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[[Image:Pork Chop Hill film.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Pork Chop Hill (1959)]] | [[Image:Pork Chop Hill film.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Pork Chop Hill (1959)]] | ||
The following weapons were used in [[Pork Chop Hill]]: | The following weapons were used in [[Pork Chop Hill]]: | ||
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=American Weapons= | =American Weapons= |
Revision as of 10:11, 4 September 2010
The following weapons were used in Pork Chop Hill:
American Weapons
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is used by most of the men in the 7th Infantry Division, including Pvt. Franklin (Woody Strode).
![](/images/thumb/7/7e/Franklin_Garand.jpg/800px-Franklin_Garand.jpg)
Pvt. Franklin (Woody Strode) and another soldier advance up Pork Chop Hill with M1 Garands.
M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine is used by the officers in the film, including Lt. Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck), and by his radiomen, S/Sgt. Coleman (Norman Fell) and Cpl. Payne (Cliff Ketchum). All of these men use the post-WW2 30-round "Banana" Magazines.
![](/images/thumb/5/5f/Payne_Carbine_2.jpg/800px-Payne_Carbine_2.jpg)
Cpl. Payne (Cliff Ketchum) holds his M1 Carbine as he jumps off a Jeep.
![](/images/thumb/8/8a/Clemons_Coleman_Carbine.jpg/800px-Clemons_Coleman_Carbine.jpg)
Left to Right - Lt. Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck) and S/Sgt. Coleman [[[Norman Fell]]) with their M1 Carbines.
![](/images/thumb/d/df/Clemons_Coleman_Payne_Carbine.jpg/800px-Clemons_Coleman_Payne_Carbine.jpg)
Left to Right - S/Sgt. Coleman (Norman Fell), Cpl. Payne (Cliff Ketchum) and Lt. Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck) hold their M1 Carbines.
Browning Automatic Rifle
Soldiers in the 7th Infantry Division use the Browning Automatic Rifle during the Battle of Pork Chop Hill.
![](/images/thumb/1/1f/Soldier_BAR_6.jpg/800px-Soldier_BAR_6.jpg)
A 7th Infantry Division soldier has a laugh at S/Sgt. Coleman (Norman Fell) and Cpl. Payne's (Cliff Ketchum) expense with his deployed Browning Automatic Rifle in the background.