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[[Image:If_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''If...'' (1968)]]


'''The firearms used in the 1969 British film ''If...'' include the following...'''
'''''If….''''' (1968) was the first film in director Lindsay Anderson’s “Mick Travis” trilogy (''O Lucky Man!'', ''Britannia Hospital''). A savage black comedy about British society, the film starred [[Malcolm McDowell]] as Mick Travis, along with David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann, and Christine Noonan. Anderson filmed the movie in both color and black and white, for no other apparent reason than the director's whim. Public school students conduct a vicious war of retaliation against arbitrary authority.
 
'''The following firearms were used in the film ''If...'':'''
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==Lee-Enfield No.4 bolt-action rifle==
==Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I==
Used by the students serving in the public school's Combined Cadet Force and was used by the students and British soldiers during the shootout towards the end of the film. Mick Travis ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) and one of his friends used bayonet-fixed Lee-Enfield No.4 rifles to shoot live .303 British rifle ammunition at the cadets and the teachers when they lined up for a meal while on a training exercise with the school's Combined Cadet Force. Mick also used his bayonet fixed No.4 rifle to intimidate the school's vicar after Mick and his friends fired live ammunition at the cadets and teachers during the training exercise.
[[Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I]]s are used by the students serving in the public school's Combined Cadet Force and was used by the students, General Denson ([[Anthony Nicholls]]) and British soldiers during the shootout towards the end of the film. Mick Travis ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) and one of his friends used bayonet-fixed Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles to shoot live .303 British rifle ammunition at the cadets and the teachers when they lined up for a meal while on a training exercise with the school's Combined Cadet Force. Mick also used his bayonet fixed No. 4 rifle to intimidate the school's vicar after Mick and his friends fired live ammunition at the cadets and teachers during the training exercise.
[[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 the most common World War Two Rifle, in service between 1941–Present]]
[[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British]]
[[Image:If... BayonetStab.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Public School CCF Student charges in a Bayonet attack.]]
[[Image:If... BayonetStab.jpg|thumb|550px|none|Public School CCF Student charges in a Bayonet attack.]]
[[Image:5_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|A collection of Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I rifles can be seen in the cache of military firearms and ammunition under the main hall of the school.]]


==Bren Light Machine Gun==
==Bren Light Machine Gun==
Used by Mick Travis ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) during the shootout towards the end of the film.
A [[Bren gun]] is used by Mick Travis ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) during the shootout towards the end of the film.
[[Image:Bren_mk2.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Bren .303 caliber]]
[[Image:Bren_mk2.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Bren .303 caliber]]
[[Image:If...TravisBrenGun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Travis shooting a Bren from the rooftop.]]
[[Image:If...TravisBrenGun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Travis shooting a Bren from the rooftop.]]


==Webley Mk IV Revolver==
==Webley Mk IV==
Used by The Girl ([[Christine Noonan]]) to shoot the school headmaster in the head.
A [[Webley Mk IV]] is used by The Girl ([[Christine Noonan]]) to shoot the school headmaster in the head.
[[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|300px|Webley Mk VI .455 Webley]]
[[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|300px|Webley Mk VI .455 Webley]]
[[Image:If28_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]
[[Image:If29_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]


==[[M1 Garand]]==
==M1 Garand==
M1 Garand rifles are seen racked up in the school's Combined Cadet Force armoury but are not used in the movie.
[[M1 Garand]] rifles are seen racked up in the school's Combined Cadet Force armoury but are not used in the movie.
[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]]
[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]]
[[Image:7_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]


==Granatenwerfer 16==
==Granatenwerfer 16==
A Austro-German Granatenwerfer 16 grenade launcher is seen in the cellar underneath the stage amongst various munitions.
An Austro-German Granatenwerfer 16 grenade launcher is seen in the cellar underneath the stage amongst various munitions.
[[Image:Granatenwerfer 16.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Granatenwerfer 16.]]
[[Image:Granatenwerfer 16.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Granatenwerfer 16.]]
[[Image:If17_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|A round from the Austro-German trench-mortar.]]


==Sten Mark III submachine gun==
==Sten Mark III==
Used by Mick's friends, The Girl, the students, the students' parents, the members of the Combined Cadet Force and British soldiers during the shootout towards the end of the film. Sten guns were also seen in the hands of the Combined Cadet Force members while on a training exercise earlier in the film.
[[Sten Mk III]] submachine guns are used by Mick's friends, The Girl, the students, the students' parents, the members of the Combined Cadet Force and British soldiers during the shootout towards the end of the film. Sten guns were also seen in the hands of the Combined Cadet Force members while on a training exercise earlier in the film.
[[Image:Sten MkIII.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Sten MkIII.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:if22_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]
[[Image:if20_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]
[[Image:if23_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]
[[Image:if27_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]


==Vickers medium machine gun==
==Vickers MK1 Machine Gun==
[[Image:551 02.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Vickers Mark 1 Machine Gun, .303 British]]
A [[Vickers MK1 Machine Gun]] is used by Mick and by CCF students.
[[Image:If...VickersMG.jpg|thumb|none|300px|CCF Students set up a Vickers machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vickers gun.JPG|thumb|none|350px|Vickers gun with ribbed water jacket - .303 British]]
[[Image:If... Vickers gun.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Mick and The Girl with a Vickers machine gun.]]
[[Image:If...VickersMG.jpg|thumb|none|550px|CCF Students set up a Vickers machine gun.]]


==Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* rifle==
==MP40==
A collection of Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* rifles can be seen in the cache of military firearms and ammunition under the main hall of the school.
[[MP40]]s were seen among the collection of military firearms under the main hall.
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|500px|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:MP40.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MP40 9x19mm]]
[[Image:If16_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|The Girl (Noonan) holds the MP40.]]


==MP40==
==Springfield M1903A3==
MP40s were seen among the collection of military firearms under the main hall.
[[Springfield M1903A3]] rifles can also be seen racked up in the Combined Cadet Force armoury.
[[Image:MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MP40 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Springfield03A3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|The '''World War 2 Springfield Rifle''' - the Model 03-A3.  This was a simplified version of the 1903 to supplement the [[M1 Garand]] for troops in World War 2.  Many Marines and Army rangers hit the battlefield with the 03-A3. This example was built at the Remington plant.  During World War 2 - only Remington and Smith Corona (the typewriter company) built 03A3 rifles from the original WW1 tooling from Rock Island - .30-06]]
[[Image:6_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]


==Springfield M1903A3 rifle==
==Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar==
Springfield M1903A3 rifles can also be seen racked up in the Combined Cadet Force armoury
Throughout the film, students fire a British [[Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar]].
[[Image:Springfield03A3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The '''World War 2 Springfield Rifle''' - the Model 03-A3. This was a simplified version of the 1903 to supplement the [[M1 Garand]] for troops in World War 2. Many Marines and Army rangers hit the battlefield with the 03-A3. This example was built at the Remington plant. During World War 2 - only Remington and Smith Corona (the typewriter company) built 03A3 rifles from the original WW1 tooling from Rock Island - .30-06]]
[[Image:If_mortar.jpg|thumb|300px|none|British 3 inch mortar mine - 81.2 mm (3.20 in)]]
[[File:3inch.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Mk II - 3.20 in]]
[[Image:If21_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|]]


==Air pistol==
==Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke==
[[Image:If...TravisPistol.jpg]]
Mick Travis ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) can be seen using an [[Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke]] air pistol.
[[Image:If...TravisDartGun.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Travis weilding an unknown air pistol.]]
[[File:Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke air pistol - .177 pellet]]
[[Image:If...TravisDartGun.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Travis wielding an Acvoke.]]


==M16A1==
==M16A1==
A number of pictures on the walls of Mick Travis' ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) room had US solders in Vietnam armed with M16A1 assault rifles.
A number of pictures on the walls of Mick Travis' ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) room had US solders in Vietnam armed with [[M16A1]] assault rifles.
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original '''3-prong flash hider'''.  It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original '''3-prong flash hider'''.  It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:If2_sm.jpg|thumb|550px|none|Photograph by Pulitzer Prize winner Eddie Adams of 1st Cavalry solider, 1966]]
 


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If... (1968)

If…. (1968) was the first film in director Lindsay Anderson’s “Mick Travis” trilogy (O Lucky Man!, Britannia Hospital). A savage black comedy about British society, the film starred Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, along with David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann, and Christine Noonan. Anderson filmed the movie in both color and black and white, for no other apparent reason than the director's whim. Public school students conduct a vicious war of retaliation against arbitrary authority.

The following firearms were used in the film If...:


Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I

Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk Is are used by the students serving in the public school's Combined Cadet Force and was used by the students, General Denson (Anthony Nicholls) and British soldiers during the shootout towards the end of the film. Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) and one of his friends used bayonet-fixed Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles to shoot live .303 British rifle ammunition at the cadets and the teachers when they lined up for a meal while on a training exercise with the school's Combined Cadet Force. Mick also used his bayonet fixed No. 4 rifle to intimidate the school's vicar after Mick and his friends fired live ammunition at the cadets and teachers during the training exercise.

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Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British
Public School CCF Student charges in a Bayonet attack.
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A collection of Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I rifles can be seen in the cache of military firearms and ammunition under the main hall of the school.

Bren Light Machine Gun

A Bren gun is used by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) during the shootout towards the end of the film.

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Bren .303 caliber
Travis shooting a Bren from the rooftop.

Webley Mk IV

A Webley Mk IV is used by The Girl (Christine Noonan) to shoot the school headmaster in the head.

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Webley Mk VI .455 Webley
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M1 Garand

M1 Garand rifles are seen racked up in the school's Combined Cadet Force armoury but are not used in the movie.

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M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06
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Granatenwerfer 16

An Austro-German Granatenwerfer 16 grenade launcher is seen in the cellar underneath the stage amongst various munitions.

Granatenwerfer 16.
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A round from the Austro-German trench-mortar.

Sten Mark III

Sten Mk III submachine guns are used by Mick's friends, The Girl, the students, the students' parents, the members of the Combined Cadet Force and British soldiers during the shootout towards the end of the film. Sten guns were also seen in the hands of the Combined Cadet Force members while on a training exercise earlier in the film.

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Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm
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Vickers MK1 Machine Gun

A Vickers MK1 Machine Gun is used by Mick and by CCF students.

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Vickers gun with ribbed water jacket - .303 British
Mick and The Girl with a Vickers machine gun.
CCF Students set up a Vickers machine gun.

MP40

MP40s were seen among the collection of military firearms under the main hall.

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MP40 9x19mm
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The Girl (Noonan) holds the MP40.

Springfield M1903A3

Springfield M1903A3 rifles can also be seen racked up in the Combined Cadet Force armoury.

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The World War 2 Springfield Rifle - the Model 03-A3. This was a simplified version of the 1903 to supplement the M1 Garand for troops in World War 2. Many Marines and Army rangers hit the battlefield with the 03-A3. This example was built at the Remington plant. During World War 2 - only Remington and Smith Corona (the typewriter company) built 03A3 rifles from the original WW1 tooling from Rock Island - .30-06
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Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar

Throughout the film, students fire a British Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar.

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British 3 inch mortar mine - 81.2 mm (3.20 in)
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Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Mk II - 3.20 in
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Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke

Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) can be seen using an Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke air pistol.

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Accles & Shelvoke Acvoke air pistol - .177 pellet
Travis wielding an Acvoke.

M16A1

A number of pictures on the walls of Mick Travis' (Malcolm McDowell) room had US solders in Vietnam armed with M16A1 assault rifles.

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The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original 3-prong flash hider. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm
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Photograph by Pulitzer Prize winner Eddie Adams of 1st Cavalry solider, 1966