Talk:How I Won the War

Alfa M44?

During the musketeers first attack, which fails, the Germans use three of these machine guns to repel the attack. Since the North African sequences were filmed in Spain it would seem logical that this is an Alfa M44? Also being a nitpicking geek, the Mausers used in these scenes are probably Spanish models as they have straight bolts.

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--Maskedweasel (talk) 05:02, 1 May 2014 (EDT)--Maskedweasel (talk) 05:02, 1 May 2014 (EDT)

I agree that this machine gun appears to be an Alfa M44 rather than a Breda Modello 37. Breda is fed by stripper clips while the movie machine gun is belt-fed.

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Alfa M44 - 7.92×57mm Mauser

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Also the "Unidentified grenade launcher" is a British Ordnance SBML 2 inch Mortar (also seen in The Professionals and in The Bridge on the River Kwai). The "Unidentified mortar" appears to be a Spanish Valero M1933, note the unique shape of the barrel support. Greg-Z (talk) 06:34, 4 April 2015 (EDT)

Super! Thx. And flamethrower, cannon and tank?--Pandolfini (talk) 08:15, 4 April 2015 (EDT)

The gun I guess to be a 105 mm leFH 18 howitzer. The tank on the final screenshot is M24 Chaffee; some more info about the tanks and armoured cars in this film you can find here. And sorry, I have no idea about the flamethrower. Greg-Z (talk) 08:42, 4 April 2015 (EDT)