Red Tails: Difference between revisions
Red Tails: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Red Tails: Difference between revisions
German forces are seen using the [[Karabiner 98k]] to fire at the American planes.
German forces are seen using the [[Karabiner 98k]] to fire at the American planes.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm]]
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm]]
[[File:RedTails_K98k_01.jpg|thumb|none|700px|]]
[[File:RedTails_K98k_01.jpg|thumb|none|700px|]]
[[File:RedT 11.jpg|thumb|none|700px|A German soldier aims his Karabiner 98k at a pair of attacking P-40's]]
[[File:RedT 11.jpg|thumb|none|700px|A German soldier aims his Karabiner 98k at a pair of attacking P-40's]]
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[[File:RedTails_MP40_04.jpg|thumb|none|700px|A camp guard with his MP40.]]
[[File:RedTails_MP40_04.jpg|thumb|none|700px|A camp guard with his MP40.]]
==M1919==
== M1919A4 ==
An M1919 is seen when the American troops land on the beach. A German Ju-87 dive bomber also appears to have one in lieu of an [[MG15 machine gun]].
A [[Browning M1919A4]] is seen when the American troops land on the beach. A German Ju-87 dive bomber also appears to have one in lieu of an [[MG15 machine gun]].
[[Image:M1919A4Browning.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M1919 on M2 tripod - .30-06]]
Red Tails is the 2012 World War II film that tells the true story of the 332nd Fighter Group, the fighter/bomber squadron composed of the first African-American combat pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. The film was co-executive produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas and stars Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston, Gerald McRaney, and Cuba Gooding Jr., who had previously appeared in 1995's The Tuskegee Airmen, another film about the squadron.
The following weapons appear in the film Red Tails:
MG131 machine guns appear in the film as the primary armament of German Messerschmitt Me-109G fighters. Because it was much larger than the MG17, the MG131 required bulges in the engine cowling, which can be seen below.
The German Me-262 jets are armed with four MK 108 cannons in the nose. Me-109s were also armed with a single MK 108 Motorkanone firing through the propeller hub. Tests verified that only four hits from an MK 108 were necessary to take down a bomber. With an Me-262, that's a single salvo.
A Browning M1919A4 is seen when the American troops land on the beach. A German Ju-87 dive bomber also appears to have one in lieu of an MG15 machine gun.
An 8.8cm heavy anti-aircraft / anti tank gun can be seen as American P-40s attack an air base. This appears to have a two-piece FlaK 36 barrel, though it is unclear which model of gun cradle it is using.
