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This is simple guide intended to aid in classic Indiana Jones customs customs. These would be weapons that one would expect to see in the hands of German soldiers in the classic Indy movies Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. You may notice that some of these weapons did not see production until after the dates the movies were supposed to have represented; however, the movies did use and show weapons from later time periods than possible. Most notable may be the extensive use of the MP-40 in Raiders which was set in 1936. Other date errors in the movies include the use of wrong military marking. e.g. the use of the D.A.K. emblem on the back of the truck that kidnaps Brody in Last Crusade. This movie was set in 1939, but D.A.K. wasn't formed until 1941. |
German stick grenade Model 24
Introduced in 1915.
MP40 Machinepistol Model 1940
(early development models MP38, MP39 & MP 39/40)
Luger P-08
Patented in 1898, and put into production in 1900, it was
made popular by its use by Germany during World War I and World War II.
MP 44 Assault Rifle
Sturmgewehr 44 (a.k.a. MP 43 - early development
model)
1944~
Mauser Kar 98k Rifle
Adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the
Wehrmacht (1935-1945).
Orginally developed from the Mauser Model
1898.
MG 34 Machine Gun (1934~)
MG 42 Machine Gun (1942~)
Panzerfaust Infantry Antitank Projector 60
In service 1943-1945. Smaller 30 and "SMALL" Panzerfaust were also in use.
These were little more than a disposable rocket launcher with shaped charge head, but were highly effective and produced in massive numbers..
Raketen-Panzerbüchse (1943~)
Designed after captured US M1A1 Bazooka, but much more robust. These were highly effective and earned the nicknamed "Tank Terror," but were large and heavy to carry and produced in much smaller numbers than the Panzerfaust.