The Secret Fairway (Sekretniy farvater)

The Secret Fairway (Sekretniy farvater) is a 1988 (filmed 1986-1987) Soviet four-part made for TV adventure war movie directed by Vadim Kostromenko and based on the novel by Leonid Platov. In 1944-1945 Soviet torpedo boat commander Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov) several times encounters a German U-boat, nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman", that performs top secret missions. After the war Shubin finally uncovers the dark secrets of the activities of the submarine.
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= Pistols =
== TT-33 ==
Sr. Lt., then Capt. Lt. Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov) carries a TT-33.
== Margolin MTs ==
In the final episode, set in 1952, a saboteur frogman (Pyotr Sherekin) carries a Margolin MTs pistol with an adjustable barrel compensator. Then the saboteur is disarmed by Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov).
= Submachine Guns =
== PPSh-41 ==
PPSh-41 submachine guns are seen in hands of numerous Soviet soldiers and sailors, including the crewmembers of Shubin's torpedo boat - boatswain Faddeichev (Leonid Trutnev) and sailors Dronin (Stanislav Riy) and unnamed ones (Igor Tiltikov and Igor Ravitskiy). Capt. Lt. Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov) holds a PPSh during the landing in Pillau in April 1945.
== MP40 ==
German soldiers and sailors, as well as some Soviet sailors are armed with MP40 submachine guns.
== MP38 ==
Some MP38s are also seen.
= Assault Rifles =
== AKM ==
In the mass scenes AKMs are seen in hands of Soviet soldiers.
== AK-74 ==
Like AKMs, AK-74s are also seen.
= Machine Guns and Autocannons =
== Degtyaryov DP-27 ==
DP-27 machine guns are briefly seen in several scenes. During the night battle in Pillau, German soldiers fire a machine gun that also seems to be a DP-27.
== Degtyaryov-Shpagin DShK ==
DShK machine guns on naval mountings are mounted on Project 1204 ("Shmel"-class) artillery boats instead of standard post-war 25 mm 2M-3M autocannons to make the boats look more similar to the WW2 era torpedo boats.
== ZU-23 ==
A Soviet post-war ZU-23 AA twin autocannon is seen in the opening scene.
= Other Weapons =
== OSP-30 Flare Pistol ==
In the final post-war episode Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov) and Shurka Lastikov (Sergey Bystritskiy) use an OSP-30 Flare Pistol.
== F-1 Hand Grenade ==
During the operation on the remote island in the Baltic skerry in 1944, Faddeichev (Leonid Trutnev) hands two F-1 hand grenades to the meteorologist Viktoria Mezentseva (Larisa Guzeeva). The black body indicates URG practice grenade.
== PTRS-41 ==
In one scene Soviet sailors carry a PTRS-41 AT rifle.
= Trivia =
== Project 613 Submarine ==
Soviet S-376 submarine (Project 613, Whiskey-class) appears in the movie as the secret German U-boat, known as "The Flying Dutchman".
== Project 1204 Artillery Boat ==
Three Project 1204 ("Shmel"-class) artillery boats (also classified as patrol gunboats) appear in the movie as Soviet wartime torpedo boats. Two single torpedo tubes, taken from decommissioned torpedo boats, are installed on each boat instead of BM-14 MLRS, and standard 25 mm 2M-3M autocannons are replaced with single DShK machine guns. Nevertheless, these artillery boats with large tank turrets have very different look from more than two times smaller D-3-class or Komsomolets-class torpedo boats.
== Artillery ==
= Footage =
Documentary footage of the World War II is used in the movie.
Category:Movie
Category:Adventure Movie
Category:War
Category:Soviet Produced