Dunkirk is a 2017 American-British-French-German World War II film directed by Christopher Nolan that tells the story of the evacuation of surrounded British, Belgian and French troops from Dunkirk in 1940 (Operation Dynamo). The film's cast includes Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Cillian Murphy and One Direction member Harry Styles. Frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator Michael Caine has a cameo role as the radio voice of "Fortis Leader", which perhaps is a nod to his role in the 1969 movie Battle of Britain. The story had previously been told in a similarly-named 1958 film Dunkirk.
Note: The screenshots seen here will be of varying sizes due to the change in aspect ratio throughout the film.
The following weapons were used in the film Dunkirk:
Vickers K machine guns are fitted to British Motor Torpedo Boats. This is potentially anachronistic because as a general rule Motor Torpedo Boats at the time were fitted with ground pattern Lewis Guns, not being replaced with the Vickers K until 1942. The actual boat used during production is MTB 102 which was actually present during the real Dunkirk evacuation (acting as the flagship for Rear Admiral Wake-Walker), and is, in fact, the sole surviving Royal Navy vessel that participated in the operation.
Several Bofors 40mm AA-guns are seen used by British soldiers at Dunkirk.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a wheeled trailer mounting - 40x311mmRError creating thumbnail: File missingA Bofors on the left as Tommy reaches the beach of Dunkirk.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnother Bofors at the entrance of the mole on the left.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Bofors behind Colonel Winnant. This gun is incorrectly equipped with an incomplete 1944-issue British-designed Stiffkey gunsight: while this has been stripped down to make it closer to a period sight, the triangular supporting assembly for the lead adjustment trapeze is still present.
Oerlikon 20mm Cannon
Oerlikon 20mm Cannons are mounted on the British Motor Torpedo Boat and the Destroyer Maillé-Brézé.
The French destroyer Maillé-Brézé (D627) portrayed the British destroyers HMS Vivacious and HMS Vanquisher. In order to play both British ships at once, the destroyer simultaneously had the pennant number of Vivacious (D36) painted on her port side and that of Vanquisher (D54) on her starboard.
