Midway (2019)

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Midway Movie Poster Country PR China United States Directed by Roland Emmerich Release Date November 8, 2019 Language English Japanese Distributor Lionsgate Main Cast Character Actor Admiral Chester Nimitz Woody Harrelson Commander Wade McClusky Luke Evans Anne Best Mandy Moore Edwin Layton Patrick Wilson Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Tadanobu Asano Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Etsushi Toyokawa Vice Admiral William "Bull" Halsey Dennis Quaid

Midway is a 2019 World War II film directed by Roland Emmerich that follows the events leading up to the Battle of Midway in 1942, where the US Navy attempted to prevent the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy from taking over the strategic air station on Midway island in the Pacific. The events of this battle had previously been chronicled in the similarly-named 1976 film. The cast includes Ed Skrein, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Mandy Moore, Patrick Wilson, Tadanobu Asano, Etsushi Toyokawa, Nick Jonas, and Dennis Quaid.

The following weapons were used in the film Midway:

Rifles

Springfield M1903

US soldiers can be seen with possibly M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifles.

M1903 Springfield .30-06

The two soldiers on the right fire their rifles.

Arisaka Type 2

An Arisaka Type 2 Paratrooper Takedown rifle is seen held by a Japanese soldier on a promotional picture.

Arisaka Type 99/Type 02 Paratrooper rifle - 7mm

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k is seen also on a promotional picture in the hands of Chinese Guerrilla fighters.

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Machine Guns

Browning M2 Water Cooled

What appears to be a water-cooled version of the Browning M2HB machine gun is seen also.

Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG

The Browning in the middle next to the camera tripod.

Aircraft Machine Guns

Browning M2 Aircraft Heavy Machine Gun

The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun appears in the film as the primary armament of the B-25 Mitchell bombers commanded by Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart).

Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun .50 BMG

The Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun appears in the film as the primary armament of the B-25 Mitchell bombers commanded by Col. James Doolittle (Aaron Eckhart).

Dual-mounted Brownings being fired by Bruno Gaido (Nick Jonas) mounted on an SBD Dauntless dive bomber.

FPS view of James Murray (Keean Johnson).

Type 92 Light Machine Gun

During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese D3A "Val" dive bombers and B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers can be seen with Type 92 light machine guns, a Japanese copy of the Lewis Gun for the tail gunners.

Type 92 - 7.7×58mm Arisaka

Bombers attack the fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Type 99 Cannon

Japanese "Zero" fighters are also armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings.

Type 99 cannon aircraft variants, top an earlier Type 99 Mark 1 Model 3 - 20x72mm RB, bottom a later Type 99 Mark 2 Model 3 - 20x101mm RB

Japanese "Zero" fighters are also armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings.

Other

1.1"/75 caliber gun

US sailors can be seen with a 1.1"/75 caliber gun.

1.1"/75 caliber "Chicago piano" quad mount aboard the USS Pennsylvania - 28x199mm

A sailor inserts a magazine into the gun.

Oerlikon 20mm Cannon

American Navy ships are also equipped with Oerlikon 20mm Cannons

Oerlikon Cannon - 20mm.

Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun

Japanese ships are armed with twin mounted Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns.

Type 96 twin AA mounting - 25x163mm

Japanese sailors fire a Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun.