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SS-GB is a 2017 British drama series produced for the BBC and is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Len Deighton (The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin, Billion Dollar Brain). The show is set in an alternative 1941 where the Nazis occupy the British Isles following the success of the invasion of England.

The following weapons were used in the television series SS-GB:

SS-GB (2017).

Pistols

Walther P38

A Walther P38 is used by Schutzstaffel officers as their sidearm.

Walther P38 - 9x19mm.

A SS officer executes a female civilian for trying to flee an inspection in the fourth episode.

Dr. Oskar Huth (Lars Eidinger) has his P38 on a table in the fifth episode.

Revolvers

Webley Mark IV

A Webley .38 Mk IV is used by a resistance fighter (Jonathan Harden) in the first episode. It's also used by Detective Superintendent Douglas Archer (Sam Riley) of the Metropolitan Police Service as his sidearm.

Webley Mk IV - .38 S&W

A resistance fighter opens fire during an assassination mission in the 1st episode.

DS Archer inspects a deserted apartment.

Archer opens his desk drawer to pick up his revolver in the fourth episode. You can see the Webley name on the grip.

The Mark IV opened to inspect the loaded chamber.

Submachine Guns

M1928A1 Thompson

A M1928A1 Thompson is seen loaded in the fourth episode by Daniel Hopkiss (Trevor White), which he later uses during the raid on Bringle Sands.

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP

The Thompson being loaded into a bag in the fourth episode.

Daniel with the Thompson during the raid in the fifth episode.

MP40

The MP40 is used by Wehrmarcht Heer and SS forces.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

One of the SS soldiers at attention with the MP40 in the 2nd episode.

A SS soldier keeps an eye on detainees inside the East Liverpool Detention Centre in the fourth episode.

A Heer soldier checks on Archer's car in the fifth episode.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k is used by Wehrmarcht Heer and Schutzstaffel forces.

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

Wehrmarcht Heer soldiers stop a man to search his identity papers in the OP sequence.

Heer soldiers on guard duty in the 1st episode in downtown London in the firt episode.

Heer soldiers in a checkpoint.

Heer soldiers on guard duty during a ceremony in the third episode's OP sequence.

SS troops on guard duty in a cemetery in the third episode.

A SS firing squad lines up in the fifth episode.

Closeup of the 98k's bolt and ejection port.

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)

A Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) is used throughout the fifth episode by DS Archer after disarming a turncoat and by British resistance fighters.

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III - .303 British

Daniel (Michael Shaffer) hands the SMLE to his brother in the fifth episode.

Archer smacks the rifle butt on Daniel's face after a fight starts.

Archer works the bolt while running after the other turncoat.

Closeup of the SMLE as Archer aims the iron sights.

Rear side of the SMLE.

Archer walks with Harry Woods.

British resistance fighters secure a meeting point.

Archer takes cover during a firefight.

Machine Guns

Browning AN/M2

Browning AN/M2s are seen with Supermarine Spitfires in the opening sequence.

Browning .303 Mk II - .303 British

Royal Air Force Spitfires engages incoming Messerschmitt Bf 109Es in the OP sequence.

MG15 machine gun

MG15 machine guns are seen with Dornier Do 17s in the opening sequence.

MG15 machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Luffwaffe Dornier Do 17s approach British airspace in the OP sequence.

MG17 machine gun

MG17 machine guns are seen with Messerschmitt Bf 109Es in the opening sequence.

MG17 machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Luffwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109Es approach British airspace in the OP sequence.

MG34 machine gun

The MG34 is seen mounted on a Wehrmacht Leichter Panzerspähwagen in the 2nd episode.

MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The Leichter Panzerspähwagen on a security patrol in the second episode.

MG FF cannon

MG FF cannons are seen with Messerschmitt Bf 109Es in the opening sequence.

MG FF cannon - 20 x 80mm