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== M1911-style pistol == | == M1911-style pistol == | ||
An M1911-style pistol is briefly seen in hands of Salazar ([[Enrico Maria Salerno]]) (this character is a substitution of real person of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican painter) when he, disguised as a Mexican police officer, leads his men to attack Trotsky's house. Frank Jackson ([[Alain Delon]]) also | An M1911-style pistol is briefly seen in hands of Salazar ([[Enrico Maria Salerno]]) (this character is a substitution of real person of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican painter) when he, disguised as a Mexican police officer, leads his men to attack Trotsky's house. Frank Jackson ([[Alain Delon]]) also uses a 1911 in the climactic scene. | ||
[[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP]] | [[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Salazar, disguised as a police officer, holds a 1911.]] | [[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Salazar, disguised as a police officer, holds a 1911.]] | ||
[[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jackson tries to draw his pistol during the assassination.]] | |||
== Browning Hi-Power == | |||
Gita Samuels finds a [[Browning Hi-Power]] in Jackson's suitcase. | |||
[[Image:Browning-HP-P35.jpg|thumb|none|300px|FN P-35 - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gita finds Jackson's pistol.]] | [[File:The Assassination of Trotsky-1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gita finds Jackson's pistol.]] | ||
= Submachine Guns = | = Submachine Guns = |
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The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 British-Italian-French biopic directed by Joseph Losey and depicting the last year of the life of Leon Trotsky and his assassination by Ramón Mercader (Frank Jackson in the movie) in August 1940.
The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination of Trotsky:
Handguns
Rast-Gasser 1898
A Rast-Gasser 1898 revolver is seen on Trotsky's table in the scene of the murder.
Various revolvers
M1911-style pistol
An M1911-style pistol is briefly seen in hands of Salazar (Enrico Maria Salerno) (this character is a substitution of real person of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican painter) when he, disguised as a Mexican police officer, leads his men to attack Trotsky's house. Frank Jackson (Alain Delon) also uses a 1911 in the climactic scene.
Browning Hi-Power
Gita Samuels finds a Browning Hi-Power in Jackson's suitcase.
Submachine Guns
M1928A1 Thompson
Salazar and several of his men use M1928A1 Thompson SMGs during the attack on Trotsky's house. Trotsky's bodyguards, including Jim (Michael Forest) and Sam (Joshua Sinclair), also carry Thompsons.
Rifles
M43 Spanish Mauser
Most of Salazar's men, disguised as Mexican police, carry M43 Spanish Mauser, standing for correct M1936 Mexican Mausers.
Sporter rifle
In one scene a sporter or hunting rifle is seen in hands of Trotsky's bodyguard.