7 Days in Entebbe Entebbe José Padilha and starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl . Set over the course of seven days in June-July 1976, the film is the latest recreation of the now famous Operation Thunderbolt, when Israeli commandos of the Sayeret Matkal (commonly known as The Unit) launched a risky counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation to free hostages from an Air France Airbus A300 which had been hijacked by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFPL), including two left-wing Germans (Pike and Brühl), and flown to Entebbe, Uganda in collaboration with the infamous dictator Idi Amin.
The following weapons were used in the film 7 Days in Entebbe :
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Handguns Beretta Model 70 Suppressed Beretta Model 70's are used by The Unit, most notably Yonatan Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni ) and Zeev Hirsch (Ben Schnetzer ). During the raid, several shots fired from the Beretta infamously failed to stop Ugandan Army sentries, forcing one of the commandos to open fire with an AK-47, giving away surprise.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 70 Suppressed - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A holstered Beretta Model 70. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zeev Hirsch (Ben Schnetzer ) draws his suppressed Model 70. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zeev and Yonatan Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni ) practise with the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Netanyahu and another Commando fire the Beretta during the raid. Tokarev TT-33 The Tokarev TT-33 is used by Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl ) and one of the Palestinians during the hijacking.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl ) initiates the hijacking with a Tokarev TT-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the TT-33 as Böse holds it on the Air France Captain. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Böse holds the Tokarev on the Flight Engineer whilst he makes a PA announcement. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Palestinian hijacker with a TT-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Tokarev sits next to a briefcase. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike ) fires a TT-33 to quell unrest. Walther P38 Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike ) uses a Walther P38 during the hijacking.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike ) cocks her Walther P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the P38. Submachine Guns IMI Uzi One of The Unit's commandos fires an IMI Uzi at Ugandan soldiers in the airport control tower during the raid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi with buttstock extended - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Unit commando (right) fires an IMI Uzi on automatic. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The commando fires single-shot. CZ Vz. 61 E Skorpion One of the Palestinian hijackers carries an CZ Vz. 61 E Skorpion .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing CZ Vz. 61 E / Yugoslavian made M84 distinguishable by its black pistol grip - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Palestinian hijacker brandishes a CZ Vz. 61 E Skorpion. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hijacker with his Skorpion. Rifles AK-47 The AK-47 is far and away the most commonly used weapon in the film, being used by Palestinian hijackers (including Böse and Kuhlmann), Ugandan soldiers and The Unit commandos, mostly notably Yonatan Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type III AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zeev Hirsch (Ben Schnetzer ) draws his AKS-47 from the armory. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The folding stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Unit commando on the right can be seen with an AKS-47. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zeev with his AKS and Beretta. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zeev prepares his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zeev (right) and another commando breach the terminal building. AKM One of the Palestinian hijackers carries an AKM .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Palestinian hijacker with an AKM. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the AKM barrel. Heckler & Koch G3A3 Most of the Ugandan soldiers at Entebbe Airport can be seen with the Heckler & Koch G3A3 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch G3A3 with slimline handguard. This example is equipped with Olive-Drab colored furniture; H&K also produced this furniture in Black and "Jungle"-Green (referred to as "Police Green" in German circles). Saudi Arabia would also produce G3A3 rifles with light tan furniture - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Ugandan soldier with a Heckler & Koch G3A3 as Idi Amin addresses the hostages. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ugandan soldiers with G3A3 rifles. M16A2 An IDF MP can be seen carrying what appears to be an M16A2 during protests. This would be anachronistic, as the M16A2 didn't enter service almost a decade after the Entebbe raid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M16A2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Select Fire rifle (Safe/Semi/3 round Burst Only). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF MP with an M16A2. Machine Guns FN MAG 58 The Unit commandos use the FN MAG 58 during the Entebbe raid, both man-portable and mounted on land rovers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike ) brandishes an F-1 Hand Grenade during the hijacking. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl ) brandishes the F-1 whilst taking over the cockpit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Böse threatens the flight engineer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several hand grenades on a table. See Also Raid on Entebbe Operation Thunderbolt
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