Passchendaele: Difference between revisions
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Passchendaele: Difference between revisions
Passchendaele is the first big-budget Canadian war movie, the brainchild of director/writer/star Paul Gross. It follows a Canadian Seargent (Gross' grandfather) of the 10th Battalion CEF during the Battle Of Passchendaele and while recruiting on the home front.
Passchendaele is the first big-budget Canadian war movie, the brainchild of director/writer/star Paul Gross. It follows a Canadian Seargent of the 10th Battalion CEF during the Battle Of Passchendaele and while recruiting on the home front.
'''The following guns were used in the film ''[[Passchendaele]]'':'''
'''The following guns were used in the film ''[[Passchendaele]]'':'''
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==No.36 Mills Bomb==
==No.36 Mills Bomb==
Used by Sgt Dunne against the German machine gun nest.
Sgt. Dunne uses a Mills Bomb to kill the German machine gun crew.
[[Image:Mills Bomb SGM-1.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]]
[[Image:Mills Bomb SGM-1.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]]
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==Vickers Gun==
==Vickers Gun==
Seen at the 10th Battalion recruiting fair.
A Vickers Gun is mounted on display at a recruiting tent in Calgary..
Passchendaele is the first big-budget Canadian war movie, the brainchild of director/writer/star Paul Gross. It follows a Canadian Seargent of the 10th Battalion CEF during the Battle Of Passchendaele and while recruiting on the home front.
The following guns were used in the film Passchendaele:
German soldiers throughought the Passchendaele battle carry Turkish Mauser M1903. According the movies' armorer, a supply of correct German Gewehr 98 rifles was located for this film, but could not be imported in time and the Turkish model was substituted.
True to life, many knives and improvised weapons are carried by Canadian troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingPte Highway carries a US M1918 Trench Knife - unlikely, but not impossible as Canadian troops were notorious scroungersError creating thumbnail: File missingSgt Dunne carries a Ross rifle bayonet cut-down into a fighting knife - very commonly used by Canadian troops.
