Arminius HW Revolver Series

thumb|right|350px|Arminius HW-9 ST - .22 LR
The name "Arminius" refers to a line of revolvers manufactured by the German firm Weihrauch since 1960 (first model was HW-3, since 1962 was produced HW-4 and since 1965 HW-5). These revolvers were named after the chief of the Germanic Cherusci tribe, Arminius (latinized name) who led Teutonic warriors during the later stages of Roman Emperor Augustus' reign. Over the past fifty years the various models have been imported into the United States by different companies. The most well known of the United States importers would probably be Firearms Import & Export (F.I.E.) of Hialeah/Miami, Florida. Researching the various Arminius revolvers imported into the United States over the past five decades can be confusing since the various importers often renamed the models to make them more marketable to U.S. gun buyers.
For example when Herters imported the HW-7 22 caliber revolver it was called the Herter's Guide Model. When F.I.E. took over the importation the name was changed again. L.A. Distributors of Brooklyn, New York imported the the HW-5 and called it The Omega while the HW-3 was entitled the Dickson Bulldog.When Arminius decided to start making a .357 magnum double action revolver in 1977 the company called it the HW-357. But F.I.E. gave it the dramatic name of the FIE Titan Tiger. 
In the nineties F.I.E. went out of business and European American Armory (EAA) took over the importation of Arminius revolvers. Naturally EAA changed the names yet again. The HW-357 magnum revolver became the EAA-Arminius Windicator and was given a heavy full shroud barrel. EAA also began importing the various Single Action Army clones made by Arminius. As stated earlier confusion is understandable.
==Film==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Gert Fröbe 	Commissioner Lohmann 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Charles Régnier 	Mortimer 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Harald Juhnke 	Inspector Krüger 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Helmut Schmid 	Johnny Briggs 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Alain Dijon 	Rolf 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Claus Tinney 	Jack 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	Arthur Schilski 	Toni 	HW-1 	1962
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	 	Gangsters and police 	HW-1 	1962
The Squeaker 	Heinz Drache 	Inspector Elford 	HW-1 	1963
The Squeaker 	Klaus Kinski 	Krishna Alexander Jefferson 	HW-1; With the adapter for launching the signal flares	1963
The Squeaker 	 	"The Lord"'s henchmen 	HW-1 	1963
The Secret of the Black Widow 	Klaus Kinski 	Boyd 	Supposedly HW-1 	1963
Room 13 	Joachim Fuchsberger 	Johnny Gray 	HW-1 	1964
Room 13 	Richard Häussler 	Joe Legge 	HW-1 	1964
Room 13 	Hans Clarin 	Igle 	HW-1 	1964
Room 13 	Arthur Binder 	Slim 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Harald Leipnitz 	Jimmy Flynn 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Harry Meyen 	Inspector Angel 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Judith Dornys 	Kathleen Kent 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Herbert Knippenberg 	Massay 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Harry Wüstenhagen 	Goyle 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Arthur Binder 	Bat Sand 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Kurt Jaggberg 	Vinnis 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Kurd Pieritz 	Cyril 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Werner Peters 	Spedding 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Lothar Mann 	A police detective 	HW-1 	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault 	Heinrich Gies 	A guard 	HW-1 	1964
The Ringer 	Joachim Fuchsberger 	Inspector Higgins 	HW-1 	1964
The Ringer 	Heinz Drache 	James W. Wesby 	HW-1 	1964
The Ringer 	Siegfried Lowitz 	Inspector Warren 	HW-1 	1964
The Ringer 	Carl Lange 	Reverend Hopkins 	HW-1 	1964
Old Shatterhand 	Rik Battaglia 	Dixon 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Old Shatterhand 	Mirko Ellis 	Joe Burker 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Old Shatterhand 	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Old Shatterhand 	Nikola Popovic 	Sheriff Brandon 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Old Shatterhand 	 	Dixon's henchmen, US Cavalry 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Sieghardt Rupp 	Preston 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Miha Baloh 	"Reverend" Weller 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Götz George 	Martin Bauman Jr. 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Elke Sommer 	Annie Dillman 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Terence Hill 	Baker Jr. 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Voja Miric 	Stewart 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Stole Arandjelovic 	Milton 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Ilija Ivezic 	Jackie 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Dusan Bulajic 	Bloomfield 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Davor Antolic 	Rod 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Boris Dvornik 	Fred 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Mirko Kraljev 	Bill 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra 	Joe 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	Vladimir Medar 	Baker Sr. 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Amongst Vultures 	 	"Vultures" and settlers 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1964
Mark of the Tortoise 	Pinkas Braun 	Felix 	HW-1 	1964
Mark of the Tortoise 	Hildegard Knef 	Laura Lorelli 	HW-1 	1964
Mark of the Tortoise 	Richard Münch 	Mario di Alsconi 	HW-1 	1964
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse 	Peter van Eyck 	Major Bob Anders 	HW-1 	1964
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse 	Leo Genn 	Admiral Quency 	HW-1 	1964
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse 	Dieter Eppler 	Kaspar 	HW-1 	1964
The Seventh Victim 	Wolfgang Lukschy 	Ed Ranova 	HW-1 	1964
The Seventh Victim 	Hansjörg Felmy 	Peter Brooks 	HW-1 	1964
The Seventh Victim 	Heinz Engelmann 	Inspector Bradley 	HW-1 	1964
The Seventh Victim 	Peter Vogel 	Irving 	HW-1 	1964
The Seventh Victim 	Anneli Sauli 	Yo Ma 	HW-1 	1964
The Seventh Victim 	Rolf Eden 	Ranova's bodyguard 	HW-1 	1964
The Oil Prince 	Harald Leipnitz 	The Oil Prince 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
The Oil Prince 	Walter Barnes 	Bill Campbell 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
The Oil Prince 	Milan Srdoc 	Wabble 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
The Oil Prince 	Dusan Janicijevic 	Butler 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
The Oil Prince 	Davor Antolic 	Paddy 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
The Oil Prince 	Ilija Ivezic 	Webster 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Letícia Román 	Judith 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Vladimir Medar 	Ben O'Brian 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Erik Schumann 	Capt. Miller 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Dusan Janicijevic 	Clinch 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Nikola Gec 	Cat 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Voja Miric 	Joe 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	Dani Segina 	Blacky 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Old Surehand 	 	General's henchmen 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1965
Again the Ringer 	Heinz Drache 	Inspector James W. Wesby 	HW-1 	1965
Again the Ringer 	René Deltgen 	Arthur Milton alias "The Warlock" 	HW-1 	1965
Again the Ringer 	Eddi Arent 	Archibald Finch 	HW-1 	1965
Again the Ringer 	Robert Hoffmann 	Archie Moore 	HW-1 	1965
Again the Ringer 	Kurt Waitzmann 	Lanny 	HW-1 	1965
Again the Ringer 	Michael Chevalier 	Marshall 	HW-1 	1965
The Sinister Monk 	Harald Leipnitz 	Inspector Bratt 	HW-1 	1965
The Sinister Monk 	Siegfried Lowitz 	Sir Richard 	HW-1 	1965
The Sinister Monk 	Kurt Waitzmann 	Serrgeant Cunning 	HW-1 	1965
The Sinister Monk 	 	Police officers, Thugs 	HW-1 	1965
That Man in Istanbul (Estanbul 65) 	Horst Buchholz 	Tony Mecenas 	HW-1 	1965
The Hunchback of Soho 	Günther Stoll 	Inspector Hopkins 	HW-1 	1966
The Hunchback of Soho 	Pinkas Braun 	Allan Davis 	HW-1 	1966
The Hunchback of Soho 	Eddi Arent 	Reverend David 	HW-1 	1966
The Hunchback of Soho 	Siegfried Schürenberg 	Sir John 	HW-1 	1966
The Hunchback of Soho 	Hubert von Meyerinck 	Gen. Edward Perkins 	HW-1 	1966
The Hunchback of Soho 	Hilde Sessak 	The overseer of the reformatory 	HW-1 	1966
The Hunchback of Soho 	Kurt Waitzmann 	The police sergeant 	HW-1 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Ilija Dzuvalekovski 	Curly Bill 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Miha Baloh 	Judge 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Lex Barker 	Old Shatterhand 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Uschi Glas 	Apanatschi 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Gotz George 	Jeff Brown 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Vladimir Leib 	Pincky 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Abdurrahman Shala 	Hank 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Sime Jagarinac 	Blacky 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	Ivo Kristof 	Buster 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	 	Curly Bill's henchmen 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Thunder at the Border 	Harald Leipnitz 	Silers 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Thunder at the Border 	Miha Baloh 	Quilvera 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Thunder at the Border 	Pierre Brice 	Winnetou 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Thunder at the Border 	Todd Armstrong 	Tom 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Thunder at the Border 	 	Bandits, Mexican soldiers 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1966
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill 	Tony Kendall 	Jo Walker 	HW-1 	1966
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill 	Brad Harris 	Capt. Tom Rowland 	HW-1 	1966
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill 	Maria Perschy 	Joan Smith 	HW-1 	1966
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill 	Nikola Popovic 	O'Brien 	HW-1 	1966
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill 	 	O'Brien's henchmen 	HW-1 	1966
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick 	Tony Kendall 	Jo Walker 	HW-1 	1966
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick 	Brad Harris 	Capt. Tom Rowland 	HW-1 	1966
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick 	Erno Crisa 	Baker 	HW-1 	1966
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick 	Dan Vadis 	King 	HW-1 	1966
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick 	Siegfried Rauch 	Nitro 	HW-1 	1966
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick 	 	Colombo police inspectors 	HW-1 	1966
So Darling So Deadly 	Tony Kendall 	Jo Walker 	HW-1 	1966
So Darling So Deadly 	Brad Harris 	Capt. Tom Rowland 	HW-1 	1966
So Darling So Deadly 	Luisa Rivelli 	Shabana 	HW-1 	1966
So Darling So Deadly 	 	Golden Dragon's henchmen 	HW-1 	1966
Kill Me Gently 	Tony Kendall 	Jo Walker 	HW-1 	1967
Kill Me Gently 	Dietmar Schönherr 	Allan Hood 	HW-1 	1967
Kill Me Gently 	Herbert Fux 	Eddie Shapiro 	HW-1 	1967
Kill Me Gently 	Samson Burke 	Khemal 	HW-1 	1967
Kill Me Gently 	 	The Green Dogs thugs, Turkish police	HW-1 	1967
Creature with the Blue Hand 	Harald Leipnitz 	Inspector Craig 	HW-1 	1967
Creature with the Blue Hand 	Carl Lange 	Dr. Albert Mangrove 	HW-1 	1967
Creature with the Blue Hand 	Fred Haltiner 	Reynolds 	HW-1 	1967
Creature with the Blue Hand 	Hermann Lenschau 	Lionel Douglas 	HW-1 	1967
Creature with the Blue Hand 	Albert Bessler 	Butler Anthony 	HW-1 	1967
The Monk with the Whip 	Joachim Fuchsberger 	Inspector Higgins 	HW-1 	1967
The Monk with the Whip 	Harry Riebauer 	Mark Denver 	HW-1 	1967
The Monk with the Whip 	Günter Meisner 	Greaves 	HW-1 	1967
The Monk with the Whip 	Siegfried Rauch 	Frank Keeney 	HW-1 	1967
The Monk with the Whip 	Claus Holm 	Glenn Powers 	HW-1 	1967
The Monk with the Whip 	Suzanne Roquette 	Mary Houston 	HW-1 	1967
The Horror of Blackwood Castle 	Heinz Drache 	Humphrey Connery 	HW-1 	1968
The Horror of Blackwood Castle 	Arthur Binder 	Grimsby 	HW-1 	1968
The Horror of Blackwood Castle 	Otto Stern 	Captain Wilson 	HW-1 	1968
Kill Panther Kill 	Tony Kendall 	Jo Walker 	HW-1 	1968
Kill Panther Kill 	Brad Harris 	Capt. Tom Rowland 	HW-1 	1968
Kill Panther Kill 	Franco Fantasia 	Arthur Tracy 	HW-1 	1968
Kill Panther Kill 	Erika Blanc 	Elizabeth Tracy 	HW-1 	1968
The Valley of Death 	Ilija Ivezic 	Davis 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1968
The Valley of Death 	Nikola Gec 	Boone 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1968
The Valley of Death 	Vladimir Bacic 	Brown 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1968
The Valley of Death 	Ivo Kristof 	Craigh 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1968
The Valley of Death 	Milan Sosa 	Meadows 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1968
The Valley of Death 	 	Murdock's brigands 	HW-1S with 6" barrel 	1968
Gorilla Gang 	Ralf Schermuly 	Edgar Bird 	HW-1 	1968
Gorilla Gang 	Albert Lieven 	Henry Parker 	HW-1 	1968
Gorilla Gang 	Hilde Sessak 	Sister Elizabeth 	HW-1 	1968
Gorilla Gang 	Inge Langen 	Mother Superior 	HW-1 	1968
Gorilla Gang 	Horst Tappert 	Inspector David Perkins 	HW-1 	1968
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Horst Tappert 	Inspector David Perkins 	HW-1 	1969
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Stefan Behrens 	Sergeant Jim Pepper 	HW-1 	1969
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Fritz Wepper 	Lord Bruce Sharringham 	HW-1 	1969
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Harry Riebauer 	Bob 	HW-1 	1969
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Klaus Miedel 	Donovan 	HW-1 	1969
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Chris Anders 	Clark 	HW-1 	1969
The Man with the Glass Eye 	Michael Miller 	Ray 	HW-1 	1969
Diamond Rush (Le Paria) 	Jean Marais 	Manu 	HW-1G or HW-10 	1969
Diamond Rush (Le Paria) 	Nieves Navarro 	Sylvia 	HW-1G or HW-10 	1969
Diamond Rush (Le Paria) 	Jaume Picas 	Toccelli 	HW-1G or HW-10 	1969
Diamond Rush (Le Paria) 	Moisés Augusto Rocha 	Turchi 	HW-1G or HW-10 	1969
Diamond Rush (Le Paria) 	Jean Lara 	Inspector Lara 	HW-1G or HW-10 	1969
Angels of Terror 	Michael Miller 	Jim Donovan 	HW-1G 	1971
Angels of Terror 	 	Baxter's henchman 	HW-1G 	1971
The Devil Came from Akasava (Der Teufel kam aus Akasava)	Walter Rilla 	Lord Kingsley 	HW-1 	1971
Walter Defends Sarajevo (Valter brani Sarajevo) 	Rade Markovic 	Sead Kapetanovic 	HW-3 	1972
A Pain in the Ass (L'emmerdeur) 	Lino Ventura 	Ralf Milan 	HW-3 	1973
A Pain in the Ass (L'emmerdeur) 	Jean-Pierre Darras 	Dr. Fuchs 	HW-3 	1973
Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) 	 	 	HW-3; On the tray of firearms 	1973
Ricco 	Christopher Mitchum 	Ricco Aversi 	HW-10 	1973
Ricco 	 	Don Vito's henchmen 	HW-10 	1973
The Friends of Eddie Coyle 	Peter Boyle 	Dillon 	HW-7 	1973
The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus) 	 	A criminal 	HW-3 	1973
The Hostage Gang (Le gang des otages) 	 	A police inspector 	Possibly HW-3 	1973
Shaft in Africa 	Richard Roundtree 	John Shaft 	HW-3 	1974
A Police Commissioner Accuses (Un comisar acuza) 	Gheorghe Dinica 	Paraipan 	HW-3 	1974
Death of a Hoodlum (Muerte de un quinqui) 	Paul Naschy 	Marcos 	HW-1 	1975
Fear over the City (Peur sur la ville) 	Henry Djanik 	A police inspector 	 	1975
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man 	Marc Porel 	Alfredo 	HW-3 	1976
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man 	Ray Lovelock 	Antonio 	HW-3 	1976
Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue) 	Carmelo Reale 	Marco 	HW-1 	1977
Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue) 	 	Criminals 	HW-1 	1977
Dawn of the Dead 	Ken Foree 	Peter 	HW-5T 	1978
Dawn of the Dead 	Scott H. Reiniger 	Roger 	HW-5T 	1978
Dawn of the Dead 	John Rice 	2nd Officer in Project Apt. 	HW-5T 	1978
Dawn of the Dead 	Jim Baffico 	Wooley 	HW-5T 	1978
Dawn of the Dead 	 	Rico 	HW-5T 	1978
Deadly Chase (Il commissario Verrazzano) 	 	A robber 	HW-1 	1978
The Police War (La Guerre des polices) 	Marlène Jobert 	Marie Garcin 	HW-3 	1979
Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou) 	Georges Géret 	Théodore Musard 	HW-10; Only in holster 	1979
Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou) 	Jean-Paul Belmondo 	Stan Borowitz 	HW-10 	1979
The Professional 	Robert Hossein 	Commissioneer Rosen 	HW-3 	1981
The Professional 	Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu	Inspector Farges 	HW-3 	1981
The Professional 	Bernard Marcellin 	A police inspector 	HW-3 	1981
The Professional 	Jean-Paul Belmondo 	Josselin Beaumont 	HW-3 	1981
The Duel (Duelul) 	Ion Ritiu 	Rica Pasarin 	HW-3 	1981
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes 	 	"The Brain"'s henchman 	 	1982
The Female Executioner (L'exécutrice) 	Dominique Erlanger 	Madame Wenders 	nickel plated HW-38 	1986
The Man in the Brown Suit 	 	Police officers and security 	HW 38 	1989
Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) 	 	A police officer 	HW-1 	1990
Batman Forever 	Tommy Lee Jones 	Two-Face 	HW-9 ST 	1995
Hard Rain 	Ricky Harris 	Ray 	HW-9ST 	1998
Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) 	Aleksey Panin 	Sergey 	HW-37 	2005
Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) 	Sergey Makovetskiy 	Koron 	HW-37 	2005
Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) 	Anatoliy Zhuravlyov 	Bala 	HW-37 	2005
The Baader Meinhof Complex 	 	German terrorists 	HW-3 	2008
White Material 	 	Angry African woman in crowd 	HW-3 	2009
The Girl Who Played with Fire 	Georgi Staykov 	Alexander Zalachenko 	HW-3 	2009
== See Also ==
* FIE Titan Tiger, .38 variant made by Arminius and imported into the United States by F.I.E. in the seventies and eighties under the Titan Tiger name.
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