Midway Roland Emmerich that follows the events leading up to the Battle of Midway in 1942, where the US Navy attempted to prevent the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy from taking over the strategic air station on Midway island in the Pacific. The events of this battle had previously been chronicled in the similarly-named 1976 film Ed Skrein , Woody Harrelson , Luke Evans , Mandy Moore , Patrick Wilson , Tadanobu Asano , Etsushi Toyokawa , Nick Jonas , and Dennis Quaid .
The following weapons were used in the film Midway :
Rifles Springfield M1903 US soldiers on Midway island can be seen with M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1903 Springfield .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier on the right attempting the cycle the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The two soldiers on the right fire their rifles. Arisaka Type 2 An Arisaka Type 2 Paratrooper Takedown rifle is seen held by a Japanese soldier during the island attack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 99/Type 02 Paratrooper rifle - 7mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arisaka Type 2 Paratrooper Takedown rifle on the right. Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is seen in the hands of Chinese Guerrilla fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Karabiner 98k is seen in the hands of Chinese Guerrilla fighters confronting Col. Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ). Machine Guns Browning M2 Water Cooled What appears to be a water-cooled version of the Browning M2HB machine gun is seen also.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing The water-cooled M2 on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Browning in the middle next to the camera tripod. Aircraft Machine Guns Browning M2 Aircraft Heavy Machine Gun The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun appears in the film as the primary armament of the B-25 Mitchell bombers commanded by Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun appears in the film as the primary armament of the B-25 Mitchell bombers commanded by Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dual-mounted Brownings being fired by Bruno Gaido (Nick Jonas ) mounted on an SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dual-mounted Brownings being fired from the view of James Murray (Keean Johnson). Type 92 Light Machine Gun During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese D3A "Val" dive bombers and B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers can be seen with Type 92 light machine guns, a Japanese copy of the Lewis Gun for the tail gunners.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 92 - 7.7×58mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bombers attack the fleet at Pearl Harbor. Type 99 Cannon Japanese "Zero" fighters are also armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 cannon aircraft variants, top an earlier Type 99 Mark 1 Model 3 - 20x72mm RB, bottom a later Type 99 Mark 2 Model 3 - 20x101mm RB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese "Zero" fighters are also armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings. Other 1.1"/75 caliber gun US sailors can be seen with a 1.1"/75 caliber gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1.1"/75 caliber "Chicago piano" quad mount aboard the USS Pennsylvania - 28x199mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing US sailors can be seen operating the 1.1"/75 caliber gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor inserts a magazine into the gun. Oerlikon 20mm Cannon US Navy ships are also armed with Oerlikon 20mm Cannons .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oerlikon Cannon - 20mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Oerlikon 20 mm Cannon is seen on the right. Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun Japanese ships are armed with twin mounted Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 twin AA mounting - 25x163mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese soldiers prepare the Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese sailors fire the Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun . 
