The Assault (L'Assaut): Difference between revisions
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[[Manurhin MR-73]] revolvers are used by most of the GIGN officers, including Thierry ([[Vincent Elbaz]]). Officers use both the Sport and Gendarmerie models in various barrel lengths.
[[Manurhin MR-73]] revolvers are used by most of the GIGN officers, including Thierry ([[Vincent Elbaz]]). Officers use both the "Defense" and "Gendarmerie" models in various barrel lengths.
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[[File:Assault-MR73-4.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A GIGN officer points his MR-73 at Thierry (posing as a terrorist) during a practice drill.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-4.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A GIGN officer points his MR-73 at Thierry (posing as a terrorist) during a practice drill.]]
[[Image:Manurhin mr-73.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Manurhin MR-73 Gendarmerie with 2.5 inch barrel]]
[[Image:Manurhin mr-73.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Manurhin MR-73 Police with 2.5 inch barrel]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-6.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A GIGN officer points a MR-73 with a 2.5-inch barrel when the plane is stormed.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-6.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A GIGN officer points a MR-73 Police with a 2.5-inch barrel when the plane is stormed.]]
[[File:Manurhin.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Manurhin MR73 Sport with 5.25 inch barrel]]
[[File:Manurhin.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Manurhin MR73 Sport with 5.25 inch barrel]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-2.jpg|thumb|600px|none|GIGN officers load their MR-73 revolvers.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-2.jpg|thumb|600px|none|GIGN officers load their MR-73 revolvers.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-3.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Thierry fires his MR-73 at a shooting range.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-3.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Thierry fires his MR-73 5.25" at a shooting range.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-5.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A GIGN officer fires his MR-73 during the shootout with the hijackers.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-5.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A GIGN officer fires his MR-73 during the shootout with the hijackers.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-7.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The GIGN officer continues to fire while lying flat on the floor.]]
[[File:Assault-MR73-7.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The GIGN officer continues to fire while lying flat on the floor.]]
The Assault (French Title: L'Assaut) is a 2010 drama film about the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 and the operation mounted by the Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN) to rescue the hostages before the terrorists can use the plane in a suicide attack. Directed by Julien Leclercq, The Assault was made with the collaboration and advice of the GIGN.
The following weapons are seen in the film The Assault:
Manurhin MR-73 revolvers are used by most of the GIGN officers, including Thierry (Vincent Elbaz). Officers use both the "Defense" and "Gendarmerie" models in various barrel lengths.
A GIGN officer uses a Glock 17 when raiding a house at the beginning of the film. These events took place in 1994, before the arrival of the 3rd gen of Glock pistols.
Heckler & Koch MP5A3 submachine guns with Navy trigger groups, laser aiming modules and flashlights are used by GIGN officers when they storm the hijacked jet.
A Romanian PM md.90 (the military version of the AK Draco Carbine) is used by the hijackers to execute a hostage, and later during a lengthy gun battle with the GIGN. The GIA gunmen who take Carole (Mélanie Bernier) to a meeting with the leader of their French wing are also armed with PM md.90s.
The terrorists have hand grenades attached to their belts when they hijack the plane. A grenade is later thrown at the GIGN officers when they approach the cockpit.
