Power Play: Difference between revisions
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[[File:PP-M76-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Captain Aramco ([[Gary Reineke]]) opens fire with a M76 as his forces storm the capital city's airport.]]
[[File:PP-M76-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Captain Aramco ([[Gary Reineke]]) opens fire with a M76 as his forces storm the capital city's airport.]]
==C1 Submachine Gun (Sterling L2A1)==
==C1 Submachine Gun==
Some soldiers use the C1, a Canadian-made version of the [[Sterling SMG|Sterling Submachine Gun]]. In at least one scene, the C1 can be seen with an attached bayonet.
Some soldiers use the C1, a Canadian-made version of the [[Sterling SMG|Sterling Submachine Gun]]. In at least one scene, the C1 can be seen with an attached bayonet.
[[Image:SterlingSMG.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Sterling Mk. IV Submachine Gun - 9x19mm]]
[[File:PP-C1smg-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier holds a C1 SMG.]]
[[File:PP-C1smg-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier holds a C1 SMG.]]
[[File:PP-C1smg-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another angle. The C1 was adopted by the Canadian military in the early 1950s and remained in service until the late 1980s when its role was assumed by the Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 carbine.]]
[[File:PP-C1smg-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another angle. The C1 was adopted by the Canadian military in the early 1950s and remained in service until the late 1980s when its role was assumed by the Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 carbine.]]
Power Play is a 1978 drama/thriller film directed by Martyn Burke and starring David Hemmings, Peter O'Toole and Donald Pleasence. Based on the non-fiction book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook by Edward Luttwak, the film is set in an unnamed European country where a group of military officers who decide to plan and execute a coup against their corrupt civilian masters. The movie was filmed in Canada and West Germany and was made with the assistance of the Canadian Forces, which supplied vehicles, aircraft and soldiers to the production.
The following weapons are seen in the film Power Play:
One of the bodyguards of a government minister fires what appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 27 or another similar long-barreled revolver during a terrorist ambush.
Many characters use the Smith & Wesson M76 throughout the film, including members of a terrorist group and soldiers. Hillsman uses one to test the loyalty of his fellow coup plotters during one scene, and the unstable Colonel Barrientos (George Touliatos) uses one towards the end of the film.
Soldiers in the film are largely armed with the FN C1A1 rifle. Most of the C1A1s seen have handguards with a single small vent hole, a feature unique to the C1A1, along with the unique C1A1 top cover with integrated stripper clip guide.
