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[[File:CB AU DVD cover.jpg|300px|right|thumb| ''The Cowra Breakout'' (1984)]]
The following weapons were used in the Australian Television Mini-series, '''The Cowra Breakout''':
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==Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun==
==Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun==
A Japanese machine gun crew use a [[Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun]] against Australian soldiers in the swamp, killing Nobby ([[Alex Brown]]). Junji Hayashi ([[Junichi Ishida]]) uses a Type 92 from the bunker at the Catholic Mission.
A Japanese machine gun crew use a [[TType 92 heavy machine gun]] against Australian soldiers in the swamp, killing Nobby ([[Alex Brown]]). Junji Hayashi ([[Junichi Ishida]]) uses a Type 92 from the bunker at the Catholic Mission.
[[Image:Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm SR]]
[[Image:Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm SR]]
[[Image:Japanese NambuType92.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun firing across the swamp.]]
[[Image:Japanese NambuType92.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun firing across the swamp.]]
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[[Image:Hayashi NambuType92.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hayashi unloads the 30-round stripper clip from the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.]]
[[Image:Hayashi NambuType92.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hayashi unloads the 30-round stripper clip from the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.]]
[[Image:Hayashi NambuType92 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hayashi next to the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.]]
[[Image:Hayashi NambuType92 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hayashi next to the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.]]
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 29 July 2023
The following weapons were used in the miniseries The Cowra Breakout:
Another African-American GI can be seen with an M1A1 Thompson in New Guinea.
Bren Gun
Australian soldiers in New Guinea use the Bren Gun in the Anti-Aircraft role. Guards at the Cowra POW camp use it during the Japanese breakout.
Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun
Corporal Doyle (Laurie Moran) and Private Hook (Max Cullen) man a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun mounted on a truck during the breakout. After being overrun, Hook manages to dismantle the gun to prevent its use by the Japanese.
Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) pulls the pin on a Mills Bomb to scare Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) in the New Guinea mission. Hayashi manages to grab it during hand-to-hand combat with Stan, but Stan manages to throw it away from the both of them.
Japanese Weapons
Arisaka Type 38
Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) uses an Arisaka Type 38 in New Guinea. After a failed banzai charge, Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) bayonets him in the chest but fails to kill him.
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
A Japanese machine gun crew use a TType 92 heavy machine gun against Australian soldiers in the swamp, killing Nobby (Alex Brown). Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) uses a Type 92 from the bunker at the Catholic Mission.