Kelly's Heroes

The following guns were used in the film Kelly's Heroes:

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Kelly's Heroes (1970)

M1A1 Thompson

Many of the soldiers in the film are armed with M1A1 Thompson submachine guns noted by their triangular "bunny ear" sight housing including Pvt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) and Master Sgt. "Big" Joe (Telly Savalas). These guns were specially requested by Kelly for his special squad to find the gold behind enemy lines, which is why they are not armed mainly with M1 Garand rifles like a normal squad. Throughout the film, the M1A1 Thompsons sometimes switch with older M1 Thompson submachine guns with more complex bolts and cheaper bolted peep sights on the back with no protective housings.

M1A1 Thompson - .45 ACP.

Pvt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) points his M1A1 Thompson at Col. Dunkhepf (David Hurst).

Kelly with his M1A1 Thompson.

MSgt. "Big" Joe with his M1A1 Thompson.

Kelly firing his M1A1 Thompson.

Big Joe with his M1A1 Thompson.

Big Joes firing his M1A1 Thompson, eyes closed.

Specialist Sgt. "Crapgame" (Don Rickles) with an M1A1 Thompson.

Close up of Kelly's M1A1 Thompson when he goes to face the Tiger Tank in the town square.

M1 Thompson

The older M1 Thompson submachine guns are seen in the hands of many soldiers, which had more complex bolts and cheaper style peep sights which have no protective housings like the M1A1s. They are mainly seen switching with the M1A1s throughout the film as a continuity error.

M1 Thompson - .45 ACP. Note simple rear peep sight.

Kelly firing an M1 Thompson, which switchs from an M1A1 and back throughout the scene.

Big Joe with an M1 Thompson in the town while Pvt. Babra (Gene Collins) is armed with an M1A1 Thompson.

Kelly firing an M1 Thompson.

Big Joe firing his M1 Thompson one handed.

Big Joe firing his M1 Thompson.

Big Joe firing his M1 Thompson.

Big Joe cocks the bolt on his M1 Thompson to face the Tiger Tank in the town square.

M1 Carbine

Pvt. Fisher (Dick Balduzzi) uses an M1 Carbine which he usually keeps fitted with a rifle grenade launcher fixed on the barrel as his main weapon throughout the film.

M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine.

A soldier is seen with an M1 Carbine slung over his back.

Pvt. Fisher with his M1 Carbine rested against the rock wall.

Pvt. Fisher with his M1 Carbine.

Pvt. Fisher with his M1 Carbine. Note rifle grenade launcher.

Pvt. Fisher fires a rifle grenade from his M1 Carbine.

M1 Garand

Despite the fact that the M1 Garand rifle was the most commonly employed weapon in the U.S. Army during WWII, the rifle is seldom seen and is never used or fired in the film.

M1 Garand - .30-06.

A GERMAN soldier is seen with an M1 Garand slung over his back, which means he either captured it from a dead G.I. or they didn't have enough German rifles for the scene, which is more likely.

Two M1 Garand rifles are seen on the jeep when Big Joe is looking over the weapons supply.

FN BAR Type D

The Belgian FN BAR Type D light machine gun takes the place of the American Browning BAR for the film with noticable differences such as a larger wooden forend, a removable barrel, cooling barrel fins, a pistol grip, and a dust cover which were added to the gun by the Belgian army for it to meet their military requirments. It is most notabley seen in the hands of Pvt. Petuko (Perry Lopez).

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FN BAR Type D - 8mm.

...with an FN BAR Type D light machine gun.

...readies the FN BAR Type D.

...cocks the charging handle on the FN BAR Type D while playing dead as the German infantry approaches.

...fires his FN BAR tilted sideways for some reason.

...readies his FN BAR for the assault on the town.

...fires his FN BAR. Note dust cover lever.

...reloads his FN BAR.