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===Luger P08===
===Luger P08===
Flanagan ([[Jon Blake]]) uses a [[Luger P08]] throughout the series.
Flanagan ([[Jon Blake]]) uses a [[Luger P08]] throughout the series. An Australian officer also uses one in Hamel.
[[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flanagan ([[Jon Blake]]) approaches the German trenches in the Somme, Luger P08 in hand.]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flanagan with the Luger in the trenches.]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Flanagan with his Luger after clearing out a German bunker.]]
[[Image:Flanagan LugerP08 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian officer in Hamel with a Luger.]]
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[[Category:Television]]
Revision as of 10:27, 27 November 2010
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anzacs (1985)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 ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill Harris (Johnathon Sweet ) instructs Roly Collins (Christopher Cummins ) in the proper use of the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roly loads a .303 Mk VII round into his Lee-Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roly trains with his Lee-Enfield on the rifle range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin "Marty" Barrington (Andrew Clarke ), Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ) and Sergeant Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward ) fire their Lee-Enfield rifles on the Gallipoli bluffs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dick fires his Lee-Enfield at charging Turkish soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dick with his Lee-Enfield, bayonet fixed, in the Lone Pine trenches at Gallipoli. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marty at the Somme with his Lee-Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alec "Pudden" Parsons (Alec Wilson ) covers Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt (Shane Briant ) with his Lee-Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) and Marty with their Lee-Enfield rifles as they search for Pudden, whom has gone AWOL. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Anzacs fire their Lee-Enfield rifles at attacking Germans in Amiens. M1917 Enfield American soldiers can at one point be seen drilling with M1917 Enfield rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1917 Enfield - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing American troops march behind a Cambrai tank with their M1917 Enfields. 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey (Peter Finlay ) with his Lewis Gun as he talks with Lt. Harold Armstrong (Tony Bonner ) on the Somme battlefields. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the Lewis Gun magazine and sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey fires his Lewis Gun at Germans on the Hindenburg Line. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An injured Sgt. Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward ) takes over on the Lewis Gun after Bluey is wounded by a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt fires the Lewis Gun from the hip after recovering it from Sgt. MacArthur. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey, cigarette in mouth, pours suppressive fire on a German bunker at Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey fires at attacking German soldiers in Amiens. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing British soldiers unveil a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier pours down fire on advancing Germans at Amiens. Sidearms Luger P08 Flanagan (Jon Blake ) uses a Luger P08 throughout the series. An Australian officer also uses one in Hamel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) approaches the German trenches in the Somme, Luger P08 in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan with the Luger in the trenches. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan with his Luger after clearing out a German bunker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Australian officer in Hamel with a Luger. 
