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| Country
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 UK
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| Channel
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BBC
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| Genre
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Drama, Action
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| Broadcast
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2022
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| No. of Seasons
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1
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| No. of Episodes
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6
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| Main Cast
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The following weapons were used in Season 1 of the television series SAS Rogue Heroes:
WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Pistols
Beretta M1934
Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) has a Beretta M1934 (presumably pilfered from some unfortunate Italian soldier) as a backup sidearm.
Beretta Modello 1934 - .380 ACP
Mayne about to use pilfered Italian pistol to shoot holes in the bucket to use as a makeshift shower.
Mayne with his M1934 after a game of rugby goes tits-up. Mayne would later go on to become a professional rugby player; whether he produced a firearm at a match is unknown.
Walther P38
A Walther P38 is seen with a German soldier in one scene. David Stirling (Connor Swindells) and his men also use them when posing as German soldiers to infiltrate Benghazi.
Walther P38 - 9x19mm Parabellum
German soldier with a P38 next to him.
In German uniform, Stirling prepares to shoot an Italian checkpoint guard if necessary.
Stirling firing his P38 at Germans.
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, although he refers to it as a "Colt .45". Capitaine Georges Bergé (Virgile Bramley) also has one, which Augustin Jordan (César Domboy) takes from his holster for a confrontation with Mayne in episode 5.
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 put the steering wheel on the wrong side of the vehicle, it makes riding shotgun more difficult for right-handed shooters...
Augustin Jordan with Bergé's Colt New Service.
Mayne plays Russian roulette with a Colt New Service, believing that to love life would make him a coward. Joke's on him; the author is a coward who doesn't love life.
Capitaine Bergé with his Colt New Service.
Webley .455 Mk VI
David Stirling (Connor Swindells), Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen), Johnny Cooper (Jacob McCarthy), 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.
Johnny Cooper with his Webley.
Submachine guns
MP 40
During the covert operation in Benghazi, Stirling and his men (dressed in German uniform) have MP 40s. The SAS men are also joined by Randolf Churchill (Ian Davies), son of UK prime minister Winston Churchill, who carries Stirling's MP 40 during the ride into Benghazi.
MP 40 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Sergeant Reg Seekings (Theo Barklam-Briggs) inspects the MP 40 he'll be using during the infiltration of Benghazi.
Churchill with an MP 40 and Cooper with a Webley. This shot shows clearly the bolt-shaped charging handle and lack of fluted metal on the upper receiver, the two signs that distinguish the MP40 from the MP 38.
Sergeants Jim Almonds (Corin Silva), Pat Riley (Jacob Ifan), and Seekings with MP 40s.
MP 38
One SAS soldier uses an MP 38 appropriated from Axis forces. This episode was set in 1941, compared to episode 5 being set in 1942, so it appears the producers were showing how the weapons evolved through the campaign. Having said that, MP 40s (as the name suggests) were already in the hands of soldiers by 1941.
MP 38 - 9x19mm Parabellum
SAS soldier with MP 38, sitting behind Mayne.
Alternative view. Note the hook-shaped charging handle of the MP 38.
SAS madlad raids the same airstrip he raided just two weeks ago, using the very same MP 38 he stole from them first time round.
Thompson M1928A1
Various SAS members, including Lewes, Stirling, Mayne, Sgt. Reg Seekings (Theo Barklam-Briggs), and Cpl. Mike Sadler (Tom Glynn-Carney), are seen with M1928A1 Thompsons.
M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP
Lt. Jock Lewes with the Thompson M1928A1.
SAS corporal with an Thompson M1928A1.
Sergeant Reg Seekings aims down the sights of an M1928, showing the A1 rear sights.
Cpl. Mike Sadler of the Long Range Desert Group with an M1928A1.
Rifles
Carcano M91/38
One Italian soldier is seen with a Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle.
Fucile di Fanteria Modello 91/38 - 6.5x52mm Carcano
The Italian spots Paddy Mayne, but it's already much too late for him...
Carcano M1891
Various Italian soldiers have the standard-length Carcano M91 rifles. Some German soldiers are also seen with these rifles.
Fucile Modello 1891 - 6.5x52mm Carcano
The Italian soldier to the left holds a Carcano long rifle while the others are armed with Kar98ks.
An Italian soldier on the blower with a Carcano long rifle slung on his shoulder.
The German soldiers in the foreground aim their Carcanos.
Karabiner 98k
German and Italian soldiers are equipped with Karabiner 98ks.
Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
German soldier loading a Karabiner 98k.
Stirling is led off by a German with a Kar. 98k.
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 Jock Lewes 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.
Jock Lewes affixes a bayonet to his Lee-Enfield in preparation for a raid on an Italian artillery encampment.
Highland Division soldiers with SMLEs.
French Paratroopers with SMLEs.
Scoped Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*
In episode 5, Paddy Mayne uses an SMLE with a scope to shoot at the French paratroopers during a training exercise.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* (HT), sniper rifle variant of the SMLE - .303 British
Paddy Mayne with a scoped SMLE.
Machine guns
Breda Modello 37
When Lt. Lewes' men raid an Italian artillery encampment at the beginning of the first episode, sergeant Almonds appropriates their Breda Modello 37 against them.
Breda Modello 37 - 8x59mm RB Breda
Almonds shooting the Italian men with their own Breda Modello 37.
Bren gun
Bren guns are used by British soldiers (including Mike Sadler) during the series.
British soldier firing at a German dive bomber with his Bren gun.
Sergeants Riley and Almonds with a Bren gun.
Cpl. Mike Sadler loading up a Bren gun.
Stirling (Captain Stirling at this point) holding a Bren gun.
Browning M2 Aircraft
In the final episode, Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine guns are given to the SAS to mount on their Jeeps. These fire incendiary ammunition, so as to destroy German aircraft.
Browning M2 Aircraft, Flexible - .50 BMG
Seekings gleefully removes a Browning M2 Aircraft from its box. The pronounced mounting lug of the Aircraft version can be seen here.
SAS Soldiers admiring the .50 BMG rounds. These don't appear to be incendiary rounds, despite them being used later on in the episode.
View showing the full-length barrel shroud of the Aircraft version.
Incendiary rounds tear into the German aircraft (and a number of soldiers).
Lewis gun
Along with the Bren guns, British forces also use the Lewis gun. This includes 2nd Lt. Bill Fraser (Stuart Campbell) in one scene.
British soldier (far left) firing a Lewis gun at a German dive bomber.
Lewis gun mounted to the rear of a Long Range Desert Group Jeep.
2nd Lt. Bill Fraser fires a Lewis gun at a BF-109 fighter plane.
MG 34
As Lewes' men raid the Mersa Brega supply depot, an Italian soldier fires an MG 34 mounted to an Sd. Kfz. 251 half-track armored fighting vehicle. Stirling, Sadler, and Cooper are also fired upon by a German soldier with an MG 34 in the final episode.
MG 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. With Gurttrommel 34 - 50 round belt drum magazine.
Sd. Kfz. 251 in a shot prior to battle breaking out.
MG 34 firing upon Lewes' men.
The turret gets blown up by a grenade.
German with MG 34 firing upon Stirling's Jeep.
MG FF
A Messerschmitt BF-109E aircraft fires upon Lewes' unit with its pair of wing-mounted MG FF cannons.
BF-109E with the barrel of the MG FF sticking out of the port-side wing visible.
BF-109E firing its two MG FF cannons. Note the bulges under the wings to accommodate the larger MG-FF cannons, compared to the
MG17s fitted to earlier BF-109s.
Vickers K
In episode 5, which is set later on in 1942, SAS Jeeps are fitted with Vickers K machine guns. These came into the hands of ground units during 1942 after being taken out of RAF aircraft in favour of Browning M1919s. Stirling mentions that they will receive Vickers machine guns in episode 6, even though they have had them since episode 5. However, they do receive additional Vickers K machine guns in double mounts this time.
Jeep with the mounted Vickers K machine gun.
Vickers K machine guns on Jeeps.
Double Vickers-K machine guns mounted to a Jeep that Stirling, Cooper, and Sadler are riding in.
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.
Medium guns
105 mm M68
Stirling, Cooper, and Sadler are confronted by a German tank at the end of the series. Rather than finding an actual German WWII tank however, the production company managed to borrow an M48A5 Patton tank from the Moroccan military and dress it up in German livery. The main gun of this tank is a 105-mm M68. Needless to say, this is not historically accurate, as the M48 wasn't introduced until the 1950s.
M48 with its 105-mm M68 cosplaying as a German WWII tank.
Field gun
In the Italian encampment in the first episode, there is a field gun. It appears to be a prop made to (somewhat) resemble the German 10.5 cm leichte FeldHaubitze 18/40.
LeFH 18/40 105-mm howitzer
Other
Archive footage of World War II at the beginning of the series shows various weapons.
Actual German 105-mm Howitzer.
Actual German Tiger tank.
RAF Mosquito fighter-bomber.
Trivia
Painting of Jock Lewes with a Bren gun
Although Jock Lewes doesn't use a Bren gun in this series, a portrait of the real-life Lewes with a Bren gun was painted in 1940 by artist Rex Whistler (1905-1944).
Painting of Jock Lewes with a Bren gun.
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