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== [[Lebel 1886]] ==
'''The following firearms were used in the film ''Flyboys'':'''
Used by French soldiers.
[[Image:Flyboys-dvd.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Flyboys'' (2006)]]__TOC__<br clear=all>
[[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]]


== [[Webley Mk IV]] ==
== Lebel 1886 ==
Used by Rawlings.
French soldiers are seen carrying [[Lebel 1886]] rifles and firing them during the battle scenes.
[[Image:Webley-MK-4.jpg|300px|thumb|none|Webley Mk.IV WW2 British Army version chambered for .38 S&W]]
[[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers at the airfield with Lebels slung over their shoulders.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers helping civilians before the German attack.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers fire at the German planes.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier reloads his Lebel.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier fires his Lebel.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Lebel fires directly towards the camera.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lebel9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier with his Lebel.]]


== [[French Model d'Ordnance 1892]] ==
== Lewis gun ==
Reed Cassidy ([[Martin Henderson]]) fires a [[Lewis gun]] from his plane.
[[Image:Flyboys-lewis1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As Cassidy gets off his plane, his Lewis gun can be prominently seen.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lewis2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lewis guns and Vickers guns can be seen as Rawlings explains the "bent" ammunition to Skinner.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-lewis3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Lewis gunner fires at the German weapons depots.]]


Distributed to American pilots as a suicide weapon. However, Rawlings uses it to kill the German ace pilot, The Black Falcon.
== Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun ==
All the Lafayette Escadrille airmen, including Blaine Rawlings ([[James Franco]]), Eugene Skinner ([[Abdul Salis]]), Eddie Beagle ([[David Ellison]]), Reed Cassidy ([[Martin Henderson]]), William Jensen ([[Philip Winchester]]), Nunn ([[Pip Pickering]]), and Lyle Porter ([[Michael Jibson]]) have [[Vickers#Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun|Vickers Aircraft Machine Guns]] on their planes.
[[Image:Flyboys-vick1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Eugene Skinner ([[Abdul Salis]]) practices firing a Vickers.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Eddie Beagle ([[David Ellison]]) practices firing a Vickers.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Blaine Rawlings ([[James Franco]]) practices firing a Vickers.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nunn ([[Pip Pickering]]) crash lands his plane.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rawlings flies with his Vickers attached.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rawlings flying.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rawlings aims his Vickers.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-vick8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rawlings checks his broken Vickers.]]


== Vickers Machine Gun ==
== Mle 1892 Revolver ==
Used on the as the main machine guns on the American and German biplanes Seen during the Trench scenes when Beagle gets shot down in No man's land and Rawlings must rescue him. It is used by both sides.  
The Lafayette Escadrille pilots are given [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]s as last-ditch suicide weapons by Cassidy ([[Martin Henderson]]). Blaine Rawlings ([[James Franco]]) notably uses his to shoot the "Black Falcon" in the end.
[[Image:Flyboys-92a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cassidy distributes the Mle 1892s.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-92b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rawlings and Beagle ([[David Ellison]]) with their Mle 1892s.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-92c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Briggs Lowrly ([[Tyler Lebine]]) draws his Mle 1892 when his plane catches fire.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-92d.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rawlings aims at the Black Falcon.]]


The Germans used German-made Spandau machineguns on their aircraft, as stated by Beagle when he is telling his squadron mates about the advantages the Fokker Triplanes had over their own Nieuport 17 aircraft.
== anti-aircraft gun ==
[[Image:VickersMk1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun]]
When the Germans first spot the French aircraft, they fire an anti-aircraft gun at it.
[[Image:Flyboys-gun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Germans fire an anti-aircraft gun at the planes.]]


== [[Gewehr 98]] ==
== LMG 08/15 "Spandau" ==
Used by German soldiers. Several are scoped during the no man's land scene.
The Germans use LMG 08/15 machine guns on their aircraft. Beagle tells the other airmen that they are "9 mm Spandaus", which is incorrect as they are actually the standard German 7.92x57 mm Mauser ammunition.
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 Rifle - 7.92mm]]
[[Image:Flyboys-spandau1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Black Falcon ([[Gunnar Winbergh]]).]]
[[Image:Flyboys-spandau2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A dual machine gun arrangement on a German plane.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-spandau3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Black Falcon fires his Spandaus.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-spandau4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German fires a Spandau at the Lafayette Escadrille.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-spandau5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wolfert ([[Ian Rose]]) flies with his Spandau LMG 08/15.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-spandau6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wolfert aims his Spandaus.]]
 
== Mauser Gewehr 1898 ==
The primary weapon used by the German infantrymen is the [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]]. Some are seen with scope attachments.
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg‎|thumb|none|450px|M[[Image:Flyboys-spandau1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|description.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-mauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Germans fire their Mausers.]]
[[Image:Flyboys-mauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Germans with Mausers arrive at Lucienne's house.]]
 
== Vickers machine gun ==
The Germans fire a [[Vickers#Vickers MK1 Machine Gun|Vickers Mk I Machine Gun]] in the scene where Beagle crashes his plane and Rawlings lands to rescue him.
[[Image:Flyboys-b17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Germans fire a Mk I Vickers.]]


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Revision as of 23:46, 12 September 2009

The following firearms were used in the film Flyboys:

Flyboys (2006)


Lebel 1886

French soldiers are seen carrying Lebel 1886 rifles and firing them during the battle scenes.

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Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR
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French soldiers at the airfield with Lebels slung over their shoulders.
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French soldiers helping civilians before the German attack.
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French soldiers fire at the German planes.
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A French soldier reloads his Lebel.
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A French soldier fires his Lebel.
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A Lebel fires directly towards the camera.
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A French soldier with his Lebel.

Lewis gun

Reed Cassidy (Martin Henderson) fires a Lewis gun from his plane.

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As Cassidy gets off his plane, his Lewis gun can be prominently seen.
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Lewis guns and Vickers guns can be seen as Rawlings explains the "bent" ammunition to Skinner.
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A Lewis gunner fires at the German weapons depots.

Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun

All the Lafayette Escadrille airmen, including Blaine Rawlings (James Franco), Eugene Skinner (Abdul Salis), Eddie Beagle (David Ellison), Reed Cassidy (Martin Henderson), William Jensen (Philip Winchester), Nunn (Pip Pickering), and Lyle Porter (Michael Jibson) have Vickers Aircraft Machine Guns on their planes.

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Eugene Skinner (Abdul Salis) practices firing a Vickers.
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Eddie Beagle (David Ellison) practices firing a Vickers.
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Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) practices firing a Vickers.
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Nunn (Pip Pickering) crash lands his plane.
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Rawlings flies with his Vickers attached.
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Rawlings flying.
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Rawlings aims his Vickers.
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Rawlings checks his broken Vickers.

Mle 1892 Revolver

The Lafayette Escadrille pilots are given Mle 1892 Revolvers as last-ditch suicide weapons by Cassidy (Martin Henderson). Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) notably uses his to shoot the "Black Falcon" in the end.

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Cassidy distributes the Mle 1892s.
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Rawlings and Beagle (David Ellison) with their Mle 1892s.
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Briggs Lowrly (Tyler Lebine) draws his Mle 1892 when his plane catches fire.
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Rawlings aims at the Black Falcon.

anti-aircraft gun

When the Germans first spot the French aircraft, they fire an anti-aircraft gun at it.

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The Germans fire an anti-aircraft gun at the planes.

LMG 08/15 "Spandau"

The Germans use LMG 08/15 machine guns on their aircraft. Beagle tells the other airmen that they are "9 mm Spandaus", which is incorrect as they are actually the standard German 7.92x57 mm Mauser ammunition.

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The Black Falcon (Gunnar Winbergh).
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A dual machine gun arrangement on a German plane.
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The Black Falcon fires his Spandaus.
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A German fires a Spandau at the Lafayette Escadrille.
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Wolfert (Ian Rose) flies with his Spandau LMG 08/15.
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Wolfert aims his Spandaus.

Mauser Gewehr 1898

The primary weapon used by the German infantrymen is the Mauser Gewehr 1898. Some are seen with scope attachments.

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Germans fire their Mausers.
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Germans with Mausers arrive at Lucienne's house.

Vickers machine gun

The Germans fire a Vickers Mk I Machine Gun in the scene where Beagle crashes his plane and Rawlings lands to rescue him.

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The Germans fire a Mk I Vickers.