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|country = [[Image:South Korean flag.jpg|25px]] South Korea
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|director = [[Ryu Seung-wan]]
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|date= 2021
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|language = Korean <br> English <br> Somali
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'''''Escape from Mogadishu''''' (Korean title: 모가디슈, Mogadisyu; lit. "Mogadishu") is a 2021 Korean action-drama film. The film, which is based on true events, takes place in 1991 at the height of the Somalian Civil War and the overthrow of Somali general and president Mohamed Siad Barre by the rebels of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and follows a group of South and North Korean diplomats and their families as they attempt to hide and escape from the violence and anarchy-filled streets of the Somali capital city of Mogadishu.
'''''Escape from Mogadishu''''' (Korean title: 모가디슈, Mogadisyu; lit. "Mogadishu") is a 2021 Korean action-drama film. The film, which is based on true events, takes place in 1991 at the height of the Somalian Civil War and the military coup d'état against the government of Somali general and president Mohamed Siad Barre, and follows a group of South and North Korean diplomats and their families as they attempt to hide and escape from the violence and anarchy-filled streets of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.


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==Heckler & Koch MP5SD3==
==Heckler & Koch MP5SD3==
The guards of the Embassy of Italy are armed with the [[Heckler & Koch MP5SD3]].
The guards of the Embassy of Italy are incorrectly armed with the [[Heckler & Koch MP5SD3]] instead of the historically accurate [[Beretta AR-70/223|Beretta AR70]].  
[[File:MP5SD3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:MP5SD3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 - 9x19mm]]
[[File:EFM-MP5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Italian embassy's guards stand in front of the entrance with their MP5s.]]
[[File:EFM-MP5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Italian embassy's guards stand in front of the entrance with their MP5s.]]
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[[File:EFM-PKM5.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The mounted PKM.]]
[[File:EFM-PKM5.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The mounted PKM.]]
[[File:EFM-PKM6.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Ditto.]]
[[File:EFM-PKM6.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Ditto.]]
[[File:EFM-PKM7.jpg|thumb|600px|none]]
[[File:EFM-PKM7.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The jeep skids to a halt. The PKM is fully visible in this shot.]]


==Browning M2==
==Browning M2==

Latest revision as of 09:55, 21 October 2023


Escape from Mogadishu
모가디슈
Mogadisyu
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Theatrical release poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing South Korea
Directed by Seung-wan Ryu
Release Date 2021
Language Korean
English
Somali
Studio Dexter Studios
Filmmaker R&K
Lotte Entertainment
Distributor Well Go USA Entertainemnt (USA, theatrical)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Han Shin-sung Kim Yoon-seok
Kang Dae-jin Zo In-sung
Rim Yong-su Huh Joon-ho
Tae Joon-ki Koo Kyo-hwan


Escape from Mogadishu (Korean title: 모가디슈, Mogadisyu; lit. "Mogadishu") is a 2021 Korean action-drama film. The film, which is based on true events, takes place in 1991 at the height of the Somalian Civil War and the military coup d'état against the government of Somali general and president Mohamed Siad Barre, and follows a group of South and North Korean diplomats and their families as they attempt to hide and escape from the violence and anarchy-filled streets of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.


The following weapons were used in the film Escape from Mogadishu:


Pistols

Tokarev TT-33

The Tokarev TT-33 is the standard sidearm of all Somalia-affiliated characters.

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Post-1947 Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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The Tokarev in a Somali officer's holster.
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Closer view of the holstered pistol.
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The same officer levels the pistol to Kang Dae-jin's (Zo In-sung) head, suspicious of his presence.
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Ditto.
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Dae-jin dares the officer to shoot him as he delivers a diplomatic message with the help of Sin-seong.
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A Somali solider firing his Tokarev.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

The PPSh-41 is used by multiple Somalian rebels.

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PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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General Aidid's rebels hold PPSh submachine guns as he delivers a message to both Korean embassies.
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Ditto.
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Ditto again.
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A rebel child soldier holds his PPSh as he and the other rebels hold the diplomats hostage.
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A rebel holds his PPSh.

Heckler & Koch MP5SD3

The guards of the Embassy of Italy are incorrectly armed with the Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 instead of the historically accurate Beretta AR70.

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Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 - 9x19mm
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The Italian embassy's guards stand in front of the entrance with their MP5s.

Rifles

AK-47

The AK-47 and its variants and copies are used by all of the Somalian characters throughout the movie.

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Type 3 AK-47 - 7.62x39mm
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A Somali rebel fires his AK into the ceiling of the South Korean embassy.

AK-74

The AK-74 is briefly seen.

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AK-74 - 5.45x39mm
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An AK-74 is held up at a demonstration.
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Another AK-74 being held up.

AKM

The AKM is seen with multiple Somali characters.

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AKM - 7.62x39mm
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An AKM is handed to a rebel at a demonstration.
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The soldier at the center of the watchtower holds an AKM.
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A soldier wearing a red beret holds an AKM as the Koreans are finally safely evacuated from the city.
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A child holds an AKM.
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A rebel holds his AKM.

AKS-47

The AKS-47 is used by multiple Somalian characters. They may be Type 56-1s but it is difficult to tell.

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Type 3 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm
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A South Korean Embassy guard holds his AKS-47.

Type 56

The most frequently seen AK variant in the film is the Type 56 assault rifle.

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Type 56 - 7.62x39mm
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A guard at Mogadishu International Airport holding his Type 56 stops Kang Dae-jin.
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A rebel holds his Type 56.
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The rebel's accomplices hold their own Type 56s.
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Ditto.
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A rebel shoots out the tire of the diplomats' car with his rifle.
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Somalian officers with Type 56s.
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A child rebel on the left initially pretends to fire his Type 56 at the diplomats.
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The rebel on the left fires a Type 56.

Zastava M70

Multiple Somalian characters are also seen with the Zastava M70.

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Zastava M70B1 - 7.62x39mm
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The Somalian military open fire on the rebels and rioters.
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A rebel aims his Zastava at a suspected dissident.
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A rebel holds an M70.

Heckler & Koch G3A3

A Somali rebel is equipped with the Heckler & Koch G3. Two more G3s are seen in the hands of rebels in some photographs.

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Heckler & Koch G3A3 - 7.62x51mm NATO
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In the photo on the left, a rebel has a G3 slung. Another rebel in the image on the right also holds a G3.
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A rebel on the far left holds a G3 as General Aidid delivers a message.

L1A1

An L1A1 is seen being held up by a rioter.

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L1A1 SLR - 7.62x51mm NATO
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An L1A1 being held up.

Machine Guns

PKM

The PKM is used by the Somali rebels.

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PKM with classic flash hider - 7.62x54mm R
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A PKM is seen as General Aidid delivers his message.
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A jeep-mounted PKM is fired at the escaping Koreans.
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The PKM continues to fire at the Koreans' barricaded cars.
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Ditto.
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The mounted PKM.
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Ditto.
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The jeep skids to a halt. The PKM is fully visible in this shot.

Browning M2

The Browning M2 is used by the Italian Embassy guards.

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Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.
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An Italian embassy guard spots the arriving Koreans as another holds the M2.
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The guards deliver a message to the rebels threatening to kill the Korean diplomats.
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The M2 is readied.
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A guard with the M2 accompanies the Korean convoy in the film's ending.

Grenades

Tear gas

A tear gas grenade is thrown at the hotel as the civil war begins to spread into Mogadishu.

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Tear gas grenades are thrown into evacuating visitors at the hotel.

Others

Rebel pictures

Somali rebels are seen holding multiple North Korea-supplied firearms in two images.

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Rebels can be seen holding a Heckler & Koch G3, SKS, and RPKs with their furniture and bipods missing in the image on the left. One of the rifles is identified within the film as a (non-existent) sniper-customized "Type 78".
In the image on the right, the rebels can be seen holding an M16A1, another G3, and several AKS-47s. One of the rifles in the image is also identified within the film as a North Korean Type 68, a copy of the AKM.
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The left image printed on a newspaper.