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7 Days in Entebbe

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7 Days in Entebbe
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Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States of America
Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom
Directed by José Padilha
Release Date 2018
Language English
German
French
Hebrew
Studio Participant Media
Working Title Films
Distributor Focus Films (United States)
Entertainment One (United Kingdom)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Brigitte Kuhlmann Rosamund Pike
Wilfried Böse Daniel Brühl
Zeev Hirsch Ben Schnetzer
Yonatan Netanyahu Angel Bonanni


Entebbe (released in the US as 7 Days in Entebbe) is a 2018 crime thriller/terrorist drama directed by José Padilha and starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl. Set over the course of seven days in June-July 1976, the film is the latest recreation of the now famous Operation Thunderbolt, when Israeli commandos of the Sayeret Matkal (commonly known as The Unit) launched a risky counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation to free hostages from an Air France Airbus A300 which had been hijacked by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFPL), including two left-wing Germans (Pike and Brühl), and flown to Entebbe, Uganda in collaboration with the infamous dictator Idi Amin.


The following weapons were used in the film 7 Days in Entebbe:


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Handguns

Beretta Model 70

Suppressed Beretta Model 70's are used by The Unit, most notably Yonatan Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni) and Zeev Hirsch (Ben Schnetzer). During the raid, several shots fired from the Beretta infamously failed to stop Ugandan Army sentries, forcing one of the commandos to open fire with an AK-47, giving away surprise.

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Beretta Model 70 Suppressed - .32 ACP

Tokarev TT-33

The Tokarev TT-33 is used by Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl) and one of the Palestinian's during the hijacking.

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Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips

Walther P38

Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike) uses a Walter P38 during the hijacking.

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Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

Submachine Guns

IMI Uzi

One of The Unit's commandos fires an IMI Uzi at Ugandan soldiers in the airport control tower during the raid.

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IMI Uzi with buttstock extended - 9x19mm

CZ Vz. 61 E Skorpion

One of the Palestinian hijackers carries an CZ Vz. 61 E Skorpion.

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CZ Vz. 61 E / Yugoslavian made M84 distinguishable by its black pistol grip - .32 ACP

Rifles

AK-47

The AK-47 is far and away the most commonly used weapon in the film, being used by Palestinian hijackers (including Böse and Kuhlmann), Ugandan soldiers and The Unit commandos, mostly notably Yonatan Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni).

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Type II AK-47 (note stock mounting bracket) with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm

AKS-47

Zeev Hirsch (Ben Schnetzer) and several other The Unit commandos use the folding stock AKS-47.

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Type III AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm

AKM

One of the Palestinian hijackers carries an AKM.

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AKM - 7.62x39mm

Heckler & Koch G3A3

Most of the Ugandan soldiers at Entebbe Airport can be seen with the Heckler & Koch G3A3.

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Heckler & Koch G3A3 with slimline handguard. This example is equipped with Olive-Drab colored furniture; H&K also produced this furniture in Black and "Jungle"-Green (referred to as "Police Green" in German circles). Saudi Arabia would also produce G3A3 rifles with light tan furniture - 7.62x51mm NATO

M16A2

An IDF MP can be seen carrying what appears to be an M16A2 during protests. This would be anachronistic, as the M16A2 didn't enter service almost a decade after the Entebbe raid.

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Colt M16A2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Select Fire rifle (Safe/Semi/3 round Burst Only).

Machine Guns

FN MAG 58

The Unit commandos use the FN MAG 58 during the Entebbe raid, both man-portable and mounted on land rovers.

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FN MAG 58 - 7.62x51mm NATO

PKM

The PKM is used by Ugandan soldiers in the Entebbe control tower. Two PKM's can also be seen at the PFLP training camp in Yemen.

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PKM with classic (most seen) version of the flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

Grenades

F-1 Hand Grenade

Palestinian hijackers use the F-1 Hand Grenade.

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F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade

See Also

Raid on Entebbe
Operation Thunderbolt