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[[File:M240d.jpg|thumb|450px|none| M240D vehicle and aircraft-mount version with spade grips - 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | [[File:M240d.jpg|thumb|450px|none| M240D vehicle and aircraft-mount version with spade grips - 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | ||
[[File:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|400px|none|An original German [[Maxim]] 08 MG.]] | [[File:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|400px|none|An original German [[Maxim]] 08 MG.]] | ||
[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-01-25-14h10m51s147.jpg|thumb|600px|none| African Rebel machine gun. Note the charging handle which | [[File:Vlcsnap-2012-01-25-14h10m51s147.jpg|thumb|600px|none| African Rebel machine gun. Note the charging handle which neither the German or British contemporary machine guns did not have. The barrel is also at the center of the "water jacket" which is incorrect. A real German Maxim 08 or British Vickers respective barrels were at the bottom of the water jacket. Also note the FN MAG carrying handle sticking out on the right side.]] | ||
[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-01-25-14h10m30s198.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Another example of a mockup FN MAG. Note the centralised gun-barrel in relation to the water jacket which is incorrect for a historical WW1 era machine gun.]] | [[File:Vlcsnap-2012-01-25-14h10m30s198.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Another example of a mockup FN MAG. Note the centralised gun-barrel in relation to the water jacket which is incorrect for a historical WW1 era machine gun.]] | ||
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King Solomon's Mines is the 1985 feature film adaptation of the popular 1885 adventure novel written by H. Rider Haggard. Richard Chamberlain stars as the big game hunter and trader Allan Quatermain and Sharon Stone as Jesse Huston. The plot revolves around the duo in their search for Miss Huston's father and the legendary (and lost) King Solomon's Mines. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson and produced by the low budget Cannon Films studio and for budgetary reasons, made back-to-back with the 1987 sequel Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold.
The following weapons were used in the film King Solomon's Mines (1985):
Webley Mk VI
Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) and several other characters carries the Webley Mk VI.
Double-barreled sawed off shotgun
Quatermain carries a trademark sawed off shotgun of unknown type.
Luger P08
A German sergeant carries the Luger P08.
FN MAG (WW1-era machine gun mockup)
The German soldiers and African rebels use a FN MAG machine gun heavily modifed to look like machine guns of World War 1.
FN FAL (Lewis Gun mock-up)
The main villain Dogati (John Rhys-Davies) uses a FN FAL mocked up to look like a World War 1 Lewis light machine gun. Dogati fires the weapon fully automatic. The movie was filmed in Zimbabwe, which was formally the (British armed) country of Rhodesia so there were probably no lack of FN FAL derivatives due to its popularity in that country and that continent in general.
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I
The German soldiers and African rebels carries the British anachronistic world war 2 era Lee-Enfield rifle. It is most likely the Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I. In reality, since this movie takes place during World War 1, neither the Germans nor the African rebels would have used a rifle that was not introduced into the general public until 1939. It is doubly unlikely that the Germans at that time would have used any other rifle than the German Mauser.
Unknown mortars
German soldiers and African rebels are seen using a light mortar throughout the movie.
