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Martini-Henry Rifle Series
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The Martini-Henry is a lever-action breech loading rifle developed as a quick loading cartridge rifle for use with the British Army. The weapon saw extensive service in the Zulu conflict and remained in use until it was phased out by bolt action Enfield repeating rifles and Maxim machine guns. It uses a unique bullet, a cartridge built using a .577 brass casing pinched down onto a .45 caliber .450 bullet to fit the chamber. The head spacing in the chamber must have been pretty poor to fit a round with several crimps in the case, but it proved reliable and effective for the time it served.
The Martini-Henry Rifle Series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) | Turkish soldiers | Peabody-Martini | 1955 | |
| Zulu | Michael Caine | Lt. Gonville Bromhead | 1964 | |
| British soldiers | ||||
| Zulu warriors | Carbine version | |||
| Khartoum | British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists | 1966 | ||
| The Naked Prey | Cornel Wilde | The Man | 1966 | |
| Soldiers | ||||
| Young Winston | Simon Ward | Winston Churchill | 1972 | |
| Sikh soldiers | ||||
| R.A.S. | Jean-François Balmer | Raymond Dax | "Arabized" version, confiscated in Algerian village. | 1974 |
| Jaws | Robert Shaw | Quint | W.W. Greener Harpoon gun, based on the Martini-Henry action | 1975 |
| The Wind and the Lion | Brian Keith | President Teddy Roosevelt | Sporter version | 1975 |
| The Man Who Would be King | Sean Connery | Danny Dravot | 1975 | |
| Michael Caine | Peachy Carnehan | |||
| Native soldiers | ||||
| The Thirty Nine Steps | police | carbine | 1978 | |
| police | Artillery carbine | |||
| Robert Powell | Hannay | Artillery carbine | ||
| Slavers | Ron Ely | Steve Hamilton | Mk. II | 1978 |
| Ray Milland | Hassan | "Arabized" version, Mk. II | ||
| Various characters | "Arabized" version, Mk. II | |||
| Zulu Dawn | Bob Hoskins | CSM Williams | 1979 | |
| Paul Copley | Corporal Storey | |||
| British soldiers | Rifle and carbine versions | |||
| Gandhi | South African guards | 1982 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | The Thuggees | 1984 | ||
| The Art of Living in Odessa (Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse) | Sergey Migitsko | Monya Artillerist | Martini-Henry action pistol | 1989 |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Lou Diamond Phillips | Agaguk | 1992 | |
| Jennifer Tilly | Igiyook | |||
| Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon | Daphne Zuniga | Minha | 1993 | |
| Adam Baldwin | Roja | |||
| The Jungle Book | Native soldiers | 1994 | ||
| Waterworld | Kevin Costner | The Mariner | Mocked as a grappling hook rifle | 1995 |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Brian McCardie | Angus Starling | 1996 | |
| Various characters | ||||
| From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | . | Mexican soldiers | Carbine | 2000 |
| The Lost World | Tom Ward | John Roxton | Rifles with short fore-ends | 2001 |
| Tamati Rice | Achille (briefly) | |||
| The Four Feathers | Heath Ledger | Harry Faversham | 2002 | |
| Wes Bentley | Jack Durrance | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| Ned Kelly | Police | 2003 | ||
| The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) | Turkish soldiers | 2005 | ||
| The Wolfman | Michael Cronin | Dr. Lloyd | Mk. III Sporterized | 2010 |
| Benicio del Toro | Lawrence Tablot | Mk. III Sporterized | ||
| Anthony Hopkins | John Talbot | Mk. III Sporterized | ||
| Policemen | Mk. IV | |||
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | Paul Anderson | Sebastian Moran | Heavily customized Sporter | 2011 |
| The Lost City of Z | Charlie Hunnam | Col. Percy Fawcett | Mk. III Artillery Carbine | 2017 |
| Robert Pattinson | Henry Costin | Mk. III | ||
| Tom Holland | Jack Fawcett | Trade Pattern Martini-Enfield | ||
| Bolivian soldiers | Mk. III |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripper Street | Various | Armed robbers | Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) | 2013 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed Unity | "Silver-Plated Musket" | anachronistic for French Revolution | 2014 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "Martini-Henry" | 2016 |
Anime
| Film/TV Show | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Empire of Corpses | British soldiers | 2015 | |
| Princess Principal | Princess Principal | Ep. 04; Khyber Pass Martini Henry Single Shot Pistol | 2017 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield