[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flanagan with his Luger after clearing out a German bunker.]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flanagan with his Luger after clearing out a German bunker.]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian officer in Hamel with a Luger.]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian officer in Hamel with a Luger.]]
===Luger P08 "Artillery"===
Pat Cleary ([[Paul Hogan]]) captures a long-barreled [[Luger P08]] "Artillery" model from a dead German in a trench-raid in the Somme. He later uses it to capture several Germans in a basement tavern, mounting it on a "Broomhandle" similar to the one used on the [[Mauser C96]].
[[Image:LugerP08Artillery.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is the long barreled "Artillery" model]]
[[Image:German LugerArtillery.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier fires his Luger P08 "Artillery" in the Somme trenches.]]
[[Image:Pat LugerArtillery.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pat Cleary ([[Paul Hogan]]) picks up the "Artillery" model.]]
[[Image:Pat LugerArtillery 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pat loads a magazine into his Luger "Artillery".]]
[[Image:Pat LugerArtillery 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pat fixes the "Broomhandle" to his Luger "Artillery".]]
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Anzacs is a 1985 Australian miniseries. Set during the First World War, it follows several Australians as they enlist in the Australian Army, from joining up to homecoming, and the battles that made the Anzac name famous, such as Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele and Hamel.
The following weapons can be seen in the miniseries Anzacs:
American soldiers can at one point be seen drilling with M1917 Enfield rifles.
Machine Guns
Lewis Gun
Bluey (Peter Finlay) carries a Lewis Gun, which he mainly uses in a support role. Other soldiers that can be seen operating the weapon are Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt (Shane Briant), Sergeant Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward) and Carter (Peter Browne.
Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun
British soldiers use a pair of Vickers Mk1 Machine Guns in a demonstration for the Anzacs when they first arrive in France. British soldiers use on to repel a German attack in Amiens.
Sidearms
Luger P08
Flanagan (Jon Blake) uses a Luger P08 throughout the series. An Australian officer also uses one in Hamel.
Luger P08 "Artillery"
Pat Cleary (Paul Hogan) captures a long-barreled Luger P08 "Artillery" model from a dead German in a trench-raid in the Somme. He later uses it to capture several Germans in a basement tavern, mounting it on a "Broomhandle" similar to the one used on the Mauser C96.