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[[Image:Davidson Best McDonaldson OwenGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stan, Sergeant Best and Lieutenant MacDonald ([[Andrew Lloyde]]) with their Owen Submachine Guns.]] | [[Image:Davidson Best McDonaldson OwenGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stan, Sergeant Best and Lieutenant MacDonald ([[Andrew Lloyde]]) with their Owen Submachine Guns.]] | ||
[[Image:Davidson OwenGun 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stan fires his Owen Submachine Gun at a Japanese bunker.]] | [[Image:Davidson OwenGun 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stan fires his Owen Submachine Gun at a Japanese bunker.]] | ||
− | [[Image:Davidson OwenGun 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stan with his Owen Submachine Gun | + | [[Image:Davidson OwenGun 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stan with his Owen Submachine Gun.]] |
[[Image:Davidson OwenGun 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stricken with grief and fear, Stan unloads his Owen Submachine Gun at a cross in the mission.]] | [[Image:Davidson OwenGun 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stricken with grief and fear, Stan unloads his Owen Submachine Gun at a cross in the mission.]] | ||
[[Image:Guard OwenGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian Guard with his Owen Submachine Gun.]] | [[Image:Guard OwenGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian Guard with his Owen Submachine Gun.]] |
Revision as of 22:15, 13 November 2010
The following weapons were used in the film The Cowra Breakout:
Allied Weapons
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*
The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* is used by Australian soldiers in New Guinea, including Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee), Mick Murphy (Dennis Miller) and Nobby (Alex Broun). Most of the guards at the Cowra POW camp use it as well.
M1 Garand
An American GI can be briefly seen with an M1 Garand in New Guinea.
Owen Submachine Gun
The Owen Submachine Gun is used by Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) and Sergeant Best (Tony Barry) in New Guinea. Several guards at the Cowra POW camp use it as well.
M1928A1 Thompson
An African-American GI (Lee Rice) carries an M1928A1 Thompson in New Guinea.
M1A1 Thompson
Another African-American GI can be seen with an M1A1 Thompson in New Guinea.
Bren Gun
Australian soldiers in New Guinea use the Bren Gun in the Anti-Aircraft role. Guards at the Cowra POW camp use it during the Japanese breakout.
Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun
Corporal Doyle (Laurie Moran) and Private Hook (Max Cullen) man a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun mounted on a truck during the breakout. After being overrun, Hook manages to dismantle the gun to prevent its use by the Japanese.
Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun
Sally Murphy (Tracy Mann) can be seen with a Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun after the Japanese POW breakout. A Farmer (Bill Brady) tries to capture Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) and Komatsu (Kazuhiro Muroyama) with one, fatally shooting Komatsu during the process.
Mills Bomb
Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) pulls the pin on a Mills Bomb to scare Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) in the New Guinea mission. Hayashi manages to grab it during hand-to-hand combat with Stan, but Stan manages to throw it away from the both of them.
Japanese Weapons
Arisaka Type 38
Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) uses an Arisaka Type 38 in New Guinea. After a failed banzai charge, Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) bayonets him in the chest but fails to kill him.
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
A Japanese machine gun crew use a Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun against Australian soldiers in the swamp, killing Nobby (Alex Brown). Junji Hayashi (Junichi Ishida) uses a Type 92 from the bunker at the Catholic Mission.