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[[Image:Passchendaelewebley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 10th Battalion company commander shouts orders while carrying his Webley.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelewebley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 10th Battalion company commander shouts orders while carrying his Webley.]] | ||
==Rifles= | ==Rifles== | ||
=== | ===Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*=== | ||
Most Canadian soldiers carry [[ | Most Canadian soldiers carry [[Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*]] rifles, including Sgt. Dunne ([[Paul Gross]]), Pte. Highway ([[Michael Greyeyes]]) and Pte. Mann ([[Joe Dinicol]]). | ||
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk | [[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelesmle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt Dunne takes cover with his SMLE.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelesmle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt Dunne takes cover with his SMLE.]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelesmle2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte Highway runs with his SMLE.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelesmle2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte Highway runs with his SMLE.]] | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaelelewis4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte. Godin mans his Lewis gun while cursing in French. The movie never explains why a Quebecois is serving in an Albertan battalion.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelelewis4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte. Godin mans his Lewis gun while cursing in French. The movie never explains why a Quebecois is serving in an Albertan battalion.]] | ||
===Vickers MK1 | ===Vickers MK1=== | ||
A [[Vickers#Vickers MK1 Machine Gun|Vickers MK1 Machine Gun]] is mounted on display at a recruiting tent in Calgary | A [[Vickers#Vickers MK1 Machine Gun|Vickers MK1 Machine Gun]] is mounted on display at a recruiting tent in Calgary. | ||
[[Image:VickersMk1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun]] | [[Image:VickersMk1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun]] | ||
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==Rifles== | ==Rifles== | ||
=== | ===Mauser Model 1938=== | ||
German soldiers throughout the Passchendaele battle carry anachronistic Turkish Mauser M1938 rifles fitted with [[M98/29 Persian Mauser]] and AS.FA M1935 Knife bayonets. According to the movies' armorer, a supply of correct German [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] rifles was located for this film, but could not be imported in time and the Turkish model was substituted. | |||
German soldiers throughout the Passchendaele battle carry [[Mauser | [[Image:Turk38Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Turkish Mauser Model 1938 - 7.92x57mm ("8mm Mauser")]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelemauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers advance with their Mausers in No Man's Land.]] | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Passchendaelemauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another German soldier aims his Mauser with the Persian bayonet. Note the smaller stripper clip bridges what makes it different to the [[1903 Turkish Mauser|M1903]].]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelemauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | |||
[[Image:Passchendaelemauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | |||
==Machine Guns== | ==Machine Guns== | ||
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==Other== | ==Other== | ||
===10.5 cm leFH 16=== | |||
What appears to be a leFH 16 is briefly seen left behind on the battlefield. | |||
[[File:leFH 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Krupp 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16.]] | |||
[[Image:Passchendaele-FH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gun on the battlefield while an enemy target marker is in the air.]] | |||
===17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer=== | ===17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer=== | ||
Seen being fired at Canadian troops during the Passchendaele attack. | Seen being fired at Canadian troops during the Passchendaele attack. | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaeleminenwerfer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German troops load the Minenwerfer.]] | [[Image:Passchendaeleminenwerfer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German troops load the Minenwerfer.]] | ||
===9.15 cm Minenwerfer=== | |||
A 9.15 cm Minenwerfer is also seen briefly on the battlefield. | |||
[[File:200px-Lanz 91 mm Memorial de Verdun.jpg|thumb|none|350px|9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz.]] | |||
[[Image:Passchendaeleminenwerfer2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Minenwerfer behind Michael Dunne.]] | |||
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[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:Canadian Produced/Filmed]] | [[Category:Canadian Produced/Filmed]] | ||
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Passchendaele is a 2008 World War I film that is the brainchild of director/writer/star Paul Gross. Canada's first big budget war movie effort, the film follows Canadian Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross) of the 10th Battalion CEF during the Battle Of Passchendaele and while recruiting on the home front.
The following weapons were used in the film Passchendaele:
Allied Weapons
Handguns
Webley Mk.VI
The Webley Mk VI is carried by Canadian officers throughout the movie, although the Canadian Corps was actually issued the Smith & Wesson Mk.II Hand Ejector, and the first troops to arrive in France (which included the 10th Battalion) were issued Colt 1911s.
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*
Most Canadian soldiers carry Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* rifles, including Sgt. Dunne (Paul Gross), Pte. Highway (Michael Greyeyes) and Pte. Mann (Joe Dinicol).
Machine Guns
Lewis Gun
The Lewis Gun is used by Canadian soldiers through the Passchendaele scenes, most noticeably Pte. Godin (Justin Michael Carriere).
Vickers MK1
A Vickers MK1 Machine Gun is mounted on display at a recruiting tent in Calgary.
Other
Ordnance QF 18 Pdr
Fired at German lines at the opening of the Passchendaele attack.
No.36 Mills Bomb
Sgt. Dunne uses a Mills Bomb to kill the German machine gun crew.
German Weapons
Handguns
Mauser C/96 "Bolo Model"
A German Sergeant is seen with what appears to be a postwar Mauser C96 "Bolo" model.
Rifles
Mauser Model 1938
German soldiers throughout the Passchendaele battle carry anachronistic Turkish Mauser M1938 rifles fitted with M98/29 Persian Mauser and AS.FA M1935 Knife bayonets. According to the movies' armorer, a supply of correct German Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles was located for this film, but could not be imported in time and the Turkish model was substituted.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG08
A German Maxim MG08 is seen placed in a shelled-out church at the beginning of the film.
Other
10.5 cm leFH 16
What appears to be a leFH 16 is briefly seen left behind on the battlefield.
17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer
Seen being fired at Canadian troops during the Passchendaele attack.
9.15 cm Minenwerfer
A 9.15 cm Minenwerfer is also seen briefly on the battlefield.
