Michael Collins: Difference between revisions
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Michael Collins: Difference between revisions
The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is seen at least twice in the movie. Once during the urban fighting in the Civil War and later an IRA soldier ([[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]) uses a Gewehr 1898 at the end of the film.
The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is seen at least twice in the movie. Once during the urban fighting in the Civil War and later an IRA soldier ([[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]) uses a Gewehr 1898 at the end of the film.
[[File:MichaelCollinsMauser98A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In the foreground, an Anti-Treaty soldier takes aim with his Mauser. The bulky rear sight is a dead giveaway.]]
[[File:MichaelCollinsMauser98A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In the foreground, an Anti-Treaty soldier takes aim with his Mauser. The bulky rear sight is a dead giveaway.]]
[[File:MichaelCollinsGew88.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The IRA soldier (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) runs to the ambush position.]]
[[File:MichaelCollinsGew88.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The IRA soldier (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) runs to the ambush position.]]
Michael Collins is a 1996 Irish-British American biographical period drama film about the Irish revolutionary, soldier, and politician Michael Collins who was a leading figure in the early 20th-century struggle for Irish independence from the failed Easter Uprising in 1916 to the Irish War of Independence from 1919 to 1921 and the Irish Civil War, ending with his assassination on 22nd August 1922 during the Irish Civil War.
The following weapons were used in the film Michael Collins:
A Mauser C96 fitted with and without the optional shoulder stock is used by Michael Collins (Liam Neeson) in the 1916 Easter Rising scenes in the beginning. Two IRA assassins also uses the weapon to kill two respective police inspectors.
Michael Collins uses a Colt New Service to threaten Ned Broy (Stephen Rea) outside a bar. Later, Liam Tobin (Brendan Gleeson) uses a New Service during the jailbreak scene.
Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts) pulls a Webley Mk IV on a potential assassin during the political rally scene. A second (probable) Webley Mk IV is wielded by an assassin during the killings. Since the Mk. IV and V are so alike, it's difficult to properly identify which model is used in some scenes.
Both the Irish and British use the Browning Model 1900. Vinny Byrne (Tom Murphy) uses a Model 1900 to shoot a "G Man" through a newspaper. A British detective carries one during his untimely death at the hands of an IRA assassin. Joe O'Reilly (Ian Hart) also uses one throughout the film.
A Colt M1911 is used by Liam Tobin in the Bloody Sunday scene. Harry Boland takes one from an overzealous bodyguard during his confrontation with Collins.
An IRA assassin is seen preparing for the strike on British/Irish intelligence officers with a Luger P08 Artillery model. It is identifiable via its longer barrel and rear sight. The P08 "Marine" model had the long barrel, but not the rear sight, which also helps identify it as an Artillery model.
IRA soldiers can be seen carrying Lee-Enfield Mk Is during the Easter Rising scene and the Civil War fighting in Dublin.The Mk.I makes several apperances but for the most part the shots are fuzzy due to the quick pace of the scenes and it is difficult getting a clear/sharp screenshot of it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingLee-Enfield Mk.I* - .303 BritishError creating thumbnail: File missingThe Anti-Treaty soldier in the middle is carrying a Lee-Enfield Mk.I. It is identifiable via the protruding magazine which the (contemporary and also featured in the movie) Mauser 1898 rifle lacks.
The Mauser Gewehr 1898 is seen at least twice in the movie. Once during the urban fighting in the Civil War and later an IRA soldier (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) uses a Gewehr 1898 at the end of the film.
IRA members are seen using the M1921 Thompson following Bloody Sunday and during the civil war fighting in Dublin. This is historically accurate, as the IRA bought some of the first Thompsons off the production line.
The movie version is the M1921A, which lacks the compensator of the later M1921AC.
The Lewis Gun is used by the Black And Tans, most noticeably to fire at Dublin tenements. Joe O'Reilly (Ian Hart) uses one mounted on an Irish Army troop truck.
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