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Difference between revisions of "The Big Red One"
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==Mle 1892 Revolver== | ==Mle 1892 Revolver== | ||
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[[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm]] | [[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm]] | ||
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==1928A1 Thompson== | ==1928A1 Thompson== | ||
Revision as of 07:50, 11 October 2009
The Big Red One is a 1980 movie about a rifle squad of the US 1st Infantry Division fighting in Europe during World War II. The squad consists of the "Four Horsemen": Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson (Kelly Ward) and The Sergeant (Lee Marvin). They fight and stay alive together from North Africa to Germany and the discovery of the concentration camps. This gripping World War II drama was directed by Samuel Fuller, who was a US 1st Infantry Division veteran during WWII. An extended version of the film was released on DVD in 2004 as The Big Red One: The Reconstruction.
- Actors: The Sergeant (Lee Marvin) Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson(Kelly Ward)
- Director: Samuel Fuller
The following guns were used in the movie The Big Red One:
1903 Springfield Rifle
Gew 98 Mauser Rifle
1886 Lebel Rifle
M1 Garand
This is the chief weapon of the 1st Squad.
1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Mle 1892 Revolver
A Vichy French officer draws his Mle 1892 Revolver when his men refuse to fire on the Americans who have hit the beach.
1928A1 Thompson
MP40 Sub Machine Gun
MG34 Machine Gun
Bergmann MP28 Sub Machine Gun
K98K Rifle
Browning 1919A4
