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Journey's End (2018)
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Journey's End is a 2018 British war drama directed by Saul Dibb based on the play of the same name by R. C. Sherriff. In a dugout in Aisne in 1918, in the lead up to the famous German Spring Offensive, Second Lieutenant Raleigh, a replacement officer, is assigned to the company commanded by former school-friend Captain Stanhope, only to discover several years in the trenches has turned Stanhope into a bitter, self-loathing alcoholic. This is the fifth film adaptation of the novel. In the first adaptation Capt. Stanhope was portrayed by Colin Clive.
The following weapons were used in the film Journey's End:
Sidearms
Webley Mk VI
The Webley Mk VI is used by the Company officers.
Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I Signal Pistol
Second Lieutenant Raleigh (Asa Butterfield) and Second Lieutenant Trotter (Stephen Graham) use a Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I Signal Pistol in one scene.
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
British soldiers use Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles, with and without bayonets.
Czech Mauser 98/22
A German soldier can be seen with an anachronistic VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser with flat tangent sight, standing for a correct Mauser Gewehr 1898.
Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine
German soldiers use the Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine.
Machine Guns
Lewis Gun
British soldiers carry the Lewis Gun, which can also be seen mounted in the trenches.
Maxim M1910
German soldiers are seen with what appears to be a smooth-barreled Maxim M1910, standing in for the more likely MG08, although not strictly anachronistic, as it could have been captured from the Eastern Front.
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Handgrenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
A German soldier can be seen with an anachronistic Model 24 Stielhandgranate standing for a correct Model 17.