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[[File:CityOfLifeAndDeath.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''City of Life and Death'' (2009)]] | [[File:CityOfLifeAndDeath.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''City of Life and Death'' (2009)]] | ||
''City of Life and Death'' is a 2009 Chinese historical drama. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lu Jianxiong ([[Liu Ye]]), a Chinese officer, puts up a valiant but futile defense of the city of Nanking from invading Japanese troops. When the city falls, the Japanese occupiers go on a brutal killing spree, leading to thousands of deaths in what would later become infamously known as the Rape of Nanking. | '''''City of Life and Death''''' is a 2009 Chinese historical drama. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lu Jianxiong ([[Liu Ye]]), a Chinese officer, puts up a valiant but futile defense of the city of Nanking from invading Japanese troops. When the city falls, the Japanese occupiers go on a brutal killing spree, leading to thousands of deaths in what would later become infamously known as the Rape of Nanking. | ||
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=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
==Type Zhongzheng Rifle== | ==Type Zhongzheng Rifle== | ||
The [[ | The [[Type Zhongzheng Rifle]] is used by Chinese Nationalist soldiers, including Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong ([[Liu Ye]]), in defense of Nanking. | ||
[[File: | [[File:Type Zhongzheng type 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:City Nationalist Type24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nationalist deserters try to escape Nanking, armed with Type Zhongzheng Rifles. Note the M35 helmets and Germanesque uniforms. This is historically correct, for Adolf Hitler sent advisors to train and equip the KMT in the 1930's, before allying with Imperial Japan.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist Type24 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nationalist soldiers ambush Imperial Japanese troops.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist Type24 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nationalist fires his Type Zhongzheng.]] | |||
[[File:City Jianxiong Type24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong ([[Liu Ye]]) struggles with the bolt of his rifle.]] | |||
[[File:City Jianxiong Type24 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lu creeps forward with his rifle.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist Type24 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nationalist with his rifle.]] | |||
[[File:City Shunzi Type24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shunzi ([[Zhao Yisui]]) takes cover with his rifle.]] | |||
[[File:City Jianxiong Type24 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lu loads a 7.92x57mm Mauser into his rifle. There are several more rounds in his hand.]] | |||
==Hanyang 88== | ==Hanyang 88== | ||
At least one Nationalist soldier carries a [[ | At least one Nationalist soldier carries a [[Hanyang 88]] in battle. | ||
[[File:Hanyang_88.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hanyang 88 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This weapon saw service in the Sino-Japanese wars and the Chinese Civil War.]] | [[File:Hanyang_88.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hanyang 88 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This weapon saw service in the Sino-Japanese wars and the Chinese Civil War.]] | ||
[[File:City Nationalist Hanyang.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nationalist soldier carries a Hanyang 88.]] | |||
==Arisaka Type 38== | ==Arisaka Type 38== | ||
The Imperial Japanese soldiers, including Kadokawa Masao ([[Nakaizumi Hideo]]), use the [[ | The Imperial Japanese soldiers, including Kadokawa Masao ([[Nakaizumi Hideo]]), use the [[Arisaka Type 38]] in the battle and occupation of Nanking. True to life, all the rifles are fitted with the Model 30 bayonet. | ||
[[File: | [[Image:Type_38_rifle_and_Type_30_bayonet.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Arisaka Type 38 rifle with Type 30 bayonet - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka.]] | ||
[[File:City Japanese Arisaka.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Imperial Japanese soldiers armed with Arisaka Type 38 rifles prepare to attack Nanking.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Arisaka 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier aims his Arisaka at an approaching car.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Arisaka 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier holds his rifle on John Rabe, a German businessman. In real life, despite being a Nazi Party member, Rabe used his connections to shelter approx. 200,000 Chinese from the Japanese during the massacre.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Arisaka 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers advance through the streets of Nanking.]] | |||
[[File:City Kadokawa Arisaka.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kadokawa Masao ([[Nakaizumi Hideo]]) takes cover with his Arisaka. Note the open bolt and the 6.5x50mm rounds in the chamber.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Arisaka 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier guns down a Nationalist.]] | |||
[[File:City Kadokawa Arisaka 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kadowaka with his Arisaka after the battle. Note the Rising Sun flag tied to the barrel.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Arisaka 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese Guards armed with Arisaka watch Nationalist prisoners.]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
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The [[ZB26 Machine Gun]] is used by Chinese Nationalists in the defense of Nanking. | The [[ZB26 Machine Gun]] is used by Chinese Nationalists in the defense of Nanking. | ||
[[File:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|ZB26 Light Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm]] | [[File:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|ZB26 Light Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm]] | ||
[[File:City Nationalist ZB26.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nationalist deserter holds a ZB26, sans magazine.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist ZB26 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ZB26 can be seen in the hands of a Nationalist soldier.]] | |||
== | ==Ckm wz.30== | ||
A [[Ckm wz. 30]] is mounted on a Nationalist Vickers Mark E Type B that ambushes a Japanese column during the battle after pretending to be out-of-commission. This suggests that the tank was a Polish model, for the wz.30 was indeed fitted as a coaxial machine gun on Polish armor. | |||
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[[File:Ckm wz.30 MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ckm wz.30 - 8x57mm IS]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist wz30.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Ckm wz.30 can be seen mounted on the turret of a Nationalist Vickers Mark E Type B tank.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist wz30 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gunner opens fire with the wz.30.]] | |||
==Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun== | |||
The [[Type 92 heavy machine gun]] is used by Japanese soldiers to mow down Chinese Prisoners of War after the battle. | |||
[[File:Japanese_Type_92_Heavy_Machine_Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm SR]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type92.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese Assistant Gunner loads a 30-round stripper clip into a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type92 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 92 strafes a Nationalist defensive position.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type92 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Type 92 firing. Note the empty stripper clip feeding out of the left side of the weapon.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type92 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the ammunition belt firing.]] | |||
==Type 97 Light Machine Gun== | ==Type 97 Light Machine Gun== | ||
The [[Type 97 light machine gun | The [[Type 97 light machine gun]] is mounted on the Japanese Type 95 "Ha-Go" tanks used to bombard the city. | ||
[[File:Type 97 tank machine gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type 97 Light Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm Arisaka]] | [[File:Type 97 tank machine gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type 97 Light Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm Arisaka]] | ||
[[File:City HaGo Type97.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 97 Light Machine Gun can be seen mounted on a Japanese Type 95 "Ha-Go" tank.]] | |||
==Type | ==Type 99 Light Machine Gun== | ||
Imperial Japanese soldiers use the [[Type 99 Light Machine Gun]] in the battle of Nanking and to massacre Chinese Prisoners of War. Note that this in anachronistic, as the Type 99 didn't enter service until 1939 and the Battle was fought in 1937. The [[Type 96 light machine gun]] would have been more accurate, but was probably difficult to acquire. | |||
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[[File:Type 99 LMG with Type 30 bayonet.jpg|thumb|none|451px|Type 99 light machine gun with Model 30 bayonet - 7.7x58mm Arisaka]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type99.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 99 deployed on a sandbag during the battle.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist Type99.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the Nationalist reinforcements hoists a Type 99.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type99 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of a Type 99 barrel.]] | |||
[[File:City Japanese Type99 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 99 can be seen to the left of the frame.]] | |||
=Sidearms= | |||
==Nambu Type 14== | |||
Lieutenant Ida Osamu ([[Kohata Ryu]]) uses a [[Nambu Type 14]] in the film. | |||
[[File:NambuType14Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Late Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu]] | |||
[[File:City Osamu Nambu.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Ida Osamu ([[Kohata Ryu]]) takes cover with his Nambu Type 14. | |||
<br>'''Note:''' This Type 14 is anachronistic as the larger trigger guard did not enter production until two years later in 1939.]] | |||
[[File:City Osamu Nambu 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Osamu with his Nambu. | |||
<br>'''Note:''' This Type 14 is anachronistic as the larger trigger guard did not enter production until two years later in 1939.]] | |||
=Grenades= | |||
==Type 67 Stick Grenade== | |||
The [[Type 67 stick grenade]] is used by Chinese Nationalists, including Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong ([[Liu Ye]]). They are common stand-ins for the German Model 24 Stielhandgranate. | |||
[[File:Type67Grenade.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Type 67 High-Explosive Fragmentation Stick Grenade]] | |||
[[File:City_Nationalist_Type67.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An ammunition carrier dispenses Type 67 Stick Grenades to Nationalists soldiers.]] | |||
[[File:City Nationalist Type67 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nationalist soldier passes a Type 67 for his comrade to throw.]] | |||
[[File:City Jianxiong Type67.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong ([[Liu Ye]]) readies a Type 67.]] | |||
[[File:City Jianxiong Type67 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lu holds a Type 67.]] | |||
[[File:City Shunzi Type67.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shunzi ([[Zhao Yisui]]) pulls the pin on a Type 67.]] | |||
[[File:City Jianxiong Type67 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lu prepare several grenades. Note the numerous ejected brass on the sandbags are 7.62x39 M43/56s rounds typically used with modified prop guns.]] | |||
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[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:Lu Chuan]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:00, 5 March 2023
City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese historical drama. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lu Jianxiong (Liu Ye), a Chinese officer, puts up a valiant but futile defense of the city of Nanking from invading Japanese troops. When the city falls, the Japanese occupiers go on a brutal killing spree, leading to thousands of deaths in what would later become infamously known as the Rape of Nanking.
The following weapons were used in the film City of Life and Death:
Rifles
Type Zhongzheng Rifle
The Type Zhongzheng Rifle is used by Chinese Nationalist soldiers, including Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong (Liu Ye), in defense of Nanking.
Hanyang 88
At least one Nationalist soldier carries a Hanyang 88 in battle.
Arisaka Type 38
The Imperial Japanese soldiers, including Kadokawa Masao (Nakaizumi Hideo), use the Arisaka Type 38 in the battle and occupation of Nanking. True to life, all the rifles are fitted with the Model 30 bayonet.
Machine Guns
ZB26 Machine Gun
The ZB26 Machine Gun is used by Chinese Nationalists in the defense of Nanking.
Ckm wz.30
A Ckm wz. 30 is mounted on a Nationalist Vickers Mark E Type B that ambushes a Japanese column during the battle after pretending to be out-of-commission. This suggests that the tank was a Polish model, for the wz.30 was indeed fitted as a coaxial machine gun on Polish armor.
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
The Type 92 heavy machine gun is used by Japanese soldiers to mow down Chinese Prisoners of War after the battle.
Type 97 Light Machine Gun
The Type 97 light machine gun is mounted on the Japanese Type 95 "Ha-Go" tanks used to bombard the city.
Type 99 Light Machine Gun
Imperial Japanese soldiers use the Type 99 Light Machine Gun in the battle of Nanking and to massacre Chinese Prisoners of War. Note that this in anachronistic, as the Type 99 didn't enter service until 1939 and the Battle was fought in 1937. The Type 96 light machine gun would have been more accurate, but was probably difficult to acquire.
Sidearms
Nambu Type 14
Lieutenant Ida Osamu (Kohata Ryu) uses a Nambu Type 14 in the film.
Note: This Type 14 is anachronistic as the larger trigger guard did not enter production until two years later in 1939.
Note: This Type 14 is anachronistic as the larger trigger guard did not enter production until two years later in 1939.
Grenades
Type 67 Stick Grenade
The Type 67 stick grenade is used by Chinese Nationalists, including Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong (Liu Ye). They are common stand-ins for the German Model 24 Stielhandgranate.
