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== Skoda 75mm M.15 Mountain Gun== | == Skoda 75mm M.15 Mountain Gun== | ||
[[Image:Soldiers-6-_pounder_howitzer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers check the valley with the help of a Skoda M.15 Mountain Howitzer.]] | [[Image:Soldiers-6-_pounder_howitzer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers check the valley with the help of a Skoda M.15 Mountain Howitzer.]] | ||
[[Image:6-pounder.Mountain_Howitzer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mary by accurate shot from a howitzer silenced a machine gun.]] | [[Image:6-pounder.Mountain_Howitzer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mary by accurate shot from a howitzer silenced a machine gun.]] | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 22 April 2012
Viva Maria! is a French western comedy was directed by Louis Malle in 1965 about two women named Marie (spanish Maria) who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. Marie Fitzgerald O'Malley (Brigitte Bardot) is the daughter of an Irish political dissident who has traveled to Latin America with her father to take part in an anarchist political uprising. When her father is killed, Marie, left to her own devices, happens upon a traveling circus, where she strikes up a friendship with one of the performers, french singer also named Marie (Jeanne Moreau). Marie O'Malley joins up with the carnival, and she works up a dance routine with Marie; the act is a smash hit, especially after the Irish Marie accidentally loses part of her costume during a performance. Despite their success, the two Marias find themselves increasingly distressed with the poverty and brutality of the peasants' lives, and they soon decide to use their talents in support of revolutionary leader Flores (George Hamilton). But Florès was insidiously shot from by gun of landowner Ródriguez (Carlos López Moctezuma). On his deathbed, Marie swears he will continue his fight and joins with his friends to a perones uprising.
The following weapons were used in the movie Viva Maria!:
Handguns
Colt Bisley
Colt New Service
The Mexican soldiers and also some rebels armed by Colt New Service revolvers.
Rifles
Winchester Model 1894
The most commonly used weapons of the Mexican Revolution was a Winchester Model 1894 rifle.
Winchester Model 1892
Mauser Rifle Series
The soldiers and also some rebels were armed with Mauser Rifle Series.
Machine Guns
Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun
Maxim M1910
This type of machine gun Maxim rarely occurred in Mexico, but rather was used type MG08.
Vickers MK1 Machine Gun
A Vickers MK1 Machine Gun is mocked up as a fictional "Skyton-Babbit Model 1907" machine gun.
Other
F1 hand grenade
Mills Bomb
Fuse Bomb
Skoda 75mm M.15 Mountain Gun
Fantasy Weapons
Corner Shot Gun
Pigeon bombing of Hand Grenades
In the film appears as a bomber the pigeon, which throw hand grenades at the enemy position.
