Vintage Russian SCUBA equipment in movie "Diamond Arm"

[rmssetc]

I just watched the movie "Diamond Arm" (Russian comedy, 1969. Pink Panther-ish series of mixups involving a hapless tourist and smugglers). About 3/4 into the movie there's a few minutes of ridiculous action involving a diver wearing a double-hose, double tanks (with what looks like a large rectangular weight plate securing them together) and a scary torpedo-like DPV with exposed propellers.

 

[happy-diver]

Ha ha ha ha ha magnificent!

I am pleased for the existence of fast forward to find the few seconds of dive footage about half way though

 

[Snusmumrik]

I just watched the movie "Diamond Arm" (Russian comedy, 1969. Pink Panther-ish series of mixups involving a hapless tourist and smugglers). About 3/4 into the movie there's a few minutes of ridiculous action involving a diver wearing a double-hose, double tanks (with what looks like a large rectangular weight plate securing them together) and a scary torpedo-like DPV with exposed propellers.

AVM-1M russian SCUBA, manifolded twin 7l x 150 bar, one valve, secured by twin cam-bands.
Double-hose reg, 2-stage. "large rectangular weight plate" is a foam float insert.

https://baltikadiving.ru/wp-content/uploads/AVM-1m_-_kopija1.jpg

- pic

Untitled Document

- overview.

https://tch2.narod.ru/image/risavm1m/ris3.JPG

- 1st+2nd stage schematic.

 

[Scuba-74]

I just watched "Countermove" ("Ответный ход"), 1981, for the first time since the 80s.

There is a Soviet joint airborne/marine recon team deploying via a submarine torpedo tube with rebreathers and DPVs.

 

[pisauron]

What's cool is that these tanks and systems are still in use by enthusiastic vintage divers.

I own a set of AVM-7. Converted to be used with standard din regulators.

The cylinders are so good they still hold rust free.