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[[Image:GELugerP08-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the German soldiers that captures Lt. Hendley ([[James Garner]]) is seen with a Luger P08.]] | [[Image:GELugerP08-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the German soldiers that captures Lt. Hendley ([[James Garner]]) is seen with a Luger P08.]] | ||
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+ | German soldiers man [[MG42]] machine guns in the camp perimeter towers. One of the French resistance soldiers is also seen mowing down Germans with one during a drive by shooting. The final time one is used is to massacre the 50 excaped POWs, even though in actually history, they were executed at different times. | ||
+ | [[Image:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 - 7.92x57mm.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German guard in a tower next to an MG42.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard fires his MG42 at Hilts when he crossed the perimeter wire to "fetch his ball".]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|His spotlight reveals his MG42.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A member of the French resistance mows down German soldiers at a diner with an MG42.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier executes the 50 POWs with an MG42.]] | ||
Revision as of 03:49, 16 January 2009
The following guns were used in the film The Great Escape:
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers at the camp are seen armed with Karabiner 98k rifles, although like many WWII films between 1960-1980, the MP40 is innaccurately portrayed as the main weapon of the German Army.
MP40
The MP40 submachine gun is the most commonly seen weapon in the hands of German soldiers.
Luger P08
All high ranking officers and soldiers at the camp keep Luger P08 pistols as their sidearms. After the escape, Cpt. Hilts (Steve McQueen) plants clear wire on a road way and causes a German soldier on a bike (secretivly played by Steve McQueen) to crash. He steals the soldier's uniform and Luger before eventually being captured.
MG42
German soldiers man MG42 machine guns in the camp perimeter towers. One of the French resistance soldiers is also seen mowing down Germans with one during a drive by shooting. The final time one is used is to massacre the 50 excaped POWs, even though in actually history, they were executed at different times.