Inglourious Basterds

Inglorious Basterds (2009)

WARNING! This article contains spoilers.

The following firearms were used in the film Inglourious Basterds:

MP40

Many German soldiers and guards throughout the film are seen with MP40s. Many of the "Basterds" use MP40s as well, including S/Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), PFC Smithson Utivich (B.J. Novak), PFC Omar Ulmer (Omar Doom), PFC Gerold Hirschberg (Samm Levine), and Oberfeldwebel Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger). Wilhelm (Alexander Fehling), another Oberfeldwebel, gets hold of an MP40 during the Nadine tavern gunfight.

MP40 9x19mm

German soldiers with Landa fire their MP40s into the floor of Perrier LaPadite's home.

Cpl. Wicki slashes the throat of a German soldier holding an MP40.

Wilhelm fires a blast from the MP40 in the Nadine tavern.

Wilhelm aims an MP40 at the stairs. His empty MP40, which he had used in the previous screencap, is seen next to him.

Wilhelm aims his MP40 at Bridget.

Hirschberg, Stiglitz, and Donny fire MP40s at a group of German soldiers. Stiglitz is holding his sideways so that the recoil fans the MP40 out, creating a spread effect. This technique is often used with the Thompson.

Omar and Donny fire their MP40s at Shoshanna's theater.

Omar guns down Francesca Mondino (Julie Dreyfus).

Omar fires an MP40. Note the ejected shell next to his head.

Donny fires an MP40.

Walther P38

SD Standartenfuhrer Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), Gestapo Maj. Hellstrom (August Diehl) and several other German officers carry Walther P38 pistols. At the end, Landa hands his to Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), who fires it himself. During the Nadine tavern gunfight, Hellstrom fires a P38 as do other German soldiers in the bar and Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki (Gedeon Burkhard), one of the "basterds".

Walther P38 - 9x19mm

"Au revoir, Shoshanna!" Landa aims his P38 at Shosanna as she runs away from the LaPadite home.

Hellstrom draws his P38 on Hicox inside the tavern.

Hellstrom keeps his P38 on Hicox even as Hicox and Stiglitz pull PPKs on him.

The German female/Beethoven (Petra Hartung) in the tavern fires her Walther P38.

Wicki with his P38 during the tavern shootout.

Another German soldier (Ken Duken) in the tavern fires his Walther P38.

Landa hands his Walther P38 to Lt. Aldo Raine.

M1 Garand

As the "Basterds" are first assembled, M1 Garand rifles are seen slung over the shoulders of Wilhelm Wicki (Gedeon Burkhard), Smithson Utivich (B.J. Novak), PFC Andy Kagan (Paul Rust), PFC Michael Zimmerman (Michael Bacall), PFC Simon Sakowitz (Carlos Fidel), PFC Omar Ulmer (Omar Doom), and PFC Gerold Hirschberg (Samm Levine). They are also seen wielded by some of the American soldiers in the film-within-a-film "Nation's Pride".

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

As Lt. Raine addresses the "basterds", an M1 Garand is slung over Utivich's shoulder

Lt. Raine addresses the "basterds" with M1s over their shoulders.

Wicki, Utivich, two "basterds", Ulmer, another basterd, and Hirschberg.

A soldier in "Nation's Pride" is shot while holding an M1 Garand.

A soldier fires an M1 Garand at Zoller in "Nation's Pride".

Karabiner 98k

Some of the "basterds", including Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), Wilhelm Wicki (Gedeon Burkhard), and PFC Gerold Hirschberg (Samm Levine) carry German Karabiner 98k rifles, most likely taken from German troops they captured and killed. Raine's Karabiner has "Inglourious Basterds" carved into the butt. In the propaganda film-within-a-film "Nation's Pride", Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl) fires a Karabiner 98k. With trick editing in "Nation's Pride" (presumably to make the single German soldier appear like a "superhero" to the German audiences), Zoller's bolt-action Karabiner is made to appear to fire semi-automatic shots.

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

"Inglourious Basterds", as seen on Raine's Karabiner 98k.

Hirschberg holds a Karabiner 98k on the captured German soldiers.

Wicki aims his Karabiner 98k.

Wicki holds the Karabiner 98k as he translates for Raine.

In "Nation's Pride", Zoller (playing himself) fires the Karabiner 98k.

Zoller pulls the bolt on his K98 in "Nation's Pride" (one of the rare times the film-within-a-film doesn't show the rifle firing semi-automatic rather than bolt-action).

MG42

Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger) carries an MG42 during his first scene at the ambush on the Nazis. In the first trailer, Hirschberg runs down a hallway firing an MG42, but this was never seen in the final cut.

MG42 Light Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm

Hugo Stiglitz with his MG42 during an attack on the Nazis.

Hugo Stiglitz with his MG42.

Hirschberg runs with the MG42 (seen in the trailer).

Sawed-Off O/U shotgun

When the "basterds" break Stiglitz out of custody from a Berlin jail, Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) carries a sawed-off over/under shotgun, using it to shoot a German soldier guarding Stiglitz. It is best seen on a promotional image (seen in the Discussion section of this article).

Sawn-off Browning Over/Under shotgun - 12 Gauge

Donny shoots a German guarding Stiglitz.

Walther PPK

When disguised as an SS Hauptshturmfuhrer, British Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) carries a Walther PPK. During the same part of Operation Kino, Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger) disguises himself as a Obersturmfuhrer (Lieutenant First Class) and packs his own PPK. Both men end up aiming their pistols at Gestapo Maj. Hellstrom. After the gunfight in the Nadine tavern, Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) picks up Hicox's PPK and fires it.

Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP)

Lt. Hicox aims his PPK at Hellstrom.

"Say 'auf wiedersehen' to your Nazi balls!" Stiglitz sticks his PPK into Hellstrom's lap.

Hicox and Stiglitz fire their PPKs at each other's crotches.

Stiglitz and the female German shoot each other in the tavern. This shot is rather curious, since the female German shoots Stiglitz only once, and here he is shown with multiple bullet wounds. (The other bullets may have been ricochets).

Bridget fires a Walther PPK.

Double Barreled Shotgun

Eric (Christian Berkel), the owner of the tavern in Nadine, keeps a hammerless double-barreled shotgun behind the bar, firing it when the gunfight begins.

Baikal Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge.

Eric slowly reaches for his shotgun behind the bar.

Eric fires his shotgun as Wicki shoots at him. Note Stiglitz's knife in Major Hellstrom's neck.

Unless those were rounds from other firearms (which is doubtful, since the rounds aimed at him are from an angle and not perpendicular to the table), there is no way the shotgun was able to spread the pellets that much at that close of range.

Luger P08

As Lt. Raine "debriefs" Bridget by pressing his index finger into her leg wound, Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) holds his Luger P08 on her. Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl), as a German private, carries a Luger as his issued sidearm and arms himself with it while attending the premiere of "Nation's Pride".

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Donny holds his Luger on Bridget.

Donny keeps his Luger on Bridget as she talks to Lt. Raine.

Zoller draws his Luger on Shosanna.

Zoller's Luger.

Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket

Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) prepares for trouble at the premiere of "Nation's Pride" by loading a Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket and keeping it in her purse, eventually drawing and firing it.

Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket - .25 ACP

Shosanna loads her pistol's magazine.

Shosanna loads the magazine into the pistol.

Shosanna draws the pistol.

Shosanna aims her Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket.

M1 Carbine

Some of the American soldiers in "Nation's Pride" carry M1 Carbines.

World War II Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - correct for most of WWII, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period twin magazine pouch for buttstock - .30 Carbine

An American soldier with his M1 Carbine in "Nation's Pride".

M1921 Thompson

Some of the American soldiers in "Nation's Pride" carry M1921 Thompsons. M1928A1s, M1s, or M1A1s would have been more time-appropriate, but its possible that since "Nation's Pride" is a German-made film, it would be easier for the supposed armorers of it to acquire older M1921 Thompsons.

Colt M1921AC Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP.

An American fires his Thompson in "Nation's Pride".

An American aims his Thompson in "Nation's Pride".

M3 Grease Gun

Some of the American soldiers in "Nation's Pride" carry M3 Grease Guns.

M3 "Grease Gun" .45 ACP. The later model M3A1 would eliminate the crank lever for cocking the bolt, and instead used a simple hole in the bolt for the shooter to use their finger.

An American fires his M3 Grease Gun in "Nation's Pride".

OSS pistol glove

Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) and Omar Ulmer (Omar Doom) each use a .38-caliber short-range OSS Pistol Glove when assassinating the two guards outside the German high command. As in real life, these weapons are loaded with a .38 round and punched into the target to fire it.

OSS Pistol Glove.

Donny shows Omar one of the OSS pistol gloves.

Donny loads a .38-caliber round into the OSS pistol glove.

Omar with the OSS pistol glove on his hand.