Latino

Latino DVD Cover Country USA Directed by Haskell Wexler Release Date 1985 Language English Studio Lucasfilm Distributor CBS/Fox Main Cast Character Actor Eddie Guerrero Robert Beltran Marlena Annette Charles Ruben Tony Plana Becket Michael Goodwin Salazar Julio Medina

Latino is a 1985 war film directed by Haskell Wexler. A Vietnam veteran Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) gets the job to teach ‘contras’ in Nicaragua, but influenced by a love to local woman, begins to doubt the justice of this mission.

The following weapons can be seen in the film Latino:

M1911A1 pistol

Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) carries a M1911A1 pistol. Marlena's son (Juan Carlos Ortiz) finds gun in Eddie's bag.

Colt M1911A1 pistole - .45 ACP

M16A1 assault rifle

Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) and some Contras soldiers use M-16 assault rifles.

M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) (right) carries his weapon.

Contras soldiers in a village.

FN FAL

Contras and also sandinists soldiers carry FN FAL rifles.

FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm

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Czech Vz. 52 Rifle

Sandinist's men carry Czech Vz. 52 Rifles.

The Czech VZ52 rifle, sometimes called the CZ52 or the S.H.E. rifle, is a carbine that was chambered in both 7.62x45mm and 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56

Sandinists carry Norinco Type 56 assault rifles.

Norinco Type 56, early milled receiver model with under-folding ("pig sticker") bayonet - 7.62x39mm

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Norinco Type 56 (M22 code instead of the factory symbol as it was built for export) lacking the under-folding ("pig sticker") bayonet - 7.62x39mm

Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun

Ruben (Tony Plana) tested a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun.

Browning M2HB .50 BMG

M72 LAW

Contras is seen with a M72 LAW on his back.

M72A2 LAW - 66mm

A U.S. Marine firing an M72 LAW.

RPG-7 launcher

Contras carries a RPG-7 launcher on his shoulder.

RPG-7 40mm

M224 Mortar

Contras firing from a M224 Mortars at the sandist´s village.

M224 Mortar with M7 baseplate - 60mm