El Alamein - The Line of Fire

El Alamein - The Line of Fire (El Alamein - La linea del fuoco) Film poster Country Italy Directed by Enzo Monteleone Release Date 2002 Language Italian Studio Cattleya Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali Main Cast Character Actor Pvt. Serra Paolo Briguglia Sgt. Rizzo Pierfrancesco Favino Lt. Fiore Emilio Solfrizzi Tarozzi Piero Maggio Capt. De Vita Thomas Trabacchi Spagna Luciano Scarpa

El Alamein - The Line of Fire (Italian Title: El Alamein - La linea del fuoco) is a 2002 Italian World War II film directed by Enzo Monteleone. The story take place during The Second Battle of El Alamein (Autumn 1942). A young volunteer Serra arrives to the Pavia Division which was located on the southern line of front in Egypt. Unbearable heat, periodic artillery shelling, bad water, hunger and dysentery exhausts Italian soldiers. Soon becomes aware that the British troops prepare an offensive.

The following weapons are featured in the film El Alamein - The Line of Fire:

Pistols

Beretta M1934

Beretta M1934 is the sidearm of all Italian officers and NCOs. Sgt. Rizzo (Pierfrancesco Favino) and Lt. Fiore (Emilio Solfrizzi) are notably seen with these pistols.

Beretta Model 1934 - .380 ACP

Lt. Fiore (Emilio Solfrizzi) aims his Beretta M1934 at Mussolini's horse

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Sgt. Rizzo (Pierfrancesco Favino) with his M34

Uniformological note: NCOs use the leather holster in the same grey/green (grigioverde) colour as the rest of the combat gear, while officers use natural brown leather holsters and belts

Submachine Guns

Beretta Model 38A

Some Italian officers and soldiers use Beretta Model 38A submachine guns during the battle

Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm

Two Italian soldiers fire their Beretta Model 38A SMGs at British soldiers. Another soldier fires a Karabiner 98k

Italian officer holds the Beretta M38A submachine gun

MP40

Some German soldiers can be seen armed with the MP40 submachine guns

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

M1928A1 Thompson

During the night battle some British soldiers can be seen with the M1928A1 Thompson SMGs

M1928A1 Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP

Running British soldier holds the M1928A1 Thompson

Sten Mk II

British soldiers also use Sten Mk II submachine guns

Sten Mk II - 9x19mm

Rifles

Carcano Rifle Series

Different Carcano rifles are mainstay weapon of Italian soldiers

Carcano M91 Rifle

At first Serra can be seen armed with the Carcano M91 Long Rifle. Later he can be seen armed with the Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle.

Carcano M91 Long Rifle - 6.5mm

Serra armed with the Carcano M91 Long Rifle

Sleeping Italian soldier touches the Carcano M91 long rifle. Shorter rifle is a Carcano M91/38 cavalry carbine

Carcano M91/38

Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle is most common model of Carcano rifles used in this movie

Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle for Cavalry- 6.5mm.

Italian soldiers fire their Carcano M91/38 rifles at a British sniper

Serra (Paolo Briguglia) holds his Carcano M91/38 rifle

Sgt. Rizzo reloads his M91/38 rifle

M91/38 rifle with bolt open

Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine

Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle for Cavalry- 6.5mm

Italian PAI (Polizia Africa Italiana, African Italian Police) officers (or maybe Carabinieri) hold the Carcano M91/38 cavalry carbines

Italian guard armed with the cavalry carbine

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield

SMLE rifles are mainstay weapon of British soldiers. Some rifles have attached bayonets.

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British

SMLE on a ground

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers can be seen armed with this weapon. Some Italians also use Karabiner 98k rifles

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Sgt. Rizzo fires the Karabiner 98k at a British sniper. It's a continuity error because few seconds ago Rizzo fired Carcano M91/38 rifle

Machine Guns

Breda Modello 30

Breda Modello 30 - 6,5 mm Carcano

The Breda Modello 30 light machine gun on a parapet of the trench

Rizzo holds Breda Modello 30 LMG

Italian soldier fires the Breda Modello 30 at British soldiers

MG42

MG42 with sling and bipod collapsed - 7.92mm Mauser

MG42 light machine gun mounted in a sidecar of German motorcycle

Other

Granatwerfer 34 Mortar

8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34)

Tarozzi (Piero Maggio) ready to fire with the mortar

Close up the base plate of the mortar

Close up the the bipod of the mortar

Gun Platformes

AMX Mk F3

Destroyed AMX Mk F3 chassis can be seen on a battlefield. It's an anachronism. French AMX Mk F3 self-propelled gun was introduced only in 1960s

M48 Patton

British Army used M48 medium tanks during the night battle. It's also an anachronism

M2 Half Truck

German troops use M2 armored personnel carrier

M113 APC

British Army used M113 armored personnel carriers in this movie. It's an anachronism

Some M113s have gun turrets