To Hell and Back: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
To Hell and Back: Difference between revisions
[[Image:THAB14.jpg|600px|thumb|none|[[Audie Murphy]] with his M1928A1 Thompson.]]
[[Image:THAB14.jpg|600px|thumb|none|[[Audie Murphy]] with his M1928A1 Thompson.]]
[[Image:THAB15.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Murphy fires his M1928A1 Thompson.]]
[[Image:THAB15.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Murphy fires his M1928A1 Thompson. Note how he holds the sling near the sling swivel using it as a grip.]]
[[Image:THAB16.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Firing his M1928A1 Thompson at panzer troops.]]
[[Image:THAB16.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Firing his M1928A1 Thompson at panzer troops.]]
[[Image:THAB17.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Murphy in a foxhole with his M1928A1 Thompson.]]
[[Image:THAB17.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Murphy in a foxhole with his M1928A1 Thompson.]]
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To Hell and Back is the 1955 biopic focusing on the early life and wartime exploits of Audie Murphy, the most decorated US soldier of World War II. The film begins with his childhood in Texas, where he became the head of his family at a young age, then follows his enrollment in the Army where he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. He fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy before landing in southern France and eventually fighting in Germany. In addition to being a Medal of Honor recipient, he also received battle honors from the French and Belgian government. For the scenes set in World War II, Audie Murphy portrays himself.
The Browning M2HB is seen mounted on Sherman tanks. Audie Murphy uses one to defeat an enemy infantry attack, earning him the Medal of Honor. In the actual battle Audie Murphy fired the Browning M2 from an M10 Tank Destroyer.
MG42
The MG42 is used heavily by the German soldiers in the film. Audie Murphy also uses one in a scene.
Anti-Tank Weapons
M20B1 "Super Bazooka"
The M20B1 "Super Bazooka" is used by US soldiers to take out a German tank (actually a dressed-up US M47 Patton) in Italy.
Grenades
Mk 2 Hand Grenade
Notes
The battle scenes were reused in Universal's The Young Warriors based on a novel by Richard Matheson, who served as an infantryman in World War II.