Castle in the Sky

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Castle in the Sky (1986)

Castle in the Sky is a 1986 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and is the first film from Studio Ghibli (Porco Rosso, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro).

The following firearms can be seen in Castle in the Sky

Dola Gang's Grenade launcher

Dola and her pirate gang all use single barrel break-open grenade launchers that fire explosive and gas rounds. Pazu obtains one from Dola when he goes to find Sheta.

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Dola with her single-shot grenade launcher

Gatling Gun

In the first Scene Where Dola and her gang raid an airship, two crewmen fire a hand-cranked Gatling Gun.

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An 1865 Gatling Gun.

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Two Sailors fight back with a Gatling gun

Webley Mk VI

Muska and his men wield Webley Mk VI revolvers to fend off Dola's gang. Muska also uses one to shoot at Sheta, and the commodore uses one to shoot Muska's hologram.

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Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

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Muska and his men fire at Dola

Hybrid Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)

All of the soldiers seen in the film carry hybrid SMLE bolt-action rifles, due to the slightly longer barrel of the No. 4 rifle and pseudo Gewehr 98 Lange-Visier sights. The rifles are depicted with five round magazines instead of the better known ten round magazines, which is plausible since the Lee Enfield's magazine could be detached and swapped in the field, thanks to the small lever in the trigger guard.

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Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British

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Mauser Gewehr 98 - 7.92x57mm

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Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1 - .303 British

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The Soldiers looking down into the chasm, giving us a look at the Lee-Enfield 5-round magazine.

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A great look at the hybrid SMLE's No.4 barrel as the soldiers fire at the Dola Gang. Note the front sight is still attached to the nose-cap of the rifles and the lack of a bayonet lug below the barrel.

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The Soldiers corner Pazu and Sheeta. Note that the bayonets are mounted on the barrel, and not on the ring lug below the barrel.

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A guard tires to call backup as the Laputian robot comes to life, while his comrade aims his hybrid SMLE at the robot.

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A Soldier with his Hybrid SMLE keeps watch, while Pazu and Sheeta sneak past.

Maxim M1910

The fort's arsenal includes a Maxim M1910, which is used to try to defend off against the Laputian robot.

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount & shield - 7.62x54R

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A soldier fires the Maxim while his comrade helps feed the ammo.

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The two Maxims just before the Laputian robot blasts his way through the fire doors.

Stielhandgranate

Both Dola and the soldiers use Model 24 hand grenades.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

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Dola throws a grenade to stop the villagers

Artillery Cannons

The army has several artillery cannons stationed on trains, on the fort and on the airship Goliath.

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The train's cannons fire at the Dola Gang

Percussion Cap Pistol

Dola keeps a Percussion Cap Pistol inside her dresser.

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Percussion cap pistol

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