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[[File:LebanonPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|''Lebanon'' (2009)]] | [[File:LebanonPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|''Lebanon'' (2009)]] | ||
'''Lebanon''' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Samuel Maoz, based on his experiences as a 19-year-old conscript in the IDF during the 1982 Lebanon War. It is notable for being set entirely inside an Israeli Centurion Main Battle Tank. Set during the first day of the war, the tank is dispatched with a platoon of Israeli paratroopers led by Gamil ([[Zohar Shtrauss]]) to clear out a small town. As the mission goes wrong, the men in the tank suffer from heat exhaustion, frayed nerves, claustrophobia and each other. | '''Lebanon''' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Samuel Maoz, based on his experiences as a 19-year-old conscript in the IDF during the 1982 Lebanon War. It is notable for being set entirely inside an Israeli Centurion Main Battle Tank. Set during the first day of the war, the tank is dispatched with a platoon of Israeli paratroopers led by Gamil ([[Zohar Shtrauss]]) to clear out a small town. As the mission goes wrong, the men in the tank suffer from heat exhaustion, frayed nerves, claustrophobia and each other. | ||
'''The following firearms are seen in the 2009 film ''Lebanon'':''' | |||
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Revision as of 03:07, 15 April 2011
Lebanon is a 2009 war film written and directed by Samuel Maoz, based on his experiences as a 19-year-old conscript in the IDF during the 1982 Lebanon War. It is notable for being set entirely inside an Israeli Centurion Main Battle Tank. Set during the first day of the war, the tank is dispatched with a platoon of Israeli paratroopers led by Gamil (Zohar Shtrauss) to clear out a small town. As the mission goes wrong, the men in the tank suffer from heat exhaustion, frayed nerves, claustrophobia and each other.
The following firearms are seen in the 2009 film Lebanon:
Submachine Guns
IMI Uzi
A Christian Phalangist (Ashraf Barhom) is armed with an IMI Uzi as he talks to IDF soldiers and the tank crew.
Assault Rifles
IMI Galil AR
An IDF marksman uses a IMI Galil AR fitted with a telescopic sight.
IMI Galil ARM
Most of the IDF paratroopers in the film use the IMI Galil ARM, the light machine gun variant of the rifle.
IMI Galil SAR
The carbine variant of the Galil, the IMI Galil SAR, is used by the leader of the IDF paratroopers, Gamil (Zohar Shtrauss).
AKMS
Palestinian fighters use the AKMS in engagements with the IDF.
Rifles
M21 Sniper Rifle
An IDF Paratrooper uses an [[M21#M21.2FM25_Sniper_Rifle|M21 Sniper Rifle in the town.
Machine Guns
FN MAG 58
FN MAG machine guns are used by some of the IDF paratroopers. Another MAG is also mounted on the tank's turret, although it is never used in the film.
Launchers
RPG-7
Although seen at a distance, a Syrian soldier (Dudu Tassa) fires a RPG-7 at the tank, damaging it before being captured by Israeli forces.
