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==MG34==
* Seen briefly being used by the military guards, surrounding the forests leading to the Wolf's Lair (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker).
* [[MG34]]s are seen briefly being used by the military guards surrounding the forests leading to "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker).
[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum]]
[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px |MG34 with 75-round drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:Valkyrie-MG34-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Home Guard soldier carries an MG34 when called to assembly.]]
[[Image:Valkyrie-MG34 -2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers man MG34s surrounding "The Wolf's Lair". ]]
==Walther P38==
==Walther P38==
Revision as of 09:51, 11 July 2009
The following guns were used in the film Valkyrie
File:ValkyriePoster.jpg Valkyrie (2008) 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 20 known attempts on Hitler's life by his own military. Apparently more than a few Germans saw the evil that was their leader.
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. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Home Guard Reserve troops in Berlin assemble with Karabiner 98k rifles slung on their backs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers guarding "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker) armed with Karabiner 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Home Guard troop armed with a Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A member of the German Firing Squad aims his Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer keeps his Walther PPK laying on his desk in an attempt to intimidate Major-General Henning von Tresckow (Kenneth Branagh ) when suspecting him of giving the dud wine crate bomb to Hitler (David Bamber ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stauffenberg's Walther PPK, holster, and hat laying on a table in "The Wolf's Layer", leaving him as a prime suspect in the failed bombing attempt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Werner von Haeften (Jamie Parker ) holds his Walther PPK on General Friedrich Fromm (Tom Wilkinson ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stauffenberg chambers his Walther PPK by pushing it against the desk edge, incapable of properly charging the weapon due to his right arm being amputated from an injury in Africa. Error creating thumbnail: File missing General Ludwig Beck (Terrence Stamp ) is handed a Walther PPK to commit suicide with. MP40 Many of the Wehrmacht soldiers are seen carrying MP40 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the airport holds his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard at one of "The Wolf's Lair" gates armed with an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Home Guard Reserve troop guards the streets of Berlin armed with an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German armed with an MP40 arrests General Erich Fellgiebel (Eddie Izzard ). MG42 An MG42 is seen briefly when the Home Guard is mobilized during Operation Valkyrie. One is also carried by a D.A.K. (Afrika Korp) soldier in North Africa. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in the background carries an MG42 on his shoulder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Home Guard soldiers set up an MG42 on the streets of Berlin. MG34 MG34s are seen briefly being used by the military guards surrounding the forests leading to "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker).Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 75-round drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Home Guard soldier carries an MG34 when called to assembly. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers man MG34s surrounding "The Wolf's Lair". Walther P38 Surprising seen very little, mostly in the hands of SS or Polizei officers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War Two dated - 9mm File:Valp38.jpg 
