Cuba
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Cuba Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery as British mercenary Major Robert Dapes, an expert in counter-guerrilla warfare, who is hired by Cuban government to organize successful operations against Castro's guerrillas. In Habana, Dapes runs into an old flame, Alexandra Lopez de Pulido (Brooke Adams), who is now married to a wealthy playboy.
Note: the movie was filmed in Spain, which affected the choice of screen guns.
The following weapons were used in the film Cuba :
Handguns M1911A1 M1911A1 pistols are widely used by numerous characters, including Maj. Dapes (Sean Connery ), Capt. Ramirez (Hector Elizondo ), Gen. Bello (Martin Balsam ), and Julio Mederos (Danny De La Paz ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gen. Bello at a shooting range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dapes examines Gen. Bello's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Ramirez draws his Colt during the encounter on the sugarcane plantation. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramirez puts the pistol back in its holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Julio holds a 1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla unit leader raises his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dapes captures the M10 tank destroyer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Astra 400 Some government military officers and warrant officers, including a sergeant (Ram John Holder ) who leads the patrol unit, carry Astra 400 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Astra 400 - 9x23mm Largo Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sergeant fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Rosell Leyva (Earl Cameron) at the left carries an Astra 400 in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same sergeant surrenders his pistol to a guerilla fighter in the scene at the gas station. Beretta M1934 One of the rebel workers at the Pulido tobacco factory is seen with a Beretta M1934 . The pistol is also seen in hands of midget Jesus (David Rappaport).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 1934 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The worker draws his pistol. Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 After Julio Mederos' (Danny De La Paz ) M1911 jams, he takes a Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 from a fellow female guerilla fighter. The revolver is possibly a Spanish manufactured version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson New Model No.3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female guerilla holds an open revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Julio takes Alexandra hostage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Julio fires. Submachine Guns Erma EMP Erma EMP SMGs are used by both government troops and guerillas. They are possibly Spanish manufactured Coruña M41/44 copies in 9x23mm Largo caliber. In one scene, Maj. Dapes (Sean Connery ) briefly holds an EMP, taken from a female guerilla fighter.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Erma EMP - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with an Erma guards two arrested young men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier fires at an escaping prisoner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female guerilla fighter holds a Erma SMG. She also carries a Mills Bomb on her belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A worker at the tobacco factory holds an Erma. In one scene, a guerrilla fighter fires a submachine gun that resembles the experimental Vollmer-Erma VMP 1930, but it is most likely an EMP with the barrel shroud removed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Vollmer-Erma VMP 1930 - 9x19mm Par Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter fires. Suomi KP/-31 A Suomi KP/-31 with stick magazine is used by numerous guerilla fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Suomi KP/-31 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The leader of a guerilla unit holds a Suomi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character fires his Suomi during the massacre in a restaurant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female guerilla fighter with a Suomi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter with a Suomi during the battle at the gas station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guerilla fighters with Suomi SMGs and Mauser rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter holds a Suomi in the final scene at the airport. Sten Mk II Both British and Canadian versions of the Sten Mk II SMG are used by guerillas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Workers at the tobacco factory smuggle Stens. Note T-shaped buttstocks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of Stens are seen in a guerilla base. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sten is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter in center holds a Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The buttstock of the Canadian version is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter holds a Canadian Sten in the final scene at the airport. United Defense M42 United Defense M42 SMGs are also used by guerillas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing UD M42 submachine gun - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of M42s are seen among other weapons, one at the left on the floor, another one at the far right, also on the floor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter at the left holds an UD M42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A UD M42 is seen in a promotion still. Unknown Thompson-Style Submachine Guns M1928A1/M1A1-Like Version Guerilla fighters and government troops use submachine guns that resemble both M1928A1 and M1(A1) Thompsons , with "box-shape" sights and barrels of the first, but with a side cocking handle of the second. These SMGs have been used in a number of other Spanish films and, apparently, are replicas made specifically for cinema that imitate firing. See the talk page for the discussion of these guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake Thompson M1928A1 at the left and an unknown SMG at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake Thompson is seen in the center, next to a Mauser rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A government soldier fires a fake Thompson during the attack on the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another guerilla holds a fake Thompson in the final scene at the airport. M1921/M1928-like version (Modified Labora Fontbernat M1938) Guerilla fighters also carry SMGs that have Thompson-style foregrips, pistol grips, and rear sight guards but differ in having a large space between the trigger guard and magazine well. Such SMGs are seen in some other Spanish filmed movies, like From Hell to Victory talk page for further discussion of these guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Labora Fontbernat M1938 - 9x19mm Par or 9x23mm Largo Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: M1928 "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago typewriter" with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake Thompson at the left, an the "second" SMG at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another one of these mysterious SMGs is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SMG is seen at the left. The distinctive circular back of the M1938's receiver is clearly visible here. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SMG is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter holds the mysterious SMG in the final scene in airport. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up view of the barrel of the same gun. Note that the cooling fins are different from a Thompson, and the barrel itself seems shorter. Star Si35 What appears to be a Star Si35 is briefly seen in a guerilla base.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Si35 SMG - 9x23mm Largo Error creating thumbnail: File missing Madsen M50 A Madsen M50 is seen in documentary footage when the victorious Fidel Castro enters Habana.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Madsen M50 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bergmann MP35/I A Bergmann MP35/I is seen in the same footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bergmann MP35/I Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles M43 Spanish Mauser Government troops and guerillas use M43 Spanish Mauser rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of soldiers patrol the streets, carrying Mauser rifles on slings. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter carries a Mauser rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry Mauser rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the typical shape of a Mauser M43. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with Mauser rifles on a railroad flatcar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guerilla fighter in action. M1 Carbine Some guerilla fighters are seen with M1 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - .30 Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the celebrating guerillas has an M1 Carbine. CETME Rifle What appear to be a CETME Rifle of unclear model is seen on a documentary footage that shows a Cadillac Gage Commando armored car.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: CETME Model B - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of a CETME protrudes from the firing port. Machine Guns Browning M1919A4 Browning M1919A4 machine guns are mounted on jeeps and M10 tank destroyers used by government troops. Larry Gutman (Jack Weston ) fires an M1919A4, dismounted from an M10.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1919A4 on an M31C pedestal mount - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jeep-mounted M1919 is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M1919 is mounted on a Cadillac Gage Commando armored car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A crewmember of an M10 tank destroyer fires a M1919 without support. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pivot-mounted M1919 is seen next to Dapes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two M1919s are mounted on an M10: a pivot-mounted machine gun is seen at the foreground while another one is mounted coaxial with the main gun. The standard secondary armament of an M10 GMC consists only of a single M1919 or M2HB on pivot mounting; no coaxial machine gun was installed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle of a coaxial M1919 can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pivot-mounted M1919. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Larry Gutman fires at a plane that he takes for an enemy bomber. Browning wz. 1928 A Browning wz. 1928 is used by a soldier in the opening scene. This Polish light machine gun appeared in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. The screen gun appears to be an early model with removed flash hider.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish Browning wz. 1928 - 7,92 x 57 mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier fires at an escaping prisoner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The buttstock can be seen. Other Weapons Mills Bomb A female guerilla fighter carries a Mills Bomb .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing No. 36M Mk.I "Mills Bomb" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The woman operates a radio. She has a Mills Bomb on her belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the grenade. Wheellock Musket A pair of 17th century-style Wheellock Muskets are used as decorations in Gen. Bello's apartments. They are most likely non-firing replicas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia M10 Tank Destroyer An M10 Tank Destroyer appears during the battle on gas station. Maj. Dapes captures it from government troops and mans the 75mm gun while Larry Gutman performs the duties of driver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gun Motor Carriage M10 moves on dirty road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dapes loads the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M10 in action. Fake "Sherman Firefly Tank" A pair of M4 Shermans participate in the battle at the gas station. They appear to be fibreglass replicas, built on Landrover chassis (originally for A Bridge Too Far
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the fake barrel, mounted around a slim tube that appears to be a sort of pyrotechnical device. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of fake Shermans on the road. Note the wheels inside the tracks. Cadillac Gage Commando A Cadillac Gage Commando armored car is seen in documentary footage. It bears Spanish red-yellow-red military insignia and while never used by Cuba, in the movie it is presented as belonging to Gen. Batista's troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mountain Gun Two cannons are mounted on a railroad flatcar. They appear to be Skoda 75mm mountain guns of WWI pattern.
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