Webley & Scott Signal Pistols

Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel

Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch - brass frame and barrel

No.1 Mk. V Signal Pistol - 1 inch - steel frame and barrel

Webley & Scott No.2 Mk. V Signal Pistol

Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I Signal Pistol - 37 mm

The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility.

Specifications

Webley & Scott Mk III Signal Pistol.

• Year of Production: 1911
• Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
• Length: 8 inches
• Barrel Length: 4 inches
• Weight:

Added a lanyard swivel on the butt in 1915.

Webley & Scott Mk III* Signal Pistol.

• Year of Production: 1916
• Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
• Length: 9.5 inches
• Barrel Length: 5.5 inches
• Weight:

Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech.

Webley & Scott No.1 Mk V

• Year of Production: 1915
• Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
• Length: ?
• Barrel Length: 4 inches
• Weight:

A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber Webley Mk VI service revolver.

Webley & Scott No.2 Mk V

• Year of Production: 1916
• Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
• Length: ?
• Barrel Length: ?
• Weight:

A No.1 Mk V with a longer flanged barrel like the Mk III*.

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The Webley & Scott MkIII Signal Pistol appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Carry on, Sergeant!		German soldier	Mk. III*	1928
The Fighting 69th	James Cagney	Pvt. Jerry Plunkett		1940
Paratrooper	Leo Genn	Maj. John Snow	No. 1 Mk. V	1953
Gorgo		A British sailor	No. 1 Mk. III*	1961
		A British soldier	No. 4 Mk. I
Lawrence of Arabia	Anthony Quayle	Col. Brighton		1962
Lawrence of Arabia	Peter O'Toole	Col. Lawrence		1962
Dirty Dozen, The	Clint Walker	Samson Posey	No. 1 Mk. III*	1967
Gang War in Naples		Customs officer	No. 2 Mk. V	1972
Syndicate Sadists	Alessandro Cocco	Giampiero Marsili	No. 2 Mk. V	1975
The People That Time Forgot	Patrick Wayne	Maj. Ben McBride		1977
The Razor's Edge	James Keach	Grey		1984
Biggles: Adventures in Time	Neil Dickson	James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth		1986
The Trench	Danny Dyer	Lance Cpl. Dell		1999
Survival of the Dead	Alan Van Sprang	Sgt. Crocket		2010
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night	Brandon Routh	Dylan Dog	No. 4 Mk. 1	2011
Cockneys vs. Zombies			Mk. III*	2012
Dunkirk	Tom Hardy	Farrier	No. 4 Mk. I	2017
	Jack Lowden	Collins	No. 4 Mk. I

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1	Kam Fong	Chin Ho		1968
Doctor Who	Paul Darrow	Capt. Sam Hawkins	"Doctor Who and the Silurians"	1970
Anzacs		Australian troops		1985

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Forgotten Hope 2		MkIII	2005
Far Cry 2		No. 4 Mk. I	2008
NecroVisioN: Lost Company		No. 1 Mk. III*	2010
Assassin's Creed Syndicate	Flare Gun		2015
Mad Max	Flare Gun	No. 3 Mk. I	2015
Battlefield 1		No. 1 Mk. III*	2016

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Black Lagoon ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02))	Rock	No. 1 Mk. III*	2006
Violet Evergarden	Gilbert Bougainvillea	Ep. 08, No. 1 Mk. III*	2018

See Also

• Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield