Khartoum

Khartoum original poster (1966)

Khartoum is a 1966 movie by Basil Dearden starring Charlton Heston as General Charles Gordon and Laurence Olivier as the Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmed). The story is based on the siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist war in 1883-1885.

The following weapons are seen in the movie Khartoum:

Enfield Mk II Revolver

Enfield Mk II revolvers are used by British and Egyptian officers including General Gordon (Charlton Heston).

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Enfield Mk. II - .476 Enfield.

British officer with Enfield Mk II during the battle in the opening scene.

General Gordon (Charlton Heston) with Enfield Mk II.

Egyptian officer with Enfield Mk II during the final battle.

Webley .455 Mk VI Revolver

The Webley .455 Mk VI revolver is used to ignite the fuse of the mine. It's completely anachronistic because Mk VI was adopted in 1915.

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

The part of the revolver is seen outside the box.

Martini-Henry Rifle

Martini-Henry rifles are the main weapon of British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists. It is hard to identify the modification of the rifles used in the movie but they are most likely the MkIII.

Martini-Henry Mk. III (1881-1888) .577-.450 caliber.

Egyptian soldier with Martini-Henry rifle with sword bayonet.

Egyptian soldiers with Martini-Henry rifles.

Egyptian soldier with Martini-Henry rifles.

Civilians who are evacuees from Khartoum on board of the river steamer are firing Martini-Henry rifles at Mahdists.

A mortally wounded man with Martini-Henry on the steamer.

The firing squad of Egyptian soldiers with Martini-Henry rifles.

British soldiers with Martini-Henry rifles.

Remington Rolling Block Rifle

Some of the British soldiers are armed with Remington Rolling Block rifles.

Remington Rolling Block Militarized - .45 caliber.

British soldier with Remington Rolling Block rifle.

Nordenfelt Gun

One of the weapons mounted on the river steamer which sailed from Khartoum is Nordenfelt gun. It is supposedly 5-barrel rifle-calibre model. In the final scene Nordenfelt gun is used by Egyptian soldiers during the defence of the Khartoum palace.

Enfield No 26 Mark II Nordenfelt Gun - .45

Egyptian soldiers are firing Nordenfelt gun mounted on board of the river steamer.

The Nordenfelt gun is seen on the balcony.

Trivia

Artillery

All guns in movie are breech-loading, but strangely enough, the shot is made by a burning torch.

The Egyptian artillery on the march.

The former Egyptian gun captured by the Mahdists.

Collections of Eastern weapon

Several collection of Eastern weapon including muskets, pistols and cold arms are seen on the walls of General Gordon's apartments.

Muskets, pistols, sabres and daggers.

Two muskets, shield and spears.

A good view on the lock of the musket.

Arabian cold arms

A jambiya dagger.

A scimitar sabre.