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{{Infobox Movie
|name = Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs<BR>(Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal) 
|picture = SPS-DVD.jpg
|caption = ''DVD Cover''
|country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR
|director = [[Yevgeni Sherstobitov]]
|date= 1969
|language = Russian
|studio= Dovzhenko Film Studios
|distributor=
|character1=Fedya Kravchenko
|actor1=Grigori Maksimov
|character2=Dau
|actor2=[[Lado Tskhvariashvili]]
|character3=Mtoro
|actor3=Teodoro Kuarto
|character4=Chief mercenary
|actor4=[[Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko]]
|character5=Shipmaster Kirill Mikhailovich
|actor5=Aleksei Presnetsov
}}

'''''Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs''''' (direct translation of the original title ''Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal'') is a 1969 Soviet adventure movie, directed by [[Yevgeni Sherstobitov]]. Twelve years old boy Fedya Kravchenko participates in the voyage of a Soviet oceanographic vessel. During the visit on an island at the African coast Fedya is involved in a quest for the treasures of ancient temple, located somewhere on the island, together with the rebels against the colonial rule, while the local governor sends a squad of mercenaries to intercept the rebels and get the treasures.

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= Pistols =
== M1911A1 ==
Both Dau ([[Lado Tskhvariashvili]]), the leader of rebels, and the chief mercenary ([[Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko]]) carry M1911-style pistols, most likely [[M1911A1]]s.
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|300px|none|World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP. This was an issued U.S. Army pistol with parkerized finish, thus the official designation of M1911A1]]
[[File:SPS-M1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The chief mercenary draws his pistol.]]
[[File:SPS-M1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dau carries visually modified [[PPS-43]] and a pistol in holster.]]

= Submachine Guns =
== PPS-43 (Mocked Up as Halcón M1949) ==
Visually modified [[PPS-43]] SMGs are main weapons of both rebels and mercenaries. Their appearance is apparently based on folding stock [[Halcon Model 1949]] SMGs (which were used in Africa). The props have the barrel covers removed and used to make side mounted foregrips (obviously, creators confused the "holey" magwells with side grips); the barrels are fitted with Cutts compensators of Thompson SMG. Most PPS-43s use unusually short magazines.
[[Image:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:Halcon M1949 Folding Stock.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Halcón Modelo 1949EA with folding stock - 9x19mm]]
[[File:SPS-PPS-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dau's second in command (Robert Zotov) carries a PPS-43. Note the perforated side mounted foregrip.]]
[[File:SPS-PPS-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dau ([[Lado Tskhvariashvili]]) carries a PPS-43 with a short magazine.]]
[[File:SPS-PPS-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mercenary at the left holds a PPS-43.]]
[[File:SPS-PPS-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A closeup of the SMG. Short magazine is seen.]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mercenaries with Thompson M1928A1 and PPS-43. Both SMGs are fitted with side foregrips.]]
[[File:SPS-PPS-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A rebel fires his SMG in the final scene.]]

== Thompson M1928A1 (Mocked Up as Halcón ML-63) ==
Mercenaries also use [[Thompson M1928A1]] SMGs. They have wooden handguards removed, shorted buttstocks, and some are fitted with same side foregrips as PPS-43s. In this case, they apparently depicts an fixed stock [[Halcon Submachine Guns Series|Halcón ML-63]].
[[File:M1928A1 Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. This specimen has the sling swivel relocated to the top of the stock, a modification often made to Thompsons in British service.]]
[[Image:Halcon ML63 2.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Two variants of Halcón ML-63, with fixed and collapsible stocks - 9x19mm]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Governor's guards hold Thompsons. This is the only scene where intact Thompsons appear; all other props lack handguards.]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mercenary in center carries a Thompson.]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The chief mercenary ([[Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko]]) fires a Thompson at rebels on top of the cliff. The side foregrip is seen.]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mercenaries with Thompson and PPS-43. Both SMGs are fitted with side foregrips.]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An unusual way of holding Thompson.]]
[[File:SPS-Thompson-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sniper ([[Valery Panarin]]) carries Thompson on sling.]]

= Rifles and Assault Rifles =
== TOZ-11 (visually modified) ==
Mercenary sniper ([[Valery Panarin]]) is armed with a bolt action rifle that appears to be [[TOZ .22 Caliber Rifles Series|TOZ .22 caliber rifle]], fitted with fake large box magazine (possibly taken from [[ZB26]]), Cutts compensator from Thompson SMG and sniper scope (possibly 1930s vintage PE model). The shape of the stock allows to guess the rifle to be [[TOZ-11]]. The appearance of this weapon probably should have depicted [[M14]].
[[File:TOZ11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|TOZ-11 - .22LR]]
[[File:SPS-Rifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sniper holds his rifle at the right.]]
[[File:SPS-Rifle-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:SPS-Rifle-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sniper in action.]]
[[File:SPS-Rifle-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good view of the rifle.]]

== Sturmgewehr 44 ==
In one scene a mercenary carries a [[Sturmgewehr 44]] that lacks magazine.
[[Image:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]]
[[File:SPS-StG44-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Second from the right man carries an StG 44.]]

= Machine Guns =
== MG42 ==
[[MG42]] machine guns are seen in several scenes.
[[Image:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:SPS-MG42-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An MG42 is mounted on BTR-40 APC of the governor's guards.]]
[[File:SPS-MG42-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mercenary carries an MG42.]]

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