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[[File:feldk 16.jpg|thumb|none|300px|7.7-cm-Feldkanone 16.]]
[[File:Feldk 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px |Feldkanone 16 - 75x230mm ]]
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[[Image:Biggles_fk2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Biggles next to the Field gun.]]
[[Image:Biggles_fk2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Biggles next to the Field gun.]]
Revision as of 13:05, 28 March 2023
Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) aka "Biggles"
Movie Poster
The following weapons were used in the film Biggles: Adventures in Time :
Submachine Guns Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine guns (standing in for the original Bergmann MP18 ) are used by James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth (Neil Dickson ), the German Officer, Debbie, and Jim Ferguson (Alex Hyde-White ). Several German soldiers on the secret facility also carry them.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Movie promotional shot with the actors posing with various weapons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth (Neil Dickson ) with the MP28/II. It seems that in this scene it is loaded with a 50-round Lanchester Mk. I magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim Ferguson (Alex Hyde-White ) with the MP28/II. Note the fire selector. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the crimped cases (blanks). Heckler & Koch MP5A2 Early Heckler & Koch MP5A2 SMG's with straight magazines are used by the Met police PT17 Firearms Team as they try to find Biggles and Jim Ferguson.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch MP5A2 with original "slimline" handguard and straight "waffle"-style magazine - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Early Heckler & Koch MP5A2 SMG's with straight magazines are used by the Met police PT17 Firearms Team as they try to find Biggles and Jim Ferguson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mini Uzi A Mini Uzi is seen held by Jim Ferguson while he is dressed as a WWI soldier in a 1980's hotel room in London.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mini Uzi SMG with stock folded - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mini Uzi is on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mini Uzi is seen in the lap of Jim Ferguson while he is dressed as a WWI soldier in a 1980's hotel room in London. Sterling Mk. IV A Sterling SMG is used by Jim Ferguson and later Biggles as they return to 1917 in a stolen Police helicopter. It is originally an Aircrew Weapon from the Metropolitan Police Bell 206.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sterling L2A3 (Mk. 4) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything! Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim with the Sterling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Biggles fires the Sterling. Rifles Mauser Karabiner 98AZ Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine rifles are used by the German soldiers. The Germans use mainly Mauser K98a rifles, which look like Polish WWII Mausers and were used by German "Stoßtruppen" (shock troops) during the trench warfare.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Karabiner 98AZ - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 Some German soldiers use also Mauser Gewehr 1898 with shorter barrels and turned bolt handles. Such similar configurations are also seen in other British productions like A Bridge Too Far Dunkirk
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898, modified in 1915 for use as sniper rifle. Note the turned-down bolt handle and Lange-Visier sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A right view of one G98 in the center; the German pretends to move the bolt-handle that is still untouched. Note the shorter barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier (left) aims the rifle; turned-down bolt handle is seen. Parker-Hale M-85 The Police marksman in the helicopter uses the Parker-Hale M-85 rifle to take a shot at Jim Ferguson on the rooftop in 1986 London.
Parker Hale M85 - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* SMLE rifles are used by the British Army in 1917.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* - .303 British. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim Ferguson holds the SMLE fitted with a bayonet while he is dressed as a WWI soldier in a 1980's hotel room in London. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cheering British soldiers hold SMLE rifles as they see the helicopter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with SMLE rifles. Handguns Webley Mk. VI Webley Mk VI revolvers are used by Biggles, Algie and Bertie
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Movie promotional shot with the actors posing with various weapons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 A Luger P08 is held by Biggles against Stahlhein's head.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Luger is held by Biggles against Stahlhein's head. Browning Hi-Power A Browning Hi-Power is seen used by undercover police outside the Tower Hotel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inglis Hi-Power with distinctive 'hump' backsight - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 A Mauser C96 is also used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 "Pre-War Commercial" - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub What appears to be a snub version of the Smith & Wesson Model 19 is seen used by undercover police outside the Tower Hotel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose - .357 Magnum. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Guns Vickers Mk. I An abandoned Vickers machine gun is seen on the Western front in 1917.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Mk. I with ribbed water jacket - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muddy Vickers lies in No Man' Land. Lewis Gun A Lewis gun is used by Jim Ferguson back in 1917 on Biggles' two-seat photo-recon aircraft (actually a modified Belgian Stampe SV.4 rather than anything that would have flown with the Royal Flying Corps in 1917). A Lewis gun is also seen in the trenches on the Western Front.
The aircraft-mounted weapon is in fact the ground service model with standard shoulder stock, rather than the 'spade grip' and barrel shroud.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Production image of Jim Ferguson manning the Lewis Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the unusual stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim Ferguson mans the Lewis Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lewis Gun is seen behind Jim. Maxim MG08 Dual-mounted Maxim MG08 air-cooled machine guns are seen on Stahlhein's aircraft in 1917. These are actually modified infantry machine guns, to look like the aircraft version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing lMG 08/15 Air-Cooled - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note to the cooling shroud, which differs from the real aircraft version, and the fact that they have retained their rear grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other Webley & Scott Flare Pistol A Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* flare pistol is used by Biggles in 1986 London to shoot at the Police Marksman in the helicopter.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Webley & Scott flare pistol is used by Biggles in 1986 London. Mills Bomb A bag of Mills Bombs is carried by Ginger who gives Biggles a grenade to blow out a hole where a German sniper escapes, And later by Biggles to kill Eric Von Stalhein (Marcus Gilbert ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate Model 24 Stielhandgranates are used by German troops, and also by Eric Von Stalhein who mutually tries to kill Biggles.
Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing 10.5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 18 The 10.5 cm leichte FeldHaubitze 18/40 . During the weapons testing ground, various objects are around such as dummy soldiers and anachronistically WW2 German 105mm Howitzer. Shortly after the secret weapon is used, the objects crumble up.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 field gun displayed in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum - 105mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing View of the WW2 German 105mm Howitzer from the Bunker during the secret weapons test Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Feldkanone 16 - 75x230mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Biggles next to the Field gun. 
