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== Flakvierling 38 ==
== Flakvierling 38 ==
A [[Flakvierling 38]] is used by the Germans in Paris to shoot down Sir Reginald Brook's ([[Terry-Thoms]]) bomber.
A [[Flakvierling 38]] is used by the Germans in Paris to shoot down Sir Reginald Brook's ([[Terry-Thoms]]) bomber.
[[Image:dlnwbsa1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German troopers ready their Flakvierling 38.]]
[[Image:big_runaround_anti-aircraft.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German troopers ready their Flakvierling 38.]]


== Karabiner 98k ==
== Karabiner 98k ==

Revision as of 04:44, 19 August 2014

Poster for The Big Runaround (1966), under its English title Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

The Big Runaround (original title La grande vadrouille and released in the UK as Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!) is a 1966 French comedy film. Set in 1940's Nazi-occupied France, it follows the misadventures of a French painter and an orchestra conductor who find themselves unwittingly getting caught up in the efforts of a group of RAF pilots (led by Terry-Thomas) to escape the Germans.


The following weapons were used in the film The Big Runaround:


Flakvierling 38

A Flakvierling 38 is used by the Germans in Paris to shoot down Sir Reginald Brook's (Terry-Thoms) bomber.

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German troopers ready their Flakvierling 38.

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k in the hands of numerous German soldiers. Augustin Bouvet (Bourvil) and Stanislas Lefort (Louis de Funès) also carry them when disguised as German soldiers.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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SS troops with Karabiners as they're being inspected by General Weber (Hans Meyer).
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The SS after a paint can accidentally dropped by Augustin Bouvet (Bourvil) drenches them in white paint.
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Weber's aide gives the order to fire at Bouvet.

MP40

The MP40 is seen used by German troops throughout the film.

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MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
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German soldiers going door to door.
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German soldiers catch Stanislas Lefort (Louis de Funès) in the opera house.

Unidentified Handgun

Throughout the film, Major Achbach (Benno Sterzenbach) is seen carrying a small handgun in a holster, although he never takes it out. DID gives him a Walther PPK, but there's no evidence for this in the film.

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Achbach's holstered sidearm is seen at right.

Luger P08

A German sergeant (Reinhard Kolldehoff) is seen carrying a Luger P08. Other Germans use them, usually in holsters.

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Luger P08 9mm
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The sergeant with his Luger in the apartment.
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A collapsible ironing board hits the sergeant on the head.

MG42

The Germans attempt to prevent the heroes from escaping in a pair of gliders using an MG42 mounted in a halftrack. However, the gunner (Michel Modo) is cross-eyed and misses and accidentally shoots down a German fighter plane instead.

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MG42 with sling and bipod collapsed - 7.92mm Mauser
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The cross-eyed gunner struggles to aim his MG42 properly.
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The gunner fires at what he thinks is one of the gliders, but instead hits a German fighter.
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Achbach is not happy.