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[[Enfield Mk II]] revolvers are used by British and Egyptian officers including General Gordon ([[Charlton Heston]]). | [[Enfield Mk II]] revolvers are used by British and Egyptian officers including General Gordon ([[Charlton Heston]]). | ||
[[File:EnfieldMkIIBig.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Enfield Mk II revolver - .476 Enfield]] | [[File:EnfieldMkIIBig.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Enfield Mk II revolver - .476 Enfield]] | ||
[[File:Khartoum EMkR-02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[File:Khartoum EMkR-02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Gordon holds his Enfield Mk II in front of his troops.]] | ||
[[File:Khartoum Enfield MkII 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Gordon | [[File:Khartoum Enfield MkII 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[File:Khartoum Enfield MkII 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Gordon with Enfield Mk II after the battle.]] | |||
[[File:Khartoum Enfield MkII 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Egyptian officer with Enfield Mk II during the final battle.]] | [[File:Khartoum Enfield MkII 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Egyptian officer with Enfield Mk II during the final battle.]] | ||
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[[File:Khartoum Martini-Henry 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A British soldier with Remington Rolling Block rifle.]] | [[File:Khartoum Martini-Henry 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A British soldier with Remington Rolling Block rifle.]] | ||
[[File:Khartoum RRbR-01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Egyptian soldier fires a Remington Rolling Block rifle.]] | [[File:Khartoum RRbR-01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Egyptian soldier fires a Remington Rolling Block rifle.]] | ||
== M1917 Enfield == | |||
In at least one scene British soldiers carry rifles that appear to be [[M1917 Enfield]], visually modified by removing bolt handles and rear and front sights and adding fake rolling block breechblocks. | |||
[[Image:m1917enfield.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1917 Enfield - .30-06 Springfield]] | |||
[[File:Khartoum MHR-01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The shape of stocks allows to identify M1917 Enfield rifles.]] | |||
== Oriental Musket == | == Oriental Musket == | ||
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[[File:Khartoum Musket 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two muskets, shield and spears.]] | [[File:Khartoum Musket 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two muskets, shield and spears.]] | ||
[[File:Khartoum Musket 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good view on the lock of the musket.]] | [[File:Khartoum Musket 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good view on the lock of the musket.]] | ||
[[File:Khartoum JzMus-02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A different version of Jezail is seen on the wall. It if fitted with a percussion cap lock rather than a flintlock.]] | |||
=Machine guns= | =Machine guns= | ||
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Khartoum is a 1966 movie by Basil Dearden starring Charlton Heston as General Charles Gordon and Laurence Olivier as the Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmed). The story is based on the siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist war in 1883-1885.
The following weapons were used in the film Khartoum:
Handguns
Enfield Mk II Revolver
Enfield Mk II revolvers are used by British and Egyptian officers including General Gordon (Charlton Heston).
Webley .455 Mk VI Revolver
The Webley .455 Mk VI holds a British officer in battle. This revolver is also used to ignite the fuse of the mine. It's completely anachronistic because Mk VI was adopted in 1915.
Oriental flintlock pistol
A pair of Oriental flintlock pistols are seen in the collection of antique weapons in General Gordon's apartments.
Rifles
Martini-Henry Rifle
Martini-Henry rifles are the main weapon of British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists. It is hard to identify the model used but they are most likely the MkIII.
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Remington Rolling Block Rifle
Some of the British soldiers are armed with Remington Rolling Block rifles.
M1917 Enfield
In at least one scene British soldiers carry rifles that appear to be M1917 Enfield, visually modified by removing bolt handles and rear and front sights and adding fake rolling block breechblocks.
Oriental Musket
Jezail and Ottoman muskets are seen in the collection of Eastern weapons in General Gordon's apartments.
Machine guns
Nordenfelt Gun
One of the weapons mounted on the river steamer which sailed from Khartoum is a Nordenfelt gun. It is supposedly 5-barrel rifle-calibre model. In the final scene Nordenfelt gun is used by Egyptian soldiers during the defence of the Khartoum palace.
Other
Fuse Bomb
Mahdists and Egyptian soldiers use home made fuse bombs, attached to spears or on cords.
British Armstrong Field guns
Numerous field guns are seen in the movie. All of them are breech-loading, but strangely enough, the shot is made by a burning torch.
