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[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherP38-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German police officer arrests Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf ([[Waldemar Kobus]]) while armed with a Walther P38.]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherP38-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German police officer arrests Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf ([[Waldemar Kobus]]) while armed with a Walther P38.]] | ||
==Flak 38== | |||
* [[Flak 38]] 20mm cannons are used by the D.A.K. (Afrika Korp) in North Africa to fire on British fighter planes. They are also used by the Home Guard Reserve troops to guard the streets of Berlin. | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Flak20mm-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Germans fire a Flak 38 20mm at British incoming British planes.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Flak20mm-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Flak 38 mounted on a German APC.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Flak20mm-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Home Guard set up a Flak 38 on the streets.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Flak20mm-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Home Guard roll away their Flak 38 when "Operation Valkyrie" is called off.]] | |||
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Revision as of 10:10, 11 July 2009
The following guns were used in the film Valkyrie:
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.
Walther PPK
- Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise), as well as most of the German officers use Walther PPKs as their sidearms, most notably General Ludwig Beck (Terence Stamp) and Major Otto Ernst Remer (Thomas Kretschmann).
MP40
Many of the Wehrmacht soldiers are seen carrying MP40 submachine guns.
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.
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).
Luger P08
- A Luger P08 is seen in the hands of an SS officer, who fires it at Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) and his men.
Walther P38
- Surprising seen very little, Walther P38s are mostly in the hands of SS or Polizei officers.
Flak 38
- Flak 38 20mm cannons are used by the D.A.K. (Afrika Korp) in North Africa to fire on British fighter planes. They are also used by the Home Guard Reserve troops to guard the streets of Berlin.
