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Arminius HW Revolver Series
Background Information
The name "Arminius" refers to a line of revolvers manufactured by the German firm Weihrauch since 1960 (first model was HW-3, since 1962 was produced HW-4 and since 1965 HW-5). These revolvers were named after the chief of the Germanic Cherusci tribe, Arminius (latinized name) who led Teutonic warriors during the later stages of Roman Emperor Augustus' reign. Over the past fifty years the various models have been imported into the United States by different companies. The most well known of the United States importers would probably be Firearms Import & Export (F.I.E.) of Hialeah/Miami, Florida. Researching the various Arminius revolvers imported into the United States over the past five decades can be confusing since the various importers often renamed the models to make them more marketable to U.S. gun buyers.
For example when Herters imported the HW-7 22 caliber revolver it was called the Herter's Guide Model. When F.I.E. took over the importation the name was changed again. L.A. Distributors of Brooklyn, New York imported the the HW-5 and called it The Omega while the HW-3 was entitled the Dickson Bulldog.When Arminius decided to start making a .357 magnum double action revolver in 1977 the company called it the HW-357. But F.I.E. gave it the dramatic name of the FIE Titan Tiger.
In the nineties F.I.E. went out of business and European American Armory (EAA) took over the importation of Arminius revolvers. Naturally EAA changed the names yet again. The HW-357 magnum revolver became the EAA-Arminius Windicator and was given a heavy full shroud barrel. EAA also began importing the various Single Action Army clones made by Arminius. As stated earlier confusion is understandable.
Arminius HW series revolvers can be seen in the following production(s):
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Squeaker | Heinz Drache | Inspector Elford | HW-1 | 1963 |
| Klaus Kinski | Krishna Alexander Jefferson | HW-1; With the adapter for launching the signal flares | ||
| "The Lord"'s henchmen | HW-1 | |||
| Room 13 | Joachim Fuchsberger | Johnny Gray | HW-1 | 1964 |
| Richard Häussler | Joe Legge | |||
| Hans Clarin | Igle | |||
| Arthur Binder | Slim | |||
| The Curse of the Hidden Vault | Harald Leipnitz | Jimmy Flynn | HW-1 | 1964 |
| Harry Meyen | Inspector Angel | |||
| Judith Dornys | Kathleen Kent | |||
| Herbert Knippenberg | Massay | |||
| Harry Wüstenhagen | Goyle | |||
| Arthur Binder | Bat Sand | |||
| Kurt Jaggberg | Vinnis | |||
| Kurd Pieritz | Cyril | |||
| Werner Peters | Spedding | |||
| Lothar Mann | A police detective | |||
| Heinrich Gies | A guard | |||
| The Ringer | Joachim Fuchsberger | Inspector Higgins | HW-1 | 1964 |
| Heinz Drache | James W. Wesby | |||
| Siegfried Lowitz | Inspector Warren | |||
| Carl Lange | Reverend Hopkins | |||
| Old Shatterhand | Rik Battaglia | Dixon | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1964 |
| Mirko Ellis | Joe Burker | |||
| Lex Barker | Old Shatterhand | |||
| Nikola Popovic | Sheriff Brandon | |||
| Dixon's henchmen, US Cavalry | ||||
| Amongst Vultures | Sieghardt Rupp | Preston | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1964 |
| Miha Baloh | "Reverend" Weller | |||
| Götz George | Martin Bauman Jr. | |||
| Elke Sommer | Annie Dillman | |||
| Terence Hill | Baker Jr. | |||
| Voja Miric | Stewart | |||
| Stole Arandjelovic | Milton | |||
| Ilija Ivezic | Jackie | |||
| Dusan Bulajic | Bloomfield | |||
| Davor Antolic | Rod | |||
| Boris Dvornik | Fred | |||
| Mirko Kraljev | Bill | |||
| Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra | Joe | |||
| Vladimir Medar | Baker Sr. | |||
| "Vultures" and settlers | ||||
| Mark of the Tortoise | Pinkas Braun | Felix | HW-1 | 1964 |
| Hildegard Knef | Laura Lorelli | |||
| Richard Münch | Mario di Alsconi | |||
| The Oil Prince | Harald Leipnitz | The Oil Prince | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1965 |
| Walter Barnes | Bill Campbell | |||
| Milan Srdoc | Wabble | |||
| Dusan Janicijevic | Butler | |||
| Davor Antolic | Paddy | |||
| Ilija Ivezic | Webster | |||
| Old Surehand | Letícia Román | Judith | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1965 |
| Vladimir Medar | Ben O'Brian | |||
| Erik Schumann | Capt. Miller | |||
| Dusan Janicijevic | Clinch | |||
| Nikola Gec | Cat | |||
| Voja Miric | Joe | |||
| Dani Segina | Blacky | |||
| General's henchmen | ||||
| Again the Ringer | Heinz Drache | Inspector James W. Wesby | HW-1 | 1965 |
| René Deltgen | Arthur Milton alias "The Warlock" | |||
| Eddi Arent | Archibald Finch | |||
| Robert Hoffmann | Archie Moore | |||
| Kurt Waitzmann | Lanny | |||
| Michael Chevalier | Marshall | |||
| The Sinister Monk | Harald Leipnitz | Inspector Bratt | HW-1 | 1965 |
| Siegfried Lowitz | Sir Richard | |||
| Kurt Waitzmann | Serrgeant Cunning | |||
| Police officers, Thugs | ||||
| That Man in Istanbul (Estanbul 65) | Horst Buchholz | Tony Mecenas | HW-1 | 1965 |
| The Hunchback of Soho | Günther Stoll | Inspector Hopkins | HW-1 | 1966 |
| Pinkas Braun | Allan Davis | |||
| Eddi Arent | Reverend David | |||
| Siegfried Schürenberg | Sir John | |||
| Hubert von Meyerinck | Gen. Edward Perkins | |||
| Hilde Sessak | The overseer of the reformatory | |||
| Kurt Waitzmann | The police sergeant | |||
| Winnetou and the Crossbreed | Ilija Dzuvalekovski | Curly Bill | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1966 |
| Miha Baloh | Judge | |||
| Lex Barker | Old Shatterhand | |||
| Uschi Glas | Apanatschi | |||
| Gotz George | Jeff Brown | |||
| Vladimir Leib | Pincky | |||
| Abdurrahman Shala | Hank | |||
| Sime Jagarinac | Blacky | |||
| Ivo Kristof | Buster | |||
| Curly Bill's henchmen | ||||
| Thunder at the Border | Harald Leipnitz | Silers | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1966 |
| Miha Baloh | Quilvera | |||
| Pierre Brice | Winnetou | |||
| Todd Armstrong | Tom | |||
| Bandits, Mexican soldiers | ||||
| Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill | Tony Kendall | Jo Walker | HW-1 | 1966 |
| Brad Harris | Capt. Tom Rowland | |||
| Maria Perschy | Joan Smith | |||
| Nikola Popovic | O'Brien | |||
| O'Brien's henchmen | ||||
| Death is Nimble, Death is Quick | Tony Kendall | Jo Walker | HW-1 | 1966 |
| Brad Harris | Capt. Tom Rowland | |||
| Erno Crisa | Baker | |||
| Dan Vadis | King | |||
| Siegfried Rauch | Nitro | |||
| Colombo police inspectors | ||||
| So Darling So Deadly | Tony Kendall | Jo Walker | HW-1 | 1966 |
| Brad Harris | Capt. Tom Rowland | |||
| Luisa Rivelli | Shabana | |||
| Golden Dragon's henchmen | ||||
| Kill Me Gently | Tony Kendall | Jo Walker | HW-1 | 1967 |
| Dietmar Schönherr | Allan Hood | |||
| Herbert Fux | Eddie Shapiro | |||
| Samson Burke | Khemal | |||
| The Green Dogs thugs, Turkish police | ||||
| Creature with the Blue Hand | Harald Leipnitz | Inspector Craig | HW-1 | 1967 |
| Carl Lange | Dr. Albert Mangrove | |||
| Fred Haltiner | Reynolds | |||
| Hermann Lenschau | Lionel Douglas | |||
| Albert Bessler | Butler Anthony | |||
| The Monk with the Whip | Joachim Fuchsberger | Inspector Higgins | HW-1 | 1967 |
| Harry Riebauer | Mark Denver | |||
| Günter Meisner | Greaves | |||
| Siegfried Rauch | Frank Keeney | |||
| Claus Holm | Glenn Powers | |||
| Suzanne Roquette | Mary Houston | |||
| The Horror of Blackwood Castle | Heinz Drache | Humphrey Connery | HW-1 | 1968 |
| Arthur Binder | Grimsby | |||
| Otto Stern | Captain Wilson | |||
| Kill Panther Kill | Tony Kendall | Jo Walker | HW-1 | 1968 |
| Brad Harris | Capt. Tom Rowland | |||
| Franco Fantasia | Arthur Tracy | |||
| Erika Blanc | Elizabeth Tracy | |||
| The Valley of Death | Ilija Ivezic | Davis | HW-1S with 6" barrel | 1968 |
| Nikola Gec | Boone | |||
| Vladimir Bacic | Brown | |||
| Ivo Kristof | Craigh | |||
| Milan Sosa | Meadows | |||
| Murdock's brigands | ||||
| The Man with the Glass Eye | Horst Tappert | Inspector David Perkins | HW-1 | 1969 |
| Stefan Behrens | Sergeant Jim Pepper | |||
| Fritz Wepper | Lord Bruce Sharringham | |||
| Harry Riebauer | Bob | |||
| Klaus Miedel | Donovan | |||
| Chris Anders | Clark | |||
| Michael Miller | Ray | |||
| Diamond Rush (Le Paria) | Jean Marais | Manu | HW-1G or HW-10 | 1969 |
| Nieves Navarro | Sylvia | |||
| Jaume Picas | Toccelli | |||
| Moisés Augusto Rocha | Turchi | |||
| Jean Lara | Inspector Lara | |||
| Angels of Terror | Michael Miller | Jim Donovan | HW-1G | 1971 |
| Baxter's henchman | ||||
| Walter Defends Sarajevo (Valter brani Sarajevo) | Rade Markovic | Sead Kapetanovic | HW-3 | 1972 |
| A Pain in the Ass (L'emmerdeur) | Lino Ventura | Ralf Milan | HW-3 | 1973 |
| Jean-Pierre Darras | Dr. Fuchs | |||
| Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) | HW-3; On the tray of firearms | 1973 | ||
| Ricco | Christopher Mitchum | Ricco Aversi | HW-10 | 1973 |
| Don Vito's henchmen | ||||
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Boyle | Dillon | HW-7 | 1973 |
| The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus) | A criminal | HW-3 | 1973 | |
| The Hostage Gang (Le gang des otages) | A police inspector | Possibly HW-3 | 1973 | |
| Shaft in Africa | Richard Roundtree | John Shaft | HW-3 | 1974 |
| A Police Commissioner Accuses (Un comisar acuza) | Gheorghe Dinica | Paraipan | HW-3 | 1974 |
| Death of a Hoodlum (Muerte de un quinqui) | Paul Naschy | Marcos | HW-1 | 1975 |
| Fear over the City (Peur sur la ville) | Henry Djanik | A police inspector | 1975 | |
| Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man | Marc Porel | Alfredo | HW-3 | 1976 |
| Ray Lovelock | Antonio | |||
| Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue) | Carmelo Reale | Marco | HW-1 | 1977 |
| Criminals | ||||
| Dawn of the Dead | Ken Foree | Peter | HW-5T | 1978 |
| Scott H. Reiniger | Roger | |||
| John Rice | 2nd Officer in Project Apt. | |||
| Jim Baffico | Wooley | |||
| Rico | ||||
| Deadly Chase (Il commissario Verrazzano) | A robber | HW-1 | 1978 | |
| The Police War (La Guerre des polices) | Marlène Jobert | Marie Garcin | HW-3 | 1979 |
| Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou) | Georges Géret | Théodore Musard | HW-10; Only in holster | 1979 |
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | Stan Borowitz | HW-10 | ||
| The Professional | Robert Hossein | Commissioneer Rosen | HW-3 | 1981 |
| Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | Inspector Farges | |||
| Bernard Marcellin | A police inspector | |||
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | Josselin Beaumont | |||
| The Duel (Duelul) | Ion Ritiu | Rica Pasarin | HW-3 | 1981 |
| The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | "The Brain"'s henchman | 1982 | ||
| The Female Executioner (L'exécutrice) | Dominique Erlanger | Madame Wenders | nickel plated HW-38 | 1986 |
| The Man in the Brown Suit | Police officers and security | HW 38 | 1989 | |
| Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) | A police officer | HW-1 | 1990 | |
| Batman Forever | Tommy Lee Jones | Two-Face | HW-9 ST | 1995 |
| Hard Rain | Ricky Harris | Ray | HW-9ST | 1998 |
| Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) | Aleksey Panin | Sergey | HW-37 | 2005 |
| Sergey Makovetskiy | Koron | |||
| Anatoliy Zhuravlyov | Bala | |||
| The Baader Meinhof Complex | German terrorists | HW-3 | 2008 | |
| White Material | Angry African woman in crowd | HW-3 | 2009 | |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Georgi Staykov | Alexander Zalachenko | HW-3 | 2009 |
See Also
- FIE Titan Tiger, .38 variant made by Arminius and imported into the United States by F.I.E. in the seventies and eighties under the Titan Tiger name.