The Russian war movie "Purgatory", released in 1998, created a battlefield atmosphere comparable to purgatory, don't watch it
One of the highest pursuits of war movies is real, how to make war movies have the attribute of truth is not simple, and in order to achieve the real early war movies will use grand scenes and physical props to render, with the current progress of computer special effects technology, modern war movies will use a lot of special effects technology, although the special effects technology presented to the audience The sense of picture is very strong, but the sense of reality it brings us has a certain difference, which is also one of the subtle problems of many war blockbusters in recent years.
This issue of light weapons enthusiasts will bring readers a film that focuses on the real Russian war - "Purgatory"
Released in 1998, Purgatory is set in the first Chechen war
The Russian army suffered heavy casualties in the First Chechen War
"Purgatory" begins with the attack and defense of a hospital in Grozny, which changed hands several times, the Russian troops suffered heavy casualties, and then they were all surrounded by Chechen rebels, the Russian army was always facing a situation of total annihilation, and through the promotion of the plot, the remnants of the Russian army finally retook the hospital from the Chechen rebels.
The Chechen people in the Caucasus region have been strong since ancient times
"Purgatory" belongs to that kind of bloody truth, the film is not stingy about blood plasma, "Purgatory" for the actor's costume and battlefield environment restoration is very in place, there is a real sense of heaviness, the soldiers' uniforms in the film are stained with the melted mud of the grozny snow and the blood of soldiers on both sides, the restoration of the film's filming location is also very real, the broken city is revealed everywhere, and the broken industrial city is to set off the atmosphere to the extreme.
"Purgatory" is more like a realistic documentary, the film does not have a fierce slogan, the elements of "Wei Guangzheng" seem to be insulated from the work of "Purgatory", the portrayal of several protagonists in the film is also very concise, some of the lines of the main characters also reveal the spit on Russia at that time, and there are many shots of prisoners in the film.
I believe that many domestic military fans have the impression of Grozny as a dilapidated city and dim weather
"Purgatory" is a small-budget war movie without compromise, and its shooting and editing have many immature places, and these flaws are crooked, giving "Purgatory" a simple sense of reality. The atmosphere of the whole work of "Purgatory" is very depressing, bringing the audience a strong sense of substitution, and the cruelty of war is portrayed very realistically, it can be said that "Purgatory" is also a non-verbal anti-war anti-war film. Because the battlefield scenes of "Purgatory" are portrayed too realistically and bloodily, and there are cruel scenes such as beheadings in the film, "Purgatory" is a highly restrictive film in most countries.
The following content mainly takes stock of the light weapons and equipment that appear in "Purgatory", and the props that appear in the film are all physical objects, which is also a major feature of Russian war movies. A large number of AK74 assault rifles appear in Purgatory, which was the standard rifle of the Russian army at that time, and the Chechen side was also equipped with a large number of guns. The AK74 assault rifle has been tested by the Afghan war since it was installed in Soviet troops, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many former member countries also had a large number of AK74 assault rifles.
These Russian soldiers who participated in the War in Chechnya could not imagine that the Chechen rebels they faced would become Russia's future "Draco".
There are also several AK74M assault rifles in the film "Purgatory", which was developed by the Soviet Union based on the AK74 in 1987, and the AK74M assault rifle was officially put into production after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Izhevsk State Factory, which produced AKs, also became a private company after the collapse of the Soviet Union and was renamed Izmash Company, and the AK74M assault rifle was also a template for the AK100 series. In fact, the AK74M assault rifle is a leather-swapped AK74, the gun uses a polymer material stock, grip, handguard, compared to the original wooden body, the polymer material gun body is better adaptable to the environment, and the life is longer.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's finances were stretched, although in 1991 Russia began mass production of AK74M assault rifles, but Russia's limited financial resources can not be largely replaced with AK74M assault rifles (limited financial resources on the one hand, on the other hand, there is not much need) During the First Chechen War, most of the Russian army equipment was still ordinary AK74 assault rifles.
The AKS74 assault rifle also appears in the film "Purgatory", which is also a derivative of the AK74, which uses a foldable stock, and because of its hollow design, its weight is only 2.97 kg, and the AKS74 assault rifle is mainly distributed to the Soviet Airborne Troops. The early AKS74 assault rifles used wooden handguards and grips, while later models also began to use polymer materials.
AKS74 assault rifle
"Purgatory" also appeared AKM assault rifle, the major franchisees in the Soviet period were equipped with a large number of AKM, in the Soviet period AKM production is huge, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the hands of the major franchisees have a large number of AKM inventory.
In "Purgatory" many AKs were equipped with mounted grenade launchers, during the Vietnam War the U.S. military used a large number of grenade launchers, in addition to the M79, there are M203 type external grenade launchers, compared to independent grenade launchers, the portable version of the plug-in grenade launcher is higher, in 1966 the Soviet Union also began to develop plug-in grenade launchers, in 1978 the Soviet Union developed a GP25 type external grenade launcher, in the same year officially equipped the troops.
The structure of the GP25 type external grenade launcher is very concise, it uses a double-action trigger assembly, its reliability is very good, during the War in Afghanistan, the Soviet army was heavily equipped with GP25 mounted grenade launcher. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union developed the GP30 type attached grenade launcher, which was simplified and reduced in weight on the basis of the GP25.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the only thing that the major member countries are not lacking is all kinds of weapons and equipment, especially light weapons and equipment, most of the light weapons and equipment that appear in "Purgatory" are Soviet products, probably to reconcile "taste", "Purgatory" has several black foreign mercenaries equipped with M16 automatic rifles and FAL automatic rifles. It was true that there were a large number of foreign mercenaries in the Chechen rebel camp in the first Chechen war, but most of these mercenaries were armed by the Chechen side.
In the first Chechen war, both sides invested a lot of snipers on the battlefield, grozny's urban jungle provided conditions for sniper operations, the Russian army frequently encountered Chechen sniper attacks after entering Grozny, and paid heavy casualties, and the Russian army also used sniper tactics to counter Chechen snipers. During the Chechen War, the most used equipment by snipers on both sides was the SVD sniper rifle, and there was a sniper duel between the two sides in the film "Purgatory".
In the film "Purgatory" appeared RPK version of the machine gun, in 1959 the Soviet army used the RPK to replace the original RPD, our domestic military fans are quite familiar with the RPD, the mainland production of the Type 56 squad machine gun is the authorized version of the RPD, many people take the RPD as an enlarged version or machine gunized AK, in fact, the difference between the RPD and the AK is very large, the two are only similar in appearance, and the RPK type squad machine gun is the real machine gun AK, RPK is based on the AK research and development, its improvement is also very simple, the use of a heavy long barrel, the installation of a bipod, the replacement of a new ruler, RPk automata and AK, the two many parts can be universally interchangeable. The RPK type squad machine gun was the earliest gun family product, and the reason why the Soviet Union adopted the gun instead of RPD was to improve the level of generalization of squad light weapons.
The RPK squad machine gun that appears in Purgatory, the actor also wears a titanium helmet
After the Soviet Union installed the small-caliber AK74, the RPK74 squad machine gun was also developed, which is also a gun family product, and most of its parts can be used with the AK74.
The First Chechen War was equipped with Russian soldiers of the RPK74
The PKM general-purpose machine gun, which symbolizes the aesthetics of Russian violence, must not be absent in "Purgatory" The PKM general-purpose machine gun uses a 7.62×54 mm full-power rifle cartridge, which is very well designed, especially in terms of structural layout and weight reduction, and its empty weight is about 9 kg, which is already very low for a machine gun with a full-power rifle cartridge. In Purgatory, there are several close-ups of the PKM universal machine gun suppressing fire.
In Purgatory, an AGS17 automatic grenade launcher appears, a Fire Support type developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s, using a 30×29 mm grenade. From the appearance point of view, the AGS17 automatic grenade launcher is somewhat unassuming, short barrel, low gun frame, but in the actual practical process, AGS17 is a full-fledged infantry killer. AGS17 from Purgatory appears at the end of the film, and its related shots are full of violent aesthetics, which is too much spoiler here.
AGS17 with Slavic squat
The first Chechen war was mainly based on street battles, the urban environment also gave the bazooka this equipment to create a good space to play, "Purgatory" appeared a variety of models of rocket launchers, including the common RPG7, about this equipment is not too much ink, almost any film and television dramas and games related to modern warfare have its presence.
"Purgatory" appeared a number of RPG-18 type rocket launchers, the type of equipment was developed by the Soviet Union in the 70s of the last century, RPG-18 is a disposable rocket launcher, the equipment in the development process with reference to the United States M72, the advantage of this equipment is not to account for the establishment, after the launcher is lost on the line, its whole weight is about 4 kg.