The film won four Oscars in 1999, tells the story of James Ryan (Matt Damon), soldiers who parachuted into France during the Allied invasion of Europe, who had just lost three of her brother in the war. Government policy ordered him to go home because her family would lose all the boys. A team of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his other soldiers who recently landed on the coast of Normandy, was ordered to seek and to save Private James Ryan.
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Saving Private Ryan's Weapons Review
Handgun
M1911
The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated handgun chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge,[1] which served as the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1911 is still carried by some U.S. forces. Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam era.[1]
In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and
M1911A1 pistols in military contracts during its service life. The M1911
was replaced by the M9 pistol
as the standard U.S. sidearm in the early 1990s, but due to its
popularity among users, it has not been completely phased out. Modern
M1911 variants are still in use by some units within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.[4]
Riffles
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand (officially designated as United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 and later it was just called Rifle, Caliber .30, M1, and also abbreviated as US Rifle, Cal. .30, M1) is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge. It was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation.[4] Called "the greatest battle implement ever devised" by General George S. Patton,[5] the Garand officially replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the standard service rifle of the United States Armed Forces in 1936 and was subsequently replaced by the selective fire M14
in 1957. However, the M1 continued to be used in large numbers until
1963 and to a lesser degree until 1966. Like its predecessor, the M1
originated from the Springfield Armory.
The M1 "is an air-cooled, gas-operated, clip-fed, and semiautomatic
shoulder weapon. This means that the air cools the barrel; that the
power to cock the rifle and chamber the succeeding round comes from the
expanding gas of the round fired previously; that it is loaded by
inserting a metal clip (containing a maximum of eight rounds) into the
receiver; and that the rifle fires one round each time the trigger is
pulled ".[6] After the eight rounds have been shot the clip automatically ejects causing a "ping" noise to occur.
M1 carbine
In selective fire versions capable of fully automatic fire, the carbine is designated the M2 carbine. The M3 carbine was an M2 with an active infrared scope system. Unlike conventional carbines, which are generally a version of a parent rifle with a shorter barrel (like the earlier .30-40 U.S. Krag rifle and carbine and the later M16 rifle and M4 carbine), the M1 carbine has only one minor part in common with the M1 rifle (a short buttplate screw) and fires a different cartridge.
M1903 Springfield
The M1903 Springfield, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American clip-loaded, 5-shot, bolt-action service rifle used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.
It was officially adopted as a United States military bolt-action rifle on June 19, 1903, and saw service in World War I. It was officially replaced as the standard infantry rifle by the faster-firing, semi-automatic 8 round M1 Garand, starting in 1937. However, the M1903 Springfield remained in service as a standard issue infantry rifle during World War II, since the U.S. entered the war without sufficient M1 rifles to arm all troops. It also remained in service as a sniper rifle during World War II, the Korean War and even in the early stages of the Vietnam War. It remains popular as a civilian firearm, historical collector's piece and as a military drill rifle.
Thompson submachine gun
The Thompson is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919, that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals.[6]
The Thompson was also known informally as: the "Tommy Gun", "Trench
Broom", "Trench Sweeper", "Chicago Typewriter", "Chicago Piano",
"Chicago Style", "Chicago Organ Grinder", and "The Chopper".[7][8][9][10]
The Thompson was favored by soldiers, criminals, police and civilians alike for its ergonomics, compactness, large .45 ACP cartridge, reliability, and high volume of automatic fire. It has since gained popularity among civilian collectors for its historical significance.
M3 submachine gun
The M3 was an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted for U.S. Army service on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3.[5] The M3 was a superior alternative to the Thompson submachine gun as it was cheaper to produce, lighter, more accurate, and was also chambered in .45 ACP.[5] The M3 was commonly referred to as the "Grease Gun" or simply "the Greaser", owing to its visual similarity to the mechanic's tool.[6]
Intended as a replacement for the .45-caliber Thompson series of
submachine guns, the M3 and its improved successor, the M3A1 began to
replace the Thompson in first-line service in late 1944 and early 1945.
Due to delays caused by production issues and approved specification
changes, the M3/M3A1 saw relatively little combat use in World War II.[5]
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns.
The BAR was designed to be carried by advancing infantrymen, slung over the shoulder or fired from the hip, a concept called "walking fire"—thought to be necessary for the individual soldier during trench warfare.[1] However in practice, it was most often used as a light machine gun and fired from a bipod (introduced in later models).[2] A variant of the original M1918 BAR, the Colt Monitor Machine Rifle,
remains the lightest production automatic gun to fire the .30-06
Springfield cartridge, though the limited capacity of its standard
20-round magazine tended to hamper its utility in that role.[2]
The M2 flamethrower (M2-2) was an American man-portable backpack flamethrower that was used in World War II. It was the successor to the M1 and M1A1 flamethrowers. Although its actual "burn time" was around 7 seconds and the flame was only effective out to around 20 metres,[1] it was still a functional weapon that had many uses in the war. However, with the later arrival of tanks and, especially, flamethrower tanks,
the need for infantrymen to expose themselves to fire became
unnecessary, as tanks offered greater protection and greater firepower.
Though some M2s were sold off, the majority were scrapped when they were declared "obsolete."
M2 flamethrower
Though some M2s were sold off, the majority were scrapped when they were declared "obsolete."
Source :http://en.wikipedia.org
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