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[[Image:Vickers gun.JPG|thumb|none| | [[Image:Vickers gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mark 1 Machine Gun with ribbed water jacket - .303 British]] | ||
[[Image:Leo Gordon-Vickers MG.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Leo Gordon-Vickers MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bolek (Leo Gordon) did a [[Vickers#Vickers MK1 Machine Gun|Vickers MK1]] machine gun control on the locomotive.]] | ||
[[Image:Tony Bonner-Vickers.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gunner Reese (Tony Bonner) performs regular maintenance of the machine gun.]] | [[Image:Tony Bonner-Vickers.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gunner Reese (Tony Bonner) performs regular maintenance of the machine gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Turkish soldiers-Vickers MG-YCWEA.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ataturk's headquarters guards a soldiers with rifles and machine guns.]] | [[Image:Turkish soldiers-Vickers MG-YCWEA.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ataturk's headquarters guards a soldiers with rifles and machine guns.]] |
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You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1970 British war adventure film directed by Peter Collinson, screenplay written by Leo Gordon (also an actor who appears in the film as Bolek). The story takes place in 1922 during the final phase of the Greco-Turkish War. Governor Osman Bey (Grégoire Aslan) hires a group of mercenaries who have in their ranks as well as two former U.S. Army soldiers Adam Dyer (Tony Curtis) and Josh Corey (Charles Bronson), entrust the task to protect his three daughters and a shipment of gold. The desire to seize of the treasure in addition to mercenaries, has also a bandits from the mountains, the Greeks army and also turkish colonel Elci (Fikret Hakan), commander of that accompanies the shipment. Princesses with their treasures is protects by a governess and body guard Aila (Michèle Mercier), which actually works for the new Republic of Turkey.
The following weapons are featured in the film You Can't Win 'Em All:
Handguns
Colt New Service
Josh Corey (Charles Bronson) used a Colt New Service revolver.
Webley Mk VI Revolver
Col. Elci (Fikret Hakan) carries a Webley Mk VI revolver.
Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"
Aila (Michèle Mercier) armed by Mauser C96 pistol.
Submachine guns
Thompson Submachine Gun
Various characters are seen with Colt M1921AC Thompson submachine guns.
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifle
Greek soldiers fires from Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifles.
Mannlicher-Schoenauer 1903 carbine
Greek troops armed by Greek Model 1903 Carbine.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
Karabiner 98a are the mainstay weapon of the turkish also greek soldiers.
Flintlock musket
The bandits in the mountains used various historical weapons, including flintlock muskets.
Machine Guns
Lewis Machine Gun
Gunner Reese (Tony Bonner) by Lewis Machine Gun mowed down the attackers.
Vickers MK1
Other
Hebel Flare Pistol model M1894
Greek officer gives the signal from Hebel Flare Pistol model M1894 to cease fire.
Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1906
Greek artillery used the Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1906
Aerial bomb
Turkish aircraft dropped a aerial bombs at the Greek army position ...