The following weapons were used in the film The Cowra Breakout :
File:CowraBreakout.jpg The Cowra Breakout (1984)
Allied Weapons Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* is used by Australian soldiers in New Guinea, including Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ), Mick Murphy (Dennis Miller ) and Nobby (Alex Broun ). Most of the guards at the Cowra POW camp use it as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mick Murphy (Dennis Miller ) crawls into a swamp with his Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nobby (Alex Brown ) with his Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mick at the Catholic Mission with his Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) tries to snipe Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) with Mick's Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*. He misses. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards at the Cowra POW camp drill with their Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Guards secure Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) and Naka (Rick Tanaka ) with their rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Camp Guards fire warning shots over the heads of resisting prisoners. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Guards firing their rifles at escaping prisoners. M1 Garand An American GI can be briefly seen with an M1 Garand in New Guinea.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing An American GI runs with his M1 Garand. Owen Submachine Gun The Owen Submachine Gun is used by Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) and Sergeant Best (Tony Barry ) in New Guinea. Several guards at the Cowra POW camp use it as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Owen Submachine Gun Mk 1 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) with his Owen Submachine Gun aboard the aircraft carrying his platoon to New Guinea. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Best (Tony Barry ) with his Owen Submachine Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan on patrol with his Owen Submachine Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan, Sergeant Best and Lieutenant MacDonald (Andrew Lloyde ) with their Owen Submachine Guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan fires his Owen Submachine Gun at a Japanese bunker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan with his Owen Submachine Gun. Notice the folding stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stricken with grief and fear, Stan unloads his Owen Submachine Gun at a cross in the mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Australian Guard with his Owen Submachine Gun. M1928A1 Thompson An African-American GI (Lee Rice ) carries an M1928A1 Thompson in New Guinea.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The African-American GI (Lee Rice ) with an M1928A1 Thompson. M1A1 Thompson Another African-American GI can be seen with an M1A1 Thompson in New Guinea.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An African-American GI at the Catholic Mission in New Guinea stands guard with an M1A1 Thompson. Bren Gun Australian soldiers in New Guinea use the Bren Gun in the Anti-Aircraft role. Guards at the Cowra POW camp use it during the Japanese breakout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing Australian soldiers with the Bren Gun, mounted in an Anti-Aircraft position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Camp Guard fires the Bren Gun from a watchtower at escaping Japanese POW's. Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun Corporal Doyle (Laurie Moran ) and Private Hook (Max Cullen ) man a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun mounted on a truck during the breakout. After being overrun, Hook manages to dismantle the gun to prevent its use by the Japanese.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corporal Doyle (Laurie Moran ) and Private Hook (Max Cullen ) fire the Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun at escaping Japanese POW's. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oishi (Fumihiko Ikeda ) deflects the Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun upwards, shooting out the watchtower light. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hook dismantles the Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun to prevent its use by the Japanese before he is overrun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oishi struggles to fire the Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun, unaware that it is inoperable. Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun Sally Murphy (Tracy Mann ) can be seen with a Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun after the Japanese POW breakout. A Farmer (Bill Brady ) tries to capture Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) and Komatsu (Kazuhiro Muroyama ) with one, fatally shooting Komatsu during the process.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge. The Parker Gun Company was absorbed into Remington in 1934 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sally Murphy (Tracy Mann ) cleans her Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sally checks the sights of her Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A panicked Sally aims her Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun at Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Farmer (Bill Brady ) aims his Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun. Mills Bomb Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) pulls the pin on a Mills Bomb to scare Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) in the New Guinea mission. Hayashi manages to grab it during hand-to-hand combat with Stan, but Stan manages to throw it away from the both of them.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mills Bomb High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) pulls the pin on a Mills Bomb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mills Bomb lying in the foxhole, miraculously intact despite being armed for some time. Japanese Weapons Arisaka Type 38 Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) uses an Arisaka Type 38 in New Guinea. After a failed banzai charge, Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) bayonets him in the chest but fails to kill him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) with an Arisaka Type 38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hayashi chambers his Arisaka Type 38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Arisaka Type 38, fitted with bayonet, dug into the soil next to the foxhole as Hayashi and Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee ) struggle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan with the Arisaka Type 38 after bayoneting Hayashi. Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun A Japanese machine gun crew use a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun against Australian soldiers in the swamp, killing Nobby (Alex Brown ). Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) uses a Type 92 from the bunker at the Catholic Mission.
Image:Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.7x58mm SR]]
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun firing across the swamp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida ) fires a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun at the Catholic Mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hayashi unloads the 30-round stripper clip from the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hayashi next to the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. 
