The Eagle Has Landed: Difference between revisions
The Eagle Has Landed: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Eagle Has Landed: Difference between revisions
[[Image:TEHLM3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Ranger on the right holds his M3 "Grease Gun".]]
[[Image:TEHLM3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Ranger on the right holds his M3 "Grease Gun".]]
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The Eagle Has Landed is a 1976 WWII thriller based on the Jack Higgins novel of the same name and stars Michael Caine as a German officer who is part of the German High Command's elaborate plan to capture Winston Churchill and bring him to Germany using what remained of a detachment of elite Paratroopers.
The following firearms were used in the film The Eagle Has Landed:
Colonel Pitts (Larry Hagman) carries a Colt Commander as his sidearm. He is seen with the pistol when he searching Joanna's house. A Colt Commander is also seen briefly being used by a Ranger during the church battle. This was probably a stand-in for the regular Colt 45, the Colt Commander itself wasn't introduced on the market until after World War II.
Luger P08
Sergeant Major Brandt (Siegfried Rauch) is seen with a Luger P08 pistol during a confrontation with regular German troops at the train station.
Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland) appears to carry a Walther PPK as a sidearm. The pistol is found by a citizen named Arthur who shows it to Molly Prior (Jenny Agutter). Oberst Max Radl (Robert Duvall) is seen relinquishing his sidearm, a Walther PPK, when he is arrested by the Gestapo.
Oberst Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine) and his men from the 12th Fallschirmjaeger Abteilung all carry Sten Mk II submachine guns on the mission when they are disguised as Polish Paratroopers.
M3 "Grease Gun"
A Ranger is seen using a M3 "Grease Gun" during the assault on the church.
MP40
A German soldier at the train station is briefly seen carrying an MP40.
Rifles & Carbines
M2 Carbine
Colonel Pitts (Larry Hagman) and most of his Rangers, including Captain Clark (Treat Williams), are equipped with anachronistic M2 Carbines fitted with curved 30 round magazines instead of the more historically accurate straight 20 round magazines. Several of the Rangers' magazines are seen taped together "Jungle Style" for faster reloads. The M2 Carbine was possibly meant as a substitute for both the M1 Garand and the Thompson Submachine gun, which are mentioned in the book.
At least two of Steiner's men are armed with FG 42 rifles when they arrive at the train station. This is historically accurate as the FG 42 was designed for and used by paratroopers.
MG34s are seen mounted in the sidecars of German motorcycles parked at the train station.
M2 Browning
A Browning M2 machine gun is seen mounted on a M3 Half-track and later being used during the assault on the church.
Other
M20 "Super Bazooka"
The Rangers use several anachronistic M20 Bazookas during their attempts to eliminate the Germans in the watermill and also take control of the church. The M20 was a substitute for the historically accurate M9 Bazooka and/or the M1A1Bazooka.
Mk 2 Hand Grenade
Colonel Pitts and several other Rangers are seen using Mk 2 hand grenade during their assault on the church.