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==1886 Lebel Rifle== | ==1886 Lebel Rifle== | ||
As the Big Red One invades, Vichy French soldiers are seen carrying the [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]] as their main weapon. | |||
[[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]] | [[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French soldier holding a [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]] in defensive position]] | [[Image:TBRO 3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French soldier holding a [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]] in defensive position]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French soldiers firing [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]]]] | [[Image:TBRO 8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French soldiers firing [[Lebel 1886|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle]]]] | ||
==M1 Garand== | ==M1 Garand== | ||
Revision as of 07:56, 11 October 2009
The Big Red One is a 1980 movie about a rifle squad of the US 1st Infantry Division fighting in Europe during World War II. The squad consists of the "Four Horsemen": Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson (Kelly Ward) and The Sergeant (Lee Marvin). They fight and stay alive together from North Africa to Germany and the discovery of the concentration camps. This gripping World War II drama was directed by Samuel Fuller, who was a US 1st Infantry Division veteran during WWII. An extended version of the film was released on DVD in 2004 as The Big Red One: The Reconstruction.
- Actors: The Sergeant (Lee Marvin) Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson(Kelly Ward)
- Director: Samuel Fuller
The following guns were used in the movie The Big Red One:
1903 Springfield Rifle
During the World War I prologue, the Private carries a 1903 Springfield Rifle fitted with a bayonet as he surveys the battlefield just prior to the war being over.
Gew 98 Mauser Rifle
A Gew 98 Mauser rifle is seen being trampled by a horse that spooks the Private during the WWI prologue.
1886 Lebel Rifle
As the Big Red One invades, Vichy French soldiers are seen carrying the Lebel Model 1886 Rifle as their main weapon.
M1 Garand
This is the chief weapon of the 1st Squad.
1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Mle 1892 Revolver
A Vichy French officer draws his Mle 1892 Revolver when his men refuse to fire on the Americans who have hit the beach.
