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=Machine Guns= | |||
==Browning M2 Aircraft== | ==Browning M2 Aircraft== | ||
The main defensive armament of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in the film is the .50 caliber [[Browning M2 Aircraft]]. | The main defensive armament of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in the film is the .50 caliber [[Browning M2 Aircraft]]. | ||
[[ | [[File:M2 aircraft flexible.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG]] | ||
[[Image:12OClock_03.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A gunner preps a waist gun.]] | [[Image:12OClock_03.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A gunner preps a waist gun.]] | ||
[[Image:12OClock_04.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A gunner fires the waist gun.]] | [[Image:12OClock_04.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A gunner fires the waist gun.]] | ||
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[[Image:12OClock_11.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Firing the twin Browning M2 machine guns of the tail gun.]] | [[Image:12OClock_11.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Firing the twin Browning M2 machine guns of the tail gun.]] | ||
[[Image:12OClock_08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The barrels of the Browning M2's are seen on the B-17s.]] | [[Image:12OClock_08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The barrels of the Browning M2's are seen on the B-17s.]] | ||
=Other= | |||
==M8 Flare Pistol== | ==M8 Flare Pistol== | ||
At the airbase, an [[M8 Flare Pistol]] is seen used to launch flares as the bombers land at the film's beginning. | At the airbase, an [[M8 Flare Pistol]] is seen used to launch flares as the bombers land at the film's beginning. | ||
[[Image:M8FlarePistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|M8 flare pistol | [[Image:M8FlarePistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|M8 flare pistol - 37mm]] | ||
[[Image:12OClock_15.jpg|thumb|none|500px|At the airbase, an [[M8 Flare Pistol]] is seen used to launch flares as the bombers land at the film's beginning.]] | [[Image:12OClock_15.jpg|thumb|none|500px|At the airbase, an [[M8 Flare Pistol]] is seen used to launch flares as the bombers land at the film's beginning.]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:B&W]] | |||
[[Category:Drama]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:58, 25 December 2016
Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 WWII film starring Gregory Peck as US Army Air Force general who struggles to raise the morale of his B-17 squadron that has sustained heavy casualities following a campaign of daylight bombing.
The following weapons were used in the film Twelve O'Clock High:
Machine Guns
Browning M2 Aircraft
The main defensive armament of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in the film is the .50 caliber Browning M2 Aircraft.
Other
M8 Flare Pistol
At the airbase, an M8 Flare Pistol is seen used to launch flares as the bombers land at the film's beginning.
