Kokoda (2006): Difference between revisions
Kokoda (2006): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Kokoda (2006): Difference between revisions
Burke ([[Luke Ford]]) carries the [[M1928A1 Thompson]] as his main weapon, to which he has difficulty maintaining, resulting in frequent jammings.
Burke ([[Luke Ford]]) carries the [[M1928A1 Thompson]] as his main weapon with 20 round magazines, to which he has difficulty maintaining, resulting in frequent jammings.
[[Image:M1921AC.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30 round magazine - .45 ACP.]]
[[Image:M1921AC.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30 round magazine - .45 ACP.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-13h39m19s144.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of a Thompson Submachine Gun Barrel.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-13h39m19s144.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of a Thompson Submachine Gun Barrel.]]
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[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-14h23m45s185.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke ([[Luke Ford]]) cleans his Thompson whilst Sam ([[Steve Le Marquand]]) times him.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-14h23m45s185.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke ([[Luke Ford]]) cleans his Thompson whilst Sam ([[Steve Le Marquand]]) times him.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-14h46m52s230.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke fires his Thompson.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-14h46m52s230.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke fires his Thompson.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-14h54m06s207.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke holds his Thompson.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-14h54m06s207.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke holds his Thompson, with the 20 round magazine visible and exercising good trigger discipline.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-15h00m54s194.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke fires at Japanese soldiers with his Thompson.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2010-06-26-15h00m54s194.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Burke fires at Japanese soldiers with his Thompson in the night attack.]]
Kokoda is a 2006 Australian war movie directed by Alister Grierson. New Guinea, 1942, Australia is at war with Japan. A small Australian group of the 39th Battalion is in the vicinity of Kokoda as an advance guard. After fierce fighting, they are completely on their own, with no communications, no outside, and no supplies. Isolated far behind enemy lines, they must make their way back. Through the dangerous jungle, without food, weakened by malaria and nasty wounds, always ready to face the enemy.
A documentary mini-series with the same name was released in 2010.
The following weapons were used in the film Kokoda:
Burke (Luke Ford) carries the M1928A1 Thompson as his main weapon with 20 round magazines, to which he has difficulty maintaining, resulting in frequent jammings.
