The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
[[Image:TRLNambu99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier goes Rambo and fires a Nambu Type 99 from the machine gun emplacement.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier goes Rambo and fires a Nambu Type 99 from the machine gun emplacement.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier tries to defend Hill 262 from the American assault.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier tries to defend Hill 262 from the American assault.]]
==Japanese Type 98 AA/AT==
A 20mm [[Japanese Type 98 AA/AT]] gun is seen in the Japanese camp during the assault on Hill 262.
[[Image:TRLType98AA-AT-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese Type 98 AA/AT gun is seen on Hill 262 - 20mm.]]
==Nambu Type 14==
==Nambu Type 14==
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[[Image:TRLNambu14-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier shoots himself in the chest with his Nambu Type 14 pistol.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier shoots himself in the chest with his Nambu Type 14 pistol.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) shows off a captured Nambu Type 14 pistol and his chums are celebrating, all except a glum looking Sgt. Becker ([[Don Harvey]]) on the far right.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) shows off a captured Nambu Type 14 pistol and his chums are celebrating, all except a glum looking Sgt. Becker ([[Don Harvey]]) on the far right.]]
==Japanese Type 98 AA/AT==
A 20mm [[Japanese Type 98 AA/AT]] gun is seen in the Japanese camp during the assault on Hill 262.
[[Image:TRLType98AA-AT-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese Type 98 AA/AT gun is seen on Hill 262 - 20mm.]]
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Revision as of 08:39, 23 June 2010
The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American war film which tells a fictional story of United States forces during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. It portrays the men of Charlie Company - Cpt. Staros (Elias Koteas), intelligent, sensitive and reluctant to send his men on dangerous missions, which puts him at odds with the ruthless, ambitious Col. Tall (Nick Nolte), 1st. Sgt Welsh (Sean Penn), cynical and shrewd, Pvt. Bell (Ben Chaplin) whom is heavily devoted to his wife and Pvt. Witt (Jim Caviezel), whom loves his company but hates the army, frequently going AWOL, for which he is sent to a punishment company, but rejoins Charlie during the battle.
The following weapons were used in the film The Thin Red Line:
Cpl. Queen (David Harrod) keeps a Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 slung over his back, which he carries along with his Winchester 1897. On occasion he is seen using this gun, but he never fires it on screen. instead with the Winchester slung over his back. Pvt. Sico (Robert Roy Hofmo) also carries one before he fakes sickness to avoid firing.
PFC Doll (Dash Mihok) steals an M1911A1 hanging from a bunk in the ship carrying Charlie Company to the island. He notabley uses it when he charges a Japanese machine gun emplacement and fires it at them. Basically every other US soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only few soldiers such as Sgt. Gaff (John Cusack) are seen using them.
Several US soldiers are seen using MK II Hand Grenadess in the film. At one point we see Sgt. Keck (Woody Harrelson) straightening the folds on the pin of his grenade, which proves to be a fatal mistake on his behalf when the pin pulls too easily while still attached to his belt.
The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the Nambu Type 14 Pistol. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film we see Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill.
