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[[Image:Bluey LewisGun 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bluey fires at attacking German soldiers in Amiens.]] | [[Image:Bluey LewisGun 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bluey fires at attacking German soldiers in Amiens.]] | ||
[[Image:Carter LewisGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Carter ([[Peter Browne]]) hoists the Lewis Gun on his shoulders after a successful attack in Hamel.]] | [[Image:Carter LewisGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Carter ([[Peter Browne]]) hoists the Lewis Gun on his shoulders after a successful attack in Hamel.]] | ||
===Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun=== | |||
British soldiers use a pair of [[Vickers|Vickers Mk1 Machine Guns]] in a demonstration for the Anzacs when they first arrive in France. British soldiers use on to repel a German attack in Amiens. | |||
[[Image:Vickers gun.JPG|thumb|none|300px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British]] | |||
[[Image:British Vickers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|British soldiers unveil a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun.]] | |||
[[Image:British Vickers 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A British soldier pours down fire on advancing Germans at Amiens.]] | |||
==Sidearms== | |||
===Luger P08=== | |||
Flanagan ([[Jon Blake]]) uses a [[Luger P08]] throughout the series. | |||
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Revision as of 10:22, 27 November 2010
Anzacs is a 1985 Australian miniseries. Set during the First World War, it follows several Australians as they enlist in the Australian Army, from joining up to homecoming, and the battles that made the Anzac name famous, such as Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele and Hamel.
The following weapons can be seen in the miniseries Anzacs:
Allied Weapons
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
The main weapon of the Anzacs is the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*, including Martin "Marty" Barrington (Andrew Clarke), Flanagan (Jon Blake), Roly Collins (Christopher Cummins), Alec "Pudden" Parsons (Alec Wilson), Sgt. Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward) and Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow).
M1917 Enfield
American soldiers can at one point be seen drilling with M1917 Enfield rifles.
Machine Guns
Lewis Gun
Bluey (Peter Finlay) carries a Lewis Gun, which he mainly uses in a support role. Other soldiers that can be seen operating the weapon are Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt (Shane Briant), Sergeant Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward) and Carter (Peter Browne.
Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun
British soldiers use a pair of Vickers Mk1 Machine Guns in a demonstration for the Anzacs when they first arrive in France. British soldiers use on to repel a German attack in Amiens.
Sidearms
Luger P08
Flanagan (Jon Blake) uses a Luger P08 throughout the series.