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SAS Rogue Heroes

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SAS Rogue Heroes
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Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing UK
Channel BBC
Genre Drama, Action
Broadcast 2022
No. of Seasons 1
No. of Episodes 6
Main Cast
Character Actor
Lt. David Stirling Connor Swindells
Eve Sofia Boutella
Lt. Col. Dudley Wrangel Clarke Dominic West
Lt. Paddy Mayne Jack O'Connell
Lt. "Jock" Lewes Alfie Allen


SAS Rogue Heroes is a 2022 BBC drama action series, loosely based on the docu-drama book of the same name by Ben MacIntyre. The show centres on the creation of the Special Air Service by Lt. David Stirling (Connor Swindells) and Lt. "Jock" Lewes (Alfie Allen) during the North Africa campaign of the Second World War in 1941.

The following weapons were used in the television series SAS Rogue Heroes:


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Revolvers

Webley .455 Mk VI

Lt. David Stirling (Connor Swindells) has a Webley .455 Mk VI revolver as his sidearm.

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Webley .455 Mk VI - .455 Webley.
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Lt. Stirling twirling the revolver around while awaiting Lewes...
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...putting it away as he arrives.

Submachine guns

M1A1 Thompson

Various SAS members, including Lt. Jock Lewis, are seen with M1A1 Thompson submachine guns that appear to be fitted with Cutts compensators.

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Thompson M1A1 with 20-round magazine and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP.
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Lt. Jock Lewis with the Thompson, note the A1 rear sights.
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SAS corporal with an M1A1 Thompson.
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Shot showing the Cutts compensator.

Rifles

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*

The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III*, known as the "SMLE" (Small Magazine Lee-Enfield) by the British, is ubiquitous among Allied troops throughout the series. It is also used by Lt. Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen) at the start of the first episode.

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Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British.
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British Army base guards in Cairo with SMLEs.
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Allied soldiers at the port in Tobruk with SMLEs.
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Lt. Jock Lewes affixes a bayonet to his Lee-Enfield in preparation for a raid on an Italian artillery encampment.

Machine guns

Breda Modello 37

When Lt. Lewes' men raid an Italian artillery encampment at the beginning of the first episode, a British sergeant appropriates their Breda Modello 37 against them.

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Breda Modello 37 - 8x59mm RB Breda.
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British sergeant shooting the Italian men with their own Breda Modello 37.

Bren gun

British soldiers use Bren guns to fend off Nazi aircraft during the siege of Tobruk.

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Bren gun - .303 British.
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British soldier firing at a Nazi dive bomber with his Bren gun.

Lewis gun

Along with the Bren guns, one soldier is firing at Nazi bombers with a Lewis gun.

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Lewis gun - .303 British.
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British soldier (far left) firing a Lewis gun at a Nazi dive bomber.

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.

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No. 36M Mk 1 "Mills Bomb."
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Stirling having pulled the pin...
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...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.
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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.