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The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor)

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The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) (1958)

The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) is a 1958 Czechoslovakian film about Czech members of the French Foreign Legion fighting in the French Indo-China War.


The following guns were used in the 1958 Czechoslovak film The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor):



MP40

The French Foreign Legion uses MP40 submachine gun.

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MP40 - 9mm.
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A Legionnaire fires his MP40 at Vietnamese villagers.
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Legionnaire Peter (František Peterka) fires his MP40 during a firefight.
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Sgt. Storch (Kurt Oligmüller) and another Legionnaire carry MP40s.

Sten

Sten guns are used by both sides during the Indochina War.

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Sten Mk II - 9x19mm.
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The commander Ketham (Zdenek Kryzánek) carriers his Sten.
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A VPN guerrilla fighter hiding in the bushes mowns down French troops with his Sten
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Legionaries carry Sten and MP40 submachineguns as they move through the jungle.

M1 Carbine

The legionaires also use M1 Carbines of various types.

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M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine
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A legionnaire hastily leaves the battlefield with a slung M1 carbine.
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M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine
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Václav Malý (Jaroslav Mareš) carries an M1A1 Carbine in the jungle.
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An M1A1 carbine hangs from a bed.

MAS-38

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MAS-38 Submachine gun - 7.65mm.
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Václav (Jaroslav Mareš) gets ​​MAS-38 submachine gun for Commander Wolf.
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New commander Wolf (Hannjo Hasse) holds his MAS-38.

Training Grenade

The legionnaires use what look like modified Great War Italian Pineapple grenades. France purchased many Grenades from Italy during WW1 and started building their own after a while. Though this film takes place in the post-WW2 years, the production seemed to use Italian Pineapple style training grenades, to impersonate French F1s or American Mk IIs.

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Legionnaire hung with “Pineapple” grenades in his belt.
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This a same type hand grenade was equipped also soldier VPN.
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Legionnaire Petr (František Peterka) is addition equipped with a submachine gun also by pair of the grenades.