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[[File:TP Len Mills.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Several bombs can be seen in an ammunition crate alongside mortar rounds.]]
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[[Category:British Produced/Filmed]]
Latest revision as of 20:38, 29 July 2023
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Promise (2011)The Promise Claire Foy as Erin, a teenage British girl who accompanies her best friend Eliza to Israel when she is called up for national service. Along the way, she reads the diary of her grandfather Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ), a paratrooper and World War II veteran who was sent to post-war Palestine as part of the British mandate. Len and his mates are caught between the Jews and the Arabs, and Eliza explores life in the Palestinian territories, with her path ultimately leading to a promise her grandfather made to an Arab family decades ago.
The following weapons can be seen in the miniseries The Promise :
Sidearms Beretta 92FS A Hamas fighter carries a Beretta 92FS .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Beretta 92FS in the hands of a Hamas fighter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fighter with his Beretta. Beretta M1934 An Irgun fighter disguised as a waiter pulls a Beretta M1934 on several British soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 1934 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun fighter produces a Beretta M1934. Browning Hi-Power Numerous Irgun fighters are armed with the Browning Hi-Power . Several of these have black grips.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British officer inspects an empty Browning Hi-Power. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun assassin holds his Browning Hi-Power as he disarms Sergeant Matthews of his Webley. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The assassin pockets his Hi-Power. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun officer with a Hi-Power tucked into his pocket. Colt M1911A1 Irgun assassins use a Colt M1911A1 to shoot several British soldiers. Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) starts carrying an M1911A1 after he is disarmed of his service revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun assassin fires his Colt M1911A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The assassin holds his M1911A1 on a British soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) draws his Colt M1911A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Len searches a house, .45 in hand. Enfield No.2 Mk.1* Hassan (Amir Najjar ) fires an Enfield No.2 Mk.1* in a shootout with Irgun troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enfield No.2 Mk.1* - .38 S&W Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hassan (Amir Najjar ) fires an Enfield No.2 Mk.1*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hassan with his No.2. FN Model 1910 Irgun fighters fire FN Model 1910 pistols with wood grips during a shootout with British troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 with wood grips - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two FN Model 1910's lie next to dead Irgun fighters. Webley Mk IV Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) carries a Webley Mk IV as his service revolver until he is disarmed of it by an Irgun assassin. It appears to be a pocket model with a 3" barrel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk IV, pocket model with 3" barrel - .38 S&W Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) reaches for his Webley Mk IV pocket model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun assassin pockets the Webley. Submachine Guns Sten Mk II Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) and other British paratroopers carry the Sten Mk II . It is also used by Irgun fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier wades through the ocean with his Sten Mk II raised high. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) with his Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing British paratroopers with Sten guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Len clearing a room. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the Sten firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Len loads a new magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Notice the shoulder sling attached to the stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Sten guns in a weapons cache. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Len cocks his weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun fighter with a Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of a Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Len on the move. M1928 Thompson Irgun fighters carry the M1928 Thompson with L-shaped sights and stick magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928 Thompson - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun fighter with an M1928 Thompson searches Sergeant Matthews. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fighter with a Thompson. Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Arab fighters are armed with the 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arab fighters with 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arab with his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arab fighter reloads his Double Barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arab leaps from a window with his shotgun. Rifles IMI Galil ARM The main weapon of the IDF troops is the IMI Galil ARM with wooden handguards.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Galil ARM with wooden handguard - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier with an IMI Galil ARM. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paul Meyer (Itay Tiran ) fires a Galil ARM. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier with an ARM. Error creating thumbnail: File missing IDF soldiers with ARM rifles slung. Note that one of them has the buttstock folded. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the magazines taped "jungle style". Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier with a Galil ARM. IMI Galil SAR Several IDF troops are armed with the IMI Galil SAR .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Galil SAR - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier on leave with an IMI Galil SAR slung. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female IDF soldier with a Galil carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF squad leader with a Galil SAR. Note the magazines taped "jungle style". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The squad leader with his SAR. Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* Several British paratroopers are armed with the older Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing British paratroopers with the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A paratrooper with a No.1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Lee-Enfield firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) with a Lee-Enfield No.1 slung. Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I The main weapon of the British paratroopers is the Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A stack of Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I rifles can be seen in the right-hand corner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier with a Lee-Enfield No.4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing British soldiers with No.4 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing British guards with the No.4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A stack of No.4 rifles in an arms cache. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Departing British soldiers sling their rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Irgun fighters firing No.4 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arab fighter with a Lee-Enfield. Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T) Corporal Jackie Clough (Luke Allen-Gale ) uses a sporterized Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T) . Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) later uses the rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I (T) - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corporal Jackie Clough (Luke Allen-Gale ) with a Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I(T). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jackie with the rifle. Note that it has been sporterized. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Len Matthews (Christian Cooke ) readies the Lee-Enfield sniper rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Len aims the rifle. Karabiner 98k Irgun fighters are armed with the Karabiner 98k . In real life, the Karabiner, many of them Czech mausers, were used heavily by Haganah, Irgun and Palmach fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun fighter with a Karabiner 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Irgun fighter fires his Karabiner. M4 Carbine The M4 Carbine is used by IDF soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M4 Carbine - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier at a checkpoint with an M4 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier with his M4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier in Hebron with an M4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier raises his Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several M4 Carbine's supported on chairs in a settlement. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier aims his M4 at Palestinians in Gaza. Machine Guns Bren Mk1 The Bren Mk1 is carried by British paratroopers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bren Mk1 - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing British paratroopers set up Bren Mk1 machine guns on jeeps. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An unloaded Bren gun in the hands of a paratrooper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The paratrooper fires his Bren at an Irgun hideout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A paratrooper lugging a Bren. Browning M2HB The Browning M2HB is mounted on British Army halftracks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2HB - .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Browning M2HB mounted on a British halftrack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the M2HB. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Browning M2HB next to Sergeant Matthews. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Side-view of an M2HB. FN MAG 58 An FN MAG 58 is mounted at an IDF checkpoint in Hebron.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN MAG 58 - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing An FN MAG 58 behind Paul Meyer (Itay Tiran ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IDF soldier fires the MAG at a Palestinian sniper. Grenades Mills Bomb A crate full of the Mills Bomb is found by British paratroopers in an Irgun weapons cache.
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