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Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders is a 1962 World War II film that tells the true story of a special American unit that fought deep inside the Japanese-occupied territory in Burma during 1942. The film was directed by Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One) and was made with the cooperation of the United States military.Jeff Chandler, Claude Akins and Peter Brown starred.
The following weapons were used in the film Merrill's Marauders:
Rifles
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the main rifle carried by the Marauders.
M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine is carried by several officers including Gen. Frank D. Merrill (Jeff Chandler).
Arisaka Type 99
The Arisaka Type 99 was one of the main battle rifles used by the Japanese Army.
Submachine Guns
M1A1 Thompson
The M1A1 Thompson is the main weapon carried by Sgt. Kolowicz (Claude Akins).
Machine Guns
Browning Automatic Rifle
The Browning Automatic Rifle is one of the weapons seen in the hands of the Marauders.
Browning M1917
The Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun is the heavy machine gun used by the Marauders.
Browning M1919A4
The Browning M1919A4 machine gun is also used by the Marauders.
Browning M2HB
The Browning M2HB machine gun is briefly seen used during the final battle.
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
Japanese forces are also seen engaging the Marauders with Type 92 Heavy Machine Guns.
Type 99 Light Machine Gun
Japanese forces are seen firing the Type 99 Light Machine Gun.
Other
M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher
An M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher is used by the Marauders.
