The Pacific: Difference between revisions
The Pacific: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Pacific: Difference between revisions
[[Image:M1-Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|450px|World War II Era [[M1 Carbine|M1 Carbine]], with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - correct for most of WW2, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period twin magazine pouch for buttstock]]
[[Image:M1-Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|450px|World War II Era [[M1 Carbine|M1 Carbine]], with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - correct for most of WW2, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period twin magazine pouch for buttstock]]
[[Image:Pac05 005.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After landing on the Peleliu beach, Eugene Sledge ([[Joseph Mazzello]]) holds his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:Pac05 005.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After landing on Peleliu beach, Eugene Sledge ([[Joseph Mazzello]]) holds his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:pacificpapers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sledge runs with his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:pacificpapers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sledge runs with his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:pacificpapers2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sledge moves inland with his M1 Carbine and avoids shrapnel.]]
[[Image:pacificpapers2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sledge moves inland with his M1 Carbine and avoids shrapnel.]]
Revision as of 04:24, 14 April 2010
The following weapons can be seen in the HBO miniseries The Pacific:
In Part 3, the Marines replace the 1903 with the M1 Garand. One Marine had compared it to his 1903 and prefers the former in terms of accuracy. The Garand is used by Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello), who pulls an M1 Garand from a dead body to shoot a Japanese soldier coming towards him with a Katana.
Marines in Part 1 are seen with the M1928A1 Thompson. Lt. Hugh Corrigan (Henry Nixon) had a 50 round drum on his for most of Part 1 until the end, replacing it with a 30 round "stick" magazine.
Several Marines are seen firing an M1A1 Thompson. Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale) uses a Thompson M1A1 throughout the rest of the series, notably in Part 4, when he takes out a Japanese patrol trying to flank his unit and then in Part 5 and 6 when the Marines land on Peleliu.
The main sidearm of the Marines in the miniseries is the Colt M1911A1. Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale) and John Basilone (Jon Seda) are seen using the pistols and several troops have some holstered.
In Part 5, Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello) receives a Colt New Service .45 Colt revolver in the care package sent from his family and in a later part uses the revolver on a wounded Japanese soldier on the island of Okinawa.
The main sidearm of the Japanese was the Nambu Type 14 Pistol. Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale) finds one in a Japanese officer's chest when they go through the camp in which he takes it and the chest as a war trophy. After being committed due to the effects of combat, He ends up giving the pistol to the head of a naval psychiatric hospital as a bribe so he can return to his unit in Part 4.
Nambu Type 14 8x22mm Nambu
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
When the Marines begin their landing on Peleliu in Part 5, the Browning M2HB machine gun is seen mounted on LVT's.
The Marines of the 1st Division that land on Guadalcanal use Browning M1917 water cooled machine guns. Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale) is seen firing it as part of a three man gun crew in "Part 1". John Basilone (Jon Seda) is also seen firing it both on a tripod and from the hip in "Part 2".
Replacing the Browning M1917 in the field for the Marines is the Browning M1919 machine gun. M1919's also are seen mounted on LVT's in the series, notably when landing on Peleliu in Part 5. Leckie is briefly seen manning an M1919 on his LVT during the landing.
