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U.S. pilots and officers can be seen with holstered [[Colt M1911A1]] pistols.
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|300px|World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP.]]
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|300px|World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP.]]
[[Image:Midway19-Colt1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:Midway19-Colt1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|At the left, Lieutenant Clarence Earle Dickinson ([[Luke Kleintank]]) with his Colt pistol visible in his holster. ]]
[[Image:Midway19-Colt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. James Doolittle with his Colt in holster.]]
[[Image:Midway19-Colt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. James Doolittle ([[Aaron Eckhart]]) with his Colt pistol holstered .]]
==Mauser C96==
==Mauser C96==
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Midway Roland Emmerich that follows the events leading up to the Battle of Midway in 1942, where the US Navy attempted to prevent the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy from taking over the strategic air station on Midway island in the Pacific. The events of this battle had previously been chronicled in the similarly-named 1976 film Ed Skrein , Woody Harrelson , Luke Evans , Mandy Moore , Patrick Wilson , Tadanobu Asano , Etsushi Toyokawa , Nick Jonas , and Dennis Quaid .
The following weapons were used in the film Midway :
Pistols Colt M1911A1 U.S. pilots and officers can be seen with holstered Colt M1911A1 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the left, Lieutenant Clarence Earle Dickinson (Luke Kleintank ) with his Colt pistol visible in his holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ) with his Colt pistol holstered. Mauser C96 A Mauser C96 can be seen in the holster of Chinese Major (Philip Fu-Kang Wang ) of the Guerrilla fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip can be seen. Rifles Springfield M1903 United States Marines on Midway island can be seen with M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1903 Springfield .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Marines on the right with their Springfield rifles filmed by John Ford 's (Geoffrey Blake ) cameraman Dean Schaller (Jack MacKenzie ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view of the front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Marine on the right attempting the cycle the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The two Marines on the right fire their rifles. Arisaka Type 2 Arisaka Type 2 Paratrooper Takedown rifles are used by Japanese soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 99/Type 02 Paratrooper rifle - 7mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two guards greeting their Arisaka rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Navy soldier on the left. Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is seen in the hands of Chinese Guerrilla fighters. Some of them are equipped with late war welded barrel bands.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Karabiner 98k is seen in the hands of Chinese Guerrilla fighters confronting Col. Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ). Machine Guns Browning M2 Water Cooled What appears to be a water-cooled version of the Browning M2HB machine gun is seen also.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing The water-cooled M2 on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Browning in the middle next to the camera tripod. Type 93 Heavy Machine Gun Two Type 93 Heavy Machine Gun can briefly seen onboard the Agaki and Hiryu .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 93 Heavy Machine Gun - 13.2mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor mans the Type 93 on the aircraft carrier tower. Aircraft Machine Guns Browning M2 Aircraft Heavy Machine Gun The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun appears in the film as the primary armament of the B-25 Mitchell bombers commanded by Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun appears in the film as the primary armament of the B-25 Mitchell bombers commanded by Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ). Browning AN/M2 Browning AN/M2 machine guns are mounted as defensive guns on American carrier planes. The TBD Devestator torpedo planes have a single rear gun, while SBD Dauntless dive-bombers have twins.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning AN/M2, flexible mount - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Devastator rear gunner engages Japanese fighters Error creating thumbnail: File missing James Murray (Keean Johnson ) fires the dual-mounted Brownings at two "Zeros". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dual-mounted Brownings being fired by Bruno Gaido (Nick Jonas ) mounted on an SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing First person view of James Murray's Brownings during the battle. Type 92 Light Machine Gun During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese D3A "Val" dive bombers and B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers can be seen with Type 92 light machine guns, a Japanese copy of the Lewis Gun , for the tail gunners.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 92 - 7.7×58mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bombers attack the fleet at Pearl Harbor. Type 97 Aircraft Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters are armed with Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gunss .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 97 aircraft machine gun - 7.7x56mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cockpit view of an A6M fighter. Type 99 Cannon Japanese "Zero" fighters are also armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 cannon aircraft variants, top an earlier Type 99 Mark 1 Model 3 - 20x72mm RB, bottom a later Type 99 Mark 2 Model 3 - 20x101mm RB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese "Zero" fighters are also armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings. Other 1.1"/75 caliber gun US sailors can be seen with a 1.1"/75 caliber gun on the USS Enterprise .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1.1"/75 caliber "Chicago piano" quad mount aboard the USS Pennsylvania - 28x199mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor inserts a magazine into the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing US sailors can be seen operating the 1.1"/75 caliber gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the firing barrels. Oerlikon 20mm Cannon US Navy ships at Pearl Harbor are also armed with Oerlikon 20mm Cannons . These are anachronistic for the period, not being adopted by the Navy until mid-1942. At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack the Navy's primary light antiaircraft gun would have been the water-cooled version of the Browning M2 heavy machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oerlikon Cannon - 20mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Oerlikon 20 mm Cannon is seen on the right mounted on the Arizona . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Roy Pearce (Alexander Ludwig ) mans the same Oerlikon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing First person view of his firing cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors on the Enterprise load a cannon with its drum magazine. Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun Japanese ships like the aircraft carries Agaki and Hiryu are armed with twin mounted Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 twin AA mounting - 25x163mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldiers prepare the Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun near the airfield on Kwajalein Atoll. Error creating thumbnail: File missing AA-gun being fired at SBD Dauntless dive bombers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other sailors fire the Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rear view. Type 89 12.7 cm/40 naval gun Type 89 12.7 cm/40 naval guns are also mounted on Japanese ships.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Twin Type 89 12.7 cm/40 naval gun mounting at Balikpapan, Borneo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
