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[[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.]]
[[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.]]
[[Image:EFM-M2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Italian embassy guard spots the arriving Koreans as another holds the M2.]]
[[Image:EFM-M2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Italian embassy guard spots the arriving Koreans as another holds the M2.]]
[[Image:EFM-Italians.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The guards deliver a message to the rebels threatening to kill the Korean diplomats.]]
[[Image:EFM-M2-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M2 is readied.]]
[[Image:EFM-M2-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M2 is readied.]]
[[Image:EFM-M2-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard with the M2 accompanies the Korean convoy in the film's ending.]]
[[Image:EFM-M2-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard with the M2 accompanies the Korean convoy in the film's ending.]]

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Escape from Mogadishu
모가디슈
Mogadisyu
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Theatrical release poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing South Korea
Directed by Ryu Seung-wan
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 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, and follows a group of South and North Korean diplomats as they attempt to hide and escape from the violence and anarchy-filled streets of 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 (Zo In-sung)'s 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

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PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.

Heckler & Koch MP5SD3

The guards of the Embassy of Italy are armed with the Heckler & Koch MP5SD3.

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Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 with S-E-F trigger group and stock extended - 9x19mm
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The Italian embassy's guards stand in front of the entrance with their MP5s.

Rifles

AK-74

The AK-74 and other variants on the AK rifle are used by all of the Somalian characters.

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AK-74 - 5.45x39mm

AKM

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AKM - 7.62x39mm

AKS-47

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Type 1 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm

Type 56 assault rifle

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Type 56 - 7.62x39mm

Zastava M70

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Zastava M70B1 with stamped receiver - 7.62x39mm

Heckler & Koch G3

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Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden furniture, later muzzle device, and drum rear sight - 7.62x51mm NATO

L1A1

An L1A1 is seen being held up by some of the rioters.

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

Machine Guns

PKM Machine Gun

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PKM with classic flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

Browning M2

The Browning M2 is used by the guards of the Embassy of Italy.

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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

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 the Heckler & Koch G3, SKS, and an RPK in the image on the left. One of the rifles is identified within the film as a (non-existent) sniper-customized Type 78 AK-47. On the right image, the rebels can be seen holding an M16A1 and an AKS-47.
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The left image printed on a newspaper.