The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The following guns were used in the film The Dirty Dozen:

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

As I add screencaps, I ask anyone who knows the characters please help me since I've seen the movie twice and even made a name list and descriptions but still can't figure out all their names. Thanks. - Gunmaster45

M3 "Grease Gun"

The most commonly seen gun in the film is the older M3 "Grease Gun". It is not an M3A1 model because the guns clearly hav external charging handles on the right side while the M3A1 as divots in the bolt so the bolt can be pinched and pulled back. They also have a much higher rate of fire than the M3A1 model. Prison Military and Police (M&P) guards are seen using them, as well as practically every member of the Dirty Dozen, most notabley Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) during several scenes in basic training. In reality, the Grease Gun was never fielded in such great numbers but was likley the easiest gun for the film armorers to aquire.

M3A1 "Grease Gun" - .45 ACP.

Two M&P officers with M3 "Grease Guns".

Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) shoots out the rope under Pedro Jiminez (Trini López) as he climbs to persuade him to climb faster.

Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) holds an M3 "Grease Gun" with two magazines taped together "Jungle Style" on Col. Everett Dasher Breed (Robert Ryan) and his men when they come to cancel the training of his men.

Roscoe Lever (Stuart Cooper) takes cover from artillery during the war games while armed with a Grease Gun.

Tassos Bravos (Al Mancini) with a Grease Gun during the war games.

Vernon Pinkley (Donald Sutherland) glances at his Grease Gun hidden in a car near to him when disguised as a German soldier outside the mansion.

Samson Posey (Clint Walker) hides from a German patrol outside the mansion while armed with a Grease Gun.

Archer Maggot (Telly Savalas) fires his Grease Gun at Robert Jefferson (Jim Brown) when he goes crazy in the mansion.

Pinkley (Donald Sutherland) unloads his Grease Gun at the Germans as they rush out the mansion entrance.

Glenn Gilpin (Ben Carruthers) with a Grease Gun in the mansion.

Lever (Stuart Cooper) with a Grease Gun outside the mansion.

Joseph Wladislaw (Charles Bronson) takes out a German sniper, firing from the hip!

Jefferson (Jim Brown) also takes out a sniper while firing from the hip.

"We made it!" Victor Franko (John Cassavetes) with a Grease Gun before being shot.

Franko gets shot by a German soldier with a... Grease Gun? While the soldier could have captured this gun, it is likely they mixed it up with the MP40 he should be using.

M1 Garand

While the M1 Garand was the most heavily fielded weapon of the U.S. Military during WWII, it is seen somewhat scarcely in the film, mainly in the hands of M&Ps and some of the members of the Dirty Dozen during the war games.

M1 Garand - .30-06.

An M&P officer on guard with an M1 Garand.

Col. Everett Dasher Breed (Robert Ryan) line up armed with M1 Garands.

Another shot of Breed's men.

Archer Maggott (Telly Savalas) on guard duty during the party has an M1 Garand slung over his back.

An M1 Garand in the hands of Joseph Wladislaw (Charles Bronson) during the war games.

It's a pretty big safety violation to have the muzzle of your rifle pointed at someone's face.

Wladislaw (Charles Bronson) with an M1 Garand.

??? with an M1 Garand.

M1 Carbine

Several of Col. Breed's (Robert Ryan) men are seen armed with M1 Carbines, although they are only in the background.

M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine.

One of Breed's men in the background with an M1 Carbine.

A man behind Breed with an M1 Carbine.

When Reisman's men dissarm Breed's men, one of them is seen armed with a paratrooper folding stock M1A1 Carbine.

M1A1 Carbine - .30 Carbine.

One of Reisman's men dissarms one of Breed's men of his M1A1 Carbine.

M1911A1

Several M&P officers and Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) are seen with M1911A1 pistols as their sidearms.

Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP.

An M1911A1 is seen in Reisman's (Lee Marvin) holster.

An M&P officer opens his holster when Reisman teachs knife fighting.

An M&P officer is seen with an M1911A1 in a holster next to Col. Breed (Robert Ryan).

An M&P officer with an M1911A1.

Browning M1919A4

Several times the Browning M1919A4 is used in the film. First it is seen carried in a jeep by the blue team during the war games. Two are used during the assault on the mansion, one used by (??? and ???) near the front entrance and the other manned by Tassos Bravos (Al Mancini) to combat the approaching German vehicles.

Browning M1919A4 - .30-06.

Archer Maggott (Telly Savalas) rests his hand on a Browning M1919A4 during the war games.

??? mans an M1919A4 near the main entrance while ??? holds the belt box.

??? fires the M1919A4 at the Germans.

The two unknowns man the M1919A4.

??? grins in satisfaction after taking out a German vehicle with the M1919A4.

Bravos (Al Mancini) fires the M1919A4 at the German vehicles.

Mk 2 hand grenade

Several members of the Dirty Dozen keep Mk 2 hand grenades hanging on their belts, most notabley Robert Jefferson (Jim Brown) and Archer Maggott (Telly Savalas). While on the roof, Seth Sawyer (Colin Maitland) gets stuck after having a leg break through the roof on his way to disable the alarm tower. Immobilized, he throws two Mk 2 grenades at the tower to destroy it instead. When preparing to blow up the mansion, Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) and his men dump bags of Mk 2 grenades down the vents and then dump gasoline to make the building itself a bomb.

Mk 2 hand grenade.

Mk 2 grenades are seen on Jefferson's (Jim Brown) belt. Having his magazine pouches on the small of his back makes reloading take longer and is not tactically sound. All the Dozen do this.