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The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)

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The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German film which depicts the history of Germany's radical leftist Red Army Faction (otherwise known as the Baader Meinhof Gang) in the 1960s and 1970s. It was nominated in the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Bernd Eichinger, the film's producer and screenwriter, had previously worked on Downfall (Der Untergang), and two of the leading actors from that movie, including Bruno Ganz and Alexandra Maria Lara, have supporting roles in this film.

The following guns were seen in this film:

(Pictures to follow soon. -MT2008)

Walther PP

Most of the Federal German police officers in the film are armed with Walther PP pistols, including the officer who shoots and kills Benno Ohnesorg (Martin Glade) during the demonstration against the Shah of Iran at the Berlin Opera.

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Walther PP - .380 ACP.


Colt Detective Special

During the depiction of the attempted killing of Rudi Dutschke (Sebastian Blomberg), the would-be killer uses a small revolver which appears to be a Colt Detective Special. It appears this revolver is also used by some of the RAF members.


SIG P210

Several of the RAF terrorists are shown to use SIG P210 pistols throughout the movie.

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SIG P210 - 9 mm


Browning Hi-Power

A number of Browning Hi-Power pistols are also used by RAF members.

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Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm


M50 Reising

When the RAF is freeing Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu) from police custody while he's being interviewed by Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck), Gudrun Ensslin (Johanna Wokalek) uses an M50 Reising submachine gun with a sawed-off stock.

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M50 Reising .45 ACP


AKM

All of the RAF members are seen training on AKM assault rifles while at a camp in Jordan with PLO guerrillas during the early-1970s.

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Norinco Type 56-1

While the RAF are buying arms before starting their bank robbery, they can be seen buying Chinese Norinco Type 56-1 assault rifles, but these weapons are never used on-screen..

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Norinco Type 56-1 7.62x39mm


Heckler & Koch MP5A3

West German Federal police can be seen throughout the movie using Heckler & Koch MP5A3 submachine guns, all with the old-style straight "waffle" magazines. When Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) is arrested, the police find several MP5A3s and magazines in her dwelling. In real life, the MP5A3 was known as a favorite weapon of RAF members in the 1970s (their flag featured an MP5A3 emblazoned over the Red Star), but for some reason, none of the terrorists in this film are ever seen actually firing MP5s in any of the assassinations or bank robberies depicted.

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Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with older style "slimline" fore end - 9x19mm.


FEG P9R

When Petra Schelm (Alexandra Maria Lara) is fleeing the police after getting caught at a checkpoint, she uses an FEG P9R pistol to fire at the officers. The P9R is a Hungarian-made, double-action version of the Browning Hi-Power; its use in the film is an anachronism (Petra Schelm was killed in 1971; the P9R was introduced about 10 years later).

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FEG P9R 9x19mm


Adler Jager AP74

During the bombing of the U.S. military barracks at Frankfurt in 1972, the U.S. Army MPs guarding the base are armed, curiously, with what appear to be Adler-Jager AP-74 .22-caliber clones of the M16, standing in for the M16A1 rifles that would have been standard-issue at the time.

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Adler-Jager AP74 rifle - .22 LR. Note the sharply angled three prong flash hider and the forward assist, and the small .22 LR magazine that protrudes under the 'fake' 20 round magazine.


Heckler & Koch G3A3

A Heckler & Koch G3A3 rifle with a scope is used by the German police sniper who wounds Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu) when he is arrested in 1972.

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H&K G3 in 7.62 NATO


Uzi

Full-size Uzi submachine guns are used by most of the RAF terrorists who take part in the siege at the West German embassy in Stockholm.

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IMI Uzi 9mm


Skorpion SA Vz 61

When the RAF gunmen who seize the West German embassy in Stockholm are arming up, one of them is given a Skorpion SA Vz 61 machine pistol, but it is not seen in use during the siege itself (only Uzis are used).

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Skorpion SA Vz 61 - .32 ACP.


Carl Gustaf M/45B

The Swedish police who take part in the siege at Stockholm are all armed with Carl Gustaf M/45B submachine guns.

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Carl Gustaf M/45B 9x19mm‎


Luger P08

A Luger P08 can be seen when next-generation RAF terrorists are arming up to assassinate Siegfried Buback (Gerald Alexander Held).

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Luger P08 - 9x19mm.


Heckler & Koch HK33

The next-generation RAF members can be seen using Heckler & Koch HK33-series assault rifles on several occasions. One of the two motorcycle gunmen who assassinates Siegfried Buback (Gerald Alexander Held) uses an HK33 with a chopped barrel and a stockless butt cap in lieu of a fixed or telescoping stock. Later, when the RAF kidnaps Hanns-Martin Schleyer (Bernd Stegemann), both Ruth (Sandra Borgmann) and Willy Peter Stoll (Hannes Wegener) use HK33 variants. Ruth's is an HK33A2 (fixed stock) with a chopped barrel and two magazines "jungle-taped" together, while Willy's is the collapsible-stock HK33A3 (also with a chopped barrel).

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Heckler & Koch HK33A2 with factory 25rd Magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Heckler & Koch HK33A3 Rifle with telescoping stock and 30-round magazine - 5.56x45mm.


Unknown SMG

An SMG which appears to be a hybird MAC-10 and Mini Uzi is used by Peter-Jürgen Boock (Vinzenz Kiefer) during the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer.