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Mosul

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Mosul
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Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan
Release Date 2019
Language Arabic
Studio Conde Nast Entertainment
Distributor Netflix
Main Cast
Character Actor
Kawa Adam Bessa
Jasem Suhail Dabbach
Waleed Is'haq Elias


Mosul is a 2019 Netflix war film written and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan. Loosely adapted from the 2017 New Yorker article "The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS", the film stars Adam Bessa as Kawa, a young Iraqi police officer who is recruited to join the elite Nineveh Province SWAT team as they carry out a dangerous mission during the Battle of Mosul. The film premiered on Netflix on November 26, 2020.


The following weapons were used in the film Mosul:


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Handguns

Glock 17

Kawa Salah Al-Faily (Adam Bessa) and his partner Jameel Ziad Al Qurtibi (Ali Al Jarrah) use Glock 17 pistols while defending themselves from an ISIS attack in the introduction. Members of the Nineveh SWAT team are also equipped with Glock 17s as their sidearms.

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3rd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm. Note the finger grooves, thumb reliefs, and accessory rail on the frame, which differentiate it from the older model.

Glock 19

Commander Jasem (Suhail Dabbach), the leader of the SWAT team, carries a Glock 19 pistol as his sidearm.

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Glock 19 (3rd Generation) - 9x19mm

Beretta 92FS

SWAT team members Waleed (Is'haq Elias) and Kamal (Qutaiba Abdelhaq) use Beretta 92FS pistols as their sidearms.

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Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm

Rifles

Kalashnikov Variants

AK-47

Commander Jasem, Amir (Mohimen Mahbuba), and Hooka (Thaer Al Shayei) use AK-47 rifles as their main weapons. Jasem's AK-47 is modified with a railed handguard and foregrip, a Tapco Intrafuse folding stock and an EOTech holosight.

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Type 3 AK-47 with laminated stock - 7.62x39mm
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Airsoft Cybergun AK-47 - for illustrative purposes.

AKS-47

Razak (Faycal Attougui) is armed with an AKS-47. ISIS fighters are also seen with the AKS-47.

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Type 3 AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm

AKM

Several members of the SWAT team, most notably Waheed, are armed with the AKM. ISIS fighters also use AKM rifles while battling the SWAT team.

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AKM - 7.62x39mm

AKMS

Kawa is seen with an AKMS, which in a continuity error occasionally becomes a Norinco Type 56-1 in certain scenes.

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AKMS - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56-1

Kawa is given a Norinco Type 56-1 rifle when he joins the Nineveh SWAT team. As mentioned above, the Type 56-1 occasionally becomes an AKMS in certain scenes.

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Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm

IMI Romat

Akram (Mohamed Attougui) uses an IMI Romat rifle as his main weapon.

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IMI Romat - 7.62x51mm NATO

Valmet M76

ISIS fighters, Iraqi Army soldiers and Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces / PMU) militiamen are seen using 5.56x45mm Valmet M76 rifles.

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Valmet M76 - 5.56x45mm. The Valmet M76 was also offered in 7.62x39mm

M4A1 Carbine

IRGC Colonel Kaveh Afsahani (Waleed Elgadi), the leader of the PMU group that the SWAT team meets with to barter for ammunition, uses a M4A1 Carbine with a foregrip and an ACOG sight to shoot down ISIS suicide drones. During an argument with Commander Jasem, he refers to the rifle as an "Iraqi Army rifle for sale, never been fired, only been dropped once."

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Colt M4A1 with 4 position collapsible stock, RIS foregrip, folding rear sight, and ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm NATO

Beretta SCP-70/90

A PMU militiaman can be seen with a Beretta SCP-70/90 carbine when the SWAT team meets with the PMU group.

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Beretta SCP-70/90 with stock folded. SCP version (Special Carabine Paratroopers) is used by Paratroopers and rarely by Operazione Strade Sicure soldiers . - 5.56x45mm NATO

Shotguns

Franchi PA8

One of the PMU militiamen is armed with a Franchi PA8 shotgun.

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Franchi PA8 - 12 gauge

Sniper Rifles

Norinco NDM-86

An ISIS sniper uses a Norinco NDM-86 in 7.62x51mm, as distinguished by the magazine, to shoot at civilians who are fleeing ISIS territory. After the sniper is eliminated, Amir takes the NDM-86 and uses it for the remainder of the film.

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Norinco NDM-86 - .308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm NATO

SVD Dragunov

A genuine SVD Dragunov is also found by the SWAT team when they storm the ISIS sniper nest. Waheeb is seen detaching the PSO-1 sight from the rifle in order to use it to survey the surrounding area.

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SVD Dragunov - 7.62x54mm R

Machine Guns

ZB-53 / vz.37 Machine Gun

A ZB-53 / vz. 37 machine gun is mounted on the turrets of two of the SWAT team's Humvees. Although the ZB-53 is not an anachronistic weapon, it is likely used as a substitute for the DsHK machine guns that are mentioned in the source material.

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ZB 53 / vz. 37 machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

M60 Machine Gun

The SWAT team's third Humvee has a M60 Machine Gun mounted on its turret.

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M60 machine gun with bipod extended - 7.62x51mm NATO

Zastava M72

Iraqi Federal Police officers and ISIS fighters are seen using the Zastava M72 light machine gun.

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Zastava M72 with 30-round box magazine - 7.62x39mm

Other

RPG-7

Waleed trades a hookah for a PMU militiaman's RPG-7 launcher and a single rocket, which he later uses in an assault on an ISIS base.

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RPG-7 - 40mm