Che Part One: Argentine
Movie poster
Che Part Two: Guerilla , is the second half of Che , a 2008 film starring Benicio del Toro in the title role and was directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May, 2008, earning Del Toro the Festival's best actor award. It was later divided into two parts, Part 1, called The Argentine being released in the United States on December 12, 2008 to qualify it for the Academy Awards. Both parts were put into wider release in January 2009. The second part, Guerilla , follows Che Guevara as he travels to Bolivia in 1966 in a failed attempt to overthrow the government, eventually leading to his capture and execution in 1967.
The following guns were used in the movie Che Part Two: Guerilla
Sidearms
Browning Hi-Power
Che Guevara (Benicio del Toro ) carries a holstered Browning Hi-Power as a personal sidearm. He uses it once when wounded before his capture by Bolivian Rangers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Browning Hi-Power sits in Che's holster.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing An empty magazine. Note the drawn-back slide.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 M&P Revolver
A Smith & Wesson Model 10 M&P Revolver is used by one of the men attempting to get supplies from a peasant farmer.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The man removes a Smith & Wesson Model 10 M&P Revolver from a car.
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Submachine Guns
IMI Uzi
Joaquin (Jorge Perugorría ), leader of one of the guerrilla bands, carries an IMI Uzi .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Bolivian officer fires a Uzi during an ambush of a guerrilla column. Notice the wooden stock.
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Rifles
FN FAL
An FN FAL is briefly seen in the hands of one of the guerrillas.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerrilla holds his FN FAL.
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M43 Spanish Mauser
One of the guerrillas carries a M43 Spanish Mauser rifle.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerrilla chambers his M43.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same guerrilla crosses the Vado del Yeso, holding his M43 over his head. Note the long handguard, extending from the receiver almost to the front barrel band. This handguard is too long to be a Kar98k or FN South American contract, and is unique to the M43.
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the main weapon of both the guerrilla fighters and the Bolivian Army.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ping! An empty clip ejects from the chamber of an M1 rifle during an ambush of Bolivian Forces.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antonio Domínguez Flores (Carlos Acosta ) is interviewed by a 'journalist'.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerrilla armed with an M1 Garand crosses a stream.
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M1 Carbine
A few of the guerrillas, notably Tamara "Tania" Bunke (Franka Potente ), and the Bolivian soldiers carry the M1 Carbine .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerrilla armed with an M1 Carbine listens to a lecture.
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M2 Carbine
Che Guevara (Benicio del Toro ) carries the M2 Carbine as his personal weapon. Other guerrillas also use it in combat.
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Machine Guns
Browning M1919A4
The Bolivian Army use the Browning M1919A4 , most notably during the ambush of one of the Che's columns at Vado del Yeso.
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