The Red Baron
Movie Poster
The Red Baron Matthias Schweighofer ) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss (Til Schweiger ), Sternberg (Maxim Mehmet ) and Lehmann (Hanno Koffler ) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte (Lena Headey ), he discovered the horrors of war.
The following weapons were used in the film The Red Baron :
Handguns 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol The personal sidearm of Lothar (Volker Bruch ) and Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighöfer ) is a 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol . In reality, he carried a Luger P08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Taschenpistole M1914 - 7.65x17mmSR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manfred's pistol on the table. Note the not so wavy grip, unlike the 1934 model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by Britsh and French prisoners. Smith & Wesson Schofield Canadian Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes ) is briefly seen with a nickel plated Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen (Note : In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918, where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Schofield Model 3 with nickel finish - .45 Schofield Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Revolver in his unfolded holster. In the next scene, he describes himself as a member of the "Royal Canadian Flying Corps" which did not exist. Actually, he served in the British Royal Naval Air Service, and would have worn a naval officer's uniform. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the rounded grip while in the background you can see von Richthofen's crashed Albatros D.V. Luger P08 A Sturmpionier officer holds a Luger P08 before the German Spring Offensive in 1918.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer on the left. The soldier next to him prepares a Stielhandgranate. Rifles M1 Garand (Mocked-Up as SMLE No.1 Mk.III*) ANZAC soldiers are seen with M1 Garands mocked up to resemble British Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles during the funeral of Capt. Clyde Walker.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two lines of ANZAC soldiers with their Garands; some of them are equipped with box magazines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clearer view of the iron sights and the too high misplaced muzzle. Czech Mauser 98/22 Some German soldiers can be seen carrying VZ-98/22 Czech Mausers standing for accurate Gewehr 98s rifles. They are Identifiable due they have flat tangent sights instead of "Lange Visiers ".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing BRNO Vz.98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with their Czech Mausers on their backs while wounded Capt. Brown gets captured, which never happened. Karabiner 98k German soldiers also carry anachronistic Karabiner 98ks in the movie (although they may stand for authentic Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbines ). Some of them can be seen with fixed bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers with their Karabiners covering von Richthofen. Mauser Gewehr 1898 The historically accurate Mauser Gewehr 1898 is carried by German soldiers in the second half of the movie. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they're equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some Gewehrs on the wall next to Hindenburg's (Josef Vinklár ) adjutant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds the Gewehr before the Kaiserschlacht . Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* An actual Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is briefly seen in a British trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lee-Enfield on the right next to the sitting soldier. Note the correct placed muzzle and the front sights. Hunting Guns Cape Gun During the opening in 1906, young Richthofen (Tomás Koutník ) is on the hunt with a Cape Gun , the combination double-barrel hunting shotgun/rifle, with one smoothbore and one .22 caliber rifled barrels.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Young Richthofen aims the weapon at a deer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Richthofen with the weapon while looking at a French Bleriot XI (first flight in 1909). 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Werner Voß (Til Schweiger ) is seen with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Merkel 40E Shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Werner Voß fires the Double Barreled Shotgun. Machine Guns LMG 08/15 LMG 08/15 Air machine guns are mounted on German planes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing LMG 08/15 Air-Cooled - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manfred von Richthofen prepares his Machine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lothars plane with the Maxims. Vickers Aircraft The Sopwith F.1 Camel of Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes ) is armed with two Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Front view. Lewis Mk II Aircraft The secondary weapons of British planes are air-cooled Lewis Mk II Aircraft MGs .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison : Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tail gunner of Roy Brown's Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 fires the Lewis. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hawker (Richard Krajco ) fires at Richthofen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lewis on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Does anyone have a wrench? " Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and takes it as a trophy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Lewis mounted on a British bomber. ZB-53 / Vz.37 Czech ZB-53 / Vz.37 are mocked up to resemble Parabellum MG14 and Maxim MG08 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZB 53 / Vz.37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier mans the MG that resembles a MG14. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires the ZB-53 in a trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the ZB. Maxim MG08 Near at the end of the movie, German soldiers carry real Maxim MG08s equipped with ZF12 scopes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers transport the Maxims at dawn of March 21, 1918. Maxim MG08/15 Before the last great offensive of the German Empire in 1918, several Maxim MG08/15s are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers awaits the signal to attack giving a good view on the reveiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrel view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A stormtrooper with the Maxim MG08/15 in No Man's land. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The covered Maxim in a French Position. Flamethrowers Kleinflammenwerfer M.16 A Sturmpionier , German special unit trained in construction and the demolition of fortifications, holds a Kleif M.16 before the German offensive.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kleinflammenwerfer (Kleif) M.16. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Pionier holds the flamethrower. Grenades Model 16/17 Stielhandgranate German soldiers are seen with several Model 16 and Model 17 Stielhandgranates .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 16 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation handgrenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 17 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation handgrenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the stick cap of the grenade that the soldier holds in his right hand. Other OSP-30 Flare Pistol A German pilot fires an anachronostic Soviet OSP-30 Flare Pistol standing for a Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894 or a French Model 1917.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pilot aims the pistol at an Allied Caquot dirigible observation balloon. 21 cm Mörser 16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Langer 21 cm Mörser Model 16, displayed at the Finnish Artillery Museum in Hämeenlinna - 210mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full view of a Mörser as a German column passed by General Hoeppner's (Axel Prahl ) headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mörser being reloaded on the frontline. 15 cm sFH 13 Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers prepare a sFH 13. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A line of German howitzers. 
