[Alexey931]

Hi,

There's an antiquated rifle which a German boy soldier is carrying. I'd appreciate any help in identifying it.

Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069280/)

[1KPerDay]

Ha... Stephen Geller. I took a couple classes from him. Weird dude. :)

[Alexey931]

He appears to know his trade, nevertheless

[tuj]

Could it be a Mauser K98? Can you describe the rifle? Does it have a box magazine?

[ljnowell]

Ha... Stephen Geller. I took a couple classes from him. Weird dude.

Kurt Vonnegut's book was way better than the movie though.

[Alexey931]

Could it be a Mauser K98? Can you describe the rifle? Does it have a box magazine?
No, it couldn't. Besides, Mauser K98 doesn't exactly merit the 'antiquated' stigma, or does it? :) .

About a box mag I can't really tell, though I doubt it has any. But the bayonet is quite striking: not unlike the Russian Mosin-Nagant, but looks even more old-fashioned.

[tuj]

Yes, but Vonnegut was a WWII POW himself. The book speaks from his experiences.

[plexreticle]

From the clip I seen it's looks like a civil war era socket bayonet. Obviously a movie prop to convey the desperation of the Germany military in 1945.

http://www.militaryrifles.com/Germany/71Mauser.htm

Even the 1871 Mauser had blade style bayonet, so who knows what rifle it's suppose to be. Russian capture possibly.

I don't think producers put much effort into it other than finding something that looks old.

[Alexey931]

Even the 1871 Mauser had blade style bayonet, so who knows what rifle it's suppose to be. Russian capture possibly.
Russian capture could have been Mosin-Nagant, nothing else. But it clearly isn't the case.
I don't think producers put much effort into it other than finding something that looks old.
All the other props look well thought out.

[Robert]

You might try www.imfdb.org

[lemaymiami]

Mr. Rogers... great book review. Schlacthaus funf, though, actually did exist - and there were POWs that did survive the Dresden fire bombing there. I never met Kurt but greatly enjoyed all of his works that I was able to get my hands on....

[Pilot]

They exhibit him in a zoo with B-movie starlet Montana Wildhack as his mate.

It was Valerie Perrine, not Montana Wildhack. IIRC.

[JShirley]

This is a gun forum. It appears the only gun-related question has been answered in as much detail as it will get.

John