First Squad: The Moment of Truth

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (original Russain title Pervyy otryad, Japanese title ファーストスクワッド, Fāsuto sukuwaddo) is a Russian-Japanese-Canadian anime released in 2009. 
Taking place in the onset of World War Two, the USSR is invaded by Nazi Germany in 1942. However, along the Eastern Front, Operation Barbarossa fails to penetrate the strong Soviet defenses. Desperate to break through the lines, the German SS supernatural section "Ahnenerbe" begins Operation "Sword of Retribution". The occult will resurrect an army led by Baron Von Wolff, a Crusader who died in the "Battle of the Ice" against the Russians in the 12th Century, from the dead to break through the Soviet lines during the "Moment of Truth". The Division Six of the Soviet Military Intelligence unit, also a supernatural section that wages war with the German Ahnenerbe alongside the contemporary soldiers, enlists teenagers in their program, First Squad, to train them with supernatural abilities and fight against the Ahnenerbe. Four of the five original First Squad members were annihilated in the beginning of the war by the Ahnenerbe, leaving Nayda, a girl who has the ability to contact the dead and has amnesia, the lone survivor. Finding her in the Front under the guise of a psychic entertainer, Division Six tasks her to contact the dead and enlist the help of her old squad members, Leo, Zena, Marat, Valia, to fight against Baron Von Wolff and save the course of history from being intervened by the supernaturals.
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=Handguns=
==Tokarev TT-33==
Captain Alexander Nemov has a Tokarev TT-33 when he commands his soldiers into battle. Other users include Zena (Chromed version), Valia, and the twin German spies.
==Mauser C96==
Leo uses a Mauser C96 with a holster stock to save Nadya in the finale. He got it from the Hunchback's armory.
==Walther P38==
Several German officers can be seen with a Walther P38. It also appears in the Hunchback's armory.
==Luger P08==
Several German officers can be seen with a Luger P08. It also appears in the Hunchback's armory.
=Submachine Guns=
==PPSH-41==
The Russian Army is equipped mostly with Mosin-Nagant rifles and PPSh-41. Valia takes one from the Hunchback's armory to fight in the living world.
==MP40==
The Wehrmacht has the MP40 as their standard submachine gun.
==M1A1 Thompson==
While not shown fully, the M1A1 Thompson stock could be seen in the Hunchback's armory.
=Rifles=
==Kar 98K==
The German Wehrmacht has the Karabiner 98k as their standard rifle. In one instance, a sniper-version of the Karabiner 98k is used.
==Mosin Nagant M91/30==
The Red Army uses the Mosin Nagant Rifle as their standard rifle. Leo takes a Mosin with a scope from the Hunchback's armory.
=Machine Guns=
==Degtyaryov DT==
Soviet T-34/76 tanks are seen armed with Degtyaryov DT machine guns.
==Degtyaryov-Shpagin DShK==
Russian soldiers can be seen firing DShK heavy machine guns at German planes.
==MG 81Z==
German Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers are armed with MG 81Zs.
==MG17==
The MG17 machine gun is mounted in the Stuka's wings.
==MG34==
The German army can be seen equipped with several MG34s.
==MG42==
The German army can be seen equipped with several MG42s alongside the MG34s. Understandable as the MG42 is on the process of supplementing the MG34 at this time period. Marat also takes a MG42 from the Hunchback's armory to use against the resurrected soldiers.
==Maxim M1910/30==
The Russian Army uses the Maxim M1910/30 as one of their standard machine guns.
==Type 92==
The Japanese Type 92 HMG can be seen in the Hunchback's armory.
==M2 Browning==
A M2 Browning on a tripod can be temporarily seen in the introduction of the Hunchback's armory.
=Grenades=
A variety of grenades can be seen after Valia stocks up on various kinds in the armory.
==RGD-33==
==RG-14==
Valia has some RG-14/30 Grenade in the finale.
==RG-42==
Valia can be seen packing some RG-42 hand grenade into his rucksack.
==Model 39 Eihandgranate==
thumb|none|200px|Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade
=Flamethrowers=
==Flammenwerfer 35==
A German soldier is seen burning the First Squad Academy with a Flammenwerfer 35.
==M2 Flamethrower==
In the finale, Zena takes a M2 Flamethrower from the Hunchback's armory to fight the resurrected soldiers.
=Other=
==8.8cm FlaK 36==
==122 mm Howitzer M1938==
The 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30).
Category:Anime
Category:War
Category:Mystery
Category:Japanese Produced/Filmed
Category:Russian Produced/Filmed
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