23-F
Theatrical Release Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero
Paco Tous
Maj. Gen. Alfonso Armada
Juan Diego
Juan Carlos I
Fernando Cayo
Sabino Fernández Campos
Mariano Venancio
Adolfo Suárez
Ginés García Millán
Lt. Gen. Jaime Milans del Bosch
Lluís Marco
Capt. Jesús Muñecas Aguilar
Luis Zahera
23-F 23-F: la pelicula (23-F: The Film )) is a 2011 Spanish historical drama movie directed by Chema de la Pena. The movie depicts the events of "23-F", an attempted coup d'état in Spain on 23-24 February 1981, performed by officers of the Guardia Civil .
The following weapons were used in the film 23-F :
Handguns Star Model BM In full accordance with real events, Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero (Paco Tous ), Capt. Jesús Muñecas Aguilar (Luis Zahera), Santiago Vecinos (Luis Callejo), Enrique Bobis González (Juan Alberto López), Carlos Lázaro Corthay (Tomás del Estal), and other Guardia Civil officers are armed with Star Model BM pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Model BM - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero readies his pistol during the opening credits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tejero orders his people to assault the Congress. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer holds a security guard at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pile of Star Model BM pistols and unidentified revolvers, taken from security guards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer in the Congress of Deputies hall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tejero and his men in a standoff with Gen. José Aramburu Topete (Jesús Castejón), who tries to stop the coup. M1911-style pistol An officer, commanding the troops at the TVE broadcasting studio, hold an M1911-style pistol, probably a full-size Star model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Star Model B - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer draws his pistol. Llama Pistol When Lt. Gen. Jaime Milans del Bosch (Lluís Marco) surrenders his pistol when the coup fails, it appears to be a Llama , but the exact model is unknown.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol resembles the late version of the Llama III , but lacks the ventilated rib along the barrel. Unidentified Revolver Some security guards at the Congress hall carry revolvers. These guns are most likely Spanish produced Astra or Llama models.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A security guard carries a revolver in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pile of Star Model BM pistols and unidentified revolvers, taken from security guards. Submachine Guns Star Z62 Some of Guardia Civil are armed with Star Z62 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Z62 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil officer with a Star Z62 in a bus. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil NCO holds a Star Z62. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil officers in the Congress hall.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil officer at the background holds a Star Z62. Rifles CETME Model C Most Guardia Civil personnel and Spanish Army soldiers are armed with CETME Model C rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing CETME Model C - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil officers with CETME rifles in a bus.Error creating thumbnail: File missing The wooden handguard of the Model C is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil officers threaten TVE cameramen in the Congress.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guardia Civil officers on guard in the Congress.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Guardia Civil aims his rifle at a member of Congress. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers with CETME Model C rifles in the TVE broadcasting studio. Documentary footage of violence in post-Franco Spain shows various terrorists training with firearms (possibly the Basque separatist group ETA).
Smith & Wesson 59 A pistol with a slide-mounted safety that appears to be a Smith & Wesson 59 is seen in documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 59 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Parinco Model 3R An SMG that is possibly a Spanish Parinco Model 3R is seen in documentary footage.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL "G Series" - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia M60 tanks and M113 APCs are seen when the Brunete Motorized Division under rebellious Gen. Jaime Milans del Bosch deploys the troops of the Brunete Motorized Division onto Valencia's streets. In reality, Brunete had M47 tanks that were unavailable during filming and replaced with roughly similar looking M60s of the Spanish Army Brigada Guadarrama XII.
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