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The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility. | |||
{{Gun Title}} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk III== | |||
[[File:Webley & Scott MkIII Signal.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel]] | |||
A lanyard swivel was added on the butt in 1915. | |||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1911 | * Year of Production: 1911 | ||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | * Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | ||
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* Barrel Length: 4 inches | * Barrel Length: 4 inches | ||
* Weight: | * Weight: | ||
''' | === Film === | ||
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* | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | ||
* | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[James Cagney]] || Pvt. Jerry Plunkett || || 1940 | |||
|} | |||
=== Television === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note / Episode''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1]]'' || [[Kam Fong]] || Chin Ho || || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Anzacs]]'' || || Australian troops || || 1985 | |||
|} | |||
=== Video Games === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| [[Forgotten Hope 2]] || || MkIII || 2005 | |||
|} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk III*== | |||
[[File:Webley Signal Pistol.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel]] | |||
Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech. | Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech. | ||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1916 | * Year of Production: 1916 | ||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | * Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | ||
* Length: | * Length: 9.5 inches | ||
* Barrel Length: | * Barrel Length: 5.5 inches | ||
* Weight: | * Weight: | ||
=== Film === | |||
== Film == | |||
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| ''[[Carry on, Sergeant!]]'' || || German soldier || Mk. III* || 1928 | | ''[[Carry on, Sergeant!]]'' || || German soldier || Mk. III* || 1928 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Gorgo]]'' || || A British sailor || No. 1 Mk. III* || 1961 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || [[Anthony Quayle]] || Col. Brighton || || 1962 | | ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || [[Anthony Quayle]] || Col. Brighton || || 1962 | ||
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| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || [[Peter O'Toole]] || Col. Lawrence || || 1962 | | ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || [[Peter O'Toole]] || Col. Lawrence || || 1962 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Dirty Dozen | | ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' || [[Clint Walker]] || Samson Posey || No. 1 Mk. III* || 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[People That Time Forgot, The|The People That Time Forgot]]'' || [[Patrick Wayne]] || Maj. Ben McBride || || 1977 | | ''[[People That Time Forgot, The|The People That Time Forgot]]'' || [[Patrick Wayne]] || Maj. Ben McBride || || 1977 | ||
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| ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' || [[Alan Van Sprang]] || Sgt. Crocket || || 2010 | | ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' || [[Alan Van Sprang]] || Sgt. Crocket || || 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Cockneys vs. Zombies]]'' || || || Mk. III* || 2012 | ||
|} | |||
=== Television === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note / Episode''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Doctor Who (Classic Series)|Doctor Who]]'' || [[Paul Darrow]] || Capt. Sam Hawkins || "Doctor Who and the Silurians" || 1970 | |||
|} | |||
=== Video Games === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[NecroVisioN: Lost Company]] || || No. 1 Mk. III* || 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Battlefield 1]] || || No. 1 Mk. III* || 2016 | ||
|} | |||
===Anime=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02)) || Rock || No. 1 Mk. III* || 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | | ''[[Violet Evergarden]]'' || Gilbert Bougainvillea || Ep. 08, No. 1 Mk. III* || 2018 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |} | ||
==Webley & Scott No.1 Mk V== | |||
[[File:British-No1-MkV-Flare.jpg|thumb|right|300px|No.1 Mk. V Signal Pistol - 1 inch - steel frame and barrel]] | |||
A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber [[Webley Mk VI]] service revolver. | |||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1915 | |||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | |||
* Length: ? | |||
* Barrel Length: 4 inches | |||
* Weight: | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Paratrooper]]'' || [[Leo Genn]] || Maj. John Snow || No. 1 Mk. V || 1953 | |||
|} | |} | ||
== | {{Clear}} | ||
==Webley & Scott No.2 Mk V== | |||
[[File:Webley-Scott No 2 Mk V Flare Pistol.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No.2 Mk. V Signal Pistol]] | |||
A No.1 Mk V with a longer flanged barrel like the Mk III*. | |||
=== Specifications === | |||
* Year of Production: 1916 | |||
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm] | |||
* Length: ? | |||
* Barrel Length: ? | |||
* Weight: | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | ||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Customs officer || No. 2 Mk. V || 1972 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Syndicate Sadists (Il giustiziere sfida la città)|Syndicate Sadists]]'' || Alessandro Cocco || Giampiero Marsili || No. 2 Mk. V || 1975 | ||
|} | |||
{{Clear}} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I== | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[ | |''[[Journey%27s_End_(2018)|Journey's End]]''||[[Asa Butterfield]]||Second Lieutenant Raleigh||No. 3 Mk I||2018 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Journey%27s_End_(2018)|Journey's End]]''||[[Stephen Graham]]||Second Lieutenant Trotter||No. 3 Mk I||2018 | |||
|} | |} | ||
== Video Games == | === Video Games === | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | ||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Mad Max (2015 VG)|Mad Max]] || Flare Gun ||No. 3 Mk. I || 2015 | ||
|} | |||
==Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I== | |||
[[File:WebSig2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I Signal Pistol - 37 mm]] | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Gorgo]]'' || || A British soldier || No. 4 Mk. I || 1961 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[The Light at the Edge of the World]]'' || [[Renato Salvatori]] || Montefiore || No. 4 Mk. I || 1971 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Dylan Dog: Dead of Night]]'' || [[Brandon Routh]] || Dylan Dog || No. 4 Mk. 1 || 2011 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | rowspan="2"|''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' || [[Tom Hardy]] || Farrier || No. 4 Mk. I || rowspan="2"|2017 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Jack Lowden]] || Collins || No. 4 Mk. I | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | === Video Games === | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | ||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Time Crisis 3]] || "Grenade" || No. 4 Mk. I || 2003 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Far Cry 2]] || || No. 4 Mk. I || 2008 | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 12 March 2019
The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility.
The Webley & Scott Signal Pistols and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk III
A lanyard swivel was added on the butt in 1915.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1911
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: 8 inches
- Barrel Length: 4 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Fighting 69th | James Cagney | Pvt. Jerry Plunkett | 1940 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | Kam Fong | Chin Ho | 1968 | |
Anzacs | Australian troops | 1985 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Forgotten Hope 2 | MkIII | 2005 |
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk III*
Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1916
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: 9.5 inches
- Barrel Length: 5.5 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carry on, Sergeant! | German soldier | Mk. III* | 1928 | |
Gorgo | A British sailor | No. 1 Mk. III* | 1961 | |
Lawrence of Arabia | Anthony Quayle | Col. Brighton | 1962 | |
Lawrence of Arabia | Peter O'Toole | Col. Lawrence | 1962 | |
The Dirty Dozen | Clint Walker | Samson Posey | No. 1 Mk. III* | 1967 |
The People That Time Forgot | Patrick Wayne | Maj. Ben McBride | 1977 | |
The Razor's Edge | James Keach | Grey | 1984 | |
Biggles: Adventures in Time | Neil Dickson | James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth | 1986 | |
The Trench | Danny Dyer | Lance Cpl. Dell | 1999 | |
Survival of the Dead | Alan Van Sprang | Sgt. Crocket | 2010 | |
Cockneys vs. Zombies | Mk. III* | 2012 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Who | Paul Darrow | Capt. Sam Hawkins | "Doctor Who and the Silurians" | 1970 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
NecroVisioN: Lost Company | No. 1 Mk. III* | 2010 | |
Battlefield 1 | No. 1 Mk. III* | 2016 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Black Lagoon ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02)) | Rock | No. 1 Mk. III* | 2006 |
Violet Evergarden | Gilbert Bougainvillea | Ep. 08, No. 1 Mk. III* | 2018 |
Webley & Scott No.1 Mk V
A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber Webley Mk VI service revolver.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1915
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: ?
- Barrel Length: 4 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paratrooper | Leo Genn | Maj. John Snow | No. 1 Mk. V | 1953 |
Webley & Scott No.2 Mk V
A No.1 Mk V with a longer flanged barrel like the Mk III*.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1916
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: ?
- Barrel Length: ?
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gang War in Naples | Customs officer | No. 2 Mk. V | 1972 | |
Syndicate Sadists | Alessandro Cocco | Giampiero Marsili | No. 2 Mk. V | 1975 |
Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Journey's End | Asa Butterfield | Second Lieutenant Raleigh | No. 3 Mk I | 2018 |
Journey's End | Stephen Graham | Second Lieutenant Trotter | No. 3 Mk I | 2018 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Mad Max | Flare Gun | No. 3 Mk. I | 2015 |
Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gorgo | A British soldier | No. 4 Mk. I | 1961 | |
The Light at the Edge of the World | Renato Salvatori | Montefiore | No. 4 Mk. I | 1971 |
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | Brandon Routh | Dylan Dog | No. 4 Mk. 1 | 2011 |
Dunkirk | Tom Hardy | Farrier | No. 4 Mk. I | 2017 |
Jack Lowden | Collins | No. 4 Mk. I |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Time Crisis 3 | "Grenade" | No. 4 Mk. I | 2003 |
Far Cry 2 | No. 4 Mk. I | 2008 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield