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=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
==Mosin Nagant | ==Mosin Nagant M1891== | ||
Some Armenian fighters and Turkish soldiers carry and use [[Mosin Nagant Rifle]]s. | Some Armenian fighters and Turkish soldiers carry and use [[Mosin Nagant Rifle]]s. | ||
[[Image:1891-Mosin-Nagant.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Full-length, Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R]] | [[Image:1891-Mosin-Nagant.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Full-length, Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
[[Image:Ararat_Gewahr1888_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Armenian resistance fighter working the bolt on his Mosin Nagant. ]] | [[Image:Ararat_Gewahr1888_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Armenian resistance fighter working the bolt on his Mosin Nagant.]] | ||
== | ==Turkish Mauser== | ||
Turkish troops and some Armenian fighters can be seen with [[1903 Turkish Mauser|Turkish Mauser Rifles]] that appear to be rather 1903/30 or 1938 variants. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Turk38Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Turkish Mauser Model 1938 - 7.92x57mm ("8mm Mauser")]] | ||
[[Image:Ararat_Gewahr1888_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The man at the background left (behing a bush) seems to hold | [[Image:Ararat_Gewahr1888_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The man at the background left (behing a bush) seems to hold a Turkish Mauser.]] | ||
==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | |||
A full-length Mauser rifle is briefly seen held by one German soldier that appears to be a [[Gewehr 98]]. | |||
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | |||
[[Image:Ararat_Gewahr1888_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Armenian resistance fighter in the foreground has a Gewehr 98.]] | |||
==Percussion rifle (unidentified)== | ==Percussion rifle (unidentified)== | ||
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=Other= | =Other= | ||
==7.7 cm Feldkanone 16== | ==7.7 cm Feldkanone 16== | ||
[[ | [[File:Feldk 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Feldkanone 16 - 77x230mm]] | ||
[[File:Ararat_FK_16_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Turks prepare to shell the Armenian resistance. Note: This field piece may be an anachronism as it is believed the Feldkanone 16 was not produced until 1916.]] | [[File:Ararat_FK_16_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Turks prepare to shell the Armenian resistance. Note: This field piece may be an anachronism as it is believed the Feldkanone 16 was not produced until 1916.]] | ||
{{Film War}} | {{Film War}} | ||
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Ararat is a 2002 “movie within a movie” directed by Atom Egoyan. In "Ararat", the character director/producer Edward Saroyan (Charles Aznavour) makes a movie to tell the story of the Armenian genocide in and around the town of Van in Eastern Turkey in 1915. As Raffi (David Alpay) is interrogated by a customs officer (Christopher Plummer), upon his return from a visit to Turkey, he recounts how his life was changed during the making of this film and by the life of artist Arshile Gorky (Simon Abkarian), who was a witness to the genocide.
The following firearms can be seen in the film Ararat:
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891
Some Armenian fighters and Turkish soldiers carry and use Mosin Nagant Rifles.
Turkish Mauser
Turkish troops and some Armenian fighters can be seen with Turkish Mauser Rifles that appear to be rather 1903/30 or 1938 variants.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
A full-length Mauser rifle is briefly seen held by one German soldier that appears to be a Gewehr 98.
Percussion rifle (unidentified)
Some Armenian fighters are equipped with unidentified percussion rifles.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG 08/15
A Maxim MG08/15 is used one of the Armenian resistance fighters. He briefly fires the gun before he getting wounded.
