SAS Rogue Heroes
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SAS Rogue Heroes Connor Swindells ), Lt. Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen ), and Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell ) during the North Africa campaign of the Second World War in 1941-2.
The following weapons were used in the television series SAS Rogue Heroes :
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Pistols Beretta M1934 Lt. Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell ) uses a Beretta M1934 (presumably pilfered from an Italian soldier that he had killed) to shoot holes into a bucket to shower himself.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M1934 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Mayne about to use pilfered Italian pistol to shoot holes in the bucket to use as a makeshift shower. Walther P38 A Walther P38 is seen with an Axis soldier in one scene. David Stirling (Connor Swindells ) and his men also use them when posing as Nazi soldiers to infiltrate Benghazi.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier with a P38 next to him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Nazi uniform, Stirling prepares to shoot an Italian barrier guard if necessary. Error creating thumbnail: File missing P38 and MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stirling firing his P38 at Nazis. Revolvers Colt New Service Lt. Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell ) has one of these revolvers , likely the .455 Webley variant manufactured for British troops during the First World War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing British Colt New Service (c. 1915) - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mayne using the Colt to shoot a road sign. Error creating thumbnail: File missing As the British and Irish are determined to drive on the wrong side of the road, it makes riding shotgun more difficult for right-handed shooters... Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Augustin Jordan (César Domboy) with a Colt New Service. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mayne plays Russian roulette with a Colt New Service, believing that to love life would make him a coward. Joke's on him; the author is a coward who doesn't love life. Webley .455 Mk VI David Stirling (Connor Swindells ), Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen ), and Lt. Col. Dudley Wrangel Clarke (Dominic West ) have Webley .455 Mk VI revolvers as their sidearms.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley .455 Mk VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Stirling twirling the revolver around while awaiting Lewes... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...putting it away as he arrives. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jock Lewes with a Webley. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Dudley Clarke with his Webley. Submachine guns MP38 One SAS soldier uses an MP38 appropriated from Axis forces.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19 mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAS soldier with MP38, sitting behind Mayne. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alternative view. Note the hook-shaped charging handle of the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAS madlad raids the same airstrip he raided just two weeks ago, using the very same MP38 he stole from them first time round. Thompson M1928A1 Various SAS members, including Lewes, Stirling, Mayne, Sgt. Reg Seekings (Theo Barklam-Briggs), and Cpl. Mike Sadler (Tom Glynn-Carney ), are seen with Thompson M1928A1 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. This specimen has the sling swivel relocated to the top of the stock, a modification often made to Thompsons in British service. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Jock Lewes with the Thompson M1928A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAS corporal with an Thompson M1928A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Reg Seekings aims down the sights of an M1928, showing the A1 rear sights. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Mike Sadler of the Long Range Desert Group with an M1928A1. Rifles Carcano M91/38 Italian soldiers are equipped with Carcano M91/38 Short Rifles .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fucile di Fanteria Modello 91/38 - 6.5x52mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Italian spots Paddy Mayne, but it's already much too late for him... Error creating thumbnail: File missing Italian soldiers with Carcano rifles. Karabiner 98k Many Axis soldiers are equipped with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Italian soldier loading a Karabiner 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Opening fire. Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* , known as the "SMLE" (Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) by the British, is ubiquitous among Allied troops throughout the series. It is also used by Jock Lewes at the start of the first episode.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breda Modello 37 - 8x59mm RB Breda Error creating thumbnail: File missing British sergeant shooting the Italian men with their own Breda Modello 37. Bren gun Bren guns are used by British soldiers (including Cpl. Mike Sadler) during the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bren gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing British soldier firing at a Nazi dive bomber with his Bren gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewes' sergeants with a Bren gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Mike Sadler loading up a Bren gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stirling (Captain Stirling at this point) holding a Bren gun. Lewis gun Along with the Bren guns, British forces also use the Lewis gun . This includes 2nd Lt. Bill Fraser (Stuart Campbell ) in one scene. In episode 5, which is set later on in the campaign in 1942, two SAS Jeeps have Lewis guns without cooling jackets around the barrel. This fits in with the fact that aircraft Lewis guns, which were being replaced by more powerful machine guns, were being given to infantry troops and light vehicles. The aircraft versions lacked cooling jackets due to the air passing over the barrels. As it transpired, the cooling jacket proved unnecessary even for infantry use, especially as it made the gun heavier and thus harder to carry and operate.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sd. Kfz. 251 in a shot prior to battle breaking out. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 firing upon Lewes' men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The turret gets blown up by a grenade. MG FF A Messerschmitt BF-109E aircraft fires upon Lewes' unit with its pair of wing-mounted MG FF cannons .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing No. 36M Mk 1 "Mills Bomb" Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stirling having pulled the pin... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and throwing it onto the snooker table. For some reason, the players only seem to react once the grenade is on the table, despite Stirling clearly showing it to them before he threw it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Having successfully performed its function of frightening everyone but Stirling and Lewes out of the room, the smoke from the "grenade" lingers in the air. Trivia Painting of Jock Lewes with a Bren gun Although Jock Lewes doesn't use a Bren gun in this series, a portrait of the real-life Lewes with a Bren gun was painted in 1940 by artist Rex Whistler (1905-1944).
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