Le Gang
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The Gang Le Gang ) is a 1977 French crime movie directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon as the criminal Robert called "Le dingue" ("The crazy"). The movie is based on the memoirs of former police inspector Roger Borniche (another movie, based on Borniche's memoirs, is Flic Story
The following weapons are seen in the movie The Gang:
Revolvers Smith & Wesson Military & Police Manu (Adalberto Maria Merli ) is armed with Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolver in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5" Barrel - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manu (Adalberto Maria Merli ) with his revolver in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manu with his revolver. Pocket revolver During the robbery of jewelry store jeweler's wife appears with a small caliber pocket revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jeweler's wife aims her revolver at Robert. Pistols M1911A1 Robert's (Alain Delon ) favored weapon is M1911A1 . He uses this pistol in most scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert (Alain Delon ) with his M1911A1 in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene. A good view on the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert with his pistol during a robbery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert threatens a prostitute to make her hide him from police. Walther P38 In one scene Robert (Alain Delon ) is armed with Walther P38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert (Alain Delon ) cocks his P38. Walther PPK In one scene Robert (Alain Delon ) is armed with Walther PPK .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert (Alain Delon ) with his Walther PPK. Luger P08 Lucien's (Maurice Barrier ) favored weapon is Luger P08 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun, thus it is a World War One firearm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien (Maurice Barrier ), disguised as gendarme, holds cashier at gunpoint with his Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien with his Luger during the police raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien threatens bank secretary. MAB Model D A gendarme on the railway station is seen with pistol that most likely is MAB Model D . Most of police inspectors in the scene of the police raid are also armed with MAB pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAB Model D Type I - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gendarme with MAB model D pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police inspectors with MAB model D pistols. In the scene on the railway station Jo (Xavier Depraz ), disguised as gendarme, is armed with a pistol that is seen very briefly and is hard to be identified. It can be MAB Model D too but not for sure.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Submachine guns Sten Mk II Robert (Alain Delon ) and several of his companions, including Raymond (Roland Bertin ) and Manu (Adalberto Maria Merli ), use Sten Mk II submachine guns during the robberies. Jo (Xavier Depraz ) is armed with Sten during the police raid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert (Alain Delon ) with Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Raymond (Roland Bertin ) with Sten and Lucien (Maurice Barrier ) with P08 threatens bank clerks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 and disassembled Sten.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Assembling of the Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jo (Xavier Depraz ) shoots his Sten at police. MAS-38 Gendarmes with MAS-38 submachine guns are seen in many scenes. Robert (Alain Delon ) use MAS-38 to break out from police commissariat and later in the shootout with police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAS-38 Submachine gun - 7.65mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert (Alain Delon ) with MAS-38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarmes with MAS-38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarme shoots his MAS-38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert shoots MAS-38 at police. MP40 Manu (Adalberto Maria Merli ) shoots MP40 during the police raid. Later Robert (Alain Delon ) is armed with this SMG during the bank robbery.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 and disassembled Sten . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manu (Adalberto Maria Merli ) with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manu shoots MP40 at police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert (Alain Delon ) with MP40. Rifles Bertier Mle 1916 Carbine Some of gendarmes are armed with Bertier Mle 1916 Carbines rifles during the raid. Though these guns seems outdated for 1950s, they were really used by French "Compagnies Republicaines de Securite" law enforcement units until the 1960s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berthier Model 1916 Carabine - 8x50Rmm Lebel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarme with Bertier Mle 1916. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarme with Bertier Mle 1916. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarme aims at Robert. Berthier Model 1902 Rifle Some of gendarmes are armed with Berthier Model 1902 rifles during the raid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berthier Model 1902 Rifle Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gendarme with Berthier Model 1902. Note the turned-down bolt handle that allows to identify the rifle as Model 1902 (unlike more conventional Model 1907-15 that has a straight bolt handle). 
