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In the shootout the gunman is both seen and described as using a bolt-action rifle, described only as a "Mauser" in-movie, fitted with a scope. The gunman is most likely using the 6.55 mm [[Mauser Rifle Series|"Swedish Mauser"]] due to its long popularity and availability in Sweden. This particular version has a bent down charging handle. | In the shootout the gunman is both seen and described as using a bolt-action rifle, described only as a "Mauser" in-movie, fitted with a scope. The gunman is most likely using the 6.55 mm [[Mauser Rifle Series|"Swedish Mauser"]] due to its long popularity and availability in Sweden. This particular version has a bent down charging handle. | ||
In the novel, the gunman uses a Swedish Mauser bayonet to kill his first victim. | |||
[[Image:1896Mauser CarlGustav.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mauser 1896/38 Rifle (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm]] | [[Image:1896Mauser CarlGustav.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mauser 1896/38 Rifle (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm]] | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 11 June 2012
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) and uniformed police 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. In the movie the Walther PP is never fired.
Walther or Hammerli .22 LR competition pistol
In both the novel and the movie the gunman is mentioned as owning a Hämmerli International pistol. The movie version looks like a "Walther/Hämmerli Olympia", or it could be a pre-war Walther Olympia.
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 bolt-action rifle, described only as a "Mauser" in-movie, fitted with a scope. The gunman is most likely using the 6.55 mm "Swedish Mauser" due to its long popularity and availability in Sweden. This particular version has a bent down charging handle. In the novel, the gunman uses a Swedish Mauser bayonet to kill his first victim.
FN FAL (M1944 Johnson machine gun mock-up)
In the original novel the gunman uses a M1944 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 or otherwise attached 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.