 FACT: Towards the beginning of the movie, right after the invasion,  you see the dead man laying behind his truck. If you look, you will  see a pool of blood and two empty shell casings from his Colt  1911A1. When the Russian paratrooper picks up the pistol, the hammer  is in the fired position and the slide is locked forward. If he had  fired this pistol, the hammer would either be back, ready to fire or  the slide would be locked back denoting the pistol is empty.