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[[Image:Samurai Howa 9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Agata ([[Jun Etô]]) attemting to push away some fire wagons.]] | [[Image:Samurai Howa 9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Agata ([[Jun Etô]]) attemting to push away some fire wagons.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Howa 8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]]) holding his rifle.]] | [[Image:Samurai Howa 8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]]) holding his rifle.]] | ||
[[File:Howa Type 64 bayonet.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Howa Type 64 with attached bayonet - 7.62x51mm.]] | |||
[[Image:Samurai Howa 10.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Type 64 with attached bayonet in the end scene.]] | [[Image:Samurai Howa 10.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Type 64 with attached bayonet in the end scene.]] | ||
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==Sumitomo M2HB== | ==Sumitomo M2HB== | ||
The M3A1 Halftrack that the | The M3A1 Halftrack that the JGSDF uses has a [[Sumitomo M2HB]] mounted on it. Lt. Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]]) and other JGSDF soldiers fire it throughout the film. Early in the film, Nagao Kagetora ([[Isao Natsuyagi]]) also fires it, reacting with amusement at the full automatic fire. | ||
[[Image:BrowningM2_plain.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB - .50 BMG]] | [[Image:BrowningM2_plain.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB - .50 BMG]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view of the M2HB during an archer attack.]] | [[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view of the M2HB during an archer attack.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hayato Yano ([[Tsunehiko Watase]]) firing the gun at hostile archers.]] | [[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hayato Yano ([[Tsunehiko Watase]]) firing the gun at hostile archers.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hayato Yano ([[Tsunehiko Watase]]) releasing the gun.]] | [[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hayato Yano ([[Tsunehiko Watase]]) releasing the gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 4.jpg|thumb|none|500px| | [[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|JGSDF soldiers preparing for a possible attack.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nagao Kagetora ([[Isao Natsuyagi]]) closely inspecting the machine gun.]] | [[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nagao Kagetora ([[Isao Natsuyagi]]) closely inspecting the machine gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]]) teaching Nagao Kagetora how to use the gun.]] | [[Image:Samurai Machine gun 1 6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]]) teaching Nagao Kagetora how to use the gun.]] | ||
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==M3A1 "Grease Gun"== | ==M3A1 "Grease Gun"== | ||
Several JGSDF soldiers (including Lt. Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]] | Several JGSDF soldiers (including Lt. Yoshiaki Iba ([[Shin'ichi Chiba]]) use the [[M3A1 "Grease Gun"]]. The M3A1 was actually standard issue for the JSDF, being popular as a personal defense weapons with tank crews until the introduction of the [[Minebea M-9]]. | ||
[[Image:M3_Grease.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M3 "Grease Gun" .45 ACP. The later model M3A1 would eliminate the crank lever for cocking the bolt, and instead used a simple hole in the bolt for the shooter to use their finger.]] | [[Image:M3_Grease.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M3 "Grease Gun" .45 ACP. The later model M3A1 would eliminate the crank lever for cocking the bolt, and instead used a simple hole in the bolt for the shooter to use their finger.]] | ||
[[Image:Samurai SMG 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:Samurai SMG 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
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G.I. Samurai (戦国自衛隊 Sengoku Jieitai (Time Slip) and Sengoku Self Defense Force?) is a 1979 Japanese adventure movie about a group of Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers suddenly finding themselves stranded 400 years in the past, during the Sengoku period. With their advanced weaponry, the soldiers under their highest-ranking officer, Lt. Yoshiaki Iba's (Shin'ichi Chiba), decide to fight alongside General Nagao Kagetora to assume power over all of Japan; but in the end only one of the soldiers survives.
This film was remade as Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 in 2005.
The following weapons were used in the film G.I. Samurai:
M1911A1
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba's (Shin'ichi Chiba) sidearm is the M1911A1.
Howa Type 64
The Howa Type 64 is the main weapon of most JGSDF soldiers. Lt. Yoshiaki Iba (Shin'ichi Chiba) use it in one scene.
Howa M300
JGSDF soldiers, including Yoshiaki Iba (Shin'ichi Chiba) and Mimura (Kôji Naka) are seen using the Howa M300 as a sniper rifle during a climax scene in the middle of the film.
Sumitomo M2HB
The M3A1 Halftrack that the JGSDF uses has a Sumitomo M2HB mounted on it. Lt. Yoshiaki Iba (Shin'ichi Chiba) and other JGSDF soldiers fire it throughout the film. Early in the film, Nagao Kagetora (Isao Natsuyagi) also fires it, reacting with amusement at the full automatic fire.
Sumitomo NTK-62
The Mitsubishi J-3 Jeep used by JGSDF soldiers is equipped with a Sumitomo NTK-62 mounted in the rear bed. Lt. Yoshiaki Iba (Shin'ichi Chiba) and other JSDF members fire it throughout the film.
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M72 LAW
JGSDF soldiers use M72 LAWs in fighting against samurai forces.
M3A1 "Grease Gun"
Several JGSDF soldiers (including Lt. Yoshiaki Iba (Shin'ichi Chiba) use the M3A1 "Grease Gun". The M3A1 was actually standard issue for the JSDF, being popular as a personal defense weapons with tank crews until the introduction of the Minebea M-9.
Tanegashima
Several ashigaru fire Tanegashimas rifles in two battle scenes.
Mk 2 hand grenade
Mk 2 hand grenade was used by a few JGSDF soldiers, include Lt. Yoshiaki Iba (Shin'ichi Chiba).
