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15 Minutes of War
(L'Intervention)

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Country	Error creating thumbnail: File missing France
Directed by	Fred Grivois
Release Date	2019
Language	French English
Studio	Capture the Flag Films et Agora Films

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Captain André Gerval	Alban Lenoir
Jane Andersen	Olga Kurylenko
Georges Campère	Michael Abiteboul
Pierre Cazeneuve	Sébastien Lalanne
Patrice Lorca	David Murgia
Jean-Luc Larrain	Guillaume Labbé
Philip Shafer	Ben Cura
Barkhad	Kevin Layne

L'Intervention (The Intervention, English title: 15 Minutes of War) is a 2019 French action movie directed by Fred Grivois. The movie is directly inspired by the real-life rescue of French hostages by members of the French Foreign Legion and, at the time, new, small, and relatively unknown French counterterrorist unit GIGN outside of the village of Loyada, Djibouti in 1976.

February, 1976. Militants belonging to the pan-Somali guerilla movement Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis (FLCS) hijack a bus carrying 31 children of French servicemen deployed to the area. In response, France executes a joint mission between the French Foreign Legion and GIGN, who initiate a daring rescue which begins with a simultaneous sniper shot.

The following weapons were used in the film L'Intervention:

Pistols and Revolvers

Manurhin MR-73

French forces, including GIGN members, use the famous Manurhin MR-73.

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-'''''L'Intervention''''' is a 2019 French action movie directed by Fred Grivois. The movie is directly inspired by the real hostage-taking of Loyada, Djibouti in 1976. When Somalis independantists hijack a school bus of French militaries personnel's children. The Gendarmerie send their best snipers. For the first time they will use the simultaned shot.
+'''''L'Intervention''''' (''The Intervention,'' English title: '''''15 Minutes of War''''') is a 2019 French action movie directed by Fred Grivois. The movie is directly inspired by the real-life rescue of French hostages by members of the French Foreign Legion and, at the time, new, small, and relatively unknown French counterterrorist unit GIGN outside of the village of Loyada, Djibouti in 1976.
+February, 1976. Militants belonging to the pan-Somali guerilla movement ''Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis'' (FLCS) hijack a bus carrying 31 children of French servicemen deployed to the area. In response, France executes a joint mission between the French Foreign Legion and GIGN, who initiate a daring rescue which begins with a simultaneous sniper shot.
 {{Film Title|L'Intervention}}
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 ==Manurhin MR-73==
-French Gendarmes, including GIGN members use the famous [[Manurhin MR-73]].
+French forces, including GIGN members, use the famous [[Manurhin MR-73]].
 [[File:MR-73-3inch.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Manurhin MR-73 Defense with 3" barrel and duty sights - .357 Magnum]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MR 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Loading of the revolver.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorca put his gun in the holster after he shot a Somali soldier.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorca (David Murgia) holsters his revolver after shooting a Somalian soldier.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When is out of ammo for the FRF1, he use the revolver.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When he runs out of ammo for the FR F1, he uses the revolver.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MR-73 barrel.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An MR-73's barrel.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gendarme Lorca, stay alert after the Somali retreat.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gendarme Lorca stays alert after the Somalis retreat.]]
-Captain Gerval ([[Alban Lenoir]]) use a sport version with 5.25 barrel of the MR-73.
+Captain Gerval ([[Alban Lenoir]]) uses a sport version with 5.25 barrel.
 [[File:MR-73 5.25.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Manurhin MR-73 Defense with 5.25" barrel and adjustable sights - .357 Magnum]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Gerval with is MR-73 during the night reco.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Gerval ([[Alban Lenoir]]) with his MR-73 during night reconnaissance.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Other view of the same scene.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the same scene.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gerval aim the revolver at Jane, when she surprises him near the bus.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gerval aims the revolver at Jane ([[Olga Kurylenko]]) when she surprises him near the bus.]]
 ==MAC Mle 1950==
-The leader of the terrorist ([[Kevin Layne]]) use a [[MAC Mle 1950]] to threaten the teacher and kill a French Gendarme. Later Jane ([[Olga Kurylenko]]) take the pistol from the dead terrorist to defend the children. Some uniformed French Gendarmes and soldiers carry the pistol too.
+The leader of the terrorists ([[Kevin Layne]]) uses a [[MAC Mle 1950]] to threaten the teacher and kill a French Gendarme. Later, Jane ([[Olga Kurylenko]]) takes the pistol from the dead terrorist to defend the children. Some uniformed French Gendarmes and soldiers carry the pistol as well.
 [[File:Mas 1950.jpg|thumb|none|300px|MAS Mle 1950 - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Barkhad force the bus driver to go at Somali border. In fact, if the barrel is pressed against something, is normally not possible to fire the pistol.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Barkhad force the bus driver to drive to the Somalian border. In fact, if the barrel is pressed against something, it would normally be unable to fire.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nice view of the [[MAC Mle 1950]].]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Same scene, but the hammer is now cocked.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''''Don't force me to shoot !''''']]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Don't force me to shoot!"'']]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jane [[Olga Kurylenko]] fire the pistol at approching Somalis soldiers.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jane ([[Olga Kurylenko]]) fires the pistol at approaching Somalian soldiers.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MAC-50 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The slide locks empty.]]
 ==Luger P08==
-Gendarme Campère, use in akimbo with his MR-73, a [[Luger P08 Artillery]].
+Gendarme Campère (Michael Abiteboul) uses a [[Luger P08 Artillery]] akimbo with his MR-73.
 [[Image:LugerP08Artillery.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Luger LP08 "Artillery" model - 9x19mm]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR&Luger 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campère firing with his Luger akimbo with his MR-73.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR&Luger 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campère firing the Luger akimbo with his MR-73.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR&Luger 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Some scene from front.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR&Luger 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same scene from the front.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MR&Luger 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the grenades explosion, Campère admit to see nothing but continue shooting.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MR&Luger 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the grenade explosion, Campère admits to seeing nothing, but continues shooting.]]
-==M1911==
+==Colt M1911==
-One terrorist negociate with Somalian soldiers and lays his [[M1911]] on a table.
+A Somalian soldier lays an [[M1911]] on a table when French forces attempt to negotiate with the terrorists.
 [[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention 1911 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
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 =Rifles=
-==FRF1==
+==MAS FR F1==
-The GIGN snipers use as main weapon, the [[FR F2|MAS FR F1]] rifles to realise a very efficient simultaned shot. Scopes seems to be civilian version.
+The GIGN snipers use the [[MAS FR F1]] as their primary weapon to execute a very efficient coordinated shot. The scopes used seem to be civilian-grade models.
-[[File:FRF1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MAS FR F1 Sniper Rifle - 7.5x54mm French]]
+[[File:FRF1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MAS FR F1 Sniper Rifle - 7.5x54mm French]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Cazeneuve and Campère checking the rifles after the travel.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Cazeneuve (Sébastien Lalanne) and Campère checking the rifles after arriving in Djibouti.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorca and Larrain covering Gerval during the night reco.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorca and Larrain (Guillaume Labbé) covering Gerval during night reconnaissance.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Cazeneuve in observation with the rest of the team.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campère use the rifle with a very regulatory position.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campère uses the rifle.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Larrain observing with the rifle breech open.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''''Zéro''''' Captain Gerval ([[Alban Lenoir]]) give the signal to engage the terrorists. "Zéro" is less stressful than "fire".]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''''Zéro''''' <br> Captain Gerval ([[Alban Lenoir]]) gives the signal to engage the terrorists. "Zéro" is less stressful than "fire".]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An MG gunner shot in head by a GIGN sniper.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention FRF1 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A machine gunner shot in the head by a GIGN sniper.]]
-==AK Rifles==
+==AK-47==
-Terrorists and several Somalian soldiers use [[AK-47]] and [[AKM]] with full stocks and folding stocks.
+[[AK-47]]s are used by Somalian troops and terrorists.
-[[Image:AK-47_type_II_Part_DM.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 2 AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
+[[Image:AK-47_type_II_Part_DM.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 2 AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
-[[Image:AKS-47.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 3 AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A terrorist shoot at the Gendarmes when the bus cross the border.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Folding stock AK-47.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Full stock AK-47.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A retreating Somali soldier carry a AK-47.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A retreating Somali soldier carries an AK-47.]]
+==AKM==
+The [[AKM]] is also used by some of the hijackers and Somalian forces.
 [[File:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKM - 7.62x39mm]]
-[[Image:AKMS.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKMS - 7.62x39mm]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention AKM 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the hijacker fire his AKM at pursuing French Army jeeps.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention AKM 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the hijacker fire his AKM at pursuiving French army jeeps.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention AKM 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Somali soldier shot in head by Lorca's MR-73, while holding a AKM.]]
+==Norinco Type 56-1==
+At least one hijacker is armed with a [[Norinco Type 56-1]].
+[[Image:Type56S.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A terrorist shoots at the Gendarmes when the bus cross the border. Note the hooded front sight.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention AK-47 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same terrorist enters the bus with the Type 56-1 in hand.]]
+==Zastava M70AB2==
+A Somalian soldier is seen with a [[Zastava M70AB2]], distinguished from other folding-stock AK models by the three vent holes in the handguard.
+[[Image:Zastava M70 AB2.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Zastava M70AB2 - 7.62x39mm]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention AKM 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Somalian soldier is shot in the head by Lorca's MR-73 while holding an M70AB2.]]
-==MAS 49/56==
+==MAS-49/56==
-CIA observator Shafer, join the GIGN team when it miss a shooter to realise the simultaned shot. Captain Gerval give him a [[MAS 49/56]] as weapon of choice.
+CIA observer Shafer (Ben Cura) joins the GIGN team when they realize they are down a man for the coordinated sniper shot. Captain Gerval gives him a [[MAS-49/56]] for use during the mission.
-[[File:MAS49RifleA.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAS-49/56 - 7.5x54mm French]]
+[[File:MAS49RifleA.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MAS-49/56 - 7.5x54mm French]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Gerval holding the MAS 49/56.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Gerval holding the MAS-49/56.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Better view of the barrel. We clearly see the grenade ring and the aiming alidade.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shafer take position with the rifle.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shafer takes position with the rifle.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nice view of the APX scope.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention MAS 49-56 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''''Five. Ready'''''.]]
 ==Modèle 1892 Artillery Carbine==
-Somalian army, use a huge variety of firearms, including [[Modèle 1892 Artillery Carbine]].
+The Somalian troops use a large variety of rifles, including the [[Berthier Mle 1892 Artillery Carbine]].
-[[Image:Berthier Artillery Carbine Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Berthier Mle 1892 Artillery Carbine - 8x50mm R]]
+[[Image:Berthier Artillery Carbine Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Berthier Mle 1892 Artillery Carbine - 8x50mmR]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention Berthier 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Somali soldier holding a Berthier.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention Berthier 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Somalian soldier holding a Berthier.]]
+==Zastava M48 Mauser==
+At least one of the Somalian soldiers is armed with an [[M48 Yugoslavian Mauser]].
+[[Image:M48-Yugo-Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Yugoslavian M48 Zastava Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention Mauser 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier carries his rifle upside-down while climbing the ladder of a tower. Note the sling slot cut in the stock and the beveled bolt handle with a half-cut ball at the end; all features of a post-WWII Yugoslavian Mauser.]]
+=Shotguns=
 ==12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun==
-At least one Somalian soldier is seen with an old Shotgun.
+At least one Somalian soldier is seen with an old [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]].
-[[Image:CharlesParker1878Shotgun.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 gauge.  The Parker Gun Company was absorbed into Remington in 1934.]]
+[[Image:CharlesParker1878Shotgun.jpg‎|thumb|none|450px|Charles Parker 1878 - 12 gauge]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention Shotgun 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Somali soldier with an out of era Shotgun.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention Shotgun 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Somalian soldier with a shotgun that is rather anachronistic and ill-suited for combat.]]
-==Mauser Rifle==
-We can briefly see a kind of Mauser rifle, hard to determinate which one exactly.
-[[Image:TheIntervention Mauser 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mauser rifle.]]
 =Submachine Guns=
 ==MAT-49==
-French army soldiers and Legionnaires carry througout the movie MAT-49. But never seen fired and not very clearly.
+French Army soldiers and Legionnaires carry the [[MAT-49]]. They are seen only briefly and never fired.
-[[Image:MAT-49.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm]]
+[[Image:MAT-49.jpg‎|thumb|none|450px|MAT-49 - 9x19mm]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention Mat49 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Legionnaires with [[MAT-49]] after the battle.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention Mat49 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Legionnaires with [[MAT-49]]s after the battle.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention Mat49 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
-=Machineguns=
+=Machine Guns=
 ==MG42==
-Somalian troops use [[MG42]] against the snipers team.
+Somalian troops use an [[MG42]] against the sniper team.
 [[File:MG42 Left.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 with sling and bipod collapsed - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MG42 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[MG42]] mounted on a Range Rover.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MG42 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An [[MG42]] mounted on a Range Rover.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MG42 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers searching for snipers spot.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MG42 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldiers search for the snipers' position.]]
-[[Image:TheIntervention MG42 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Muzzle of a firing MG 42.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention MG42 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The muzzle of a firing MG42.]]
-=Explosive=
 =Grenades=
-In the last moment of the gunfight Somalian soldiers throw [[OF 37 hand grenade]], which are throw back by gendarmes and Jane [[Olga Kurylenko]].
+==OF 37==
-[[Image:TheIntervention Grenade 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Grenade in bus.]]
+In the last moment of the gunfight, Somalian soldiers throw [[OF 37 hand grenade]]s, which are thrown back by the Gendarmes and Jane ([[Olga Kurylenko]]).
+[[File:OF37-M35fuse.jpg|thumb|none|250px|OF 37 hand grenade with Mle 1935 fuze]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention Grenade 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A grenade lands in the bus.]]
 [[Image:TheIntervention Grenade 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another grenade.]]
 =Trivia=
-==Simultaned Shot==
+==Simultaneous Shot==
-[[Image:TheIntervention SimultanedShot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Great view of the simultaned shot.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention SimultanedShot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Great view of the team executing the simultaneous shot that dispatches the hijackers in a single volley.]]
-==filed Ammunition==
+==Filed-Down Ammunition==
-[[Image:TheIntervention Limed Cartriges.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gendarme Larrain is see filing his MR-73 cartriges.]]
+[[Image:TheIntervention Limed Cartriges.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gendarme Larrain is see filing down the bullets of his MR-73's .357 Magnum cartridges.]]

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Pistols and Revolvers

Manurhin MR-73

MAC Mle 1950

Luger P08

Colt M1911

Rifles

MAS FR F1

AK-47

AKM

Norinco Type 56-1

Zastava M70AB2

MAS-49/56

Modèle 1892 Artillery Carbine

Zastava M48 Mauser

Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

Submachine Guns

MAT-49

Machine Guns

MG42

Grenades

OF 37

Trivia

Simultaneous Shot

Filed-Down Ammunition

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