The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Film Poster Country United States People's Republic of China Germany Directed by Rob Cohen Release Date 2008 Language English Mandarin Studio Universal Pictures Giant Studios Distributor Universal Studios Home Entertainment Main Cast Character Actor Rick O'Connell Brendan Fraser Evelyn O'Connell Maria Bello Jonathan Carnahan John Hannah Emperor Han Jet Li Zi Yuan Michelle Yeoh Alex O'Connell Luke Ford Lin Isabella Leong General Yang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang "Mad Dog" Maguire Liam Cunningham General Ming Guo Russell Wong

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the 2008 sequel to 1999's The Mummy and 2001's The Mummy Returns. Rob Cohen takes over as director and the Mummy character now originates from China instead of Egypt. Brendan Fraser returns as Rick O'Connell and Maria Bello takes over the role of his wife Evelyn O'Connell.

The following weapons were used in the film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor:

Handguns

Colt Detective Special

Evelyn (Maria Bello) briefly uses a Colt Detective Special snub-nose revolver that Rick (Brendan Fraser) kicks to her to fire at newly awakened Emperor Han (Jet Li) in the Shanghai Museum.

Colt Detective Special - .38 Special

Evelyn (Maria Bello) fires a Colt Detective Special.

Colt 1873 Single Action Army "Peacemaker"

Rick initially uses a Colt 1873 Single Action Army "Peacemaker" as an effective method to catch fish after getting frustrated while learning to fly fish back in England. He later shows this revolver to Alex when the two of them are comparing weapon choices. He also uses it to fire a few shots at the Emperor.

Colt 1873 Single Action Army "Peacemaker" - .45 Long Colt

In this publicity image, the Colt SAA can be seen in the background as the gun to the bottom.

Rick shows off his "Peacemaker".

FN Hi-Power

Evelyn O'Connell (Maria Bello) can be seen using a pair of FN Hi-Power pistols during the undead battle. Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) also uses a pair, as well as Roger Wilson (David Calder) who uses one pistol to threaten the O'Connells and shoot at the assassin in the Emperor's Tomb in an early scene. Alex also keeps a pair in his weapons box next to his Walther P38s.

The first model of the classic pistol, developed by John Browning and adopted by Belgium in 1935, the FN P-35 - 9x19mm Parabellum. During World War II, the Germans would occupy the Belgian firearms factories and continued to produce this gun, still called the P-35, but with Waffenamt stamps. The Design would be adopted by other countries and manufactured abroad with the generic designation simply as the "Browning High Power".

FN Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum

Promotional image of Evelyn O'Connell (Maria Bello) with two FN Hi-Power pistols. Note the Hi-Powers she's holding are Captains models with the tangent rear sight.

Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) and Roger Wilson (David Calder) point their Hi-Powers at a mummy they thought was alive.

Wilson (David Calder) points his Hi-Power.

"What? Did you rob an armory on your way here?"
Note the Hi-Power shown has an external extractor which is anachronistic as it wasn't introduced until 1963.

Promotional image of Evelyn O'Connell (Maria Bello) with a Hi-Power.

Evelyn chambers the Hi-Power.

Colt M1911

Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) carries Colt M1911 pistols and uses them on a few occasions, specifically in the Himalayas gunfight and fire at the Emperor's Terracotta warriors during the undead battle near the end of the film. M1911 pistols can be seen in the hands of various other characters throughout the film.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Rick takes cover behind the wall and fires his Colt M1911.

Norinco Type 54

General Yang (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) uses a Norinco Type 54 pistol as his main weapon throughout the film. This is an anachronism because the Chinese didn't start manufacturing the Type 54 until the 1950s as the film is set in 1946. It is quite possible that the Type 54 pistol was standing in for the Russian-made Tokarev TT-33 pistol.

Norinco Type 54 Model 213 with blued finish - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

General Yang (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) points his Norinco Type 54 at Evelyn.

General Yang with his Norinco Type 54.

Smith & Wesson Military & Police

Rick carries a pair of Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolvers in the Shanghai Museum and brandishes them when the Emperor is awakened, firing multiple shots at him and then using them briefly on the streets of Shanghai before losing them.

Smith & Wesson Military & Police - .38 Special

Wilson takes the Smith & Wesson Military & Police from Rick's jacket.

Production image of Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) wields a pair of Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolvers.

Rick dual-wields the revolvers.

Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector

A Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector, most likely a British .455 model, is seen in Alex's weapons box.

Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector - courtesy of Adams Guns - .455 Webley

The Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector can be seen in the background as the second gun from the top.

The Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector can be seen in the background as the second gun from the top.

Walther P38

Alex briefly pulls the Walther P38 from his weapons box and shows the gun to Rick as the father and son compare weapon choices.

Walther P38 - 9x19mm Parabellum

Alex takes out the Walther P38.

Webley Mk VI

The Webley Mk VI revolver can be seen briefly in the hand of Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah) in the Himalayas gunfight but he never fires it.

Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley

The Webley Mk VI can be seen in the background as the top gun in the box.

Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah) holds a Webley Mk VI.

Submachine Guns

PPS-43

Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) arms himself with the PPS-43 submachine gun during the gunfight with General Yang's soldiers in the Himalayas. Alex referred to it as a "personal assault weapon".

Soviet PPS-43 submachine gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Alex (Luke Ford) with his PPS-43.

On the right, Alex (Luke Ford) fires his PPS-43.

PPSh-41

Alex (Luke Ford) hands a PPSh-41 to Rick (Brendan Fraser) near the end of the undead battle shortly before they go after the Emperor (Jet Li). Alex can also be seen firing it from the back of the motorcycle at General Yang's soldiers while Rick drives.

Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Yang's men wait for orders, one PPSh-41 is seen.

Alex, Rick and Evelyn hold PPSh-41s in the production image.

Rick with his captured PPSh-41 in the production image.

Sten Mk II

The 9mm Sten Mk II submachine gun is used by Rick during the undead battle near the end of the film.

Sten Mk II submachine gun - 9x19mm Parabellum

Rick armed with the Sten alongside Evelyn.

Rick holds a Sten.

"Welcome to the 20th Century!"
Note how Rick is holding a Sten by the heat-shield which is the proper way instead of holding it by the magazine seen in most films and games.

M1928 Thompson

Rick (Brendan Fraser) can be seen using the M1928 Thompson during the gunfight with General Yang's soldiers in the Himalayas. The script has him say that the box magazines have 25 rounds, despite there are only 20 and 30 round box magazines. Alex tells his father that Thompson can jam on him with the 50-round drum magazine. As the Thompson is later seen with a 30-round box magazine, it can be assumed that the weapon was reloaded at some point (but it appears that it spent the 50-round drum too fast).

M1928 Thompson "Tommy Gun" with 50-round drum magazine, made famous through countless classic gangster films - .45 ACP

"Let's give them a warm O'Connell Welcome!"
Rick (Brendan Fraser) with his M1928 Thompson.

In what appears to be a continuity error, the drum magazine changes into a 30-round box magazine very briefly after Yang's men hit the temple with bazookas (Rick was never seen reloading his weapon).

Production image of Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) armed with an M1928 Thompson alongside his wife and brother-in-law.

Rick (Brendan Fraser) with his M1928 Thompson (now with the box magazine).

On the left, Rick (Brendan Fraser) with his M1928 Thompson (now with the box magazine).

Rick with his M1928 Thompson. Note the 30-round box magazine is now loaded.

Rifles

Arisaka Type 99

The majority of General Yang's soldiers are seen armed with Arisaka Type 99 bolt-action rifles. The Arisaka series of rifles were very common in post-WWII China and were used by Nationalist, Communist and Warlord forces during the Chinese Civil War in the mid/late 1940s.

Arisaka Type 99 rifle - 7.7x58mm Arisaka

A Chinese soldier with his Arisaka Type 99.

Remington Model 8

The Remington Model 8, fitted with a scope and silencer in disassembled condition, can be seen in the weapon box of Alex O'Connell.

Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle - chambered in .25, .30, .32, and .35 Rem

Remington Model 81 semi-automatic rifle with scope - very similar to the Model 8

A disassembled Remington Model 8.

SKS

Several SKS semi-automatic rifles can be seen in the hands of General Yang's men throughout the film. The SKS rifles used by Yang's troops appear to be Russian SKS rifles with the "sword" bayonet. The use of the Russian SKS by Yang's troops is an anachronism because the Soviets didn't export SKS rifles to their allies (or anybody else) overseas in 1946 and all the SKS rifles produced in the USSR were made only for the Soviet military at this period of time.

SKS rifle with bayonet folded - 7.62x39mm

Chinese soldiers fire their SKS rifles.

A Chinese soldier fires his SKS.

Winchester Model 1894

Evelyn (Maria Bello) uses this .30-30 lever-action rifle as her weapon of choice to fend off General Yang's soldiers in the Himalayas gunfight.

Winchester Model 1894 rifle - .30-30 Winchester

The Winchester Model 1894 can be seen in the hands of Evelyn (Maria Bello) in the foreground of the production image.

The Winchester Model 1894 can be seen as the middle gun in the box.

Type Zhongzheng

These bolt-action rifles also known as the "Chiang Kai-shek Rifle" and "Type 24" are carried and used by General Yang's soldiers throughout the film. The Type Zhongzheng rifle is a licensed, Chinese copy of the Mauser Standard Model rifle, the forerunner to the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle, and was extensively used by both Nationalist and Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War in the 1940s.

Type Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Type Zhongzheng rifles, also known as the "Chiang Kai-shek Rifle" and "Type 24", are carried by General Yang's soldiers.

Shotguns

Winchester Model 1912

Rick can be seen using the sawed-off pistol-gripped Winchester Model 1912 after taking it from the dead body of one of General Yang's soldiers in the Himalayas gunfight. Rick uses the shotgun to shoot a few of the soldiers and to fire at the Emperor to no avail.

Winchester Model 1912 Riot Shotgun - 12 Gauge

Rick (Brendan Fraser) armed with a Winchester Model 1912 with a sawed-off stock and barrel.

Winchester Model 1897

The Winchester Model 1897 shotgun can be seen in the weapon box of Rick O'Connell but he never fires it. Rick had used this shotgun in The Mummy.

Winchester Model 1897 Riot Shotgun - 12 Gauge

The Winchester Model 1897 can be seen as the left gun in the box.

Winchester Model 1887

The Winchester Model 1887 shotgun can be seen in the weapon box of Rick O'Connell but he never fires it. This is presumably the same one he used in The Mummy Returns.

Airsoft replica Winchester Model 1887 with sawn-off stock, barrel, and cutaway trigger guard, as seen in Terminator 2: Judgment Day - (fake) 10 Gauge

The Winchester Model 1887 can be seen as the right gun in the box.

Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun

Two Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotguns can be seen in the weapon box of Rick O'Connell. Rick had carried a similar shotgun in The Mummy Returns.

Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Two Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotguns can be seen on the bottom of weapon box.

Machine Guns

Bren Mk 1

Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah) can be seen firing the Bren Mk 1 light machine gun from "Mad Dog" Maguire's (Liam Cunningham) plane during the undead battle.

Bren Mark 1 Light Machine Gun - .303 British

Jonathan fires the Bren from Mad Dog's aircraft.

Browning M1919A4

The Browning M1919A4 can be seen in the back of General Yang's jeep and is fired by his lieutenant, Choi (Jessey Meng), at Rick and Alex as they escape on a motorcycle.

Browning M1919A4 on an M31C pedestal mount - .30-06 Springfield

Lieutenant Choi (Jessey Meng) fires a Browning M1919A4 at the plane.

Other

M9 Bazooka

General Yang's men can be seen firing M9 Bazookas in the Himalayas gunfight.

M9 Bazooka - 2.36" rocket

Yang's men with their bazookas.

Yang's men fire their bazookas.

Yang's men with their bazookas before exploding after taking hits from Rick's and Alex's submachine guns.

Mk 2 Hand Grenade

Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) can be seen throwing at least one Mk 2 hand grenade at Terracotta warriors during the undead battle. Mk 2 grenades are also used by Alex (Luke Ford) and possibly some of General Yang's soldiers.

Mk 2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Several Mk 2 hand grenades in Alex's weapons box.

O'Connell's Arsenal

Both Rick and Alex have a box with weapons. In all it consists of:

• One M1928 Thompson submachine gun in Rick's box.
• Two PPS-43 submachine guns in Alex's box.
• One Remington Model 8 rifle with silencer and scope in Alex's box.
• Two FN Hi-Power pistols in Alex's box.
• Six Mk 2 hand grenades in Alex's box.
• Two Walther P38 pistols in Alex's box.
• One Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector revolver in Rick's box.
• One Webley Mk VI revolver in Rick's box.
• Two Colt 1873 Single Action Army "Peacemaker" revolvers in Rick's box.
• One Winchester Model 1894 rifle in Rick's box.
• One Winchester Model 1897 shotgun in Rick's box.
• One Winchester Model 1887 shotgun in Rick's box.
• Two Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotguns in Rick's box.
• One knife in Alex's box.
• One Kukri knife in Rick's box.
• One sword in Rick's box.

The Smith & Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector can be seen in the background as the second gun from the top. The Webley Mk VI can be seen in the background as the top gun in the box. A Colt SAA can be seen in the background as the gun to the bottom.

Two PPS-43s beside a disassembled Remington Model 8.

"What? Did you rob an armory on your way here?"

Two Walther P38s next to an FN Hi-Power above a row of Mk 2 hand grenades.

The Winchester Model 1897 can be seen as the left gun in the box. The Winchester Model 1894 can be seen as the middle gun in the box. The Winchester Model 1887 can be seen as the right gun in the box.

Rick stands next to his box.