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==M1 Garand== | ==M1 Garand== | ||
[[M1 Garand]]s are used by a vast majority of the US Marines in the film including Corporal Rene Gagnon ([[Jesse Bradford]]), Corporal Harlon Block ([[Benjamin Walker]]), | [[M1 Garand]]s are used by a vast majority of the US Marines in the film including Corporal Rene Gagnon ([[Jesse Bradford]]), Corporal Harlon Block ([[Benjamin Walker]]), Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski ([[Jamie Bell]]), PFC Franklin Sousley ([[Joseph Cross]]), and Sergeant Hank Hansen ([[Paul Walker]]). | ||
[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand - .30-06.]] | [[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand - .30-06.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFM1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski ([[Jamie Bell]]) fires his M1 Garand at a Japanese machine gun bunker.]] | [[Image:FOOFM1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski ([[Jamie Bell]]) fires his M1 Garand at a Japanese machine gun bunker.]] | ||
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[[Image:FOOFM1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine holds the Garand. Next to him is Corporal Rene Gagnon ([[Jesse Bradford]]), also armed with an M1 Garand.]] | [[Image:FOOFM1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine holds the Garand. Next to him is Corporal Rene Gagnon ([[Jesse Bradford]]), also armed with an M1 Garand.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFM1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Harlon Block ([[Benjamin Walker]]) fires his M1 Garand into a machine gun emplacement after it is destroyed by a fragmentation grenade.]] | [[Image:FOOFM1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Harlon Block ([[Benjamin Walker]]) fires his M1 Garand into a machine gun emplacement after it is destroyed by a fragmentation grenade.]] | ||
[[Image:Marine M1 Garands.jpg|thumb|none|600px|US Marines firing their M1 Garands.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFM1Garand-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) holds his M1 Garand fitted with a bayonet upward, impaling a Japanese soldier with it.]] | [[Image:FOOFM1Garand-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) holds his M1 Garand fitted with a bayonet upward, impaling a Japanese soldier with it.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFM1Garand-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sergeant Hank Hansen ([[Paul Walker]]) aiming his M1 Garand atop Mt. Suribachi.]] | [[Image:FOOFM1Garand-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sergeant Hank Hansen ([[Paul Walker]]) aiming his M1 Garand atop Mt. Suribachi.]] | ||
[[Image:Hansen Ignatowski M1 Garands.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sergeant Hank Hansen ([[Paul Walker]]) and Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski fire their M1 Garands on Mt. Suribachi.]] | |||
[[Image:Ignatowski M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski fires his M1 Garand at the Japanese snipers on Mt. Suribachi.]] | |||
==M1 Carbine== | ==M1 Carbine== | ||
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[[Image:M17.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M17 Rifle Grenade.]] | [[Image:M17.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M17 Rifle Grenade.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the far left, Gust ([[Stark Sands]]) is seen attaching the [[M17 Rifle Grenade]] to the [[M1 Garand]] rifle of PFC Franklin Sousley ([[Joseph Cross]]).]] | [[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the far left, Gust ([[Stark Sands]]) is seen attaching the [[M17 Rifle Grenade]] to the [[M1 Garand]] rifle of PFC Franklin Sousley ([[Joseph Cross]]).]] | ||
[[Image:Gust Sousley M7 Rifle Grenade.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gust attaches another M17 Rifle Grenade to Sousley's M1 Garand.]] | |||
==M2A1-7 Flamethrower== | ==M2A1-7 Flamethrower== | ||
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[[Image:FOOFBoforsQuad-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marines fire "Pom-Pom" 40mm guns at the coast of Iwo Jima.]] | [[Image:FOOFBoforsQuad-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marines fire "Pom-Pom" 40mm guns at the coast of Iwo Jima.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFBoforsQuad-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marines unload a quad Bofors before being destroyed by a Japanese heavy gun.]] | [[Image:FOOFBoforsQuad-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marines unload a quad Bofors before being destroyed by a Japanese heavy gun.]] | ||
==Arisaka Type 38== | ==Arisaka Type 38== | ||
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[[Image:FOOFArisaka99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier fires his Arisaka Type 99 at Marines on Mt. Suribachi.]] | [[Image:FOOFArisaka99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier fires his Arisaka Type 99 at Marines on Mt. Suribachi.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFArisaka99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another Japanese soldier fires an Arisaka Type 99 fitted with a bayonet.]] | [[Image:FOOFArisaka99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another Japanese soldier fires an Arisaka Type 99 fitted with a bayonet.]] | ||
==Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun== | |||
[[Type 99 Light Machine Gun|Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun]]s are used by some Japanese soldiers to shoot at Marines. | |||
[[Image:Type99LMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFNambu99-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier fires a Nambu Type 99 at the Marines.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFNambu99-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier fires his Nambu Type 99 at Marines scaling Mt. Suribachi.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFNambu99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Japanese soldiers man the same gun before being killed.]] | |||
==Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun== | |||
Many Japanese soldiers fire on the US Marines with [[Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun|Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun]]s in the film. | |||
[[Image:Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Type 92 HMG - 7.7x58mm.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFNambu92-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese gunner fires a Nambu Type 92 at Marines on the beach.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFNambu92-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another gunner fires a Nambu Type 92 from Mt. Suribachi.]] | |||
[[Image:Japanese Type 92AA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nambu Type 92 used by the Japanese as an Antiaircraft gun from Mt. Suribachi.]] | |||
==Nambu Type 94== | ==Nambu Type 94== | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 16 October 2010
Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 World War II film directed by Clint Eastwood and based on the book by James Bradley. As in the book, the film follows the lives of the Marines and the Navy medic who were featured in the iconic photograph of the flag raising on the island of Iwo Jima. In the same year that Flags of our Fathers was released, Eastwood told the story of the battle for the island from the Japanese perspective in the film Letters from Iwo Jima.
The following weapons were used in the film Flags of our Fathers:
M1 Garand
M1 Garands are used by a vast majority of the US Marines in the film including Corporal Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford), Corporal Harlon Block (Benjamin Walker), Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski (Jamie Bell), PFC Franklin Sousley (Joseph Cross), and Sergeant Hank Hansen (Paul Walker).
M1 Carbine
M1 Carbines are seen used by some US Marines including Sergeant Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach).
Is this picture of the memorial from the movie? Kenny99
M1 Thompson
Some of the US Marines use M1 Thompsons in the film, noted by their cheap "L" peep sight.
M1928A1 Thompson
An M1928A1 Thompson is seen being held by a Marine right after the B-29 flies over.
M1911A1
Many of the US Marines in the film carry M1911A1 pistols in their holsters. When scaling Mt. Suribachi, Medic John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe) keeps his drawn and fires a few rounds at Japanese soldiers.
Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2
Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2s are used by some of the Marines in the film.
Browning M1917
After the Marines plant the first flag, a Browning M1917 is briefly seen behind Corporal Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford).
Browning M1919A4
Browning M1919A4s are seen used by Marines that land on Iwo Jima.
Browning M2HB
Browning M2HBs are used by Marines on LVTs to shoot at Mt. Suribachi.
Winchester 1897
A Marine is briefly seen holding a Winchester 1897 shotgun while scaling Mt. Suribachi.
Reising M55
The real Sgt. Mike Strank is seen holding a Reising M55 submachine gun in a war photo during the end credits.
M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher with M17 Rifle Grenade
PFC Franklin Sousley (Joseph Cross) is seen using an M7 grenade launcher mounted on his M1 Garand. Gust (Stark Sands) is seen attaching the M17 Rifle Grenade.
M2A1-7 Flamethrower
An M2A1-7 Flamethrower is used by Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (Alessandro Mastrobuono) to burn a Japanese pillbox.
M1A1 Flamethrower
A US Marine is seen holding an M1A1 Flamethrower in a war photo during the end credits.
MK II Hand Grenade
US Marines carry MK II hand grenades in pouches. One if seen used by a Corporal Harlon Block (Benjamin Walker) to attempt to clear a machine gun emplacement before it is suddenly functional again.
Oerlikon 20mm Cannon
A pair of Oerlikon 20mm Cannon is seen manned on one of the US Naval ships approaching Iwo Jima.
Bofors Quad Mount
Mounted on several of the US Naval ships are Bofors Quad Mounted guns, which are used to shell the coast of Iwo Jima through out much of the battle.
Arisaka Type 38
An Arisaka Type 38 rifle is used by the Japanese soldier who is impaled on Corporal Ira Hayes' (Adam Beach) rifle bayonet.
Arisaka Type 99
Japanese soldiers are mainly seen using Arisaka Type 99 rifles in the film, notably when ambushing Marines scaling Mt. Suribachi.
Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun
Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Guns are used by some Japanese soldiers to shoot at Marines.
Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
Many Japanese soldiers fire on the US Marines with Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Guns in the film.
Nambu Type 94
Among the gear found by dead Japanese soldiers in a tunnel (who committed suicide with their Type 97 hand grenades, seen in greater detail in Letters from Iwo Jima is a Nambu Type 94 pistol in its holster.
Type 89 "Knee Mortar"
Seen among the dead Japanese soldiers in the tunnel is a Type 89 "Knee Mortar".
