Gun Movie: Assembly

Saw it. What a logistical nightmare for that unit. Pedersen rifles, Mauser 98s, I thought I saw a 03 Springfield, various SMGs of different calibers.

The faux M-26 looked good and straight on shots it was convincing. Then from a flank shot you knew it was a mock up. The bogie wheels were just wrong and it's nope, nope, nope. I'll have to figure out what they built it on. The faux M-4A3E8 was very bad and unconvincing.

Went through John Milsom's Russian Tanks 1900-1970 and I think it is a AT-L Artillery Tractor (p153). Five large bogies with holes between the spokes.
 
Good eyes--there were a few 03 Springfields. They fought with what they had.

I'm on the lookout myself for authentic hardware on the screen. In "The Bridge Over the River Kwai" the Japanese were armed with Enfield No. 4 Mk 1s...that might not have been a goof since the Japanese used captured weapons in secondary locations.

What gets me is seeing a movie set in WW1 and the soldiers are using M1903A3 Springfields, complete with peep sight...like in the movie "The Wild Bunch."

Of course, to the average movie-going public it's not an issue. They wouldn't notice that many a WW2 German tank on the screen is really an M48 Patton. The movie crews have to use what they can get.

I can always tell when they use fake dinosaurs in movies.
 
The Chinese had an absolute mishmash of weapons at that time... Japanese, French, British, American, German, and Russian.
 
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