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[[Image:FOOFM1919A4-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Marine fires a Browning M1919A4.]]
 
[[Image:FOOFM1919A4-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Marine fires a Browning M1919A4.]]
  
== Browning M2 ==  
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==Browning M2HB==  
The Browning M2 or .50 cal is seen being used by a Marine on an LVT to shoot at Mount Suribachi.
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[[Browning M2HB]]s are used by Marines on LVTs to shoot at Mt. Suribachi.
[[Image:BrowningM2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2 .50 cal]]
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[[Image:BrowningM2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB - .50 BMG.]]
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[[Image:FOOFM2HB-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Marine fires a Browning M2HB at Mt. Suribachi from an LTV.]]
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[[Image:FOOFM2HB-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Marine fires a Browning M2HB.]]
  
 
== Thompson M1A1 ==  
 
== Thompson M1A1 ==  

Revision as of 22:44, 26 April 2009

The following guns were used in the film Flags of our Fathers:

Flags of our Fathers (2006)

M1 Garand

M1 Garands are used by a vast majority of the US Marines in the film including Medic John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe), Corporal Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford), Corporal Harlon Block (Benjamin Walker), Private First Class Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski (Jamie Bell), Pfc. Franklin Sousley (Joseph Cross), and Sergeant Hank Hansen (Paul Walker).

M1 Garand - .30-06.
Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski (Jamie Bell) fires his M1 Garand at a Japanese machine gun bunker.
Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski (Jamie Bell) with his M1 Garand at the ready.
Medic John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe) with his M1 Garand at the ready. Next to him is Corporal Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford), also armed with an M1 Garand.
A Marine fires his M1 Garand into a machine gun emplacement after it is destroyed by a fragmentation grenade.
Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) holds his M1 Garand fitted with a bayonet upward, impaling a Japanese soldier with it.
Sergeant Hank Hansen (Paul Walker) aiming his M1 Garand atop Mt. Suribachi.

M1 Carbine

M1 Carbines are seen used by some US Marines including Sergeant Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach).

M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine.
A US Marine nervously aims his M1 Carbine.
Sergeant Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) with their M1 Carbines.
Sergeant Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and another Marine fire their M1 Carbines.
Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) fires his M1 Carbine.
A Marine fires his M1 Carbine.
Corporal Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) fires his M1 Carbine at Japanese soldiers killing Marines with their bayonets.
A Marine looks out at the carnage of the battle from atop Mt. Suribachi while holding his M1 Carbine.
A goof present on the memorial of the Marines raising "Ol' Glory" is that the M1 Carbine slung on Corporal Ira Hayes' back is a post-WWII model with a bayonet lug.

Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2

Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2s are used by some of the Marines in the film.

Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 - .30-06.
A Marine on the beaches of Iwo Jima carries a Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 with the bipod folded.
A Marine takes cover while holding a Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2.
A Marine uses his BAR to suppress a Japanese machine gunner.

Browning M1919A4

Browning M1919A4s are used by Marines when they first combat the Japanese on the beach.

Browning M1919A4 on M2 tripod - .30-06.
A Marine fires a Browning M1919A4 while recieving orders. Note how the belt is loaded with crimp-nosed blanks.
A Marine fires a Browning M1919A4.

Browning M2HB

Browning M2HBs are used by Marines on LVTs to shoot at Mt. Suribachi.

Browning M2HB - .50 BMG.
A Marine fires a Browning M2HB at Mt. Suribachi from an LTV.
A Marine fires a Browning M2HB.

Thompson M1A1

The Thompson is seen used by a Marine to shoot into the pillbox during the beach scene.

M1A1 Thompson .45 ACP as used by the U.S. military in World War 2

M17 Rifle Grenade

The M17 is a fragmentation grenade that is shot from the end of a rifle. It is seen used by a Marine during the beach scene.

Rifle Grenade

M2A1-7 Flamethrower

a portable Flamethrower used by and infantryman. As a range of about 30 meters and a burntime of 7 seconds. This is used by Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (Alessandro Mastrobuono) to burn a pillbox during the beach scene.

File:Flamethrower.jpg
M2A1-7 Flamethrower

Mark 2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade

This is used by a Marine to try and clear a pillbox.

Mk 2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade


The following guns were used by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces


Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

The "woodpecker" is seen mounted inside the pillboxes.

File:Type 92.jpg
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

Type 99 Light Machine Gun

This weapon is seen used in the pillboxes and in the ambush scene.

Type 99 Light Machine Gun (7.7x58mm Arisaka)

Type 99 Rifle

This weapon is used by the Ambushing IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) troops during the first flag raising.

Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm

Type 94

Ira Hayes (Adam Beach) goes into a tunnel and finds it in it's holster lying by several dead Japanese soldiers.

File:JapaneseType94.jpg
Japanese Type 94 Pistol


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