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==Mauser Pocket Pistol==
==Mauser Pocket Pistol==
The personal sidearm of Lothar ([[Volker Bruch]]) and Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]) is a [[Mauser Pocket Pistol]].
The personal sidearm of Lothar ([[Volker Bruch]]) and Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]) is a [[Mauser Pocket Pistol]]. In reality he carried a [[Luger P08]].
[[Image:MauserM1910.jpg|thumb|none|300px|1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 6.35x16mmSR]]
[[Image:MauserM1910.jpg|thumb|none|300px|1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 6.35x16mmSR]]
[[File:rb_pocket_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Manfred's pistol on the table.]]
[[File:rb_pocket_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Manfred's pistol on the table.]]
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==Unknown Revolver==
==Unknown Revolver==
Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is briefly seen with an unknown revolver during a meeting with Von Richthofen.
Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is briefly seen with an unknown silver plated revolver during a meeting with Von Richthofen. It has a rounded grip unlike a [[Webley .455 Mk VI]].
during the meeting with Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]).
[[File:rb_unrevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Revolver in his holster.]]
[[File:rb_unrevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Revolver in his holster.]]
[[File:rb_unrevolver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the rounded grip.]]
[[File:rb_unrevolver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the rounded grip.]]
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==Czech Mauser 98/22==
==Czech Mauser 98/22==
Some German soldiers can be seen carrying [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#VZ-98.2F22_Czech_Mauser|VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser]]s standing for accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|Gewehr 98]]s rifles. They are Identifiable because they have flat tangent sights instead of "''Lange Visiers''".
Some German soldiers can be seen carrying [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#VZ-98.2F22_Czech_Mauser|VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser]]s standing for accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|Gewehr 98]]s rifles. They are Identifiable due they have flat tangent sights instead of "''Lange Visiers''".
[[Image:Czech98-22Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|BRNO Vz.98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Czech98-22Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|BRNO Vz.98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:rb_CzechMau_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier with his Czech Mauser on his back.]]
[[File:rb_CzechMau_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier with his Czech Mauser on his back.]]


==Karabiner 98k==
==Karabiner 98k==
German soldiers carry also anachronistic [[Karabiner 98k]]s in the movie.
German soldiers carry also anachronistic [[Karabiner 98k]]s in the movie. Some of them can be seen with fixed bayonets.
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:rb_kar_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire.]]
[[File:rb_kar_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire.]]
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==Mauser Gewehr 1898==
==Mauser Gewehr 1898==
The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is carried by German soldiers at the second half of the movie.
The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is carried by German soldiers in the second half of the movie. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they're equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets.
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:rb_g981.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.]]
[[File:rb_g981.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.]]
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[[File:rb_lewis_2_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hawker fires at Richthofen.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_2_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hawker fires at Richthofen.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lewis on the left.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lewis on the left.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_3_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Richthofen looks at Hawker's Lewis Gun...]]
[[File:rb_lewis_3_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Does anyone have a wrench?''"<br />Richthofen looks at Hawker's Lewis Gun...]]
[[File:rb_lewis_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...and takes it as a trophy.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...and takes it as a trophy.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Lewis mounted on a British bomber.]]
[[File:rb_lewis_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Lewis mounted on a British bomber.]]
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Near at the end of the movie, German soldiers carry real [[Maxim MG08]]s equipped with ZF12 scopes. An MG08 is also seen in a French foxhole.
Near at the end of the movie, German soldiers carry real [[Maxim MG08]]s equipped with ZF12 scopes. An MG08 is also seen in a French foxhole.
[[Image:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount]]
[[Image:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount]]
[[File:rb_mg08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers transport the Maxim at dawn of March 21, 1918.]]
[[File:rb_mg08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers transport the Maxims at dawn of March 21, 1918.]]
[[File:rb_mg082.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The covered Maxim in the French Position.]]
[[File:rb_mg082.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The covered Maxim in the French Position.]]


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==21 cm Mörser 16==
==21 cm Mörser 16==
[[File:21-cm-Mörser 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Langer 21 cm Mörser Model 16, displayed at the Finnish Artillery Museum in Hämeenlinna - 210mm]]
[[File:21-cm-Mörser 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Langer 21 cm Mörser Model 16, displayed at the Finnish Artillery Museum in Hämeenlinna - 210mm]]
[[File:rb_howitzer-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Full view.]]
[[File:rb_howitzer-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Full view of a Mörser as a German column passed by General Hoeppner's ([[Axel Prahl]]) headquarters.]]
[[File:rb_howitzer-1a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading.]]
[[File:rb_howitzer-1a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mörser being reloaded on the frontline.]]


==15 cm sFH 13==
==15 cm sFH 13==

Revision as of 06:47, 14 February 2019


The Red Baron
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Directed by Nikolai Müllerschön
Release Date April 10th, 2008
Language English
French
Main Cast
Character Actor
Manfred von Richthofen Matthias Schweighöfer
Käte Lena Headey
Werner Voß Til Schweiger
Captain Roy Brown Joseph Fiennes
Lothar von Richthofen Volker Bruch
Lieutenant Sternberg Maxim Mehmet



The Red Baron is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön about the last Life Years of Manfred von Richthofen. The 24-year-old Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighofer) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss (Til Schweiger), Sternberg (Maxim Mehmet) and Lehmann (Hanno Koffler) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte (Lena Headey), he discovered the horrors of war.


The following weapons were used in the film The Red Baron:



Handguns

Mauser Pocket Pistol

The personal sidearm of Lothar (Volker Bruch) and Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a Mauser Pocket Pistol. In reality he carried a Luger P08.

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1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 6.35x16mmSR
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Manfred's pistol on the table.
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Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by Britsh and French prisoners.

Unknown Revolver

Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes) is briefly seen with an unknown silver plated revolver during a meeting with Von Richthofen. It has a rounded grip unlike a Webley .455 Mk VI.

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The Revolver in his holster.
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Another view of the rounded grip.

Luger P08

A Surmpionier officer holds a Luger P08 before the German Spring Offensive in 1918.

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Luger P08 - 9x19mm
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The officer on the left.

Rifles

M1 Garand

ANZAC soldiers are seen with M1 Garands mocked up to resemble British Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles during the funeral of Capt. Clyde Walker.

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M1 Garand - .30-06
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Two lines of ANZAC soldiers with their Garands.
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Clearer view of the iron sights.

Czech Mauser 98/22

Some German soldiers can be seen carrying VZ-98/22 Czech Mausers standing for accurate Gewehr 98s rifles. They are Identifiable due they have flat tangent sights instead of "Lange Visiers".

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BRNO Vz.98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A German soldier with his Czech Mauser on his back.

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers carry also anachronistic Karabiner 98ks in the movie. Some of them can be seen with fixed bayonets.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire.
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Two solders with their Karabiners covering Von Richthofen.

Mauser Gewehr 1898

The Mauser Gewehr 1898 is carried by German soldiers in the second half of the movie. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they're equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets.

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Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.
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Some Gewehrs on the wall next to Hindenburg's (Josef Vinklár) adjutant.
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A German soldier holds the Gewehr before the Kaiserschlacht.

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*

A Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is briefly seen in a British trench.

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Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British.
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The Lee-Enfield on the right next to the sitting solder.

Shotguns

Double barrel shotgun/rifle

During the opening young Richthofen is on the hunt with a double barrel shotgun/rifle combo with .22 caliber rifle barrel.

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Young Richthofen aims the rifle.
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Richthofen with the rifle while looking at a Fokker Eindecker.

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

Werner Voß (Til Schweiger) is seen with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun.

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Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 gauge.
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Werner Voß fires the Double Barreled Shotgun.

Machine Guns

LMG 08/15

LMG 08/15 Air machine guns are mounted on German planes.

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LMG 08/15 Air-Cooled - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Manfred von Richthofen prepares his Machine guns.
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Lothars plane with the Maxims.

Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun

The Sopwith plane of Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes) is armed with two Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun.

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Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun
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Front view.

Lewis Mk II Aircraft

The secondary weapons of British planes are air-cooled Lewis Mk II Aircraft MGs.

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For comparison : Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British
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The tail gunner of Roy Brown's Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 fires the Lewis.
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Hawker fires at Richthofen.
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The Lewis on the left.
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"Does anyone have a wrench?"
Richthofen looks at Hawker's Lewis Gun...
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...and takes it as a trophy.
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A Lewis mounted on a British bomber.

ZB-53 / Vz.37

Czech ZB-53 / Vz.37 are mocked up to resemble Parabellum MG14 and Maxim MG08 machine guns.

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ZB 53 / Vz.37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A German soldier mans the MG that resembles a MG14.
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Close up.
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A German soldier fires the ZB-53 in a trench.
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Close up of the ZB.

Maxim MG08

Near at the end of the movie, German soldiers carry real Maxim MG08s equipped with ZF12 scopes. An MG08 is also seen in a French foxhole.

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Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount
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German soldiers transport the Maxims at dawn of March 21, 1918.
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The covered Maxim in the French Position.

Maxim 08/15

Before the last great offensive of the German Empire in 1918, two Maxim MG08/15 are seen.

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Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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German soldiers awaits the signal to attack giving a good view on the reveiver.
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Barrel view.
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A stormtrooper with the Maxim MG08/15 in No Man's land.

Flamethrowers

Kleinflammenwerfer M.16

A Sturmpionier holds a Kleif M.16 before the German offensive.

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Kleinflammenwerfer (Kleif) M.16.
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The Pionier holds the flamethrower.

Grenades

Model 16/17 Stielhandgranate

German soldiers are seen with several Model 16 and Model 17 Stielhandgranates.

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Model 16 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation handgrenade
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Model 17 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation handgrenade
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Note the stick cap of the grenade that the soldier holds in his right hand.

Other

Model 1917 French Flare Gun

A German pilot fires a French flare gun at an Allied balloon.

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The pilot with the pistol.

21 cm Mörser 16

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Full view of a Mörser as a German column passed by General Hoeppner's (Axel Prahl) headquarters.
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A Mörser being reloaded on the frontline.

15 cm sFH 13

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German soldiers prepare a sFH 13.
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A line of German howitzers.