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[[File:AQOTWF GermanSniper Gewehr1898.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German sniper picks off targets with his Gewehr 1898.]] | [[File:AQOTWF GermanSniper Gewehr1898.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German sniper picks off targets with his Gewehr 1898.]] | ||
[[File:AQOTWF PaulBaumer Gewehr1898 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Paul sits in a bunker, Mauser rifle propped through the aiming hole.]] | [[File:AQOTWF PaulBaumer Gewehr1898 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Paul sits in a bunker, Mauser rifle propped through the aiming hole.]] | ||
==Berthier Model 1907-15== | |||
French soldiers use the [[Berthier_Rifles#Fusil_Mod.C3.A8le_1907-15_Rifle|Berthier Model 1907-15]] rifle, fitted with bayonets. | |||
[[File:Fusil_Mle_1907-15.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Berthier Model 1907-15 - 8 x 50R mm Lebel]] | |||
[[File:AQ Berthier.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier with a slung Berthier Model 1907-15.]] | |||
[[File:AQ Berthier 2.jpg|thumb|none|600x|A Berthier rifle sits next to a wounded French soldier.]] | |||
==Unknown Sniper Rifle== | |||
A French sniper uses an unknown sniper rifle at the end of the movie. | |||
[[File:AQ Sniper.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier aims an unknown sniper rifle.]] | |||
[[File:AQ Sniper 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier prepares to fire.]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
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[[File:AQOTWF GermanSoldier LugerP08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German officer draws his Luger P08 in preparation for the French attack.]] | [[File:AQOTWF GermanSoldier LugerP08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German officer draws his Luger P08 in preparation for the French attack.]] | ||
[[File:AQOTWF GermanSoldier LugerP08 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German officer (foreground right) aims his Luger.]] | [[File:AQOTWF GermanSoldier LugerP08 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German officer (foreground right) aims his Luger.]] | ||
=Grenades= | |||
==Mills Bomb== | |||
Stanislaus Katczinsky ([[Louis Wolheim]]) silences a French machine gun nest with a [[Mills Bomb]]. | |||
[[File:Mills_Bomb_SGM-1.jpg|thumb|none|150px|Mills Bomb]] | |||
[[File:AQ Mills.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Mills Bomb can be seen in the hands of Stanislaus Katczinsky ([[Louis Wolheim]])]] | |||
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Revision as of 04:41, 18 March 2013
All Quiet on the Western Front is the 1930 film adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's antiwar novel. The World War I film stars Lew Ayres as Paul Baumer, an idealistic young schoolboy who goes to war with the rest of his class on the urgings of a patriotic teacher. In the trenches, however, they are quickly disillusioned when confronted with the horrors of war.
The following weapons were used in the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930):
Rifles
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The German soldiers in the film, most noticeably Paul Baumer (Lew Ayres), use the Mauser Gewehr 1898, the standard-issue firearm for German forces in World War One. It is good to see authentic Gewehr 1898 rifles in a World War One film, rather then the Turkish or Czech Mausers that often stand in for them. This is likely due to production taking place shortly after the war itself.
Berthier Model 1907-15
French soldiers use the Berthier Model 1907-15 rifle, fitted with bayonets.
Unknown Sniper Rifle
A French sniper uses an unknown sniper rifle at the end of the movie.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG08
The Maxim MG08 is used by German soldiers in defense of the trenches during the French assault. It is seen manned by three crewman - the gunner and two assistants whom "feed" the belt.
Vickers Mk1
French soldiers repelling the German counterattack use a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun before being killed by a grenade. It is interesting to see French soldiers using the Vickers, rather then the standard issue Hotchkiss M1914, but it is not impossible given the French - British alliance.
Sidearms
Luger P08
The Luger P08 is seen briefly used by a German officer during the French attack.
Grenades
Mills Bomb
Stanislaus Katczinsky (Louis Wolheim) silences a French machine gun nest with a Mills Bomb.