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The British fighter craft and recon plane is armed with the [[Lewis gun#Aircraft Mounted|Lewis aircraft gun]] which is revealed to be a mockup on all the planes. Besides the general (incorrect) form of the weapon, the main revealer that it is a mockup is that the ammo drum does not rotate while firing. | The British fighter craft and recon plane is armed with the [[Lewis gun#Aircraft Mounted|Lewis aircraft gun]] which is revealed to be a mockup on all the planes. Besides the general (incorrect) form of the weapon, the main revealer that it is a mockup is that the ammo drum does not rotate while firing. | ||
[[Image:Rafmachinegunlewis3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun .303]] | [[Image:Rafmachinegunlewis3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun .303]] | ||
[[File:BlueMax 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The British observer/gunner after being hit by machine gun fire from Stachel. Note the hose between his hands which leads to the weapon and supplies the gas for the muzzle flame.]] | [[File:BlueMax 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The British observer/gunner after being hit by machine gun fire from Stachel. Note the hose between his hands which leads to the weapon and supplies the gas for the muzzle flame. The front round sight is also incorrect.]] | ||
[[File:BlueMaxLewisA (3).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A top mounted "Lewis" on a British S.E.5. The details reveal it is not a genuine Lewis. First of all the wooden stock. Second, note the hose which supplies the muzzle flame.]] | [[File:BlueMaxLewisA (3).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A top mounted "Lewis" on a British S.E.5. The details reveal it is not a genuine Lewis. First of all the wooden stock. Second, note the hose which supplies the muzzle flame.]] | ||
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[[File:BlueMax 28.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the soldier manning the MG on the right. His helmet is tilted to his left in an awkward angle. Seconds later this screencap was taken an explosion takes place just to the left of the soldier meaning the tilted helmet was most likely done for safety reasons.]] | [[File:BlueMax 28.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the soldier manning the MG on the right. His helmet is tilted to his left in an awkward angle. Seconds later this screencap was taken an explosion takes place just to the left of the soldier meaning the tilted helmet was most likely done for safety reasons.]] | ||
== Unknown Light Machine Gun == | |||
The Lewis Gun is replaced in some scenes by what appears to be a genuine (but unknown) LMG. It is modified to fire flames only from the muzzle and the hose is visible in most scenes. | |||
[[File:BlueMaxLewisA (1).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A flame shooter standing in for the Lewis. The design, however, suggests it is based upon a unknown (but genuine) Light Machine Gun.]] | |||
[[File:BlueMaxLewisA (5).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Second shot. Note the hose.]] | |||
=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
==Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I== | ==Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I== | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 22 March 2016
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The following weapons were used in the film The Blue Max:
Machine Guns
Maxim LMG 08/15 "Spandau" (mockup)
The Germans use air-cooled Maxim LMG 08/15 machine guns on their Fokker biplanes and triplanes. The guns mounted are mockups due to a number of revealing mistakes. The cocking handle on each MG doesn't move when the gun is fired unlike the original. The brass also ejects through the right side of the gun and actually from the middle of the cooling jacket as opposed to the original. Another giveaway is that the barrel of each MG is seen portruding from just above the exact center of the cooling jacket. In reality the barrel was at the bottom of the jacket. Another strong hint that the movie MG's are a mockup is the presence of stick magazines inserted very near where the movie-version MG's is seen ejecting brass. All in all this indicates that a pair of submachineguns were substituted for the real MG08. The mockups might also be an explaination (at least in part) why the pilots are using a handle to fire the MG's eventhough the historical aircraft used buttons attached to the flightstick in order to fire the onboard weapons.
Lewis gun (mockup)
The British fighter craft and recon plane is armed with the Lewis aircraft gun which is revealed to be a mockup on all the planes. Besides the general (incorrect) form of the weapon, the main revealer that it is a mockup is that the ammo drum does not rotate while firing.
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Maxim MG08
Maxim MG08 seen used by British troops.
Unknown Light Machine Gun
The Lewis Gun is replaced in some scenes by what appears to be a genuine (but unknown) LMG. It is modified to fire flames only from the muzzle and the hose is visible in most scenes.
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Rifles
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I is carried by German troops. The rifle is also seen in the hands of Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) during his own time in the trenches. The movie was shot in the Republic of Ireland and there was a lack of genuine German firearms (with one exception) for the shoot so older Irish Defence Forces weapons were substituted for German weapons.
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
In a reasonable move made by the producers all the British soldiers are carrying the older Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* with it's original sword bayonet to distinguish it from the German soldiers who (due to lack of German authentic weapons) carry the Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I with it's shorter bayonet.
Lee-Enfield Mk.I (probable)
During the hand to hand combat scenes at least one German is seen with what appears to be an older Lee-Enfield Mk.I.. The rifle is identifiable via the magazine cut-off switch visible and the portruding barrel which none of the later Lee-Enfield models had. The bolt action handle, (for the combat scenes), seems to have been removed though the bolt itself seems to be in place.
Handguns
Luger P08
The Luger P08 can be seen briefly carried by a German 2nd. Lieutenant.
Other
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol
A German officer uses a Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol.
