Massacre in Rome: Difference between revisions
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Massacre in Rome: Difference between revisions
[[File:Massacre in Rome-MauserC96-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The execution. A third from front holds a short-barreled Mauser.]]
[[File:Massacre in Rome-MauserC96-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The execution. A third from front holds a short-barreled Mauser.]]
[[File:Massacre in Rome-MauserC96-12.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler ([[Richard Burton]]) executes Father Pietro Antonelli.]]
[[File:Massacre in Rome-MauserC96-12.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler ([[Richard Burton]]) executes Father Pietro Antonelli.]]
== Mauser C96 "Bolo" ==
A short barreled [[Mauser C96 "Bolo"]] is seen among the Mausers.
[[File:Mauser-Bolo-Broomhandle-Semi-Automatic-Pistol-3.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Mauser C96 Short Barreled "Bolo" Model - 7.63x25mm Mauser]]
[[File:Massacre in Rome-MauserC96-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A short barreled Mauser is seen in center.]]
[[File:Massacre in Rome-MauserC96-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The soldier in center holds a short barreled Mauser during the execution.]]
Massacre in Rome (original Italian title Rappresaglia) is a French-Italian 1973 war drama directed by George P. Cosmatos. The movie depicts the events of the Ardeatine massacre in Rome in March 24, 1944, when more than three hundred Italian civilians were executed by Nazi German occupation troops as a reprisal for a partisan attack against the SS Police Regiment "Bozen". The film stars Richard Burton as the head of Rome Gestapo Herbert Kappler and Marcello Mastroianni as Italian priest Father Pietro Antonelli.
The following weapons were used in the film Massacre in Rome:
One of the Mauser C96 pistols, used by SS soldiers and officers during the mass execution of Italian victims in Ardeatine Caves, is a custom pistol with 20-round fixed magazine and "Red 9" grips (Mauser C96 "Red 9" never existed with 20-round magazine). The magazine itself has traces of machining process in bottom part.
Mauser C96 pistols are used by SS soldiers and officers during the mass execution of Italian victims in Ardeatine Caves. Most pistols lack the hole in safety lever knob so they appear to be a "Wartime Commercial" model.
A Walther P38 is seen in hands of SS-Sturmbannführer Hellmuth Dobbrick (uncredited), the officer in charge of the attacked unit. Some other officers carry holsters for P38 but they appear to be flat and empty.
Many German soldiers and some Italian partisans are armed with MP40 submachine guns. Some MP40s are fitted with brown Bakelite furniture that is typical for post-1943 manufactured guns (such weapons are often seen in 1970s Italian movies).
Bomba a Mano Mod. 35, S.R.C.M. hand grenades are used by Italian partisans. The combination of vivid red body and unpainted aluminum details match S.R.C.M. version of Modello 35 grenade series (OTO and Breda versions have black cap and lever).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn Italian propaganda poster on the street shows an Italian soldier with a Bomba a Mano Mod. 35 grenade in hand and a Beretta 38A SMG on sling and a German soldier with MP40.
