Hogan's Heroes is a comedy television series produced by Bing Crosby Productions about a band of multinational POW´s imprisoned in the German Prisoner Of War camp Stalag 13 during World War II. After creating a vast underground tunnel network directly beneath the prison complex, the group around Colonel Robert E. Hogan (Bob Crane ) begins to disrupt the German war machinery through cunning sabotage operations. The series ran from 1965 to 1971 across 6 Seasons with a total number of 168 episodes.
The following weapons were used in the television series Hogan's Heroes :
Handguns Beretta M1934 Major Bonacelli (Hans Conried ) uses a Beretta M1934 in "The Pizza Parlor", (Season 1, Episode 22). The handgun made a reappearance in "How to Catch a Papa Bear" (Season 4, Episode 3) in the hands of Sgt. Kinchloe (Ivan Dixon ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 1934, - .380 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Bonacelli (Hans Conried ) aims his Beretta M1934 at his German driver in "The Pizza Parlor", (Season 1, Episode 22) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good look at the slide. Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Frequently seen in use by Hogan's men and a few resistance members is the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 acp Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane ) with a Colt Model 1903 in "Hogan Springs" (Season 2, Episode 7). Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the RAF members pulling a Colt Model 1903 in "Information Please" (Season 2, Episode 15). Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer The Colt Model 1903 is used by the resistance and Hogan´s men.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer - .38 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing "A lousy pistol! I´d like to swap it for a tank! " Newkirk (Richard Dawson ) holds a Colt Model 1903 in "The General Swap" (Season 2, Episode 17). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary ) with his Colt Model 1903 in "The Hostage" (Season 3, Episode 15). Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "A Russian Is Coming" (Season 3, Episode 12), Igor Piotkin (Bob Hastings ) takes Hogan´s Colt Model 1903 and holds it on him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing LeBeau (Robert Clary ) holds Seifert (Monte Markham ) at gunpoint in "Eight O'Clock and All Is Well" (Season 6, Episode 8). Colt M1911 Never seen in the hands of resistance members, the Colt M1911 appears to be an exclusive weapon of the Stalag 13 prisoners. It is carried most frequently by Corporal Newkirk (Richard Dawson ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Peter Newkirk (Richard Dawson ) with a Colt M1911 in "Hogan, Go Home" (Season 3, Episode 19). Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "To The Gestapo With Love" (Season 4, Episode 5) Newkirk (Richard Dawson ) and Carter (Larry Hovis ) (the latter´s off-screen) hold Colt M1911 pistols. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hogan (Bob Crane ) loads a Colt M1911 in "How to Catch a Papa Bear" (Season 4, Episode 3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Newkirk (Richard Dawson ) sets down his M1911 in "It´s Dynamite" (Season 6, Episode 10). Luger P08 Most prominently featured in the pilot episode and used throughout the rest of the series by German soldiers and resistance members. Colonel Klink has two Luger P08 with pearl or ivory grips in "To Russia Without Love" (Season 6, Episode 18).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wagner (Noam Pitlik ) picks up a cigarette lighter in the shape of a Luger P08 in the Pilot episode "The Informer" (Season 1, Episode 1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Crittendon (Bernard Fox ) nervously fondles around with a Luger P08 in "The Assassin" (Season 1, Episode 29). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Schultz (John Banner ) has a Luger P08 held on him in "The Missing Klink" (Season 4, Episode 15). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Steiner (Gordon Pinsent ) holds his Luger P08 on Carter and Hogan in "The Dropouts" (Season 6, Episode 14). Walther P38 Standard sidearm of the German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his P38 in “The Crittendon Plan” (Season 3, Episode 1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hogan (Bob Crane ), disguised as a SS officer, with a Walther P38 in "Carter Turns Traitor" (Season 3, Episode 16). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Hochstetter (Howard Caine ) aims a Walther P38 in "The Defector" (Season 5, Episode 10). Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action Used by the "Milk Maid" in "Diamonds in the Rough" (Season 2, Episode 3). It can also be seen in "The Rise and Fall of Sergeant Schultz"
(Season 2, Episode 6) in the hands of Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary ). A German doctor is also using one to examine Newkirks reflexes in "The Swing Shift" (Season 2, Episode 21).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action - .44 Russian Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hogan finds himself held at gunpoint by Myra (Ulla Strömstedt ) with a Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action in "Diamonds in the Rough" (Season 2, Episode 3). Submachine Guns MP40 Wielded by part of the German forces. These appear to be a mix of replica MP40 and plastic props. The latter can be recognized by the filled-in front sights, the space between the magazine well and the folding stock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Parlez-vous Français? Of course, you pigs would not. " One of the guards at the gate carrying a plastic MP40 as Maurice Dubois surrenders in "Nights in Shining Armor" (Season 3, Episode 8). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Newkirk (Richard Dawson ) carrying what appears to be a replica MP40 in "Carter Turns Traitor" (Season 3, Episode 16). Both the receiver and front sights are different to those of an actual Maschinenpistole 40 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the SS men in "How To Catch A Papa Bear" (Season 4, Episode 3) wields a MP40 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer ) sets down a MP40 in "Kommandant Schultz" (Season 6, Episode 7). Thompson Submachine Gun Used as a stand-in for the MP40 by German forces and by members of the resistance. Most of the Thompson Submachine Guns appear to be replicas which have metal shoulder stocks, pistol grips and foregrips. They also seem to lack an ejection port. Some also have filled in rear sights.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British commando aims his M1 Thompson in "Kommandant of the Year" (Season 1, Episode 3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard carries one of the suspected replicas in "Go Light on the Heavy Water" (Season 1, Episode 9). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary ) carrying a Thompson Model 1928 in "Hogan, Go Home" (Season 3, Episode 19). An odd thing is that the magazine appears to be taped to the weapon. Rifles Krag-Jørgensen rifle The Krag-Jørgensen rifles were used as a stand-in for the German Karabiner 98 which was used by the German military before, during and after WWII.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing US Property Marked Krag-Jørgensen Model 1896 Rifle - .30-40 Krag Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer ), disguised as a private, shoulders his Krag-Jørgensen in "Diamonds in the Rough" (Season 2, Episode 3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marko (Cliff Osmond ) threatens Hogan with his Krag-Jørgensen rifle in “The Crittendon Plan” (Season 3, Episode 1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The most efficient piece of the Third Reichs warmachine, Sgt. Schultz (John Banner ), holds his Krag-Jørgensen rifle in "Color the Luftwaffe Red" (Season 4, Episode 8). M1 Carbine The M1 Carbine can be seen used by Maurice Dubois (Felice Orlandi ) in "A Russian is Coming" (Season 3, Episode 12) and Nadya (Naomi Stevens ) in “The Crittendon Plan” (Season 3, Episode 1).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Carbine - .30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing In “The Crittendon Plan” (Season 3, Episode 1), Nadya (Naomi Stevens ) carries a M1 Carbine . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Among the weapons used by resistance member Maurice Dubois (Felice Orlandi ) is an M1 Carbine with what appears to be a side-folding stock and metal upper handguard. M1 Garand Seen in the hands of LeBeau (Robert Clary ) in "Monkey Business"(Season 3, Episode 29).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary ) aims an M1 Garand in "Monkey Business" (Season 3, Episode 29). M1903 Springfield Occasionally seen in the hands of German soldiers. This weapon, like the Krag-Jørgensen , was meant as a stand-in for the Karabiner 98k .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane ) knocks over a rack of M1903 Springfield and Krag-Jørgensen rifles in "The Scientist" (Season 1, Episode 12). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier carries his M1903 Springfield in "Look at the Pretty Snowflakes" (Season 6, Episode 23). Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine A sniper working for Major Teppel in "Bad Day in Berlin" (Season 4, Episode 11) uses what appears to be a Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sniper aims and fires to great effect. Machine Guns Browning M2 Appears in stock footage as armament on B-17 bombers and landing craft. A Browning M2 with barrel shroud can be seen mounted on a M7 tank in "One Army at a Time" (Season 5, Episode 20). The tank served as a stand-in for the German Tiger tank, complete with fake markings and fitting flat grey paint job. This is it's second appearance, having already appeared in the second episode of Season 1 "Hold That Tiger" (Season 1, Episode 2).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Browning M2 mounted on a landing craft in "The Prisoner's Prisoner" (Season 1, Episode 6). Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Low and outside for a ball. Try it two degrees left, uh? ". Hogan (Bob Crane ) zeroes his men in on a German bridge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Here the large charging handle of the M2 (circled in red) is clearly visible on it´s right side. Browning M1919 Browning M1919 are used in Stalag 13 towers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1919 .30-06 on M2 tripod Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Browning .303 Mark II mounted in one of the prison camps towers in "How to Cook a German Goose by Radar" (Season 1, Episode 24). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards cover Hogan (Bob Crane ) and his men in "At Last- Schultz Knows Something" (Season 5, Episode 14) with a water cooled Browning M1919 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A machine gun crew opens fire with their Browning M1919 in "The Gypsy" (Season 6, Episode 13). MG34 Featured in repeatedly re-used stock footage by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of multiple pieces of stock footage showing the firing of an Maschinengewehr MG 34 . MG42 The MG42 can be seen in "Everyone Has a Brother-in-Law" (Season 2, Episode 23) and "War Takes a Holiday" (Season 3, Episode 21).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 Light Machine Gun 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Luftwaffe men prepare to fire a MG42 in "Everyone Has a Brother-in-Law" (Season 2, Episode 23). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SS soldier holds his Maschinengewehr Modell 42 on Kommandant Klink (Werner Klemperer ) in "War Takes a Holiday" (Season 3, Episode 21). Explosives (fake) Model 24 Stielhandgranate In "Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition" (Season 2, Episode 19), SS officers training close to Stalag 13 are using fake Stielhandgranaten . They make a reappearance in "Sergeant Schultz Meets Mata Hari" (Season 3, Episode 4) and "The Empty Parachute" (Season 5, Episode 11). A different build of fakes are used in "The Big Broadcast" (Season 6, Episode 12). The prop people apparently did not do much research on how the actual Model 24 works, so the cord with which the grenade is primed is not kept within the handle, but is attached to the head of the grenade (the "Pot").
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anti-personnel fragmentation M24 hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane ) holds one of the training grenades. Note the hook, so the actors could carry them around on their belts. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Schultz (John Banner ) is relieved of one of his Model 24 Stielhandgranaten in "The Empty Parachute" (Season 5, Episode 11). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Hochstetter (Howard Caine ) with a whole load of fake Model 24 Stielhandgranaten in "The Big Broadcast" (Season 6, Episode 12). Mk 2 fragmentation grenade In "At Last- Schultz Knows Something" (Season 5, Episode 14) Carter (Larry Hovis ) can be seen producing a Mk 2 hand grenade from inside his jacket.
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