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[[Image:Valkyrie k98 02.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The German Firing Squad at the end of the film, all using Kar98k Rifles. This is a shot used primarily for the trailer, and is never seen from this angle in the actual film.]]
[[Image:Valkyrie k98 02.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The German Firing Squad at the end of the film, all using Kar98k Rifles. This is a shot used primarily for the trailer, and is never seen from this angle in the actual film.]]


==[[Walther PPK]]==
==Walther PPK==
 
* Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ([[Tom Cruise]]), as well as most of the German officers use [[Walther PPK]]s as their sidearms, most notably General Ludwig Beck ([[Terence Stamp]]) and Major Otto Ernst Remer ([[Thomas Kretschmann]]).  
* Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg cocks his Walther PPK with one hand, using the end of a table.  He must do this since he loses his other hand earlier in his combat experiences in North Africa with Rommel, and must cock his pistol one handed.  Most of the officers have PPKs, most notably General Ludwig Beck ([[Terence Stamp]]) and Major Otto Ernst Remer ([[Thomas Kretschmann]]).  
[[Image:Walther-PPK.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP).]]  
 
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer keeps his Walther PPK laying on his desk in an attempt to intimidate Major-General Henning von Tresckow ([[Kenneth Branagh]]) when suspecting him of giving the dud wine crate bomb to Hitler ([[David Bamber]]).]]
[[Image:Walther-PPK.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Walther PPK in 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP)]]  
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stauffenberg's Walther PPK, holster, and hat laying on a table in "The Wolf's Layer", leaving him as a prime suspect in the failed bombing attempt.]]
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK.jpg‎ ‎|thumb|none|500px|von Stauffenberg pushes his Walther PPK against the table - 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP)]]
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Werner von Haeften ([[Jamie Parker]]) holds his Walther PPK on General Friedrich Fromm ([[Tom Wilkinson]]).]]
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK02.jpg‎  ‎|thumb|none|500px|Pushing back the slide of the Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP)]]
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stauffenberg chambers his Walther PPK by pushing it against the desk edge, incapable of properly charging the weapon due to his right arm being amputated from an injury in Africa.]]
 
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Ludwig Beck ([[Terrence Stamp]]) is handed a Walther PPK to commit suicide with.]]
 
[[Image:Valppk.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


==MP40==
==MP40==

Revision as of 09:29, 11 July 2009

The following guns were used in the film Valkyrie:

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Valkyrie (2008)

Valkyrie is the modern telling of the plot to kill Hitler. The main character is decorated war hero and senior German army officer Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise). The plot to place a bomb underneath the table where Hitler is meeting his generals is a well known historical story. What is not often known is that this was one of 20 known attempts on Hitler's life by his own military. Apparently more than a few Germans saw the evil that was their leader.


Karabiner 98k

  • Seen in many of the massing army sequences, in Berlin and in North Africa, the Karabiner 98k is the most commonly seen firearm in the film, and is used by much of the Nazi soldiers.
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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm.
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Home Guard Reserve troops in Berlin assemble with Karabiner 98k rifles slung on their backs.
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German soldiers guarding "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker) armed with Karabiner 98k.
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A Home Guard troop armed with a Kar98k.
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A member of the German Firing Squad aims his Kar98k.
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The German Firing Squad at the end of the film, all using Kar98k Rifles. This is a shot used primarily for the trailer, and is never seen from this angle in the actual film.

Walther PPK

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Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP).
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An officer keeps his Walther PPK laying on his desk in an attempt to intimidate Major-General Henning von Tresckow (Kenneth Branagh) when suspecting him of giving the dud wine crate bomb to Hitler (David Bamber).
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Stauffenberg's Walther PPK, holster, and hat laying on a table in "The Wolf's Layer", leaving him as a prime suspect in the failed bombing attempt.
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Lieutenant Werner von Haeften (Jamie Parker) holds his Walther PPK on General Friedrich Fromm (Tom Wilkinson).
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Stauffenberg chambers his Walther PPK by pushing it against the desk edge, incapable of properly charging the weapon due to his right arm being amputated from an injury in Africa.
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General Ludwig Beck (Terrence Stamp) is handed a Walther PPK to commit suicide with.

MP40

Many of the Wehrmacht are seen carrying MP40s

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MP40 submachine gun - 9mm
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MG42

  • Seen briefly when the Home Guard is mobilized during Operation Valkyrie
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MG42 7.92 x 57mm Mauser (8mm Mauser)

MG34

  • Seen briefly being used by the military guards, surrounding the forests leading to the Wolf's Lair (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker).
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MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

Walther P38

  • Surprising seen very little, mostly in the hands of SS or Polizei officers.
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Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War Two dated - 9mm
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