Battle Cry: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Battle Cry: Difference between revisions
[[Image:battle4_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Marines take a break.]]
[[Image:battle4_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Marines take a break.]]
==M1 Carbine==
==M1 Carbine==
Throughout the film, Marines carry the [[M1 Carbine]].
Throughout the film, some Marines carry the [[M1 Carbine]].
[[Image: M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine. Most of the World War II variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight. This is the version seen after late 1945 and all the way until the 1960s. This version is seen most often in World War II movies, despite being anachronistic for most World War II battles.]]
[[Image: M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine. Most of the World War II variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight.]]
[[Image:battle15_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The Marine on the left carries the M1 Cabine.]]
[[Image:battle15_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The Marine on the left carries the M1 Carbine.]]
==Browning Automatic Rifle==
==Browning Automatic Rifle==
Marines carry the [[Browning Automatic Rifle]] into combat on Saipan.
Marines carry the [[Browning Automatic Rifle]] into combat on Saipan.
Revision as of 09:02, 7 August 2013
Battle Cry (1955) was directed by Raoul Walsh (The Big Trail, White Heat, The Enforcer) and was based on the novel by Leon Uris. The film stars Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Anne Francis, and Fess Parker and follows the 2nd Marine Battalion while relegated to mop-up tours in the Pacific until finally assigned to a dangerous mission on Saipan.
The following weapons were used in the film Battle Cry: