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[[Image:Unitsten2.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Sten MkIII Sub Machine Gun - 9mm]] | [[Image:Unitsten2.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Sten MkIII Sub Machine Gun - 9mm]] | ||
[[Image:LD1.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Major John Howard ([[Richard Todd]]) with a [[Sten|Sten MkIII Sub Machine Gun]]]] | [[Image:LD1.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Major John Howard ([[Richard Todd]]) with a [[Sten|Sten MkIII Sub Machine Gun]]]] | ||
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+ | A Sten MkV is also briefly seen when French Commandos attempt to contact tank support. | ||
==Chatellerault M1924/29 Light Machine Gun== | ==Chatellerault M1924/29 Light Machine Gun== |
Revision as of 04:51, 28 March 2009
The Longest Day is a 3 hour film based on the book written by Cornelius Ryan about the D-day invasion. Filmed in 1962 with a cast of 42 stars like Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Leo Genn, Peter Lawford, Gert Frobe, John Wayne, Irina Demick, Curt Jurgens, Paul Anka, Eddie Albert, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Jeffrey Hunter, Sal Mineo, Edmond O'Brien, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner and Stuart Whitman. It was the most expensive black and white picture made until Schindler's List was released.
- Directors: Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck
The following guns were used in the movie The Longest Day:
Mauser K98k Rifle
![](/images/thumb/0/06/LD22.jpg/400px-LD22.jpg)
German Soldier loading a round into his Mauser K98k Rifle after firing
Sten MkIII SMG
A Sten MkV is also briefly seen when French Commandos attempt to contact tank support.
Chatellerault M1924/29 Light Machine Gun
![](/images/thumb/c/c5/LD3.jpg/400px-LD3.jpg)
German Soldier firing a Chatellerault Model 1924/29 Light Machine Gun
Browning M2 Quad Mount
![](/images/thumb/c/c1/LD2.jpg/400px-LD2.jpg)
Browning M2 .50cal HMG's in Quad Mount at German Defense position
Luger P08 Pistol
![](/images/thumb/a/a7/LD5.jpg/400px-LD5.jpg)
French Resistance holding a Luger P08
M1 Carbine
MG42 Light Machine Gun
![](/images/thumb/4/42/LD7.jpg/400px-LD7.jpg)
German manned MG42 at Saint Mere-Eglise
M1 Thompson
![](/images/thumb/d/d5/LD8.jpg/400px-LD8.jpg)
Paratrooper holding a M1 Thompson
M20 Super Bazooka
![](/images/thumb/1/10/LD9.jpg/400px-LD9.jpg)
M20 3.5inch Super Bazooka on the Beachhead
Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Bren Mark II Light Machine Gun
Browning Automatic Rifle
![](/images/thumb/b/b4/LD13.jpg/400px-LD13.jpg)
Ranger firing a Browning Automatic Rifle at German Position from behind a DUKW
MP40
![](/images/thumb/8/80/LD14.jpg/300px-LD14.jpg)
German Soldier firing at US Rangers with a MP40 Sub Machine Gun
No.4 Mark I Enfield Rifle
![](/images/thumb/b/bb/LD15.jpg/300px-LD15.jpg)
British Commando with No.4 Mark I Enfield Rifle
Maxim MG08
![](/images/thumb/8/8a/LD17.jpg/400px-LD17.jpg)
Maxim MG08 Machine Gun in German defense position on roof
PIAT
![](/images/thumb/e/e7/LD18.jpg/300px-LD18.jpg)
Free French Force firing a PIAT at German position