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The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility. | |||
The Webley & Scott produced | |||
{{Gun Title}} | |||
== | ==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III== | ||
[[File:Webley & Scott MkIII Signal.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel]] | |||
A lanyard swivel was added on the butt in 1915. | |||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1911 | * Year of Production: 1911 | ||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | * Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | ||
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* Barrel Length: 4 inches | * Barrel Length: 4 inches | ||
* Weight: | * Weight: | ||
''' | === Film === | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[James Cagney]] || Pvt. Jerry Plunkett || || 1940 | |||
|} | |||
=== Television === | |||
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note / Episode''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1]]'' || [[Kam Fong]] || Chin Ho || || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Anzacs]]'' || || Australian troops || || 1985 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Last of Us - Season 1]]'' ||||||seen in armory; "Long Long Time" (S1E03)|| 2023 | |||
|} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III*== | |||
[[File:Webley Signal Pistol.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel]] | |||
Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech. | Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech. | ||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1916 | * Year of Production: 1916 | ||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | * Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | ||
* Length: | * Length: 9.5 inches | ||
* Barrel Length: | * Barrel Length: 5.5 inches | ||
* Weight: | * Weight: | ||
== Film == | === Film === | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Carry on, Sergeant!]]'' || || German soldier || | | ''[[Carry on, Sergeant!]]'' || || German soldier || || 1928 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | |''[[Gorgo]]'' || || A British sailor || || 1961 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | rowspan="2"|''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || [[Anthony Quayle]] || Col. Brighton || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"|1962 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Peter O'Toole]] || Col. Lawrence | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[The Three Fat Men (Tri tolstyaka)]]'' || || Rioters || || 1966 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Dirty Dozen | | ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' || [[Clint Walker]] || Samson Posey || || 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[An Old, Old Tale (Staraya, staraya skazka)]]'' || [[Boris Leskin]] || The king's coachman || || 1969 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Prosha, the Prince (Tsarevich Prosha)]]'' || Anatoli Abramov || Brigand || || 1974 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[People That Time Forgot, The|The People That Time Forgot]]'' || [[Patrick Wayne]] || Maj. Ben McBride || || 1977 | | ''[[People That Time Forgot, The|The People That Time Forgot]]'' || [[Patrick Wayne]] || Maj. Ben McBride || || 1977 | ||
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| ''[[Trench, The|The Trench]]'' || [[Danny Dyer]] || Lance Cpl. Dell || || 1999 | | ''[[Trench, The|The Trench]]'' || [[Danny Dyer]] || Lance Cpl. Dell || || 1999 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Cockneys vs. Zombies]]'' || || || || 2012 | ||
|- | |||
| ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''||[[Charlize Theron]]||Furiosa||||2015 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="3"|''[[1917]]'' || [[Spike Leighton]] || Private Kilgour || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 2019 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Andrew Scott]] || Lieutenant Leslie | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Dean-Charles Chapman]] || Tom Blake | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Television == | === Television === | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note / Episode''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note / Episode''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Doctor Who (Classic Series)|Doctor Who]]'' || [[Paul Darrow]] || Capt. Sam Hawkins || "Doctor Who and the Silurians" || 1970 | | ''[[Doctor Who (Classic Series)|Doctor Who]]'' || [[Paul Darrow]] || Capt. Sam Hawkins || "Doctor Who and the Silurians" || 1970 | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Video Games == | === Video Games === | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[NecroVisioN: Lost Company]]'' || "Signal Pistol" || || 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || "Flare Gun" || Incorrectly depicted as caseless, three variants usable in multiplayer; "Spot" reveals nearby enemy player and materiel locations to teammates, "Flash" disrupts enemy players' perception, "Signal" calls artillery strike in projectile's land radius || 2016 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Hunt: Showdown]]'' ||"Flare Pistol" || Modified chamber|| 2018 | ||
|} | |||
===Anime=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02)) || Rock || || 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Violet Evergarden]]'' || Gilbert Bougainvillea || Ep. 08 || 2018 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | ==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. V== | ||
[[File:British-No1-MkV-Flare.jpg|thumb|right|300px|No. 1 Mk. V Signal Pistol - 1 inch - steel frame and barrel]] | |||
[[File:WSN1MKV FSP.jpg|thumb|right|300px|No. 1 Mk. V Signal Pistol - 1 inch - zinc frame/barrel and wooden grips]] | |||
A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber [[Webley Mk VI]] service revolver. | |||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1915 | |||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | |||
* Length: ? | |||
* Barrel Length: 4 inches | |||
* Weight: | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | ||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Paratrooper]]'' || [[Leo Genn]] || Maj. John Snow || || 1953 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' || [[Alan Van Sprang]] || Sgt. Crocket || || 2010 | |||
|} | |||
{{Clear}} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 2 Mk. V== | |||
[[File:Webley-Scott No 2 Mk V Flare Pistol.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 2 Mk. V Signal Pistol]] | |||
A No.1 Mk V with a shorter, non-flanged barrel like the Mk III. | |||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1916 | |||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | |||
* Length: ? | |||
* Barrel Length: ? | |||
* Weight: | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Customs officer || || 1972 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Syndicate Sadists (Il giustiziere sfida la città)|Syndicate Sadists]]'' || Alessandro Cocco || Giampiero Marsili || || 1975 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Shallows]]''||[[Blake Lively]]||Nancy Adams||||2016 | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=2|''[[Enforcement]]'' || Simon Sears || Jens Høyer || rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2| 2000 | |||
|- | |||
| || An insurgent | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
{{Clear}} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I== | |||
[[File:Webley No 3 Mk 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I - 1 inch]] | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Journey%27s_End_(2018)|Journey's End]]'' || [[Asa Butterfield]] || Second Lieutenant Raleigh || || 2018 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Journey%27s_End_(2018)|Journey's End]]'' || [[Stephen Graham]] || Second Lieutenant Trotter || || 2018 | |||
|} | |||
=== Video Games === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| [[Forgotten Hope 2]] || "No3 Mk1 Very" || || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mad Max (2015 VG)|Mad Max]] || Flare Gun || || 2015 | |||
|} | |||
{{Clear}} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I== | |||
[[File:WebSig2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I Signal Pistol - 37 mm]] | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Gorgo]]'' || || A British soldier || || 1961 | ||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Light at the Edge of the World]]'' || [[Renato Salvatori]] || Montefiore || || 1971 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Dylan Dog: Dead of Night]]'' || [[Brandon Routh]] || Dylan Dog || || 2011 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2"|''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' || [[Tom Hardy]] || Farrier || || rowspan="2"|2017 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jack Lowden]] || Collins || | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
=== Video Games === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Far Cry 2]] || || || 2008 | |||
|} | |} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:34, 28 August 2023
The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility.
The Webley & Scott Signal Pistols and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III
A lanyard swivel was added on the butt in 1915.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1911
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: 8 inches
- Barrel Length: 4 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Fighting 69th | James Cagney | Pvt. Jerry Plunkett | 1940 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | Kam Fong | Chin Ho | 1968 | |
Anzacs | Australian troops | 1985 | ||
The Last of Us - Season 1 | seen in armory; "Long Long Time" (S1E03) | 2023 |
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III*
Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1916
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: 9.5 inches
- Barrel Length: 5.5 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carry on, Sergeant! | German soldier | 1928 | ||
Gorgo | A British sailor | 1961 | ||
Lawrence of Arabia | Anthony Quayle | Col. Brighton | 1962 | |
Peter O'Toole | Col. Lawrence | |||
The Three Fat Men (Tri tolstyaka) | Rioters | 1966 | ||
The Dirty Dozen | Clint Walker | Samson Posey | 1967 | |
An Old, Old Tale (Staraya, staraya skazka) | Boris Leskin | The king's coachman | 1969 | |
Prosha, the Prince (Tsarevich Prosha) | Anatoli Abramov | Brigand | 1974 | |
The People That Time Forgot | Patrick Wayne | Maj. Ben McBride | 1977 | |
The Razor's Edge | James Keach | Grey | 1984 | |
Biggles: Adventures in Time | Neil Dickson | James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth | 1986 | |
The Trench | Danny Dyer | Lance Cpl. Dell | 1999 | |
Cockneys vs. Zombies | 2012 | |||
Mad Max: Fury Road | Charlize Theron | Furiosa | 2015 | |
1917 | Spike Leighton | Private Kilgour | 2019 | |
Andrew Scott | Lieutenant Leslie | |||
Dean-Charles Chapman | Tom Blake |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Who | Paul Darrow | Capt. Sam Hawkins | "Doctor Who and the Silurians" | 1970 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
NecroVisioN: Lost Company | "Signal Pistol" | 2010 | |
Battlefield 1 | "Flare Gun" | Incorrectly depicted as caseless, three variants usable in multiplayer; "Spot" reveals nearby enemy player and materiel locations to teammates, "Flash" disrupts enemy players' perception, "Signal" calls artillery strike in projectile's land radius | 2016 |
Hunt: Showdown | "Flare Pistol" | Modified chamber | 2018 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Black Lagoon ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02)) | Rock | 2006 | |
Violet Evergarden | Gilbert Bougainvillea | Ep. 08 | 2018 |
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. V
A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber Webley Mk VI service revolver.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1915
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: ?
- Barrel Length: 4 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paratrooper | Leo Genn | Maj. John Snow | 1953 | |
Survival of the Dead | Alan Van Sprang | Sgt. Crocket | 2010 |
Webley & Scott No. 2 Mk. V
A No.1 Mk V with a shorter, non-flanged barrel like the Mk III.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1916
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: ?
- Barrel Length: ?
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gang War in Naples | Customs officer | 1972 | ||
Syndicate Sadists | Alessandro Cocco | Giampiero Marsili | 1975 | |
The Shallows | Blake Lively | Nancy Adams | 2016 | |
Enforcement | Simon Sears | Jens Høyer | 2000 | |
An insurgent |
Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Journey's End | Asa Butterfield | Second Lieutenant Raleigh | 2018 | |
Journey's End | Stephen Graham | Second Lieutenant Trotter | 2018 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Forgotten Hope 2 | "No3 Mk1 Very" | 2007 | |
Mad Max | Flare Gun | 2015 |
Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gorgo | A British soldier | 1961 | ||
The Light at the Edge of the World | Renato Salvatori | Montefiore | 1971 | |
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | Brandon Routh | Dylan Dog | 2011 | |
Dunkirk | Tom Hardy | Farrier | 2017 | |
Jack Lowden | Collins |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Far Cry 2 | 2008 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield