Taxi for Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk)
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Taxi for Tobruk Un taxi pour Tobrouk
The following weapons were used in the film Taxi for Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk) :
Submachine Guns Sten Mk II All four Frenchmen use Sten Mk II SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jean Ramirez (Germán Cobos ) carries two Stens while Theo Dumas (Lino Ventura ) carries his Sten and Gensac's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramirez holds a Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Theo Dumas and Samuel Goldmann (Charles Aznavour ) carry Stens. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramirez, Dumas and Goldman with Stens in ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goldman aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sten is seen next to François Gensac (Maurice Biraud ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dumas with Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramirez cleans his Sten. MP38/MP40 Capt. Ludwig von Stegel (Hardy Krüger ) uses an MP38 . In several scenes German soldiers are also seen with SMGs that can be MP40s or MP38s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jean Ramirez (Germán Cobos ) examines a captured MP at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Theo Dumas (Lino Ventura ) holds an MP while pretending to be a German soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s guard British POWs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier at the right holds an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ludwig von Stegel holds his MP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Longitudinal grooving on the receiver allows to identify this SMG as MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note a strange position of the underbarrel rod. Rifles M43 Spanish Mauser In several scenes François Gensac (Maurice Biraud ) is armed with a M43 Spanish Mauser rifle (the movie was filmed in Spain). M43s, standing for Karabiner 98k , are also carried by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Theo Dumas (Lino Ventura ) carries his Sten and Gensac's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the business end of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing François Gensac in ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Straight bolt handles of two rifles are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier next to the door of the depot holds a Mauser rifle. Unidentified rifles In one scene unidentified rifles are seen in hands of German soldiers, guarding British POWs. Judging by the handguards, extending up to the muzzle, and the "ears" on the front sight, seen on one of these rifles, Spanish Mauser 1895 Carbine seems to be a possible guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1895 Spanish Mauser Carbine - 7x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers, sitting on a armored vehicle at the left, holds carbines, possibly Spanish 1895 model. Machine Guns Maxim MG08 A Maxim MG08 , standing for British Vickers , is mounted on LRDG jeep (according to our colleagues from IMCDB, it's a Dodge 1 1/2-Ton).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jean Ramirez (Germán Cobos ) fires the machine gun during the night attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramirez fires at the German plane. Note the inscription on the ammo box: "250 CAL .30" that doesn't match the caliber of MG08. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the machine gun on pivot mounting. MG42 An MG42 is mounted on a German jeep, captured by Frenchmen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 is mounted on the car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jean Ramirez (Germán Cobos ) aims the MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the machine gun. Browning M1919A5 Browning M1919A5 machine guns are seen mounted on M8 Greyhound armoured cars and M4 Sherman tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1919A5 - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing A coaxial M1919 is seen on Greyhound. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1919 machine guns are mounted on Sherman tanks. Browning M2HB Browning M2HB machine guns are seen mounted on M8 Greyhound armoured cars and M4 Sherman and M24 Chaffee tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M2HB is mounted on Greyhound. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M4 tank on post-war military parade in Paris. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M24 tanks on post-war military parade in Paris. Trivia Hispano Aviación HA-1112 A Hispano Aviación HA-1112 fighter plane, Spanish post-war version of Messerschmitt Bf 109 stands for Bf 109 in one scene (like in many other WW2 Spanish filmed movies). The Spanish plane is armed with two 20mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M8 Greyhound Two M8 Greyhound armoured cars appear in one scene. They are armed with 37 mm Gun M6, a coaxial Browning M1919A5 and a Browning M2HB over the turret.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Greyhounds in desert. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the turret. M4 Sherman M4 Sherman tanks of several modifications are seen in the final scene of post-war military parade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing M24 Chaffee M24 Chaffee tanks are seen in the final scene of post-war military parade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AMX-13 AMX-13 tanks are seen in the final scene of post-war military parade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pz. I A German Pz. I light tank is seen in one scene. It is armed with two MG34 machine guns (though the MGs itself aren't seen on screen).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Pz. I is seen at the right. T-26 Several T-26 light tanks are seen in one scene. They are Soviet tanks, supplied for Republican Spain and used by Spanish army for a long time. In the movie they stand for German tanks. The main gun of T-26 is a 45mm 20-К gun, a close relative of 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two T-26s are seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A turret of T-26 is seen at the left. Fake Self-Propelled Gun In one scene a fake German SPG is seen. It is mounted on a tractor chassis.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The vehicle is seen at the right. 
