The Cockpit
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The Cockpit ザ・コクピット ) is a 1993 three-part OVA anime which tells 3 fictional different stories about Axis point of view during World War Two. The first episode "Slipstream" is about a German Pilot who has fallen out of favor but is nevertheless tasked with escorting the first German atomic bomb. In "Sonic Boom Squadron", the viewer gets an insight into the last hours of a young Japanese kamikaze pilot during early August 1945. And finally in the last episode "Knight of the Iron Dragon" two Japanese soldiers, during the Battle of Leyte, embark on a journey trying to keep a promise.
The following weapons were used in the anime series The Cockpit :
Handguns Luger P08 Captain Erhardt Von Rheindars is briefly seen drawing a Luger P08 during the encounter with German ground troops in Ep. 1 "Slipstream".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Von Rheindars unholsters his Luger but stops when realizing who's coming. Submachine Guns Type 100 A Late war Type 100 submachine gun is carried by Private Kodai over his back which is never seen used Ep. 3 "Knight of the Iron Dragon".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 100 (1944-1945 model) with magazine removed - 8x22mm Nambu Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kodai lies motionless over his motorcycle. In this angle, the stock can be seen a little. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view of this scene in which the müzzle can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Utsunomiya and his mate take him down which offers the best view of the Type 100. M3A1 "Grease Gun" The American motorcyclist uses an M3A1 "Grease Gun" in the same episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M3A1 "Grease Gun" - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The motorcyclist starts firing his Grease Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing While sliding with his motorcycle he uses his right arm to steady his gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires his weapon from an oblique position. Rifles Mauser Karabiner 98k German soldiers in "Slipstream" carry Karabiner 98k rifles during the encounter with Von Rheindars and at the airfield.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser K98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier encounters Von Rheindars while holding his carbine. Arisaka Type 38 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers including Private Utsunomiya carry Arisaka Type 38s at the beginning in the artillery position in "Knight of the Iron Dragon".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Japanese soldier inserts a 5-round stripper clip into the chamber... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ... and sends the bolt handle home. After this he locks his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing While in a foxhole Utsunomiya and his mate are seen with their Arisakas. M1 Carbine The M1 Carbine is seen used by U.S. soldiers firing at Private Utsunomiya.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Era M1 Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two G.I.s fire at the incoming Utsunomiya. Note the Browning M1919A4 barrels on the left. M1 Garand Some US troops are also seen with M1 Garands in the same scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier on the right firing his Garand. Machine Guns Nambu Type 96 Private Utsunomiya deploys a Type 96 light machine gun on Kodai's Type 97 (Rikuo ) motorcycle which he received from a machine gunner.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 Light Machine Gun (minus magazine) - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing The remains of the Type 96 during the opening sequence. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "There was a machine-gunner who didn't need that any more. " Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the clean barrel and muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Armed with a Type 96 and a bottle of Sake the two start their journey. Error creating thumbnail: File missing First-person view of Utsunomiya aiming at a captured Kawasaki Ki-61 fighter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 fired by Kodai at the American motorcyclist. Note the red-glowing ejector and muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing General view of a scene, moments later. The gun is never seen reloaded by anyone. Browning M1919A4 Browning M1919A4 are used by American soldiers to stop Private Utsunomiya.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1919A4 on an M2 tripod - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Brownings manned by U.S. troops. Mounted Weapons MG17 Two MG17 machine guns are mounted on German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 planes at the beginning in "Slipstream".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG17 machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The nose-mounted MG17s. MG 151/20 MG 151/20 are mounted in the Focke-Wulf Ta 152.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser MG 151/20, standard propeller dome armament for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 - 20x82mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mounted in the left and right wings. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The spent 20mm shells coming out of the left-wing. MK 108 One MK 108 cannon is also mounted in the fighter's nose.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MK 108 cannon 30mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle of the MK 108 seen at the end of the propeller nose. Hispano-Suiza HS.404 RAF Spitfires are armed with Hispano-Suiza HS.404 autocannons.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hispano-Suiza HS.404 with ammo drum 20x110mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2 Aircraft The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine guns are mounted in the captured B-17 bomber and in the rear cockpit of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver bombers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2 Aircraft, Flexible - .50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Luftwaffe captain opens fire with a Browning. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The B17's turret-mounted machine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dual-mounted Brownings mounted in the rear-gunner position of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber. Bofors 40mm Several Bofors 40mm can be seen mounted on American ships.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bofors 40mm L/60 quad mounting - 40x311mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 97 Aircraft Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters are armed with Type 97 Aircraft Machine Guns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 97 aircraft machine gun - 7.7x56mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 The Type 99 is mounted in the Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 Mark 1 in pintle mount configuration - 20x72mm RB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up of the magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Crewman turns around which offers a view of the grip. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The upside-down mounted Type 99 in the upper turret. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 being fired at attacking F6F Hellcats. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 cannon aircraft variants, top an earlier Type 99 Mark 1 Model 3 - 20x72mm RB, bottom a later Type 99 Mark 2 Model 3 - 20x101mm RB Error creating thumbnail: File missing One barrel of the Type 99 can be seen. Oerlikon 20mm Cannon Oerlikon 20mm Cannons are mounted on the aircraftcarrier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oerlikon Cannon - 20mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The guns being fired at the incoming Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka rocket. Other Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Seen and used by Ensign Nogami in Ep. 2 "Sonic Boom Squadron". Notice: The last mission of these rockets was in June 1945, not in August.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The "Cherry Blossom" attack craft is carried beneath its mother plane. It is released near the target to do its work: A human bomb! Error creating thumbnail: File missing With rocket-assisted high speed, it penetrates the enemy defences. A one-way trip, bringing certain death upon reaching the target. For the pilot, there is no second attack-run. Like the Cherry Blossom, a single dying fall. Type 96 15 cm Howitzer At the beginning of the third episode, some Type 96 15 cm Howitzers can be seen used by Japanese soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 15 cm Howitzer Error creating thumbnail: File missing Howitzers being prepared. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loading a shell. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers fire the howitzer at an American positon. 
