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==1903 Springfield Rifle== | ==1903 Springfield Rifle== | ||
During the World War I prologue, the Private | During the World War I prologue, the Private carries a [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Rifle]] fitted with a bayonet as he surveys the battlefield just prior to the war being over. | ||
[[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1903 Springfield Rifle - .30-06]] | [[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1903 Springfield Rifle - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:BigRed1 002.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Private ([[Lee Marvin]]) uses the bayonet fixed on his [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Rifle]] to check a dead German soldier.]] | [[Image:BigRed1 002.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Private ([[Lee Marvin]]) uses the bayonet fixed on his [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Rifle]] to check a dead German soldier.]] | ||
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==1886 Lebel Rifle== | ==1886 Lebel Rifle== | ||
As the Big Red One | As the Big Red One invades, Vichy French soldiers are seen carrying the [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]] as their main weapon. | ||
[[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]] | [[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French soldier holding a [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]] in defensive position]] | [[Image:TBRO 3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French soldier holding a [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]] in defensive position]] | ||
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[[Image:BigRed1 007.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vichy French officer with his [[Mle 1892 Revolver]].]] | [[Image:BigRed1 007.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vichy French officer with his [[Mle 1892 Revolver]].]] | ||
== | ==1928A1 Thompson== | ||
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1928A1 Thompson - .45 ACP]] | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:TBRO 10.jpg|thumb|none|400px|US soldier cleaning a [[Thompson Submachine Gun|1928A1 Thompson Sub Machine Gun]]]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 10.jpg|thumb|none|400px| | |||
==MP40 | ==MP40 Sub Machine Gun== | ||
[[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 Sub Machine Gun - 9mm]] | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 Sub Machine Gun - 9mm]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The German sergeant Schroeder ([[Siegfried Rauch]]) carrying a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]]]] | [[Image:TBRO 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The German sergeant Schroeder ([[Siegfried Rauch]]) carrying a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]]]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 19.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[Stephane Audran]] firing a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]] in the Asylum]] | [[Image:TBRO 19.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[Stephane Audran]] firing a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]] in the Asylum]] | ||
==MG34 Machine Gun== | |||
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG34 Machine Gun - 7.92 x 57mm]] | |||
[[Image:TBRO 12.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Italian soldier firing a [[MG34|MG34 Machine Gun]]]] | |||
[[Image:BigRed1 005.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | |||
==Bergmann MP28 | ==Bergmann MP28 Sub Machine Gun== | ||
[[Image:mp28.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II - 9mm]] | [[Image:mp28.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II - 9mm]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 14.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Italian soldier firing a [[Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II|Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Sub Machine Gun]]]] | [[Image:TBRO 14.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Italian soldier firing a [[Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II|Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Sub Machine Gun]]]] | ||
==K98K Rifle== | ==K98K Rifle== | ||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|K98K Mauser Rifle - 7.92 x 57mm]] | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|K98K Mauser Rifle - 7.92 x 57mm]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px|German soldier setting down a [[Karabiner 98k|K98K Mauser Rifle]] | [[Image:TBRO 16.jpg|thumb|none|400px|German soldier setting down a [[Karabiner 98k|K98K Mauser Rifle]]]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 20.jpg|thumb|none|400px|German soldiers carrying [[Karabiner 98k|K98K Mauser Rifles | [[Image:TBRO 20.jpg|thumb|none|400px|German soldiers carrying [[Karabiner 98k|K98K Mauser Rifles]]]] | ||
==Browning 1919A4== | ==Browning 1919A4== | ||
[[Image:M1919A4Browning.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Browning 1919A4 Machine Gun - .30-06]] | [[Image:M1919A4Browning.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Browning 1919A4 Machine Gun - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 17.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A [[Browning M1919|Browning 1919A4 Machine Gun]] firing from bow mount on Israeli M51 Sherman]] | [[Image:TBRO 17.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A [[Browning M1919|Browning 1919A4 Machine Gun]] firing from bow mount on Israeli M51 Sherman]] | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 21 November 2009
The Big Red One is a 1980 movie about a rifle squad of the US 1st Infantry Division fighting in Europe during World War II. The squad consists of the "Four Horsemen": Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson (Kelly Ward) and The Sergeant (Lee Marvin). They fight and stay alive together from North Africa to Germany and the discovery of the concentration camps. This gripping World War II drama was directed by Samuel Fuller, who was a US 1st Infantry Division veteran during WWII. An extended version of the film was released on DVD in 2004 as The Big Red One: The Reconstruction.
- Actors: The Sergeant (Lee Marvin) Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson(Kelly Ward)
- Director: Samuel Fuller
The following guns were used in the movie The Big Red One:
1903 Springfield Rifle
During the World War I prologue, the Private carries a 1903 Springfield Rifle fitted with a bayonet as he surveys the battlefield just prior to the war being over.
Gew 98 Mauser Rifle
A Gew 98 Mauser rifle is seen being trampled by a horse that spooks the Private during the WWI prologue.
1886 Lebel Rifle
As the Big Red One invades, Vichy French soldiers are seen carrying the Lebel Model 1886 Rifle as their main weapon.
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the chief weapon of the 1st Squad.
1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Mle 1892 Revolver
A Vichy French officer draws his Mle 1892 Revolver when his men refuse to fire on the Americans who have hit the beach.
