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==Baker Rifle== | ==Baker Rifle== | ||
− | The | + | The [[Baker Rifle|Baker Flintlock Rifle]] is seen again in this episode. Both Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe ([[Sean Bean]]) and former Sgt. Patrick Harper ([[Daragh O'Malley]]) use Bakers. |
[[Image:BakerRifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Baker Rifle (1801-1837), Caliber - 0.625 inch (15.9 mm)]] | [[Image:BakerRifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Baker Rifle (1801-1837), Caliber - 0.625 inch (15.9 mm)]] | ||
+ | [[File:SPeril 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe ([[Sean Bean]]) uses the rifle.]] | ||
== Brown Bess Flintlock Musket == | == Brown Bess Flintlock Musket == | ||
− | The standard long arm issued to Indian soldiers with British army is the [[Brown Bess Flintlock Musket]]. | + | The standard long arm issued to "Redcoats" and Indian soldiers with British army is the [[Brown Bess Flintlock Musket]]. |
− | [[Image:India pattern brown bess.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Original "India Pattern" Brown Bess musket made 1805-1840 - .75 caliber]] | + | [[Image:India pattern brown bess.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Original "India Pattern" Brown Bess musket made 1805-1840 - .75 caliber]] |
+ | [[File:SPeril 06.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | ||
+ | [[File:SPeril 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | ||
== Nock Gun == | == Nock Gun == | ||
Harper ([[Daragh O'Malley]]) continues to use the fearsome seven-barrelled [[Nock Gun]] | Harper ([[Daragh O'Malley]]) continues to use the fearsome seven-barrelled [[Nock Gun]] | ||
[[Image:NockVolleyGun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nock Gun - .52 Caliber.]] | [[Image:NockVolleyGun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nock Gun - .52 Caliber.]] | ||
+ | [[File:SPeril 24.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | ||
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+ | ==Flintlock Pistol== | ||
+ | Several British officers use the [[Flintlock Pistol]]. | ||
+ | [[File:New Land Pattern flintlock 65 cal.jpg|thumb|350px|none|New Land Pattern Flintlock Pistol - .65 caliber]] | ||
+ | [[File:SPeril 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pistol is fired.]] | ||
+ | [[File:SPeril 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Major Tredinnick ([[David Robb]]) holds the Flintlock pistol.]] | ||
+ | [[File:SPeril 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Count Vladimir Dragomirov ([[Velibor Topic]]) pulls the pistol.]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 1 June 2016
Sharpe's Peril is the final chapter of the continuation of the UK series Sharpe with Sean Bean returning as Richard Sharpe, who was an officer of a small Rifles detachment during the Napoleonic Wars. Like 2006's Sharpe's Challenge, this 2008 episode is set primarily in India in 1817.
The following weapons were used in the television series Sharpe's Peril:
Baker Rifle
The Baker Flintlock Rifle is seen again in this episode. Both Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) and former Sgt. Patrick Harper (Daragh O'Malley) use Bakers.
Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
The standard long arm issued to "Redcoats" and Indian soldiers with British army is the Brown Bess Flintlock Musket.
Nock Gun
Harper (Daragh O'Malley) continues to use the fearsome seven-barrelled Nock Gun
Flintlock Pistol
Several British officers use the Flintlock Pistol.