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'''The ''Martini-Henry'' rifle has been used by the following actors in the following Films, Television, Anime, and Videogames.'''
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkI(1871-1876).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. I (1871-1876) - .577-.450 caliber]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkI(1871-1876).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. I (1871-1876) .577-.450 caliber.]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkII(1877-1881).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. II (1877-1881) - .577-.450 caliber]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkII(1877-1881).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. II (1877-1881) .577-.450 caliber.]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkIII(1881-1888).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. III (1881-1888) - .577-.450 caliber]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkIII(1881-1888).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. III (1881-1888) .577-.450 caliber.]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkIV (1888-1889).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) - .577-.450 caliber]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkIV (1888-1889).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) .577-.450 caliber.]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryCarbine(1881).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Carbine 1881 - .577-.450 caliber]]
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[[Image:Martini-HenryCarbine(1881).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Henry Carbine 1881 .577-.450 caliber.]]
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[[Image:Martinisporter.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Martini-Henry "Sporter" modified by the famous London gunsmith J. Rigby - .577-.450 caliber]]
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[[Image:Martinisporter.jpg|400px|thumb|right| Martini-Henry "Sporter" .577-.450 caliber modified by the famous London gunsmith J. Rigby]]
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[[Image:Arab-Martini-Henry.jpg|400px|thumb|right|"Arabized" Martini Henry with belt and foil cartridges - .577-.450 caliber]]
  
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==Information==
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The '''Martini-Henry''' is a lever-action breech loading rifle developed as a quick loading cartridge rifle for use with the British Army. The weapon saw extensive service in the Zulu conflict and remained in use until it was phased out by bolt action [[Lee-Enfield]] rifles and [[Maxim|Maxim machine guns]]. It uses a unique bullet, a cartridge built using a .577 brass casing pinched down onto a .45 caliber .450 bullet to fit the chamber. The head spacing in the chamber must have been pretty poor to fit a round with several crimps in the case, but it proved reliable and effective for the time it served.
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The Martini-Henry rifle is a lever-action breech loading rifle developed as a quick loading cartridge rifle for use with the British Army. The weapon saw extensive service in the Zulu conflict and remained in use until it was phased out by bolt action Enfield repeating rifles and Maxim machine guns. It uses a unique bullet, a cartridge built using a .577 brass casing pinched down onto a .45 caliber .450 bullet to fit the chamber. The head spacing in the chamber must have been pretty poor to fit a round with several crimps in the case, but it proved reliable and effective for the time it served.
 
  
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{{Gun Title}}
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=Martini-Henry=
 
==Film==
 
==Film==
 
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| ''[[Zulu (1964)|Zulu]]'' || [[Michael Caine]] || Lt. Bromhead ||  || 1964
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| ''[[Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka)]]'' || || Turkish soldiers || Peabody-Martini || 1955
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| rowspan="3"|''[[Zulu (1964)|Zulu]]'' || [[Michael Caine]] || Lt. Gonville Bromhead||  || rowspan="3"|1964
 
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| ''[[Zulu (1964)|Zulu]]'' ||  || British soldiers || || 1964
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| || British soldiers ||  
 
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| ''[[Zulu (1964)|Zulu]]'' ||  || Zulu warriors || Carbine version || 1964
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|  || Zulu warriors || Carbine version
 
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| ''[[Khartoum]]'' ||  || British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists ||  || 1966
 
| ''[[Khartoum]]'' ||  || British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists ||  || 1966
 
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| ''[[Naked Prey, The|The Naked Prey]]'' || [[Cornel Wilde]]  || The Man ||  || 1966
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Naked Prey, The|The Naked Prey]]'' || [[Cornel Wilde]]  || The Man||  || rowspan="2"|1966
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| || Soldiers ||
 
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| ''[[Naked Prey, The|The Naked Prey]]'' || || Soldiers || || 1966
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Young Winston]]'' || [[Simon Ward]] || Winston Churchill || || rowspan="2"|1972
 
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| ''[[Young Winston]]'' || [[Simon Ward]] || Winston Churchill || || 1972
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| || Sikh soldiers ||  
 
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| ''[[Young Winston]]'' || || Sikh soldiers || || 1972
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| ''[[R.A.S.]]'' || [[Jean-François Balmer]] || Raymond Dax || "Arabized" version, confiscated in Algerian village. || 1974
 
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| ''[[Jaws]]'' || [[Robert Shaw]] || Quint || [[Greener Light Harpoon Gun|W.W. Greener Harpoon gun]], based on the Martini-Henry action || 1975
 
| ''[[Jaws]]'' || [[Robert Shaw]] || Quint || [[Greener Light Harpoon Gun|W.W. Greener Harpoon gun]], based on the Martini-Henry action || 1975
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| ''[[Wind and the Lion, The|The Wind and the Lion]]'' || [[Brian Keith]] || President Teddy Roosevelt || Sporter version || 1975
 
| ''[[Wind and the Lion, The|The Wind and the Lion]]'' || [[Brian Keith]] || President Teddy Roosevelt || Sporter version || 1975
 
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| ''[[The Man Who Would be King]]'' || [[Sean Connery]] || Danny Dravot ||  || 1975
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| rowspan="3"|''[[The Man Who Would be King]]'' || [[Sean Connery]] || Danny Dravot ||  || rowspan="3"|1975
 
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| ''[[The Man Who Would be King]]'' || [[Michael Caine]] || Peachy Carnehan || || 1975
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| [[Michael Caine]] || Peachy Carnehan ||  
 
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| ''[[The Man Who Would be King]]'' ||  || Native soldiers || || 1975
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| ||  Native soldiers ||
 
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| ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' || || police || carbine || 1978
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| ''[[Blood Brothers (Blutsbrüder)]]'' || [[Cornel Ispas]] || Big Fred || NOT a British pattern || 1975
 
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| ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' ||  || police || Artillery carbine || 1978
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| rowspan="3"|''[[The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' ||  || police || carbine || rowspan="3"|1978
 
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| ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' || [[Robert Powell]] || Hannay || Artillery carbine || 1978
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| || police || Artillery carbine
 
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| ''[[Slavers]]'' || [[Ron Ely]] || Steve Hamilton ||  || 1978
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| [[Robert Powell]] || Hannay || Artillery carbine
 
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| ''[[Slavers]]'' || [[Ray Milland]] || Hassan || || 1978
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| rowspan="3"|''[[Slavers]]'' || [[Ron Ely]] || Steve Hamilton || Mk. II || rowspan="3"|1978
 
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| ''[[Slavers]]'' || || Various characters || || 1978
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| [[Ray Milland]] || Hassan || "Arabized" version, Mk. II
 
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| ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' || [[Bob Hoskins]] || CSM Williams ||  || 1979
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| || Various characters || "Arabized" version, Mk. II
 
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| ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' || [[Paul Copley]] || Corporal Storey ||  || 1979
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| rowspan="3"|''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' || [[Bob Hoskins]] || CSM Williams ||  || rowspan="3"|1979
 
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| ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' ||  || British soldiers || Rifle and carbine versions || 1979
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| [[Paul Copley]] || Corporal Storey ||
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|  || British soldiers || Rifle and carbine versions
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| ''[[Gandhi]]'' ||  || South African guards  ||  || 1982
 
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| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' ||  || The Thuggees ||  || 1984
 
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' ||  || The Thuggees ||  || 1984
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| ''[[The Silver Mask (Masca de argint)]]'' || || Romanian soldier || M1879 Peabody-Martini || 1985
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| ''[[The Art of Living in Odessa (Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse)]]'' || [[Sergey Migitsko]] || Monya Artillerist || Martini-Henry action pistol || 1989
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Shadow of the Wolf]]'' || [[Lou Diamond Phillips]] || Agaguk||  || rowspan="2"|1992
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| [[Jennifer Tilly]] || Igiyook ||
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon]]'' || [[Daphne Zuniga]] || Minha ||  || rowspan="2" | 1993
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| [[Adam Baldwin]] || Roja ||
 
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| ''[[The Jungle Book]]'' ||  || Native soldiers ||  || 1994
 
| ''[[The Jungle Book]]'' ||  || Native soldiers ||  || 1994
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| ''[[Waterworld]]'' || [[Kevin Costner]] || The Mariner || Mocked as a grappling hook rifle || 1995
 
| ''[[Waterworld]]'' || [[Kevin Costner]] || The Mariner || Mocked as a grappling hook rifle || 1995
 
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| ''[[Ghost and the Darkness, The|The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' || [[Brian McCardie]] || Angus Starling ||  || 1996
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Ghost and the Darkness, The|The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' || [[Brian McCardie]] || Angus Starling ||  || rowspan="2"|1996
 
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| ''[[Ghost and the Darkness, The|The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' ||  || Various characters || || 1996
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|  || Various characters ||  
 
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|''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''||.||Mexican soldiers||Carbine||2000
 
|''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]''||.||Mexican soldiers||Carbine||2000
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| ''[[The Four Feathers]]'' || [[Heath Ledger]] || Harry Faversham ||  || 2002
 
 
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| ''[[The Four Feathers]]'' || [[Wes Bentley]] || Jack Durrance ||  || 2002
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Lost World, The (2001)|The Lost World]]''||[[Tom Ward]]||John Roxton|| Rifles with short fore-ends || rowspan="2"|2001
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| [[Tamati Rice]]||Achille (briefly)
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| ''[[Sign of Four, The (2001)|The Sign of Four]]'' || || Police constables || || 2001
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| rowspan="3"|''[[The Four Feathers]]'' || [[Heath Ledger]] || Harry Faversham ||  || rowspan="3"|2002
 
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| ''[[The Four Feathers]]'' || || British soldiers || || 2002
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| [[Wes Bentley]] || Jack Durrance ||
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| ''[[Hound of the Baskervilles, The (2002)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' || || Prison guards || Carbine || 2002
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| ''[[The Royal Scandal]]'' || || Guards at the Admiralty || || 2002
 
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| ''[[Ned Kelly]]'' ||  || Police ||  || 2003
 
| ''[[Ned Kelly]]'' ||  || Police ||  || 2003
 
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| ''[[Wolfman, The (2010)|The Wolfman]]'' || [[Michael Cronin]] || Dr. Lloyd || Mk. III Sporterized || 2010
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| ''[[The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit)]]'' || || Turkish soldiers || || 2005
 
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| ''[[Wolfman, The (2010)|The Wolfman]]'' || [[Benicio del Toro]] || Lawrence Tablot || Mk. III Sporterized || 2010
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| rowspan="4"|''[[Wolfman, The (2010)|The Wolfman]]'' || [[Michael Cronin]] || Dr. Lloyd || Mk. III Sporterized || rowspan="4"|2010
 
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| ''[[Wolfman, The (2010)|The Wolfman]]'' || [[Anthony Hopkins]] || John Talbot || Mk. III Sporterized || 2010
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| [[Benicio del Toro]] || Lawrence Tablot || Mk. III Sporterized
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| [[Anthony Hopkins]] || John Talbot || Mk. III Sporterized
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|  || Policemen || Mk. IV
 
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| ''[[Wolfman, The (2010)|The Wolfman]]'' ||  || Policemen || Mk. IV || 2010
 
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| ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows]]'' || [[Paul Anderson]] || Sebastian Moran || Heavily customized Sporter || 2011
 
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows]]'' || [[Paul Anderson]] || Sebastian Moran || Heavily customized Sporter || 2011
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| rowspan="4"|''[[Lost City of Z, The|The Lost City of Z]]'' || [[Charlie Hunnam]]  || Col. Percy Fawcett|| Mk. III Artillery Carbine|| rowspan="4"|2017
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| [[Robert Pattinson]] || Henry Costin || Mk. III
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| [[Tom Holland]] || Jack Fawcett  || Trade Pattern Martini-Enfield
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|  || Bolivian soldiers || Mk. III
 
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| ''[[Ripper Street]]''|| Various || Armed robbers  || Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) ||2013
 
| ''[[Ripper Street]]''|| Various || Armed robbers  || Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) ||2013
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|rowspan=2|''[[Rebellion (miniseries)|Rebellion]]''||[[Brian Gleeson]]|| Jimmy Mahon  || Ep. 01, Carbine ||rowspan=2|2016
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==Video Game==
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
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| ''[[Assassin's Creed Unity]]'' || "Silver-Plated Musket" || || anachronistic for French Revolution || 2014
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| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || "Martini-Henry" || || Mk. II || 2016
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| ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || "Martini-Henry" || || || 2016
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[Hunt: Showdown]]'' || "Martini-Henry IC1" || || rowspan="3"| IC1, in artillery configuration; added in patch 1.1.3 (2019) || rowspan="3"| 2018
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| "Martini-Henry IC1 Riposte" || fitted with bayonet
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| "Martini-Henry IC1 Deadeye" || fitted with low-power scope
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== Anime ==
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Film/TV Show'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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| ''[[The Empire of Corpses]]'' || British soldiers || || 2015
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= Martini ''Schuetzen'' Rifle =
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[[File:Martini Action Schuetzen Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|German manufactured Martini Action ''Schuetzen'' Rifle]]
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[[File:Martini Stahl Schuetzen Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Martini-Stahl system ''Schuetzen'' Rifle - 8.15x46mm R]]
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[[File:Kessler Martini Action Schuetzen Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|German Kessler ''Schuetzen'' rifle]]
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[[Image:Swiss Martini.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Swiss military-style Martini ''Schuetzen'' rifle by Schlaepfer - .41 Swiss RF]]
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Peabody-Martini dropping-block action was widely used on German and Swiss ''Schuetzen'' (target) rifles, produced by numerous manufacturers in 1880s-1900s. Some models retained original Martini action, other, like Kessler system, were improved. These rifles were chambered in wide range of calibers, from 4mm Flobert to 10-11mm, but most popular cartridge was 8.15x46R.
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{{Gun Title|Martini Schuetzen Rifles}}
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==Film==
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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| rowspan=4|''[[Trail of the Falcon (Spur des Falken)]]'' || [[Horst Kube]] || Chat || rowspan=2|Kessler system || rowspan=4|1968
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| [[Holger Mahlich]] || Pat Patterson
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| [[Milan Jablonský]] || Bad Face ||
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| || US soldiers and Dakota warriors ||
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| rowspan=5|''[[White Wolves (Weisse Wölfe)]]'' || [[Barbara Brylska]] || Catherine Emerson || || rowspan=5|1969
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| [[Milivoje Popovic-Mavid]] || Little Wolf || Kessler system
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| [[Slobodan Velimirovic]] || Strong Left Hand || Kessler system
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| [[Milan Jablonský]] || Jim || Kessler system
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| || US soldiers, Cheyenne warriors, bandits ||
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| ''[[Fatal Error (Tödlicher Irrtum)]]'' || || Shoshone warriors and Lee Garrett's workers || || 1970
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| rowspan=3|''[[Osceola]]'' || [[Gerhard Rachold]] || Joe Hammer || || rowspan=3|1971
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| [[Werner Kanitz]] || Phipps || Martini-Stahl
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| || Raynes' men ||
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| rowspan=5|''[[Apaches (Apachen)]]'' || [[Milan Bosiljcic]] || Johnson || || rowspan=5|1973
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| [[Hartmut Beer]] || Gleason ||
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| [[Dirk Jungnickel]] || A henchman || Kessler
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| [[Colea Rautu]] || Nana || Martini-Stahl
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| || Johnson's men and gold prospectors ||
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| ''[[Ulzana]]'' || || US Cavalrymen, Apaches || || 1974
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| rowspan=3|''[[Blood Brothers (Blutsbrüder)]]'' || [[Gojko Mitic]] || Hard Cliff || rowspan=2|Kessler || rowspan=3|1975
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| [[Cornel Ispas]] || Big Fred
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| || US Cavalrymen, Cheyennes ||
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| ''[[Mark Twain: Against (Mark Tven protiv...)]]'' || || || Seen in Aunt Wealler's store; with fake sniper scope || 1976
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| ''[[The Scout (Der Scout)]]'' || || Nez Perces warriors || Martini-Stahl || 1983
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| rowspan=3|''[[Prairie Hunters in Mexico (Präriejäger in Mexiko)]]'' || [[Gojko Mitic]] || Bear Eye || || rowspan=3|1988
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| [[Kolio Donchev]] || Black Gérard ||
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| || Indians, Mexican bandits and Juarez' men ||
 
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==See Also==
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=See Also=
 
* [[Royal Small Arms Factory]] - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield
 
* [[Royal Small Arms Factory]] - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Gun]]

Revision as of 17:02, 2 April 2020

Martini-Henry Mk. I (1871-1876) - .577-.450 caliber
Martini-Henry Mk. II (1877-1881) - .577-.450 caliber
Martini-Henry Mk. III (1881-1888) - .577-.450 caliber
Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) - .577-.450 caliber
Martini-Henry Carbine 1881 - .577-.450 caliber
Martini-Henry "Sporter" modified by the famous London gunsmith J. Rigby - .577-.450 caliber
"Arabized" Martini Henry with belt and foil cartridges - .577-.450 caliber

The Martini-Henry is a lever-action breech loading rifle developed as a quick loading cartridge rifle for use with the British Army. The weapon saw extensive service in the Zulu conflict and remained in use until it was phased out by bolt action Lee-Enfield rifles and Maxim machine guns. It uses a unique bullet, a cartridge built using a .577 brass casing pinched down onto a .45 caliber .450 bullet to fit the chamber. The head spacing in the chamber must have been pretty poor to fit a round with several crimps in the case, but it proved reliable and effective for the time it served.


The Martini-Henry Rifle Series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Martini-Henry

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) Turkish soldiers Peabody-Martini 1955
Zulu Michael Caine Lt. Gonville Bromhead 1964
British soldiers
Zulu warriors Carbine version
Khartoum British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists 1966
The Naked Prey Cornel Wilde The Man 1966
Soldiers
Young Winston Simon Ward Winston Churchill 1972
Sikh soldiers
R.A.S. Jean-François Balmer Raymond Dax "Arabized" version, confiscated in Algerian village. 1974
Jaws Robert Shaw Quint W.W. Greener Harpoon gun, based on the Martini-Henry action 1975
The Wind and the Lion Brian Keith President Teddy Roosevelt Sporter version 1975
The Man Who Would be King Sean Connery Danny Dravot 1975
Michael Caine Peachy Carnehan
Native soldiers
Blood Brothers (Blutsbrüder) Cornel Ispas Big Fred NOT a British pattern 1975
The Thirty Nine Steps police carbine 1978
police Artillery carbine
Robert Powell Hannay Artillery carbine
Slavers Ron Ely Steve Hamilton Mk. II 1978
Ray Milland Hassan "Arabized" version, Mk. II
Various characters "Arabized" version, Mk. II
Zulu Dawn Bob Hoskins CSM Williams 1979
Paul Copley Corporal Storey
British soldiers Rifle and carbine versions
Gandhi South African guards 1982
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The Thuggees 1984
The Silver Mask (Masca de argint) Romanian soldier M1879 Peabody-Martini 1985
The Art of Living in Odessa (Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse) Sergey Migitsko Monya Artillerist Martini-Henry action pistol 1989
Shadow of the Wolf Lou Diamond Phillips Agaguk 1992
Jennifer Tilly Igiyook
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon Daphne Zuniga Minha 1993
Adam Baldwin Roja
The Jungle Book Native soldiers 1994
Waterworld Kevin Costner The Mariner Mocked as a grappling hook rifle 1995
The Ghost and the Darkness Brian McCardie Angus Starling 1996
Various characters
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter . Mexican soldiers Carbine 2000
The Lost World Tom Ward John Roxton Rifles with short fore-ends 2001
Tamati Rice Achille (briefly)
The Sign of Four Police constables 2001
The Four Feathers Heath Ledger Harry Faversham 2002
Wes Bentley Jack Durrance
British soldiers
The Hound of the Baskervilles Prison guards Carbine 2002
The Royal Scandal Guards at the Admiralty 2002
Ned Kelly Police 2003
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) Turkish soldiers 2005
The Wolfman Michael Cronin Dr. Lloyd Mk. III Sporterized 2010
Benicio del Toro Lawrence Tablot Mk. III Sporterized
Anthony Hopkins John Talbot Mk. III Sporterized
Policemen Mk. IV
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows Paul Anderson Sebastian Moran Heavily customized Sporter 2011
The Lost City of Z Charlie Hunnam Col. Percy Fawcett Mk. III Artillery Carbine 2017
Robert Pattinson Henry Costin Mk. III
Tom Holland Jack Fawcett Trade Pattern Martini-Enfield
Bolivian soldiers Mk. III

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Ripper Street Various Armed robbers Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) 2013
Rebellion Brian Gleeson Jimmy Mahon Ep. 01, Carbine 2016
ICA members Carbine

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Assassin's Creed Unity "Silver-Plated Musket" anachronistic for French Revolution 2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "Martini-Henry" Mk. II 2016
Battlefield 1 "Martini-Henry" 2016
Hunt: Showdown "Martini-Henry IC1" IC1, in artillery configuration; added in patch 1.1.3 (2019) 2018
"Martini-Henry IC1 Riposte" fitted with bayonet
"Martini-Henry IC1 Deadeye" fitted with low-power scope

Anime

Film/TV Show Character Note Date
The Empire of Corpses British soldiers 2015


Martini Schuetzen Rifle

German manufactured Martini Action Schuetzen Rifle
Martini-Stahl system Schuetzen Rifle - 8.15x46mm R
German Kessler Schuetzen rifle
Swiss military-style Martini Schuetzen rifle by Schlaepfer - .41 Swiss RF

Peabody-Martini dropping-block action was widely used on German and Swiss Schuetzen (target) rifles, produced by numerous manufacturers in 1880s-1900s. Some models retained original Martini action, other, like Kessler system, were improved. These rifles were chambered in wide range of calibers, from 4mm Flobert to 10-11mm, but most popular cartridge was 8.15x46R.

The Martini Schuetzen Rifles and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Trail of the Falcon (Spur des Falken) Horst Kube Chat Kessler system 1968
Holger Mahlich Pat Patterson
Milan Jablonský Bad Face
US soldiers and Dakota warriors
White Wolves (Weisse Wölfe) Barbara Brylska Catherine Emerson 1969
Milivoje Popovic-Mavid Little Wolf Kessler system
Slobodan Velimirovic Strong Left Hand Kessler system
Milan Jablonský Jim Kessler system
US soldiers, Cheyenne warriors, bandits
Fatal Error (Tödlicher Irrtum) Shoshone warriors and Lee Garrett's workers 1970
Osceola Gerhard Rachold Joe Hammer 1971
Werner Kanitz Phipps Martini-Stahl
Raynes' men
Apaches (Apachen) Milan Bosiljcic Johnson 1973
Hartmut Beer Gleason
Dirk Jungnickel A henchman Kessler
Colea Rautu Nana Martini-Stahl
Johnson's men and gold prospectors
Ulzana US Cavalrymen, Apaches 1974
Blood Brothers (Blutsbrüder) Gojko Mitic Hard Cliff Kessler 1975
Cornel Ispas Big Fred
US Cavalrymen, Cheyennes
Mark Twain: Against (Mark Tven protiv...) Seen in Aunt Wealler's store; with fake sniper scope 1976
The Scout (Der Scout) Nez Perces warriors Martini-Stahl 1983
Prairie Hunters in Mexico (Präriejäger in Mexiko) Gojko Mitic Bear Eye 1988
Kolio Donchev Black Gérard
Indians, Mexican bandits and Juarez' men


See Also

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