Windtalkers: Difference between revisions
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Windtalkers: Difference between revisions
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaSniper-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese sniper takes out Marines with an uknown sniper Arisaka rifle.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersArisakaSniper-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese sniper takes out Marines with an uknown sniper Arisaka rifle.]]
==Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun==
Japanese soldiers are seen mowing down Marines with [[Type 99 Light Machine Gun|Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Guns]]. When trying to steal a Japanese radio, Sgt. Joe Enders ([[Nicolas Cage]]) uses two Type 99 LMGs to cover Yahzee as he calls in.
[[Image:Type99LMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier fires a Nambu Type 99 LMG during the battle of Saipan.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap fires a Nambu Type 99.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap fires a Nambu Type 99 hand held.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japs fires Type 99s from a bunker.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersJapLineup.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line up of Japanese weaponry.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enders unloads a Type 99 on Japs in the trenches.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enders picks up and fires a second Type 99.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jap soldiers ambush Marines in a mine field.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType99-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier kills Gny. Sgt. Hjelmstad ([[Peter Stormare]]) with a Type 99 fitted with a Type 30 bayonet.]]
==Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun==
Japanese soldiers are seen firing [[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:WindtalkersNambuType92-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier chambers a Nambu Type 92 HMG. Note blank rounds on belt strip.]]
[[Image:WindtalkersNambuType92-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Jap soldier is seen maning a Nambu Type 92 in a weapons line up.]]
Revision as of 00:58, 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 Arisaka 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.
Japanese soldiers are seen mowing down Marines with Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Guns. When trying to steal a Japanese radio, Sgt. Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) uses two Type 99 LMGs to cover Yahzee as he calls in.
