The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
[[Image:TRLArisaka99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier holds his Arisaka Type 99 on Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]).]]
[[Image:TRLArisaka99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier holds his Arisaka Type 99 on Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]).]]
==Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun==
==Nambu Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun==
Japanese soldiers are seen using [[Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun|Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun]]s in the film.
Japanese soldiers are seen using [[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 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nambu Type 3 machine gun looking out of a machine gun emplacement on Hill 262.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nambu Type 92 machine gun looking out of a machine gun emplacement on Hill 262.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier prepares to fire a Nambu Type 3 at the Americans.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier prepares to fire a Nambu Type 92 at the Americans.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Japanese soldier firing his Nambu Type 3 before being overrun.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Japanese soldier firing his Nambu Type 92 before being overrun.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers carry a Nambu Type 3 through the forest.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu92-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers carry a Nambu Type 92 through the forest.]]
==Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun==
==Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun==
Revision as of 14:55, 8 May 2012
The Thin Red Line is a 1998 World War II film directed by Terrence Malick and is the second movie adaptation of the James Jones novel (the first being a 1964 film of the same name). The film is a fictional account of the US Army's fight to capture an entrenched Japanese position during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. The film was shot in Queensland, Australia. One of the notable characters in the film is Cpt. Staros (Elias Koteas), an intelligent, sensitive Army captain who refuses to send his men to their certain death on a futile frontal assault on a fortified Japanese position, which puts him at odds with the ambitious Lt. Col. Tall (Nick Nolte). Another notable characters include the cynical and shrewd 1st. Sgt Welsh (Sean Penn), Pvt. Bell (Ben Chaplin) who is heavily devoted to his wife, and Pvt. Witt (Jim Caviezel), a deserter who hates the Army, but loves the men of Charlie Company enough to rejoin them during the battle. Despite the film's seven Academy Award nominations, this film is often overlooked because it was released in the same year as Saving Private Ryan.
The following weapons were used in the film The Thin Red Line:
Cpl. Queen (David Harrod) is seen using a Winchester 1897 shotgun, along with a BAR, although he is seen firing the Winchester rather then the BAR.
M1911A1
Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) steals an M1911A1 hanging from a bunk in the ship carrying Charlie Company to the island. He notably uses it when he charges a Japanese machine gun emplacement and fires it at them. Basically every other US soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only few soldiers such as Sgt. Gaff (John Cusack) are seen using them.
M1A1 Flamethrower
A US soldier is seen holding an M1A1 Flamethrower after Hill 262 is captured. He later uses it to torch the camp.
MK II Hand Grenade
Several US soldiers are seen using MK II Hand Grenades in the film. At one point we see Sgt. Keck (Woody Harrelson) straightening the folds on the pin of his grenade, which proves to be a fatal mistake on his behalf when the pin pulls too easily while still attached to his belt.
Oerlikon 20mm Cannon
On the ship under the command of Brig. Gen. Quintard (John Travolta) is a pair of Oerlikon 20mm Cannon mounted on a Mk 20 Mod 2 gun mount.
Bofors Twin Mount
On the ship under the command of Brig. Gen. Quintard (John Travolta) is a Bofors 40mm twin mount.
Arisaka Type 38
Japanese soldiers are seen mainly using Arisaka Type 38 rifles.
Arisaka Type 99
Some Japanese soldiers are seen using Arisaka Type 99 rifles with monopod.
The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the Nambu Type 14 Pistol. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film we see Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill.
Japanese Type 98 AA/AT
A 20mm Japanese Type 98 AA/AT gun is seen in the Japanese camp during the assault on Hill 262.