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Letters from Iwo Jima
The following guns were used in the movie Letters from Iwo Jima
The following guns were used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Contents
M1911A1 Handgun
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) had a M1911A1 pistol offered by an American Officer when he was in the United States. By the end of the movie, he killed himself with this weapon. Then, a U.S. Marine found the pistol and took it. On a side note, the 1911 model in this movie had an ivory grip.
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
Used by many japanese soldiers in bukers and caves.
Type 38 rifle
Some of the japanese soldiers have type 38 rifle instead of type 99.
Type 99 Arisaka Rifle
Most of the Imperial Japanese soldiers in the movie are equipped with this rifle.
Type 94 pistol
Shimizu (Ryo Kase) and other Japanese soldiers had this pistol.
Nambu Type 14 Pistol
Captain Tanida (Takumi Bando) used this weapon to kill himself.
Type 99 Light Machine Gun
Used by many japanese soldiers in bukers and caves.
United States Marine Corps Weapons
The following guns were used by the United States Marine Corps
M1 Garand
Many marines were equipped with this weapons (some of them were used with M1 bayonets). When Shimizu (Ryo Kase) surrender, a marine, using his M1 Garand rifle, executed him and an another japanese POW. In the final scene, when Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) was surrounded by marines, most of them used M1 Garand rifles.
M1 Carbine
In the last scene, the marine who took the M1911 pistol of General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) had a M1 Carbine. M1 carbine .30 Carbine M1 carbine .30 Carbine A marine holding his M1 Carbine A marine holding his M1 Carbine
M2 Flamethrower
Sam (Lucas Elliott) had a M2 Flamethrower until he was captured. During the landing, two japanese soldiers have been burnt by a M2 Flamethrower. M2 Flamethrower M2 Flamethrower Sam (Lucas Elliott) carrying a M2 Flamethrower Sam (Lucas Elliott) carrying a M2 Flamethrower A marine "cleaning" a japanese pillbox with a M2 Flamethrower. The flamethrowerman is probably Charles W. Lindberg (Alessandro Mastrobuono) who feartured in Flags of our Fathers A marine "cleaning" a japanese pillbox with a M2 Flamethrower. The flamethrowerman is probably Charles W. Lindberg (Alessandro Mastrobuono) who feartured in Flags of our Fathers
M1919A4 Browning
During the night assault led by the Navy Lieutnant Ito, american troops used M1919A4 Browning machine guns to counter the japanese charge. M1919A4 Browning M1919A4 Browning A marine firing a M1919A4 Browning machine gun A marine firing a M1919A4 Browning machine gun