The Year of Living Dangerously: Difference between revisions
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[[File:TYOLD-Sten-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier holds a Sten Mk III prior to executing suspected members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).]]
[[File:TYOLD-Sten-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier holds a Sten Mk III prior to executing suspected members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).]]
===Sten Mk. V===
===Austen===
Other Indonesian soldiers carry [[Sten Mk V]] submachine guns, distinguished by their foregrips and the pistol grips. However, the Stens lack the solid wooden buttstocks and have underfolding stocks instead.
Other Indonesian soldiers carry [[Sten#Austen_Mk_I.2FII|Sten#Austen_Mk_I.2FII]] submachine guns, distinguished by their foregrips and the pistol grips. However, the Stens lack the solid wooden buttstocks and have underfolding stocks instead.
[[Image:Sten Mk5.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Sten Mk V issued to Airborne forces - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Austen.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Austen, the Australian derivative of the Sten - 9x19mm]]
[[File:TYOLD-Sten-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the right holds a Sten Mk.V as Ali ([[Ali Nur]]) and Kumar ([[Bembol Roco]] welcome Hamilton to Jakarta.]]
[[File:TYOLD-Sten-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier on the right holds an Austen as Ali ([[Ali Nur]]) and Kumar ([[Bembol Roco]] welcome Hamilton to Jakarta.]]
[[File:TYOLD-Sten-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Loyalist Indonesian soldiers prepare to execute civilians suspected of being communists in the aftermath of the failed coup d'etat in October 1965. The two on the left are armed with Sten Mk Vs, while the two on the right hold Sten Mk.III.]]
[[File:TYOLD-Sten-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Loyalist Indonesian soldiers prepare to execute civilians suspected of being communists in the aftermath of the failed coup d'etat in October 1965. The two on the left are armed with Austens, while the two on the right hold Sten Mk.III.]]
The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 film directed by Peter Weir about an Australian journalist (Mel Gibson) caught up in the tumultuous events surrounding the overthrow of Indonesia's President Sukarno in 1965. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, and was shot in the Philippines and Australia.
The following weapons are seen in the film The Year of Living Dangerously:
An angry Indonesian soldier points a M1911A1 pistol at Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) and Pete Curtis (Michael Murphy) when they dance with local women at a bar.
Other Indonesian soldiers carry Sten#Austen_Mk_I.2FII submachine guns, distinguished by their foregrips and the pistol grips. However, the Stens lack the solid wooden buttstocks and have underfolding stocks instead.
A PKI militant sitting on a truck waves a Madsen M50 when it rams Hamilton's car during the protest. Later, an Indonesian soldier is also seen with a M50.
Most of the Indonesian soldiers in the film are armed with the Norinco Type 56, with and without the folding "pig-sticker" bayonets. A PKI militant who helps treat Hamilton after he is beaten by soldiers also carries a Type 56. In reality, Indonesian soldiers in 1965 would have used Soviet-supplied AK-47s rather than the Type 56.
An Indonesian officer (Agoes Widjaya Soedjarwo) at roadblock uses a genuine AK-47, distinguished by its open sights, to strike Hamilton when he refuses to stop walking towards the presidential palace after the attempted coup d'etat by the 30 September Movement.
Indonesian soldiers fire M16A1 rifles at Hamilton and Jill when they drive through their checkpoint in defiance of a curfew. The use of the M16A1 is an anachronism since the Indonesian military only adopted the rifle in the 1970s, well after the period in which the film is set.
U.S. Marine guards at the American embassy in Jakarta carry M1 Garand rifles. Later, several Indonesian soldiers surrounding the presidential palace during the coup attempt hold M1 Garands as well.
Browning M1919 machine guns are mounted atop the M41 tanks surrounding the presidential palace. This is inaccurate; the M41 was never used by Indonesia.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA variant of the Browning M1919 developed during World War 2, this model is designated the M37, with the ability to feed from either the left or the right of the weapon - 30-06. This example is shown without a tripod, only the pintle mount. This the MOST likely .30 cal machine gun to be seen firing from armored vehicles.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA soldier wields a M1919 machine gun mounted on the tank.
M60
A soldier is seen with a M60 machine gun in the conclusion of the film.
