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[[Image:GELugerP08-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the German soldiers that captures Lt. Hendley ([[James Garner]]) is seen with a Luger P08.]] | [[Image:GELugerP08-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the German soldiers that captures Lt. Hendley ([[James Garner]]) is seen with a Luger P08.]] | ||
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+ | German soldiers man [[MG42]] machine guns in the camp perimeter towers. One of the French resistance soldiers is also seen mowing down Germans with one during a drive by shooting. The final time one is used is to massacre the 50 excaped POWs, even though in actually history, they were executed at different times. | ||
+ | [[Image:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 - 7.92x57mm.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German guard in a tower next to an MG42.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard fires his MG42 at Hilts when he crossed the perimeter wire to "fetch his ball".]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|His spotlight reveals his MG42.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A member of the French resistance mows down German soldiers at a diner with an MG42.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:GEMG42-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier executes the 50 POWs with an MG42.]] | ||
Revision as of 03:49, 16 January 2009
The following guns were used in the film The Great Escape:
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers at the camp are seen armed with Karabiner 98k rifles, although like many WWII films between 1960-1980, the MP40 is innaccurately portrayed as the main weapon of the German Army.
![](/images/thumb/a/a6/GEKar98k-2.jpg/600px-GEKar98k-2.jpg)
![](/images/thumb/7/7d/GEKar98k-4.jpg/600px-GEKar98k-4.jpg)
![](/images/thumb/1/1a/GEKar98k-7.jpg/600px-GEKar98k-7.jpg)
MP40
The MP40 submachine gun is the most commonly seen weapon in the hands of German soldiers.
![](/images/thumb/1/18/GEMP40-2.jpg/600px-GEMP40-2.jpg)
Luger P08
All high ranking officers and soldiers at the camp keep Luger P08 pistols as their sidearms. After the escape, Cpt. Hilts (Steve McQueen) plants clear wire on a road way and causes a German soldier on a bike (secretivly played by Steve McQueen) to crash. He steals the soldier's uniform and Luger before eventually being captured.
![](/images/thumb/a/a2/GELugerP08-1.jpg/600px-GELugerP08-1.jpg)
![](/images/thumb/5/50/GELugerP08-3.jpg/600px-GELugerP08-3.jpg)
MG42
German soldiers man MG42 machine guns in the camp perimeter towers. One of the French resistance soldiers is also seen mowing down Germans with one during a drive by shooting. The final time one is used is to massacre the 50 excaped POWs, even though in actually history, they were executed at different times.