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{{Infobox Movie
 
{{Infobox Movie
|name = The Last Emperor
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|name=''The Last Emperor''
|picture = TLE poster.jpg
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|picture=TLE poster.jpg
|caption = ''Theatrical poster''
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|caption=''Theatrical poster''
|country = [[Image:CHN.jpg|25px]] PR China<BR>[[Image:ITA.jpg|25px]] Italy<BR>[[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] UK
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|country=[[Image:CHN.jpg|25px]] PR China<BR>[[Image:ITA.jpg|25px]] Italy<BR>[[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] United Kingdom
|director = Bernardo Bertolucci
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|director=Bernardo Bertolucci
|date= 1987
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|date=October 23, 1987
|language = English<BR>Mandarin<BR>Japanese<BR>Russian
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|language=English<BR>Mandarin<br>Japanese<br>Russian
|studio=Recorded Picture Company (RPC)<BR>Hemdale Film Corporation<BR>AAA Soprofilms<BR>Yanco Films Limited
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|studio=Recorded Picture Company (RPC)<BR>Hemdale Film Corporation<br>AAA Soprofilms<br>Yanco Films Limited
 
|distributor=Columbia Pictures
 
|distributor=Columbia Pictures
 
|character1=Puyi
 
|character1=Puyi
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|character4=Chen Pao Shen
 
|character4=Chen Pao Shen
 
|actor4=[[Ric Young]]
 
|actor4=[[Ric Young]]
|character5=
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|character5=Chen Baochen
|actor5=
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|actor5=[[Victor Wong]]
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|character6=Big Li
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|actor6=[[Dennis Dun]]
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
'''''The Last Emperor''''' is a 1987 biographical epic drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci that chronicles the ultimately tragic life of China's last emperor, Puyi (known in the West as Pu Yi). The film follows the emperor (portrayed as an adult by [[John Lone]]) from being worshipped by a billion people to his life as a humble gardener in the People's Republic of China. The film was highly acclaimed and would subsequently be nominated for nine Academy Awards and would receive all nine, including the Awards for [[:Category:Academy Award Best Picture|Best Picture]] and Best Director.
 
'''''The Last Emperor''''' is a 1987 biographical epic drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci that chronicles the ultimately tragic life of China's last emperor, Puyi (known in the West as Pu Yi). The film follows the emperor (portrayed as an adult by [[John Lone]]) from being worshipped by a billion people to his life as a humble gardener in the People's Republic of China. The film was highly acclaimed and would subsequently be nominated for nine Academy Awards and would receive all nine, including the Awards for [[:Category:Academy Award Best Picture|Best Picture]] and Best Director.
  
{{Film Title|The Last Emperor}}
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{{Film Title}}
  
 
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==FN Model 10==
 
==FN Model 10==
 
Upon hearing the Forbidden City's corrupt eunuchs have burnt down a storehouse to cover their tracks, Puyi ([[John Lone]]) pulls out an [[FN Model 1910/1922|FN Model 10]] and holds it on the servant who told him the news.  This pistol isn't seen in the rest of the film.
 
Upon hearing the Forbidden City's corrupt eunuchs have burnt down a storehouse to cover their tracks, Puyi ([[John Lone]]) pulls out an [[FN Model 1910/1922|FN Model 10]] and holds it on the servant who told him the news.  This pistol isn't seen in the rest of the film.
[[Image:FN Model 1910 1616.jpg|thumb|none|300px|FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP]]
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[[File:FN Model 1910 1616.jpg|thumb|none|300px|FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP]]
[[image: TLE_FN_M_10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Puyi pulls the [[FN Model 1910/1922|FN Model 10]] pistol out of his robe when told about the storehouse.]]
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[[File:TLE_FN_M_10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Puyi pulls the [[FN Model 1910/1922|FN Model 10]] pistol out of his robe when told about the storehouse.]]
  
 
==Walther P38==
 
==Walther P38==
 
A [[Walther P38]] is used to assassinate Puyi's driver in Manchukuo.
 
A [[Walther P38]] is used to assassinate Puyi's driver in Manchukuo.
[[Image:Mauser-P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 - World War II dated - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:Mauser-P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:LEp381.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
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[[File:LEp381.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
  
 
==Glisenti Model 1910==
 
==Glisenti Model 1910==
Amidst the confusion of the Russian invasion of Manchukuo (a Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, whose position of head of state was offered to Puyi) in August 1945, one of Puyi's Japanese advisers commits suicide with a [[Glisenti Model 1910]] pistol.
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Amidst the confusion of the Soviet invasion of Manchukuo (a Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, whose position of head of state was offered to Puyi) in August 1945, one of Puyi's Japanese advisers commits suicide with a [[Glisenti Model 1910]] pistol.
[[Image:GlisentiM1910.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glisenti Model 1910 - 9mm Glisenti]]
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[[File:GlisentiM1910.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glisenti Modello 1910 - 9mm Glisenti]]
[[Image:LastEmp 17s.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Glisenti Model 1910]] is seen in the hand of the Japanese adviser.]]
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[[File:LastEmp 17s.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Glisenti Model 1910]] is seen in the hand of the Japanese adviser.]]
  
 
=Submachine Guns=
 
=Submachine Guns=
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==PPSh-41==
 
==PPSh-41==
 
At the beginning of the film, the guards at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept are armed with [[PPSh-41]]s fitted with stick magazines. The Soviet paratroops who capture Puyi at the end of World War II are also armed with the submachine gun.
 
At the beginning of the film, the guards at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept are armed with [[PPSh-41]]s fitted with stick magazines. The Soviet paratroops who capture Puyi at the end of World War II are also armed with the submachine gun.
[[Image:Ppsh41-2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
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[[File:PPSh-41 Box Right.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
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[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 with 71 round drum magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|At the beginning of the film, the guards at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept are armed with PPSh-41s.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|At the beginning of the film, the guards at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept are armed with PPSh-41s.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 31.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept is armed with a PPSh-41.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 31.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept is armed with a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image: TLE_PPSH_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After discovering the plane has no pilots, Puyi and co. are captured by Russian soldiers.]]
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[[File:TLE_PPSH_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After discovering the plane has no pilots, Puyi and co. are captured by Soviet paratroopers.]]
[[Image: TLE_PPSH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Puyi has a [[PPSh-41]] pointed at him as he realizes he has reached the end of the line.]]
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[[File:TLE_PPSH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Puyi has a [[PPSh-41]] pointed at him as he realizes he has reached the end of the line.]]
  
 
=Rifles=
 
=Rifles=
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==Hanyang Type 88==
 
==Hanyang Type 88==
 
The Kuomintang troops who force Puyi out of the Forbidden City in 1924 are all armed with [[Hanyang Type 88]] rifles, as distinguishable by their slightly curved magazines. The Hanyang was an unlicensed copy of the [[Gewehr 1888|Gewehr 1888 Commission Rifle]]. The rifles could be rubber props or badly treated Chinese surplus since they lack a bayonet lug.
 
The Kuomintang troops who force Puyi out of the Forbidden City in 1924 are all armed with [[Hanyang Type 88]] rifles, as distinguishable by their slightly curved magazines. The Hanyang was an unlicensed copy of the [[Gewehr 1888|Gewehr 1888 Commission Rifle]]. The rifles could be rubber props or badly treated Chinese surplus since they lack a bayonet lug.
[[Image:Hanyang 88.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Hanyang Type 88 rifle - 7.92x57mm]]
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[[File:Hanyang 88.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Hanyang Type 88 - 7.92x57mm]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 07.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Kuomintang troops who force Puyi out of the Forbidden City in 1924 are all armed with Hanyang Type 88 rifles.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 07.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Kuomintang troops who force Puyi out of the Forbidden City in 1924 are all armed with Hanyang Type 88 rifles.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The troops with their rifles open the gate to allow Puyi to leave.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The troops with their rifles open the gate to allow Puyi to leave.]]
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==Mauser Gewehr 98==
 
==Mauser Gewehr 98==
 
Some Kuomintang soldiers are armed with German Mauser [[Gewehr 98]]s.
 
Some Kuomintang soldiers are armed with German Mauser [[Gewehr 98]]s.
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]  
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[[File:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]  
 
[[File:LastEmp 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the soldier at center-right has a Gew.98 slung over his shoulder, distinguished by the ''Lange-Visier'' rear sight, short handguard, and bolt handle located at the rear of the receiver.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the soldier at center-right has a Gew.98 slung over his shoulder, distinguished by the ''Lange-Visier'' rear sight, short handguard, and bolt handle located at the rear of the receiver.]]
  
 
==Type 24 Zhongzheng==
 
==Type 24 Zhongzheng==
At least, Chinese soldiers can be seen with [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#Type_Zhongzheng_Rifle|Type 24 Zhongzheng]] rifles.
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At least, Chinese soldiers can be seen with [[Type Zhongzheng Rifle]]s.
 
[[File:Type Zhongzheng type 1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:Type Zhongzheng type 1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:LastEmp-Type24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the soldier on the left edge.]]
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[[File:LastEmp-Type24.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the soldier on the left edge hold a Type 24 rifle.]]
  
 
==Arisaka Type 38==
 
==Arisaka Type 38==
 
Japanese soldiers are armed with [[Arisaka Type 38]] rifles.
 
Japanese soldiers are armed with [[Arisaka Type 38]] rifles.
[[File:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka]]
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[[File:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Arisaka Type 38 - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka]]
 
[[File:LastEmp-Arisaka.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier in the background holds an Arisaka with dust cover.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp-Arisaka.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier in the background holds an Arisaka with dust cover.]]
  
 
=Machine Guns=
 
=Machine Guns=
  
==Hotchkiss Gun==
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==Hotchkiss Mle. 1914==
 
When leaving the Forbidden City, the Kuomintang has a pair of armored cars escort Puyi and his entourage out. Both of the cars are armed with [[Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun|Hotchkiss]] machine guns.
 
When leaving the Forbidden City, the Kuomintang has a pair of armored cars escort Puyi and his entourage out. Both of the cars are armed with [[Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun|Hotchkiss]] machine guns.
[[Image:M1914Hotchkiss.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun with Tripod]]
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[[File:M1914Hotchkiss.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Hotchkiss Modèle 1914 - 8x50mmR Lebel]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 38.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 38.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
  
 
==Browning M1919==
 
==Browning M1919==
 
[[Browning M1919]] machine guns are seen outside Puyi's residence in Manchuria.
 
[[Browning M1919]] machine guns are seen outside Puyi's residence in Manchuria.
[[Image:M1919A4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|]]
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[[File:M1919A4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M1919A4 - .30-06 Springfield]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 20.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Browning M1919]] machine guns are seen outside Puyi's residence in Manchuria.]]
 
[[File:LastEmp 20.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Browning M1919]] machine guns are seen outside Puyi's residence in Manchuria.]]
  
 
==Nambu Type 99==
 
==Nambu Type 99==
 
The two soldiers making up Puyi's bodyguard in Manchukuo are both armed with [[Type 99 Light Machine Gun|Type 99 Machine Guns]].  
 
The two soldiers making up Puyi's bodyguard in Manchukuo are both armed with [[Type 99 Light Machine Gun|Type 99 Machine Guns]].  
[[image:Type99LMG.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 99 light machine gun - 7.7x58mm Arisaka]]
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[[File:Type99LMG.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Nambu Type 99 - 7.7x58mm Arisaka]]
[[Image:TLE_Type99.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Puyi sulks around the Wei Huang Gong palace as the Russian army draws closer. His bodyguards have the LMGs.]]
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[[File:TLE_Type99.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Puyi sulks around the Wei Huang Gong palace as the Soviet army draws closer. His bodyguards have the LMGs.]]
[[Image:TLE_Type99_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The (former) Empress Ran Wong drunkenly makes her way up the stairs of the palace.]]
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[[File:TLE_Type99_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The (former) Empress Ran Wong drunkenly makes her way up the stairs of the palace.]]
[[Image:TLE_Type99_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A bodyguard with a Type 99 stands watch as Puyi tries to flee Manchukuo with a Beechcraft 18 standing for a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-56 transport aircraft.]]
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[[File:TLE_Type99_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A bodyguard with a Type 99 stands watch as Puyi tries to flee Manchukuo with a Beechcraft 18 standing for a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-56 transport aircraft.]]
  
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[[Category: Biographical Movie]]
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[[Category:Academy Award Best Picture]]
 
[[Category:Academy Award Best Picture]]
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[[Category:Chinese Produced]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:01, 2 April 2024


The Last Emperor
TLE poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Country CHN.jpg PR China
ITA.jpg Italy
UKD.jpg United Kingdom
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Release Date October 23, 1987
Language English
Mandarin
Japanese
Russian
Studio Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
Hemdale Film Corporation
AAA Soprofilms
Yanco Films Limited
Distributor Columbia Pictures
Main Cast
Character Actor
Puyi John Lone
Wan Jung Joan Chen
Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston Peter O'Toole
Chen Pao Shen Ric Young
Chen Baochen Victor Wong
Big Li Dennis Dun


The Last Emperor is a 1987 biographical epic drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci that chronicles the ultimately tragic life of China's last emperor, Puyi (known in the West as Pu Yi). The film follows the emperor (portrayed as an adult by John Lone) from being worshipped by a billion people to his life as a humble gardener in the People's Republic of China. The film was highly acclaimed and would subsequently be nominated for nine Academy Awards and would receive all nine, including the Awards for Best Picture and Best Director.


The following weapons were used in the film The Last Emperor:


Pistols

FN Model 10

Upon hearing the Forbidden City's corrupt eunuchs have burnt down a storehouse to cover their tracks, Puyi (John Lone) pulls out an FN Model 10 and holds it on the servant who told him the news. This pistol isn't seen in the rest of the film.

FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP
Puyi pulls the FN Model 10 pistol out of his robe when told about the storehouse.

Walther P38

A Walther P38 is used to assassinate Puyi's driver in Manchukuo.

Walther P38 - 9x19mm
LEp381.jpg

Glisenti Model 1910

Amidst the confusion of the Soviet invasion of Manchukuo (a Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, whose position of head of state was offered to Puyi) in August 1945, one of Puyi's Japanese advisers commits suicide with a Glisenti Model 1910 pistol.

Glisenti Modello 1910 - 9mm Glisenti
The Glisenti Model 1910 is seen in the hand of the Japanese adviser.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

At the beginning of the film, the guards at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept are armed with PPSh-41s fitted with stick magazines. The Soviet paratroops who capture Puyi at the end of World War II are also armed with the submachine gun.

PPSh-41 with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
PPSh-41 with 71 round drum magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
At the beginning of the film, the guards at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept are armed with PPSh-41s.
A guard at the Chinese political prison where Puyi is being kept is armed with a PPSh-41.
After discovering the plane has no pilots, Puyi and co. are captured by Soviet paratroopers.
Puyi has a PPSh-41 pointed at him as he realizes he has reached the end of the line.

Rifles

Hanyang Type 88

The Kuomintang troops who force Puyi out of the Forbidden City in 1924 are all armed with Hanyang Type 88 rifles, as distinguishable by their slightly curved magazines. The Hanyang was an unlicensed copy of the Gewehr 1888 Commission Rifle. The rifles could be rubber props or badly treated Chinese surplus since they lack a bayonet lug.

Hanyang Type 88 - 7.92x57mm
The Kuomintang troops who force Puyi out of the Forbidden City in 1924 are all armed with Hanyang Type 88 rifles.
The troops with their rifles open the gate to allow Puyi to leave.
The Kuomintang troops armed with Hanyang Type 88 rifles while in the Forbidden City.

Mauser Gewehr 98

Some Kuomintang soldiers are armed with German Mauser Gewehr 98s.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Note the soldier at center-right has a Gew.98 slung over his shoulder, distinguished by the Lange-Visier rear sight, short handguard, and bolt handle located at the rear of the receiver.

Type 24 Zhongzheng

At least, Chinese soldiers can be seen with Type Zhongzheng Rifles.

Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Note the soldier on the left edge hold a Type 24 rifle.

Arisaka Type 38

Japanese soldiers are armed with Arisaka Type 38 rifles.

Arisaka Type 38 - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
The soldier in the background holds an Arisaka with dust cover.

Machine Guns

Hotchkiss Mle. 1914

When leaving the Forbidden City, the Kuomintang has a pair of armored cars escort Puyi and his entourage out. Both of the cars are armed with Hotchkiss machine guns.

Hotchkiss Modèle 1914 - 8x50mmR Lebel
LastEmp 38.jpg

Browning M1919

Browning M1919 machine guns are seen outside Puyi's residence in Manchuria.

Browning M1919A4 - .30-06 Springfield
Browning M1919 machine guns are seen outside Puyi's residence in Manchuria.

Nambu Type 99

The two soldiers making up Puyi's bodyguard in Manchukuo are both armed with Type 99 Machine Guns.

Nambu Type 99 - 7.7x58mm Arisaka
Puyi sulks around the Wei Huang Gong palace as the Soviet army draws closer. His bodyguards have the LMGs.
The (former) Empress Ran Wong drunkenly makes her way up the stairs of the palace.
A bodyguard with a Type 99 stands watch as Puyi tries to flee Manchukuo with a Beechcraft 18 standing for a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-56 transport aircraft.

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