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Mono con Gallinas or Open Wound is a film which narrates the events of the conflict between Ecuador and Peru on the southern border in 1941, when Jorge (Rene Pastor) joins the Ecuadorian military and is captured by Peruvian forces. While recovering from his injuries, a fellow captive plans an escape, and Jorge must decide to stay away or stay with the nurse he's in love with.
The movie is based on the life of the great-uncle of the film director Alfredo León León, Jorge León Chávez when he was 18 years old and was a soldier of the border conflict against Peru in 1941. Much of the story is fiction reconstructed from the experiences of Jorge, who was imprisoned for 8 or 9 months by the Peruvian army in Iquitos and because no one found out about this, they gave him for dead, thus far appearing in military records as killed in war. The film is not about the war itself, rather it is the story of Jorge's captivity, and it is not considered a biopic or historical document. The name of the film was given by the name given by the opposing sides, where the Ecuadorians were called monkeys and the Peruvians chickens.
The following weapons were used in the film Open Wound:
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power
This Browning Hi-Power pistol was the standard weapon of the armed forces of both countries, which is used by the following characters in the film and also it is the only semi-automatic pistol of the ecuatorian army to appear throughout the film's story.
Smith & Wesson 59
Although it was not a standard pistol within the Peruvian armed forces such as the 1894 revolvers or the Browning Hi-Power, the Smith & Wesson 59 is the gun that one of the antagonists uses almost at the end of the movie.
Rifles
Mauser Puška vz. 24
The vz. 24 Czech Mauser was the standard rifle of the Ecuadorian armed forces during the 1941 conflict, here the protagonist Jorge uses this rifle during the events of the film.
Mauser Gewehr 1871/84
This old standard rifle of the Peruvian armed forces has less action during the film, since it is not seen firing. They are simply in the hands of the Peruvian soldiers after seeing the territory taken from the protagonists
Machine Guns
Throughout the history of the Ecuadorian armed forces, Ecuador had a close alliance with Germany at the start of World War II, which Germany was the main seller of machine guns in that country that were used as standards until the decade of the 50's
MG42
Special Weapons
One of the weapons that although they did not appear in the movie, these weapons served as training for one of the actors who played their characters. The filming of the film took place near a military base of the special forces of the Ecuadorian army called IWIA. Specially in the province of Puyo,in the eastern Amazon of Ecuador
According to the director of the film, the same armed forces supported the production with the uniforms and weapons used at that time.
M1 Carbine
There is not much information if it was used by the armed forces during the conflict, however during the history of the country, this weapon was also used by members of the Ecuadorian national police
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Heckler & Koch HK33
This is the standar rifle of the ecuatorian army to date, still in service
FN MAG
Machine Gun standard of the Ecuadorian land force used both in war tanks and on land, although there are photographs of members of the air force using it
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