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Cuba: Difference between revisions
[[File:Cuba-1979-UDM42-0.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A UD M42 is seen in a promotion still.]]
[[File:Cuba-1979-UDM42-0.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A UD M42 is seen in a promotion still.]]
== Made For Movie Thompson-Style Submachine Guns ==
== Labora Fontbernat M1938 (Modified as Thompson-Style Submachine Guns) ==
=== M1928A1/M1A1-Like Version ===
=== M1928A1/M1A1-Like Version ===
Guerilla fighters and government troops use submachine guns that resemble both M1928A1 and M1(A1) [[Thompson]]s, with "box-shape" sights and barrels of the first, but with a side cocking handle of the second. These SMGs have been used in a number of other Spanish films and, apparently, are replicas made specifically for cinema that imitate firing. See the [[Talk:Cuba|talk page]] for the discussion of these guns.
Guerilla fighters and government troops use submachine guns that resemble both M1928A1 and M1(A1) [[Thompson]]s, with "box-shape" sights and barrels of the first, but with a side cocking handle of the second. Their general look allows to guess that they must be modified Labora Fontbernat M1938 SMGs (also, their magazines are of a completely non-standart shape, which suggests that they are also adapted to launch the blank cartritges of unknown type). See the [[Talk:Cuba|talk page]] for the discussion of these guns.
[[File:soldierwolf,20070107412.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP]]
[[File:Labora Fontbernat M1938.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Labora Fontbernat M1938 - 9x19mm Par or 9x23mm Largo]]
[[File:soldierwolf,20070107412.jpg|thumb|none|400px|For comparison: M1A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP]]
[[File:Cuba-1979-SMG-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A fake Thompson M1928A1 at the left and an another SMG at the right.]]
[[File:Cuba-1979-SMG-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A fake Thompson M1928A1 at the left and an another SMG at the right.]]
[[File:Cuba-1979-SMG-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A fake Thompson is seen in the center, next to a Mauser rifle.]]
[[File:Cuba-1979-SMG-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A fake Thompson is seen in the center, next to a Mauser rifle.]]
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[[File:Cuba-1979-Thompson-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another guerilla holds a fake Thompson in the final scene at the airport.]]
[[File:Cuba-1979-Thompson-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another guerilla holds a fake Thompson in the final scene at the airport.]]
=== M1921/M1928-like version (Modified Labora Fontbernat M1938) ===
=== M1921/M1928-Like version ===
Guerilla fighters also carry SMGs that have Thompson-style foregrips, pistol grips, and rear sight guards but differ in having a large space between the trigger guard and magazine well. Such SMGs are seen in some other Spanish filmed movies, like ''[[From_Hell_to_Victory#Unidentified_submachine_gun|''From Hell to Victory'']]''. Their general look allows to guess that they may be visually modified Labora Fontbernat M1938 SMGs (however, the magazines are of a completely different shape, similar to the guns above, which suggests that they are also adapted to launch the same blank cartritges of unknown type). See the [[Talk:Cuba|talk page]] for further discussion of these guns.
Guerilla fighters also carry SMGs that have Thompson-style foregrips, pistol grips, and rear sight guards but differ in having a large space between the trigger guard and magazine well. These guns are also modified М1938 SMGs, but, unlike the first version, they have much fewer changes.
[[File:Labora Fontbernat M1938.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Labora Fontbernat M1938 - 9x19mm Par or 9x23mm Largo]]
[[File:Labora Fontbernat M1938.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Labora Fontbernat M1938 - 9x19mm Par or 9x23mm Largo]]
[[Image:M1928.jpg|thumb|none|400px|For comparison: M1928 "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago typewriter" with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP]]
Cuba is a 1979 movie directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery as British mercenary Major Robert Dapes, an expert in counter-guerrilla warfare, who is hired by Cuban government to organize successful operations against Castro's guerrillas. In Habana, Dapes runs into an old flame, Alexandra Lopez de Pulido (Brooke Adams), who is now married to a wealthy playboy.
Note: the movie was filmed in Spain, which affected the choice of screen guns.
One of the rebel workers at the Pulido tobacco factory is seen with a Beretta M1934. The pistol is also seen in hands of midget Jesus (David Rappaport).
After Julio Mederos' (Danny De La Paz) M1911 jams, he takes a Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 from a fellow female guerilla fighter. The revolver is possibly a Spanish manufactured version.
Erma EMP SMGs are used by both government troops and guerillas. They are possibly Spanish manufactured Coruña M41/44 copies in 9x23mm Largo caliber. In one scene, Maj. Dapes (Sean Connery) briefly holds an EMP, taken from a female guerilla fighter.
In one scene, a guerrilla fighter fires a submachine gun that resembles the experimental Vollmer-Erma VMP 1930, but it is most likely an EMP with the barrel shroud removed.
Labora Fontbernat M1938 (Modified as Thompson-Style Submachine Guns)
M1928A1/M1A1-Like Version
Guerilla fighters and government troops use submachine guns that resemble both M1928A1 and M1(A1) Thompsons, with "box-shape" sights and barrels of the first, but with a side cocking handle of the second. Their general look allows to guess that they must be modified Labora Fontbernat M1938 SMGs (also, their magazines are of a completely non-standart shape, which suggests that they are also adapted to launch the blank cartritges of unknown type). See the talk page for the discussion of these guns.
Guerilla fighters also carry SMGs that have Thompson-style foregrips, pistol grips, and rear sight guards but differ in having a large space between the trigger guard and magazine well. These guns are also modified М1938 SMGs, but, unlike the first version, they have much fewer changes.
Browning M1919A4 machine guns are mounted on jeeps and M10 tank destroyers used by government troops. Larry Gutman (Jack Weston) fires an M1919A4, dismounted from an M10.
A Browning wz. 1928 is used by a soldier in the opening scene. This Polish light machine gun appeared in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. The screen gun appears to be an early model with removed flash hider.
An M10 Tank Destroyer appears during the battle on gas station. Maj. Dapes captures it from government troops and mans the 75mm gun while Larry Gutman performs the duties of driver.
A pair of M4 Shermans participate in the battle at the gas station. They appear to be fibreglass replicas, built on Landrover chassis (originally for A Bridge Too Far).
A Cadillac Gage Commando armored car is seen in documentary footage. It bears Spanish red-yellow-red military insignia and while never used by Cuba, in the movie it is presented as belonging to Gen. Batista's troops.
