Moonzund

Moonzund is a 1988 (filmed 1987) Soviet two-part historical war movie directed by Aleksandr Muratov (II) and based on the eponymous novel by Valentin Pikul. The movie depicts the story of Russian Navy officer Sergey Artenyev (Oleg Menshikov) during the World War I and the Russian Revolution 1917, his love affair with beautiful and mysterious woman who turns out to be an agent of Russian intellegence, and his participation in the Battle of Moon Sound (Russian: Moonzund; currently West Estonian archipelago).
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= Revolvers =
== Nagant M1895 ==
Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by the officers of the Russian Navy Sr. Lt. Sergey Nikolaevich Artenyev (Oleg Menshikov), Sr. Lt. Vladimir Petryaev (Pyotr Yurchenkov), Capt. 1st Rank Karl Joachimovich von Den (Vladimir Golovin), and an unnamed officer of the coastal artillery (Igor Dobryakov).
= Pistols =
== FN Model 1910 ==
In some scenes Sr. Lt. Sergey Artenyev (Oleg Menshikov) carries an FN Model 1910 pistol.
== Mauser C96 ==
Revolutionary sailor Trophim Semenchuk (Vladimir Gostyukhin) carries a Mauser C96 pistol.
= Rifles =
== Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine ==
Sailors Khatov (Yuri Goncharov) and Portnyagin (Aleksey Buldakov), guarding arrested Capt. 1st Rank von Den, carry anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines. The hoods of the front sights are removed to make the carbines look more like WWI era rifles.
== Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry ==
Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles are seen in several scenes in hands of Russian soldiers and sailors.
== Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon and M1891/30 ==
Some Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon or anachronistic M1891/30 rifles, very similar in appearance, are also seen.
== Karabiner 98k ==
German Imperial soldiers are armed with anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles.
== Karabiner 98k Sniper Rifle ==
During the encounter with the German patrol, Trophim Semenchuk (Vladimir Gostyukhin) captures a Karabiner 98k with the sniper scope. The scope itself is a Soviet PE of 1930s pattern.
= Machine Guns =
== Maxim M1910 ==
A Maxim M1910 machine gun is seen in the dugout on the battery on Cape Tserel.
== Maxim M1910/30 ==
In the following scene the M1910 switches to an M1910/30.
= Trivia =
== 210 mm BR-17 Heavy Gun ==
210 mm BR-17 (M1939) heavy guns are used to represent Russian 12-inch/L52 Pattern 1907 naval guns that were installed on the battery on Cape Tserel in reality. Only one of the four guns was real, borrowed from the Artillery Museum in Leningrad, while three others were mockups.
== 12-inch/L52 Pattern 1907 ==
In the scene of the gunnery training on a Russian battleship, the loading of a 12-inch gun is shown. In reality this is a 12-inch/L52 Pattern 1907 gun in triple coastal turret on the Voroshilov Battery No 891 in Vladivostok (in late 1980s coastal artillery batteries with 12-inch triple turrets still were active in Vladivostok where the scene was filmed and in Sevastopol). These turrets were taken from the scrapped battleship Poltava which was actually part of the Baltic Fleet in the WWI.
== 4-inch/L60 Pattern 1911 ==
In the scene of the battle of the Russian destroyer Novik with German destroyers, a 4-inch/L60 Pattern 1911 gun is seen. No active ship of the Soviet Navy had such gun in 1980s so maybe a museum gun was temporary mounted on some modern ship or a specially build replica was used.
== 130 mm B-2LM ==
A Soviet Project 30 destroyer with twin 130 mm mountings B-2LM represents a Russian Navy ship.
== 8-inch Howitzer Mk VI ==
An abandoned 8-inch howitzer Mk VI is seen in one scene. During the WWI Russian Army purchased 72 Mk VI howitzers, both original British and US produced. The screen artillery piece was probably borrowed from the Artillery Museum in Leningrad.
== Naval Mines ==
Russian M1908 naval mines are seen on the destroyer Novik and minelayer Pripyat. They may be inert training versions or mere mockups.
== Destroyer Novik (scale model) ==
A scale model of the destroyer Novik is used in the scene of the naval battle.
= Other =
== Makarov PM ==
The DVD cover for Moonzund shows Artenyev holding a Makarov PM instead of FN 1910. The hand with the pistol on the collage used on the cover obviousy doesn't belong to Oleg Menshikov.
Category:Movie
Category:War
Category:Soviet Produced