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==MP40==
The [[MP40]] is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.
The [[MP40]] is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.
[[Image:MP40.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[MP40]] 9mm]]
[[Image:Topsecret-1.jpg|thumb|none|700px|An East German guard on the train platform holding an [[MP40]].]]
[[Image:Topsecret-1.jpg|thumb|none|700px|An East German guard on the train platform holding an [[MP40]].]]
Revision as of 07:46, 5 February 2010
The following firearms can be seen in the 1984 film Top Secret! :
Top Secret! (1984)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Classic Commercial Browning Hi Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Du Quois (Harry Ditson ) points a Hi-Power at Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer ). Walther P38 Colonel Von Horst (Warren Clarke ) uses a Walther P38 to threaten Nick after he smarts-off in German. Sergeant Kruger (Jack Cooper ) also uses one to shoot an informant later.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol World War II date of production Error creating thumbnail: File missing Von Horst with his Walther P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kruger's hand holding a Walther P38 Luger P08 French Resistance leader and secret traitor Nigel (Christopher Villiers ) uses a Luger P08 when he abducts Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge ) at the climax.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nigel and Nick grapple over the Luger P08. M1928 Thompson Chocolate Mousse's (Eddie Tagoe ) weapon is an M1928 Thompson . During one scene, Chocolate Mousse "loads" his weapon like a musket, even pouring gunpowder and using a ramrod.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chocolate Mousse loads his Thompson in a...most unusual way. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chocolate Mousse blasts away at the East Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "My man!" MP40 The MP40 is seen quite frequently in the hands of the East Germans and the French Resistance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 9mmError creating thumbnail: File missing An East German guard on the train platform holding an MP40 . The Karabiner 98k can be seen in the hands of the East Germans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A quite brutal scene greets Nick Rivers as he enters East Germany. Here, German soldiers with Karabiner 98k's apprehend, and later execute, a guy carrying a suspicious package, which is later revealed to contain dog biscuits... M1 Garand Deja Vu uses an M1 Garand. Also, in when the East Germans attack the Resistance headquarters, a German soldier, for some reason, is using an M1 Garand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 M1 Carbine An M1 Carbine can be seen in the hands of at least one of the French Resistance fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine An MG34 is seen mounted on an East German car that chases the heroes after they rescue Hillary's father from Flergendorf Prison.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier riding in back wields the MG34 (trivia: this is the same mockup of a Mercedes-Benz G5 used in Raiders of the Lost Ark ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the MG34 as the German driver loses control of the vehicle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier in back continues firing the MG34 even as the car heads wildly out of control and right into a Ford Pinto. Miscellaneous Shotguns During the "Skeet Surfin'" scene near the beginning of the movie, the surfers can be seen with a variety of shotguns.
Unknown automatics Numerous automatic pistols are used throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick fires out the window. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The very short Resistance member Albert Potato struggles to shoot out a window that's out of his reach. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Du Quois, holding a gun, alerts the others to the presence of a German grenade. Unknown revolvers Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nigel, holding a silver pearl-handled revolver, takes up position near a mostly-broken window. Error creating thumbnail: File missing For reasons best known to himself, instead of firing out one of the already-smashed panes, Nigel uses his revolver to break the one pane not already broken, and shoots through that . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Déjà Vu (Jim Carter ) tries to break a window using a revolver, only for the barrel to bend. Cannon Chocolate Mousse (Eddie Tagoe ) uses a muzzle-loading field cannon during the attack on the French Resistance's headquarters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The loaded cannon being aimed at Nick and Hillary as they enter the Resistance's hideout Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chocolate Mousse uses the cannon. 
