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[[File:Sa80-l85a1.jpg|thumb|400px|none|L85A1 with iron sights - 5.56x45mm]] | [[File:Sa80-l85a1.jpg|thumb|400px|none|L85A1 with iron sights - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
[[File:Our Girl film 018.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A group of soldiers marching past with L85A1s when the recruits arrive at Pirbright.]] | [[File:Our Girl film 018.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A group of soldiers marching past with L85A1s when the recruits arrive at Pirbright.]] | ||
[[File:Our Girl film 086.jpg|thumb|600px|none|With the exception of Molly Dawes ([[Lacey Turner]]) in the center, all of the soldiers in this shot are carrying L85A1s fitted with iron sights, bayonets and ceremonial handguard covers. Also, note that whilst the bolt of the | [[File:Our Girl film 086.jpg|thumb|600px|none|With the exception of Molly Dawes ([[Lacey Turner]]) in the center, all of the soldiers in this shot are carrying L85A1s fitted with iron sights, bayonets and ceremonial handguard covers. Also, note that whilst the bolt of the L85A2 has a realistic metal color to it, the bolts on the L85A1s are incorrectly jet black suggesting that they are replicas of some sort.]] | ||
==Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*== | ==Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*== | ||
[[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]]s appear during stock footage of WWI shown during a presentation on the realities of war. | |||
[[File:SMLE with bayonet.jpg|thumb|500px|none|SMLE Mk III* / Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* with Pattern 1907 Bayonet - .303 British]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 074.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*s can be seen at various point of the stock footage, normally fitted with bayonets.]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
==L86A2== | ==L86A2== | ||
[[L86A2]] Light Support Weapons (LSWs) appear in several scenes. Although their usage during training in England is not unusual, they are rarely if ever currently carried in Afghanistan as depicted during the epilogue. | |||
[[File:L86A2.jpg|thumb|450px|none|L86A2 with SUSAT sight - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 109.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A soldier firing his L86A2 during a casualty treatment exercise. The rifles are not fitted with Blank Firing Adapters (BFAs) suggesting that this may be intended to be a life fire exercise. However it is unlikely that the exercise as depicted would be live fire and it is not depicted as if it is, so more likely it is that due to the fact that these are theatrically blank adapted weapons BFAs are technically unnecessary so were not fitted despite the fact that their use would be correct.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 149.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A soldier can briefly be seen with an L86A2 in Afghanistan.]] | |||
==L7 GPMG== | ==L7 GPMG== | ||
An [[L7 Machine Gun|L7 GPMG]] can be seen in the background of the casualty treatment exercise. | |||
[[File:L7A2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 112.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The soldier on the right is reloading his GPMG. Note the sparks in the foreground which are the early stages of a theatrical explosive charge.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 124.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The same soldier can be seen in the background (second from the left) picking up his GPMG after the exercise is over.]] | |||
==FN Minimi== | ==FN Minimi== | ||
An [[FN Minimi]] can be seen being used by a soldier in Afghanistan during the film's epilogue. Although the variant of Minimi depicted was adopted by the British Army as the L108A1, it is far more likely that a [[FN Minimi Para|Para]] variant (either the original L110A1 or railed L110A2) would be used. | |||
[[File:M249Minimi1stPattern.jpg|thumb|500px|none|FN Minimi - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 145.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A Minimi is visible on the roof of the Humvee resting on its bipod.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 157.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The soldier of the left of the frame is carrying a Minimi with the ammunition belt wrapped around the receiver (in real life a box or pouch would always be fitted for patrol use such as this).]] | |||
==Browning M2HB== | ==Browning M2HB== | ||
A [[Browning M2HB]] fitted with a flash hider can be seen on the roof of a Humvee during a training exercise and in Afghanistan. This vehicle choice is somewhat baffling as all of the soldiers depicted in these scenes are British, and the film was shot entirely in Enlgand. The gun shield of the Humvee is marked with a "Spade" insignia which is used by the 506th Infantry Regiment, possibly indicating that this vehicle is left over from another production. | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 120.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The M2HB can briefly be seen during the casualty treatment exercise in England.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 139.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Molly Dawes disembarking from a Humvee in Afghanistan showing the machine guns mounted on the roof.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 147.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Note the "Spade" on the gun shield. Also, note that there are no American soldiers who this errant Humvee might belong to, and the camouflage sheet fitted to it is British Desert DPM pattern.]] | |||
==M60== | ==M60== | ||
An [[M60]] can be seen on a post mount on the roof of a Humvee during a training exercise and in Afghanistan. | |||
[[File:M60GPMG.jpg|thumb|500px|none|M60 - 7.62x51mm]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 103.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The distinctive barrel, gas tube and flash hider of the M60 can briefly be seen during a training exercise.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 137.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Most likely the same Humvee appears in Afghanistan with the M60 fitted.]] | |||
=Other Weapons= | =Other Weapons= | ||
==Royal Ordnance QF 25 Pounder== | ==Royal Ordnance QF 25 Pounder== | ||
A Royal Ordnance QF 25 Pounder can be seen at Army Training Centre, Pirbright. | |||
[[File:25 Pounder Gun.JPG|thumb|400px|none|Royal Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun - 87.6mm]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 027.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Only the front of the weapon is seen, but it can be identified as a QF 25 pounder by its muzzle brake and the shape of the recoil system.]] | |||
==L5 Pack Howitzer== | ==L5 Pack Howitzer== | ||
OTO Melara Mod 56 | An L5 Pack Howitzer, the British model of the OTO Melara Mod 56 howitzer, can be seen at Army Training Centre, Pirbright. | ||
[[File:L5 Pack Howitzer Clyde, Otago, New Zealand.jpg|thumb|500px|none|L5 Pack Howitzer - 105mm]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 096.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The folding carriage of the L5]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 100.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The main body of the L5.]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 101.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The distincive muzzle brake and short, stepped barrel of the L5.]] | |||
==Model | ==Model 17 Stielhandgranate== | ||
Several [[Model 17 Stielhandgranate]]s appear during stock footage of WWI shown during a presentation on the realities of war. | |||
[[File:German ww1 hand grenade.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Model 17 Stielhandgranate]] | |||
[[File:Our Girl film 075.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A Model 17 can be seen resting on the leg of the body in the foreground.]] | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:British Produced/Filmed]] | ||
[[Category:Drama]] | [[Category:Drama]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] |
Latest revision as of 17:43, 26 November 2022
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Our Girl is a 2013 dramatic television film originally broadcast by the BBC. It follows Molly Dawes (Lacey Turner), an 18 year old British girl, through her decision to join the British Army and her training as a Combat Medical Technician. It was succeeded by a 2014 TV series which covers her deployment to Helmand province in Afghanistan.
The following weapons were used in the film Our Girl (2013):
Rifles
L85A2
The L85A2 is the most common weapon featured in the film, being the standard issue rifle of the British armed forces. Despite appearing to be set in the current day (as indicated by the used of Multi Terrain Pattern (MTP) camouflage and the Mk IV Osprey body armour) all of the rifles are fitted with the standard polymer handguards and SUSAT or iron sights, as opposed to the contemporary configuration which is normally fitted with a railed Daniel Defence handguard and ACOG sight.
L85A1
During parade scenes the majority of the rifles seen are actually the earlier L85A1 variant, all fitted with iron sights.
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*s appear during stock footage of WWI shown during a presentation on the realities of war.
Machine Guns
L86A2
L86A2 Light Support Weapons (LSWs) appear in several scenes. Although their usage during training in England is not unusual, they are rarely if ever currently carried in Afghanistan as depicted during the epilogue.
L7 GPMG
An L7 GPMG can be seen in the background of the casualty treatment exercise.
FN Minimi
An FN Minimi can be seen being used by a soldier in Afghanistan during the film's epilogue. Although the variant of Minimi depicted was adopted by the British Army as the L108A1, it is far more likely that a Para variant (either the original L110A1 or railed L110A2) would be used.
Browning M2HB
A Browning M2HB fitted with a flash hider can be seen on the roof of a Humvee during a training exercise and in Afghanistan. This vehicle choice is somewhat baffling as all of the soldiers depicted in these scenes are British, and the film was shot entirely in Enlgand. The gun shield of the Humvee is marked with a "Spade" insignia which is used by the 506th Infantry Regiment, possibly indicating that this vehicle is left over from another production.
M60
An M60 can be seen on a post mount on the roof of a Humvee during a training exercise and in Afghanistan.
Other Weapons
Royal Ordnance QF 25 Pounder
A Royal Ordnance QF 25 Pounder can be seen at Army Training Centre, Pirbright.
L5 Pack Howitzer
An L5 Pack Howitzer, the British model of the OTO Melara Mod 56 howitzer, can be seen at Army Training Centre, Pirbright.
Model 17 Stielhandgranate
Several Model 17 Stielhandgranates appear during stock footage of WWI shown during a presentation on the realities of war.