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[[Image:Beretta Model 38-44.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beretta Model 38/44 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:Beretta Model 38-44.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beretta Model 38/44 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Beretta3844-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A carabinier with Beretta 38/44 on a railway station.]] | [[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Beretta3844-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A carabinier with Beretta 38/44 on a railway station.]] | ||
[[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Beretta3844-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Beretta3844-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Airmen of the VAM (Air Force's airfield guards) guard the airfield. They can be recognized by the use of leather webbing (suspenders are visible) and the use of light blue shirts with blue neckties underneath the uniform (army would either use the standard kaki shirt or forego it)]] | ||
= Rifles = | = Rifles = | ||
== Carcano M91TS == | == Carcano M91TS == | ||
During the street unrest | During the street unrest State Police members carry rifles that appear to be [[Carcano M91TS]]. | ||
[[Image:91TSMod.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Carcano M91 TS Modificato - 6.5x52 mm]] | [[Image:91TSMod.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Carcano M91 TS Modificato - 6.5x52 mm]] | ||
[[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Carcano-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Carcano-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|State Police members with Carcano rifles in the car.]] | ||
[[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Carcano-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The shape of the bolt handle (seen at the right bottom) allows to identify the rifle as M91TS rather than very similar M91/24.]] | [[File:Cadaveri eccellenti-Carcano-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The shape of the bolt handle (seen at the right bottom) allows to identify the rifle as M91TS rather than very similar M91/24.]] | ||
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Illustrious Corpses (original title Cadaveri eccellenti) is a 1976 Italian-French detective thriller directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura as Italian police detective Amerigo Rogas who investigates the consistent assassinations of several attorneys and judges. The investigation leads him to the political conspiracy.
The following weapons were used in the film Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti):
Pistols
Beretta Model 70
A Beretta Model 70 is Inspector Rogas' (Lino Ventura) personal firearm.
Submachine Guns
Beretta Model 38/44
In several scenes carabiniers and soldiers carry Beretta Model 38/44 submachine guns.
Rifles
Carcano M91TS
During the street unrest State Police members carry rifles that appear to be Carcano M91TS.
Beretta BM59
In the final scene Italian soldiers carry rifles. They are seen only partially but the shape of the stock and rear sight allows to identify them as Beretta BM59. In the same scene paratroopers carry BM59 with folding stock.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
In the final scene Browning M2HB heavy machine guns are seen mounted on Italian army tanks and APCs.
M85
An M85 heavy machine gun is mounted on M60 tank.
MG3
In the final scene a hull-mounted machine gun is seen on the Bergepanzer 2 ARV. It appears to be an MG3 or its Italian version Beretta MG42/59.
Trivia
Numerous armored vehicles are seen in the final scene when the army counters the civil unrest.
