The Blue Max

The Blue Max Movie poster Country UK Directed by John Guillermin Release Date 1966 Language English Studio Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Main Cast Character Actor Lt. Bruno Stachel George Peppard General Count von Klugermann James Mason Countess Kaeti von Klugermann Ursula Andress Holbach Anton Diffring

The following weapons were used in the film The Blue Max:

Machine Guns

Maxim LMG 08/15 "Spandau" (mockup)

The Germans use air-cooled Maxim LMG 08/15 machine guns on their Fokker biplanes and triplanes. The guns mounted are mockups due to a number of revealing mistakes. The cocking handle on each MG doesn't move when the gun is fired unlike the original. The brass also ejects through the right side of the gun and actually from the middle of the cooling jacket as opposed to the original. Another giveaway is that the barrel of each MG is seen portruding from just above the exact center of the cooling jacket. In reality the barrel was at the bottom of the jacket. Another strong hint that the movie MG's are a mockup is the presence of stick magazines inserted very near where the movie-version MG's is seen ejecting brass. All in all this indicates that a pair of submachineguns were substituted for the real MG08.

Maxim MG08/15

Note the stick magazine on the MG on the left with a revealing magazine release lever plainly visible.

Note the trigger with trigger guard mounted on the "Maxim". Unlike Stachel's "MG's", Hauptmann Heidermann's pair seems to have used a different pair of SMG's. The barrels are also placed higher than on Stachel's machine guns, and even higher than on a original Maxim. In this case it looks like the stick magazine is placed to the right of the trigger, meaning it is not actually a stick magazine at all but simply a support for the mockup MG.

Lewis gun

British biplanes are seen armed with the Lewis aircraft gun.

Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun .303

Maxim MG08

Maxim MG08 seen used by British troops.

Maxim MG08 7.92x57mm Mauser on sled mount

Rifles

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I carried by both German and British troops. The rifle is also seen in the hands of Bruno Stachel (George Peppard). The movie was shot in the Republic of Ireland and there was a lack of genuine German (or otherwise) Mausers for the shoot so older Irish Defence Forces weapons were used.

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British

Note the soldier manning the MG on the right. His helmet is tilted to his left in an awkward angle. Seconds later this screencap was taken an explosion takes place just to the left of the soldier meaning the tilted helmet was most likely done for safety reasons.

Handguns

Luger P08

The Luger P08 can be seen briefly carried by a German officer.

Luger P08 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun, thus it is a World War I firearm.

Other

Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol

A German officer uses a Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol.

Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch