Elite Squad

2011-03-29T14:32:00Z

COBAR: /* Madsen M50 */

[[Image:EliteSquadPoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Elite Squad''' (US Release Poster) (2007)]]
[[Image:Tt0861739 largeCover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Tropa de Elite''' aka ''Elite Squad'' (Original language Poster) (2007)]]

'''Original Title: "Tropa de Elite"'''
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits. Meanwhile, the two idealistic friends Neto and Matias join the Military Police force expecting to become honest policemen and fight the criminals…(Plot summary from Imdb.com)
This is an excellent picture. It is somewhat difficult to obtain good scans because most action takes place at night and the action is fast. Nevertheless, we can see some interesting firearms:

== [[Ruger Mini-14]] ==
This rifle is used in several scenes by the drug dealers:
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 003511966.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M16 rifle and Ruger Mini-14 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 003614736.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Ruger Mini-14 and Micro-Uzi in "Elite Squad"]]
== [[FN FAL]] ==
An IMBEL Fz M/964 (FN 50-00 brazilian license-build fixed-stock version) is used by the drug dealers as well as a DMR by at least one of the BOPE officers and a standard configuration by another.

[[Image:Tropa_de_Elite_FAL.jpg|thumb|none|400px|''The BOPE officer lies prone on a rooftop in a Rio slum with his scoped FAL, ready to engage a target down on the street. It is an 18" bbl IMBEL Fz M/964 (FAL) with STANAG mount and unidentified scope - 7.62x51mm'']]

[[Image:Tropa_De_Elite_FAL2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|''The BOPE officer with his FAL, just before firing on a target in the street below.'']]

[[Image:FAL_bg1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|''The BOPE officer in the background with his FAL, standing guard at the rear approach.'']]

[[Image:Tropa_de_elite_FAL_bg2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|''The same BOPE officer and weapon, at a closer angle at the top of the image.'']]

== M16 SP1 ==
Wagner Moura, as Captain Nascimento, carries several guns through the movie. One of them is an [[M16 rifle series|M16 SP1]] with [[M16A2]] hand guards, the rifle carried by most of the men of the BOPE in the movie.

[[Image:M16-SP1-with-A2-Handguards.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M16 (SP1) with A2-style hand guards - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:610x.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M16 SP1 and Taurus PT-92 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 004988817.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M16 SP1 and Taurus PT-92 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005166494.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M16 SP1 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005168496.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M16 SP1 in "Elite Squad"]]

== Colt model 653 carbine ==
I hope that I’ve identified correctly this gun, used by Caio Junqueira as Neto, during the 2nd half of the movie
[[Image:Berlinale01.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt model 653 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005173334.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt model 653 in "Elite Squad"]]

That´s a Model 725 (aka the Colt R6520 A2 Govt. Model Carbine - 5.56x45mm), look at the M16A2 style receiver

== [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] ==
A H&K MP5-A3 or MP5 A-5 is used by Wagner Moura in several scenes
[[Image:Tropa de elite.jpg|thumb|none|350px|HK MP5 in "Elite Squad"]]
That's an HK94 Chopped and converted.-protoAuthor

== [[INA]] ==
Popular in South America is this Danish made SMG. Recognized by it's stamped metal body which, literally, is held together by the barrel nut (which was known to loosed on its own spilling the internal mechanisms to the ground) Brazil produced a licensed copy but, oddly enough, it was made in .45 ACP instead of the standard 9mm.
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 003451406.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 003771434.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]

== Imbel MD97 ==
This is a rifle derived from the FAL,made in Brazil by Industria de Material Bélico do Brasil, and widely used by the Brazilian police and military. It is carried by the actor in the background in these scenes, although it is never seen closely.
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005342253.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005342754.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]

That is NOT an MD-97, is just an ordinary FAL, notice the shape of the magazine.

==Unidentified rifles ==
In the opening scenes, Caio Junqueira opens fire with an unidentified scoped rifle. It might be an Imbel AGLC, but I can’t identify it with certainty. It's maybe IMBEL M/968 (old czech or belgian Mauser enhanced with new 0.308 barrel in the 60's).
The new BOPE recruits can be seen training with rifles that are probably made in Brazil, but I can’t identify them (help requested).
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 004628206.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 004843505.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]
It's maybe IMBEL M/968 (old czech or belgian Mauser enhanced with new 0.308 barrel in the 60's).

It's actually a Mauser chambered in .308, called MosqueFAL.

== 12 Gauge pump shotguns ==
Several pump shotguns are seen in the hands of the BOPE agents. They are probably Brazilian-made guns, from CBC (companhia brasileira de cartuchos) or from Boito. I’m not familiarized with these shotguns, and therefore, cannot identify them (help requested).
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005180258.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Remington 870]] with pistol grip, synthetic stock and 7 round magazine]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 006593420.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Mossberg 500]] Field 12 Gauge with wooden furniture and ventilated rib barrel]]
[[Image:Tropaelite.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]
It's surely CBC 586P (variant of [[Smith & Wesson 916]]) which is standard pump shotgun of BOPE.

== Glock ==
Caio Junqueira uses 2 handguns in the movie: a Glock, and a Taurus PT-92. The Glock could be a Glock 19, 22 or 25. It's most likely a Glock 25 in .380 ACP.
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 001061727.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Glock pistol in "Elite Squad"]]

== Taurus PT-92 ==
This handgun is used both by the police and by the Drug dealers
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 004988817.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M16A2 and Taurus PT-92 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Press1 43577a.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Taurus PT-92 in "Elite Squad"]]
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 005744572.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Taurus PT-92 in "Elite Squad"]]

== Uzi ==
A micro-Uzi (or a Uzi pistol) is used by one of the drug dealers in a shootout
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 003614736.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Ruger Mini-14 and Micro-Uzi in "Elite Squad"]]

== Taurus revolver ==
André Ramiro uses both a Taurus PT-92, and a revolver, that I think is a Taurus model 83, although it is never seen close enough.
[[Image:Tropa.De.Elite.-Esp-DvDScreener-XviD-mp3--ART-KEVIN.avi 000372080.jpg|thumb|none|350px|"Elite Squad"]]
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INA Model 953

2011-03-29T14:30:13Z

COBAR: Created page with "'''The history of the National Arms Industry is at least interesting, and gets away from Brazil at the beginning of World War II when the Germans invaded Denmark. On this occasio..."

'''The history of the National Arms Industry is at least interesting, and gets away from Brazil at the beginning of World War II when the Germans invaded Denmark. On this occasion there was, in technical mission, a Brazilian Army officer: Plinio Paes Barreto Cardoso. Danes trusted him with some weapons designs (including a light machine gun), which are brought by him to Brazil, away from the hands of the Nazis. Once the war, returned the projects, Dansk Industri Syndikat gives gratitude for the rights of the submachine Madsen model 1946. So in 1949, headed by General Retired Plinio, is founded the ''Industria Nacional De Armas'' (National Arms Industry) - INA, the district Utinga in the city of Santo André, São Paulo.'''

==Film==

* Brazilian cops in ''[[Elite Squad]]''

* Gangsters in ''[[City of God]]''

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