Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse): Difference between revisions
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[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Local soldiers with Mauser rifles guard the Parliament.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Local soldiers with Mauser rifles guard the Parliament.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Parliament guards try to stop attackers during the ''coup d'etat''.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Parliament guards try to stop attackers during the ''coup d'etat''.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Jacques Loup's soldiers stands on guard with Mauser rifle.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mercenary at the left holds a Mauser rifle during the arrest of Moussombe and the speaker of Parliament.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mercenary at the left holds a Mauser rifle during the arrest of Moussombe and the speaker of Parliament.]]
== Vz. 16/33 ==
[[Vz.24 Czech Mauser|Vz. 16/33 Czech Mauser]] carbines are also seen. They can be identified by the presence of grooves on the stock that doesn't appear on 98k rifles.
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier of Jacques Loup's troops stands on guard with Mauser rifle. It appears to be a Czech Vz. 16/33 rather than a 98k.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A local soldier holds a Mauser rifle.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A local soldier holds a Mauser rifle.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close view of the barrel.]]
[[File:Chyornoye solntse-Mauser-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close view of the barrel of the same rifle.]]
Black Sun (the direct translation of the original title Chyornoye solntse) is a 1970 Soviet historical drama directed by Aleksei Speshnev. The story depicts the life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of some unnamed African state. The main character is a fictionalised depiction of Patrice Lumumba, and the events mostly follow the Congo Crisis in 1960s. Some other characters also have real life prototypes, like Dag Hammarskjold for John Bart, or Moise Tshombe for Jacques Loup.
The following weapons were used in the film Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse):
Numerous Sturmgewehr 44 are seen in the movie. They are visually modified (in two different versions) in order to resemble more modern guns, like FN FAL. These mockups, made on Belarusfilm studios, are different from Mosfilm fake M16, often seen in Soviet movies.
The first model lacks the buttstock, sometilmes these guns are fitted with longer stick magazines. The general outlook resembles Vigneron SMG, widely used during the Congo Crisis.
The second model retains the buttstock thought sometimes the standard one is replaced with a custom. The barrel is fitted with a cover that makes the gun to bear distant resemblance with FN FAL.
