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=Allied Weapons= | |||
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[[Image:Passchendaele303.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Special - the 10th Battalion's deputy commander indicates a position with a .303 Mk.VII cartridge. This is an error, as at Passchendaele the Canadian Corps was still using the round-nosed Mk.VI round.]] | [[Image:Passchendaele303.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Special - the 10th Battalion's deputy commander indicates a position with a .303 Mk.VII cartridge. This is an error, as at Passchendaele the Canadian Corps was still using the round-nosed Mk.VI round.]] | ||
==No.36 Mills Bomb== | ==No.36 Mills Bomb== | ||
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[[Image:Mills Bomb SGM-1.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]] | [[Image:Mills Bomb SGM-1.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelemillsbomb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt Dunne prepares his Mills bomb - note that his fingers should be holding the safety lever.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelemillsbomb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt Dunne prepares his Mills bomb - note that his fingers should be holding the safety lever.]] | ||
==Vickers MK1 Machine Gun== | ==Vickers MK1 Machine Gun== | ||
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[[Image:VickersMk1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun]] | [[Image:VickersMk1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelevickers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vickers gun on display outside of a recruting tent in Calgary.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelevickers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vickers gun on display outside of a recruting tent in Calgary.]] | ||
==Lewis Gun== | ==Lewis Gun== | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaelelewis2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier from the 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles) fires his Lewis gun.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelelewis2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier from the 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles) fires his Lewis gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelelewis4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte Godin mans his Lewis gun while cursing in French. The movie never explains why a Quebecois is serving in an Albertan battalion.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelelewis4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte Godin mans his Lewis gun while cursing in French. The movie never explains why a Quebecois is serving in an Albertan battalion.]] | ||
==Webley Mk.VI== | ==Webley Mk.VI== | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaelewebley1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 10th Battalion company commander takes cover with his Webley.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelewebley1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 10th Battalion company commander takes cover with his Webley.]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelewebley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 10th Battalion company commander shouts orders while carrying his Webley.]] | [[Image:Passchendaelewebley2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A 10th Battalion company commander shouts orders while carrying his Webley.]] | ||
==Ordnance QF 18 Pdr== | |||
Fired at German lines at the openning of the Passchendaele attack. | |||
[[Image:Passchendaele18pdr.jpg|thumb|none|800px|Ordnance QF 18 Pdrs prepare to open fire on the German positions.]] | |||
==Knives== | |||
True to life, many knives and improvised weapons are carried by Canadian troops. | |||
[[Image:Passchendaeleknife1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pte Highway carries a US M1918 Trench Knife - unlikely, but not impossible as Canadian troops were notorious scroungers]] | |||
[[Image:Passchendaeleknife2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt Dunne carries a Ross rifle bayonet cut-down into a fighting knife - very commonly used by Canadian troops.]] | |||
=German Weapons= | |||
==Turkish Mauser 1903== | ==Turkish Mauser 1903== | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaelemauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier advances with his Mauser]] | [[Image:Passchendaelemauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier advances with his Mauser]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelemauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier aims his Mauser]] | [[Image:Passchendaelemauser2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier aims his Mauser]] | ||
==Mauser C/96 "Bolo Model"== | ==Mauser C/96 "Bolo Model"== | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaelebolo3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German Seargent fires his Mauser]] | [[Image:Passchendaelebolo3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German Seargent fires his Mauser]] | ||
==7.58cm mittelerer Minenwerfer== | ==7.58cm mittelerer Minenwerfer== | ||
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[[Image:Passchendaeleminenwerfer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German troops load the Minenwerfer.]] | [[Image:Passchendaeleminenwerfer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German troops load the Minenwerfer.]] | ||
==Maxim MG08== | |||
A German [[Maxim#Maxim MG08|Maxim MG08]] is seen placed in a shelled-out church at the beginning of the film. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Passchendaelemaxim1.jpg|none|thumb|600px|The German machine gun crew fires their Maxim]] | ||
[[Image:Passchendaelemaxim2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German crew commander spots for targets.]] | |||
Revision as of 09:42, 10 November 2011
Passchendaele is a 2008 World War I film that is the brainchild of director/writer/star Paul Gross. Canada's first big budget war movie effort, the film follows Canadian Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross) of the 10th Battalion CEF during the Battle Of Passchendaele and while recruiting on the home front.
The following weapons were used in the film Passchendaele:
Allied Weapons
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)
Most Canadian soldiers carry Lee-Enfield rifles, including Sgt Dunne (Paul Gross), Pte Highway (Michael Greyeyes) and Pte Mann (Joe Dinicol).
No.36 Mills Bomb
Sgt. Dunne uses a Mills Bomb to kill the German machine gun crew.
Vickers MK1 Machine Gun
A Vickers MK1 Machine Gun is mounted on display at a recruiting tent in Calgary..
Lewis Gun
The Lewis Gun is used by Canadian soldiers through the Passchendaele scenes, most noticeably Pte. Godin (Justin Michael Carriere).
Webley Mk.VI
The Webley Mk VI is carried by Canadian officers throughout the movie, although the Canadian Corps was actually issued the Smith & Wesson Mk.II Hand Ejector, and the first troops to arrive in France (which included the 10th Battalion) were issued Colt 1911s.
Ordnance QF 18 Pdr
Fired at German lines at the openning of the Passchendaele attack.
Knives
True to life, many knives and improvised weapons are carried by Canadian troops.
German Weapons
Turkish Mauser 1903
German soldiers throughout the Passchendaele battle carry Turkish Mauser 1903. According the movies' armorer, a supply of correct German Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles was located for this film, but could not be imported in time and the Turkish model was substituted.
Mauser C/96 "Bolo Model"
A German Seargent is seen with what appears to be a postwar Mauser C96 "Bolo" model.
7.58cm mittelerer Minenwerfer
Seen being fired at Canadian troops during the Passchendaele attack.
Maxim MG08
A German Maxim MG08 is seen placed in a shelled-out church at the beginning of the film.
