The Last Grenade

The Last Grenade is a 1970 mercenary war film starring Stanley Baker as Maj. Harry Grigsby who is double-crossed by his comrade Kip Thompson (Alex Cord). Harry’s chance for revenge comes when he is unofficially employed by the British government to hunt down Alex, who is wreaking havoc on the Chinese border with Hong Kong. Matters are complicated further when Harry falls in love with Katherine Whiteley (Honor Blackman) the wife of British General Whiteley (Richard Attenborough). Despite boasting a cast of famous actors the film is fairly obscure.
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=Handguns=
== Single Action Army ==
Kip Thompson (Alex Cord) carries a Single Action Army as a secondary sidearm. 
thumb|none|600px|Alex about to fire his Single Action Army. Gotta love that t-shirt!
==Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol==
Harry carries a Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistols on the first infiltration operation.
thumb|none|300px|Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III* Signal Pistol - 1 inch
= Submachine Guns =
== Sterling L2A1 ==
Several mercenaries carry Sterling L2A1 guns in the film. 
thumb|none|600px| Harry carrying his Sterling.
thumb|none|600px| One of Harry’s unit carrying his Sterling (apparently camouflage was optional in the 70’s).
== Sa 23 ==
Kip uses an Sa 23 submachine gun with a fixed wooden stock.
thumb|none|600px|Kip firing his Sa 23 submachine gun. Chinese mercenaries use No. 5 rifles in the background.
thumb|none|600px|A good view of Kip’s Sa 23 Submachine gun.
= Rifles = 
== FN FAL ==
Gordon Mackenzie (Andrew Keir), Andy Royal (Julian Glover) and Terry Mitchell (John Thaw) all carry FN FAL rifles. All have synthetic furniture and wooden stocks.
thumb|none|400px|FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm
none|thumb|600px|Terry firing his FAL.
none|thumb|600px|Another view of Terry’s FAL.
== Lee-Enfield No. 5 Jungle Carbine ==
The Lee-Enfield No. 5 Jungle Carbine rifle is the main weapon of the Chinese troops, it is also carried by mercenary troops in Africa.
thumb|none|601px|Chinese mercenary with No. 5.
thumb|none|601px|Mercenaries with No. 5 rifles in the opening scene.
thumb|none|601px|Harry in disguise with a No. 5 rifle.
==Dummy Rifles==
In the opening scene several mercenaries carry dummy rifles that resemble Lee Enfield No.4s. They lack detail and from the way they are handled it is apparent they are much lighter than real rifles. 
thumb|none|601px|The best screen-cap I could get. Still blurred.
= Machine Guns =
==Browning M1919 machine gun==
Kip uses a Browning M1919 machine gun in the opening scene.
thumb|none|600px| Front view of the gun.
thumb|none|600px|A rear view of the weapon, notice the spade grips.
== Bren Gun ==
A Bren light machine gun is mounted on the British Landrover escort vehicle.
thumb|none|400px|Bren Mk I light machine gun - .303 British
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=Grenades=
==Mills Bomb==
Harry carries several Mills Bomb grenades in his webbing.
=Heavy Weapons=
==Mortar==
Andy (Julian Glover) uses a light mortar in one scene. This appears to be a British Ordnance SBML 2 inch Mortar, but is never seen properly so identification is impossible. 
thumb|none|600px|The mortar in action.
Category:Movie
Category:Action Movie
Category:War
Category:British Produced/Filmed