The Callup

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"The Callup"/"Repmånad" (1979).

The Callup, (in Swedish "Repmånad"), is a Swedish comedy from 1979. It follows a squad of former soldiers during their obligatory one-month military refresher course (also called "Repmånad").

The following firearms were seen in the film "The Callup"/"Repmånad".

Carl Gustav M/45B

The primary weapon of the characters is the Swedish Carl Gustav M/45 SMG. Most of the time it's seen with a special blank-firing device and a brass-catcher.

Swedish K / Carl Gustav M45 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm‎

Private Tore Tallroth (Weiron Holmberg) is seen with his M45 on the right.

Private Jonas "Gurkan" Gustafsson (Lennart Skoogh) and Private Hans Öberg (Lars Haldenberg), (middle and right respectively), is seen with their M45 SMG. Both SMG are fitted with blank-fire adapters and brass-catchers.

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Heckler & Koch G3

Though the main characters use the older M45 SMG, some of the extras use the (then) main assault rifle of the Swedish Army: AK4, which is a Swedish modified Heckler & Koch G3A3.

Heckler & Koch G3A3 with slimline handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO.

A soldier is seen with a AK4(G3A3) on the right.

Kulspruta M/1936 - Browning m1917

The Kulspruta M/1936 was a Swedish 6.55x55mm conversion of the Browning M1917 machinegun.

Kulspruta M/1936 - 6,5 × 55 mm.

Original Browning M1917 machine gun with tripod and ammo box - .30-06‎

The Kulspruta M/1936 (Browning M1917 conversion) is fired during an exercise. Note the red-tipped blank rounds. The gun was used as far as the early 1990's, especially mounted on trucks in a dual MG-configuration.