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[[Image:Walther-PP-Post-War.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.]] | [[Image:Walther-PP-Post-War.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.]] | ||
[[Image:Manontheroofwaltherpp.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Martin Beck with his Walther PP.]] | [[Image:Manontheroofwaltherpp.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Martin Beck with his Walther PP.]] | ||
==Unknown .22l competition pistol== | |||
In both the novel and the movie the gunman is mentioned as owning a "Hämmerli International" pistol. | |||
[[Image:1MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The gunman brandishes a .22l pistol during the final shootout.]] | |||
[[Image:2MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sideview of the .22l.]] | |||
[[Image:3MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Topview of the .22l pistol.]] | |||
[[Image:4MoR22.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Frontview of the .22l pistol.]] | |||
==Carl Gustav M/45== | ==Carl Gustav M/45== |
Revision as of 14:26, 3 October 2011
The Man on the Roof (Mannen på taket) is a Swedish 1976 crime/action movie based on the 1971 Sjöwall-Wahlöö novel "The Abominable Man". It follows Homicide detective Martin Beck (Carl Gustaf Lindstedt) in his investigation of a brutal murder of a fellow policeman. The investigation eventually leads to a shootout in downtown Stockholm where a mad gunman is firing on anyone wearing a police uniform.
The following firearms were seen in the film The Man on the Roof:
WARNING! POSSIBLE SPOILERS!
Smith & Wesson Model 52
Detective Gunvald Larsson (Thomas Hellberg) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 52 pistol during the movie.
Walther PP
Police Lieutenant Martin Beck (Carl Gustaf Lindstedt) carries a Walther PP pistol, which was the most common service pistol of the Swedish police until it was replaced by the SIG-Sauer P226 (and later SIG-Sauer P-models) in the 1990's.
Unknown .22l competition pistol
In both the novel and the movie the gunman is mentioned as owning a "Hämmerli International" pistol.
Carl Gustav M/45
The Carl Gustav M/45B is used by the Swedish S.W.A.T team during the shootout.
"Swedish Mauser" 6.5x55mm
In the shootout the gunman is both seen and described as using a "Mauser" fitted with a scope. He is most likely using the "Swedish Mauser" 6.5x55mm due to its availability in Sweden.
FN FAL (M1941 Johnson machine gun mock-up)
In the original novel the gunman uses a M1941 Johnson machine gun throughout the shootout. For the movie a FN FAL rifle was mocked up to look like a Johnson machine gun. The charging handle is on the right side on the original but on the left in the FN FAL movie version. The original Johnson MG also does not have a carrying handle unlike the FN FAL. The original Johnson has a left side magazine housing, but in the movie version a false magazine housing had been welded on the left side of the FN FAL. For scenes that required the weapon to be fired the camera was angled or the weapons bottom part was somehow hidden as to conceal a regular bottom fed FN FAL magazine.