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The following weapons were used in this film: | The following weapons were used in this film: | ||
==Karabiner 98k | ==Karabiner 98k== | ||
* Seen in many of the massing army sequences, in Berlin and in North Africa, the Karabiner 98k | * Seen in many of the massing army sequences, in Berlin and in North Africa, the [[Karabiner 98k]] is the most commonly seen firearm in the film, and is used by much of the Nazi soldiers. | ||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm.]] | ||
[[Image:Valkyrie- | [[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Home Guard Reserve troops in Berlin assemble with Karabiner 98k rifles slung on their backs.]] | ||
[[Image:Valkyrie | [[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers guarding "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker) armed with Karabiner 98k.]] | ||
[[Image:Valkyrie | [[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Home Guard troop armed with a Kar98k.]] | ||
[[Image:Valkyrie k98 02.jpg |thumb|none|600px|German Firing Squad at the end of the film, all using | [[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A member of the German Firing Squad aims his Kar98k.]] | ||
[[Image:Valkyrie k98 02.jpg |thumb|none|600px|The German Firing Squad at the end of the film, all using Kar98k Rifles. This is a shot used primarily for the trailer, and is never seen from this angle in the actual film.]] | |||
==[[Walther PPK]]== | ==[[Walther PPK]]== | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 11 July 2009
Valkyrie is the modern telling of the plot to kill Hitler. The main character is decorated war hero and senior German army officer Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise). The plot to place a bomb underneath the table where Hitler is meeting his generals is a well known historical story. What is not often known is that this was one of 14 attempts on Hitler's life by his own military. Apparently more than a few Germans saw the evil that was their leader.
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The following weapons were used in this film:
Karabiner 98k
- Seen in many of the massing army sequences, in Berlin and in North Africa, the Karabiner 98k is the most commonly seen firearm in the film, and is used by much of the Nazi soldiers.
Walther PPK
- Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg cocks his Walther PPK with one hand, using the end of a table. He must do this since he loses his other hand earlier in his combat experiences in North Africa with Rommel, and must cock his pistol one handed. Most of the officers have PPKs, most notably General Ludwig Beck (Terence Stamp) and Major Otto Ernst Remer (Thomas Kretschmann).
MP40
Many of the Wehrmacht are seen carrying MP40s
MG42
- Seen briefly when the Home Guard is mobilized during Operation Valkyrie
MG34
- Seen briefly being used by the military guards, surrounding the forests leading to the Wolf's Lair (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker).
Walther P38
- Surprising seen very little, mostly in the hands of SS or Polizei officers.
