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==Norinco Type 56 Carbine==
==Norinco Type 56 Carbine==
Vietminhs soldiers and some colonial soldiers carry Type 56 rifle without bayonet throughout the movie.
Vietminhs soldiers and some colonial soldiers carry [[Norinco Type 56 Carbine]] without bayonet throughout the movie.
[[File:ChineseType56Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Norinco Type 56 Carbine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:ChineseType56Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Norinco Type 56 Carbine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:SB SKS 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French colonial soldiers with SKS during beach battle.]]
[[Image:SB SKS 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French colonial soldiers with SKS during beach battle.]]
Revision as of 15:13, 5 December 2021
Soldat Blanc
Movie Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Sergeant Robert Tual
Abraham Belaga
André Cariou
Emile Berling
Quoc
Mike NGuyen
Soldat Blanc (English translation : White Soldier ) is a 2019 French DTV war movie directed by Eric Zonca. Taking place during the Indochina war. The story about the friendship of 2 French soldiers. Robert Tual a WW2 veteran and André Cariou a young enlisted. Both they will be the witnesses of a growning conflict and they will choose very different ways.
The following weapons were used in the film Soldat Blanc :
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Pistols
Lüger
« Black Commando » members, use Luger P08 as secondary weapons, including Tual and Cariou.
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Browning Hi-Power
Before he becomes the leader of the commando Tual briefly carries a Browning Hi-Power .
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Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 is used by Vietminh officers. During the ambush of a small French unit, Cariou executes an officer with the pistol.
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Rifles
MAS-36
Several French soldiers are seen with the Mas-36 rifle. Some are prop.
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Berthier
Few French soldiers are seen carrying Berthier Model 1916 Carabine .
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M1 Carbine
French troops and commandos use M1 carbines against Vietminh.
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Karabiner 98k
Seen in hands of French soldiers and Vietminh.
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Norinco Type 56 Carbine
Vietminhs soldiers and some colonial soldiers carry Norinco Type 56 Carbine without bayonet throughout the movie.
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Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine
Japanese soldiers are wrongly equiped with Mosin Nagant carbines. Vietminh guerilla use it too.
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Submachine Guns
MAS-38
French army soldiers, especially Robert Tual use MAS-38 .
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Thompson SMG
Several commandos use M1928A1 Thompson with a 20 rounds magazines. Tual and Quoc use their SMGs without stock.
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Sten
Half of the movie, numerous French soldiers are equiped with the Sten .
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MP41
MP41 Briefly seen during the beach battle.
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PPSH 41
Vietminh and Vietnamese commandos use PPSh-41 .
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PPS 43
Several Vietminh fighters and later the traitor Cariou use PPS-43 (or chineses copy) against French troops.
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Machineguns
Bren
Used by Black commando.
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Mix of weapons
Japanese weapons
At the end of the WW2, Japanese troops occupying Indochina surrender to the French army.
They drop their weapons, but none look accurate for Japanese army.
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Unknow rifle
French troops capture some platines rifles, but hard to determinate what rifles are they.
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