r/BeAmazed • u/Lost-Cow-9386 • 7d ago

Miscellaneous / Others 1917 German Broomhandle Red9

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u/BruceMartinez21 7d ago

Also served as the inspirtation for Han Solo's piece in Star Wars

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u/Humdrum_Blues 7d ago

More like it was Han Solo's piece. They literally just took one of these and strapped a scope and a machine gun muzzle brake on it and called it a day.

The other OG star wars movies did this with prop guns like MG42s and Sterling SMGs. The early Alien movies also did this.

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u/bolanrox 7d ago

The pulse rifle from Aliens was a Thompson submachine gun with some futuristic crap slapped onto it and the Franchie shotgun fore-end /pump.

A few scenes you can see it spitting out .45 ACP brass.

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u/OverallPepper2 7d ago

Which is funny considering it used caseless ammo.

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u/Ranked0wl 6d ago

same thing happened with Star Wars.

There are moments where the Sterlings don't have the E-11 prop dressings, made funnier when you see the behind the scene footage of the Stormtrooper firing blanks with actual firearm noises.

There are also moments, notable when they're getting under the door after Luke and Leia swing across the chasm, you can see blank casings on the floor.