SAS Rogue Heroes
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SAS Rogue Heroes Connor Swindells ), Lt. Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen ), and Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell ) during the North Africa campaign of the Second World War in 1941-2.
The following weapons were used in the television series SAS Rogue Heroes :
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Pistols Beretta M1934 Lt. Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell ) uses a Beretta M1934 (presumably pilfered from an Italian soldier that he had killed) to shoot holes into a bucket to shower himself.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M1934 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Mayne about to use pilfered Italian pistol to shoot holes in the bucket to use as a makeshift shower. Walther P38 A Walther P38 is seen with an Axis soldier in one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier with a P38 next to him. Revolvers Colt New Service Lt. Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell ) has one of these revolvers , likely the .455 Webley variant manufactured for British troops during the First World War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing British Colt New Service (c. 1915) - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mayne using the Colt to shoot a road sign. Error creating thumbnail: File missing As the British and Irish are determined to drive on the wrong side of the road, it makes riding shotgun more difficult for right-handed shooters... Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley .455 Mk VI David Stirling (Connor Swindells ), Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen ), and Lt. Col. Dudley Wrangel Clarke (Dominic West ) have Webley .455 Mk VI revolvers as their sidearms.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley .455 Mk VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Stirling twirling the revolver around while awaiting Lewes... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...putting it away as he arrives. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jock Lewes with a Webley. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Dudley Clarke with his Webley. Submachine guns MP38 One SAS soldier uses an MP38 appropriated from Axis forces.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19 mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAS soldier with MP40, sitting behind Mayne. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alternative view. Note the hook-shaped charging handle of the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAS madlad raids the same airstrip he raided just two weeks ago, using the very same MP38 he stole from them first time round. Thompson M1928A1 Various SAS members, including Lewes, Stirling, Mayne, Sgt. Reg Seekings (Theo Barklam-Briggs), and Cpl. Mike Sadler (Tom Glynn-Carney ), are seen with Thompson M1928A1 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. This specimen has the sling swivel relocated to the top of the stock, a modification often made to Thompsons in British service. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Jock Lewes with the Thompson M1928A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SAS corporal with an Thompson M1928A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Reg Seekings aims down the sights of an M1928, showing the A1 rear sights. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpl. Mike Sadler of the Long Range Desert Group with an M1928A1. Rifles Carcano M91/38 An Italian soldier is seen with a Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fucile di Fanteria Modello 91/38 - 6.5x52mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Italian spots Paddy Mayne, but it's already much too late for him... Karabiner 98k Many Axis soldiers are equipped with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Italian soldier loading a Karabiner 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Opening fire. Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* , known as the "SMLE" (Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) by the British, is ubiquitous among Allied troops throughout the series. It is also used by Lt. Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen ) at the start of the first episode.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breda Modello 37 - 8x59mm RB Breda Error creating thumbnail: File missing British sergeant shooting the Italian men with their own Breda Modello 37. Bren gun Bren guns are used by British soldiers (including Cpl. Mike Sadler) during the series.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG FF - 20x80mm RB Error creating thumbnail: File missing BF-109 with the barrel of the MG FF sticking out of the port-side wing visible. Error creating thumbnail: File missing BF-109 firing its two MG FF cannons. Note the bulges under the wings to accommodate the larger MG-FF cannons, compared to the MG17s fitted to earlier BF-109s. Thrown Fake grenade Lt. Stirling clears a snooker room of its audience by frightening them off with a fake grenade that appears to have been adapted from a Mills Bomb , the standard-issue grenade of British forces during World War II.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing No. 36M Mk 1 "Mills Bomb" Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stirling having pulled the pin... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and throwing it onto the snooker table. For some reason, the players only seem to react once the grenade is on the table, despite Stirling clearly showing it to them before he threw it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Having successfully performed its function of frightening everyone but Stirling and Lewes out of the room, the smoke from the "grenade" lingers in the air. Trivia Painting of Jock Lewes with a Bren gun Although Jock Lewes doesn't use a Bren gun in this series, the real-life Lewes was painted with a Bren gun in 1940 by artist Rex Whistler (1905-1944).
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