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[[Image:DanishMadsenm50.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Madsen M50 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:DanishMadsenm50.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Madsen M50 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Bread and Circuses M50Outside.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Roman Security Forces take Kirk and the others into custody, while carrying Danish Madsen M50 Submachine guns - 9mm]] | |||
[[Image:Bread and Circuses M50.jpg |thumb|none|500px|Roman Security Forces fire their Danish Madsen M50 Submachine guns - 9mm]] | |||
== M1911== | == M1911== | ||
Revision as of 04:47, 11 June 2009
The following weapons appear in the television series Star Trek:
Colt 1921AC Thompson
- Season 2, Episode 17: "A Piece of the Action" - the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise arrive at the planet Sigma Iotia II and find that the inhabitants have styled their entire culture based on a book describing 1920's-era Chicago gangs, and have even armed themselves with copies of Colt 1921AC Thompson submachine guns. When Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Commander Spock (Leonard Nemoy) go down to the surface, they don disguises to blend in with the inhabitants, arming themselves with "Tommyguns" as well. The Colt 1921AC Thompsons were supplied by Stembridge Gun Rentals.
Danish Madsen M50 Submachine guns
- Season 2, Episode 25: "Bread and Circuses" - Members of the Roman Security forces carry Madsen M50 submachine guns.
M1911
- Season 2, Episode 17: "A Piece of the Action" - The M1911 is seen used multiple times in the episode, most notably being worn by the women near the beginning of the episode, on Oxmixe's wall (not sure on that one), and in Kirk's hands near the end.
Single Action Army
- Season 3, Episode 6: "Spectre of the Gun" - the crew of the Enterprise arrive at the planet Melkot on a mission to establish diplomatic relations with the inhabitants, only to find themselves transported to a recreation of the ancient American west where they are to die in a reenactment of the infamous "OK Corral" shootout as punishment for trespassing on Melkotian territory. The simulated characters and the protagonsts are all armed with Single Action Army revolvers, Marshall Wyatt Earp (Ron Soble) should be armed with a 12" Buntline Special version but all of the characters in the episode carry Colt SAAs. What made this episode controversial at the time (even now) is the depiction of the Earps as the villains and the "Cowboys" (aka McLaurys & Clantons) as the 'good guys', though history generally portrays the roles as being reversed.
Double Barreled shotgun
- Season 3, Episode 6: "Spectre of the Gun" - a double barreled western shotgun is seen several times, once in the possession of Kirk and the others and ultimately used by Doc Holliday during the fight at the O.K. Corral.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
- Season 1, Episode 15: "Shore Leave" - Lt. Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) finds a Smith & Wesson Model 10, he refers to it as a ".38 revolver in beautiful condition", and test fires it on the planet, causing Kirk and the others to come running. What was nice to see was Sulu mentioning that this particular gun was 'missing from his collection', which implied that the character was a gun collector. Kirk later uses the revolver to shoot down the charging 'knight' that spears Doctor McCoy.
- Season 1, Episode 19: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" - USAF SPs (Special Police) carry the S&W Model 10 revolver in their duty holsters. One of the SP Staff Sergeants (E5) (Hal Lynch) is accidentally transported to the USS Enterprise with his Model 10 revolver drawn.
Colt Police Positive
- Season 2, Episode 21: "Patterns of Force" - Colt Police Positive Revolvers are held by the resistance and use by Spock.
Walther P38
- Season 2, Episode 21: "Patterns of Force" - the standard sidearm used by Acosian officers (who have adopted identical uniforms and symbology of the Nazi party in 1930s Germany), mostly seen in clamshell holsters on duty belts, but specifically used by Zeon infiltrator Isak (Richard Evans)
MP40
- Season 2, Episode 21: "Patterns of Force" - the standard submachine gun used by the Acosian Soldiers, specifically used by the villain, Melakon (Skip Homeier) to shoot the Fuehrer, John Gill (David Brian).
Flintlock pistols
- Season 1, Episode 17: "The Squire of Gothos" - Flintlock pistols are in a custom case on Trelane's fireplace mantle. Later he offers the pistols to Kirk for a duel.
Smoothbore Flintlock Muskets
- Season 2, Episode 19: A Private Little War - flintlock smoothbore muskets are provided to the enemy faction on the planet Neural, when the Klingons seek to disrupt the balance of power. The Klingon Krell (Ned Romero) explains that the Klingons will eventually introduce better weapons technology like 'rifling' to make the long guns more 'accurate'. It is a little ironic that the show decided to cast Ned Romero, a 'Native American Indian' actor, to portray a military officer 'meddling' in the affairs of the indigenous tribal peoples. The Cold War analogy here was pretty blatant, with the Federation being the U.S. & NATO and the Klingons representing the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The small countries and conflicts which were just pawns to the competing superpowers was metaphorically portrayed by the planet's inhabitants.
