Error creating thumbnail: File missing Castle in the Sky (1986)Castle in the Sky (originally known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky , itself named after the floating island Laputa in Gulliver's Travels , but re-named for the American release due to this having a rather unfortunate meaning in Spanish) is a 1986 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and is the first film from Studio Ghibli (Porco Rosso Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
The following weapons were used in the anime film Castle in the Sky :
Dola Gang's Grenade launcher Dola and her pirate gang all use single barrel break-open grenade launchers that fires explosive and gas rounds. Pazu obtains one from Dola when he goes to find Sheeta.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dola fires a gas round at Muska's men aboard the passenger airship. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dola reloads her launcher in the town. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dola about to fire her launcher at a railway points switch. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pazu acquires a grenade launcher plus two explosive rounds (Highlight for Spoilers) from Dola after freeing her and her gang from the army. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pazu prepares to blast away a wall with the grenade launcher while finding Sheeta. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoilers: A worse-for-wear Pazu aims his now empty launcher at Muska. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoilers: Pazu drops the launcher. Note the grip seems to be drawn off a Colt Model 1903's grip with a hand-guard.Gatling Gun In the first Scene Where Dola and her gang raid an airship, two crewmen fire a hand-cranked Gatling Gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An 1865 Gatling Gun . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Sailors fight back with a Gatling gun Webley Mk VI The Army, Muska, and the other secret service agents carry Webley Mk VI revolvers as their standard service sidearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Muska's men fire at Dola. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier aims his Webley at Pazu as he runs after Sheeta, just before him and the agent gets a full blast of steam from the mining locomotive next to them. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoilers: One of Muska's agents shoots at Pazu, grazing him in the cheek. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoilers: Just after Pazu gets back the volucite (Aetherium in the English releases) crystal from Sheeta, Muska fires at Pazu, hitting one of his flying goggle's lenses. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoilers: Muska aims his service revolver at Sheeta in the Laputa Throne Room. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoilers: Muska reloads his Webley in the finale. Hybrid Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) All of the soldiers seen in the film carry hybrid SMLE bolt-action rifles, due to the slightly longer barrel of the No. 4 rifle and Gewehr 98 Lange-Visier sights. The rifles are depicted with five round magazines instead of the better known ten round magazines, which is plausible since 5-round magazines did exist for the Lee-Enfield rifles, mainly used on the Lee-Speed sporting rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SMLE Mk.III* / Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* with Pattern 1907 Bayonet - .303 British. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 98 - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1 - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soldiers looking down into the chasm, giving us a look at the Lee-Enfield 5-round magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A great look at the hybrid SMLE's No.4 barrel and Lange-Visier sights as the soldiers fire at the Dola Gang. Note the front sight is still attached to the nose-cap of the rifles and the lack of a bayonet lug below the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soldiers corner Pazu and Sheeta. Note that the bayonets are mounted on the barrel, and not on the ring lug below the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard tires to call backup as the Laputian robot comes to life, while his comrade aims his hybrid SMLE at the robot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soldier with his Hybrid SMLE keeps watch, while Pazu and Sheeta sneak past. Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I Surprisingly, a genuine Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I used by one of the sailors in the passenger airship in the beginning.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor tries to fend off against Dola's gang in the beginning, but just gets pushed aside. Maxim M1910/30 The fort's arsenal includes two Maxim M1910/30s , which are used to try to fend off against the Laputian robot.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30, post-1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier fires the Maxim while his comrade helps feed the ammo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The two Maxims just before the Laputian robot blasts his way through the fire doors. Stielhandgranate Both Dola and the soldiers use Model 24 hand grenades .
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dola throws a grenade to stop the villagers Maxim MG08/15 In Dola's room aboard the Tiger Moth, next to her dresser, Dola has hanging on the wall various weapons, one of which being a Maxim MG08/15 machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dola searches for new clothes for Sheeta to wear aboard the Tiger Moth. Above the dresser is a rack with the MG08/15 hanging from it. Percussion Cap Pistol Dola keeps a Percussion Cap Pistol inside her dresser. She also has two twin pistols hanging on the rack next to it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Italian (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) Percussion cap pistol, converted from flintlock, circa mid-19th century - .69 caliber (17.7mm) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Below the sword are the two twin pistols Blunderbuss Also hanging on the rack next to Dola's dresser is a Blunderbuss .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blunderbuss Flintlock Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the top of the rack is the Blunderbuss Train Artillery Cannons At one point the army pulls up an armoured train, the front car of which is essentially a WW2-era German armoured railway car with additional casemate guns based on the 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns of WW1 British "male" tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The train's cannons fire at the Dola Gang Fortress Tedis Cannons The Fortress Tedis has several short-barrel heavy cannon turrets built on the outer walls of the fortress. These appear to be based on WW1-era retractable fortress cannon cupolas, such as those mounted on the French fortresses at Verdun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A long shot of the various cannon turrets at Tedis. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun batteries rotate their aim towards the Laputian robot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the turrets before it is destroyed by a blast from the Laputian robot. Air Destroyer Goliath The Army's "Air Destroyer" Goliath is armed to the teeth with massive cannons, as well as several Maxim MG08 machine guns for anti-air defense purposes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goliath in all its glory.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goliath's heavy ventral cannons fire at the Laputian robot at the Fortress.Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Goliath's MG08 turrets fire at one of the Dola Gang flaptors. Note the smooth barrel jacket compared to the M1910's fluted barrel jacket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goliath's dorsal cannons fire at the Dola Gang's airship Tiger Moth .
