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Tumbledown is a 1988 English film by the BBC. It is based on the experiences of Robert Lawrence (Collin Firth) who fight in the Falklands war in the combat on Tumbledown mountain.

Tumbledown

L1A1 SLR

The L1 is carried by all the soldiers of the Scottish guard, it is also seen in its variant with telescopic sight.

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L1A1 SLR - 7.62x51mm NATO
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Robert (Firth) take cover in the combat with is L1
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Lawrence tries to stab an Argentine soldier

L1A1 IWS

Some Scots have this version with night vision in the Tumbledown combats.

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Robert points to Argentineans on the rocks
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Radio operator firing with his L1 IWS.

FN FAL PARA

The Argentine marines are scarcely visible with FAL rifles, an Argentine who used to go to the dead man used a FAL of folding stock. Later in the climax Robert uses it until he falls wounded.

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FN FAL 50.63 Paratrooper with 18" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO
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Robert with a FAL (right).

M16A1

When the injured Englishmen are on the boat, they are watching "The Hunter" by Michael Cimino on TV. Robert De Niro personifying a soldier is carrying an M16.

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M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with an A1 "birdcage" Flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1 in many Vietnam era movies. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Norinco Type 56

Also during the stay of the English wounded, you see in the film a North Vietnamese with this rifle.

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Norinco Type 56, milled receiver without the under-folding ("pig sticker") bayonet - 7.62x39mm

L7A2

A Scottish guard during combat charges an L7A2.

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British L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO
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Unknow Machine gun

During the flashback an Argentinian machine gun nest shoots what appears to be a large caliber weapon.

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Bren L4

When the Scottish fell their positions, on the ground you see a Bren.

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Bren L4A4 - 7.62x51mm NATO.
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Up to the right

M72 Law

A Scottish guard fired a LAW missile against the Argentine positions in the hope of intimidating them (without success).

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M72A2 LAW - 66mm
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