White Soldier
French Movie Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Sergeant Robert Tual
Abraham Belaga
André Cariou
Emile Berling
Quoc
Mike Nguyen
White Soldier Soldat blanc
The following weapons were used in the film White Soldier :
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Pistols Luger P08 Black Commando members, including Tual and Cariou, use Luger P08s as secondary weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 with black grips – 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cariou threatens a prisoner with his Luger after the village raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual executes a Việt Minh prisoner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual aims his pistol at a Việt Minh soldier. Browning Hi-Power Before he becomes the leader of the commandos, Tual briefly carries a Browning Hi-Power .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian manufacture) – 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual with a Browning Hi-Power . Tokarev TT-33 The Tokarev TT-33 is used by Việt Minh officers. During the ambush of a small French unit, Cariou executes an officer with the pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cariou takes the pistol from the political officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cariou shoots the French Lieutenant, to prove that he is now a real communist, despite the fact he killed a few French soldiers just minutes before. Sauer Model 1913 A Japanese officer is seen with what appears to be a German Sauer Model 1913 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sauer Model 1913 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese officer commits suicide. Rifles MAS-36 The primary rifle of the French forces in Indochina is the MAS-36 . Some are non-firing props.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French Error creating thumbnail: File missing A French soldier landing with a MAS-36. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Quoc (Mike Nguyen) with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Quoc aims his rifle at a Japanese officer when he draws his pistol to commit suicide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing French soldiers at a checkpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A prop rifle during the evacuation of Cao Bang. Berthier Model 1916 Carbine A few French soldiers are seen carrying the Berthier Model 1916 Carabine .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berthier Model 1916 Carabine - 8x50mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in foreground carries a Berthier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldier in the middle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Carbine French troops and commandos use M1 Carbines against the Việt Minh.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korean War era M1 Carbine, with birch stock, adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual adjusts the sights during practice shooting with an M1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commandos with carbines during the village raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commandos fighting in the jungle. Mauser Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is seen in the hands of French soldiers and Việt Minh guerillas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in the middle with a Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual inspects a captured rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A corporal with a Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nice view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Various weapons captured after the fall of the French fort. A lot of Kar98ks included. Norinco Type 56 Carbine Việt Minh soldiers and some colonial soldiers carry Norinco Type 56 Carbines without bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56 Carbine - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing French colonial soldiers with SKSs during the beach battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonial soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Black Commando member with a captured SKS. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Việt Minh troops advancing on the surrendering Cariou. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Việt Minh guerilla loots the bodies of dead French soldiers. The space for the bayonet is pretty visible. Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine Japanese soldiers are incorrectly equipped with the Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine . Việt Minh guerillas use these rifles as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Việt Minh forces ambush French soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Việt Minh guerilla escorts French POWs. Unknown Rifle French troops capture some rifles, but it is hard to determinate what rifles they are.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual with a captured rifle. Submachine Guns MAS-38 French Army soldiers, most prominently Robert Tual (Abraham Belaga), use the MAS-38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAS-38 - 7.65x20mm Longue Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual firing the MAS-38 during the battle on the beach. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charging Tual. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A French soldier hiding in the jungle with the MAS-38. We can distinguish the offset sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tual's MAS-38 at the river checkpoint. M1928A1 Thompson Several commandos use M1928A1 Thompsons with a 20-round magazines. Tual and Quoc use their SMGs without stocks.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing French soldiers learn the disassembly of the weapon at the beginning of the film. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A French soldier fighting on the beach. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The French Lieutenant holds the Sten in a very curious way. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cariou's Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cariou firing the Sten, the only time in the film when the Sten is held in (what is usually considered) the proper way- by the receiver, not the magazine. MP41 An MP41 is briefly seen during the beach battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP41 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MP41 circled in red. PPSh-41 Việt Minh troops and Vietnamese commandos use the PPSh-41 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A French commando with a captured PPSH. PPS-43 Several Việt Minh fighters and later the traitor Cariou use the PPS-43 (or Chinese copy) against French troops.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bren Mk1 (M) - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A commando attacking a Việt Minh village. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other Japanese Weapons At the end of the WWII, Japanese troops occupying Indochina surrender to the French Army. They drop their weapons, but none look accurate for the Imperial Japanese Army.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Japanese" weapons surrendered to French troops. A Kar98k , Mosin Nagant and a few Lee-Enfield No.1 Mark III*s . Note Roger Vanderberghe The character depicted by Abraham Belaga , Robert Tual, is heavly inspirated by the Chief Warrant Officer Roger Vanderberghe. A resistant fighter at age of 16 and who joined regular army with his brother after WW2 for duty in Indochina. In 1948 his brother, his last family, is KIA. He becomes Sergeant and lead a recon platoon composed only by anticommunist local soldiers. The efficients of all actions behind ennemy lines are due that Vanderberghe use non conventional warfare tactics and copy the same strategy and use similar uniform than the Việt Minh. Later finally promuted Chief Warrant Officer, his commando, the number 24, whose the members are nicknamed The Black Tigers is one of the best unit of the war, even the Việt Minh command put a reward over Vanderberghe (a reward that Vanderberghe stole after pretending being captured, but the soldiers who claimed the reward were in fact his own). All the members of the commando are Vietnamese soldiers and ex Việt Minh soldiers, only the officers and NCOs are French. But in January 1952, he is assassinated while sleeping at age of 24, betrayed by an ex Việt Minh figther, who was infiltrated. He was the most decorated NCOs of 20th century with 5 medals and 18 citations, he was also wounded 8 times. General De Lattre de Tassigny said of him. Let France give me 100 Vanderberghe, and we will defeat the Việt Minh...
