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The Keep

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The Keep was the second feature film direct by Michael Mann. It has gained something of a cult film status and many consider it a campy classic..

The following firearms are used in the 1983 film The Keep:

The Keep (1983).




MP40

Several of the German soldiers including Captain Klaus Woermann (Jürgen Prochnow) carry MP40 machine guns.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
Woermann reflexively aims his MP40 at the Keep's caretakers when they startle him.

MP28/II

The SS troops commanded by Major Kaempffer (Gabriel Byrne) mostly use Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine guns.

Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Submachine Gun - 9mm
The SS troops, including the SS Adjutant (Wolf Kahler), with their Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II submachine guns.

Walther PPK

SS Major Eric Kaempffer (Gabriel Byrne) carries what looks like a Walther PPK as his sidearm.

Early Nazi PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP)
Kaempffer with his Walther PPK

Karabiner 98k

The Wehrmacht soldiers use Karabiner 98k rifles. Although the SS mostly use submachine guns, a few are seen with Karabiners.

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
The soldier in the foreground holds a Karabiner 98k as the SS arrest Glaeken Trismegestus (Scott Glenn).

MG34

The MG34 is used by German sentries at the entrance to the Keep.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down.
A sentry rests next to his MG34.

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