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==Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifle== | ==Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifle== | ||
[[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifle]]s are the mainstay weapon of the Australian and British troops | [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifle]]s are the mainstay weapon of the Australian and British troops | ||
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|No.1 MkIII Enfield Rifle - .303 British]] | [[Image:SMLE Mark III.jpg|thumb|none|400px|No.1 MkIII Enfield Rifle - .303 British]] | ||
[[Image:Lighthorsemen-SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Frank ([[Gary Sweet]]) preparing to mercy kill his wounded horse]] | [[Image:Lighthorsemen-SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Frank ([[Gary Sweet]]) preparing to mercy kill his wounded horse]] | ||
[[Image:Lighthorsemen-SMLE-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dave Mitchell ([[Peter Phelps]]) holds his SMLE rifle]] | [[Image:Lighthorsemen-SMLE-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dave Mitchell ([[Peter Phelps]]) holds his SMLE rifle]] | ||
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The Lighthorsemen is a 1987 Australian World War I film directed by Simon Wincer. The film tells about the men of the Australian Light Horse who were involved in the 1917 Battle of Beersheeba.
Several pieces of footage from the film were re-used for the episode "Palestine 1917" of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (re-released on video and DVD under the title "Daredevils of the Desert"), which Wincer also directed.
The following weapons are featured in the film The Lighthorsemen:
Handguns
Webley Mk VI Revolver
Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifle
Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Rifles are the mainstay weapon of the Australian and British troops
Turkish 1903 Mauser Rifle
Mauser 1903 Rifles are the mainstay weapon of the Turkish troops.
Machine Guns
Lewis Machine Gun
Vickers MK1
Maxim MG08
Maxim MG08/15
Parabellum MG17
Hand Grenades
Model 17 Stielhandgranate
Other
7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.
Turkish troops use German 7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 n. A. field guns. Australian troops use these guns also.
Aerial bomb
German reconnaissance aircraft carries small aerial bombs.
Mark IV tank
British troops use tanks during the Second Battle of Gaza
Explosive
Australian troops used explosives to destroy the Turkish railway
