The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun)

The Red Detachment of Women 红色娘子军； Movie poster Country PR China Directed by Jin Xie Release Date 1961 Language Mandarin Studio Tianma Film Studio Main Cast Character Actor Wu Qionghua Xijuan Zhu Hong Changqing Xin-Gang Wang Fu Honglian Mei Xiang Elder sister Weiming Zhang Xiao Pang Ben Niu Company commander Li Wang A´Gui Niu Tie Dan Zhu Shugui Shi Uncle Shuying Weng Nan Batian Qiang Chen

The following weapons were used in the film The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun):

Pistol

Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"

Various characters carry Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" pistols.

Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser.

Wu Qionghua (Xijuan Zhu), a partisan, holds her Mauser.

Her C96 lies on a table.

Nan Batian´s guard fires at Wu Qionghua with his Mauser.

Fu Honglian (Mei Xiang) with her gun.

Nam Batian (Qiang Chen) and one of his officers (left) with a gun on belt.

Hong Changqing (Xin-Gang Wang) holds his gun in a fight.

Company commander (Li Wang) fire her Mauser.

Rifles

Arisaka Type 38

The local militia and Chinese Red Army used Arisaka Type 38s.

Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka

Wu Qionghua (Xijuan Zhu) aims his gun at attacking Kuomintang troops .

A´Gui (Niu Tie) in street fight.

A militiaman fires at the attacking partisans.

Red Army soldiers with their rifles on there shoulder doing the parade.

Hanyang 88

Nan Batian´s men and some Red Army soldiers are seen with Hanyang 88 rifles.

Hanyang 88 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This weapon saw service in the Sino-Japanese wars and the Chinese Civil War.

Nan Batan´s militiaman orders a peasant to work faster

Fu Honglian (Mei Xiang) (left) arrestes Nan Batian.

Dan Zhu (Shugui Shi) (left) holds a Hanyang 88.

Wu Qionghua (Xijuan Zhu) with a Hanyang 88 rifle on her back.

A female soldier is armed with a Hanyan 88.

Type Zhongzheng Rifle

The local militia and Chinese Red Army soldiers carry Type Zhongzheng Rifles.

Type Zhongzheng - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Secretary Xiao Pang (Ben Niu) (left) holds his rifle.

A partisan wounded in the fight holds his Zhongzheng rifle.

Militiamen aim their rifles at the rebel peasants.

Dan Zhu (Shugui Shi) (right) fires at Kuomintang soldiers.

A´Gui (Niu Tie) with Type Zhongzheng rifle on his shoulder.

Percussion cap rifle

Chinese Red Army women soldiers train with percussion cap rifles.

Elder sister (Weiming Zhang) with a rifle on her shoulder.

Machine guns

ZB26 Machine Gun

The ZB26 Machine Gun are used by the Chinese Red Army troops.

ZB26 Light Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm

Machine gunner aims at approaching Chinese Nationalist troops

Wu Qinghua (Xijuan Zhu) replaces the fallen gunner.

Hong Changqing (Xin-Gang Wang) mans the machine gun after Hua falls.

Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun

Chinese Kuomintang troops are equipped with Type 24 Heavy Machine Guns.

Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Other

Type 23 Stick Grenade

Chinese Red Army soldiers used Type 23 Stick grenades.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade

Dan Zhu (Shugui Shi) (right) has a hand grenade at her position.

Hong Changqing (Xin-Gang Wang) prepares to throw his last grenade.

Type 97 Infantry Mortar

Kuomintang soldiers fire a Type 97 Infantry Mortar at partisan positions.

Type 97 81-mm Infantry Mortar