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[[File:Les Morfalous DVD.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Les Morfalous'' (1984)]] | [[File:Les Morfalous DVD.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Les Morfalous'' (1984)]] | ||
'''''Les Morfalous''''' (literally ''The Greedy-Guts'', in French argot) is a 1984 French action-comedy movie by Henri Verneuil starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War. | '''''Les Morfalous''''' (literally ''The Greedy-Guts'', in French argot) is a 1984 French action-comedy movie by Henri Verneuil starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War. | ||
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[[File:Les Morfalous MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) and Beral ([[Jacques Villeret]]) in German uniform with MP40.]] | [[File:Les Morfalous MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) and Beral ([[Jacques Villeret]]) in German uniform with MP40.]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MP40 is seen near the body of German soldier.]] | [[File:Les Morfalous MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MP40 is seen near the body of German soldier.]] | ||
=== MAT-49 === | |||
[[MAT-49]] is seen in hands of several French soldiers in the final scene. | |||
[[File:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[File:Les Morfalous MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Several MAT-49 SMGs can be seen.]] | |||
== Rifles == | == Rifles == | ||
=== MAS-36 === | === MAS-36 === | ||
[[File: | French legionaires in the opening scene and French soldiers in the final scene are mostly armed with [[MAS-36]] rifles. | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous | [[File:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAS-36 7.5x54mm French]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous MAS36- | [[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barrels of MAS-36 rifles are seen near the dead legionaire.]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous MAS36-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|French soldiers with MAS-36 rifles.]] | |||
=== | === Karabiner 98k === | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous Mauser-98-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | Several German soldiers are seen with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. | ||
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]] | |||
[[File:Les Morfalous Mauser-98-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Several 98k are seen at the background.]] | |||
== Machine Guns == | == Machine Guns == | ||
=== Bren MG === | === Bren MG === | ||
Boissier ([[Michel Creton]]) and Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) used a [[Bren gun|Bren MG]] in the opening scene. | |||
[[File:Bren_gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber]] | [[File:Bren_gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Production still: legionaires with Bren.]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Production still: Sgt. Pierre Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) with Bren.]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous Bren-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:Les Morfalous Bren-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Boissier ([[Michel Creton]]) with Bren.]] | ||
=== MG34 === | === MG34 === | ||
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[[File:Les Morfalous MG34-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:Les Morfalous MG34-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
=== M1919 === | === Browning M1919 === | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Browning M1919]] machine guns are seen mounted on the trucks in the opening scene. The exact model is hard to identify: this machine gun is similar to M1919A6 lacking buttstock but the holes in the barrel cover are elongated, not round. | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:1919A6_postWW2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1919A6 .30 Machine Gun, Post-WWII manufacture.]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:Les Morfalous M1919-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1919 machine gun is mounted in the truck.]] | ||
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1919 is seen near the dead legionaire.]] | |||
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The gunner was shot before he could open fire.]] | |||
== Other == | == Other == | ||
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=== Rocket Launcher === | === Rocket Launcher === | ||
A rocker launcher is seen in hands of French soldiers in the final scene. It is a little blurry and hard to identify. Due to its size it can be M20 "Super Bazooka" or RL-83 Blindicide or some other launcher. | |||
[[File:Les Morfalous Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:Les Morfalous Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 6 December 2011
Les Morfalous (literally The Greedy-Guts, in French argot) is a 1984 French action-comedy movie by Henri Verneuil starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War.
The following guns were used in the movie Les Morfalous
Pistols
Luger P08
Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) several times took Luger P08 from captured German officers.
M1911A1 (?)
SMGs
Sten Mark II
Several French legionaires including Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) can be seen with Sten Mark II submachine gun.
MP40
German soldiers are armed with MP40 submachine guns. After legionaires killed two of them they took German uniform and MP40s.
MAT-49
MAT-49 is seen in hands of several French soldiers in the final scene.
Rifles
MAS-36
French legionaires in the opening scene and French soldiers in the final scene are mostly armed with MAS-36 rifles.
Karabiner 98k
Several German soldiers are seen with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Machine Guns
Bren MG
Boissier (Michel Creton) and Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) used a Bren MG in the opening scene.
MG34
When the German soldiers attacked the French legionaires, they are using MG34 machine guns.
Browning M1919
Browning M1919 machine guns are seen mounted on the trucks in the opening scene. The exact model is hard to identify: this machine gun is similar to M1919A6 lacking buttstock but the holes in the barrel cover are elongated, not round.
Other
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
When legionaires dress German uniform, Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) took Model 24 Stielhandgranate but never used it.
Flare Pistol
A flare pistol is used by Germans.
Rocket Launcher
A rocker launcher is seen in hands of French soldiers in the final scene. It is a little blurry and hard to identify. Due to its size it can be M20 "Super Bazooka" or RL-83 Blindicide or some other launcher.
Trivia
SK-105 Kürassier Light Tank
Austrian SK-105 Kürassier light tank (produced in 1970s) acts as a German tank.
Panhard AML 90 Armoured Car
French Panhard AML 90 armoured car (produced in 1960s) acts as a German armoured car.
Howitzer 105 mm M2
Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Beral (Jacques Villeret) used 105mm M2 howitzer to destroy the German stronghold.
Mortar
German soldiers used mortars during the ambush scene.
