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Letters from Iwo Jima

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The following guns were used in the movie Letters from Iwo Jima

Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Weapons

The following guns were used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Contents

M1911 Handgun

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) had an original Colt M1911 pistol offered by an American Officer when he was in the United States. By the end of the movie, he killed himself with this weapon. Then, a U.S. Marine found the pistol and took it. On a side note, the 1911 model in this movie had an ivory grip.

M1911 pistol in Kuribayashi's waist holster.
An American officer offers a M1911 pistol in a box to Kuribayashi at a dinner party during his time in the United States.
Kuribayashi's M1911 pistol taken by a Marine lieutenant.

Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

Used by many japanese soldiers in bunkers and caves.

Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun in a japanese bunker (front).
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun in a japanese bunker (side).

Type 38 rifle

Some of the japanese soldiers have type 38 rifle instead of type 99.

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Type 38 rifle.
Type 38 rifle of Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya).
Type 38 rifle of Lieutnant Okubo (Eijiro Ozaki).

Type 99 Arisaka Rifle

Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm

Most of the Imperial Japanese soldiers in the movie are equipped with this rifle.

Type 94 pistol

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Japanese Type 94 Pistol

Shimizu (Ryo Kase) and other Japanese soldiers had this pistol.

Nambu Type 14 Pistol

Nambu Type 14 Pistol chambered for 8mm Nambu Pistol Ammunition

Captain Tanida (Takumi Bando) used this weapon to kill himself.

Type 99 Light Machine Gun

Used by many japanese soldiers in bukers and caves.

United States Marine Corps Weapons

The following guns were used by the United States Marine Corps

M1 Garand

M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - 30.06

Many marines were equipped with this weapons (some of them were used with M1 bayonets). When Shimizu (Ryo Kase) surrender, a marine, using his M1 Garand rifle, executed him and an another japanese POW. In the final scene, when Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) was surrounded by marines, most of them used M1 Garand rifles.

M1 Carbine

In the last scene, the U.S. Marine lieutenant who took the M1911 pistol of General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) had a M1 Carbine.

M2 Flamethrower

Sam (Lucas Elliott) had a M2 Flamethrower until he was captured. During the landing, two japanese soldiers have been burnt by a M2 Flamethrower.

M1919A4 Browning

During the night assault led by the Navy Lieutnant Ito, American troops used M1919A4 Browning machine guns to counter the japanese charge.


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