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The Eight Hundred

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The Eight Hundred
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English Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing China
Directed by Guan Hu
Release Date 2020
Language Chinese
Main Cast
Character Actor
Lao Hulu Huan Zhi-zhong
Little Hubei Zhang Junyi
Duan Wu Hao Hu
Lao Tie Jiang Wu
Lao Suanpan Zhang Yi


'The Eight Hundred, original title Bābǎi is a Chinese war movie, relating the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the last battle of Shanghai between Chinese National Revolutionary Army and Japanese invasion forces in 1937.


The following weapons were used in the film The Eight Hundred:


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Rifles and Carbine

Type Zhongzheng rifle

The main rifle of National Revolutionary Army soldiers is Type Zhongzheng Rifle. At least one soldier uses a scoped rifle with a turned-down bolt handle.

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Type Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Type Zhongzheng rifle with turned-down Kar98k style bolt handle - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Chinese deserters are used to carry numerous rifles in the warehouse.
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In this scene, it seems that there is a kind of sticks with cloth inserted in the barrels to prevent from rain.
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During the night attack, Chinese soldiers pushing back Japanese troops, some soldiers use their rifles with a flashlight in hand.
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An officer firing at very close Japanese.
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An approaching Japanese soldier is shot down.
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A honor firing squad shoots in the air for their fallen fellow soldiers with fixed bayonets.
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A Chinese sniper with his scoped rifle.
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The turned-down bolt handle is clearly visible.

Hanyang 88

Chinese volunteers decimated by Japanese in the film beginning are using Hanyang 88 rifles. This weapon is visible throughout the movie, but it is clearly not the most used.

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Hanyang 88 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This weapon saw service in the Sino-Japanese wars and the Chinese Civil War.
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A Chinese volunteer falls in front of Japanese soldiers’ funeral. He is carrying 2 rifles.
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Giving alert!

Arisaka Type 38

Imperial Japanese army soldiers and sailors are using the famous Arisaka Type 38 often seen fitted with bayonets during combats. Some NRA soldiers are using captured rifles as well.

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Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka
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A NRA soldier reloading his captured rifle…
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… and fire again at Japanese.
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Japanese soldiers firing their Arisaka during the night attack.

Mocked up Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III

British soldiers protecting the British concession area are carrying Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III, but the rifles are mockup probably made from a Mauser type rifle, if we judge from the straight bolt handle and the breech which is not characteristic for a real Lee-Enfield, we also can see that the stock is different.

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Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III - .303 British.
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A soldier is checking European and Chinese civilians fleeing the future battle. Refusing Chinese soldiers to entering.
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A British soldier aiming his rifle at very efficient Japanese snipers.
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During the final, a soldier commit an act of war when voluntary firing at Japanese troops.

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

A Chinese civilian uselessly shoot at Japanese machines guns with a side by side shotgun when Chinese troops are under fire and overdrawn. But he is very too far to afraid the gunners.

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J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 gauge
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Civilian loading his rifle.
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And fire. Not sure that the soldiers realize that he is shooting at them.

Machine guns

ZB-26

The principal support weapon used by NRA troops is the ZB26 Machine Gun. A gunner on duty.

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ZB26 Light Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm
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The ZB26 shot from the roof at approaching enemy.
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Trying to shot down planes.
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finally destroy one the planes attacking their position.
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Impressive flash during the final battle.

Type 11 Light Machine Gun

Japanese army use Type 11 light machine gun.

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Type 11 Light Machine Gun - 6.5x50mm Arisaka.
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Japanese gunners shooting at Chinese with Type 11.
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Another Type 11.

Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun

Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun is used by Chinese to defend the warehouse from planes. But the soldiers don’t cool the barrel which finally explode.

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Muzzle of the Type 24.
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Anti-aerial configuration.
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Explosion of the barrel.

Pistols

Mauser C96

A Chinese officer uses a Mauser C96 to threat his own men to execute Japanese POWs.

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Mauser C96 - 7.63x25mm Mauser
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C96 Carbine

The oldest brother carry a Mauser C96 but never seen fired.

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Mauser C96 Carbine with slab-sided receiver and aperture rear sight - 7.63x25mm Mauser.
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Nambu Type 14

Nambu Type 14 pistol is briefly seen in hands of Japanese “commandos” during the night raid.

Late Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu
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During a struggle under water, a Japanese “commando” kills his enemy with a Nambu Type 14.
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A “commando” kills an enemy before being shot down.

Grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

The Model 24 Stielhandgranate is massively used against the Japanese. When the situation is desperated, many NRA soldiers commit suicide attacks with many grenades tied over them.

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Model 24 Stielhandgranate high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade
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A soldier receiving orders has his grenades tied on his chest.
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A suicide squad with a large number a grenade tied over their bodies stand ready to break the assault.
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One suicide bomber asks for his comrade to tied the impressive bunch of grenades in his back. Note the German inscriptions.

Type 97 Hand Grenade

Type 97 hand grenade is obviously used by Japanese army, to protect from the explosions, the Chinese soldiers digged holes to push its in. A NRA soldier is seen carrying some grenades.

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Type 97 Hand Grenade
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A wounded Japanese sailor tries to kill an officer in a last stand with a type 97 grenade.
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A grenade pushed in a protection hole.


Flamethrower

Type 93/100 Flamethrower

The brothers use one of the tank of a captured Japanese Type93/100 flamethrower to destroys a improvised armored vehicle. Later an another soldier use it briefly against Japanese soldiers.

Type 93 Flamethrower
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Full set Type93/100 Flamethrower. It is disguable by the 2 laterals tanks which is only one in fact.
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The brothers took the smallest tank to make a improvised fire bomb.
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A weird soldier take the flamethrower.
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Same soldier near the end.
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