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[[Image:LP Unknown Handgun 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | The unknown handgun in the drawer. ]]
[[Image:LP Unknown Handgun 1.jpg |thumb|none|500px | The unknown handgun in the drawer. ]]
Seems to me like a Colt M1911 variant. If you look closely, you'll see the grip safety.


== Scoped assault rifle, probably SIG Manurhin SG-540 ==
== Scoped assault rifle, probably SIG Manurhin SG-540 ==

Revision as of 23:04, 4 January 2011

The following weapons were used in the film Le Professionnel (The Professional):

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The Professional (Le Professionnel) (1981)


Armalite AR-10 Assault Rifle

The Armalite AR-10 is used to great effect by Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) during the firefight in the african village. Obviously he likes to be prepared, since he must've stashed the disassembled rifle in a "goodie-box" in one of the huts before his arrest.

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Joss Beaumont about to return fire with his AR-10 during the village shootout
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Almost ready ...
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The disassembled AR-10 (plus some vacation money and a passport) in Joss' goodie-box.


Browning M1919

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The Browning M1919 is seen mounted on a Jeep during the assault on the village.

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Jeep-mounted Browning M1919 machine gun. Seen during the attack on the village.

Browning M1917 (?)

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Seen briefly in the background during Joss' fight with the prison-guards.

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Another Jeep-mounted MG - seen during Joss' fight with the prison-guards. From the look of it I'd say it's the water-cooled M1917.

MAT-49

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Most of the african soldiers use the french MAT-49 SMG during the raid on the village.

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A soldier about to shoot some barking dogs off-screen with his MAT-49


High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot

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The black prisoner (Sidiki Bakaba) gets this one off a guard he kills. He then (rather foolishly) opens fire with it on the approaching soldiers during the raid and is promptly shot.

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Joss' buddy with his shotgun

Unknown Flamethrower

Used by the african soldiers to incinerate some of the huts in the village.

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A rather cool looking soldier burning down the village.


Colt Python

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Back in France, Beaumont uses a Colt Python revolver with a 6in barrel as his main sidearm.

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President N'Jala (Pierre Saintons) wielding Joss' empty Colt Python - as seen through the police sniper's scope.
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Joss using .357-persuasion on Farges (Bernard-Pierre Donadieu).

Manurhin MR73

The film's main antagonist, Commisaire Rosen (Robert Hossein) , uses a Manurhin MR73 (.357 Magnum) Revolver.

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Manurhin MR-73 Gendarmerie with 2.5 inch barrel
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Rosen shooting his revolver at Beaumont during the car-chase.
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Rosen with his revolver
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Commissaire Rosen loading his MR73 before the showdown with Josselin Beaumont

Unknown automatic handguns

Beaumont's lover Alice Ancelin (Cyrielle Clair) keeps a small automatic in her nightstand.

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Alice grabbing her small automatic.


When talking to Beaumont during the film's climax, the president tries to grab an unknown handgun from his desk's drawer. The gun is never fully seen, because Beaumont realizes what's going on an slams the drawer shut.

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The unknown handgun in the drawer.

Seems to me like a Colt M1911 variant. If you look closely, you'll see the grip safety.

Scoped assault rifle, probably SIG Manurhin SG-540

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During the memorable last minutes of the film, two of Beaumont's ex-colleagues use a scoped assault rifle with a folding stock and an unusually large magazine. After some poking around on the internet, I *think* it's a SIG Manurhin SG-540 (license-built SIG SG 540 in 5.56mm), but I'm not quite sure. Again: Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Farges takes aim during the memorable climax.
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A close-up of the rifle. The trigger and the fire-selector look like an SG-540's.
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Another view of the scoped assault rifle.