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Matchlock
This page features Matchlock guns used in media other than the Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock which is the most popular Matchlock gun seen on screen.
Matchlock Musket
Specifications
- In service: (1430–18??)
- Weight: Various
- Length: Various
- Caliber: Various
- Action: Muzzleloading black powder
- Rate of fire: 1-2 shot/minute
- Effective range: Various
- Feed system: Single-shot
Note that nearly all firing Matchlock Muskets in film or television are modern firing replicas due to original Matchlock Muskets being unsafe to shoot and much more expensive.
Please check the talk page for additional variants not shown on the main page.
The Matchlock Musket 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorna Doone | Jack McDonald | 'Counsellor' Doone | 1922 | |
| John Bowers | John Ridd | |||
| Donald MacDonald | Carver Doone | |||
| Doones, Yeomen peasants | ||||
| Storm Over Asia | Valéry Inkijinoff | Bair | 1928 | |
| Red partisans | ||||
| Minin and Pozharsky | Russian man, Polish soldier | 1939 | ||
| The Black Monocle (Le Monocle noir) | Seen on the wall | 1961 | ||
| A Jester's Tale (Bláznova kronika) | Petr Kostka | Petr | 1964 | |
| Miroslav Holub | Matej | |||
| Zdenek Braunschläger | Musketeer | |||
| Vítezslav Cerný | Musketeer | |||
| Josef Haukvic | Musketeer | |||
| The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse | Seen in museum | 1964 | ||
| Honor and Glory (Cest a sláva) | Rudolf Hrusínský | Václav Rynda | 1968 | |
| Musketeer, Peasants, Fortress Guard | ||||
| Colonel Wolodyjowski | Robbers, Polish soldiers | 1969 | ||
| The Three Musketeers | Michael York | D'Artagnan | 1973 | |
| The Four Musketeers | Michael York | D'Artagnan | 1974 | |
| Frank Finlay | Porthos | |||
| Richard Chamberlain | Aramis | |||
| The Girl from the Legend (Devushka iz legendy) | Khabib Narimanov | Hassan | Karamultuk | 1980 |
| Shoira Tursunbayeva | Mayna | |||
| The Last One Goes to Hell (Poslední propadne peklu) | Musketeers, Passau soldier | 1982 | ||
| The Dog's Skin (Psí kuze) | Lukás Vaculík | Vilkis | 1983 | |
| Musketeers | ||||
| Comedian (Komediant) | Ladislav Krivácek | Musketeer | 1984 | |
| Musketeers | ||||
| The Roads of Anne Vierling | Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | Cook | 1985 | |
| Soldiers | ||||
| Flesh+Blood | Blanca Marsillach | Clara nun | 1985 | |
| Pirates | Spanish Officer | 1986 | ||
| The Sign of Four | John Thaw | Jonathan Small | 1987 | |
| Sikh soldiers, a prison guard | ||||
| The Ashes and The Stars (Popel a hvezdy) | conspirators | 1990 | ||
| The Black Fortuna (Cerná fortuna) | Karel Barton | Guardian commander | 1991 | |
| Zdenek Dvorák | Comedian | |||
| Fortress defenders, Swedish mercenaries, Jaegers | ||||
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Adrian de Moxica's men | 1992 | ||
| Gold | Aleksandr Abdulov | Andreas Berkenhofer | 1992 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Walker's men | 1993 | ||
| Seven Years in Tibet | Tibetan militia forces | 1997 | ||
| The Man in the Iron Mask | King Louis' guards | 1998 | ||
| Anna and the King | soldiers | 1999 | ||
| With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) | Polish soldiers | 1999 | ||
| Ukrainian cossacks | ||||
| The Lady Musketeer | Freddie Sayers | King Louis | 2004 | |
| William Gaunt | Trevoux | |||
| Musketeers | ||||
| Van Helsing | In the weapons room | 2004 | ||
| The King Maker | Gary Stretch | Fernando De Gamma | 2005 | |
| Damian Mavis | Portugese soldier | |||
| Portugese soldiers | ||||
| Snapphanar | André Sjöberg | Nils Geting | 2006 | |
| Jörgen Persson | Räddstor | |||
| Swedish and Danish soldier | ||||
| Hanged on the wall | ||||
| Alatriste | Viggo Mortensen | Diego Alatriste | 2006 | |
| Unax Ugalde | Íñigo Balboa | |||
| Eduard Fernández | Sebastián Copons | |||
| Spanish, Flandrian and French soldiers | ||||
| The Legend of Naresuan: Declaration in Independence | Nopachai Chaiyanam | Rachamanu | 2007 | |
| Soldiers | ||||
| 1612 | Artur Smolyaninov | Kostka | 2007 | |
| Mercenaries | ||||
| Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias II guards, soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba | Polish soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Ukrainian cossacks | ||||
| Death and Glory in Changde | Mengwei Xie | Er Hu | 2010 | |
| Tatar Operation (Tatar ajillagaa) | Enkhtayvan Borkhuu | Koliaa | 2011 | |
| The Three Musketeers | French soldiers | 2011 | ||
| September Eleven 1683 | Austrian and Holy Roman soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe | Dzungar soldiers, slaver | 2012 | ||
| A Field in England | Peter Ferdinando | Jacob | 2013 | |
| Forbidden Empire | Aleksandr Karpov | Panas | 2014 | |
| Oleg Taktarov | Gritsko | |||
| Valeriy Zolotukhin | Yavtukh | |||
| hanged on the wall | ||||
| The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale | Korean hunters | 2015 | ||
| The Witch | Ralph Ineson | William | 2015 | |
| Harvey Scrimshaw | Caleb | |||
| Paul Kenworthy | Militia Man 1 | |||
| Mark Millman | Militia Man 2 | |||
| Andy Volpe | Militia Man 3 | |||
| Eternals | Spanish conquistadors | with crossbow lever trigger reproduction | 2021 | |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Spanish conquistadors | 2022 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Sir Michael (Przygody pana Michala) | Polish soldiers | 1969 | ||
| The Christofel of Grimmelshausen Adventurous Simplizissimus (Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus) | Matthias Habich | Simplex Simplizissimus | 1975 | |
| Christian Quadflieg | Herzbruder Ulrich | "Teil 2: Der Jäger von Soest" | ||
| Günter Strack | Springinsfeld | "Teil 3: Der Schatz" | ||
| Radovan Lukavský | Knan | "Teil 4: Adieu Welt" | ||
| Kurt Jaggberg | Olivier | |||
| musketeers, soldiers, mercenaries and brigands | ||||
| The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel | Evgeni Leonov | Lamme Goedzak | "Long Live the Beggars. Part 2" (S1E4) | 1976 |
| Geuzen and spanish soldiers | ||||
| Wallenstein | Musketeers | 1978 | ||
| Peace to Your House (Mir vashemu domu) | Nurullo Abdullayev | Said | Karamultuk | 1982 |
| Christopher Columbus | Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and sailors | 1985 | ||
| Mail Call | R. Lee Ermey | Gunny | 2002-2009 | |
| Lewis | English Civil War reenactors | "The Dead of Winter" (S04E01) | 2010 | |
| Midsomer Murders | Members of historical reenactment club | "The Dark Rider" (S15E1) | 2012 | |
| Salem | Shane West | Captain John Alden | "The Vow" (S1E01) | 2014 |
| Kevin Tighe | Giles Corey | |||
| Soldiers | ||||
| The Wall (Stena) | Maksim Belborodov | Friedrich 'Fritz' Mayer | 2016 | |
| Nikolay Auzin | Andrey Dedyushin | (ep. 4) | ||
| Roman Ageev | Gnosowski | |||
| Pavel Chinaryov | Grigory Koldyrev | |||
| Russian soldiers, Polish mercenaries | ||||
| King and Jester (Korol i Shut) | Darya Melnikova | The Widow | 2023 |
Anime
| Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momotaro: Sacred Sailors | Dutch East India Company mercenaries | 1945 | |
| New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth | is seen in the Geppetto base | 1992 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civilization IV | Cuirassier | 2005 |
Matchlock Pistol
The Matchlock Pistol is the first true handgun. While the matchlock musket was still widely used after the wheellock and even flintlock long guns appeared, matchlock pistols were very rare and short usable firearms, and were removed from any armory shortly after the appearance of Wheellock Pistols.
Specifications
- In service: (1430–18??)
- Weight: Various
- Length: Various
- Caliber: Various
- Action: Muzzleloading black powder
- Rate of fire: 1-2 shot/minute
- Effective range: Various
- Feed system: Single-shot
Note that nearly all firing Matchlock Pistols in film or television are modern firing replicas due to original Matchlock Pistols being unsafe to shoot and much more expensive.
Please check the talk page for additional variants not shown on the main page.
The Matchlock Pistol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flesh+Blood | Rutger Hauer | Martin | 1985 | |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | Agnes | |||
| Susan Tyrrell | Celine | |||
| Snapphanar | André Sjöberg | Nils Geting | 2006 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey | Episode 4: Pistols | 2009 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight | La Hire | 2018 |
Tanegashima (Japanese Matchlock)
See Tanegashima