SAS Rogue Heroes

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SAS Rogue Heroes Country UK Channel BBC Genre Drama, Action Broadcast 2022 No. of Seasons 1 No. of Episodes 6 Main Cast Character Actor Lt. David Stirling Connor Swindells Eve Sofia Boutella Lt. Col. Dudley Wrangel Clarke Dominic West Lt. Paddy Mayne Jack O'Connell Lt. "Jock" Lewes Alfie Allen

SAS Rogue Heroes is a 2022 BBC drama action series, loosely based on the docu-drama book of the same name by Ben MacIntyre. The show centres on the creation of the Special Air Service by Lt. David Stirling (Connor Swindells) and Lt. "Jock" Lewes (Alfie Allen) during the North Africa campaign of the Second World War in 1941.

The following weapons were used in the television series SAS Rogue Heroes:

WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Pistols

Beretta M1934

Lt. Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) uses a Beretta M1934 (presumably pilfered from an Italian soldier that he had killed) to shoot holes into a bucket to shower himself.

Beretta M1934 - .380 ACP.

Lt. Mayne about to use pilfered Italian pistol to shoot holes in the bucket to use as a makeshift shower.

Walther P38

A Walther P38 is seen with an Axis soldier in one scene.

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm.

Italian soldier with a P38 next to him.

Revolvers

Colt New Service

Lt. Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) has one of these revolvers, likely the .455 Webley variant manufactured for British troops during the First World War.

British Colt New Service (c. 1915) - .455 Webley.

Mayne using the Colt to shoot a road sign.

As the British and Irish are determined to drive on the wrong side of the road, it makes riding shotgun more difficult for right-handed shooters...

Webley .455 Mk VI

David Stirling (Connor Swindells), Jock Lewis (Alfie Allen), and Lt. Col. Dudley Wrangel Clarke (Dominic West) have Webley .455 Mk VI revolvers as their sidearms.

Webley .455 Mk VI - .455 Webley.

Lt. Stirling twirling the revolver around while awaiting Lewes...

...putting it away as he arrives.

Jock Lewes with a Webley.

Colonel Dudley Clarke with his Webley.

Submachine guns

Thompson M1928A1

Various SAS members, including Lt. Jock Lewes, are seen with Thompson M1928A1 submachine guns.

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. This specimen has the sling swivel relocated to the top of the stock, a modification often made to Thompsons in British service.

Lt. Jock Lewes with the Thompson M1928A1.

SAS corporal with an Thompson M1928A1.

An SAS sergeant aims down the sights of an M1928, showing the A1 rear sights.

Rifles

Kar 98 Karabiner

Many Axis soldiers are equipped with Karabiner 98k rifles.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser.

Italian soldier loading a Karabiner 98k.

Opening fire.

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*

The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*, known as the "SMLE" (Short Magazine Lee-Enfield) by the British, is ubiquitous among Allied troops throughout the series. It is also used by Lt. Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen) at the start of the first episode.

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British.

British Army base guards in Cairo with SMLEs.

Allied soldiers at the port in Tobruk with SMLEs.

Lt. Jock Lewes affixes a bayonet to his Lee-Enfield in preparation for a raid on an Italian artillery encampment.

Machine guns

Breda Modello 37

When Lt. Lewes' men raid an Italian artillery encampment at the beginning of the first episode, a British sergeant appropriates their Breda Modello 37 against them.

Breda Modello 37 - 8x59mm RB Breda.

British sergeant shooting the Italian men with their own Breda Modello 37.

Bren gun

Bren guns are used by British soldiers during the series.

Bren gun - .303 British.

British soldier firing at a Nazi dive bomber with his Bren gun.

Lewes' sergeants with a Bren gun.

Lewis gun

Along with the Bren guns, British forces also use the Lewis gun.

Lewis gun - .303 British.

British soldier (far left) firing a Lewis gun at a Nazi dive bomber.

Lewis gun mounted to the rear of a Long Range Desert Group Jeep.

Thrown

Fake grenade

Lt. Stirling clears a snooker room of its audience by frightening them off with a fake grenade that appears to have been adapted from a Mills Bomb, the standard-issue grenade of British forces during World War II.

No. 36M Mk 1 "Mills Bomb."

Stirling having pulled the pin...

...and throwing it onto the snooker table. For some reason, the players only seem to react once the grenade is on the table, despite Stirling clearly showing it to them before he threw it.

Having successfully performed its function of frightening everyone but Stirling and Lewes out of the room, the smoke from the "grenade" lingers in the air.