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'''The following guns were used in the | '''The following guns were used in the film ''[[Windtalkers]]'':''' | ||
[[Image:WindtalkersCover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Windtalkers (2002)'']] | |||
[[Image:M1- | ==M1 Garand== | ||
[[M1 Garand]] rifles are the most commonly weapon in the hands of U.S. Marines. Most notabley seen used by Private Pappas ([[Mark Ruffalo]]) and Private Nellie ([[Martin Henderson]]). | |||
[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand - .30-06.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Ender's men in Guadalcanal with an M1 Garand.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Pappas with his M1 Garand during the battle of Saipan.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Nellie with his M1 Garand.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Nellie with his M1 Garand.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Pappas fires his M1 Garand.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pappas fires his M1.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1Garand-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pappas fires his M1.]] | |||
==M1928 Thompson== | ==M1928 Thompson== | ||
Sgt. Joe Enders ([[Nicholas Cage]]) uses an [[Thompson#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928 Thompson]] fitted with a 50 round drum during the opening scene in the swamps of Guadalcanal. | |||
[[Image:M1928.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928 Thompson - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928Thompson-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders kills a Japanese soldier in the brush with his M1928 Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928Thompson-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders fires his M1928 Thompson at the Japanese soldiers.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928Thompson-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders with his Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928Thompson-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders tries to help a Marine over a log before he is shot.]] | |||
==M1928A1 Thompson== | ==M1928A1 Thompson== | ||
For the remainder of the film, Sgt. Joe Enders ([[Nicholas Cage]]) uses an [[Thompson#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] fitted with a 30 round magazine (although the capacity is continually ignored, being a John Woo film). Sgt. Pete "Ox" Anderson ([[Christian Slater]]) also uses an M1928A1. Since this is a Woo film, whenever Enders or Ox comes running in, all it takes is a good hip fired burst from their Thompsons and all the Japs are dead. | |||
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson - .45 ACP.]] | ||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders hugs the dirt while armed with his M1928A1 Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders lets loose his M1928A1 Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-3.jpg|thumb|none|700px|Sgt. Enders reloads his Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928a1Thompson-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Ox fires his Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders with his Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Ox with his Thompson. The shot is clearly reversed since Christian Slater is right handed and the ejection port is on the right side.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ox fires his Thompson at the Japs.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of Ox firing his Thompson.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1928A1Thompson-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enders takes out three Japs with his Thompson, firing it with one hand!]] | |||
== | ==M1911A1== | ||
Both Sgt. Joe Enders ([[Nicholas Cage]]) and Sgt. Pete "Ox" Anderson ([[Christian Slater]]) use [[M1911A1]] pistols as their sidearms. | |||
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enders primes a satchel charge while holding his M1911A1. If he had any plan to use it, he'd cock the hammer and put it in his right hand.]] | ||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enders packs his M1911A1 in Yahzee's pack when he disguises himself as a Japanese soldier to steal a radio.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ox fires his M1911A1 after being stabbed by a bayonet. Slater flinches terribley in this scene.]] | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"I can't let them take us." Ox prepares to kill Whitehorse when the Japanese over whelm them.]] | ||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Instead of killing Whitehorse, he whips him around and fires his M1911A1 some more.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Whitehorse picks up Ox's M1911A1 when a Gunto-wielding Jap decapitates him and fires it, eyes closed.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close up Ox's M1911A1 when Yahzee picks it up and threatens to kill Enders. Note the milling on the ejection port, one of the procedures done to convert a real gun to fire blanks.]] | |||
[[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enders reloads his M1911A1 during the final battle.]] | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:WindtalkersM1911A1-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Yahzee forces Enders to turn his M1911A1 on him.]] | ||
Revision as of 01:28, 2 February 2009
The following guns were used in the film Windtalkers:
M1 Garand
M1 Garand rifles are the most commonly weapon in the hands of U.S. Marines. Most notabley seen used by Private Pappas (Mark Ruffalo) and Private Nellie (Martin Henderson).
M1928 Thompson
Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicholas Cage) uses an M1928 Thompson fitted with a 50 round drum during the opening scene in the swamps of Guadalcanal.
M1928A1 Thompson
For the remainder of the film, Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicholas Cage) uses an M1928A1 Thompson fitted with a 30 round magazine (although the capacity is continually ignored, being a John Woo film). Sgt. Pete "Ox" Anderson (Christian Slater) also uses an M1928A1. Since this is a Woo film, whenever Enders or Ox comes running in, all it takes is a good hip fired burst from their Thompsons and all the Japs are dead.
M1911A1
Both Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicholas Cage) and Sgt. Pete "Ox" Anderson (Christian Slater) use M1911A1 pistols as their sidearms.
