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''M*A*S*H'' (or simply spelled as MASH) was | ''M*A*S*H'' (or simply spelled as MASH) was the television adaptation of the 1970 film of the same name. As in the film, the series followed the antics of the medical personnel in the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Though set in the Korean War, the series was meant as an allegory to the then ongoing war in Vietnam. The series aired on CBS for 11 seasons from 1972-1983 and its finale was one of the most viewed television programs in history. | ||
'''The following weapons were used in the series ''M*A*S*H'':''' | '''The following weapons were used in the series ''M*A*S*H'':''' | ||
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==Star Model B== | ==Star Model B== | ||
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[[Image:MASHtv-star5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Oh, thank you." Potter cocks Hawkeye's Star Model B before firing.]] | [[Image:MASHtv-star5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Oh, thank you." Potter cocks Hawkeye's Star Model B before firing.]] | ||
==Colt New Service== | |||
In Episode 4.13 "The Gun," a wounded Colonel arrives at the 4077th with a revolver described as a chromed Colt .45, shiny barrel with bone grips, made in 1884. The year suggests a Colt Single Action Army, though the actual revolver appears to be an anachronistic [[Colt New Service]] model, which was made 14 years later. | |||
[[Image:ColtNewService1917.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Colt New Service - .45 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-coltns1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Shot of the Colt New Service in the storage locker.]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-coltns2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Houlihan admiring the revolver. She reads the year inscribed as 1884, remarking her father had one like it.]] | |||
==Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket== | |||
In Episode 3.2 "Rainbow Bridge" Houlihan gives Burns a [[Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket]] with pearl grips for a concealed weapon before going to a wounded pickup in Chinese territory, in spite of the Chinese saying they were not even to have sidearms. | |||
[[Image:Colt1908_Ni.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Colt M1908 Vest Pocket - .25 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-colt1908vp.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"It comes in a box of crackerjacks." Burns displays the M1908 VP.]] | |||
=Rifles= | |||
==M1 Carbine== | ==M1 Carbine== | ||
Several US Army and UN soldiers are seen with [[M1 Carbine|M1 Carbines]]. CPL Maxwell Klinger ([[Jamie Farr]]) is seen with one during patrol in a couple instances. 1LT Smith ([[William Watson]]) uses one to demand treatment for his Sergeant in 3.12 "A Full Rich Day." | Several US Army and UN soldiers are seen with [[M1 Carbine|M1 Carbines]]. CPL Maxwell Klinger ([[Jamie Farr]]) is seen with one during patrol in a couple instances. 1LT Smith ([[William Watson]]) uses one to demand treatment for his Sergeant in 3.12 "A Full Rich Day." | ||
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[[Image:MASHtv-Garand2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Klinger holds his Garand to block Winchester from entering camp.]] | [[Image:MASHtv-Garand2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Klinger holds his Garand to block Winchester from entering camp.]] | ||
==Valmet M71== | |||
In Episodes 6.12-13 "Comrades in Arms," Korean patrols appear to be carrying [[Valmet_Assault_Rifle_Series#Valmet_M71|Valmet M71 Sporter]] riles with synthetic furniture and the muzzle brake removed, to represent AK-47s. While this is a reference to the Vietnam War, any AK-47 variant used in the Korean War is likely an anachronism, since even the Soviet Union and China did not issue AK-type rifles until years after the Armistice was signed in 1953. | |||
[[Image:Valmet71spor.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Valmet M71 - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-AK1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Korean patrol with unloaded M71s while finding a jeep.]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-AK2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Korean solider with the Valmet doing a search.]] | |||
==Mosin Nagant M91/30== | |||
A surrendering North Korean soldier (nicknamed "Ralph" ([[Soon-Tek Oh]]) by Hawkeye) and a Korean patrol they encounter appear to be using [[Mosin_Nagant_Rifle|Mosin Nagant M91]] rifles in Episode 8.10 "The Yalu Brick Road." | |||
[[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Mosin Nagant M1891, 7.62x54mmR]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-mosinn1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|North Korean patrol aiming their Mosin Nagant rifles.]] | |||
[[Image:MASHtv-mosinn2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Ralph" with his M1891.]] | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
==M1928A1 Thompson== | ==M1928A1 Thompson== | ||
The [[Thompson#M1928.2FM1928A1_Thompson|M1928 Thompson]] is occasionally carried by some soldiers, as a stand-in for the M1. | The [[Thompson#M1928.2FM1928A1_Thompson|M1928 Thompson]] is occasionally carried by some soldiers, as a stand-in for the M1. | ||
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[[Image:MASHtv-thompson2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A SSG holding a M1928A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine on patrol in "Hawkeye Get Your Gun." Note the top-mounted bolt actuator.]] | [[Image:MASHtv-thompson2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A SSG holding a M1928A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine on patrol in "Hawkeye Get Your Gun." Note the top-mounted bolt actuator.]] | ||
==PPSh-41== | ==PPSh-41== | ||
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==Double-Barreled Shotgun== | ==Double-Barreled Shotgun== | ||
MAJ Charles Winchester ([[David Ogden Stiers]]) managed to get his shotgun sent from home for fowl hunting in Episode 8.12 "Dear Uncle Abdul." It's a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun|hammerless break action side-by-side shotgun.]] As a nod to his character namesake (and affluence), it is possibly a Winchester Model 21 or 24 though the receiver is never clearly seen. MAJ Margaret Houlihan ([[Loretta Swit]]) borrows it during the episode. | MAJ Charles Winchester ([[David Ogden Stiers]]) managed to get his shotgun sent from home for fowl hunting in Episode 8.12 "Dear Uncle Abdul." It's a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun|hammerless break action side-by-side shotgun.]] As a nod to his character namesake (and affluence), it is possibly a Winchester Model 21 or 24 though the receiver is never clearly seen. MAJ Margaret Houlihan ([[Loretta Swit]]) borrows it during the episode. | ||
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M*A*S*H (or simply spelled as MASH) was the television adaptation of the 1970 film of the same name. As in the film, the series followed the antics of the medical personnel in the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Though set in the Korean War, the series was meant as an allegory to the then ongoing war in Vietnam. The series aired on CBS for 11 seasons from 1972-1983 and its finale was one of the most viewed television programs in history.
The following weapons were used in the series M*A*S*H:
Handguns
Star Model B
MASH uses the Star Model B to stand in as the M1911A1 that would be standard issue, since blank .45 ammo was more rare than 9mm at the time. It is used by many characters throughout the series, notably MAJ Frank Burns (Larry Linville) and (Harry Morgan) as both MG Bradford Hamilton Steele and as COL Sherman Potter. CPT Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (Alan Alda) disdains guns, though he uses one in Episode 5.10 "Hawkeye, Get Your Gun" to scare Chinese forces.
Burns has a Star Model B with pearl handles. As the comic foil, he frequently breaks every rule of gun safety in spades, despite being "regular Army."
Colt New Service
In Episode 4.13 "The Gun," a wounded Colonel arrives at the 4077th with a revolver described as a chromed Colt .45, shiny barrel with bone grips, made in 1884. The year suggests a Colt Single Action Army, though the actual revolver appears to be an anachronistic Colt New Service model, which was made 14 years later.
Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket
In Episode 3.2 "Rainbow Bridge" Houlihan gives Burns a Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket with pearl grips for a concealed weapon before going to a wounded pickup in Chinese territory, in spite of the Chinese saying they were not even to have sidearms.
Rifles
M1 Carbine
Several US Army and UN soldiers are seen with M1 Carbines. CPL Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) is seen with one during patrol in a couple instances. 1LT Smith (William Watson) uses one to demand treatment for his Sergeant in 3.12 "A Full Rich Day."
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand also appears as a regular service rifle, used by Klinger and other UN allies.
Valmet M71
In Episodes 6.12-13 "Comrades in Arms," Korean patrols appear to be carrying Valmet M71 Sporter riles with synthetic furniture and the muzzle brake removed, to represent AK-47s. While this is a reference to the Vietnam War, any AK-47 variant used in the Korean War is likely an anachronism, since even the Soviet Union and China did not issue AK-type rifles until years after the Armistice was signed in 1953.
Mosin Nagant M91/30
A surrendering North Korean soldier (nicknamed "Ralph" (Soon-Tek Oh) by Hawkeye) and a Korean patrol they encounter appear to be using Mosin Nagant M91 rifles in Episode 8.10 "The Yalu Brick Road."
Submachine Guns
M1928A1 Thompson
The M1928 Thompson is occasionally carried by some soldiers, as a stand-in for the M1.
PPSh-41
Chinese soldiers in Episode 3.2 "Rainbow Bridge" are armed with Soviet PPSh-41 SMGs during the wounded pickup. If they were Chinese-made Type 50s, they would use stick magazines instead of drums, though North Korea did make licensed PPSh copies as Type 49s.
Shotguns
Double-Barreled Shotgun
MAJ Charles Winchester (David Ogden Stiers) managed to get his shotgun sent from home for fowl hunting in Episode 8.12 "Dear Uncle Abdul." It's a hammerless break action side-by-side shotgun. As a nod to his character namesake (and affluence), it is possibly a Winchester Model 21 or 24 though the receiver is never clearly seen. MAJ Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) borrows it during the episode.
Other
Dummy Mk 2 hand grenade
Mk 2 pineapple grenades are occasionally seen on passing GIs. SSG Rizzo (G.W. Bailey) borrows a dummy grenade from PVT Igor to play pranks in Episode 11.15 "As Time Goes By." As another nod to the Vietnam War, this grenade is painted black. Mk II grenades during the actual Korean War would be olive drab in color.
3"/23 caliber gun
The 4077th is supplied with a "40mm gun" in Episode 2.2 "5 O'Clock Charlie" when he starts trying to bomb an ammo dump near the hospital. This is actually a Navy 3"/23 caliber gun, similar to the one used in "The Sand Pebbles"
