsky (
Yuriy Yakovlev) leads his troops into battle trying to escape the encirclement. He has a full-length
Mosin Nagant Rifle.
Podolsk infantry school cadets armed with the full-length Mosin rifle. 2000 cadets of Podolsk infantry school and 1500 cadets of Podolsk artillery school fought against the superior forces of the Wehrmacht during October 1941. Most of them were killed in action (2500 cadets). But during battle they killed up to 5000 German soldiers and officers and destroyed up to 100 German vehicles.
Soviet soldiers with Mosins.
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Mosin-Nagant M38 carbines are seen with Soviet artillery gun crews.
Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
A Soviet gunner with a M38 Mosin slung loads 152mm ML20 howitzer.
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
German soldiers with Kar98k rifles escorting captive Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (
Irina Shmeleva) to her execution. Zoya was one of the most revered partisan heroes of the Soviet Union.
PTRD-41
PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm
The soldiers of 316th Infantry Division ready to open fire with
PTRD-41 antitank rifles. There was a heavy fighting near the village of Dubosekovo when twenty-eight soldiers from the 1075th Regiment of 316th Division destroyed eighteen German tanks.
A Soviet soldier fires the PTRD-41.
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
A DP-27 manned by Podolsk infantry school cadets.
A Soviet soldier fires DP-27 from the hip.
Degtyaryov DT
DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R
A hull mounted
DT from a T-34 in one scene.
PK Machine Gun (modified to resemble MG 34)
MG 34s used in this movie are visually modified PK machine guns, though an actual MG 34 can be seen in documentary footage included in the film.
Original MG 34 and PK mockup
A clear view of the faux MG 34, mounted on a Tatra OT-810 half-tracked personnel carrier (Czech variation of German SdKfz. 251 personnel carrier).
Maxim M1910/30
Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture - 7.62x54mmR
Soviet soldiers operating a
Maxim machine gun during battle at Borodino field.
A Maxim M1910/30 with the old type of cooling jacket is present in one scene.
Maxim M1910/30 in M-4 AA quad mounting
Soviet soldiers using quad mounted M-4 anti-aircraft Maxims. Note that one of the machine guns has old type of cooling jacket.
A M-4 anti-aircraft quad mount on an armored river boat.
37-mm M1939 (61-K)
37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR
A
61-K automatic air defense gun can be seen on Brest fortress territory.
Hand Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
German aligned French anti-Bolsheviks with
Model 24 Stielhandgranatees in their belts. The 638th French Infantry Regiment fought together with the Wehrmacht against the Red Army at Borodino field in November 1941.
RPG-40
Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body.
RPG-40 antitank grenades on a top of a trench.
A Soviet soldier holds up two RPG-40 grenades. Note these are mockups with a smooth top; actual RPG40s have a hole for detonator.
The politruk (political commissar) Clochkov (
Aleksandr Voyevodin):
Brothers! Russia is immense, but there is nowhere to retreat – Moscow is behind us!Other
TM-62M Anti-Tank Mine
Russian Komsomol saboteurs placing
TM-62 anti-tank mine in snow alongside a road. This mine is anachronistic as per its designation, it was introduced only in the 1960s.
Artillery
45mm Anti-tank Gun M1937 (53-K)
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in)
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
The 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) appears in the film.
M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm
A ZiS-3 without muzzle brake in
Aggression.
7.5 cm Pak 40
7,5 cm-Pak 40 anti-tank gun.
A German
7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun abandoned by retreating Wehrmacht troops. The Pak 40 only entered service in the Eastern Front in the Spring of 1942.
122 mm Howitzer M1910/30
M1910/30 howitzers seen in
Aggression.
76mm Air Defense Gun M1931 (3-K)
76mm 3-K air defense guns are seen on Brest fortress territory behind the 61-K automatic air defense gun.
85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K)
85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) - 85×629mm R
122 mm Howitzer M1938 (M-30)
122mm howitzers M1938 (M-30) performing barrage fire at German troops during battle at Borodino field.
152 mm Howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
152 mm howitzer M1937 (ML-20) howitzers appear in the film.
152 mm Howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) - 152 x 547 mm .R
A battery of 152mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) about to fire.
Gun Platforms
BA-20
A mockup BA-20 armored car replica built on a GAZ-69 chassis.
Tatra OT-810
Numerous Tatra OT-810 half-tracked personnel carriers used as German SdKfz. 251 personnel carriers were used in this movie. Some of them were armed with visually modified PK machine guns. Turreted OT-810s also appear as stand-ins for the Sd.Kfz. 251/9 "Stummel" self-propelled gun.
Czech Tatra OT-810 half-tracked personnel carrier
A group of Tatra OT-810 personnel carriers, with some turreted examples present.
BT-5
BT-5 light cavalry tank were widely used by the Red Army initially in the war. Most of BT tanks used in this film were built on T-34 chassis.
BT-5 replicas built on T-34 chassis - the nearest tank appears to be a BT-5RT command tank. It's equipped with radio (note an antenna at the top of turret).
T-34-76
Soviet T-34-76 medium tank
T-34-85
A T-34-85 medium tank fires at German armor motor pool. The T-34-85 here is anachronistic as it entered service in 1944.
PzKpfw III
Scale Model of PzKpfw III tank.
Fake PzKpfw IV
A faux Panzer IV Ausf.F2 medium tank mocked up from a T-34., again a slight anachronism as the Ausf.F2 entered service only in spring 1942.
Fake Panzer IV Ausf.F2 medium tanks built on T-44 chassis.
Kliment Voroshilov KV-1
Kliment Voroshilov KV-1 heavy tank built on IS-2 chassis
Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger
Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger tank can be seen in some scenes. It's an anachronism
T-62
In some episodes post-war Soviet T-62s were used as German tanks.
Soviet T-62s, playing German tanks, advance.
German Diving Tank
A Wehrmacht tank is seen fording Bug river. In reality a post-war T-55 was used for this scene.
BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher
BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers launched at the German troops during battle of Mtsensk. There were actual BM-21 Grads hidden behind the BM-13, with actual rockets used in this scene.
Zlin.326
Czechoslovakian Zlin.326 Training aircraft standing in as a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter.
L-200 Morava
Czechoslovakian L-200 Morava light passenger aircraft used as a rather poor stand-in for Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter-bombers.
Yakovlev Yak-18
Yakovlev Yak-18 training aircraft serving as Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attacker.
MG 34
The MG 34 is seen in the documentary reels.
An MG 34 carried in documentary footage.
Twin MG 34s in an anti-aircraft mount.
DShK Heavy Machine Gun
DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm
PzKpfw II
German Panzer II light tank
PzKpfw IV
German Panzer IV medium tank armed with the 75mm low-velocity gun
Char 2C Super-heavy Tank
Char 2C Super-heavy Tank. Each tank had been named after one of the ancient regions of France. This one named
Normandie.
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers
Heinkel He 111
Heinkel He 111 medium bombers
283mm Krupp K5
Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 railway gun
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