At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)

At That Time, at Christmas... (Original Czech title: Tenkrát o vánocích) is a 1958 Czech black-and-white war movie directed by Karel Kachyna. In winter 1944, a battalion of Czech troops led by Captain Hloušek (Otomar Korbelár) billets in a peaceful mountain village in the Slovak Republic. The troops hope for a peaceful, blessedly uneventful Christmas, but the Germans are preparing for a Christmas Eve surprise attack.
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=Pistols=
==Tokarev TT-33==
Captain Hloušek (Otomar Korbelár) and other officers carry a Tokarev TT-33. 
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=Submachine Guns=
== PPSh-41 ==
The main weapon of the Czechoslovak soldiers is the PPSh-41.
thumb|none|450px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Jirka (Antonín Sura) with his PPh-41 on his back.
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Lojza (Vladimír Mensík).
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Vítek (Jirí Vala)
thumb|none|600px|none|Cpl. Ján Benko (Otto Lackovic) and nurse Cpl. Vlasta (Eva Klepácová).
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Karlícek (Jirí Sovák).
=Rifles=
==Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine==
Some Czechoslovak soldiers carry Mosin Nagant M44 Carbines.
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Samo (Lubos Vidlák) carries a Mosin Nagant M44 carbine.
thumb|none|600px|none|In the background is a soldier with an M44 carbine on his back.
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Vondrácek (Rudolf Deyl) deploys the bayonet on his rifle.
==Mosin Nagant M91/30==
Among the weapons carried by the Czechoslovak soldiers are some full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.
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== Karabiner 98k ==
Most German soldiers are seen with Karabiner 98ks.
thumb|450px|none|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
thumb|none|600px|none|German soldiers in a trench with rifles.
thumb|none|600px|none|A German guard (Zdenek Rehor) in the trench.
== Sturmgewehr 44 ==
Some German infantrymen are armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles.
thumb|none|450px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm
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=Machine Guns=
== Degtyarev DP-28 ==
Czechoslovak machine gunners use the DP-28.
thumb|none|600px|none|Pvt. Vítek (Jirí Vala) carries his Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun on his back.
thumb|none|600px|none|2nd Lt. Vána (Petr Hanicinec) fires the machine gun during night combat.
thumb|none|600px|none|Machine gunner Vítek in a trench on the frontline.
== MG 42 ==
German gunners are armed with MG 42 machine guns.
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=Hand Grenades=
== RGD-33 Stick Grenade ==
Soldiers of a reconnaissance unit are equipped with RGD-33 Stick Grenades.
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== Model 24 Stielhandgranate ==
German soldiers carry Model 24 Stielhandgranates on their belts.
thumb|none|350px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade
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=Other=
== OSP-30 Flare Pistol ==
2nd Lt. Jílek (Petr Hanicinec) can be seen fires an OSP-30 Flare Pistol.
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== PTRD-41 ==
The Czechoslovak battalion are also armed with PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles. 
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== Panzerfaust ==
Pvt. Vondrácek (Rudolf Deyl) destroys a German Hetzer using a Panzerfaust.
thumb|none|600px|none|Private Vondráček (right) brings two anti-tank launchers.
thumb|none|600px|none|A Panzerfaust is seen laying on the battlefield.
==76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)==
The Czechoslovak battalion is also issued one Soviet 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3).
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==75 mm SPG Hetzer==
The Germans use some 75 mm SPG Hetzer tank destroyers in their attack.
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Category:Movie
Category:War
Category:B&W
Category:Karel Kachyna
Category:Czech Produced/Filmed