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A [[Smith & Wesson Military & Police]] is Captain Alan Gaskell's ([[Clark Gable]]) handgun.
A [[Smith & Wesson Military & Police]] is Captain Alan Gaskell's ([[Clark Gable]]) handgun. An M&P revolver is also seen in hands of a passenger.
[[Image:S&W M&PSHORT.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 4" barrel - .38 Special]]
[[Image:S&W M&PSHORT.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 4" barrel - .38 Special]]
[[File:China Seas-SWMP-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Captain Gaskell grabs his revolver when he hears someone covertly entering his cabin.]]
[[File:China Seas-SWMP-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Captain Gaskell grabs his revolver when he hears someone covertly entering his cabin.]]
[[File:China Seas-Revolver-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|When the pirates board ''Kin Lung'', one of the passengers runs on the deck with a revolver in hand but is gunned down.]]
== Mauser C96 ==
== Mauser C96 ==
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== Unidentified revolvers ==
== Unidentified revolvers ==
Several revolvers are briefly seen when the pirates attack the ship.
[[File:China Seas-Revolver-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Third Officer Tom Davids (Lewis Stone) fires at pirates. His revolver is seen too briefly for a positive identification.]]
[[File:China Seas-Revolver-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|When the pirates board ''Kin Lung'', one of the passengers runs on the deck with a revolver in hand but is gunned down. The revolver is possibly a [[Smith & Wesson Military & Police]].]]
[[File:China Seas-Revolver-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Third Officer Tom Davids (Lewis Stone) fires at pirates.]]
[[File:China Seas-Revolver-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Sikh NCO in Singapore carries a typical holster for [[Webley Revolvers|Webley .455 revolvers]].]]
[[File:China Seas-Revolver-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Sikh NCO in Singapore carries a typical holster for [[Webley Revolvers|Webley .455 revolvers]].]]
China Seas is a 1935 B&W adventure movie directed by Tay Garnett and starring Clark Gable as Alan Gaskell, the captain of a steamer Kin Lung that sails from Hong Kong to Singapore. The ship transports a large sum in gold bullions, and this cargo becomes the target of Malay pirates with whom one of the passengers is in league. Meanwhile, Captain Gaskell is suffering from personal problems, as there are now two women on his ship with whom he had an affair: actress Dolly 'China Doll' Portland (Jean Harlow) and aristocratic Sybil Barclay (Rosalind Russell).
The following weapons were used in the film China Seas:
In the climactic scene Captain's cabin boy Ah Sing (Willie Fung) fires a Thompson M1921 at pirates (where the SMG came from is a mystery, as the pirates thoroughly searched the ship and looted every item worth stealing).
In the scene in Hong Kong British Sikh soldiers are armed with Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III rifles. Many pirates are also armed with No.1 Mk.III rifles, some of those are stolen from the ship armory. Most rifles are original Mk III.
A pair of Double Barreled Shotguns is used for skeet shooting on the steamer. The guns are seen in hands of Sybil Barclay (Rosalind Russell), Yu-Lan (Soo Yong), Dolly Portland (Jean Harlow), and Jamesy McArdle (Wallace Beery).
In the climactic scene, Third Officer Tom Davids (Lewis Stone) uses a satchel with hand grenades to damage the pirates' junk. Captain Gaskell calls the grenades Mills Bombs but in reality these are French F1 hand grenades with Billant fuze.
A 1-pounder (37 mm) Hotchkiss gun is mounted on Kin Lung. Captain Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) uses it to sink the pirates' junk after it is damaged by Davids' grenades.
