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Flags of Our Fathers

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The following guns were used in the film Flags of our Fathers


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The following guns were used by the United States Armed Forces


M1 Garand

This weapon is used by all the Marines in the movie including Corporal Harlon Block (Benjamin Walker), Private First Classes Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski (Jamie Bell) and Franklin Sousley (Joseph Cross), and Sergeant Hank Hansen (Paul Walker).

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M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06
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M1 Carbine

The M1 Carbine is seen used by Marines like Sergeant Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and Private First Class Ira Hayes (Adam Beach).

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M1 carbine .30 Carbine
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Browning Automatic Rifle

The Browning Automatic Rifle or B.A.R. is seen used by a Marine, after being ordered to by Harlon Block, to kill the Machine gunner in the Ambush scene. It is also used by several Marines during the initial invasion.

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Browning Automatic Rifle .30-06

Browning M1919

The Browning M1919 or .30 cal is seen used by Marines in the Beach scene.

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Browning M1919 .30-06 on M2 tripod
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Browning M2

The Browning M2 or .50 cal is seen being used by a Marine on an LVT to shoot at Mount Suribachi.

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Browning M2 .50 cal
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Thompson M1A1

The Thompson is seen used by a Marine to shoot into the pillbox during the beach scene.

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M1A1 Thompson .45 ACP as used by the U.S. military in World War 2
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M17 Rifle Grenade

The M17 is a fragmentation grenade that is shot from the end of a rifle. It is seen used by a Marine during the beach scene.

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Rifle Grenade
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M2A1-7 Flamethrower

a portable Flamethrower used by and infantryman. As a range of about 30 meters and a burntime of 7 seconds. This is used by Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (Alessandro Mastrobuono) to burn a pillbox during the beach scene.

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M2A1-7 Flamethrower
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Mark 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade

This is used by a Marine to try and clear a pillbox.

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Mk 2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
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The following guns were used by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces


Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

The "woodpecker" is seen mounted inside the pillboxes.

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Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
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Type 99 Light Machine Gun

This weapon is seen used in the pillboxes and in the ambush scene.

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Type 99 Light Machine Gun (7.7x58mm Arisaka)
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Type 99 Rifle

This weapon is used by the Ambushing IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) troops during the first flag raising.

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Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm
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Type 94

Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) goes into a tunnel and finds it in it's holster lying by several dead Japanese soldiers.

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Japanese Type 94 Pistol


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