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Martini-Henry Rifle Series
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The Martini-Henry is a lever-action breech loading rifle developed as a quick loading cartridge rifle for use with the British Army. The weapon saw extensive service in the Zulu conflict and remained in use until it was phased out by bolt action Lee-Enfield rifles and Maxim machine guns. It uses a unique bullet, a cartridge built using a .577 brass casing pinched down onto a .45 caliber .450 bullet to fit the chamber. The head spacing in the chamber must have been pretty poor to fit a round with several crimps in the case, but it proved reliable and effective for the time it served.
The Martini-Henry Rifle Series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Martini-Henry
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) | Turkish soldiers | Peabody-Martini | 1955 | |
| Zulu | Michael Caine | Lt. Gonville Bromhead | 1964 | |
| British soldiers | ||||
| Zulu warriors | Carbine version | |||
| Traitor's Gate | A robber | BSA Line Thrower, converted from Martini-Henry rifle | 1964 | |
| Khartoum | British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists | 1966 | ||
| The Naked Prey | Cornel Wilde | The Man | 1966 | |
| Soldiers | ||||
| Young Winston | Simon Ward | Winston Churchill | 1972 | |
| Sikh soldiers | ||||
| R.A.S. | Jean-François Balmer | Raymond Dax | "Arabized" version, confiscated in Algerian village. | 1974 |
| Jaws | Robert Shaw | Quint | W.W. Greener Harpoon gun, based on the Martini-Henry action | 1975 |
| The Wind and the Lion | Brian Keith | President Teddy Roosevelt | Sporter version | 1975 |
| The Man Who Would be King | Sean Connery | Danny Dravot | 1975 | |
| Michael Caine | Peachy Carnehan | |||
| Native soldiers | ||||
| Blood Brothers (Blutsbrüder) | Cornel Ispas | Big Fred | Supposedly a Swiss Schuetzen | 1975 |
| The Thirty Nine Steps | police | carbine | 1978 | |
| police | Artillery carbine | |||
| Robert Powell | Hannay | Artillery carbine | ||
| Slavers | Ron Ely | Steve Hamilton | Mk. II | 1978 |
| Ray Milland | Hassan | "Arabized" version, Mk. II | ||
| Various characters | "Arabized" version, Mk. II | |||
| Zulu Dawn | Bob Hoskins | CSM Williams | 1979 | |
| Paul Copley | Corporal Storey | |||
| British soldiers | Rifle and carbine versions | |||
| Gandhi | South African guards | 1982 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | The Thuggees | 1984 | ||
| The Silver Mask (Masca de argint) | Romanian soldier | M1879 Peabody-Martini | 1985 | |
| Everything is Paid (Totul se plateste) | A brigand | M1879 Peabody-Martini | 1987 | |
| The Art of Living in Odessa (Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse) | Sergey Migitsko | Monya Artillerist | Martini-Henry action pistol | 1989 |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Lou Diamond Phillips | Agaguk | 1992 | |
| Jennifer Tilly | Igiyook | |||
| Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon | Daphne Zuniga | Minha | 1993 | |
| Adam Baldwin | Roja | |||
| The Jungle Book | Native soldiers | 1994 | ||
| Waterworld | Kevin Costner | The Mariner | Mocked as a grappling hook rifle | 1995 |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Brian McCardie | Angus Starling | 1996 | |
| Various characters | ||||
| From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | . | Mexican soldiers | Carbine | 2000 |
| The Lost World | Tom Ward | John Roxton | Rifles with short fore-ends | 2001 |
| Tamati Rice | Achille (briefly) | |||
| The Sign of Four | Police constables | 2001 | ||
| The Four Feathers | Heath Ledger | Harry Faversham | 2002 | |
| Wes Bentley | Jack Durrance | |||
| Michael Sheen | Captain William Trench | |||
| The Four Feathers | Kris Marshall | Edward Castelton | 2002 | |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Prison guards | Carbine | 2002 | |
| The Royal Scandal | Guards at the Admiralty | 2002 | ||
| Ned Kelly | Police | 2003 | ||
| The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) | Turkish soldiers | 2005 | ||
| The Golden Compass | Samoyed tribesmen | 2007 | ||
| The Wolfman | Michael Cronin | Dr. Lloyd | Mk. III Sporterized | 2010 |
| Benicio del Toro | Lawrence Tablot | Mk. III Sporterized | ||
| Anthony Hopkins | John Talbot | Mk. III Sporterized | ||
| Policemen | Mk. IV | |||
| Tracker | Andy Anderson | Bryce | Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine | 2010 |
| Mark Mitchinson | Sgt. Maj. Saunders | |||
| Mick Rose | Sgt. Leybourne | |||
| Soldiers | New Zealand Martini-Enfield Carbine | |||
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | Paul Anderson | Sebastian Moran | Heavily customized Sporter | 2011 |
| The Lost City of Z | Charlie Hunnam | Col. Percy Fawcett | Mk. III Artillery Carbine | 2017 |
| Robert Pattinson | Henry Costin | Mk. III | ||
| Tom Holland | Jack Fawcett | Trade Pattern Martini-Enfield | ||
| Bolivian soldiers | Mk. III | |||
| True History of the Kelly Gang | George MacKay | Ned Kelly | Mk I or II | 2019 |
| Earl Cave | Dan Kelly | |||
| Gang members, police constables |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Martin Jarvis | Philip Marsden | Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine; "Five Hundred Carats" (S02E02) | 1973 |
| Ripper Street | Various | Armed robbers | Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) | 2013 |
| Rebellion | Brian Gleeson | Jimmy Mahon | Ep. 01, Carbine | 2016 |
| ICA members | Carbine | |||
| The War of the Worlds | Milo Twomey | The Sergeant Major | Ep. 02; Carbine | 2019 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | British troops | Ep. 03, 05 | 2021 | |
| The Irregulars | British Royal Guards | Only on a production still | 2021 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | |||
| Assassin's Creed Unity | "Silver-Plated Musket" | anachronistic for French Revolution | 2014 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "Martini-Henry" | Mk. II | 2016 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "Martini-Henry" | 2016 | ||
| Hunt: Showdown | "Martini-Henry IC1" | IC1, in artillery configuration; added in patch 1.1.3 (2019) | 2018 | |
| "Martini-Henry IC1 Riposte" | fitted with bayonet | |||
| "Martini-Henry IC1 Deadeye" | fitted with low-power scope | |||
| Tannenberg | "M1879 Peabody-Martini" | 2019 |
Anime
| Film/TV Show | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Empire of Corpses | British soldiers | 2015 |
Martini Schuetzen Rifle
Peabody-Martini dropping-block action was widely used on German and Swiss Schuetzen (target) rifles, produced by numerous manufacturers in 1880s-1900s. Some models retained original Martini action, other, like Kessler system, were improved. These rifles were chambered in wide range of calibers, from 4mm Flobert to 10-11mm, but most popular cartridge was 8.15x46R.
The Martini Schuetzen Rifles and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Death Ray (Luch smerti) | Aleksandra Khokhlova | Female shooter | 1968 | |
| Pyotr Galadzhev | Circus director | |||
| Trail of the Falcon (Spur des Falken) | Horst Kube | Chat | Kessler system | 1968 |
| Holger Mahlich | Pat Patterson | |||
| Milan Jablonský | Bad Face | |||
| US soldiers and Dakota warriors | ||||
| White Wolves (Weisse Wölfe) | Barbara Brylska | Catherine Emerson | 1969 | |
| Milivoje Popovic-Mavid | Little Wolf | Kessler system | ||
| Slobodan Velimirovic | Strong Left Hand | Kessler system | ||
| Milan Jablonský | Jim | Kessler system | ||
| US soldiers, Cheyenne warriors, bandits | ||||
| Fatal Error (Tödlicher Irrtum) | Shoshone warriors and Lee Garrett's workers | 1970 | ||
| Osceola | Gerhard Rachold | Joe Hammer | 1971 | |
| Werner Kanitz | Phipps | Martini-Stahl | ||
| Raynes' men | ||||
| Apaches (Apachen) | Milan Bosiljcic | Johnson | 1973 | |
| Hartmut Beer | Gleason | |||
| Dirk Jungnickel | A henchman | Kessler | ||
| Colea Rautu | Nana | Martini-Stahl | ||
| Johnson's men and gold prospectors | ||||
| Ulzana | US Cavalrymen, Apaches | 1974 | ||
| Blood Brothers (Blutsbrüder) | Gojko Mitic | Hard Cliff | Kessler | 1975 |
| Cornel Ispas | Big Fred | |||
| US Cavalrymen, Cheyennes | ||||
| Mark Twain: Against (Mark Tven protiv...) | Seen in Aunt Wealler's store; with fake sniper scope | 1976 | ||
| The Scout (Der Scout) | Nez Perces warriors | Martini-Stahl | 1983 | |
| Prairie Hunters in Mexico (Präriejäger in Mexiko) | Gojko Mitic | Bear Eye | 1988 | |
| Kolio Donchev | Black Gérard | |||
| Indians, Mexican bandits and Juarez' men |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield