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[[File:Les Morfalous DVD.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Les Morfalous'' (1984)]]
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'''''Les Morfalous''''' (literally ''The Greedy-Guts'', in French argot) is a 1984 French action-comedy movie by Henri Verneuil starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War.
'''''Les Morfalous''''' (literally ''The Greedy-Guts'', in French argot) is a 1984 French action-comedy movie by Henri Verneuil starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War.
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[[File:Les Morfalous MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) and Beral ([[Jacques Villeret]]) in German uniform with MP40.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) and Beral ([[Jacques Villeret]]) in German uniform with MP40.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MP40 is seen near the body of German soldier.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MP40-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MP40 is seen near the body of German soldier.]]
=== MAT-49 ===
[[MAT-49]] is seen in hands of several French soldiers in the final scene.
[[File:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Several MAT-49 SMGs can be seen.]]


== Rifles ==
== Rifles ==
=== MAS-36 ===
=== MAS-36 ===
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
French legionaires in the opening scene and French soldiers in the final scene are mostly armed with [[MAS-36]] rifles.
[[File:Les Morfalous MAS36-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MAS-36 7.5x54mm French]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MAS36-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barrels of MAS-36 rifles are seen near the dead legionaire.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MAS36-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|French soldiers with MAS-36 rifles.]]


=== Mauser 98 ===
=== Karabiner 98k ===
[[File:Les Morfalous Mauser-98-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
Several German soldiers are seen with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles.
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous Mauser-98-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Several 98k are seen at the background.]]


== Machine Guns ==
== Machine Guns ==


=== Bren MG ===
=== Bren MG ===
Sgt. Pierre Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) takes a [[Bren gun|Bren MG]] when he is running into the building near the bank. Later he uses the [[Bren gun|Bren MG]] to attack the germans.
Boissier ([[Michel Creton]]) and Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) used a [[Bren gun|Bren MG]] in the opening scene.
[[File:Bren_gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber]]
[[File:Bren_gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber]]
[[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Production still: legionaires with Bren.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous-Bren-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Production still: Sgt. Pierre Augagneur ([[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]) with Bren.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous Bren-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous Bren-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Boissier ([[Michel Creton]]) with Bren.]]


=== MG34 ===
=== MG34 ===
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[[File:Les Morfalous MG34-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous MG34-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


=== M1919 ===
=== Browning M1919 ===
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[Browning M1919]] machine guns are seen mounted on the trucks in the opening scene. The exact model is hard to identify: this machine gun is similar to M1919A6 lacking buttstock but the holes in the barrel cover are elongated, not round.
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:1919A6_postWW2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1919A6 .30 Machine Gun, Post-WWII manufacture.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1919 machine gun is mounted in the truck.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1919 is seen near the dead legionaire.]]
[[File:Les Morfalous M1919-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The gunner was shot before he could open fire.]]


== Other ==
== Other ==
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=== Rocket Launcher ===
=== Rocket Launcher ===
A rocker launcher is seen in hands of French soldiers in the final scene. It is a little blurry and hard to identify. Due to its size it can be M20 "Super Bazooka" or RL-83 Blindicide or some other launcher.
[[File:Les Morfalous Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:Les Morfalous Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]



Revision as of 15:04, 6 December 2011

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Les Morfalous (1984)

Les Morfalous (literally The Greedy-Guts, in French argot) is a 1984 French action-comedy movie by Henri Verneuil starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War.

The following guns were used in the movie Les Morfalous

Pistols

Luger P08

Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) several times took Luger P08 from captured German officers.

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Luger P08 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun, thus it is a World War One firearm.
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Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is disarming German officer.
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Luger on the table.
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Sgt. Augagneur is again disarming German officer.

M1911A1 (?)

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The illegal gold trader has a pistol tucked into pants. Only grip can be seen but it looks like M1911.

SMGs

Sten Mark II

Several French legionaires including Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) can be seen with Sten Mark II submachine gun.

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Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm
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Production still: Beral (Jacques Villeret), Boissier (Michel Creton), Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Mahuzard (Michel Constantin) with Sten guns.
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Legionaire with Sten in night scene.
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Augagneur with his Sten.

MP40

German soldiers are armed with MP40 submachine guns. After legionaires killed two of them they took German uniform and MP40s.

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MP40 - 9x9mm
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German soldier with MP40.
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Another German soldier with MP40.
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Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Beral (Jacques Villeret) in German uniform with MP40.
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MP40 is seen near the body of German soldier.

MAT-49

MAT-49 is seen in hands of several French soldiers in the final scene.

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MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm
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Several MAT-49 SMGs can be seen.

Rifles

MAS-36

French legionaires in the opening scene and French soldiers in the final scene are mostly armed with MAS-36 rifles.

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MAS-36 7.5x54mm French
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Barrels of MAS-36 rifles are seen near the dead legionaire.
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French soldiers with MAS-36 rifles.

Karabiner 98k

Several German soldiers are seen with Karabiner 98k rifles.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser.
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Several 98k are seen at the background.

Machine Guns

Bren MG

Boissier (Michel Creton) and Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) used a Bren MG in the opening scene.

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Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber
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Production still: legionaires with Bren.
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Production still: Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) with Bren.
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Boissier (Michel Creton) with Bren.

MG34

When the German soldiers attacked the French legionaires, they are using MG34 machine guns.

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MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
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Browning M1919

Browning M1919 machine guns are seen mounted on the trucks in the opening scene. The exact model is hard to identify: this machine gun is similar to M1919A6 lacking buttstock but the holes in the barrel cover are elongated, not round.

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M1919A6 .30 Machine Gun, Post-WWII manufacture.
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M1919 machine gun is mounted in the truck.
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M1919 is seen near the dead legionaire.
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The gunner was shot before he could open fire.

Other

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

When legionaires dress German uniform, Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) took Model 24 Stielhandgranate but never used it.

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Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade
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Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Beral (Jacques Villeret) in German uniform. Model 24 grenade is tucked at Augagner's belt.

Flare Pistol

A flare pistol is used by Germans.

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A German soldier is firing flare pistol during the night scene.

Rocket Launcher

A rocker launcher is seen in hands of French soldiers in the final scene. It is a little blurry and hard to identify. Due to its size it can be M20 "Super Bazooka" or RL-83 Blindicide or some other launcher.

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Trivia

SK-105 Kürassier Light Tank

Austrian SK-105 Kürassier light tank (produced in 1970s) acts as a German tank.

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Panhard AML 90 Armoured Car

French Panhard AML 90 armoured car (produced in 1960s) acts as a German armoured car.

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Howitzer 105 mm M2

Augagneur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Beral (Jacques Villeret) used 105mm M2 howitzer to destroy the German stronghold.

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Mortar

German soldiers used mortars during the ambush scene.

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Cinema poster.