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[[Image:Okubo Type 14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Okubo (Eijiro Ozaki) fires a Nambu Type 14 pistol at Shimizu ([[Ryô Kase]]) and another Japanese soldier as they attempt to desert and surrender to the U.S. Marines.]]
[[Image:Okubo Type 14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lieutenant Okubo (Eijiro Ozaki) fires a Nambu Type 14 pistol at Shimizu ([[Ryô Kase]]) and another Japanese soldier as they attempt to desert and surrender to the U.S. Marines.]]
==Nambu Type A 1902 Modified "Baby Nambu"==
==Nambu Small-Model==
The [[Nambu Type A 1902]] modified pistol or "Baby Nambu" is used by Captain Tanida ([[Takumi Bando]]) as Japanese soldiers take up grenades in a cave.
The [[Nambu 1902|Nambu Small-Model]] pistol, or "Baby Nambu", is used by Captain Tanida ([[Takumi Bando]]) as Japanese soldiers take up grenades in a cave.
[[File:Jamesgeorgopoulos-lettersfromiwojimaimfdb.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Type A 1902 Modified "Baby Nambu" - 8x22mm Nambu. This is the screen-used firearm held by [[Takumi Bando]] in the film ''Letters from Iwo Jima''. '''Thanks to [[User:Jimmygcreative|James Georgopoulos]]'''.]]
[[File:Jamesgeorgopoulos-lettersfromiwojimaimfdb.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Small-Model "Baby Nambu" - 7x20mm Nambu. This is the screen-used firearm handled by [[Takumi Bando]] in the film ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''. '''Thanks to [[User:Jimmygcreative|James Georgopoulos]]'''.]]
[[Image:IMG 1427.JPG|thumb|none|400px|The Baby Nambu pistol from ''Letters from Iwo Jima'' - this was [[Takumi Bando]]'s gun used on-set.]]
[[Image:IMG 1427.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Small-Model "Baby Nambu" - 7x20mm Nambu. This was Takumi Bando's gun used on-set in ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]'' (carried and fired by him).]]
[[Image:Letters 119.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Tanida raises the Baby Nambu to his head.]]
[[Image:Letters 119.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Tanida raises the "Baby Nambu" to his head.]]
[[File:LettersIwo 110.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A slightly different view of the scene before Captain Tanida ([[Takumi Bando]]) fires the pistol.]]
[[File:LettersIwo 110.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A slightly different view of the scene before Captain Tanida ([[Takumi Bando]]) fires the pistol.]]
Letters from Iwo Jima is the 2006 companion film to Flags of Our Fathers. Also directed by Clint Eastwood, this film depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers defending the island as told through their own letters. The film would go on to receive four Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director.
The following weapons were used in the film Letters from Iwo Jima:
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is presented with an original Colt M1911 pistol by an American Officer (Mark Moses) in a flashback to his time in the United States. Near the end of the film, a U.S. Marine finds the pistol and places it in his belt. On a side note, the M1911 model in this film had ivory grips (possibly to differentiate its significance from the other M1911A1s with wooden grips that the Marines used).
When Lieutenant Fujita (Hiroshi Watanabe) attempts to behead General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe), a distant Marine sniper is seen firing a shot and then operating the bolt action of his rifle. The rifle is an M1903A1 Springfield, the predominately bolt action sniper rifle used by the Marines (and other US forces) during World War II.
A source from ISS (which supplied the weapons for the film) has confirmed that the rifle, which was supplied by key armorer David Fencl, was indeed an M1903A1 Springfield fitted with a 7.8x (8x) Unertl scope, and that the Marine sniper using the weapon was one of the film's technical advisors, Master Sergeant Tom Minder.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA pair of M1903A1 Springfield sniper rifles with 7.8x Unertl scopes - .30-06. The guns pictured here were the actual rifles used in Letters from Iwo Jima (one is primary, another one is a back-up), and the rifle was fired by Master Sergeant Tom Minder, one of the film's technical advisors.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close-up of the 7.8x scopes on the rifles from the film.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close-up of the butts of the rifles used in the film.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA distant shot of the Marine sniper operating a bolt on his Springfield. The rifle was fired by Master Sergeant Tom Minder, one of the film's technical advisers.
M1 Garand
Many Marines are armed with M1 Garand rifles, some of them are equipped with M1 bayonets. When Shimizu (Ryô Kase) surrenders, a merciless Marine uses his M1 Garand rifle to execute him and another Japanese POW. In the final scene, when Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) was surrounded by several Marines, most of them hold M1 Garand rifles.
US Marines are armed with M1 Carbines, they most notably use them during the Japanese Banzai charge. A U.S. Marine lieutenant also carries an M1 Carbine while finding the M1911 pistol of General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe).
During the night assault led by Lieutenant Ito (Shidô Nakamura), US Marines utilize Browning M1919A4 machine guns to counter the Japanese charge. A Marine also fires an M1919A4 at fleeing Japanese soldiers in another scene.
Sam (Lucas Elliott), a US Marine, carries an M2 Flamethrower until he was captured by the Japanese. During the landing, two Japanese soldiers have been burnt by an M2 Flamethrower.
