Windtalkers: Difference between revisions
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Windtalkers: Difference between revisions
[[Image:WindtalkersMk2grenade-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Pappas ([[Mark Ruffalo]]) pulls the pin on a Mk II grenade.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersMk2grenade-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Pappas ([[Mark Ruffalo]]) pulls the pin on a Mk II grenade.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersMk2grenade-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders pops the primer handle off a Mk II grenade before throwing it in to kill Whitehorse ([[Roger Willie]]). "Cooking" a grenade is film fiction and anyone brave enough to attempt it is likely to die or be declared crazy. The only reason this is done in the film is because the fuse realistically smokes and looks cool in close ups.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersMk2grenade-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders pops the primer handle off a Mk II grenade before throwing it in to kill Whitehorse ([[Roger Willie]]). "Cooking" a grenade is film fiction and anyone brave enough to attempt it is likely to die or be declared crazy. The only reason this is done in the film is because the fuse realistically smokes and looks cool in close ups.]]
==Arisaka Type 38==
[[Arisaka Rifle#Arisaka Type 38|Arisaka Type 38]] rifles are used by the Japanese Imperial Army troops. At one point in the film, Pvt. Ben Yahzee ([[Adam Beach]]) disguises himself as a Japanese soldier to aquire a radio after his is destroyed. He also takes a Arisaka Type 38 along with the disguise. Some of the rifles are seen with wooden barrel covers while others have them removed.
[[Image:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Arisaka Type 38 - 6.5x50mm.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType38-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers fire their Arisaka Type 38 rifles.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType38-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Enders does a brass check on an Arisaka Type 38 before handing it to Yahzee.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType38-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Yahzee with a Arisaka Type 38 while disguised as a Japanese soldier.]]
==Arisaka Type 99==
[[Arisaka Rifle#Arisaka Type 99|Arisaka Type 99]] rifles are the most commonly seen rifles in the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army.
[[Image:Arisaka-Type-99.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Arisaka Type 99 - 7.7x58mm.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier fires his Arisaka Type 99 after emerging from a hidden hole.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier fires his Arisaka Type 99 rifle with the "anti-aircraft" sight flipped up.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Jap soldier in the foreground has an Arisaka Type 99.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier crawls over to grab his Arisaka Type 99 after the Marines overwhelm the trenches.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another Jap soldier with a Type 99, this one with the "anti-aircraft" sights flipped up.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier stabs Ox with the Type 30 bayonet of his Type 99.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaType99-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier prepares to stab Whitehorse with his Type 30 bayonet before being ordered not to so he can be interigated.]]
==Arisaka Sniper Rifle==
While not closely seen, a Japanese sniper takes out a few Marines with an [[Ariska Rifle]], assumed to be a scoped model to fit the sniper role. But do to John Woo logic, he is no match for Sgt. Joe Enders ([[Nicolas Cage]]) and a quick hip fired burst from his Thompson.
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaSniper-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese sniper takes out Marines with an uknown sniper Arisaka rifle.]]
Revision as of 00:28, 4 February 2009
The following guns were used in the film Windtalkers:
M1 Garand rifles are the most common weapons in the hands of U.S. Marines. Most notably seen used by Private Pappas (Mark Ruffalo) and Private Nellie (Martin Henderson).
For the remainder of the film, Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicolas 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.
Both Private Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Private Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie) use M1 Carbines throughout the film. This is strange because usually M1 Carbines were issued to soldiers of higher rank, not first time translator privates. It would be more likely for them to be issued M1 Garands.
Private Chick (Noah Emmerich) uses a Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 as his role of the support gunner in the film, although his BAR is firing on the faster auto fire rate and has the bipod removed, suggesting it is used more in the assault rifle role.
Private Harrigan (Brian Van Holt) uses an M2-2 Flamethrower as his weapon in the film. Using a flamethrower in any combat situation is a brave move as a single hit from an FMJ round to the tank containing a mixture of Napalm and Gasoline, and the tank will explode and engulf the user in flames. Harrigan is unlucky enough to experiance this himself, forcing Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) puts him out of his misery with his .45.
Some of the Marines during the opening scene in Guadalcanal use Springfield M1903A3 rifles. While the M1903A4 was usually issued as a sniper rifle, sometimes '03A3 rifles were used due to M1 Garand shortages.
An M1 Bazooka is used by Marines during the battle of Saipan. When two Marines are attempting to take out a bunker with the device, the loader is wounded and the gunner is killed, so Sgt. Pete "Ox" Anderson (Christian Slater) runs out and does a stylish "judo-roll", grabbing the launcher in the process. The wounded loader gets back up and readies the weapon, and Ox takes out the bunker single handedly. Some other Marines are also seen carrying them.
Arisaka Type 38 rifles are used by the Japanese Imperial Army troops. At one point in the film, Pvt. Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) disguises himself as a Japanese soldier to aquire a radio after his is destroyed. He also takes a Arisaka Type 38 along with the disguise. Some of the rifles are seen with wooden barrel covers while others have them removed.
While not closely seen, a Japanese sniper takes out a few Marines with an Ariska Rifle, assumed to be a scoped model to fit the sniper role. But do to John Woo logic, he is no match for Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) and a quick hip fired burst from his Thompson.
