The Tiger and the Snow (La tigre e la neve)The Tiger and the Snow (La tigre e la neve) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesThe Tiger and the Snow (La tigre e la neve)
The Tiger and the Snow is a 2005 Italian romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Roberto Benigni. It largely is set in Iraq during the Coalition invasion there circa April 2003.
The following weapons were used in the film The Tiger and the Snow:
A US Army NCO (Steven Beckingham) at the roadblock checkpoint uses what appears to be a Beretta 92SB (probably standing in for the M9) attached to a lanyard.
Some of the US soldiers at the roadblock checkpoint are armed with with appear to be M16A2s fitted with Colt scopes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt M16A2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA US soldier at the roadblock checkpoint armed with an M16A2 fitted with a Colt scope. The soldier next to him has an M16A4 with a rail-mounted optic in place of the carrying handle, which is slightly anachronistic as although the M16A4 did exist in early 2003 they were not widely fielded yet among US forces.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA US soldier aims his M16A2 at Attilio's back as he is searched.
M16A4 with M16A2 handguards
One of the US soldiers at the roadblock, Pete (Peter Swander), uses an M16A4 with M16A2 handguards and the carrying handle attached (probably standing in for the M16A2 as M16A4s were not very commonplace in US Army units in early 2003). Another US soldier has a reflex sight in place of the carrying handle, though still retaining the M16A2 handguards.
Later in the film, where Coalition forces assault an enemy hideout, a US soldier can be seen armed with an M4 Carbine with the carrying handle attached.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM85 Heavy Machine Gun .50 BMGError creating thumbnail: File missingAttilio watches Coalition M60A1 tanks pass by, M85 heavy machine guns mounted on their roofs. The use of Patton tanks (and single-engine Hueys) is anachronistic as they had been retired from US frontline service for almost a decade by 2003. According to Dale Dye, one of the military advisers on the film, the tanks were actually borrowed from the Tunisian military as the film's Iraq sequences were filmed in Tunisia.Error creating thumbnail: File missingClose-up view of the tanks, showing ERA affixed onto the turrets.
RPK
Later in the film, an irregular fighter runs by Attilio wielding what appears to be an RPK light machine gun fitted with a drum magazine.
During the scene where Coalition forces assault an insurgent hideout, a US soldier can be seen armed with an M4 equipped with an M203 grenade launcher, flashlight, and Aimpoint sight.