Take Him Alive (Vzyat zhivym)

Take Him Alive (Vzyat zhivym) is a Soviet 1983 (filmed 1982) three-part mini-series directed by Vadim Lysenko and adapted from the novel by Vladimir Karpov. The main character is Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov), commander of a reconnaissance platoon on Soviet-German front.
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= Pistols =
== TT-33 ==
TT-33 are service sidearms of Soviet officers, including Lt. (later Sr. Lt. and Capt.) Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov), Lt. (later Sr. Lt., Capt. and Maj.) Grigoriy Kurzhakov (Aleksandr Potapov), and Sr. Lt. (later Capt.) Ivan Kazakov (Georgiy Nazarenko).
== Luger P08 ==
A German officer holds a Luger P08 during the operation of Romashkin's unit against German headquarters. What appear to be a P08 is seen in hand of a German officer during the massacre in Soviet field hospital.
= Submachine Guns =
== PPSh-41 ==
PPSh-41 submachine guns are most widely used weapons of Soviet troops. They are seen in hands of Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov), Lt. Grigoriy Kurzhakov (Aleksandr Potapov), Capt. Ivan Kazakov (Georgiy Nazarenko), war correspondent Capt. Kim Ptitsyn (Aleksandr Lenkov), and soldiers and sergeants of Romashkin's platoon - Bogdan Shovkoplyas (Aleksandr Ignatusha), Aleksandr Prolyotkin (Sergey Makovetskiy), Ivan Rogatin (Aleksandr Bespalyy), Zhmachenko (Viktor Pavlov), Goloshchapov (Anatoli Yurchenko), Konoplyov (Vladimir Zaytsev), Mikola Tsymbalyuk (Vladimir Shakalo), Zhuk (Valeriy Zaytsev), Luzgin (Viktor Bychkov) and others.
== MP40 ==
MP40 submachine guns are widely used by German troops. Aleksandr Prolyotkin (Sergey Makovetskiy), Zhuk (Valeriy Zaytsev) and several other soldiers of Romashkin's platoon also use MP40s.
= Rifles =
== Mosin Nagant M1891/30 ==
Many Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov) takes an M91/30 rifle from a slain soldier in his first battle.
== Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine ==
Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are also used by Soviet soldiers.
== Karabiner 98k ==
German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
= Machine Guns =
== Degtyaryov DP-27 ==
Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns are widely used by Soviet troops.
== Maxim M1910 ==
Maxim M1910 with smooth barrel jackets are seen in several scenes.
== MG 34 ==
German troops use MG 34 machine guns in several scenes. Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov) fires a captured MG 34 in one scene. All screen MG34 have bipods fitted under the guns’ center of gravity rather than under the muzzle; likely a single prop is reused throughout the movie.
== PKT ==
German tanks in the movie are mockups, built on the chassis of MT-LB armoured prime movers. Standard small turret of MT-LB with a PKT machine gun is removed from most of these mockups, but at least one such fake tank has the turret on place, and a firing machine gun can be seen.
= Other Weapons =
== PTRD-41 ==
A PTRD-41 is seen during the battle in late autumn 1941.
== OSP-30 Flare Pistol ==
Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin (Fyodor Sukhov) uses an OSP-30 Flare Pistol in an episode, set in Summer 1942.
== F-1 Hand Grenade ==
F-1 hand grenades are used by Soviet soldiers.
== Dummy Training Grenade ==
Dummy training stick grenades, seen in several scenes, stand for RG-14/30 and RGD-33 hand grenades.
== 45 mm anti-tank gun 53-K ==
A 45mm anti-tank gun 53-K is seen in the scene of the Battle for Moscow.
= Trivia =
MT-LB armoured prive movers with fake turrets are used as German tanks.
= Footage =
== Degtyaryov DT ==
Degtyaryov DT machine guns, mounted on various Soviet tanks, are seen in wartime documentary footage.
==MG 34 Panzerlauf==
A frontal MG 34 Panzerlauf is seen on a destroyed Pz.IV Ausf.G in wartime documentary footage.
== Degtyaryov-Shpagin DShK ==
A DShK heavy machine gun is seen in a turret of T-40 light tank in wartime documentary footage.
== Berezin UBT ==
Berezin UBT machine gun is seen mounted on Il-2 in wartime documentary footage.
== MG 151 ==
A 20mm MG 151 autocannon is seen mounted in a turret on FW 200C-3 Condor, captured in Stalingrad.
== Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 ==
Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 autocannons are seen mounted on Il-2 in wartime documentary footage.
thumb|none|400px|Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 - 23x152mmB
== Artillery ==
== Armour ==
== Airplanes ==
Category:Television
Category:Mini-Series
Category:War
Category:Soviet Produced