The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions
The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions
Throughout the film, American GIs carry an [[Mk 2 hand grenade]].
Throughout the film, GIs carry an [[M1911A1]] pistol.
[[Image: MK2 grenade DoD.jpg|thumb|none|200px| Mk 2 hand grenade]]
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|World War II Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]]
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[[Image:helmet68_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|An American GI holsters his [[M1911]] pistol.]]
==M1928A1 Thompson==
==M1928A1 Thompson==
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==Mk 2 hand grenade==
Throughout the film, American GIs carry an [[Mk 2 hand grenade]].
[[Image: MK2 grenade DoD.jpg|thumb|none|200px| Mk 2 hand grenade]]
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==Model 17 Stielhandgranate==
==Model 17 Stielhandgranate==
Revision as of 17:48, 24 March 2013
The Steel Helmet (1951) was the first American movie to depict the Korean War in a feature film. This was also the breakout film for writer/director Samuel Fuller, who went on to direct such notable war films as Merrill's Marauders and The Big Red One. The production was also the first (but not the last) to use the Santa Monica Mountains as a stand-in for Korea. The film is a meditation on race, bigotry, tolerance, and morality in wartime.
The following weapons were used in the film The Steel Helmet: