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==Karabiner 98k== | ==Karabiner 98k== | ||
Luftwaffe soldiers at the camp are seen armed with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles | Luftwaffe soldiers at the camp are seen armed with [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. Flight Lt. Hendly ([[James Garner]]) commandeers one from an airfield guard. | ||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm.]] | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm.]] | ||
[[Image:GEKar98k-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Luftwaffe soldier armed with a Karabiner 98k holds back a mob trying to watch a fake fight between two POWs, intended to distract the guards from other POWs escaping in the trucks. Note the center man pushing the gun barrel into a POW's stomach with his finger on the trigger.]] | [[Image:GEKar98k-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Luftwaffe soldier armed with a Karabiner 98k holds back a mob trying to watch a fake fight between two POWs, intended to distract the guards from other POWs escaping in the trucks. Note the center man pushing the gun barrel into a POW's stomach with his finger on the trigger.]] | ||
[[Image:GEKar98k-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Luftwaffe soldier with a Karabiner 98k puts Capt. Hilts ([[Steve McQueen]]) in the cooler, hence his name "The Cooler King".]] | [[Image:GEKar98k-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Luftwaffe soldier with a Karabiner 98k puts Capt. Hilts ([[Steve McQueen]]) in the cooler, hence his name "The Cooler King".]] | ||
[[Image:GEKar98k-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Luftwaffe soldiers with Kar98k rifles put Hilts in the cooler once again for another escape attempt.]] | [[Image:GEKar98k-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Luftwaffe soldiers with Kar98k rifles put Hilts in the cooler once again for another escape attempt.]] | ||
[[Image:GEKar98k-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger" ([[James Garner]]) helps guide the blind Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger" ([[Donald Pleasence]]) to one of the German planes in an airfield, armed with captured Kar98k taken from a sentry. The planes in the airfield are American AT-6 Texan trainers mocked up with German paint, although the plane they steal is an authentic German Bucker Bu 181 "Bestmann".]] | [[Image:GEKar98k-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger" ([[James Garner]]) helps guide the blind Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger" ([[Donald Pleasence]]) to one of the German planes in an airfield, armed with captured Kar98k taken from a sentry. The planes in the airfield are American AT-6 Texan trainers mocked up with German paint, although the plane they steal is an authentic German Bucker Bu 181 "Bestmann" (however, the Luftwaffe actually did have AT-6s captured from Belgium).]] | ||
[[Image:GEKar98k-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wehrmacht soldiers armed with Kar98k rifles capture Hendley after the plane crashes and Blythe is shot. Notice how the rifle closest to the camera lacks hooded sights and cleaning rod, which usually indicates Russian captures.]] | [[Image:GEKar98k-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wehrmacht soldiers armed with Kar98k rifles capture Hendley after the plane crashes and Blythe is shot. Notice how the rifle closest to the camera lacks hooded sights and cleaning rod, which usually indicates Russian captures.]] | ||
[[Image:GEKar98k-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Spanish tracker guides Sedgewick from France to Spain with a Kar98k slung over his back.]] | [[Image:GEKar98k-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Spanish tracker guides Sedgewick from France to Spain with a Kar98k slung over his back.]] | ||
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==MP40== | ==MP40== | ||
The [[MP40]] submachine gun is | The [[MP40]] submachine gun is seen in the hands of NCOs and several camp guards, who would just as likely be issued a MP40 as a Kar98k. | ||
[[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 - 9mm.]] | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 - 9mm.]] | ||
[[Image:GEMP40-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luftwaffe Guards armed with MP40s.]] | [[Image:GEMP40-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luftwaffe Guards armed with MP40s.]] | ||
Revision as of 06:55, 28 February 2015
The Great Escape is the classic 1963 World War II escape thriller directed by John Sturges and was based on the true story of one of the largest escape attempts made by Allied prisoners from a German POW camp during the war. The all-star cast included Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, and David McCallum.
The following weapons were used in the film The Great Escape:
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Karabiner 98k
Luftwaffe soldiers at the camp are seen armed with Karabiner 98k rifles. Flight Lt. Hendly (James Garner) commandeers one from an airfield guard.
MP40
The MP40 submachine gun is seen in the hands of NCOs and several camp guards, who would just as likely be issued a MP40 as a Kar98k.
Luger P08
All high ranking officers and soldiers at the camp keep Luger P08 pistols as their sidearms. After the escape, Cpt. Hilts (Steve McQueen) plants clear wire on a road way and causes a German soldier on a bike (secretivly played by Steve McQueen) to crash. He steals the soldier's uniform and Luger before eventually being captured.
MG42
Luftwaffe guards man MG42 machine guns in the camp perimeter towers. A group of French Resistance fighters use an MG42 to mow down German officers during a drive-by shooting. The Waffen SS are seen using an MG42 near the film's end (in reality, what was done to the escaped POW's was spread out over several instances).
Walther PP
Gestapo agents are seen carrying Walther PP pistols.
1934 Mauser pocket pistol
A German officer stops Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X" (Richard Attenborough) on the street and holds a Mauser 1934 "Humpback" pistol on him before being convinced he is a citizen by his fluent German and authentic papers. While it could be a Mauser 1910 or 1914 pistol, it is likely a 1934 since this is a WWII film.
Mauser Competition Rifle
A Wehrmacht soldier is seen using an unknown sniper rifle to shoot Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger" (Donald Pleasence). It would appear to be a sporterized Kar98k with a scope, although an actually Kar98k sniper rifle issued at the time was not sporterized.
