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'''The following guns were used in the movie ''[[Catch a Fire]]'''''
 
[[Image:Catchafirecover.jpg|thumb|right|400px|''[[Catch a Fire]] (2006)'']]
 
  
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|name = Catch a fire
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|picture = Catchafirecover.jpg
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|country = [[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] United Kingdom<br>[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States<br>[[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France<br>[[Image:RSA.jpg|25px]] South Africa
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|director =  [[Philip Noyce]]
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|date= 2006
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|language = English
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|studio=StudioCanal<br>Working Title Films<br>Mirage Enterprises
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|distributor=Focus Features (US)<br>Universal Pictures International (UK)
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|character1=Nic Vos
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|actor1=[[Tim Robbins]]
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|character2=Patrick Chamusso
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|actor2=[[Derek Luke]]
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'''''Catch a Fire''''' is a 2006 biographical thriller film about activists against apartheid in South Africa. It is the true story about Patrick Chamusso; who joined the militant movement after being falsely accused of plotting to bomb the Secunda oil refinery in 1980. The movie details his arrest and torture at the hands of the South African police, his subsequent radicalization and eventual imprisonment, until the dismantling of Apartheid in the early nineties. '''''Catch a Fire''''' was shot on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique during the Fall of 2005.  
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== FN FAL ==
 
== FN FAL ==
  
Many of the police and soldiers throughout the film use [[FN FAL]] assault rifles.
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Many of the police and soldiers throughout the film use [[FN FAL]] battle rifles.
  
[[Image:Fal_imbel.jpg|thumb|none|400px| FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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[[Image:FN FAL 50 00.jpg|thumb|none|400px| FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:CaF_FAL.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Patrick Chamusso ([[Derek Luke]]) looks at a police officer with a [[FN FAL]] through the car window after he is arrested.]]
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[[Image:CaF_FAL.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Patrick Chamusso ([[Derek Luke]]) looks at a police officer with a [[FN FAL]] through the car window after he is arrested.]]
[[Image:CaF_FAL-2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A soldier at the plant with an [[FN FAL]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_FAL-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier at the plant with an [[FN FAL]].]]
  
== Colt New Service ==
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== Smith & Wesson Model 10 ==
  
When we first see Nic Vos ([[Tim Robbins]]), he can be seen teaching his two daughters, Kate ([[Jessica Anstey]]), and Marie ([[Charlotte Savage]]) to shoot at a range with [[M1917 Revolver#|Colt New Service]] revolvers.
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When we first see Nic Vos ([[Tim Robbins]]), he can be seen teaching his two daughters, Kate (Jessica Anstey), and Marie (Charlotte Savage) to shoot at a range with [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] revolvers.
  
[[Image:ColtNewService1917.jpg|thumb|left|375px|[[M1917 Revolver#|Colt New Service]] Revolver - .45 acp.  The Army would adopt it's own version of the New Service, called the Colt M1917, with plain wooden grips and a lanyard ring]]
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[[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special]]
[[Image:CaF_Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Marie firing a [[M1917 Revolver#|Colt New Service]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_Colt.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marie firing a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]].]]
[[Image:CaF_Colt-2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Kate firing a [[M1917 Revolver#|Colt New Service]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_Colt-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kate firing a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]]. The Smith & Wesson-style cylinder release is clearly visible in this shot.]]
  
== AK-47 ==
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== AKM ==
  
Many of the ANC freedom fighters use the [[AK-47]] as their main weapon for their struggle against apartheid.
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Many of the ANC rebels use the [[AK-47|AKM]] as their main weapon for their struggle against apartheid.
  
[[Image:AK-47.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Original AK-47 design, hybrid stamped/milled receiver; 7.62x39mm.]]
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[[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|400px|none|AKM Rifle with stamped receiver and laminated wood furniture - 7.62x39mm.]]
[[Image:CaF-AK.jpg|thumb|400px|none|An ANC soldier holds up an [[AK-47]].]]
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[[Image:CaF-AK.jpg|thumb|600px|none|An ANC soldier holds up an [[AK-47|AKM]] rifle - 7.62x39mm.  It is a stamped receiver AKM.]]
[[Image:CaF-AK2.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Patrick Chamusso ([[Derek Luke]]) aims and fires an [[AK-47]].]]
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[[Image:CaF-AK2.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Patrick Chamusso ([[Derek Luke]]) aims and fires an [[AK-47|AKM]] rifle - 7.62x39mm.]]
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This looks like the Polish AKM model, like in Hotel Rwanda. [http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Hotel_Rwanda#AK_Variants]
  
 
== RPG-7 ==
 
== RPG-7 ==
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[[Image:Rpg-7-1-.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|RPG-7 40mm]]
 
[[Image:Rpg-7-1-.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|RPG-7 40mm]]
[[Image:CaF_RPG.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|An ANC trainee with an [[RPG-7]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_RPG.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|An ANC trainee with an [[RPG-7]].]]
  
 
== M79 grenade launcher ==
 
== M79 grenade launcher ==
 
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When soldiers assault the ANC headquarters, one of them can seen with an [[M79 grenade launcher]].
when the soldiers assault the ANC headquarters, one of them can seen with an [[M79 grenade launcher]].
 
 
 
 
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M79 grenade launcher - 40mm]]
 
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M79 grenade launcher - 40mm]]
[[Image:CaF_M79.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A soldier fires an [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_M79.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier fires an [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
  
== Unknown Handgun ==
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== Vektor Z88 ==
  
Nic Vos ([[Tim Robbins]]) sidearm throughout the film is an unknown handgun which resembles a [[Beretta M92F|Beretta]] at first glance, but appears to be something different.
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Nic Vos' ([[Tim Robbins]]) sidearm is [[Vektor Z88]], A South African copy of the [[Beretta 92FS]], which he uses several times in the film. The appearance of the Z88 is anachronistic. The story takes place in the early 1980's and the actual pistol was not adopted by the South African military until 1988.
 
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[[Image:Vektor-Z-88.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vektor Z88 9mm.]]
[[Image:CaF.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nic Vos with an unknown handgun drawn]]
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[[Image:CaF.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nic Vos with his Vektor Z88 drawn]]
[[Image:CaF_handgun2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nic Vos with an unknown handgun drawn.]]
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[[Image:CaF_handgun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nic Vos with the Vektor Z88 drawn.]]
  
 
== Walther P38 ==
 
== Walther P38 ==
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A police officer with Nic Vos brandishes a [[Walther P38]] as they pursue Patrick Chamusso.
 
A police officer with Nic Vos brandishes a [[Walther P38]] as they pursue Patrick Chamusso.
  
[[Image:P38-00.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 9mm]]
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[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 9mm]]
[[Image:CaF_Walther.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A police officer with a [[Walther P38]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_Walther.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A police officer with a [[Walther P38]].]]
  
 
== Winchester Model 1912 ==
 
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Soldiers carry various weapons like the [[Winchester Model 1912]] to pursue Patrick Chamusso at the plant.
 
Soldiers carry various weapons like the [[Winchester Model 1912]] to pursue Patrick Chamusso at the plant.
  
[[Image:Winchester Model 1912.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Winchester Model 1912 12 guage]]
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[[Image:WinchesterModel12Riot.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Example of a Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun used in film]]
[[Image:CaF-Winchester.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A soldier with a [[Winchester Model 1912]].]]
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[[Image:CAF 24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier with a [[Winchester Model 1912]].]]
[[Image:CaF-Winchester2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A soldier with a [[Winchester Model 1912]].]]
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[[Image:CAF 26.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier with a [[Winchester Model 1912]].]]
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== Tokarev TT-33 ==
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Patrick Chamusso ([[Derek Luke]]) brandishes a [[Tokarev TT-33]] as one of his weapons for the bombing of the Secunda Plant.
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[[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]]
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[[Image:CaF-Tokarev.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Patrick chambers a round in his [[Tokarev TT-33]].]]
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[[Image:CaF_Tokarev.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Patrick's [[Tokarev TT-33]] next the bombs meant for the plant.]]
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[[Image:CaF_Tokarev-3.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Closeup of Patrick's [[Tokarev TT-33]] as he fires at some police pursuing him.]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 10 September 2020



Catch a fire
Catchafirecover.jpg
Movie Poster
Country UKD.jpg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.jpg United States
FRA.jpg France
RSA.jpg South Africa
Directed by Philip Noyce
Release Date 2006
Language English
Studio StudioCanal
Working Title Films
Mirage Enterprises
Distributor Focus Features (US)
Universal Pictures International (UK)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Nic Vos Tim Robbins
Patrick Chamusso Derek Luke



Catch a Fire is a 2006 biographical thriller film about activists against apartheid in South Africa. It is the true story about Patrick Chamusso; who joined the militant movement after being falsely accused of plotting to bomb the Secunda oil refinery in 1980. The movie details his arrest and torture at the hands of the South African police, his subsequent radicalization and eventual imprisonment, until the dismantling of Apartheid in the early nineties. Catch a Fire was shot on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique during the Fall of 2005.


The following weapons were used in the film Catch a Fire:



FN FAL

Many of the police and soldiers throughout the film use FN FAL battle rifles.

FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO
Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) looks at a police officer with a FN FAL through the car window after he is arrested.
A soldier at the plant with an FN FAL.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

When we first see Nic Vos (Tim Robbins), he can be seen teaching his two daughters, Kate (Jessica Anstey), and Marie (Charlotte Savage) to shoot at a range with Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special
Marie firing a Smith & Wesson Model 10.
Kate firing a Smith & Wesson Model 10. The Smith & Wesson-style cylinder release is clearly visible in this shot.

AKM

Many of the ANC rebels use the AKM as their main weapon for their struggle against apartheid.

AKM Rifle with stamped receiver and laminated wood furniture - 7.62x39mm.
An ANC soldier holds up an AKM rifle - 7.62x39mm. It is a stamped receiver AKM.
Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) aims and fires an AKM rifle - 7.62x39mm.

This looks like the Polish AKM model, like in Hotel Rwanda. [1]

RPG-7

In the scene when Patrick (Derek Luke) is training with the ANC, some ANC trainees can be seen with RPG-7s.

RPG-7 40mm
An ANC trainee with an RPG-7.

M79 grenade launcher

When soldiers assault the ANC headquarters, one of them can seen with an M79 grenade launcher.

M79 grenade launcher - 40mm
A soldier fires an M79 grenade launcher.

Vektor Z88

Nic Vos' (Tim Robbins) sidearm is Vektor Z88, A South African copy of the Beretta 92FS, which he uses several times in the film. The appearance of the Z88 is anachronistic. The story takes place in the early 1980's and the actual pistol was not adopted by the South African military until 1988.

Vektor Z88 9mm.
Nic Vos with his Vektor Z88 drawn
Nic Vos with the Vektor Z88 drawn.

Walther P38

A police officer with Nic Vos brandishes a Walther P38 as they pursue Patrick Chamusso.

Walther P38 9mm
A police officer with a Walther P38.

Winchester Model 1912

Soldiers carry various weapons like the Winchester Model 1912 to pursue Patrick Chamusso at the plant.

Example of a Winchester Model 1912 Riot Gun used in film
A soldier with a Winchester Model 1912.
A soldier with a Winchester Model 1912.

Tokarev TT-33

Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) brandishes a Tokarev TT-33 as one of his weapons for the bombing of the Secunda Plant.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.
Patrick chambers a round in his Tokarev TT-33.
Patrick's Tokarev TT-33 next the bombs meant for the plant.
Closeup of Patrick's Tokarev TT-33 as he fires at some police pursuing him.

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