Flags of Our Fathers: Difference between revisions
Flags of Our Fathers: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Flags of Our Fathers: Difference between revisions
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A US Marine nervously aims his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A US Marine nervously aims his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sergeant Mike Strank ([[Barry Pepper]]) and Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) with their M1 Carbines.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sergeant Mike Strank ([[Barry Pepper]]) and Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) with their M1 Carbines.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sergeant Mike Strank ([[Barry Pepper]]) and another Marine fire their M1 Carbines.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the left, Sergeant Mike Strank ([[Barry Pepper]]) and Lt. Pennel ([[Tom Verica]]) fire their M1 Carbines.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) fires his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) fires his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine fires his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine fires his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) fires his M1 Carbine at Japanese soldiers killing Marines with their bayonets.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Corporal Ira Hayes ([[Adam Beach]]) fires his M1 Carbine at Japanese soldiers killing Marines with their bayonets.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine looks out at the carnage of the battle from atop Mt. Suribachi while holding his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine looks out at the carnage of the battle from atop Mt. Suribachi while holding his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-8goof.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A goof present on the memorial of the Marines raising "Ol' Glory" is that the M1 Carbine slung on Corporal Ira Hayes' back is a post-WWII model with a bayonet lug.]]
[[Image:FOOFM1Carbine-8goof.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An interesting to note that the memorial of the Marines raising "Ol' Glory" shows that the M1 Carbine slung on Corporal Ira Hayes' back is a post-WWII model with a bayonet lug.]]
Is this picture of the memorial from the movie? [[User:Kenny99|Kenny99]]
==M1 Thompson==
==M1 Thompson==
Revision as of 10:24, 17 February 2011
Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 World War II film directed by Clint Eastwood. Based on the book by James Bradley, the film follows the lives of the men who were featured in the iconic photograph of the flag raising on the island of Iwo Jima (Bradley's father was the Navy corpsman who was one of the men in the photo). 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 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).
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.
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.
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.