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[[File:CETME G3.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden furniture, later muzzle device, and drum rear sight - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[File:CETME G3.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden furniture, later muzzle device, and drum rear sight - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[File:EFM-PPSH.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A rebel on the far left holds a G3 as General Aidid delivers a message.]]
[[File:EFM-PPSH.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A rebel on the far left holds a G3 as General Aidid delivers a message.]]
[[File:EFM-G3.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|An alternate angle of the above scene.]]



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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 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 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

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 holds his PPSh as he keeps the diplomats as hostages.
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A rebel holds his PPSh.

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
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An AK-74 is held up at a demonstration.

AKM

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AKM - 7.62x39mm

AKS-47

The AKS-47 is used by multiple Somalian characters.

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Type 1 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm
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A South Korean Embassy guard holds his AKS-47.

Type 56 assault rifle

The Type 56 is also used by multiple Somalian characters, standing in for original Soviet-made AKs.

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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.

Zastava M70

Multiple Somalian characters are also seen with the Zastava M70.

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Zastava M70B1 with stamped receiver - 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.

Heckler & Koch G3

The Somalian rebels are also equipped with the Heckler & Koch G3, albeit rarely.

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Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden furniture, later muzzle device, and drum rear sight - 7.62x51mm NATO
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A rebel on the far left holds a G3 as General Aidid delivers a message.
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An alternate angle of the above scene.

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

The PKM Machine Gun 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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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.