Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Big Red One (1980)The Big Red One Mark Hamill ), Zab (Robert Carradine ), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco ), and Johnson (Kelly Ward ), who are led by The Sergeant (Lee Marvin ). They struggle to survive throughout the war, from the landing in North Africa, through the landings on Omaha Beach on D-Day, and onto the invasion of Germany and the discovery of the concentration camps. The film was directed by Samuel Fuller, who was known for his war films such as The Steel Helmet and actually was a US 1st Infantry Division veteran during the war. An extended version of the film was released on DVD in 2004 as The Big Red One: The Reconstruction .
The following weapons were used in the movie The Big Red One :
1903 Springfield Rifle During the World War I prologue, the Private (Lee Marvin ) carries a 1903 Springfield Rifle fitted with a bayonet as he surveys the battlefield just prior to the war being over.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1903 Springfield Rifle - .30-06 File:BigRed1 002.jpg The Private (Lee Marvin ) uses the bayonet fixed on his 1903 Springfield Rifle to check a dead German soldier. M1 Garand The M1 Garand is the chief weapon of the 1st Squad and is the weapon most frequently seen used by American forces in the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Griff (Mark Hamill ) places a condom on the muzzle of his Garand to keep out the moisture. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Griff fires his M1 Garand from the North Africa beachhead. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zab (Robert Carradine ) fires the Garand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco ) fires the Garand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Johnson (Kelly Ward ) with the Garand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Sergeant (Lee Marvin ) holding his M1 Garand . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Sergeant (Lee Marvin ) and Griff (Mark Hamill ) with their M1 Garand rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. "Babyface" Kaiser (Perry Lang ) holds the M1 Garand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Griff with the M1 Garand at the concentration camp. Gew 98 Mauser Rifle A Gew 98 Mauser rifle is seen being smashed by a mad horse that spooks the Private during the WWI prologue.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gew 98 Rifle - 7.92 x 57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gew 98 Rifle laying on the ground 1886 Lebel Rifle As the Big Red One hits the beach in North Africa, Vichy French soldiers are seen carrying the Lebel Model 1886 Rifle as their main weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Lebel M1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mm Lebel Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vichy French soldier holding a Lebel Model 1886 Rifle in defensive position Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vichy French soldiers firing Lebel Model 1886 Rifle Karabiner 98K Rifle The main rifle used by German forces in the film is the Karabiner 98k Mauser Rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing K98K Mauser Rifle - 7.92 x 57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier setting down a K98K Mauser Rifle . Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, carrying K98K Mauser Rifles . Handguns Colt M1911 During the World War I prologue, the Private (Lee Marvin ) carries a M1911 as his sidearm, It is also used by a Belgian woman who produces the pistol from a pack to threaten a German infiltrator (this was seen in the Extended Cut).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the World War I prologue, the Private (Lee Marvin ) carries a M1911 as his sidearm. Mle 1892 Revolver A Vichy French officer draws his Mle 1892 Revolver when his men refuse to fire on the Americans who have hit the beach.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Vichy French officer with his Mle 1892 Revolver . Submachine Guns 1928A1 Thompson The 1928A1 Thompson Submachine Gun is seen being carried mainly by Pvt. Switolsky (Doug Werner ). While it lacks the Cutts Compensator, the Thompson is an M1928A1 identified by its square receiver shape and not the upside down T shape of the M1A1.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1928A1 Thompson - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Switolsky (Doug Werner ) cleans his 1928A1 Thompson right before the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. Note the square receiver shape. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Switolsky wades through a river carrying this Thompson. MP40 Submachine Gun The MP40 is seen chiefly carried by the German Sergeant Schroeder (Siegfried Rauch ) throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 Sub Machine Gun - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant Schroeder (Siegfried Rauch ) stands holding the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German Sergeant Schroeder (Siegfried Rauch ) firing a MP40 Sub Machine Gun . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "I am sane!" Rensonnet (Stephane Audran ) firing a MP40 Sub Machine Gun in the asylum. Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Italian forces are seen with the Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II when the Big Red One invades Italy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Italian soldier on the left fires a Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Sub Machine Gun as the US forces invade Sicily.
Machine Guns 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Vichy French soldiers are seen manning a 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun before the American invasion.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 Machine Gun - 7.92 x 57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Italian soldier firing a MG34 Machine Gun on the invading American forces. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In a scene from "The Reconstruction", a German machine team is seen firing the MG34 on US Forces. Browning 1919A4 The Browning 1919A4 Machine Gun is seen firing from the modified M51 Sherman meant to stand in for a German Tiger. The Sergeant is seen firing the machine gun from the tank in the battle near the Christ on the Cross.
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