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Kelly's Heroes

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The following guns were used in the film Kelly's Heroes:

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Kelly's Heroes (1970)










M1A1 Thompson

Many of the soldiers in the film are armed with M1A1 Thompson submachine guns noted by their triangular "bunny ear" sight housing including Pvt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) and Master Sgt. "Big" Joe (Telly Savalas). These guns were specially requested by Kelly for his special squad to find the gold behind enemy lines, which is why they are not armed mainly with M1 Garand rifles like a normal squad. Throughout the film, the M1A1 Thompsons sometimes switch with older M1 Thompson submachine guns with more complex bolts and cheaper bolted peep sights on the back with no protective housings.

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M1A1 Thompson - .45 ACP.
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Pvt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) points his M1A1 Thompson at Col. Dunkhepf (David Hurst).
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Kelly with his M1A1 Thompson.
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MSgt. "Big" Joe with his M1A1 Thompson.
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Kelly firing his M1A1 Thompson.
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Big Joe with his M1A1 Thompson.
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Big Joes firing his M1A1 Thompson, eyes closed.
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Specialist Sgt. "Crapgame" (Don Rickles) with an M1A1 Thompson.
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Close up of Kelly's M1A1 Thompson when he goes to face the Tiger Tank in the town square.

M1 Thompson

The older M1 Thompson submachine guns are seen in the hands of many soldiers, which had more complex bolts and cheaper style peep sights which have no protective housings like the M1A1s. They are mainly seen switching with the M1A1s throughout the film as a continuity error.

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M1 Thompson - .45 ACP. Note simple rear peep sight.
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Kelly firing an M1 Thompson, which switchs from an M1A1 and back throughout the scene.
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Big Joe with an M1 Thompson in the town while Pvt. Babra (Gene Collins) is armed with an M1A1 Thompson.
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Kelly firing an M1 Thompson.
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Big Joe firing his M1 Thompson one handed.
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Big Joe firing his M1 Thompson.
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Big Joe firing his M1 Thompson.
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Big Joe cocks the bolt on his M1 Thompson to face the Tiger Tank in the town square.

M1 Carbine

Pvt. Fisher (Dick Balduzzi) uses an M1 Carbine which he usually keeps fitted with a rifle grenade launcher fixed on the barrel as his main weapon throughout the film.

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M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine.
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A soldier is seen with an M1 Carbine slung over his back.
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Pvt. Fisher with his M1 Carbine rested against the rock wall.
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Pvt. Fisher with his M1 Carbine.
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Pvt. Fisher with his M1 Carbine. Note rifle grenade launcher.
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Pvt. Fisher fires a rifle grenade from his M1 Carbine.

M1 Garand

Despite the fact that the M1 Garand rifle was the most commonly employed weapon in the U.S. Army during WWII, the rifle is seldom seen and is never used or fired in the film.

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M1 Garand - .30-06.
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A GERMAN soldier is seen with an M1 Garand slung over his back, which means he either captured it from a dead G.I. or they didn't have enough German rifles for the scene, which is more likely.
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Two M1 Garand rifles are seen on the jeep when Big Joe is looking over the weapons supply.

FN BAR Type D

The Belgian FN BAR Type D light machine gun takes the place of the American Browning BAR for the film with noticable differences such as a larger wooden forend, a removable barrel, cooling barrel fins, a pistol grip, and a dust cover which were added to the gun by the Belgian army for it to meet their military requirments. It is most notabley seen in the hands of Pvt. Petuko (Perry Lopez).

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FN BAR Type D - 8mm. This model has a folding carry handle and a smaller forend than the ones in the film.
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...with an FN BAR Type D light machine gun.
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...readies the FN BAR Type D.
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...cocks the charging handle on the FN BAR Type D while playing dead as the German infantry approaches.
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...fires his FN BAR tilted sideways for some reason.
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...readies his FN BAR for the assault on the town.
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...fires his FN BAR. Note dust cover lever.
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...reloads his FN BAR.

Browning M1917 Water-Cooled

Seen pintle-mounted on the U.S. Sherman tanks under Sgt. Oddball's (Donald Sutherland) command are Browning M1917 water-cooled machine guns, which one tank operator is seen firing at German infantry from inside the tank.

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Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun - .30-06.
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A tank operator firing a pintle-mounted Browning M1917.
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The tank operator firing the Browning M1917 machine gun.

Browning M3

The anti-aircraft version of the Browning M2, the M3, is seen mounted on top of the Sherman tanks under Sgt. Oddball's (Donald Sutherland) command, noted by their perforated barrel shrouds. During the assault on the town, Pvt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) mans the M3 mounted on Oddball's tank and fires it at a Tiger Tank before the Sherman destroys it with a shot to the weak rear end. The guns appear to be fitted with a muzzle blank adapter which dimensions are clearly smaller than a .50 caliber to allow enough pressure to cycle the gun, though the blanks being fired are indeed .50 BMG blanks.

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Browning M3 Anti-Aircraft - .50 BMG.
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A Browning M3 is seen mounted on Oddball's Sherman tank while they discuss crossing the downed bridge.
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The Browning M3 on Oddball's tank.
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Pvt. Kelly mans the Browning M3 when they assault the town.
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Kelly racks the bolt handle on the M3.
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Kelly firing the M3 at a Tiger Tank.
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Another shot of Kelly firing the M3.

Browning M2 M1919A4

The Browning M2 M1919A4 machine gun is seen as one of the weapons carried by Kelly's squad and when their vehicles are destroyed by friendly plane fire, SSgt. Crapgame (Don Rickles) is ordered by MSgt. Big Joe to lug the .30 cal around, which he hates and throughout the film he tries to pawn the gun off on others to carry. Like the M3, the 1919 guns in the film are fitted with muzzle blank adapters, more notable on the .30 cals because the muzzles would normally recoil on the real gun but the adapters clearly block them from sight.

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Browning M2 M1919A4 - .30-06.
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A Browning M2 M1919A4 is seen mounted on on Kelly's jeep.
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A pintle-mounted M1919A4 is fired from one of Oddball's Shermans.
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Crapgame tries to pawn the .30 caliber off on a fellow soldier.
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Crapgame tries to pawn the .30 caliber on Kelly.
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Crapgame firing the M2 M1919A4.
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Crapgame firing the .30 caliber in the town.
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Crapgame firing the .30 caliber.
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Crapgame firing the .30 caliber.

Browning M2 M1921

Browning M2 M1921 .50 caliber machine guns are seen mounted on U.S. Tanks and personel trucks throughout the film.

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Browning M2 M1921 - .50 BMG.
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A Browning M2 M1921 mounted on a U.S. Tank.
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A Browning M2 mounted on a personel truck.
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A Browning M2 mounted on a U.S. Tank.

Mk 2 Hand Grenade

Mk 2 Hand Grenades are standard issue with the U.S. Army and all the members of Kelly's squad use them, most notabley MSgt. Big Joe a few times in the film.

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Mk 2 Hand Grenade.
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Big Joe prepares a Mk 2 grenade.
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Big Joe places a Mk 2 grenade for later use in the town.
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Big Joe lets Babra pull the pin on his Mk 2 grenade.

Radom Model 35

Taking place of the M1911A1 handgun, which was likely still in use during the Vietnam war, is the Polish Radom Model 35 pistol which bears resemblance to the 1911 pistol but is clearly different.

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Radom Model 35 - 9mm.
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A Radom Model 35 is seen in Kelly's holster, taking the place of the M1911A1.
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Platoon Sgt. Bellamy (Len Lesser) with his Radom 35 drawn.

Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper

Pvt. Gutowski (Richard Davalos), the squad sniper, is armed with a Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle outfitted with a 3.5PU scope. It is a major innaccuracy for him to be using the Russian sniper rifle as the U.S. wasn't even on Russian soil. It would be far more accurate if he had been using a Springfield 1903A4 sniper rifle.

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Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper - 7.62x54mm Rimmed.
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Due to the lack of proper bayonet lug, Gutowski ties his M7 bayonet to the end of his Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle.
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Gutowski in the bell tower with his Mosin Nagant sniper rifle.
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Gutowski with his Mosin Nagant at the ready.
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The reticle of the Mosin Nagant is not the actual reticle normally seen on a 3.5PU scope but something made up.
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Gutowski takes aim with his Mosin Nagant rifle.
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Another shot of Gutowski firing his Mosin Nagant.
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Gutowski firing the Mosin Nagant.

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k was the standard rifle of the German army during WWII but like many old WWII movies, the MP40 is shown as the main weapon of the Germans (see also Where Eagles Fly), which was the exact opposite in real life. In this film, the Kar98k is actually seldom seen.

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Karabiner 98k - 8mm.
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A German soldier with a Kar98k slung over his back.
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Germans unload off a personel truck, some of which are armed with Kar98l rifles.

MP40

Innaccurately shown as the main weapon of the German Army, the MP40 submachine gun is seen in the hands of almost all the German soldiers in the film.

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MP40 - 9mm.
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A German soldier on guard armed with an MP40.
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A German soldier firing an MP40.
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A German soldier armed with an MP40 is killed by an explosion.
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German soldiers firing their MP40s in all directions.
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German soldiers fire their MP40s at the two soldiers out in the mine field.
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When Oddball spends his share of gold to buy the German Tiger Tank, a Turkish soldier is seen riding it armed with an MP40.

MG42

The MG42 machine gun is seen mounted on personel trucks and pintle mounted on the Tiger Tanks throughout the film.

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MG42 - 8mm.
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A German soldier is seen cleaning an MG42 in the background.
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A German soldier mans an MG42 mounted on a personel truck.
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A German soldier works the charging handle on the MG42.
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The German soldier is killed while manning the MG42.
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A German soldier readies an MG42 in the town.
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A German soldier fires an MG42 in the town.
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A German tank operator manning a pintle mounted MG42 keeps it fixed on Kelly, Big Joe, and Oddball as they approach the Tiger Tank.

Flakvierling 38

Four barreled AA/AT (anti-aircraft/anti-tank) Flakvierling 38s are seen used by the Germans when Oddball and his tanks assualt the train station and they are all destroyed before they inflict any damage on the tanks.

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Germans fire a Flakvierling 38 at Oddball's tanks.
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A Flakvierling 38 is destroyed by one of Oddball's tanks.
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Germans man another Flakvierling 38.

Luger P08

Oddball (Donald Sutherland) keeps a Luger P08 pistol as his sidearm of choice, which somehow seems to fit his quirky character. Instead of keeping it in a Luger holster, he keeps it in the poorly fit U.S. 1911 holster.

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Luger P08 - 9mm.
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Oddball draws and chambers his Luger P08 in the town.
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Oddball turns the Luger sideways in his .45 holster when preparing to face the Tiger Tank so he can draw it quickly if needed.