Darby's Rangers: Difference between revisions
Darby's Rangers: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Darby's Rangers: Difference between revisions
Throughout the film, US Army Rangers carry the Colt [[M1921 Thompson]] submachine gun.
Throughout the film, US Army Rangers carry the [[M1921 Thompson]] submachine gun.
[[Image: M1921AC.jpg|thumb|none|400px| M1921AC Thompson with a horizontal fore grip and 30-round magazine - .45ACP]]
[[File:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:darby17_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Cpl. Rollo Burns ([[Peter Brown]]) bids farewell to his girl, Peggy McTavish (Venetia Stevenson) and her father, Sgt. McTavish ([[Torin Thatcher]]).]]
[[Image:darby17_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Cpl. Rollo Burns ([[Peter Brown]]) bids farewell to his girl, Peggy McTavish (Venetia Stevenson) and her father, Sgt. McTavish ([[Torin Thatcher]]).]]
Darby’s Rangers is the 1958 World War II film that was the next-to-last feature directed by William A. Wellman. The film also marked the first starring role for actor James Garner, who portrays Colonel William Orlando Darby. The movie chronicles Col. Darby's formation of an elite Army commando group as the “tip of the Army’s spear,” thus creating the Rangers. The cast included Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes (as Edward Byrnes), Peter Brown, Stuart Whitman, and Murray Hamilton.
The following weapons were used in the film Darby’s Rangers:
Throughout the film, Army Rangers carry the M1 Carbine.
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Browning M1919
Throughout the film, Ranger jeeps carry a pedestal mounted Browning M1919 machine gun.