Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord! |
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here. |
Mediterraneo
The following weapons appear in the 1991 film Mediterraneo:
Bruni/BBM "ME-8 Police"
Sergeant Lorusso and Lieutenant Montini use a blank firing Bruni/BBM "ME-8 Police"used to impersonate a Beretta M1934. This gun was used probably for legal reasons, since the film was shot in Greece.
Carcano Modello 91
All the soldiers of the squad (composed of mixed units) use the Italian Royal Army standard issue Carcano 91 long rifle, with wrong slings. For import legal reasons the bolts were removed and replaced with much smaller counterparts, noting the difficulty of the actors to reload after one shot. In some scenes the bolts are even not present. Probably the bolts were found in Greece, taking them from other rifles, and adapted to mount on the Carcano 91 to shoot 8mm blanks (a simple modification often used by reenactor or low budget film). It's strange how no member of the task force has a Breda light machine gun, despite the objective of the mission is presiding and defend the island. Surely if it was difficult to import some old bolt-action rifles, it would have been even more difficult import an automatic war weapon.
The two Royal Navy soldiers are standing with their P37 holsters. At the WWII the British Navy personal issue sidearm was the Webley semi-auto pistol.