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The Black Battalion
(Černý prapor)

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DVD Cover

Country	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czechoslovakia
Directed by	Vladimír Cech
Release Date	1958
Language	Czech French
Studio	Štúdio umeleckých filmov Bratislava
Distributor	Československý státní film

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Václav Malý	Jaroslav Mareš
Legionnaire Peter	František Peterka
Commander Ketham	Zdenek Kryzánek
Sgt. Storch	Kurt Oligmüller
Commander Wolf	Hannjo Hasse
Major	Ladislav Chudík

The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) a 1958 Czechoslovakian b&w movie about the Czech members of the French Foreign Legion, who fighting in the French Indo-China War, and who returned to their homeland on the basis of amnesty. The film depicts the story of one of those who did not return is.

The following guns were used in the 1958 Czechoslovak film The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor):

Submachine Guns

MAS-38

Both main characters are seen with a French MAS-38 submachine gun.

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-[[Image:The_Black_Batalion-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) (1958)]]
+{{Infobox Movie
+|name = The Black Battalion<br>(Černý prapor)
+|picture = The_Black_Batalion-poster.jpg
+|caption = ''DVD Cover''
+|country = [[File:CZE.jpg|25px]] Czechoslovakia
+|director = Vladimír Cech
+|date= 1958
+|language = Czech<BR>French
+|studio=Štúdio umeleckých filmov Bratislava
+|distributor=Československý státní film
+|character1=Václav Malý
+|actor1=[[Jaroslav Mareš]]
+|character2=Legionnaire Peter
+|actor2=[[František Peterka]]
+|character3=Commander Ketham
+|actor3=[[Zdenek Kryzánek]]
+|character4=Sgt. Storch
+|actor4=[[Kurt Oligmüller]]
+|character5=Commander Wolf
+|actor5=[[Hannjo Hasse]]
+|character6=Major
+|actor6=[[Ladislav Chudík]]
+}}
-'''The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor)''' is a 1958 Czechoslovakian film about Czech members of the French Foreign Legion fighting in the French Indo-China War.
+'''The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor)''' a 1958 Czechoslovakian b&w movie about the Czech members of the French Foreign Legion, who fighting in the French Indo-China War, and who returned to their homeland on the basis of amnesty. The film depicts the story of one of those who did not return is.
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+= Submachine Guns =
+== MAS-38 ==
+Both main characters are seen with a French [[MAS-38]] submachine gun.
+[[Image:Mas38_1.jpg |thumb|none|400px|MAS-38 Submachine gun - 7.65mm.]]
+[[Image:Jan_Mares-MAS-38.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Václav ([[Jaroslav Mareš]]) handed a weapon to Commander Wolf.]]
+[[Image:Hannjo_Hasse-MAS-38.jpg|thumb|none|500px|New commander Wolf ([[Hannjo Hasse]]) holds his [[MAS-38]].]]
 == MP40 ==
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 [[Image:Legie-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Legionnaire fires his MP40 at Vietnamese villagers.]]
 [[Image:Frantisek_Peterka-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionnaire Peter ([[František Peterka]]) fires his MP40 during a firefight.]]
-[[Image:Legionaries-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Storch ([[Kurt Oligmüller]]) and another Legionnaire carry  [[MP40]]s.]]
+[[Image:Legionaries-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Storch ([[Kurt Oligmüller]]) and another Legionnaire carry [[MP40]]s.]]
-== Sten ==
+== Sten Mk II ==
-To fight in the jungle was [[Sten]] used by both sides of Indochina´s war.
+[[Sten Mk II]] guns are used by both sides during the Indochina War.
 [[Image:Sten.jpg‎ |thumb|none|450px|Sten Mk II - 9x19mm.]]
-[[Image:Zdenek_Kryzánek-Sten.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The commander Ketham ([[Zdenek Kryzánek]]) was very fond of the Sten submachine gun.]]
+[[Image:Zdenek_Kryzánek-Sten.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The commander Ketham ([[Zdenek Kryzánek]]) carriers his Sten.]]
-[[Image:VPA-Sten.jpg|thumb|none|500px|VPN soldier equipped with a Sten submachine gun mowed down legionaries of hiding in the bushes.]]
+[[Image:VPA-Sten.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A VPN guerrilla fighter hiding in the bushes mowns down French troops with his Sten]]
-[[Image:Legionaries-Sten_MkII_%2BMP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionaries are moved through in the jungle with submachine guns Sten and MP40.]]
+[[Image:Legionaries-Sten_MkII_%2BMP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionaries carry Sten and MP40 submachineguns as they move through the jungle.]]
+= Rifles =
 == M1 Carbine ==
-The legionaires also was used a U.S. [[M1 Carbine]] of various types.
+The legionaires also use [[M1 Carbine]]s of various types.
 [[Image:M1_Carbine.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine]]
-[[Image:Legionary-M1_Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The legionnaire hastily leaving the battlefield with a rifle on strap.]]
+[[Image:Legionary-M1_Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A legionnaire hastily leaves the battlefield with a slung M1 carbine.]]
 [[Image:M1A1Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine]]
-[[Image:Jan_Mares-M1_Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Václav Malý ([[Jaroslav Mareš]]) to way through the jungle with a [[M1A1 Carbine]].]]
+[[Image:Jan_Mares-M1_Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Václav Malý ([[Jaroslav Mareš]]) carries an [[M1A1 Carbine]] in the jungle.]]
-[[Image:Jan_Mares-M1_A1_Carbine57.jpg|thumb|none|500px|After return from a combat hang his rifle an at the bed.]]
+[[Image:Jan_Mares-M1_A1_Carbine57.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An M1A1 carbine hangs from a  bed.]]
-== MAS-38 ==
+== M1 Garand ==
-[[Image:Mas38_1.jpg |thumb|none|400px|MAS-38 Submachine gun - 7.65mm.]]
+[[M1 Garand]] rifles are also seen.
-[[Image:Jan_Mares-MAS-38.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Václav ([[Jaroslav Mareš]]) consist [[MAS-38]] submachine gun for the commander Wolf.]]
+[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]]
-[[Image:Hannjo_Hasse-MAS-38.jpg|thumb|none|500px|New commander Wolf ([[Hannjo Hasse]]) with his submachine gun in hand.]]
+[[File:Cerny prapor-Garand-Add1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Garand is seen at the left.]]
+= Machine Guns =
+== MG34 ==
+[[MG34]] machine guns are used by legionnaires.
+[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[File:Cerny prapor-MG34-Add1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 is mounted on a car.]]
+[[File:Cerny prapor-MG34-Add2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionnaires with MG34.]]
-== Training Grenade ==
+== DShK ==
-The legionnaires use what look like modified Great War Italian Pineapple grenades.  France purchased many Grenades from Italy during WW1 and started building their own after a while.  Though this film takes place in the post-WW2 years, the production seemed to use Italian Pineapple style training grenades, to impersonate French F1s or American Mk IIs.
+[[DShK]] heavy machine gun is also seen.
-[[Image:FL-grenades.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionnaire hung with “Pineapple” grenades in his belt.]]
+[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|400px|DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm]]
-[[Image:VPA-Mk_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|This a same type hand grenade was equipped also soldier VPN.]]
+[[File:Cerny prapor-DShK-Add1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
-[[Image:Frantisek_Peterka-US_Mk2_“Pineapple”.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionnaire Petr ([[František Peterka]]) is addition equipped with a submachine gun also by pair of the grenades.]]
+[[File:Cerny prapor-DShK-Add2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+= Other Weapons =
+== Hand Grenade ==
+The legionnaires carry "pineapple" hand grenades (see [[Talk:Black Battalion, The (Cerný prapor)#Hand Grenade|Discusson Page]] for a version).
+[[Image:FL-grenades.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Legionnaire carries “Pineapple” grenades on his belt.]]
+[[Image:VPA-Mk_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|VPN troops carry the same grenade.]]
+[[Image:Frantisek_Peterka-US_Mk2_“Pineapple”.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Legionnaire Petr ([[František Peterka]]) carries a pair of grenades.]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Black Battalion (Cerný prapor), The}}
 [[Category:Movie]]
 [[Category:B&W]]
+[[Category:Drama]]
 [[Category:War]]
 [[Category:Czech Produced/Filmed]]

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Submachine Guns

MAS-38

MP40

Sten Mk II

Rifles

M1 Carbine

M1 Garand

Machine Guns

MG34

DShK

Other Weapons

Hand Grenade

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