Anzacs
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Anzacs is a 1985 Australian TV miniseries. Set during the First World War, it follows several Australians as they enlist in the Army during World War One, from joining up to homecoming, and the battles that made the Anzac name famous, such as Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele and Hamel.
The following weapons can be seen in the miniseries Anzacs :
Allied Weapons Rifles Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* The main weapon of the Anzacs is the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* , including Martin "Marty" Barrington (Andrew Clarke ), Flanagan (Jon Blake ), Roly Collins (Christopher Cummins ), Alec "Pudden" Parsons (Alec Wilson ), Sgt. Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward ) and Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill Harris (Johnathon Sweet ) instructs Roly Collins (Christopher Cummins ) in the proper use of the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roly loads a .303 Mk VII round into his Lee-Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roly trains with his Lee-Enfield on the rifle range. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin "Marty" Barrington (Andrew Clarke ), Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ) and Sergeant Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward ) fire their Lee-Enfield rifles on the Gallipoli bluffs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dick fires his Lee-Enfield at charging Turkish soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dick with his Lee-Enfield, bayonet fixed, in the Lone Pine trenches at Gallipoli. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marty at the Somme with his Lee-Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alec "Pudden" Parsons (Alec Wilson ) covers Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt (Shane Briant ) with his Lee-Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) and Marty with their Lee-Enfield rifles as they search for Pudden, whom has gone AWOL. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Anzacs fire their Lee-Enfield rifles at attacking Germans in Amiens. M1917 Enfield American soldiers can at one point be seen drilling with M1917 Enfield rifles. It should be noted that units of the American Expeditionary Force that were attached to Australian and British Army units re-equipped themselves with the Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* rifle for the rest of the First World War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1917 Enfield - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing American troops march behind a Cambrai tank with their M1917 Enfields. Machine Guns Lewis Gun Bluey (Peter Finlay ) carries a Lewis Gun , which he mainly uses in a support role. Other soldiers that can be seen operating the weapon are Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt (Shane Briant ), Sergeant Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward ) and Carter (Peter Browne ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey (Peter Finlay ) with his Lewis Gun as he talks with Lt. Harold Armstrong (Tony Bonner ) on the Somme battlefields. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the Lewis Gun magazine and sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey fires his Lewis Gun at Germans on the Hindenburg Line. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An injured Sgt. Tom MacArthur (Patrick Ward ) takes over on the Lewis Gun after Bluey is wounded by a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wilhelm "Kaiser" Schmidt fires the Lewis Gun from the hip after recovering it from Sgt. MacArthur. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey, cigarette in mouth, pours suppressive fire on a German bunker at Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bluey fires at attacking German soldiers in Amiens. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Carter (Peter Browne ) hoists the Lewis Gun on his shoulders after a successful attack in Hamel. Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun British soldiers use a pair of Vickers Mk1 Machine Guns in a demonstration for the Anzacs when they first arrive in France. British soldiers use one to repel a German attack in Amiens.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing British soldiers unveil a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier pours down fire on advancing Germans at Amiens. Sidearms Luger P08 Flanagan (Jon Blake ) uses a Luger P08 throughout the series. An Australian officer also uses one in Hamel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) approaches the German trenches in the Somme, Luger P08 in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan with the Luger in the trenches. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan with his Luger after clearing out a German bunker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Australian officer in Hamel with a Luger. Luger P08 "Artillery" Pat Cleary (Paul Hogan ) captures a long-barreled Luger P08 "Artillery" model from a dead German in a trench raid in the Somme. He later uses it to capture several Germans in a basement tavern, mounting it on a "Broomhandle" stock similar to the one used on the Mauser C96 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is the long barreled "Artillery" model Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his Luger P08 "Artillery" in the Somme trenches. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pat Cleary (Paul Hogan ) picks up the "Artillery" model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pat loads a magazine into his Luger "Artillery". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pat fixes the "Broomhandle" stock to his Luger "Artillery". Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Bill Harris (Johnathon Sweet ) uses a Mauser C96 pistol with a "Broomhandle" stock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 Broomhandle - C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser fitted with holster/stock combo - 7.63x25mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill leads a group of reinforcements to the front at Amiens, Mauser in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill fires his Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill in the trenches with his Mauser. Webley "WG" Army Martin Barrington (Andrew Clarke ) and Flanagan (Jon Blake ) use the Webley "WG" Army Model Revolver throughout the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley "WG" Army Model - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) fires his Webley "WG" Army Model at a German soldier during a trench raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin Barrington (Andrew Clarke ) with his Webley during the Anzac advance in Menin Road, Passchendaele. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan with his Webley in Amiens. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan holds his Webley on a German machine gunner, quickly convincing him to surrender. Webley & Scott Signal Pistol Max Earnshaw (David Lynch) uses a Webley & Scott Signal Pistol to signal the success of the attack on the German bunkers at Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, before he is wounded by a German shell.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley & Scott MkIII Signal Pistol - 1 inch Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max Earnshaw (David Lynch) loads a Webley & Scott MkIII Signal Pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Earnshaw fires a Green flare from the Webley & Scott. Grenades Jam Tin Grenade Bill Harris (Johnathon Sweet ), Flanagan (Jon Blake ) and Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ) use the Jam Tin Grenade at Gallipoli. This improvised grenade was constructed from empty jam (or bully beef) tins packed with gunpowder or dynamite.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jam Tin Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) lights a Jam Tin Grenade held by Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ) with his cigarette. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill Harris (Johnathon Sweet ) demonstrates to the soldiers the proper way to make a Jam Tin Grenade. No 15 Grenade The main weapon of the Anzacs (including Martin Barrington (Andrew Clarke ) at Gallipoli is the No 15 Grenade, before it is replaced by the Mills Bomb in France. Turkish soldiers also use the No 15 Grenade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing No 15 Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin Barrington (Andrew Clarke ) lights a No 15 Grenade in Lone Pine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Turkish soldier drops a No 15 Grenade into the Gallipoli trenches. Mills Bomb The Mills Bomb is used by the Anzacs, including Martin Barrington (Andrew Clarke ), Flanagan (Jon Blake ) and Pat Cleary (Paul Hogan ), after Gallipoli.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mills Bomb - High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan (Jon Blake ) opens a crate of Mills Bombs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flanagan hands a Mills Bomb to Martin Barrington (Andrew Clarke ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pat Cleary (Paul Hogan ) partially pulls the pin on a Mills Bomb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pat shows the Mills Bomb, its pin only partially in place, to the Germans, convincing them not to do anything stupid. Central Powers Weapons Rifles Mauser Gewehr 1898 The main weapon of the German soldiers is the Mauser Gewehr 1898 . Turkish soldiers also use them. (This is incorrect; they should be using the 1903 Turkish Mauser ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Turkish soldier fires a Mauser Gewehr 1898 at the Anzacs on the Gallipoli bluffs in defense of a machine gun nest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Turkish soldier aims his Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with their Mauser rifles in a Somme foxhole. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The deserter on the right carries a Mauser rifle. File:German Gewehr1898.jpg A German soldier fires his Mauser rifle from a machine gun nest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier advancing on the Anzac positions at Amiens with his Mauser rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Mauser rifles propped up against a bar chair. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Germans firing their Mauser rifles at Hamel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier (somewhat ineffectively) fires his Mauser at an oncoming Cambrai tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his Mauser. Machine Guns Maxim MG08 German soldiers use the Maxim MG08 machine gun throughout the series, mainly in a support or defensive role. Turkish soldiers also use them at Gallipoli. Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ) dismantles one after capture to prevent its re-use by the enemy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Turkish soldier fires the Maxim MG08 at advancing Anzacs at Gallipoli. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dick Baker (Mark Hembrow ) removes the firing pin from the machine gun to prevent enemy use. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers hurriedly reposition the Maxim to prevent enemy flanking at the Somme. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German crew fire the Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire at Anzacs in a supporting role during the Amiens battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the Maxim barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire uselessly at an oncoming Cambrai tank at Hamel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier cocks the Maxim gun, preparing to ambush oncoming Anzacs at Hamel. Maxim MG08/15 German soldiers can be seen using the Maxim MG08/15 as a light machine gun, fitted with a drum magazine. An Australian soldier captures one during a trench raid in the Somme.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Australian soldier with a captured Maxim MG08/15 in the Somme trenches. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German soldier on the right is cut down with his Maxim MG08/15. Grenades Model 24 Stielhandgranate German soldiers use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate as a primary hand grenade. Alec "Pudden" Parsons (Alec Wilson ) can be seen packing several into a tin in the Somme.
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