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A native scout is briefly seen with a British [[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]] rifle during the landing on Guadalcanal. Another scout carries an SMLE in a deleted scene. | A native scout is briefly seen with a British [[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]] rifle during the landing on Guadalcanal. Another scout carries an SMLE in a deleted scene. | ||
[[File:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British.]] | [[File:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL-Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The scout (without a helmet) with his rifle over his shoulder.]] | [[Image:TRL-Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The scout (background; without a helmet) with his rifle over his shoulder.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL-Rifle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The striking magazine and straight bolt-handle are seen.]] | [[Image:TRL-Rifle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The striking magazine and straight bolt-handle of the carried SMLE are seen in center.]] | ||
===M1903A1 Springfield=== | ===M1903A1 Springfield=== | ||
A sniper ([[Mickey Rourke]]) in a deleted scene has a scoped [[M1903A1 Springfield]] rifle. | A sniper ([[Mickey Rourke]]) in a deleted scene has a scoped [[M1903A1 Springfield]] rifle. | ||
[[File:ScopedSpringfield.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1903A1 Springfield sniper rifle fitted with a 7.8x Unertl scope - .30-06 Springfield. This rifle was used in ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''.]] | [[File:ScopedSpringfield.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1903A1 Springfield sniper rifle fitted with a 7.8x Unertl scope - .30-06 Springfield. This rifle was used in ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL-Springfield1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''I remember you.''"<br />The sniper encounters Pvt. Witt with his | [[Image:TRL-Springfield1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''I remember you.''"<br />The sniper encounters Pvt. Witt with the Springfield resting on his shoulder.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL-Springfield2.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:TRL-Springfield2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After a conversation with Pvt. Witt he sets off again.]] | ||
==Submachine Guns== | ==Submachine Guns== | ||
===M1928A1 Thompson=== | ===M1928A1 Thompson=== | ||
[[ | [[M1928A1 Thompson]]s are carried by Pvt. Dale ([[Arie Verveen]]), 1st Sgt. Welsh ([[Sean Penn]]), Sgt. Storm ([[John C. Reilly]]) among other U.S. soldiers. | ||
[[Image:M1928A1 Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. ]] | [[Image:M1928A1 Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. ]] | ||
[[Image:TRLM1928A1Thompson-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Storm ([[John C. Reilly]]) with an M1928A1 Thompson during a reconnaissance patrol.]] | [[Image:TRLM1928A1Thompson-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Storm ([[John C. Reilly]]) with an M1928A1 Thompson during a reconnaissance patrol.]] | ||
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==Rifles== | ==Rifles== | ||
===Arisaka Type 38=== | ===Arisaka Type 38=== | ||
Japanese soldiers are seen mainly using [[Arisaka Type 38]] rifles. | Japanese soldiers are seen mainly using [[Arisaka Type 38]] rifles. A few Arisakas are carried by U.S. soldiers after the Hill 262 battle, as well, Pfc. Beade ([[Nick Stahl]]) in a deleted scene. | ||
[[Image:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Arisaka Type 38 - 6.5x50mm.]] | [[Image:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Arisaka Type 38 - 6.5x50mm.]] | ||
[[Image:TRLArisaka38-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Japanese soldiers start a Banzai charge with their Arisaka Type 38 rifles.]] | [[Image:TRLArisaka38-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Japanese soldiers start a Banzai charge with their Arisaka Type 38 rifles.]] | ||
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===Nambu Type 14=== | ===Nambu Type 14=== | ||
The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the [[Nambu Type 14 Pistol]]. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film, we see Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill. | The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the [[Nambu Type 14 Pistol]]. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film, we see Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill. | ||
[[Image:NambuType14Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Type 14 - 8mm | [[Image:NambuType14Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Type 14 - 8mm]] | ||
[[Image:TRLNambu14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sitting Japanese | [[Image:TRLNambu14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sitting Japanese lowers pistol as a sign to surrender what is misinterpreted by the U.S. next to him because another GI in the foreground is hit. Note the position of the cocking piece, which is locked back.]] | ||
[[Image:TRLNambu14-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier shoots himself in the chest with his Nambu Type 14 pistol.]] | [[Image:TRLNambu14-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier shoots himself in the chest with his Nambu Type 14 pistol.]] | ||
[[Image:TRLNambu14-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) shows off a captured Nambu Type 14 pistol and his chums are celebrating, all except a glum-looking Sgt. Becker ([[Don Harvey]]) on the far right.]] | [[Image:TRLNambu14-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) shows off a captured Nambu Type 14 pistol and his chums are celebrating, all except a glum-looking Sgt. Becker ([[Don Harvey]]) on the far right.]] | ||
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===Type 97 Hand Grenade=== | ===Type 97 Hand Grenade=== | ||
Some Japanese soldiers can be | Some Japanese soldiers can briefly be seen using [[Type 97 hand grenade|Type 97 Hand Grenade]]s. | ||
[[File:Japanese-type97-grenade.jpg|thumb|none|150px|Type 97 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade]] | [[File:Japanese-type97-grenade.jpg|thumb|none|150px|Type 97 High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade]] | ||
[[Image:TRL_t97-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier doesn't want to surrender and prepares to commit suicide.]] | [[Image:TRL_t97-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier doesn't want to surrender and prepares to commit suicide.]] | ||
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===Type 97 81mm Infantry Mortar=== | ===Type 97 81mm Infantry Mortar=== | ||
The [[Type 97 Infantry Mortar|Type 97 Mortar]] is seen on Hill 262. | The [[Type 97 Infantry Mortar|Type 97 Mortar]] is seen on Hill 262. | ||
[[Image:Type 97 Mortar.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Type 97 | [[Image:Type 97 Mortar.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Type 97 81mm Infantry Mortar.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL_mor1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The mortar among rounded up desperate Japanese prisoners.]] | [[Image:TRL_mor1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The mortar among rounded up desperate Japanese prisoners.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL-mortar2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The overturned morar in the camp.]] | [[Image:TRL-mortar2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The overturned morar in the jumbled camp in the aftermath.]] | ||
===Type 38 75mm Field Gun=== | ===Type 38 75mm Field Gun=== | ||
A Type 38 75mm field gun is also seen on Hill 262. | A Type 38 75mm field gun is also seen on Hill 262. | ||
[[Image:Type38FieldGun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 38 | [[Image:Type38FieldGun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 38 75mm Field Gun.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL_type38_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A front view of the field gun | [[Image:TRL_type38_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A front view of the field gun to the right during the intensive fight for the Japanese camp.]] | ||
[[Image:TRL-FieldGun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gun seen on the left.]] | [[Image:TRL-FieldGun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gun seen on the left as Colonel Gordon Tall ([[Nick Nolte]]) needs to talk with Capt. Staros ([[Elias Koteas]]).]] | ||
[[Image:TRL_type38_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:TRL_type38_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Colonel Gordon Tall ([[Nick Nolte]]) thinks about what happened which allows a rear view of the Type 38.]] | ||
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[[Category:Drama]] | [[Category:Drama]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
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The Thin Red Line is the 1998 World War II film directed by Terrence Malick and is the second movie adaptation of the James Jones novel, the first being a 1964 film of the same name. This film features a very accurate, almost complete arsenal of genuine WWII Japanese weapons, a stark contrast to the original film where not a single Japanese weapon was seen. The film is a fictional account of engagement by the U.S. Army to capture an entrenched Japanese position during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. The majority of the film was shot in Queensland, Australia, in the South Pacific, far more accurate to the location of the Solomon Islands than the original film's filming in Spain. One of the notable characters in the film is Cpt. Staros (Elias Koteas), an intelligent, sensitive Army captain who refuses to send his men to their certain death on a futile frontal assault on a fortified Japanese position, which puts him at odds with the ambitious Lt. Col. Tall (Nick Nolte). Other notable characters include the cynical and shrewd 1st. Sgt Welsh (Sean Penn), Pvt. Bell (Ben Chaplin) who is heavily devoted to his wife, and Pvt. Witt (Jim Caviezel), a deserter who hates the Army, but loves the men of Charlie Company enough to rejoin them during the battle. The film's title derives a quote from Jones's book which reads, "they discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad... and the living from the dead..." Despite its seven Academy Award nominations, this film is often overlooked due to its release in the same year as Steven Spielberg's World War II film Saving Private Ryan.
The following weapons were used in the film The Thin Red Line:
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Allied Weapons
Rifles
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the primary rifle of Charlie Company in the film and is used by Pvt. Witt (Jim Caviezel), Pvt. Bell (Ben Chaplin), Pvt. Coombs (Matt Doran), Pfc. Beade (Nick Stahl), Pvt. Ash (Thomas Jane) and Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok).
M1 Carbine
M1 Carbine rifles are used by the sergeants and officers in the film including Sgt. Keck (Woody Harrelson), Sgt. McCron (John Savage), Cpt. Gaff (John Cusack), Cpt. Staros (Elias Koteas), and 2nd Lt. Whyte (Jared Leto).
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
A native scout is briefly seen with a British Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifle during the landing on Guadalcanal. Another scout carries an SMLE in a deleted scene.
M1903A1 Springfield
A sniper (Mickey Rourke) in a deleted scene has a scoped M1903A1 Springfield rifle.
The sniper encounters Pvt. Witt with the Springfield resting on his shoulder.
Submachine Guns
M1928A1 Thompson
M1928A1 Thompsons are carried by Pvt. Dale (Arie Verveen), 1st Sgt. Welsh (Sean Penn), Sgt. Storm (John C. Reilly) among other U.S. soldiers.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
Two Browning M2HB machine guns can be seen mounted onboard the Victory Class transport ship.
BAR M1918A2
Cpl. Queen (David Harrod) keeps a Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 slung over his back, which he carries along with his Winchester 1897. Pvt. Sico (Robert Roy Hofmo) also carries one before he fakes sickness to avoid combat.
Shotguns
Winchester 1897
Cpl. Queen (David Harrod) is seen using a Winchester 1897 shotgun, along with a BAR, although he is seen firing the Winchester rather than the BAR.
Handguns
M1911A1
Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) steals an M1911A1 hanging from a bunk in the ship carrying Charlie Company to the island. He notably uses it when he charges a Japanese machine gun emplacement and fires it at them. Basically, every other U.S. soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only a few soldiers such as Captain Gaff (John Cusack) are seen using them.
Other
M1A1 Flamethrower
One U.S. soldier is seen holding an M1A1 Flamethrower after Hill 262 is captured. He later uses it to torch the camp.
Mk. II Hand Grenade
Several U.S. soldiers are seen using yellow MK II Hand Grenades. Before having the more appropriate olive-drab color, Mk. II grenades used on Guadalcanal were painted bright yellow to show they were high-explosive. At one point we see Sgt. Keck (Woody Harrelson) straightening the folds on the pin of his grenade, which proves to be a fatal mistake on his behalf when the pin pulls too easily while still attached to his belt.
Oerlikon 20mm Cannon
On the ship under the command of Brig. Gen. Quintard (John Travolta) is a pair of Oerlikon 20mm Cannon mounted on a Mk 20 Mod 2 gun mount.
Bofors 40mm
On the ship under the command of Brig. Gen. Quintard (John Travolta) is a Bofors 40mm twin mount.
M101A1 Howitzer
U.S. soldiers fire M101A1 Howitzers during the attack on Hill 210.
Axis Weapons
Rifles
Arisaka Type 38
Japanese soldiers are seen mainly using Arisaka Type 38 rifles. A few Arisakas are carried by U.S. soldiers after the Hill 262 battle, as well, Pfc. Beade (Nick Stahl) in a deleted scene.
Arisaka Type 99
Some Japanese soldiers are seen using Arisaka Type 99 rifles with monopods.
Machine Guns
Nambu Type 96
The Nambu Type 96 Light Machine Gun is used by Japanese soldiers
Nambu Type 99
Japanese soldiers are also seen using Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Guns in the film.
Nambu Type 3
Japanese soldiers are seen using Nambu Type 3 Heavy Machine Guns in the film.
Handguns
Nambu Type 14
The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the Nambu Type 14 Pistol. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film, we see Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill.
Other
Type 97 Hand Grenade
Some Japanese soldiers can briefly be seen using Type 97 Hand Grenades.
Type 98 20mm AA/AT Gun
A 20mm Japanese Type 98 AA/AT gun is seen in the Japanese camp during the assault on Hill 262.
Type 97 81mm Infantry Mortar
The Type 97 Mortar is seen on Hill 262.
Type 38 75mm Field Gun
A Type 38 75mm field gun is also seen on Hill 262.
