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|character4=Xiaowu | |character4=Xiaowu | ||
|actor4=[[Jing Boran]] | |actor4=[[Jing Boran]] | ||
|character5=Chief Jin | |character5=Chief Jin | ||
|actor5=[[Wu | |actor5=[[Gang Wu]] | ||
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'''The Bullet Vanishes''' is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong detective drama directed by Chi-Leung Law. 1930s China. Captain Guo Zhui and Inspector Song Donglu investigate series of strange murders at a bullet factory when the bullets used in | '''The Bullet Vanishes''' is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong detective drama directed by Chi-Leung Law. 1930s China. Captain Guo Zhui and Inspector Song Donglu investigate a series of strange murders at a bullet factory when the bullets used in the murders seemingly disappear. | ||
This movie also known as '''Ghost Bullets''' and '''Disappeared Bullets''' | This movie also known as '''Ghost Bullets''' and '''Disappeared Bullets''' | ||
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__TOC__<br clear=all> | __TOC__<br clear=all> | ||
= | =Revolvers= | ||
==Webley .455 Mk V== | ==Webley .455 Mk V== | ||
[[ | [[Webley .455 Mk V]] is Guo Zhui's and Boss Ding's ([[Kai Chi Liu]]) personal weapon. Song Donglu also uses it. | ||
[[File:Webley Mk. V.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Webley MK. V - .455 Webley]] | [[File:Webley Mk. V.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Webley MK. V - .455 Webley]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In the opening scene, bullet factory female worker commits ''God's judgment'' (Russian roulette variant)]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guo Zhui fires his Webley .455 Mk V]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guo Zhui fires his Webley .455 Mk V]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Webley .455 Mk V open for loading]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Webley .455 Mk V open for loading]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Revolver open and loaded]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Revolver open and loaded]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the cartridges are not .455 caliber. They are much smaller and visible gap between shells and revolver cylinder chamber]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the cartridges are not .455 caliber. They are much smaller and there is a visible gap between shells and revolver cylinder chamber]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Song Donglu holds a Webley .455 Mk V]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Song Donglu holds a Webley .455 Mk V]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guo Zhui commits ''God's judgment'']] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Webley8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guo Zhui commits ''God's judgment'']] | ||
==Enfield No.2== | ==Enfield No.2== | ||
[[Enfield No.2]] Wang Hai's personal weapon. Guo Zhui also | [[Enfield No.2]] Wang Hai's personal weapon. Guo Zhui also uses this revolver during the chase through the city (probably a continuity error) | ||
[[File:White Enfield No2 Mk I.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Enfield No. 2 Mk I. Original configuration with spurred hammer - .38 S&W]] | [[File:White Enfield No2 Mk I.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Enfield No. 2 Mk I. Original configuration with spurred hammer - .38 S&W]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Enfield.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guo Zhui fires an Enfield No.2]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Enfield.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guo Zhui fires an Enfield No.2]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Enfield2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wang Hai | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Enfield2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wang Hai fires a nickel-plated Enfield No.2 at his arm]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Enfield3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note a muzzle-sight is missing]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Enfield3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note a muzzle-sight is missing]] | ||
==Pieper Revolver == | |||
Robber pianist can be seen armed with the [[Pieper revolver]]. This is not an original Belgian Pieper Bayard but rather a Spanish copy as original Pieper M1889 and M1893 revolvers have distinctive raised rear part of the frame while the screen gun has more flat top. | |||
[[File:Spanish M1915 Pieper.jpg|thumb|none|300px|WWI Spanish/French Model 1915 revolver - 8mm. Copy of the Belgian Pieper made in Spain for the French and Romanian military.]] | |||
[[File:Pieper Bayard M1889.jpg|thumb|none|300px|For comparison: Belgian Pieper Bayard M1889 revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Pieper.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the shape of the rear part of the frame, it's less raised than on Belgian Pieper.]] | |||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Pieper2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
=Pistols= | |||
==Colt M1911A1== | ==Colt M1911A1== | ||
[[Colt M1911A1]] is Xiaowu's and Chief Jin's personal weapon | [[Colt M1911A1]] is Xiaowu's and Chief Jin's personal weapon | ||
[[File:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|World War II Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]] | [[File:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|World War II Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-M1911.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jin puts his Colt M1911A1 to | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-M1911.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jin puts his Colt M1911A1 to Boss Ding's abdomen]] | ||
==Mauser C96== | ==Mauser C96== | ||
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==Percussion Pistol== | ==Percussion Pistol== | ||
A [[Percussion Cap Pistol]] is used by Boss Ding. | |||
[[Image:Percussion cap pistol.jpg|thumb|none|none|300px|Italian (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) Percussion cap pistol, converted from flintlock, circa mid-19th century - .69 caliber (17.7mm)]] | |||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-PercPist.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boss Ding aims a percussion pistol at Wang Hai]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-PercPist.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boss Ding aims a percussion pistol at Wang Hai]] | ||
=Submachine Guns= | =Submachine Guns= | ||
==M1928A1 Thompson== | ==M1928A1 Thompson== | ||
Boss Ding and some his | Boss Ding and some of his mobsters use [[M1928A1 Thompson]] submachine guns without Cutts compensators and with smooth barrels | ||
[[File: | [[File:M1928A1.jpeg|thumb|none|500px|M1928A1 Thompson with 50-round drum magazine, smooth barrel, and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP. The in-movie version does not have a Cutts compensator.]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-TommyGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boss Ding fires his Thompson]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-TommyGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boss Ding fires his Thompson]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-TommyGun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note this Thompson has blank fire adapted barrel smaller than .45 caliber]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-TommyGun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note this Thompson has blank fire adapted barrel smaller than .45 caliber]] | ||
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==Sten Mk II== | ==Sten Mk II== | ||
Boss Ding's | Boss Ding's mobsters use [[Sten Mk II]] submachine guns with lengthened barrels. The Sten was not available in China until at least a decade after the film took place. | ||
[[File:Unitsten2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm]] | [[File:Unitsten2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Sten.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Sten.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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=Shotguns= | =Shotguns= | ||
==Single Barreled Shotgun== | ==Single Barreled Shotgun== | ||
Boss Ding, some his business partners and his factory's guards can be seen with | Boss Ding, some of his business partners and his factory's guards can be seen with single barreled shotguns. | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Stgn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Stgn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Stgn2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Stgn2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
==Muzzleloading Double Barreled Shotgun== | ==Muzzleloading Double Barreled Shotgun== | ||
Chief Jin | Chief Jin uses a muzzleloading double barreled shotgun in the bird hunting scene. | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Stgn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Stgn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-MLStgn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-MLStgn.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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[[Image:24-43 grenade.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]] | [[Image:24-43 grenade.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-M24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chief Jin holds a [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate]]]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-M24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chief Jin holds a [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate]]]] | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-M24-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chief Jin | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-M24-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chief Jin uses a grenade]] | ||
=Other= | =Other= | ||
==Type 41 75mm mountain gun== | ==Type 41 75mm mountain gun== | ||
[[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Type41.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Type 41 75mm mountain gun was a Japanese license-built copy of the Krupp M.08 mountain gun. This gun can often be seen in the bullet factory territory]] | [[Image:Bullet-Vanishes-Type41.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Type 41 75mm mountain gun was a Japanese license-built copy of the Krupp M.08 mountain gun. This gun can often be seen in the bullet factory territory]] | ||
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The Bullet Vanishes is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong detective drama directed by Chi-Leung Law. 1930s China. Captain Guo Zhui and Inspector Song Donglu investigate a series of strange murders at a bullet factory when the bullets used in the murders seemingly disappear.
This movie also known as Ghost Bullets and Disappeared Bullets
The following weapons were used in the movie The Bullet Vanishes
Revolvers
Webley .455 Mk V
Webley .455 Mk V is Guo Zhui's and Boss Ding's (Kai Chi Liu) personal weapon. Song Donglu also uses it.
Enfield No.2
Enfield No.2 Wang Hai's personal weapon. Guo Zhui also uses this revolver during the chase through the city (probably a continuity error)
Pieper Revolver
Robber pianist can be seen armed with the Pieper revolver. This is not an original Belgian Pieper Bayard but rather a Spanish copy as original Pieper M1889 and M1893 revolvers have distinctive raised rear part of the frame while the screen gun has more flat top.
Pistols
Colt M1911A1
Colt M1911A1 is Xiaowu's and Chief Jin's personal weapon
Mauser C96
A lot of policemen carry holstered Mauser C96 pistols
Percussion Pistol
A Percussion Cap Pistol is used by Boss Ding.
Submachine Guns
M1928A1 Thompson
Boss Ding and some of his mobsters use M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns without Cutts compensators and with smooth barrels
Sten Mk II
Boss Ding's mobsters use Sten Mk II submachine guns with lengthened barrels. The Sten was not available in China until at least a decade after the film took place.
Shotguns
Single Barreled Shotgun
Boss Ding, some of his business partners and his factory's guards can be seen with single barreled shotguns.
Muzzleloading Double Barreled Shotgun
Chief Jin uses a muzzleloading double barreled shotgun in the bird hunting scene.
Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
