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 during World War II. 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

Beretta M1934

Major Bonacelli (Hans Conried) uses a Beretta M1934 in "The Pizza Parlor", Season 1.

Beretta Model 1934, - .380 ACP.

Major Bonacelli (Hans Conried) aims his Beretta M1934 at his German driver.

A good look at the slide.

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer

Used by the resistance along with the Colt M1911.

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer

Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) with his Colt Model 1903 in Season 3´s "The Hostage".

In "A Russian Is Coming", Igor Piotkin (Bob Hastings) takes Hogans Colt Model 1903 and holds it on him.

Colt M1911

Used by resistance members.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Cpl. Peter Newkirk (Richard Dawson) with a Colt M1911.

Luger P08

Most prominently featured in the pilot episode and used throughout the rest of the series by German soldiers and resistance members.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.

Wagner (Noam Pitlik) picks up a cigarette lighter in the shape of a Luger P08 in the Pilot episode "The Informer".

Colonel Crittendon (Bernard Fox) nervously fondles around with a Luger P08 in "The Assassin".

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”.

Hogan (Bob Crane), disguised as a SS officer, with a Walther P38 in "Carter Turns Traitor"

Submachine Guns

MP40

Wielded by part of the German forces. These appear to be a mix of replica MP40 submachine guns and what might be rubber props. The latter can be recognized by the filled-in space between the magazine well and the receiver.

MP40 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

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

Cpl. Newkirk (Richard Dawson) carrying what appears to be a replica MP40 in "Carter Turns Traitor". Both the receiver and front sights are different to those of an actual MP40.

Thompson Submachine Gun

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

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP

Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) carrying a Thompson Model 1928 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 before, during and after 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.

Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane) knocks over a rack of Krag-Jørgensen rifles.

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.

M1 Garand

Used by Hogans men and the resistance.

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

Cpl. Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) aims an M1 Garand in "Monkey Business".

Machine Guns

Browning M1919

Browning M1919 with slotted barrel shrouds are used in Stalag 13 towers.

Browning M1919 .30-06 on M2 tripod

A Browning M1919 mounted in one of the prison camps towers.

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".