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[[Image:FOOFM7riflegrenade-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|US Marines prepare to fire an M17 Rifle Grenade from an [[M1 Garand]] rifle.]] | [[Image:FOOFM7riflegrenade-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|US Marines prepare to fire an M17 Rifle Grenade from an [[M1 Garand]] rifle.]] | ||
== M2A1-7 Flamethrower == | ==M2A1-7 Flamethrower== | ||
An [[M2 Flamethrower|M2A1-7 Flamethrower]] is used by Corporal Charles W. Lindberg ([[Alessandro Mastrobuono]]) to burn a Japanese pillbox. | |||
[[Image:Flamethrower.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M2A1-7 Flamethrower]] | [[Image:M2 Flamethrower.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M2 Flamethrower - Seven second burn time.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:FOOFM2Flamethrower-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cpl. Lindberg ([[Alessandro Mastrobuono]]) takes cover while holding his M2A1-7 Flamethrower.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:FOOFM2Flamethrower-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cpl. Lindberg ([[Alessandro Mastrobuono]]) gets up to burn the bunker.]] | ||
[[Image:FOOFM2Flamethrower-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cpl. Lindberg ([[Alessandro Mastrobuono]]) burns a pillbox with his M2A1-7 Flamethrower.]] | |||
[[Image:FOOFM2Flamethrower-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A war photo from Iwo Jima shows a Marine running with an M2 Flamethrower in the credits.]] | |||
== Mark 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade == | == Mark 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade == | ||
Revision as of 23:30, 26 April 2009
The following guns were used in the film Flags of our Fathers:
M1 Garand
M1 Garands are used by a vast majority of the US Marines in the film including Medic John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe), Corporal Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford), Corporal Harlon Block (Benjamin Walker), Private First Class Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski (Jamie Bell), Pfc. Franklin Sousley (Joseph Cross), and Sergeant Hank Hansen (Paul Walker).
M1 Carbine
M1 Carbines are seen used by some US Marines including Sergeant Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach).
M1 Thompson
Some of the US Marines use M1 Thompsons in the film, noted by their cheap "L" peep sight.
Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2
Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2s are used by some of the Marines in the film.
Browning M1919A4
Browning M1919A4s are used by Marines when they first combat the Japanese on the beach.
Browning M2HB
Browning M2HBs are used by Marines on LVTs to shoot at Mt. Suribachi.
M17 Rifle Grenade
An M17 Rifle Grenade is seen used by two Marines on the beach.
M2A1-7 Flamethrower
An M2A1-7 Flamethrower is used by Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (Alessandro Mastrobuono) to burn a Japanese pillbox.
Mark 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
This is used by a Marine to try and clear a pillbox.
The following guns were used by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
The "woodpecker" is seen mounted inside the pillboxes.
Type 99 Light Machine Gun
This weapon is seen used in the pillboxes and in the ambush scene.
Type 99 Rifle
This weapon is used by the Ambushing IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) troops during the first flag raising.
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Type 94
Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) goes into a tunnel and finds it in it's holster lying by several dead Japanese soldiers.
