Phillius  | 17 Oct 2016 1:36 a.m. PST |
Watched it on the weekend. Something I had never heard about before. Good film. |
| Thomas Nissvik | 17 Oct 2016 2:35 a.m. PST |
I'm hoping we get one about the the Swedish forces in the Congo conflict, lots of stuff there that would make a good movie. |
| foxweasel | 17 Oct 2016 2:54 a.m. PST |
I really enjoyed it, according to accounts I've read it was quite close to reality. A few dodgy "Hollywood" moments, but they don't make films to lose money. I thought the best thing was the research into the weapons and uniforms that had obviously been done. |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 17 Oct 2016 3:56 a.m. PST |
Watched it over the weekend. It was very good. |
| Tgunner | 17 Oct 2016 9:43 a.m. PST |
Modern Discussion? I didn't know that the Swedes had anything going on in Africa.Nor the Irish for that matter. It's on Netflix too. |
| Tgunner | 17 Oct 2016 11:21 a.m. PST |
Interesting mix of weapons for the Irish. SMLEs of different marks, FN-FALs, BRENs, and are those MAT-49s they're using? |
| Tgunner | 17 Oct 2016 12:14 p.m. PST |
Nope, it's a Carl Gustof. Odd looking weapon to me. Looks like a MP-40 and a STEN hooked up an had a kid. |
| rmaker | 17 Oct 2016 12:47 p.m. PST |
I didn't know that the Swedes had anything going on in Africa. Quite a bit of peace-keeping activity, actually. |
| DesertScrb | 17 Oct 2016 4:48 p.m. PST |
I enjoyed the movie, but was the United Nations flying UH-1 helicopters in 1961? |
| Tgunner | 17 Oct 2016 6:16 p.m. PST |
It's pushing it, but it's possible. The Bell 205, civilian model, was put up for sale in 1961. The Army got their prototypes in '56 and ordered the first batch of HU-1s in 1960. |
| Thomas Nissvik | 18 Oct 2016 6:09 a.m. PST |
"Modern" here is 1946 to 2006 and as this was early 60's it fits.
We have in fact been involved a bit in true modern time as well, in DRC, Liberia and other places.
link And for those playing spot-the-weapon the Irish are using the link and the leader of the Gendarmes has a link are used as well. |
| soledad | 18 Oct 2016 11:39 a.m. PST |
Swedish peacekeepers were involved in quite heavy combat in Congo. We even had a few jet fighters there. I thought the movie was ok but not much more. A few things annoyed me. One was when the sniper used a Bren LMG as a sniper rifle instead of his sniper rifle… |
nnascati  | 25 Oct 2016 1:28 p.m. PST |
I just watched the film, and enjoyed it. The Bren sniper rifle was pretty interesting. Maybe the forerunner of the Barret? |
| Andy P | 27 Oct 2016 4:30 a.m. PST |
Nobody commented on the lack of water cooling for the Vickers? |
| GeoffQRF | 28 Oct 2016 10:54 a.m. PST |
According to IMDB: The old, hard-to-come-by-but-historically-accurate Gustav machine guns seen used by the movie's actors were procured in South Africa. By checking the serial numbers, it was confirmed that some were the very same guns used in the conflict. |
| ScipioAlba | 08 Dec 2017 3:48 p.m. PST |
Just a point on using the Bren as a long range sniper rifle. It's not that unlikely. Speak to old soldiers who fired Brent's. They were incredibly accurate. I remember guys tapping the stock to move the poa a little so they could confirm where the rounds were going |
| Double G | 09 Dec 2017 5:13 p.m. PST |
"Nobody commented on the lack of water cooling on the Vickers?" Until your post, that would be no. |
| ScipioAlba | 17 Dec 2017 2:05 p.m. PST |
The Irish did run out of drinking water. But had quite a lot of spoiled water including the jerrycans on the helicopter which were spoiled by being ex petrol cans that hadn't been cleaned out properly. |
| SouthernPhantom | 21 Dec 2017 9:14 a.m. PST |
The movie was especially interesting to me; I did a good deal of design and engineering work for one of the major mines nearby Jadotville. The mining companies still run the economy of Katanga, that much is certain. |
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