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==PPS 43==
==PPS 43==
Several Vietminh fighters and later the traitor Cariou use PPS43 (or chineses copy) against French troops.
Several Vietminh fighters and later the traitor Cariou use [[PPS-43]] (or chineses copy) against French troops.
[[File:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:SB PPS 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cariou and group of Vietminh ambush a small French recon unit.]]
[[Image:SB PPS 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cariou and group of Vietminh ambush a small French recon unit.]]
[[Image:SB PPS 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Same scene.]]
[[Image:SB PPS 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Same scene.]]


=Machineguns=
=Machineguns=

Revision as of 15:11, 5 December 2021


Soldat Blanc
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing France
Directed by Eric Zonca
Release Date 2014
Language French
Studio Canal +
Main Cast
Character Actor
Sergeant Robert Tual Abraham Belaga
André Cariou Emile Berling
Quoc Mike NGuyen


Soldat Blanc (English translation : White Soldier) is a 2019 French DTV war movie directed by Eric Zonca. Taking place during the Indochina war. The story about the friendship of 2 French soldiers. Robert Tual a WW2 veteran and André Cariou a young enlisted. Both they will be the witnesses of a growning conflict and they will choose very different ways.



The following weapons were used in the film Soldat Blanc:


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Pistols

Lüger

« Black Commando » members, use Luger P08 as secondary weapons, including Tual and Cariou.

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Luger P08 with black grips – 9x19mm
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Cariou threatens a prisonner with his Lüger after the village raid.
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Tual executes a Vietminh prisonner.
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Tual aims his pistol at a Vietminh soldier.

Browning Hi-Power

Before he becomes the leader of the commando Tual briefly carries a Browning Hi-Power.

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Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian manufacture) – 9x19mm
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Tual with a Browning Hi-Power.

Tokarev TT-33

The Tokarev TT-33 is used by Vietminh officers. During the ambush of a small French unit, Cariou executes an officer with the pistol.

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Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.
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Cariou takes the pistol from the political officer.
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Cariou shot the French Lieutenant, to prove that he is now a real communist. Despite he killed few French soldiers just before.


Rifles

MAS-36

Several French soldiers are seen with the Mas-36 rifle. Some are prop.

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MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French
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French sodier landing with a Mas-36.
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Quoc with the rifle.
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Quoc aims his rifle at Japanese officer when he draws his pistol to commit suicide.
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French soldiers at checkpoint.
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Prop rifle during Cao Bang evacuation.

Berthier

Few French soldiers are seen carrying Berthier Model 1916 Carabine.

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Berthier Model 1916 Carabine - 8x50mm R
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Soldier in foreground carries a Berthier.
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Same soldier in the middle.
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M1 Carbine

French troops and commandos use M1 carbines against Vietminh.

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Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine. Most of the World War II variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight. This is the version seen after late 1945 and all the way until the 1960s. This version is seen most often in World War II movies, despite being anachronistic for most World War II battles
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Tual adjuste sight during practice shooting with a M1.
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Commandos with carbines during the village raid.
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Commandos fighting in jungle.

Karabiner 98k

Seen in hands of French soldiers and Vietminh.

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Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Soldier in the middle with Kar98k.
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Tual inspect a captured rifle.
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A corporal with a Kar98k.
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Nice view of the rifle.
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Various seapons captured after the fall of the French fort. A lot of Kar98k.

Norinco Type 56 Carbine

Vietminhs soldiers and some colonial soldiers carry Type 56 rifle without bayonet throughout the movie.

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Norinco Type 56 Carbine - 7.62x39mm
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French colonial soldiers with SKS during beach battle.
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Colonial soldiers.
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Black commando member with captured SKS.
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Vietminh troops advancing at a surrender Cariou.
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A vietminh loot the bodies of dead French soldiers. The space for the bayonet is pretty visible.

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

Japanese soldiers are wrongly equiped with Mosin Nagant carbines. Vietminh guerilla use it too.

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Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R.
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Vietminhs ambush French soldiers.
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A vietminh escort French POWs.

Submachine Guns

MAS-38

French army soldiers, especially Robert Tual use MAS-38.

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MAS-38 - 7.65x20mm Longue
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Tual firing the Mas-38 during the battle on the beach.
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Charging Tual.
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French soldier hidding in jungle with the Mas-38. we can distinguish the offset sight.
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Tual's Mas-38 at river checkpoint.

Thompson SMG

Several commandos use M1928A1 Thompson with a 20 rounds magazines. Tual and Quoc use their SMGs without stock.

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M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP
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Tual shows how neutralise a sentry.
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Cariou with his Thompson during the village raid.
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Commando discovers dead French soldiers.

Sten

Half of the movie, numerous French soldiers are equiped with the Sten.

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Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm
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French soldiers learn the disassembly of the weapon at the beginning of the film.
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French soldier fighting on the beach.
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The French Lieutenant carry the Sten in a very curious way.
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Cariou's Sten.
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Cariou firing the Sten, the only time where a soldier keep it correctly when firing.

MP41

MP41 Briefly seen during the beach battle.

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MP41 - 9x19mm
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MP41 circled in red.

PPSH 41

Vietminh and Vietnamese commandos use PPSH.

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PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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A French commando with captured PPSH.

PPS 43

Several Vietminh fighters and later the traitor Cariou use PPS-43 (or chineses copy) against French troops.

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PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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Cariou and group of Vietminh ambush a small French recon unit.
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Same scene.

Machineguns

Bren

Used by Black commando.

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A commando attacking a Vietminh village.
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Mix of weapons

Japanese weapons

At the end of the WW2, Japanese troops occupying Indochina surrender to the French army. They drop their weapons, but none look accurate for Japanese army.

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Japanese weapons. Kar98k, Mosin Nagant and a kind of SMLE.
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Japanese officer commits suicide with hard to identify pistol, definitely not a Nambu.
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Unknow rifle

French troops capture some platines rifles, but hard to determinate what rifles are they.

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Tual with a captured platine rifle.