Passchendaele: Difference between revisions
Passchendaele: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Passchendaele: Difference between revisions
Most Canadian soldiers carry Lee-Enfield rifles, including Sgt Dunne ([[Paul Gross]]), Pte Highway ([[Michael Greyeyes]]) and Pte Mann ([[Joe Dinicol]]).
Most Canadian soldiers carry [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield]] rifles, including Sgt Dunne ([[Paul Gross]]), Pte Highway ([[Michael Greyeyes]]) and Pte Mann ([[Joe Dinicol]]).
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War, introduced in 1907 it has seen action throughout the 20th century.]]
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War, introduced in 1907 it has seen action throughout the 20th century.]]
Revision as of 08:59, 10 November 2011
Passchendaele is a 2008 World War I film that is the brainchild of director/writer/star Paul Gross. Canada's first big budget war movie effort, the film follows Canadian Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross) of the 10th Battalion CEF during the Battle Of Passchendaele and while recruiting on the home front.
The following weapons were used in the film Passchendaele:
Carried by Canadian officers throughout the movie, although the Canadian Corps was actually issued the Smith & Wesson Mk.II Hand Ejector, and the first troops to arrive in France (which included the 10th Battalion) were issued Colt 1911s.
German soldiers throughout the Passchendaele battle carry Turkish Mauser M1903. According the movies' armorer, a supply of correct German Gewehr 98 rifles was located for this film, but could not be imported in time and the Turkish model was substituted.
True to life, many knives and improvised weapons are carried by Canadian troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingPte Highway carries a US M1918 Trench Knife - unlikely, but not impossible as Canadian troops were notorious scroungersError creating thumbnail: File missingSgt Dunne carries a Ross rifle bayonet cut-down into a fighting knife - very commonly used by Canadian troops.
