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The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility.

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==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III==

[[File:Webley & Scott MkIII Signal.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel]]

A lanyard swivel was added on the butt in 1915.

=== Specifications ===
* Year of Production: 1911
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
* Length: 8 inches
* Barrel Length: 4 inches
* Weight:

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| ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[James Cagney]] || Pvt. Jerry Plunkett || || 1940
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| ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1]]'' || [[Kam Fong]] || Chin Ho || || 1968
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| ''[[Anzacs]]'' || || Australian troops || || 1985
|}

==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III*==

[[File:Webley Signal Pistol.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel]]

Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech. 

=== Specifications ===

* Year of Production: 1916
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
* Length: 9.5 inches
* Barrel Length: 5.5 inches
* Weight:

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| ''[[Carry on, Sergeant!]]'' || || German soldier || || 1928
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|''[[Gorgo]]'' || || A British sailor || || 1961
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || [[Anthony Quayle]] || Col. Brighton || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"|1962
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| [[Peter O'Toole]] || Col. Lawrence
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| ''[[The Three Fat Men (Tri tolstyaka)]]'' || || Rioters || || 1966
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| ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' || [[Clint Walker]] || Samson Posey || || 1967
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| ''[[An Old, Old Tale (Staraya, staraya skazka)]]'' || [[Boris Leskin]] || The king's coachman || || 1969
|-
| ''[[Prosha, the Prince (Tsarevich Prosha)]]'' || Anatoli Abramov || Brigand ||  || 1974
|-
| ''[[People That Time Forgot, The|The People That Time Forgot]]'' || [[Patrick Wayne]] || Maj. Ben McBride || || 1977
|-
|''[[Razor's Edge, The|The Razor's Edge]]''||[[James Keach]]||Grey||||1984
|-
| ''[[Biggles: Adventures in Time]]'' || [[Neil Dickson]] || James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth || || 1986
|-
| ''[[Trench, The|The Trench]]'' || [[Danny Dyer]] || Lance Cpl. Dell || || 1999
|-
| ''[[Cockneys vs. Zombies]]'' || || || || 2012
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| ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''||[[Charlize Theron]]||Furiosa||||2015
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| rowspan="3"|''[[1917]]'' || [[Spike Leighton]] || Private Kilgour || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 2019
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| [[Andrew Scott]] || Lieutenant Leslie 
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| [[Dean-Charles Chapman]] || Tom Blake
|-
|}

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| ''[[Doctor Who (Classic Series)|Doctor Who]]'' || [[Paul Darrow]] || Capt. Sam Hawkins || "Doctor Who and the Silurians" || 1970
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=== Video Games ===
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| ''[[NecroVisioN: Lost Company]]'' || || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || || || 2016
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| ''[[Hunt: Showdown]]'' ||"Flare Pistol" || Modified chamber|| 2018
|}

===Anime===
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| ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02)) || Rock || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Violet Evergarden]]''  || Gilbert Bougainvillea || Ep. 08 || 2018
|-
|}

==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. V==

[[File:British-No1-MkV-Flare.jpg|thumb|right|300px|No. 1 Mk. V Signal Pistol - 1 inch - steel frame and barrel]]

A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber [[Webley Mk VI]] service revolver. 

=== Specifications ===

* Year of Production: 1915
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
* Length: ?
* Barrel Length: 4 inches
* Weight:

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| ''[[Paratrooper]]'' || [[Leo Genn]] || Maj. John Snow || || 1953
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| ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' || [[Alan Van Sprang]] || Sgt. Crocket || || 2010
|}

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==Webley & Scott No. 2 Mk. V==

[[File:Webley-Scott No 2 Mk V Flare Pistol.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 2 Mk. V Signal Pistol]]

A No.1 Mk V with a longer flanged barrel like the Mk III*.

=== Specifications ===

* Year of Production: 1916
* Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
* Length: ?
* Barrel Length: ?
* Weight:

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|-
| ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Customs officer || || 1972
|-
| ''[[Syndicate Sadists (Il giustiziere sfida la città)|Syndicate Sadists]]'' || Alessandro Cocco || Giampiero Marsili || || 1975
|-
|''[[The Shallows]]''||[[Blake Lively]]||Nancy Adams||||2016
|-
|}

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==Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I==
[[File:Webley No 3 Mk 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I - 1 inch]]

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|-
|''[[Journey%27s_End_(2018)|Journey's End]]'' || [[Asa Butterfield]] || Second Lieutenant Raleigh ||  || 2018
|-
|''[[Journey%27s_End_(2018)|Journey's End]]'' || [[Stephen Graham]] || Second Lieutenant Trotter ||  || 2018
|}

=== Video Games ===
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| [[Forgotten Hope 2]] || "No3 Mk1 Very" ||  || 2007
|-
| [[Mad Max (2015 VG)|Mad Max]] || Flare Gun ||  || 2015
|}
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==Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I==
[[File:WebSig2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I Signal Pistol - 37 mm]]

=== Film ===
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|-
| ''[[Gorgo]]'' || || A British soldier || || 1961
|-
| ''[[The Light at the Edge of the World]]'' || [[Renato Salvatori]] || Montefiore ||  || 1971
|-
| ''[[Dylan Dog: Dead of Night]]'' || [[Brandon Routh]] || Dylan Dog ||  || 2011
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' || [[Tom Hardy]] || Farrier  || || rowspan="2"|2017
|-
| [[Jack Lowden]] || Collins || 
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
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| [[Far Cry 2]] || ||  || 2008
|}

==See Also==
* [[Royal Small Arms Factory]] - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Flare Gun]]