23-F
Theatrical Release Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero
Paco Tous
Maj. Gen. Alfonso Armada
Juan Diego
Juan Carlos I
Fernando Cayo
Sabino Fernández Campos
Mariano Venancio
Adolfo Suárez
Ginés García Millán
Lt. Gen. Jaime Milans del Bosch
Lluís Marco
Capt. Jesús Muñecas Aguilar
Luis Zahera
23-F 23-F: la pelicula ("23-F: The Film")) is a 2011 Spanish historical movie directed by Chema de la Pena. The movie depicts the events of "23-F", an attempted coup d'etat in Spain on 23-24 February 1981, performed by officers of the Guardia Civil .
The following weapons were used in the film 23-F :
Handguns Star Model BM In full accordance with real events, Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero (Paco Tous ), Capt. Jesús Muñecas Aguilar (Luis Zahera), Santiago Vecinos (Luis Callejo), Enrique Bobis González (Juan Alberto López), Carlos Lázaro Corthay (Tomás del Estal) and other Guardia Civil officers are armed with Star Model BM pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Model BM - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero readies his pistol during the opening credits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tejero orders his people to assault the Congress. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer holds a security guard at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pile of Star Model BM pistols and unidentified revolvers, taken from security guards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer in Congress hall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tejero and his men in standoff with Gen. José Aramburu Topete (Jesús Castejón) who tries to stop the coup. M1911-style pistol An officer, commanding the troops in TVE broadcasting studio, hold an M1911-style pistol, probably one of full-size Star models.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Star Model B - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer draws his pistol. Llama Pistol When Lt. Gen. Jaime Milans del Bosch (Lluís Marco) surrenders his pistol when the coup had failed, it appears to be a Llama model but the exact model is unknown.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol resembles late version of Llama III but lacks the ventilated rib. Unidentified revolver Some security guards of the Congress carry revolvers. These guns are most likely Spanish produced Astra or Llama model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A security guard carries a revolver in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pile of Star Model BM pistols and unidentified revolvers, taken from security guards. Submachine Guns Star Z62 Some of Guardia Civil are armed with Star Z62 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Z62 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil with Star Z62 in a bus. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil NCO holds a Star Z62. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil in the Congress hall.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil at the background holds a Star Z62. Rifles CETME Model C Most Guardia Civil personnel and Spanish Army soldiers are armed with CETME Model C rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing CETME Model C - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil with CETME rifles in a bus.Error creating thumbnail: File missing The wooden handguard of Model C is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil threaten TVE cameramen in the Congress.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil on guard in the Congress.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil aims his rifle at a member of Congress. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers with CETME Model C rifles in TVE broadcasting studio. Documentary footage of violence in post-Franco Spain shows various terrorists, training with firearms (possibly Basque group ETA).
Smith & Wesson 59 A pistol with slide-mounted safety that appears to be a Smith & Wesson 59 is seen in documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 59 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Parinco Model 3R An SMG that is possibly a Spanish Parinco Model 3R is seen in documentary footage.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL "G Series" - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia M60 tanks and M113 APCs are seen when Brunete Motorized Division under rebelleous Gen. Jaime Milans del Bosch deploys the troops of Brunete Motorized Division on Valencia streets. In reality Brunete had M47 tanks that were unavailable during the filming and replaced with roughly similar M60s of Spanish Army Brigada Guadarrama XII.
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