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[[Image:Valkyrie-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Valkyrie'' (2008)]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Valkyrie'' (2008)]] | ||
'''Valkyrie''' is a 2008 WWII film that is a modern re-telling of the plot by high ranking German officers to kill Hitler. | '''''Valkyrie''''' is a 2008 WWII film that is a modern re-telling of the plot by high ranking German officers to kill Hitler. The film was directed by [[Bryan Singer]] and [[Tom Cruise]] stars as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a decorated disabled war hero and senior German army officer who was asked to take the bomb into the bunker where Hitler was meeting. | ||
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=Handguns= | |||
==Walther PPK== | ==Walther PPK== | ||
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ([[Tom Cruise]]), as well as most of the German officers use [[Walther PPK]]s as their sidearms, most notably General Ludwig Beck ([[Terence Stamp]]) and Major Otto Ernst Remer ([[Thomas Kretschmann]]). | Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ([[Tom Cruise]]), as well as most of the German officers use [[Walther PPK]]s as their sidearms, most notably General Ludwig Beck ([[Terence Stamp]]) and Major Otto Ernst Remer ([[Thomas Kretschmann]]). | ||
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[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Ludwig Beck ([[Terence Stamp]]) is handed a Walther PPK to commit suicide with.]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherPPK-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|General Ludwig Beck ([[Terence Stamp]]) is handed a Walther PPK to commit suicide with.]] | ||
==Luger P08== | |||
A [[Luger P08]] is seen in the hands of a Wehrmacht officer, who fires it at Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ([[Tom Cruise]]) and his men. | |||
[[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-LugerP08-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Wehrmacht officer fires his Luger P08. Note the toggle in mid-cycle to the right.]] | |||
==Walther P38== | |||
Surprising seen very little, [[Walther P38]]s are mostly in the hands of SS or Polizei officers. | |||
[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Walther P38 (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War Two dated - 9x19mm.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-WaltherP38-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German police officer arrests Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf ([[Waldemar Kobus]]) while armed with a Walther P38. A Luger P08 is seen on the table.]] | |||
=Rifles= | |||
==Karabiner 98k== | |||
Seen in many of the massing army sequences, in Berlin and in North Africa, the [[Karabiner 98k]] is the most commonly seen firearm in the film, and is (accurately) used by many of the German soldiers. | |||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wehrmacht troops in Berlin assemble with Karabiner 98k rifles slung on their backs]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers guarding "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker) armed with Karabiner 98k.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Wehrmacht soldier armed with a Kar98k.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie-Kar98k-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A member of the German firing squad aims his Kar98k.]] | |||
[[Image:Valkyrie k98 02.jpg |thumb|none|600px|The German firing squad at the end of the film, all using Kar98k Rifles. This is a shot used primarily for the trailer, and is never seen from this angle in the actual film.]] | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
==MP40== | ==MP40== | ||
Many of the German soldiers are seen carrying [[MP40]] submachine guns. | Many of the German soldiers are seen carrying [[MP40]] submachine guns. | ||
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[[Image:Valkyrie-MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A SS soldier armed with an MP40 arrests General Erich Fellgiebel ([[Eddie Izzard]]).]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-MP40-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A SS soldier armed with an MP40 arrests General Erich Fellgiebel ([[Eddie Izzard]]).]] | ||
=Machine Guns= | |||
==MG42== | ==MG42== | ||
An [[MG42]] is seen briefly when the Home Guard is mobilized during Operation Valkyrie. One is also carried by a D.A.K. (Afrika Korps) soldier in North Africa. | An [[MG42]] is seen briefly when the Home Guard is mobilized during Operation Valkyrie. One is also carried by a D.A.K. (Afrika Korps) soldier in North Africa. | ||
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[[Image:Valkyrie-MG34-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers man MG34s surrounding "The Wolf's Lair".]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-MG34-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers man MG34s surrounding "The Wolf's Lair".]] | ||
=Other= | |||
==Rheinmetall Fliegerabwehrkanone 38== | ==Rheinmetall Fliegerabwehrkanone 38== | ||
[[Flak 38]] 20mm cannons are used by the D.A.K. (Deutsches Afrika Korps) in North Africa to fire on British fighter planes. They are also used by the Home Guard Reserve troops to guard the streets of Berlin. In reality Stauffenberg lost his eye and hand during an attack by British fighter-bombers. | [[Flak 38]] 20mm cannons are used by the D.A.K. (Deutsches Afrika Korps) in North Africa to fire on British fighter planes. They are also used by the Home Guard Reserve troops to guard the streets of Berlin. In reality Stauffenberg lost his eye and hand during an attack by British fighter-bombers. | ||
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[[Image:Valkyrie-Flak20mm-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|KWK 30 L/55 20mm autocannon mounted on a SdKfz. 222 armoured car; the vehicle is facing away from the camera.]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-Flak20mm-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|KWK 30 L/55 20mm autocannon mounted on a SdKfz. 222 armoured car; the vehicle is facing away from the camera.]] | ||
[[Image:Valkyrie-MG42-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A second SdKfz. 222 is seen in Berlin, also armed with a KWK 30 L/55 autocannon. This vehicle is facing towards the camera, with the MG34 hidden by the elbow of the soldier to the right.]] | [[Image:Valkyrie-MG42-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A second SdKfz. 222 is seen in Berlin, also armed with a KWK 30 L/55 autocannon. This vehicle is facing towards the camera, with the MG34 hidden by the elbow of the soldier to the right.]] | ||
=Historical Information= | |||
While the plot to place a bomb underneath the table where Hitler was meeting his generals is a well known historical story, what is not often known is that it is estimated there were anything from 17 to 41 ''other'' plots against Hitler by his own military. Apparently more than a few Germans saw the evil that was their leader. On July 20th, 1944, two 1kg charges of "Plastit W" were used in the bomb plot. The brand name "Plastit W" which is mentioned by von Quirnheim in the movie refers to the chemical manufactured by "W"ASAG AG, who produced the explosive codenamed W-Salz ("w-salt"), which today has evolved into "Semtex" C-4 and all those similar derivatives. Since only one charge was primed and detonated, Hitler survived again with an perforated eardrum and underpants torn to pieces, while 4 others in the room died, including Col. Brandt (actor Tom Hollander), who shoved Stauffenberg's briefcase beside the table support thus unwittingly prolonged Hitlers life by 9 months. A Walther PPK in his hand eventually solved that problem below the earth-level of the Berlin city center. | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
Revision as of 00:21, 21 May 2014
Valkyrie is a 2008 WWII film that is a modern re-telling of the plot by high ranking German officers to kill Hitler. The film was directed by Bryan Singer and Tom Cruise stars as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a decorated disabled war hero and senior German army officer who was asked to take the bomb into the bunker where Hitler was meeting.
The following weapons were used in the film Valkyrie:
Handguns
Walther PPK
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise), as well as most of the German officers use Walther PPKs as their sidearms, most notably General Ludwig Beck (Terence Stamp) and Major Otto Ernst Remer (Thomas Kretschmann).
Note: In reality, von Stauffenberg used an Belgian Browning Hi-Power, called "P-35" by the German Wehrmacht. It is also known that von Stauffenberg used a fixed hand prosthesis to chamber the pistol (other than depicted in the movie).
Luger P08
A Luger P08 is seen in the hands of a Wehrmacht officer, who fires it at Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) and his men.
Walther P38
Surprising seen very little, Walther P38s are mostly in the hands of SS or Polizei officers.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Seen in many of the massing army sequences, in Berlin and in North Africa, the Karabiner 98k is the most commonly seen firearm in the film, and is (accurately) used by many of the German soldiers.
Submachine Guns
MP40
Many of the German soldiers are seen carrying MP40 submachine guns.
Machine Guns
MG42
An MG42 is seen briefly when the Home Guard is mobilized during Operation Valkyrie. One is also carried by a D.A.K. (Afrika Korps) soldier in North Africa.
MG34
MG34s are seen briefly being used by the military guards surrounding the forests leading to "The Wolf's Lair" (Hitler's Prussian Field Bunker).
Other
Rheinmetall Fliegerabwehrkanone 38
Flak 38 20mm cannons are used by the D.A.K. (Deutsches Afrika Korps) in North Africa to fire on British fighter planes. They are also used by the Home Guard Reserve troops to guard the streets of Berlin. In reality Stauffenberg lost his eye and hand during an attack by British fighter-bombers.
Kampfwagenkanone 30 L/55
A German Sonderkraftfahrzeug (SdKfz.) 222 armoured car is seen in one scene in Africa, with a turret-mounted KWK 30 L/55 20mm autocannon; the vehicle also mounts a coaxial MG34, not visible in this screenshot. Another is seen later in Berlin, also with the MG34 obscured in the screenshot.
Historical Information
While the plot to place a bomb underneath the table where Hitler was meeting his generals is a well known historical story, what is not often known is that it is estimated there were anything from 17 to 41 other plots against Hitler by his own military. Apparently more than a few Germans saw the evil that was their leader. On July 20th, 1944, two 1kg charges of "Plastit W" were used in the bomb plot. The brand name "Plastit W" which is mentioned by von Quirnheim in the movie refers to the chemical manufactured by "W"ASAG AG, who produced the explosive codenamed W-Salz ("w-salt"), which today has evolved into "Semtex" C-4 and all those similar derivatives. Since only one charge was primed and detonated, Hitler survived again with an perforated eardrum and underpants torn to pieces, while 4 others in the room died, including Col. Brandt (actor Tom Hollander), who shoved Stauffenberg's briefcase beside the table support thus unwittingly prolonged Hitlers life by 9 months. A Walther PPK in his hand eventually solved that problem below the earth-level of the Berlin city center.