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The Guns of Navarone

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The following firearms can be seen in The Guns of Navarone: (1961)

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The Guns of Navarone (1961)


Handguns

1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol

Lt. Colonel Muesel (Walter Gotell) also uses a M1934 Mauser as his sidearm. After overpowering Muesel, Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck) appropriates his Mauser.

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Mauser 1934 - .32 ACP.
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Muesel with his Mauser M1934.
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Mallory with Muesel's stolen Mauser M1934.

Supressed Mauser M1934 Pistol

Pappadimos's sidearm is a Mauser M1934 which he always uses with a silencer attatched. In the end gunbattle, he gives the Beretta to his sister, Maria (Irene Pappas) so she can be armed in the end gunbattle but it is confiscated by Mallory after Maria shoots Anna.

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Maria uses her brother's suppressed Mauser M1934 to execute the traitor, Anna.
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Mallory uses the Mauser M1934 with a silencer to kill some German guards.

Luger P08

When the group is captured, SS Captain Sessler (George Mikell) uses a Luger P08 to torture Franklin by hitting his injured leg with it.

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Luger P08 - 9x19mm.
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Sessler with the Luger in hand.
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Sessler prepares to strike Franklin's hurt leg with the Luger.


Enfield No.2 Mk.I*

The commandos bring Smith and Wesson M1917 Revolvers as their sidearms. Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle) attempts to commit suicide with one but is stopped by Mallory (Gregory Peck). In the beginning of the film, when Mallory recruits Andrea (Anthony Quinn), he pulls out an Enfield from his shoulder holster but then puts it back when he recognizes Mallory.

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Franklin pulls his Enfield in his suicide attempt.
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Mallory, stopping Franklin, chides him while holding the Enfield.
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Andrea conceals the Enfield behind a newspaper.
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Andrea holsters the Enfield after recognizing Mallory.

Submachine Guns

Sten Mk I & Sten Mk III

Several of the commandos bring Sten Mk I and Sten Mk III submachine guns with them (some fitted with a simplified production stock), and use them often against German soldiers. Andrea Stavros (Anthony Quinn) uses a Sten gun at the beginning of the film when a German patrol boat arrives at the Greek fishing boat boat. He kills several Germans with it who climb aboard his boat and also kills several German soldiers with the same gun in the final firefight. Spyros Pappadimos (James Darren) kills several Germans and then confronts their officer (who also has a Sten gun. How the officer got one is unknown) with the Sten. All scenes where an actor actually fires a Sten gun, a prop gun is actually used that is fitted with a small flame device to represent the guns flash (in slow motion you can see that the actors aren't actually pressing the guns trigger in time with the shots).

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Sten Mk I* Submachinegun - 9x19mm fitted with a simplified production stock
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Sten Mk III Submachinegun - 9x19mm
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Pappadimos fires at the Germans using his prop Sten gun.
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The German officer (Bob Simmons) returns fire with his own prop Sten.

Sten Mk IIS

Spyro's sister Maria Papadimos carries a SOE supplied Sten Mk IIS with a integral silencer, these weapons were dropped to Resistance units all over Europe during World War II.

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Sten Mk II fitted with a silencer - 9x19mm

MP40

The common weapon of the German Army in the film is the MP40 , which is unrealistic. The MP40 was mostly issued to NCO's and other specialist troops. It was not standard issue for line troops. They would have used Mauser rifles.

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MP40 - 9x19mm
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Mallory's team held at gunpoint by two Germans with MP40s.
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A German soldier holds his MP40 on Andrea.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant

Andrea carries a Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle and kills four Germans with it when they climb the hill. After that, he never fires it again but is seen holding it several times.

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Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
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Andrea takes aim with his Mosin Nagant sniper rifle.


Karabiner 98k|Mauser Karabiner 98k

Some Germans use Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles, but the MP40 is far more common in the film.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm.


Machine gun

Bren Gun

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Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber

On the fishing boat, Pappadimos keeps a Bren gun hidden under a sail he is mending when the German patrol boat arrives. When the Germans discover who they are, Pappadimos opens fire, tearing a hole in the sail and guns down several sailors. The Bren gun is never seen after that, presumed lost when the fishing boat is smashed on the rocks.