Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima is the 2006 companion film to Flags of Our Fathers. Also directed by Clint Eastwood, this film depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers defending the island as told through their own letters. The film would go on to receive four Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director.
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=Rifles/Carbines=
==Arisaka Type 99==
Most of the Imperial Japanese soldiers are armed with Arisaka Type 99 rifles.
==M1 Garand==
Many Marines are armed with M1 Garand rifles, and some of them are equipped with M1 bayonets. When Shimizu (Ryô Kase) surrenders, a merciless Marine uses his M1 Garand rifle to execute him and another Japanese POW. In the final scene, when Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) was surrounded by several Marines, most of them hold M1 Garand rifles.
==M1 Carbine==
US Marines are armed with M1 Carbines, they most notably use them during the Japanese Banzai charge. A U.S. Marine lieutenant also carries an M1 Carbine while finding the M1911 pistol of General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe).
==M1903A1 Springfield==
When Lieutenant Fujita (Hiroshi Watanabe) attempts to behead General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe), a distant Marine sniper is seen firing a shot and then operating the bolt action of his rifle. The rifle is an M1903A1 Springfield, the predominately bolt action sniper rifle used by the Marines (and other US forces) during World War II.
A source from ISS (which supplied the weapons for the film) has confirmed that the rifle, which was supplied by key armorer David Fencl, was indeed an M1903A1 Springfield fitted with a 7.8x (8x) Unertl scope, and that the Marine sniper using the weapon was one of the film's technical advisors, Master Sergeant Tom Minder.
thumb|none|450px|A pair of M1903A1 Springfield sniper rifles with 7.8x Unertl scopes - .30-06. The guns pictured here were the actual rifles used in Letters from Iwo Jima (one is primary, another one is a back-up), and the rifle was fired by Master Sergeant Tom Minder, one of the film's technical advisors.
thumb|none|400px|A close-up of the 7.8x scopes on the rifles from the film.
thumb|none|400px|A close-up of the butts of the rifles used in the film.
=Submachine Guns=
==M1A1 Thompson==
A US Marine can be seen firing the M1A1 Thompson at fleeing Japanese soldiers.
=Machine Guns=
==Nambu Type 92==
The Type 92 heavy machine gun is used by many Japanese soldiers in bunkers and caves.
==Nambu Type 99==
The Type 99 Light Machine Guns are used by many Japanese soldiers in bunkers and caves. Some of them are equipped with Type 30 bayonets.
==Type 93==
A Type 93 Heavy Machine Gun is used by a Japanese soldier to defend the island from an air raid.
==M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle==
An M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle is carried by one of the Marines when Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) is surrounded by them.
==Browning M1919A4==
During the night assault led by Lieutenant Ito (Shidô Nakamura), US Marines utilized Browning M1919A4 machine guns to counter the Japanese charge. A Marine also fires an M1919A4 at fleeing Japanese soldiers in another scene.
=Pistols=
==Colt M1911==
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is presented with an original Colt M1911 pistol by an American Officer (Mark Moses) in a flashback to his time in the United States. Near the end of the film, a U.S. Marine finds the pistol and places it in his belt. On a side note, the M1911 model in this film had ivory grips (possibly to differentiate its significance from the other M1911A1s with wooden grips that the Marines used).
==Nambu Type 14==
The Nambu Type 14 pistol is the standard handgun carried by Japanese officers.
==Nambu Small-Model==
The Nambu Small-Model pistol, or "Baby Nambu", is used by Captain Tanida (Takumi Bando) as Japanese soldiers take up grenades in a cave.
thumb|none|400px|Nambu Small-Model "Baby Nambu" - 7x20mm Nambu. This was Takumi Bando's gun used on-set in Letters from Iwo Jima (carried and fired by him).
==Nambu Type 94==
Shimizu (Ryô Kase) and other Japanese soldiers are seen using the Type 94 pistol.
=Hand Grenades=
==Type 97 Hand Grenade==
Several Japanese soldiers use the Type 97 Hand Grenade to commit suicide.
==Mk 2 Hand Grenade==
Several U.S. Marines use the Mk 2 Hand Grenade to clear out Japanese positions.
=Other=
==Type 96 25mm AT/AA Gun==
The Type 96 AT/AA Gun on the twin mount can be seen at the airfield.
==Type 98 320mm Mortar==
Type 98 320mm mortars are used by Japanese soldiers to destroy some US tanks.
==Type 97 81mm Infantry Mortar==
Japanese soldiers can be briefly seen with Type 97 mortars.
==Type 41 75mm Cavalry Gun==
Japanese soldiers fire a Type 41 75mm cavalry gun.
==Type 93 Landmine==
Lieutenant Ito (Shidô Nakamura) carries three Type 93 Landmines.
==Type 41 4.7 inch/40 (12cm) Coastal Gun==
==Type 3 8 cm/40 naval gun==
At the beginning of the film, some remains of Japanese defense guns can be seen.
==M2 Flamethrower==
Sam (Lucas Elliott), a US Marine, carries an M2 Flamethrower until he was captured by the Japanese. During the landing, two Japanese soldiers were burnt by an M2 Flamethrower.
==M116 75mm Pack Howitzer==
U.S. Marines are seen with an M116 75mm Pack Howitzer on the beach.
=See Also=
* Flags of Our Fathers
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