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The Man on the Roof

2012-09-14T21:21:33Z

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[[Image:man on the roof cover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Man on the Roof'' (1976)]]

'''''The Man on the Roof''''' (''Mannen på taket'') is a Swedish 1976 crime/action movie based on the 1971 Sjöwall-Wahlöö novel ''"The Abominable Man" (org. "Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle")''. It follows Homicide detective Martin Beck ([[Carl Gustaf Lindstedt]]) in his investigation of a brutal murder of a fellow policeman. The investigation eventually leads to a shootout in downtown Stockholm where a mad gunman is firing on anyone wearing a police uniform.

'''The following firearms were seen in the film ''The Man on the Roof'':'''

WARNING! POSSIBLE SPOILERS!
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== Smith & Wesson Model 52 ==
Detective Gunvald Larsson ([[Thomas Hellberg]]) carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 52]] pistol during the movie.
Although the S & W M52 only fires the "wadcutter" round, (for paper-targets only), the gun itself looks enough like a deadly piece of hardware for the unitiated.
[[Image:Smith-and-Wesson-Model-52-2-A6486.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson M52 - .38 special]]
[[Image:Gunvaldsw6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closeup of the S&W M52]]
[[Image:SWm52manontheroof.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Larsson fires his S&W 52 to light a fuse connected to a breeching charge. There is no recoil, brass ejection or cycle, indicating the gun is either a prop or was otherwise rigged to fire only a small flame.]]
[[Image:Gunvaldsw1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A wounded Larsson brandishing his S&W Model 52 during the final shootout.]]

==Walther PP==
Police Lieutenant Martin Beck ([[Carl Gustaf Lindstedt]]) and uniformed police carries a [[Walther PP]] pistol, which was the most common service pistol of the Swedish police until it was replaced by the [[SIG-Sauer P226]] (and later SIG-Sauer P-models) in the mid to late 1980's. In the movie the Walther PP is never fired.
[[Image:Walther-PP-Post-War.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.]]
[[Image:Manontheroofwaltherpp.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Martin Beck with his Walther PP.]]

==Walther or Hammerli .22 LR competition pistol==
In both the novel and the movie the gunman is mentioned as owning a Hämmerli International pistol.
The movie version looks like a "Walther/Hämmerli Olympia", or it could be a pre-war Walther Olympia.
[[Image:1MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The gunman brandishes a .22 LR pistol during the final shootout.]]
[[Image:2MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sideview of the .22 LR. Note the thick thumb-rest and the barrelweight.]]
[[Image:3MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Topview of the .22 LR pistol.]]
[[Image:4MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Frontview of the .22 LR pistol.]]

==Colt Woodsman pistol==
When it's time for the final storming of the gunmans position, Detective Gunwald Larsson asks for volonteers to come up with him. A civilian who owns his own 1st Series [[Colt Woodsman]] volunteers to go up with the police task force.
[[Image:Woodsman.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Woodsman 1st Series - .22 LR]]
[[Image:Unknown pistol man on the roof.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A [[Colt Woodsman]] pistol carried by civilian.]]

==Carl Gustav M/45==
The [[Carl Gustav M/45|Carl Gustav M/45B]] is used by the Swedish S.W.A.T team during the shootout.
[[Image:Kp m45b.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Carl Gustav M45 Submachine Gun - Also known as the "Swedish K" - 9x19mm‎. The Swedish police variant, although virtually identical to the military M/45B version, had an added single-shot switch.]]
[[Image:Manontheroofm45first.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A member of the Swedish S.W.A.T preparing his M/45B.]]
[[Image:Manontheroofm45second.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another police officer with a M/45B preparing to insert via helicopter on the roof where the gunman is holed up.]]

=="Swedish Mauser" 6.5x55mm==
In the shootout the gunman is both seen and described as using a bolt-action rifle, described only as a "Mauser" in-movie, fitted with a scope. The gunman is most likely using the 6.55 mm [[Mauser Rifle Series|"Swedish Mauser"]] due to its long popularity and availability in Sweden. This particular version has a bent down charging handle.
In the novel, the gunman uses a Swedish Mauser bayonet to kill his first victim.
[[Image:1896Mauser CarlGustav.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mauser 1896/38 Rifle (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm]]

[[Image:SMauserManontheroof.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Swedish Mauser with a scope and bent down bolt]]

==FN FAL (M1944 Johnson machine gun mockup)==
In the original novel the gunman uses a [[M1941 Johnson machine gun|M1944 Johnson machine gun]] throughout the shootout. For the movie a [[FN FAL]] rifle was modified to look like a Johnson machine gun. The charging handle is on the right side on the original but on the left in the FN FAL movie version. The carrying handle of a standard FN FAL is also obvious in the movie-version of the 1944 MG. The original Johnson has a left side ammo feed, but in the movie version of the MG a false magazine housing had been welded (or otherwise attached) on the left side of the FN FAL. For scenes that required the FN FAL mockup to actually be fired the camera was angled or the weapons bottom part (which housed the necessary FN FAL magazine not present on the 1944 MG) was otherwise concealed.
[[Image:FN-LAR.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A FN FAL - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Johnson m1944b.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Later M1944 Johnson LMG - .30-06. Judging by the look of the movie-mockup, it was this Johnson-model the FAL was supposed to represent.]]
[[Image:Mockupjohnson.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The gunman ([[Ingvar Hirdwall]]) with his mockup Johnson LMG. The original FN FAL rear sight seems to have been removed and a copy of the MG 1944 rear sight welded on further ahead. Note the classical FN FAL carrying handle and the equally distinctive breech. The magazine is also different from that of a Johnson LMG.]]
[[Image:Manontheroofgasmask.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The gunman firing at the police. Note the FAL-magazine inserted at the bottom of the weapon.]]

[[Category:Action Movie]]
[[Category:Detective]]
[[Category:Crime]]
[[Category:Mystery]]
[[Category:Swedish Produced/Filmed]]

Saab Bofors Dynamics AT4

2011-08-03T16:32:54Z

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'''The Swedish Saab Bofors Dynamics AT4, adopted by the US Army and USMC as the Lightweight Multipurpose Weapon M136 AT4, is a recoilless anti-tank weapon. It appears in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:'''
[[Image:AT-4Launcher.jpg‎ |thumb|right|450px|M136 AT4 Anti-Tank recoilless launcher - 84mm]]
[[Image:At4_m136.jpg|thumb|right|450px|M136 AT4 Anti-Tank recoilless launcher - 84mm with AN/PVS-4 night-vision scope]]

=== Film ===

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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Thomas Rosales Jr.]] || Chet || [[RoboCop 2]] || || 1990
|-
| || || [[Beyond the Law]] || || 1992
|-
| [[Kylie Minogue]] || Cammy White || [[Street Fighter]] || || 1994
|-
| [[George Corraface]] || Cuervo Jones || [[Escape from LA]] || || 1996
|-
| [[Pauly Shore]] || Private/PFC Bones Conway || [[In the Army Now]] || || 1994
|-
| [[Larry the Cable Guy]] || Pvt. Larry || [[Delta Farce]] || || 2007
|-
| [[D.J. Qualls]] || Spec. Everett Shackleford || [[Delta Farce]] || || 2007
|-
| || U.S. Marines || [[Jarhead]] || || 2005
|-
| || U.S. Army Soldier || [[Home of the Brave]] || || 2006
|-
| || U.S. Army Soldiers || [[Cloverfield]] || || 2008
|-
| [[Christian Bale]] || John Connor || [[Terminator Salvation]] || || 2009
|-
| || NEST soldiers || [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]] || With Hollywood embellishments and AN/PVS-4 night-vision scopes || 2009
|-
| [[Paul Bettany]] || Michael || [[Legion]] || || 2010
|-
| [[John Travolta]] || Charlie Wax || [[From Paris with Love]] || || 2010
|-
|}

===Television===

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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| .||.|| [[Guns]] || Part of a weapons shipment || 2008
|-
| .|| . || [[Stargate: SG1]] || Inaccurately shown as anti-aircraft weapon || 1997 - 2007
|-
| [[Kavan Smith]] || Major Lorne || [[Stargate: Atlantis]] || Inaccurately shown as anti-aircraft weapon || 2004 - 2009
|-
| || Drug Smuggler || [[Burn Notice]] / "Loose Ends, Part 1" || . || 2007 - ????
|-
| .|| . || [[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]] / "Operation Blackout" || Mounted on robot || 1993 - 1997
|-
| [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]|| Buffy Summers || [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] / "Innocence" || || 1997 - 2003
|-
| || Various Characters || [[RoboCop: The Series]] || Visually Modified || 1994 - 1995
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| [[S.W.A.T. 3: Close Quarters Battle]] || || Mounted on a tripod with a computer system and timer || Inaccurately shown as anti-aircraft weapon || 1999
|-
|[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]||||||||2005
|-
|[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]||||||||2006
|-
|[[Postal 2]]||||||||2003
|-
|[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]||||||Only accessible through cheats||2007
|-
|[[Modern Warfare 2]]||||||Heat-Seeking Anti-Aircraft capability
||2009
|-
|[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]||||||||2008
|-
|[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]||||||With laser guidance system||2010
|-
|[[Project Reality]]||||||||2005
|-
|[[Delta Force: Land Warrior]]||||||||2000
|-
|[[Delta Force: Task Force Dagger]]||||||||2002
|-
|[[Delta Force: Black Hawk Down]]||||||||2003
|-
|[[America's Army]]||||||||2002
|-
|[[America's Army: True Soldiers]]|| || || || 2007
|-
|[[Resident Evil: Outbreak: File 2]]||Rocket Launcher||||||2004
|-
|[[Counter-Strike Online]]||Rocket launcher-AT Lance||||With AN/PVS-4 night-vision scope, 1x||2010
|-
| [[Battlefield 3]] || || || || 2011
|-
| [[Just Cause 2]] || Rocket Launcher || || || 2010
|-
| [[Delta Force: Xtreme 2]]||AT4||||||2010
|-
|[[Medal of Honor (2010)]]||AT4||||multiplayer only||2010
|-
| [[Battle: Los Angeles (VG)|Battle: Los Angeles]] || || || Incorrectly shown as reloadable || 2011
|-
|}

=== Anime ===

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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film/Television Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|[[Blood+]]||U.S. soldier||||2005
|-
|[[Kochikame]]||Kankichi Ryotsu||Early model with pistol grip||1998
|-
|[[Kochikame]]||Volvo Saigo||||1998
|-
| [[Angel Beats!]]|| || ||2010
|-
| [[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid]]||Melissa Mao|| ||2005
|}

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