Hogan's Heroes

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Hogan's Heroes is a comedy television series produced by Bing Crosby Productions about a band of multinational POW´s imprisoned in the German Prisoner Of War camp Stalag 13. After creating a vast underground tunnel network directly beneath the prison complex, the group around Colonel Robert E. Hogan (Bob Crane) begins to disrupt the German war machinery through cunning sabotage operations. The series ran from 1965 to 1971 across 6 Seasons with a total number of 168 episodes.

The following weapons were used in the television series Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes (1965 - 1971)

Pistols

P38

Standard sidearm of the German soldiers.

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

A German soldier fires his P38 in Season 3´s “The Crittendon Plan”.

Submachine Guns

MP40

Wielded by part of the German forces.

MP40 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

"Par le vous francais? Of course, you pigs would not." One of the guards at the gate carrying a MP40 as Maurice Dubois surrenders in "Nights in Shining Armor".

Thompson Submachine Gun

Used in the first Season as a stand-in for the MP40 and by members of the resistance.

M1921AC Thompson with a horizontal fore grip and 30-round magazine - .45ACP

Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) carrying a Thompson Model 1921 with horizontal foregrip in Season 3´s "Hogan, Go Home". An odd thing is that the magazine appears to be taped to the weapon.

Rifles

Krag-Jørgensen rifle

The Krag-Jørgensen rifles were used as a stand-in for the German Karabiner 98 which was used by the German military through the majority of WWII.

US Property Marked Krag-Jørgensen Model 1896 Rifle - .30-40 Krag

A member of the German resistance threatens Hogan with his Krag-Jørgensen rifle in “The Crittendon Plan”, Season 3.

M1 Carbine

Used by German resistance members and allied soldiers.

M1 Carbine - .30

In “The Crittendon Plan”, Nadya (Naomi Stevens) carries a M1 Carbine.

Among the weapons used by resistance member Maurice Dubois (Felice Orlandi) is an M1 Carbine with what appears to be a side-folding stock, metal upper handguard and a vertical foregrip.

Machine Guns

MG34

Featured in repeatedly re-used stock footage by German soldiers.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down.

One of multiple pieces of stock footage showing the firing of an MG34.

MG42

Used by the tower guards of Stalag 13 and SS soldiers.

MG42 Light Machine Gun 7.92x57mm Mauser

A SS soldier holds his MG42 on Kommandant Klink in Season 3, "War Takes a Holiday".