Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Difference between revisions
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Difference between revisions
The train assassins, and later Watson ([[Jude Law]]) and several Meinhard guards use the steampunk-inspired custom submachine guns. This is actually not a real firearm, but a made for movie rubber props with CGI muzzle flash. Their design based on the air-cooled Extra-Light [[Maxim 1895]] machinegun. In the universe of the movie, it was transformed for loading with detachable magazines from the top (like the [[Madsen machine gun|Madsen]] or [[Villar-Perosa M1915|OVP Villar-Perosa]]) instead of belt-feed, and uses as the portable automatic weapon.
[[Image:Zastava_M56.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Just imagine it upside down.]]
"Meinhard Submachine Gun"
This very interesting and cool "steampunk" style machine gun is actually a Zastava M56 submachine turned ''upside down'' and built out to resemble the Maxim 1895. According to an article from Small Arms Review It was built by Bapty for the film.
It is worth noting that the real prototype was intended only for firing from the bipod, but a similar concept was subsequently embodied in real life by Germany during the WW1 with [[MG08/15]] and MG08/18 portable machineguns.
It is worth noting that the real prototype was intended only for firing from the bipod, but a similar concept was subsequently embodied in real life by Germany during the WW1 with [[MG08/15]] and MG08/18 portable machineguns.
In the alleyway brawl, an attacker (uncredited) pulls a Webley Mk V on Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.), but Holmes is able to take it away. Madam Simza Heron (Noomi Rapace) hands Holmes one before he and Watson (Jude Law) infiltrate the Meinhard factory.
Holmes fires upon the assassins with what appears to be a Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1874 revolver before handing it off to Watson. Officer's Model 1874 is blued and has fluted cylinder contrary to smooth cylinder of Model 1873.
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) carries a Sharps Model 1A Pepperbox pistol while dressed in drag on the train to Brighton, and Watson (Jude Law) uses it to disable one of Moriarty's henchmen manning the machine gun.
Colonel Sebastian Moran (Paul Anderson) shows Holmes with a box full of Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer pistols in the Meinhard factory in which Holmes later acquires one during the shootout in the factory.
Note: The use of this gun in the movie is anachronistic as it's set in 1891 while the original Mauser C96 appeared in the 1895, and the Mauser M712 used in the film wasn't commercially available until 1932. It is implied that the C96 design is a prototype developed by Moriarty's weapons designers for the impending war he desires to start.
Anarchist Claude Ravache (Thierry Neuvic) shoots himself with a Mle 1892 Revolver. Watson later picks it up to confront the other anarchists. Watson still has this revolver, or another copy when he and Holmes infiltrate the Meinhard factory.
N.B.This is another anachronism, when the film is set in 1891, one year before the revolver's availability.
One of Moriarty's train hitmen tries to fire a Winchester Model 1887 shotgun on Holmes and Watson, but sets himself on fire due to Holmes' sabotage. When Moriarty's attacker squeezes the trigger, a scene shows rifled barrel, which is incorrect, since most of the scatterguns are smoothbore.
1888 Commission Rifles(Gewehr 88)s are used by the Meinhard guards and several men. Madam Simza, Holmes, Watson, and Moran use them during the factory escape.
Col. Moran (Paul Anderson) uses a Customized Martini-Henry sniper rifle equipped with sniper scope, supressor, and bipod, which is fitting since he is an veteran of the Anglo-Afghan war. He's also described as the best shot in the army before his dismissal (which Watson erroneously refers to as a dishonorable discharge, which is reserved for enlisted men.)
"Meinhard Submachine Gun"
This very interesting and cool "steampunk" style machine gun is actually a Zastava M56 submachine turned upside down and built out to resemble the Maxim 1895. According to an article from Small Arms Review It was built by Bapty for the film.
It is worth noting that the real prototype was intended only for firing from the bipod, but a similar concept was subsequently embodied in real life by Germany during the WW1 with MG08/15 and MG08/18 portable machineguns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingScreen-used stunt (hard rubber with a metal armature within) Meinhard Submachine Gun from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Image from Prop Store of London. Note that the thickness of the magazine implies that this prop-gun "uses" a pistol ammo, instead the rifle's, which makes him SMG, not a machine gun.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMaxim 1895 Extra-Light - .303 British, for comparison.Error creating thumbnail: File missingWatson fires the SMG during the factory escape. The gun appear to be only capable of being fired from the hip.Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Machine Guns
Maxim 1895
Two of Moriarty's gunmen man use a .303 British caliber Maxim 1895 with brass water jacket, and spade grips in an attempt to kill Dr. and Mrs. Watson.
The assassins on the train are equipped with grenades (which are similar to No. 2 Mk II Hale Grenades). Holmes uses one to set a booby trap. It's a another made for movie props.
