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We Were Soldiers

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'''We Were Soldiers''', is a film directed by Randall Wallace and starring [[Mel Gibson]], [[Barry Pepper]] and [[Sam Elliott]], based on the book ''We Were Soldiers Once...And Young'' by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, US Army (ret) and former UPI reporter Joe Galloway (played by Gibson and Pepper respectively) about the first major battle between the American Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Gen. Moore, in documentary on the DVD, states that this film is the only one which gets "[the Vietnam war] right."

Although the battle would last more than 300 days, the movie covers only the initial engagement, the first time Air Mobile Infantry (Called "the helicopter soldiers" by a Vietnamese officer) was used in combat. Over 3 days, Moore's regiment killed over 1800 enemy soldiers out of 4,000, for the loss of 72 out of his of 395 men. The utterly lop-sided casualty figures helped to convince Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Vietnam theater commander Gen. William Westmoreland that the communist North Vietnamese could be persuaded to give up their attempt to conquer the south using attrition tactics. Events, of course, would prove this strategy disastrous.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''We Were Soldiers'':'''
[[Image:We_Were_Soldiers_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''We Were Soldiers'' (2002)]]__TOC__<br clear-all>

==XM16E1 Rifle==
The [[M16 rifle series#XM16E1 Rifle|XM16E1 assault rifles]] are used by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, including Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]), First Lieutenant Charlie Hastings ([[Robert Bagnell]]), Second Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan ([[Chris Klein]]), Sergeant Ernie Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and most U.S. Army soldiers. Later on the film during the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray, Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) uses one as well. Many rifles used in this movie were not actual XM16E1s. The historical XM16E1s had only a partial magazine fence. Many rifles were actually M16A1s mocked up to look like XM16E1s, modified with chromed bolt carriers and 3 prong flash hiders. Apparently there were a few original receiver marked XM16E1s in the mix.
[[Image:XM16E1 WeWereSoldiers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Screen used XM16E1 rifle''' (Hero Gun), carried and fired by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - 5.56x45mm. This rifle was built from an M16A1 and modified with a chromed bolt carrier and 2nd pattern three prong flash hider.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-82003.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Col. Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]) lands on LZ X-Ray carrying his XM16E1. "I will be the first to set foot on the field."]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-83195.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hal Moore and another soldier can be seen carrying XM16E1s during the Battle of LZ X-Ray.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92270.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and his men engage the enemy with their XM16E1s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91374.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Specialist Robert Ouellette ([[Josh Daugherty]]) holds an XM16E1.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-95915.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A U.S. Army Private fires his XM16E1 from Crandall's Huey.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-132650.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) with his XM16E1 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-131762.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two wounded US Army specialists with their XM16E1s at the ready.]]
[[Image:WWS027.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Moore opens fire with the XM16E1 during the film's final bayonet charge. According to director Randall Wallace's DVD commentary, the final bayonet charge which ends the battle did not take place in the actual engagement.]]

==M16 Rifle==
Supplementing the large number of XM16E1 rifles built for the production by Cinema Weaponry are some slab side [[M16|M16 rifles]] (or unaltered Colt SP1 rifles, which look the same). To the left of the stack (in the screencap) is a slab sided rifle with no forward assist on the upper receiver or magazine fencing on the lower receiver.
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The original M16 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106476.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A stack of XM16s from the battle. Visible are unaltered M16/SP1 slab sided rifles.]]

==M1 Carbine==
A Korean War-era [[M1 Carbine]] is carried by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the formal title of South Vietnam) interpreter dressed in tiger stripe fatigues. He appears in the scene in which the NVA scout is captured and interrogated. Viet Minh soldiers also use them against the French during the intro.
[[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M1 Carbine with Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight - .30 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS M1Carbine02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds an M1 Carbine to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineHeloA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter lands on the Ia Drang Valley with his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|An NVA lookout is apprehended. The ARVN translator holds his M1 Carbine at the enemy soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN03a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter wielding an M1 Carbine interrogates the NVA soldier. Note that it is not an M2 Carbine due to the lack of a selector switch.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN04a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter points his M1 Carbine at the captured NVA soldier. Note the bayonet lug.]]

==M60 Machine Gun==
The [[M60 machine gun]] is used by several US soldiers. Various door gunners use them as well. Specialist 4 Russell Adams and his assistant gunner Specialist 4 Bill Beck also use an M60 in a deleted scene.
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M60 - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiresA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An M60 team lays down fire.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|US soldiers train with their M60s.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeBlanksA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the M60 during the training. The filmmakers cleverly lay real 7.62x51 casings in the foreground, which is a testament for their eye to detail. During filming, however, brass from the expended 'star crimped' blanks unavoidably flies out of the weapon.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-39994.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A FPS view of an M60 firing in training.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75605.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier can be seen holding a M60 on the left.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91127.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M60 is seen with the bipod down during one of the training exercises.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-102263.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner is shot inside the helicopter while holding an M60 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106362.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner fires his M60.]]

==M1911==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]] is used by Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley ([[Sam Elliott]]) as his main weapon since he prefers the .45 over the M-16; When Moore praises the latter, Plumley says, "Bah, it's plastic...feels like a bb gun to me. I think I'll stick with my pistol." It is not common to see the first model of the M1911 being used by Plumley, since the M1911 was replaced in 1924 by the improved [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] which was the sidearm of the US Military in the Vietnam War, World War II and the Korean War, however they did appear on occasion, usually under special circumstances.
[[Image:M1911WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Screen used M1911 pistol (Hero Gun) carried and used by [[Sam Elliott]] as Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99097.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gentleman, prepare to defend yourselves!" Plumley cocks his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-137131.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley reloads his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-155397.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley fires his M1911.]]

==M1911A1==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] is seen in the holster of Lt. Col. Hal Moore and most of the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division that appear in the movie. Some soldiers use the M1911A1s.

[[Image:M1911A1WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Screen Used Hero Gun M1911A1, used and carried by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - .45 ACP. Weapons provided by Cinema Weaponry.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-133597.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier with his M1911A1.]]

==M26 Hand Grenades==
In several scenes, U.S. soldiers can be seen with [[M26 hand grenade]]s strapped to their pouches.
[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M26 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.]]
[[Image:WWSM26Frag.JPG|thumb|none|600px|An production photo of Captain Nadal and his RTO patrol the battlefield with M16s in hand and M26 hand grenades strapped to their pouches. Note the trigger discipline - fingers resting alongside the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93047.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Members of Sgt. Savage's squad drag a wounded soldier to cover. Three M26 grenades can be seen attached to webbing.]]

==PPSh-41==
The NVA and the Vietcong use [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPSh-41|PPSh-41]]s submachine guns during the intro sequence and the rest of the movie, with both the standard drum magazine and 35-round box magazines.
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPsh41DrumRunA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot by the French officer while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPSH41KillShota.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:Ppsh41-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS41RunHill02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds a PPSh-41 with a 35-round box magazine.]]

==PPS-43==
The Viet Minh uses [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPS-43|PPS-43]] submachine guns along side their SKS's and PPSh-41s to kill the French soldiers in the intro sequence that takes place in 1954 in the Indochina War. During the rest of the movie, the PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam, the formal name of the PAVN. Also known as the North Vietnamese Army or NVA.) and Vietcong (Informal name for the National Liberation Front, or NLF.) use the PPS-43 sub machine guns against US Army soldiers in the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An PPS-43 submachine gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS43RunHilla.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26359.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-31089.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets blown up by a French grenade while his PPS-43 falls to the ground.]]

==AK-47==
In the film, the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) aka the PAVN (People's Army of Vietnam) used [[AK-47]]s with milled receivers. As per the actual battle, we also see several Viet Cong units carrying the same rifle. Real Soviet AK-47s were impossible to get in the U.S. for many years. After the fall of communism, milled receiver AK-47 parts kits were available on the market, and authentic AK-47s were built for the film (using American made milled receivers using the proper markings) and the original Soviet built parts. The AK-47s used in the movie were built by legendary Movie Armorer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660143/ Mike Papac].
[[Image:AK47WeWereSoldiersHeroGun.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|'''Actual Screen used AK-47''' from the film [[We Were Soldiers]] (built by Cinema Weaponry) - 7.62x39mm. The armorers ran out of time before they could fully finish the finish on the wood forearm, pistol grips and stocks for the film.]]
[[Image:WWS AK47Hilla.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers fire their AK-47s.]]
[[Image:WWS-AK47NightA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier moves in the dark with a AK-47.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128590.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong gets shot and drops his AK-47. Note bayonet attached.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128779.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam) soldier reloads his AK-47.]]
[[Image:Pavn.ak-47.bayonet.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same scared PAVN soldier rushes through the jungle and tries to bayonet Lt. Col. Moore.]]
[[Image:pavn.soldier.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same PAVN soldier gets hit in the head by a single round from Moore's XM16E1. Note the milled receiver.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-156900.jpg|thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers armed with AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158010.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pile of AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106465.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the receiver of the AK-47 carried by an NVA soldier who gets killed by the charging Americans. Note how the safety is on.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158182.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier aims his AK-47 at the US Army soldiers when they charge on the NVA position.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113810.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier gets killed by the Huey helicopters and their M134 miniguns. All while still firing his AK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114077.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same NVA soldier from the above screen-cap gets thrown across a wagon. Notice how he has his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet Pith helmet] back on.]]

==M79 Grenade Launcher==
Various US soldiers can be seen carrying [[M79 grenade launcher]]s in a few scenes. Specialist Galen Bungum ([[Blake Heron]]) uses one since he is the grenadier of Sergeant Savage's squad.
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M79 grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-41883.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier jumps from a chopper during training while carrying an M79 grenade launcher.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93589.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American soldier fires his [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93116.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American grenadier gets shot while holding his M79.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-40534.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bungum's M79 slung over his back.]]

==MAS-36 Rifle==
In the opening scene where the French soldiers are ambushed during the French-Indochinese War, various French soldiers use [[MAS-36]] rifles.
[[Image:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French convoy gets ambushed.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Fireball.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers armed with MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle02a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers fire their MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Shot.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier gets shot while holding a MAS-36 rifle.]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
The .38 caliber revolver pulled out by Maj. Bruce "Snake Shit" Crandall ([[Greg Kinnear]]) is most likely a Smith & Wesson Model 15 snubnose. In 2007, the real Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang Valley.
[[Image:M15M07.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with 2" barrel - .38 Special.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113243.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Model 153 in Snake Shit's holster when he gets out of his Huey at Regiment Headquarters.]]
[[Image:Revolver WWS.JPG|thumb|none|600px|"You have the balls to face me and not the balls to face the enemy?!" Crandall pulls his Model 15 after he gets reprimanded by a medevac pilot.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113651.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene.]]

==GE M134 Minigun==
A pair of [[GE M134 Minigun]]s are seen mounted on the gunship Hueys that rip apart PAVN soldiers in the climax of the film, and one is also on display on a table near the beginning of the film.
[[Image:M134.JPG|thumb|none|500px|GE M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-38494.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The AirCav officers admire the M134 Minigun before Moore briefs them on their mission.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114448.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One Huey helicopter fires its mounted M134.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-117926.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A M134 Minigun mounted on a UH-1 helicopter.]]

==M1928A1 Thompson==
As the American soldiers are heading off for battle you can see a ARVN soldier holding up an [[Thompson Submachine Gun#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] with a 20-round magazine.
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round box magazine - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-79844.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gary Owen!" An ARVN soldier with an M1928A1 Thompson as well as other U.S. soldiers cheer the rest of the 1st Cavalry as they prepare to enter the Ia Drang.]]

==Browning M1919A4==
Two [[Browning M1919|Browning M1919A4s]] can be seen mounted on French jeeps on the intro sequence.
[[Image:BrowningM37MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M1919 .30-06]]
[[Image:WWS-Browning30Cal.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A French soldier fires the Browning M1919A4 at Viet Minh forces.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23377.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Browning M1919A4 can be seen mounted on the jeep on the left.]]

==MAT-49==
Various French Soldiers use [[MAT-49]] submachine guns during the opening Scene. Various NVA and VC soldiers use them during the rest of the movie, probably scavenged from French and South Vietnamese troops during the Indochina war.
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Screen used MAT-49 submachine gun from the film - 9x19mm Parabellum (provided by Cinema Weaponry)]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-22831.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier can be seen with a MAT-49 in the center of the screen-cap.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-165653.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MAT-49 sits on the top of the pile of guns while US soldiers pile up dead NVA soldiers in the background.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72625.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong fighter gets shot while holding his MAT-49.]]

==RPG-2==
An NVA rocketeer is seen firing an [[RPG-2]] (Vietnamese made version was known as the B-40) against the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect the shooter from the blast when firing the rocket.
[[Image:Rpg-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPG-2 40mm with PG-2 rocket]]
[[Image:WWS.rpg-2.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carrying the RPG-2 prepares to engage the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect himself from the blast when firing the rocket.]]

==SKS Rifle==
Several Viet Minh soldiers and NVA soldiers use [[SKS rifle]]s during intro sequence and during the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:Simonov-Russian-SKS45.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26996.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldiers rush the French in the intro of the movie. Note how you can see a Kar98k in the backround.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKSVietMinh.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds his SKS to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKS01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh officer picks up an French Bungle during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23999.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the French with his SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-25555.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier with his SKS.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28285.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier before being blown up by a French grenade.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28497.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh to the left-center is armed with a SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-77472.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier comes out of a underground base armed with an SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-49825.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the french during the intro.]]
[[Image:Sks.124564367.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA or Vietcong soldier runs around with his SKS while the Ia Drang valley burns in the background by the napalm bombs dropped by U.S. Air Force planes.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99460.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier armed with an SKS creeps through the dark.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92508.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers tending after their DShK. Which is in reality an American M2. The soldier on the left has an SKS. The one on the right has an AK-47 like the rest of the NVA soldiers in the background.]]

==Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine==
During the intro sequence a Viet Minh soldier can be seen with a [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M44 carbine]].
[[Image:M44Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-M44Carbine.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldier in the center of the screen-cap has an M44 carbine while the other Viet Minh soldier has a Kar98k.]]

==Karabiner 98k==
A Viet Minh soldier during the intro sequence and a Vietcong soldier later on can be seen using [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. It should be noted that acording to one of the Armorers of the film, Steve Karnes, the Kar98ks used in the movie came from Israel and were chambered to 7.62x51mm NATO.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-K98Rifle.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Kar98K is carried by one of Viet Minh soldiers.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-70352.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong with a Kar98k.]]

==M1A1 "Bazooka"==
A Viet Minh soldier uses an [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M1A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M1A1 "Bazooka"]] with a modified rear sight to destroy a French jeep during the intro sequence. While it seems that a Viet Minh soldier using a Bazooka could be an anachronism, the French army widely used the M1A1, [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M9A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M9A1 "Bazookas"]] and [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M20 "Super Bazooka" (3.5" Rocket)|M20 "Super Bazooka"]] during the Indochina War. The Viet Minh widely used scavanged French weapons during the Indochina War, and the PAVN and Vietcong also widely used them during the Vietnam War.
[[Image:M1A1 Bazooka.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1A1 "Bazooka" 2.36 inch]]
[[Image:WWS-RocketLauncherA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier fires at French soldiers with a M1A1 "Bazooka". Note the modified rear sight and how it has only one grip.]]

==Degtyaryov DP-28 Machine Gun==
In the scene where the men of the 1st Cavalry Division perform a bayonet charge against the NVA position (an event which actually didn't happen in real life), a small crew of PAVN soldiers man a DP-28, a variant of the Soviet [[Degtyarov DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyarov light machine gun]].
[[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Degtyaryov DP-28 - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-DP28.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun is glimpsed as Moore's troops advance.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-163052.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DP-28 is seen among the fallen NVA soldiers as the Huey gunship continues to fire.]]

==RPD Light Machine Gun==
During the Battle of Ia Drang, one PAVN soldier can be seen carrying an [[RPD light machine gun]].
[[Image:RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPD - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72255.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carries an [RPD to the left of the screen-cap.]]

==ZB26 Light Machine Gun==
A [[ZB26 Machine Gun]] is used by a Viet Minh machine gunner during the opening sequence of the film set during the Indochina War. Acording to Steve Karnes, the movie's Armorer, the ZB26 used in the movie was sold to the Chinese and converted to 7.62x39 later in its life. It also has Chinese characters on the side of the receiver. Another one is used by an Vietcong fighter during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang Battle of Ia Drang].
[[Image:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|ZB26 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26-01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the ZB26 in the hands of a Viet Minh Soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26 02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene]]

==MG34 Machine Gun==
When the American Soldiers charge the NVA position, a two man crew of NVA soldiers man an [[MG34]] machine gun before they get killed by the Huey helicopters. One NVA soldier also mans another MG34 in the same scene.
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158234.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers man an MG34 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158338.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A different NVA machine gunner aims his MG34 at the oncoming American forces.]]

==Fake DShK Heavy Machine Gun==
A fake [[DShK heavy machine gun]] is seen manned by an NVA machine gun team in the final battle before being wasted by the Huey helicopters. The DShK seen in the film is actually an [[Browning M2|Browning M2HB]] machine gun mocked up to look like a DShK.
[[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M2HB .50 BMG on M3 tripod.]]
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|500px|DShK 12.7x109mm on tripod.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-157072.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN soldier cocks the fake DShK in the final sequence of the movie. Note the M2 charging handle in the right side of the receiver, showing that the DShK is actually an Browning M2HB.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA machine gun team from the above screencap aims the fake DShK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-119805.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M2HB after the machine gun team gets killed by the UH-1 Iroquois helicopters.]]

==Browning Hi-Power Pistol==
During the Intro of the Movie set during the Indochina War, a French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) uses his siderarm, a [[Browning Hi-Power]], to kill several Viet Minh soldiers before being killed himself. The use of the Browning Hi-Power pistol by the French Army in the movie is an error. The armorers couldn't get French MAB pistols and since Hi-Powers were at the region the armorers used those instead.
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerFires.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French Army(Foreign Legionnaire) officer fires his Browning Hi-Power at a Viet Minh soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerBayo.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) gets stabbed by a Viet Minh soldier while holding his Browning Hi-Power.]]

==M34 White Phosphorous Grenade==
In one scene, a wounded NVA soldier throws an [[M34 White Phosphorous grenade]] aka "Willie Pete" at Sergeant Forrester, severely wounding him.
[[Image:M34 2-1-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M34 White Phosphorous grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93657.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA soldier, covered in blood and burn marks, prepares to toss the M34 grenade.]]

==Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade==
Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade (aka Chinese Type II Grenades) are seen in chest pouches on NVA soldiers and in one scene is thrown near wounded American Soldiers. A brave soldier jumps on it to save his comrades.
[[Image:WWS-ChicomGrenadePouch.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Seen on the dead NVA soldiers is a chest pouch with Type 67 Stick Grenades]]
[[Image:WWS-ChicomType2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A GI sees a Type 67 Stick Grenade as it hits the ground nearby]]

==Winchester Model 12 Field Gun==
In a deleted scene, Bungum's wife uses a [[Winchester Model 1912|Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun]] to shoot skeet.
[[Image:Winchester Model 1912FieldGun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester M1912 Field Gun in 12 gauge]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGunA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum is seen first firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGun2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum's wife firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga ]]

==Notes==
There are several errors also in the uniforms of French troops:
# No lieutenant from "troupes de Marine" (2 golden horizontal stripes on bleu) would have a white kepi (Kepi blanc for Foreign Legion soldiers only, excluding NCOs and officers)
# The red berets are worn the wrong way (Insigna on the right in France for all the Army. Only exception French Navy Commando green berets)
# Insigna on the red berets are wrong (infantry instead of paratroopers)

[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:War]]

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2011-07-02T02:07:39Z

Felipepacheco:

We Were Soldiers

2011-07-01T00:48:37Z

Felipepacheco: /* AK-47 */

'''We Were Soldiers''', is a film directed by Randall Wallace and starring [[Mel Gibson]], [[Barry Pepper]] and [[Sam Elliott]], based on the book ''We Were Soldiers Once...And Young'' by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, US Army (ret) and former UPI reporter Joe Galloway (played by Gibson and Pepper respectively) about the first major battle between the American Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Gen. Moore, in documentary on the DVD, states that this film is the only one which gets "[the Vietnam war] right."

Although the battle would last more than 300 days, the movie covers only the initial engagement, the first time Air Mobile Infantry (Called "the helicopter soldiers" by a Vietnamese officer) was used in combat. Over 3 days, Moore's regiment killed over 1800 enemy soldiers out of 4,000, for the loss of 72 out of his of 395 men. The utterly lop-sided casualty figures helped to convince Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Vietnam theater commander Gen. William Westmoreland that the communist North Vietnamese could be persuaded to give up their attempt to conquer the south using attrition tactics. Events, of course, would prove this strategy disastrous.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''We Were Soldiers'':'''
[[Image:We_Were_Soldiers_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''We Were Soldiers'' (2002)]]__TOC__<br clear-all>

==XM16E1 Rifle==
The [[M16 rifle series#XM16E1 Rifle|XM16E1 assault rifles]] are used by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, including Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]), First Lieutenant Charlie Hastings ([[Robert Bagnell]]), Second Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan ([[Chris Klein]]), Sergeant Ernie Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and most U.S. Army soldiers. Later on the film during the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray, Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) uses one as well. Many rifles used in this movie were not actual XM16E1s. The historical XM16E1s had only a partial magazine fence. Many rifles were actually M16A1s mocked up to look like XM16E1s, modified with chromed bolt carriers and 3 prong flash hiders. Apparently there were a few original receiver marked XM16E1s in the mix.
[[Image:XM16E1 WeWereSoldiers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Screen used XM16E1 rifle''' (Hero Gun), carried and fired by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - 5.56x45mm. This rifle was built from an M16A1 and modified with a chromed bolt carrier and 2nd pattern three prong flash hider.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-82003.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Col. Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]) lands on LZ X-Ray carrying his XM16E1. "I will be the first to set foot on the field."]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-83195.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hal Moore and another soldier can be seen carrying XM16E1s during the Battle of LZ X-Ray.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92270.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and his men engage the enemy with their XM16E1s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91374.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Specialist Robert Ouellette ([[Josh Daugherty]]) holds an XM16E1.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-95915.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A U.S. Army Private fires his XM16E1 from Crandall's Huey.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-132650.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) with his XM16E1 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-131762.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two wounded US Army specialists with their XM16E1s at the ready.]]
[[Image:WWS027.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Moore opens fire with the XM16E1 during the film's final bayonet charge. According to director Randall Wallace's DVD commentary, the final bayonet charge which ends the battle did not take place in the actual engagement.]]

==M16 Rifle==
Supplementing the large number of XM16E1 rifles built for the production by Cinema Weaponry are some slab side [[M16|M16 rifles]] (or unaltered Colt SP1 rifles, which look the same). To the left of the stack (in the screencap) is a slab sided rifle with no forward assist on the upper receiver or magazine fencing on the lower receiver.
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The original M16 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106476.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A stack of XM16s from the battle. Visible are unaltered M16/SP1 slab sided rifles.]]

==M1 Carbine==
A Korean War-era [[M1 Carbine]] is carried by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the formal title of South Vietnam) interpreter dressed in tiger stripe fatigues. He appears in the scene in which the NVA scout is captured and interrogated. Viet Minh soldiers also use them against the French during the intro.
[[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M1 Carbine with Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight - .30 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS M1Carbine02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds an M1 Carbine to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineHeloA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter lands on the Ia Drang Valley with his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|An NVA lookout is apprehended. The ARVN translator holds his M1 Carbine at the enemy soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN03a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter wielding an M1 Carbine interrogates the NVA soldier. Note that it is not an M2 Carbine due to the lack of a selector switch.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN04a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter points his M1 Carbine at the captured NVA soldier. Note the bayonet lug.]]

==M60 Machine Gun==
The [[M60 machine gun]] is used by several US soldiers. Various door gunners use them as well. Specialist 4 Russell Adams and his assistant gunner Specialist 4 Bill Beck also use an M60 in a deleted scene.
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M60 - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiresA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An M60 team lays down fire.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|US soldiers train with their M60s.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeBlanksA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the M60 during the training. The filmmakers cleverly lay real 7.62x51 casings in the foreground, which is a testament for their eye to detail. During filming, however, brass from the expended 'star crimped' blanks unavoidably flies out of the weapon.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-39994.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A FPS view of an M60 firing in training.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75605.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier can be seen holding a M60 on the left.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91127.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M60 is seen with the bipod down during one of the training exercises.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-102263.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner is shot inside the helicopter while holding an M60 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106362.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner fires his M60.]]

==M1911==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]] is used by Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley ([[Sam Elliott]]) as his main weapon since he prefers the .45 over the M-16; When Moore praises the latter, Plumley says, "Bah, it's plastic...feels like a bb gun to me. I think I'll stick with my pistol." It is not common to see the first model of the M1911 being used by Plumley, since the M1911 was replaced in 1924 by the improved [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] which was the sidearm of the US Military in the Vietnam War, World War II and the Korean War, however they did appear on occasion, usually under special circumstances.
[[Image:M1911WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Screen used M1911 pistol (Hero Gun) carried and used by [[Sam Elliott]] as Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99097.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gentleman, prepare to defend yourselves!" Plumley cocks his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-137131.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley reloads his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-155397.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley fires his M1911.]]

==M1911A1==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] is seen in the holster of Lt. Col. Hal Moore and most of the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division that appear in the movie. Some soldiers use the M1911A1s.

[[Image:M1911A1WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Screen Used Hero Gun M1911A1, used and carried by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - .45 ACP. Weapons provided by Cinema Weaponry.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-133597.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier with his M1911A1.]]

==M26 Hand Grenades==
In several scenes, U.S. soldiers can be seen with [[M26 hand grenade]]s strapped to their pouches.
[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M26 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.]]
[[Image:WWSM26Frag.JPG|thumb|none|600px|An production photo of Captain Nadal and his RTO patrol the battlefield with M16s in hand and M26 hand grenades strapped to their pouches. Note the trigger discipline - fingers resting alongside the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93047.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Members of Sgt. Savage's squad drag a wounded soldier to cover. Three M26 grenades can be seen attached to webbing.]]

==PPSh-41==
The NVA and the Vietcong use [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPSh-41|PPSh-41]]s submachine guns during the intro sequence and the rest of the movie, with both the standard drum magazine and 35-round box magazines.
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPsh41DrumRunA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot by the French officer while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPSH41KillShota.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:Ppsh41-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS41RunHill02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds a PPSh-41 with a 35-round box magazine.]]

==PPS-43==
The Viet Minh uses [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPS-43|PPS-43]] submachine guns along side their SKS's and PPSh-41s to kill the French soldiers in the intro sequence that takes place in 1954 in the Indochina War. During the rest of the movie, the PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam, the formal name of the PAVN. Also known as the North Vietnamese Army or NVA.) and Vietcong (Informal name for the National Liberation Front, or NLF.) use the PPS-43 sub machine guns against US Army soldiers in the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An PPS-43 submachine gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS43RunHilla.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26359.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-31089.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets blown up by a French grenade while his PPS-43 falls to the ground.]]

==AK-47==
In the film, the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) aka the PAVN (People's Army of Vietnam) used [[AK-47]]s with milled receivers. As per the actual battle, we also see several Viet Cong units carrying the same rifle. Real Soviet AK-47s were impossible to get in the U.S. for many years. After the fall of communism, milled receiver AK-47 parts kits were available on the market, and authentic AK-47s were built for the film (using American made milled receivers using the proper markings) and the original Soviet built parts. The AK-47s used in the movie were built by legendary Movie Armorer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660143/ Mike Papac].
[[Image:AK47WeWereSoldiersHeroGun.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|'''Actual Screen used AK-47''' from the film [[We Were Soldiers]] (built by Cinema Weaponry) - 7.62x39mm. The armorers ran out of time before they could fully finish the finish on the wood forearm, pistol grips and stocks for the film.]]
[[Image:WWS AK47Hilla.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers fire their AK-47s.]]
[[Image:WWS-AK47NightA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier moves in the dark with a AK-47.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128590.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong gets shot and drops his AK-47. Note bayonet attached.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128779.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam) soldier reloads his AK-47.]]
[[Image:Pavn.ak-47.bayonet.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same scared PAVN soldier rushes through the jungle and tries to bayonet Lt. Col. Moore.]]
[[Image:pavn.soldier.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same PAVN soldier gets hit in the head by a single round from Moore's XM16E1. Note the milled receiver.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-156900.jpg|thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers armed with AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158010.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pile of AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106465.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the receiver of the AK-47 carried by an NVA soldier who gets killed by the charging Americans. Note how the safety is on.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158182.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier aims his AK-47 at the US Army soldiers when they charge on the NVA position.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113810.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier gets killed by the Huey helicopters and their M134 miniguns. All while still firing his AK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114077.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same NVA soldier from the above screen-cap gets thrown across a wagon. Notice how he has his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet Pith helmet] back on.]]

==M79 Grenade Launcher==
Various US soldiers can be seen carrying [[M79 grenade launcher]]s in a few scenes. Specialist Galen Bungum ([[Blake Heron]]) uses one since he is the grenadier of Sergeant Savage's squad.
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M79 grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-41883.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier jumps from a chopper during training while carrying an M79 grenade launcher.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93589.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American soldier fires his [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93116.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American grenadier gets shot while holding his M79.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-40534.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bungum's M79 slung over his back.]]

==MAS-36 Rifle==
In the opening scene where the French soldiers are ambushed during the French-Indochinese War, various French soldiers use [[MAS-36]] rifles.
[[Image:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French convoy gets ambushed.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Fireball.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers armed with MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle02a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers fire their MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Shot.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier gets shot while holding a MAS-36 rifle.]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
The .38 caliber revolver pulled out by Maj. Bruce "Snake Shit" Crandall ([[Greg Kinnear]]) is most likely a Smith & Wesson Model 15 snubnose. In 2007, the real Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang Valley.
[[Image:M15M07.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with 2" barrel - .38 Special.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113243.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Model 153 in Snake Shit's holster when he gets out of his Huey at Regiment Headquarters.]]
[[Image:Revolver WWS.JPG|thumb|none|600px|"You have the balls to face me and not the balls to face the enemy?!" Crandall pulls his Model 15 after he gets reprimanded by a medevac pilot.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113651.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene.]]

==GE M134 Minigun==
A pair of [[GE M134 Minigun]]s are seen mounted on the gunship Hueys that rip apart PAVN soldiers in the climax of the film, and one is also on display on a table near the beginning of the film.
[[Image:M134.JPG|thumb|none|500px|GE M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-38494.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The AirCav officers admire the M134 Minigun before Moore briefs them on their mission.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114448.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One Huey helicopter fires its mounted M134.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-117926.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A M134 Minigun mounted on a UH-1 helicopter.]]

==M1928A1 Thompson==
As the American soldiers are heading off for battle you can see a ARVN soldier holding up an [[Thompson Submachine Gun#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] with a 20-round magazine.
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round box magazine - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-79844.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gary Owen!" An ARVN soldier with an M1928A1 Thompson as well as other U.S. soldiers cheer the rest of the 1st Cavalry as they prepare to enter the Ia Drang.]]

==Browning M1919A4==
Two [[Browning M1919|Browning M1919A4s]] can be seen mounted on French jeeps on the intro sequence.
[[Image:BrowningM37MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M1919 .30-06]]
[[Image:WWS-Browning30Cal.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A French soldier fires the Browning M1919A4 at Viet Minh forces.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23377.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Browning M1919A4 can be seen mounted on the jeep on the left.]]

==MAT-49==
Various French Soldiers use [[MAT-49]] submachine guns during the opening Scene. Various NVA and VC soldiers use them during the rest of the movie, probably scavenged from French and South Vietnamese troops during the Indochina war.
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Screen used MAT-49 submachine gun from the film - 9x19mm Parabellum (provided by Cinema Weaponry)]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-22831.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier can be seen with a MAT-49 in the center of the screen-cap.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-165653.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MAT-49 sits on the top of the pile of guns while US soldiers pile up dead NVA soldiers in the background.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72625.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong fighter gets shot while holding his MAT-49.]]

==RPG-2==
An NVA rocketeer is seen firing an [[RPG-2]] (Vietnamese made version was known as the B-40) against the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect the shooter from the blast when firing the rocket.
[[Image:Rpg-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPG-2 40mm with PG-2 rocket]]
[[Image:WWS.rpg-2.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carrying the RPG-2 prepares to engage the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect himself from the blast when firing the rocket.]]

==SKS Rifle==
Several Viet Minh soldiers and NVA soldiers use [[SKS rifle]]s during intro sequence and during the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:Simonov-Russian-SKS45.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26996.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldiers rush the French in the intro of the movie. Note how you can see a Kar98k in the backround.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKSVietMinh.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds his SKS to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKS01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh officer picks up an French Bungle during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23999.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the French with his SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-25555.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier with his SKS.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28285.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier before being blown up by a French grenade.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28497.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh to the left-center is armed with a SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-77472.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier comes out of a underground base armed with an SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-49825.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the french during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75037.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA or Vietcong soldier runs around with his SKS while the Ia Drang valley burns in the background by the napalm bombs dropped by U.S. Air Force planes.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99460.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier armed with an SKS creeps through the dark.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92508.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers tending after their DShK. Which is in reality an American M2. The soldier on the left has an SKS. The one on the right has an AK-47 like the rest of the NVA soldiers in the background.]]

==Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine==
During the intro sequence a Viet Minh soldier can be seen with a [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M44 carbine]].
[[Image:M44Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-M44Carbine.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldier in the center of the screen-cap has an M44 carbine while the other Viet Minh soldier has a Kar98k.]]

==Karabiner 98k==
A Viet Minh soldier during the intro sequence and a Vietcong soldier later on can be seen using [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. It should be noted that acording to one of the Armorers of the film, Steve Karnes, the Kar98ks used in the movie came from Israel and were chambered to 7.62x51mm NATO.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-K98Rifle.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Kar98K is carried by one of Viet Minh soldiers.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-70352.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong with a Kar98k.]]

==M1A1 "Bazooka"==
A Viet Minh soldier uses an [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M1A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M1A1 "Bazooka"]] with a modified rear sight to destroy a French jeep during the intro sequence. While it seems that a Viet Minh soldier using a Bazooka could be an anachronism, the French army widely used the M1A1, [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M9A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M9A1 "Bazookas"]] and [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M20 "Super Bazooka" (3.5" Rocket)|M20 "Super Bazooka"]] during the Indochina War. The Viet Minh widely used scavanged French weapons during the Indochina War, and the PAVN and Vietcong also widely used them during the Vietnam War.
[[Image:M1A1 Bazooka.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1A1 "Bazooka" 2.36 inch]]
[[Image:WWS-RocketLauncherA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier fires at French soldiers with a M1A1 "Bazooka". Note the modified rear sight and how it has only one grip.]]

==Degtyaryov DP-28 Machine Gun==
In the scene where the men of the 1st Cavalry Division perform a bayonet charge against the NVA position (an event which actually didn't happen in real life), a small crew of PAVN soldiers man a DP-28, a variant of the Soviet [[Degtyarov DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyarov light machine gun]].
[[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Degtyaryov DP-28 - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-DP28.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun is glimpsed as Moore's troops advance.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-163052.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DP-28 is seen among the fallen NVA soldiers as the Huey gunship continues to fire.]]

==RPD Light Machine Gun==
During the Battle of Ia Drang, one PAVN soldier can be seen carrying an [[RPD light machine gun]].
[[Image:RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPD - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72255.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carries an [RPD to the left of the screen-cap.]]

==ZB26 Light Machine Gun==
A [[ZB26 Machine Gun]] is used by a Viet Minh machine gunner during the opening sequence of the film set during the Indochina War. Acording to Steve Karnes, the movie's Armorer, the ZB26 used in the movie was sold to the Chinese and converted to 7.62x39 later in its life. It also has Chinese characters on the side of the receiver. Another one is used by an Vietcong fighter during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang Battle of Ia Drang].
[[Image:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|ZB26 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26-01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the ZB26 in the hands of a Viet Minh Soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26 02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene]]

==MG34 Machine Gun==
When the American Soldiers charge the NVA position, a two man crew of NVA soldiers man an [[MG34]] machine gun before they get killed by the Huey helicopters. One NVA soldier also mans another MG34 in the same scene.
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158234.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers man an MG34 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158338.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A different NVA machine gunner aims his MG34 at the oncoming American forces.]]

==Fake DShK Heavy Machine Gun==
A fake [[DShK heavy machine gun]] is seen manned by an NVA machine gun team in the final battle before being wasted by the Huey helicopters. The DShK seen in the film is actually an [[Browning M2|Browning M2HB]] machine gun mocked up to look like a DShK.
[[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M2HB .50 BMG on M3 tripod.]]
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|500px|DShK 12.7x109mm on tripod.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-157072.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN soldier cocks the fake DShK in the final sequence of the movie. Note the M2 charging handle in the right side of the receiver, showing that the DShK is actually an Browning M2HB.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA machine gun team from the above screencap aims the fake DShK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-119805.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M2HB after the machine gun team gets killed by the UH-1 Iroquois helicopters.]]

==Browning Hi-Power Pistol==
During the Intro of the Movie set during the Indochina War, a French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) uses his siderarm, a [[Browning Hi-Power]], to kill several Viet Minh soldiers before being killed himself. The use of the Browning Hi-Power pistol by the French Army in the movie is an error. The armorers couldn't get French MAB pistols and since Hi-Powers were at the region the armorers used those instead.
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerFires.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French Army(Foreign Legionnaire) officer fires his Browning Hi-Power at a Viet Minh soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerBayo.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) gets stabbed by a Viet Minh soldier while holding his Browning Hi-Power.]]

==M34 White Phosphorous Grenade==
In one scene, a wounded NVA soldier throws an [[M34 White Phosphorous grenade]] aka "Willie Pete" at Sergeant Forrester, severely wounding him.
[[Image:M34 2-1-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M34 White Phosphorous grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93657.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA soldier, covered in blood and burn marks, prepares to toss the M34 grenade.]]

==Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade==
Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade (aka Chinese Type II Grenades) are seen in chest pouches on NVA soldiers and in one scene is thrown near wounded American Soldiers. A brave soldier jumps on it to save his comrades.
[[Image:WWS-ChicomGrenadePouch.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Seen on the dead NVA soldiers is a chest pouch with Type 67 Stick Grenades]]
[[Image:WWS-ChicomType2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A GI sees a Type 67 Stick Grenade as it hits the ground nearby]]

==Winchester Model 12 Field Gun==
In a deleted scene, Bungum's wife uses a [[Winchester Model 1912|Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun]] to shoot skeet.
[[Image:Winchester Model 1912FieldGun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester M1912 Field Gun in 12 gauge]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGunA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum is seen first firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGun2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum's wife firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga ]]

==Notes==
There are several errors also in the uniforms of French troops:
# No lieutenant from "troupes de Marine" (2 golden horizontal stripes on bleu) would have a white kepi (Kepi blanc for Foreign Legion soldiers only, excluding NCOs and officers)
# The red berets are worn the wrong way (Insigna on the right in France for all the Army. Only exception French Navy Commando green berets)
# Insigna on the red berets are wrong (infantry instead of paratroopers)

[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:War]]

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2011-07-01T00:47:41Z

Felipepacheco:

We Were Soldiers

2011-07-01T00:35:02Z

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'''We Were Soldiers''', is a film directed by Randall Wallace and starring [[Mel Gibson]], [[Barry Pepper]] and [[Sam Elliott]], based on the book ''We Were Soldiers Once...And Young'' by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, US Army (ret) and former UPI reporter Joe Galloway (played by Gibson and Pepper respectively) about the first major battle between the American Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Gen. Moore, in documentary on the DVD, states that this film is the only one which gets "[the Vietnam war] right."

Although the battle would last more than 300 days, the movie covers only the initial engagement, the first time Air Mobile Infantry (Called "the helicopter soldiers" by a Vietnamese officer) was used in combat. Over 3 days, Moore's regiment killed over 1800 enemy soldiers out of 4,000, for the loss of 72 out of his of 395 men. The utterly lop-sided casualty figures helped to convince Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Vietnam theater commander Gen. William Westmoreland that the communist North Vietnamese could be persuaded to give up their attempt to conquer the south using attrition tactics. Events, of course, would prove this strategy disastrous.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''We Were Soldiers'':'''
[[Image:We_Were_Soldiers_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''We Were Soldiers'' (2002)]]__TOC__<br clear-all>

==XM16E1 Rifle==
The [[M16 rifle series#XM16E1 Rifle|XM16E1 assault rifles]] are used by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, including Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]), First Lieutenant Charlie Hastings ([[Robert Bagnell]]), Second Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan ([[Chris Klein]]), Sergeant Ernie Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and most U.S. Army soldiers. Later on the film during the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray, Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) uses one as well. Many rifles used in this movie were not actual XM16E1s. The historical XM16E1s had only a partial magazine fence. Many rifles were actually M16A1s mocked up to look like XM16E1s, modified with chromed bolt carriers and 3 prong flash hiders. Apparently there were a few original receiver marked XM16E1s in the mix.
[[Image:XM16E1 WeWereSoldiers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Screen used XM16E1 rifle''' (Hero Gun), carried and fired by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - 5.56x45mm. This rifle was built from an M16A1 and modified with a chromed bolt carrier and 2nd pattern three prong flash hider.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-82003.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Col. Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]) lands on LZ X-Ray carrying his XM16E1. "I will be the first to set foot on the field."]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-83195.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hal Moore and another soldier can be seen carrying XM16E1s during the Battle of LZ X-Ray.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92270.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and his men engage the enemy with their XM16E1s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91374.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Specialist Robert Ouellette ([[Josh Daugherty]]) holds an XM16E1.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-95915.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A U.S. Army Private fires his XM16E1 from Crandall's Huey.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-132650.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) with his XM16E1 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-131762.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two wounded US Army specialists with their XM16E1s at the ready.]]
[[Image:WWS027.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Moore opens fire with the XM16E1 during the film's final bayonet charge. According to director Randall Wallace's DVD commentary, the final bayonet charge which ends the battle did not take place in the actual engagement.]]

==M16 Rifle==
Supplementing the large number of XM16E1 rifles built for the production by Cinema Weaponry are some slab side [[M16|M16 rifles]] (or unaltered Colt SP1 rifles, which look the same). To the left of the stack (in the screencap) is a slab sided rifle with no forward assist on the upper receiver or magazine fencing on the lower receiver.
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The original M16 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106476.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A stack of XM16s from the battle. Visible are unaltered M16/SP1 slab sided rifles.]]

==M1 Carbine==
A Korean War-era [[M1 Carbine]] is carried by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the formal title of South Vietnam) interpreter dressed in tiger stripe fatigues. He appears in the scene in which the NVA scout is captured and interrogated. Viet Minh soldiers also use them against the French during the intro.
[[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M1 Carbine with Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight - .30 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS M1Carbine02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds an M1 Carbine to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineHeloA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter lands on the Ia Drang Valley with his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|An NVA lookout is apprehended. The ARVN translator holds his M1 Carbine at the enemy soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN03a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter wielding an M1 Carbine interrogates the NVA soldier. Note that it is not an M2 Carbine due to the lack of a selector switch.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN04a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter points his M1 Carbine at the captured NVA soldier. Note the bayonet lug.]]

==M60 Machine Gun==
The [[M60 machine gun]] is used by several US soldiers. Various door gunners use them as well. Specialist 4 Russell Adams and his assistant gunner Specialist 4 Bill Beck also use an M60 in a deleted scene.
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M60 - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiresA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An M60 team lays down fire.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|US soldiers train with their M60s.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeBlanksA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the M60 during the training. The filmmakers cleverly lay real 7.62x51 casings in the foreground, which is a testament for their eye to detail. During filming, however, brass from the expended 'star crimped' blanks unavoidably flies out of the weapon.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-39994.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A FPS view of an M60 firing in training.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75605.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier can be seen holding a M60 on the left.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91127.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M60 is seen with the bipod down during one of the training exercises.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-102263.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner is shot inside the helicopter while holding an M60 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106362.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner fires his M60.]]

==M1911==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]] is used by Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley ([[Sam Elliott]]) as his main weapon since he prefers the .45 over the M-16; When Moore praises the latter, Plumley says, "Bah, it's plastic...feels like a bb gun to me. I think I'll stick with my pistol." It is not common to see the first model of the M1911 being used by Plumley, since the M1911 was replaced in 1924 by the improved [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] which was the sidearm of the US Military in the Vietnam War, World War II and the Korean War, however they did appear on occasion, usually under special circumstances.
[[Image:M1911WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Screen used M1911 pistol (Hero Gun) carried and used by [[Sam Elliott]] as Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99097.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gentleman, prepare to defend yourselves!" Plumley cocks his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-137131.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley reloads his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-155397.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley fires his M1911.]]

==M1911A1==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] is seen in the holster of Lt. Col. Hal Moore and most of the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division that appear in the movie. Some soldiers use the M1911A1s.

[[Image:M1911A1WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Screen Used Hero Gun M1911A1, used and carried by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - .45 ACP. Weapons provided by Cinema Weaponry.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-133597.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier with his M1911A1.]]

==M26 Hand Grenades==
In several scenes, U.S. soldiers can be seen with [[M26 hand grenade]]s strapped to their pouches.
[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M26 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.]]
[[Image:WWSM26Frag.JPG|thumb|none|600px|An production photo of Captain Nadal and his RTO patrol the battlefield with M16s in hand and M26 hand grenades strapped to their pouches. Note the trigger discipline - fingers resting alongside the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93047.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Members of Sgt. Savage's squad drag a wounded soldier to cover. Three M26 grenades can be seen attached to webbing.]]

==PPSh-41==
The NVA and the Vietcong use [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPSh-41|PPSh-41]]s submachine guns during the intro sequence and the rest of the movie, with both the standard drum magazine and 35-round box magazines.
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPsh41DrumRunA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot by the French officer while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPSH41KillShota.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:Ppsh41-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS41RunHill02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds a PPSh-41 with a 35-round box magazine.]]

==PPS-43==
The Viet Minh uses [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPS-43|PPS-43]] submachine guns along side their SKS's and PPSh-41s to kill the French soldiers in the intro sequence that takes place in 1954 in the Indochina War. During the rest of the movie, the PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam, the formal name of the PAVN. Also known as the North Vietnamese Army or NVA.) and Vietcong (Informal name for the National Liberation Front, or NLF.) use the PPS-43 sub machine guns against US Army soldiers in the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An PPS-43 submachine gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS43RunHilla.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26359.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-31089.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets blown up by a French grenade while his PPS-43 falls to the ground.]]

==AK-47==
In the film, the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) aka the PAVN (People's Army of Vietnam) used [[AK-47]]s with milled receivers. As per the actual battle, we also see several Viet Cong units carrying the same rifle. Real Soviet AK-47s were impossible to get in the U.S. for many years. After the fall of communism, milled receiver AK-47 parts kits were available on the market, and authentic AK-47s were built for the film (using American made milled receivers using the proper markings) and the original Soviet built parts. The AK-47s used in the movie were built by legendary Movie Armorer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660143/ Mike Papac].
[[Image:AK47WeWereSoldiersHeroGun.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|'''Actual Screen used AK-47''' from the film [[We Were Soldiers]] (built by Cinema Weaponry) - 7.62x39mm. The armorers ran out of time before they could fully finish the finish on the wood forearm, pistol grips and stocks for the film.]]
[[Image:WWS AK47Hilla.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers fire their AK-47s.]]
[[Image:WWS-AK47NightA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier moves in the dark with a AK-47.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128590.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong gets shot and drops his AK-47. Note bayonet attached.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128779.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam) soldier reloads his AK-47.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-129123.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same scared PAVN soldier rushes through the jungle and tries to bayonet Lt. Col. Moore.]]
[[Image:pavn.soldier.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same PAVN soldier gets hit in the head by a single round from Moore's XM16E1. Note the milled receiver.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-156900.jpg|thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers armed with AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158010.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pile of AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106465.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the receiver of the AK-47 carried by an NVA soldier who gets killed by the charging Americans. Note how the safety is on.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158182.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier aims his AK-47 at the US Army soldiers when they charge on the NVA position.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113810.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier gets killed by the Huey helicopters and their M134 miniguns. All while still firing his AK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114077.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same NVA soldier from the above screen-cap gets thrown across a wagon. Notice how he has his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet Pith helmet] back on.]]

==M79 Grenade Launcher==
Various US soldiers can be seen carrying [[M79 grenade launcher]]s in a few scenes. Specialist Galen Bungum ([[Blake Heron]]) uses one since he is the grenadier of Sergeant Savage's squad.
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M79 grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-41883.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier jumps from a chopper during training while carrying an M79 grenade launcher.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93589.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American soldier fires his [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93116.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American grenadier gets shot while holding his M79.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-40534.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bungum's M79 slung over his back.]]

==MAS-36 Rifle==
In the opening scene where the French soldiers are ambushed during the French-Indochinese War, various French soldiers use [[MAS-36]] rifles.
[[Image:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French convoy gets ambushed.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Fireball.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers armed with MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle02a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers fire their MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Shot.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier gets shot while holding a MAS-36 rifle.]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
The .38 caliber revolver pulled out by Maj. Bruce "Snake Shit" Crandall ([[Greg Kinnear]]) is most likely a Smith & Wesson Model 15 snubnose. In 2007, the real Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang Valley.
[[Image:M15M07.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with 2" barrel - .38 Special.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113243.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Model 153 in Snake Shit's holster when he gets out of his Huey at Regiment Headquarters.]]
[[Image:Revolver WWS.JPG|thumb|none|600px|"You have the balls to face me and not the balls to face the enemy?!" Crandall pulls his Model 15 after he gets reprimanded by a medevac pilot.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113651.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene.]]

==GE M134 Minigun==
A pair of [[GE M134 Minigun]]s are seen mounted on the gunship Hueys that rip apart PAVN soldiers in the climax of the film, and one is also on display on a table near the beginning of the film.
[[Image:M134.JPG|thumb|none|500px|GE M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-38494.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The AirCav officers admire the M134 Minigun before Moore briefs them on their mission.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114448.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One Huey helicopter fires its mounted M134.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-117926.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A M134 Minigun mounted on a UH-1 helicopter.]]

==M1928A1 Thompson==
As the American soldiers are heading off for battle you can see a ARVN soldier holding up an [[Thompson Submachine Gun#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] with a 20-round magazine.
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round box magazine - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-79844.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gary Owen!" An ARVN soldier with an M1928A1 Thompson as well as other U.S. soldiers cheer the rest of the 1st Cavalry as they prepare to enter the Ia Drang.]]

==Browning M1919A4==
Two [[Browning M1919|Browning M1919A4s]] can be seen mounted on French jeeps on the intro sequence.
[[Image:BrowningM37MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M1919 .30-06]]
[[Image:WWS-Browning30Cal.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A French soldier fires the Browning M1919A4 at Viet Minh forces.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23377.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Browning M1919A4 can be seen mounted on the jeep on the left.]]

==MAT-49==
Various French Soldiers use [[MAT-49]] submachine guns during the opening Scene. Various NVA and VC soldiers use them during the rest of the movie, probably scavenged from French and South Vietnamese troops during the Indochina war.
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Screen used MAT-49 submachine gun from the film - 9x19mm Parabellum (provided by Cinema Weaponry)]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-22831.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier can be seen with a MAT-49 in the center of the screen-cap.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-165653.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MAT-49 sits on the top of the pile of guns while US soldiers pile up dead NVA soldiers in the background.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72625.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong fighter gets shot while holding his MAT-49.]]

==RPG-2==
An NVA rocketeer is seen firing an [[RPG-2]] (Vietnamese made version was known as the B-40) against the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect the shooter from the blast when firing the rocket.
[[Image:Rpg-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPG-2 40mm with PG-2 rocket]]
[[Image:WWS.rpg-2.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carrying the RPG-2 prepares to engage the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect himself from the blast when firing the rocket.]]

==SKS Rifle==
Several Viet Minh soldiers and NVA soldiers use [[SKS rifle]]s during intro sequence and during the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:Simonov-Russian-SKS45.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26996.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldiers rush the French in the intro of the movie. Note how you can see a Kar98k in the backround.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKSVietMinh.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds his SKS to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKS01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh officer picks up an French Bungle during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23999.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the French with his SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-25555.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier with his SKS.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28285.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier before being blown up by a French grenade.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28497.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh to the left-center is armed with a SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-77472.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier comes out of a underground base armed with an SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-49825.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the french during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75037.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA or Vietcong soldier runs around with his SKS while the Ia Drang valley burns in the background by the napalm bombs dropped by U.S. Air Force planes.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99460.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier armed with an SKS creeps through the dark.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92508.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers tending after their DShK. Which is in reality an American M2. The soldier on the left has an SKS. The one on the right has an AK-47 like the rest of the NVA soldiers in the background.]]

==Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine==
During the intro sequence a Viet Minh soldier can be seen with a [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M44 carbine]].
[[Image:M44Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-M44Carbine.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldier in the center of the screen-cap has an M44 carbine while the other Viet Minh soldier has a Kar98k.]]

==Karabiner 98k==
A Viet Minh soldier during the intro sequence and a Vietcong soldier later on can be seen using [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. It should be noted that acording to one of the Armorers of the film, Steve Karnes, the Kar98ks used in the movie came from Israel and were chambered to 7.62x51mm NATO.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-K98Rifle.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Kar98K is carried by one of Viet Minh soldiers.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-70352.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong with a Kar98k.]]

==M1A1 "Bazooka"==
A Viet Minh soldier uses an [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M1A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M1A1 "Bazooka"]] with a modified rear sight to destroy a French jeep during the intro sequence. While it seems that a Viet Minh soldier using a Bazooka could be an anachronism, the French army widely used the M1A1, [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M9A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M9A1 "Bazookas"]] and [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M20 "Super Bazooka" (3.5" Rocket)|M20 "Super Bazooka"]] during the Indochina War. The Viet Minh widely used scavanged French weapons during the Indochina War, and the PAVN and Vietcong also widely used them during the Vietnam War.
[[Image:M1A1 Bazooka.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1A1 "Bazooka" 2.36 inch]]
[[Image:WWS-RocketLauncherA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier fires at French soldiers with a M1A1 "Bazooka". Note the modified rear sight and how it has only one grip.]]

==Degtyaryov DP-28 Machine Gun==
In the scene where the men of the 1st Cavalry Division perform a bayonet charge against the NVA position (an event which actually didn't happen in real life), a small crew of PAVN soldiers man a DP-28, a variant of the Soviet [[Degtyarov DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyarov light machine gun]].
[[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Degtyaryov DP-28 - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-DP28.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun is glimpsed as Moore's troops advance.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-163052.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DP-28 is seen among the fallen NVA soldiers as the Huey gunship continues to fire.]]

==RPD Light Machine Gun==
During the Battle of Ia Drang, one PAVN soldier can be seen carrying an [[RPD light machine gun]].
[[Image:RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPD - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72255.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carries an [RPD to the left of the screen-cap.]]

==ZB26 Light Machine Gun==
A [[ZB26 Machine Gun]] is used by a Viet Minh machine gunner during the opening sequence of the film set during the Indochina War. Acording to Steve Karnes, the movie's Armorer, the ZB26 used in the movie was sold to the Chinese and converted to 7.62x39 later in its life. It also has Chinese characters on the side of the receiver. Another one is used by an Vietcong fighter during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang Battle of Ia Drang].
[[Image:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|ZB26 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26-01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the ZB26 in the hands of a Viet Minh Soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26 02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene]]

==MG34 Machine Gun==
When the American Soldiers charge the NVA position, a two man crew of NVA soldiers man an [[MG34]] machine gun before they get killed by the Huey helicopters. One NVA soldier also mans another MG34 in the same scene.
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158234.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers man an MG34 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158338.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A different NVA machine gunner aims his MG34 at the oncoming American forces.]]

==Fake DShK Heavy Machine Gun==
A fake [[DShK heavy machine gun]] is seen manned by an NVA machine gun team in the final battle before being wasted by the Huey helicopters. The DShK seen in the film is actually an [[Browning M2|Browning M2HB]] machine gun mocked up to look like a DShK.
[[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M2HB .50 BMG on M3 tripod.]]
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|500px|DShK 12.7x109mm on tripod.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-157072.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN soldier cocks the fake DShK in the final sequence of the movie. Note the M2 charging handle in the right side of the receiver, showing that the DShK is actually an Browning M2HB.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA machine gun team from the above screencap aims the fake DShK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-119805.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M2HB after the machine gun team gets killed by the UH-1 Iroquois helicopters.]]

==Browning Hi-Power Pistol==
During the Intro of the Movie set during the Indochina War, a French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) uses his siderarm, a [[Browning Hi-Power]], to kill several Viet Minh soldiers before being killed himself. The use of the Browning Hi-Power pistol by the French Army in the movie is an error. The armorers couldn't get French MAB pistols and since Hi-Powers were at the region the armorers used those instead.
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerFires.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French Army(Foreign Legionnaire) officer fires his Browning Hi-Power at a Viet Minh soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerBayo.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) gets stabbed by a Viet Minh soldier while holding his Browning Hi-Power.]]

==M34 White Phosphorous Grenade==
In one scene, a wounded NVA soldier throws an [[M34 White Phosphorous grenade]] aka "Willie Pete" at Sergeant Forrester, severely wounding him.
[[Image:M34 2-1-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M34 White Phosphorous grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93657.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA soldier, covered in blood and burn marks, prepares to toss the M34 grenade.]]

==Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade==
Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade (aka Chinese Type II Grenades) are seen in chest pouches on NVA soldiers and in one scene is thrown near wounded American Soldiers. A brave soldier jumps on it to save his comrades.
[[Image:WWS-ChicomGrenadePouch.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Seen on the dead NVA soldiers is a chest pouch with Type 67 Stick Grenades]]
[[Image:WWS-ChicomType2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A GI sees a Type 67 Stick Grenade as it hits the ground nearby]]

==Winchester Model 12 Field Gun==
In a deleted scene, Bungum's wife uses a [[Winchester Model 1912|Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun]] to shoot skeet.
[[Image:Winchester Model 1912FieldGun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester M1912 Field Gun in 12 gauge]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGunA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum is seen first firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGun2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum's wife firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga ]]

==Notes==
There are several errors also in the uniforms of French troops:
# No lieutenant from "troupes de Marine" (2 golden horizontal stripes on bleu) would have a white kepi (Kepi blanc for Foreign Legion soldiers only, excluding NCOs and officers)
# The red berets are worn the wrong way (Insigna on the right in France for all the Army. Only exception French Navy Commando green berets)
# Insigna on the red berets are wrong (infantry instead of paratroopers)

[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:War]]

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2011-07-01T00:33:35Z

Felipepacheco:

We Were Soldiers

2011-07-01T00:21:51Z

Felipepacheco: /* AK-47 */

'''We Were Soldiers''', is a film directed by Randall Wallace and starring [[Mel Gibson]], [[Barry Pepper]] and [[Sam Elliott]], based on the book ''We Were Soldiers Once...And Young'' by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, US Army (ret) and former UPI reporter Joe Galloway (played by Gibson and Pepper respectively) about the first major battle between the American Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Gen. Moore, in documentary on the DVD, states that this film is the only one which gets "[the Vietnam war] right."

Although the battle would last more than 300 days, the movie covers only the initial engagement, the first time Air Mobile Infantry (Called "the helicopter soldiers" by a Vietnamese officer) was used in combat. Over 3 days, Moore's regiment killed over 1800 enemy soldiers out of 4,000, for the loss of 72 out of his of 395 men. The utterly lop-sided casualty figures helped to convince Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Vietnam theater commander Gen. William Westmoreland that the communist North Vietnamese could be persuaded to give up their attempt to conquer the south using attrition tactics. Events, of course, would prove this strategy disastrous.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''We Were Soldiers'':'''
[[Image:We_Were_Soldiers_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''We Were Soldiers'' (2002)]]__TOC__<br clear-all>

==XM16E1 Rifle==
The [[M16 rifle series#XM16E1 Rifle|XM16E1 assault rifles]] are used by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, including Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]), First Lieutenant Charlie Hastings ([[Robert Bagnell]]), Second Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan ([[Chris Klein]]), Sergeant Ernie Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and most U.S. Army soldiers. Later on the film during the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray, Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) uses one as well. Many rifles used in this movie were not actual XM16E1s. The historical XM16E1s had only a partial magazine fence. Many rifles were actually M16A1s mocked up to look like XM16E1s, modified with chromed bolt carriers and 3 prong flash hiders. Apparently there were a few original receiver marked XM16E1s in the mix.
[[Image:XM16E1 WeWereSoldiers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Screen used XM16E1 rifle''' (Hero Gun), carried and fired by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - 5.56x45mm. This rifle was built from an M16A1 and modified with a chromed bolt carrier and 2nd pattern three prong flash hider.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-82003.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Col. Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]) lands on LZ X-Ray carrying his XM16E1. "I will be the first to set foot on the field."]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-83195.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hal Moore and another soldier can be seen carrying XM16E1s during the Battle of LZ X-Ray.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92270.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and his men engage the enemy with their XM16E1s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91374.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Specialist Robert Ouellette ([[Josh Daugherty]]) holds an XM16E1.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-95915.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A U.S. Army Private fires his XM16E1 from Crandall's Huey.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-132650.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) with his XM16E1 at the ready.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-131762.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two wounded US Army specialists with their XM16E1s at the ready.]]
[[Image:WWS027.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Moore opens fire with the XM16E1 during the film's final bayonet charge. According to director Randall Wallace's DVD commentary, the final bayonet charge which ends the battle did not take place in the actual engagement.]]

==M16 Rifle==
Supplementing the large number of XM16E1 rifles built for the production by Cinema Weaponry are some slab side [[M16|M16 rifles]] (or unaltered Colt SP1 rifles, which look the same). To the left of the stack (in the screencap) is a slab sided rifle with no forward assist on the upper receiver or magazine fencing on the lower receiver.
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The original M16 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106476.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A stack of XM16s from the battle. Visible are unaltered M16/SP1 slab sided rifles.]]

==M1 Carbine==
A Korean War-era [[M1 Carbine]] is carried by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the formal title of South Vietnam) interpreter dressed in tiger stripe fatigues. He appears in the scene in which the NVA scout is captured and interrogated. Viet Minh soldiers also use them against the French during the intro.
[[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M1 Carbine with Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight - .30 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS M1Carbine02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds an M1 Carbine to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineHeloA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter lands on the Ia Drang Valley with his M1 Carbine.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|An NVA lookout is apprehended. The ARVN translator holds his M1 Carbine at the enemy soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN03a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter wielding an M1 Carbine interrogates the NVA soldier. Note that it is not an M2 Carbine due to the lack of a selector switch.]]
[[Image:WWS-M1CarbineARVN04a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The South Vietnamese interpreter points his M1 Carbine at the captured NVA soldier. Note the bayonet lug.]]

==M60 Machine Gun==
The [[M60 machine gun]] is used by several US soldiers. Various door gunners use them as well. Specialist 4 Russell Adams and his assistant gunner Specialist 4 Bill Beck also use an M60 in a deleted scene.
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M60 - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiresA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An M60 team lays down fire.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|US soldiers train with their M60s.]]
[[Image:WWS-M60FiringRangeBlanksA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the M60 during the training. The filmmakers cleverly lay real 7.62x51 casings in the foreground, which is a testament for their eye to detail. During filming, however, brass from the expended 'star crimped' blanks unavoidably flies out of the weapon.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-39994.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A FPS view of an M60 firing in training.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75605.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier can be seen holding a M60 on the left.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-91127.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M60 is seen with the bipod down during one of the training exercises.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-102263.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner is shot inside the helicopter while holding an M60 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106362.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door gunner fires his M60.]]

==M1911==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]] is used by Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley ([[Sam Elliott]]) as his main weapon since he prefers the .45 over the M-16; When Moore praises the latter, Plumley says, "Bah, it's plastic...feels like a bb gun to me. I think I'll stick with my pistol." It is not common to see the first model of the M1911 being used by Plumley, since the M1911 was replaced in 1924 by the improved [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] which was the sidearm of the US Military in the Vietnam War, World War II and the Korean War, however they did appear on occasion, usually under special circumstances.
[[Image:M1911WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Screen used M1911 pistol (Hero Gun) carried and used by [[Sam Elliott]] as Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99097.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gentleman, prepare to defend yourselves!" Plumley cocks his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-137131.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley reloads his M1911.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-155397.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plumley fires his M1911.]]

==M1911A1==
A Colt [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] is seen in the holster of Lt. Col. Hal Moore and most of the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division that appear in the movie. Some soldiers use the M1911A1s.

[[Image:M1911A1WeWereSoldiers.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Screen Used Hero Gun M1911A1, used and carried by [[Mel Gibson]] in the film - .45 ACP. Weapons provided by Cinema Weaponry.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-133597.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier with his M1911A1.]]

==M26 Hand Grenades==
In several scenes, U.S. soldiers can be seen with [[M26 hand grenade]]s strapped to their pouches.
[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M26 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.]]
[[Image:WWSM26Frag.JPG|thumb|none|600px|An production photo of Captain Nadal and his RTO patrol the battlefield with M16s in hand and M26 hand grenades strapped to their pouches. Note the trigger discipline - fingers resting alongside the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93047.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Members of Sgt. Savage's squad drag a wounded soldier to cover. Three M26 grenades can be seen attached to webbing.]]

==PPSh-41==
The NVA and the Vietcong use [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPSh-41|PPSh-41]]s submachine guns during the intro sequence and the rest of the movie, with both the standard drum magazine and 35-round box magazines.
[[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPsh41DrumRunA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot by the French officer while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:WWS-PPSH41KillShota.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot while holding a PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:Ppsh41-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS41RunHill02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds a PPSh-41 with a 35-round box magazine.]]

==PPS-43==
The Viet Minh uses [[PPSh-41 / PPS-43#PPS-43|PPS-43]] submachine guns along side their SKS's and PPSh-41s to kill the French soldiers in the intro sequence that takes place in 1954 in the Indochina War. During the rest of the movie, the PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam, the formal name of the PAVN. Also known as the North Vietnamese Army or NVA.) and Vietcong (Informal name for the National Liberation Front, or NLF.) use the PPS-43 sub machine guns against US Army soldiers in the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:PPSh-43-Submachine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An PPS-43 submachine gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:WWS-PPS43RunHilla.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26359.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Viet Minh soldier carrying a PPS-43 gets shot during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-31089.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier gets blown up by a French grenade while his PPS-43 falls to the ground.]]

==AK-47==
In the film, the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) aka the PAVN (People's Army of Vietnam) used [[AK-47]]s with milled receivers. As per the actual battle, we also see several Viet Cong units carrying the same rifle. Real Soviet AK-47s were impossible to get in the U.S. for many years. After the fall of communism, milled receiver AK-47 parts kits were available on the market, and authentic AK-47s were built for the film (using American made milled receivers using the proper markings) and the original Soviet built parts. The AK-47s used in the movie were built by legendary Movie Armorer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660143/ Mike Papac].
[[Image:AK47WeWereSoldiersHeroGun.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|'''Actual Screen used AK-47''' from the film [[We Were Soldiers]] (built by Cinema Weaponry) - 7.62x39mm. The armorers ran out of time before they could fully finish the finish on the wood forearm, pistol grips and stocks for the film.]]
[[Image:WWS AK47Hilla.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers fire their AK-47s.]]
[[Image:WWS-AK47NightA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier moves in the dark with a AK-47.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128590.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong gets shot and drops his AK-47. Note bayonet attached.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-128779.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam) soldier reloads his AK-47.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-129123.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same scared PAVN soldier rushes through the jungle and tries to bayonet Lt. Col. Moore.]]
[[Image:pavn.soldier.shot.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same PAVN soldier gets hit in the head by a single round from Moore's XM16E1. Note the milled receiver.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-156900.jpg|thumb|none|600px|NVA soldiers armed with AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158010.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pile of AK-47s.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-106465.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the receiver of the AK-47 carried by an NVA soldier who gets killed by the charging Americans. Note how the safety is on.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158182.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier aims his AK-47 at the US Army soldiers when they charge on the NVA position.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113810.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier gets killed by the Huey helicopters and their M134 miniguns. All while still firing his AK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114077.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same NVA soldier from the above screen-cap gets thrown across a wagon. Notice how he has his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet Pith helmet] back on.]]

==M79 Grenade Launcher==
Various US soldiers can be seen carrying [[M79 grenade launcher]]s in a few scenes. Specialist Galen Bungum ([[Blake Heron]]) uses one since he is the grenadier of Sergeant Savage's squad.
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M79 grenade launcher - 40x46mm grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-41883.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier jumps from a chopper during training while carrying an M79 grenade launcher.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93589.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American soldier fires his [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93116.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An American grenadier gets shot while holding his M79.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-40534.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bungum's M79 slung over his back.]]

==MAS-36 Rifle==
In the opening scene where the French soldiers are ambushed during the French-Indochinese War, various French soldiers use [[MAS-36]] rifles.
[[Image:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French convoy gets ambushed.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Fireball.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers armed with MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MASRifle02a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Two French soldiers fire their MAS-36 rifles.]]
[[Image:WWS-MAS36Shot.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier gets shot while holding a MAS-36 rifle.]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
The .38 caliber revolver pulled out by Maj. Bruce "Snake Shit" Crandall ([[Greg Kinnear]]) is most likely a Smith & Wesson Model 15 snubnose. In 2007, the real Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang Valley.
[[Image:M15M07.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 with 2" barrel - .38 Special.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113243.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Model 153 in Snake Shit's holster when he gets out of his Huey at Regiment Headquarters.]]
[[Image:Revolver WWS.JPG|thumb|none|600px|"You have the balls to face me and not the balls to face the enemy?!" Crandall pulls his Model 15 after he gets reprimanded by a medevac pilot.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-113651.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene.]]

==GE M134 Minigun==
A pair of [[GE M134 Minigun]]s are seen mounted on the gunship Hueys that rip apart PAVN soldiers in the climax of the film, and one is also on display on a table near the beginning of the film.
[[Image:M134.JPG|thumb|none|500px|GE M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-38494.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The AirCav officers admire the M134 Minigun before Moore briefs them on their mission.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-114448.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One Huey helicopter fires its mounted M134.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-117926.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A M134 Minigun mounted on a UH-1 helicopter.]]

==M1928A1 Thompson==
As the American soldiers are heading off for battle you can see a ARVN soldier holding up an [[Thompson Submachine Gun#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] with a 20-round magazine.
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round box magazine - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-79844.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Gary Owen!" An ARVN soldier with an M1928A1 Thompson as well as other U.S. soldiers cheer the rest of the 1st Cavalry as they prepare to enter the Ia Drang.]]

==Browning M1919A4==
Two [[Browning M1919|Browning M1919A4s]] can be seen mounted on French jeeps on the intro sequence.
[[Image:BrowningM37MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M1919 .30-06]]
[[Image:WWS-Browning30Cal.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A French soldier fires the Browning M1919A4 at Viet Minh forces.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23377.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Browning M1919A4 can be seen mounted on the jeep on the left.]]

==MAT-49==
Various French Soldiers use [[MAT-49]] submachine guns during the opening Scene. Various NVA and VC soldiers use them during the rest of the movie, probably scavenged from French and South Vietnamese troops during the Indochina war.
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Screen used MAT-49 submachine gun from the film - 9x19mm Parabellum (provided by Cinema Weaponry)]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-22831.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier can be seen with a MAT-49 in the center of the screen-cap.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-165653.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MAT-49 sits on the top of the pile of guns while US soldiers pile up dead NVA soldiers in the background.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72625.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong fighter gets shot while holding his MAT-49.]]

==RPG-2==
An NVA rocketeer is seen firing an [[RPG-2]] (Vietnamese made version was known as the B-40) against the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect the shooter from the blast when firing the rocket.
[[Image:Rpg-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPG-2 40mm with PG-2 rocket]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-126730.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carrying the RPG-2 prepares to engage the American forces. The soldier is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect himself from the blast when firing the rocket.]]

==SKS Rifle==
Several Viet Minh soldiers and NVA soldiers use [[SKS rifle]]s during intro sequence and during the Battle of Ia Drang.
[[Image:Simonov-Russian-SKS45.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-26996.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldiers rush the French in the intro of the movie. Note how you can see a Kar98k in the backround.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKSVietMinh.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier holds his SKS to a French soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-SKS01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh officer picks up an French Bungle during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-23999.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the French with his SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-25555.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier with his SKS.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28285.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier before being blown up by a French grenade.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-28497.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh to the left-center is armed with a SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-77472.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier comes out of a underground base armed with an SKS rifle.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-49825.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the french during the intro.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-75037.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA or Vietcong soldier runs around with his SKS while the Ia Drang valley burns in the background by the napalm bombs dropped by U.S. Air Force planes.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-99460.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier armed with an SKS creeps through the dark.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-92508.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers tending after their DShK. Which is in reality an American M2. The soldier on the left has an SKS. The one on the right has an AK-47 like the rest of the NVA soldiers in the background.]]

==Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine==
During the intro sequence a Viet Minh soldier can be seen with a [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M44 carbine]].
[[Image:M44Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-M44Carbine.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Viet Minh soldier in the center of the screen-cap has an M44 carbine while the other Viet Minh soldier has a Kar98k.]]

==Karabiner 98k==
A Viet Minh soldier during the intro sequence and a Vietcong soldier later on can be seen using [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. It should be noted that acording to one of the Armorers of the film, Steve Karnes, the Kar98ks used in the movie came from Israel and were chambered to 7.62x51mm NATO.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-K98Rifle.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Kar98K is carried by one of Viet Minh soldiers.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-70352.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vietcong with a Kar98k.]]

==M1A1 "Bazooka"==
A Viet Minh soldier uses an [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M1A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M1A1 "Bazooka"]] with a modified rear sight to destroy a French jeep during the intro sequence. While it seems that a Viet Minh soldier using a Bazooka could be an anachronism, the French army widely used the M1A1, [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M9A1 "Bazooka" (2.36" Rocket)|M9A1 "Bazookas"]] and [[M1 Rocket Launcher "Bazooka"#M20 "Super Bazooka" (3.5" Rocket)|M20 "Super Bazooka"]] during the Indochina War. The Viet Minh widely used scavanged French weapons during the Indochina War, and the PAVN and Vietcong also widely used them during the Vietnam War.
[[Image:M1A1 Bazooka.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1A1 "Bazooka" 2.36 inch]]
[[Image:WWS-RocketLauncherA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Minh soldier fires at French soldiers with a M1A1 "Bazooka". Note the modified rear sight and how it has only one grip.]]

==Degtyaryov DP-28 Machine Gun==
In the scene where the men of the 1st Cavalry Division perform a bayonet charge against the NVA position (an event which actually didn't happen in real life), a small crew of PAVN soldiers man a DP-28, a variant of the Soviet [[Degtyarov DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyarov light machine gun]].
[[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Degtyaryov DP-28 - 7.62x54mmR]]
[[Image:WWS-DP28.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun is glimpsed as Moore's troops advance.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-163052.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DP-28 is seen among the fallen NVA soldiers as the Huey gunship continues to fire.]]

==RPD Light Machine Gun==
During the Battle of Ia Drang, one PAVN soldier can be seen carrying an [[RPD light machine gun]].
[[Image:RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|RPD - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-72255.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NVA soldier carries an [RPD to the left of the screen-cap.]]

==ZB26 Light Machine Gun==
A [[ZB26 Machine Gun]] is used by a Viet Minh machine gunner during the opening sequence of the film set during the Indochina War. Acording to Steve Karnes, the movie's Armorer, the ZB26 used in the movie was sold to the Chinese and converted to 7.62x39 later in its life. It also has Chinese characters on the side of the receiver. Another one is used by an Vietcong fighter during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang Battle of Ia Drang].
[[Image:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|ZB26 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26-01a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A close-up of the ZB26 in the hands of a Viet Minh Soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-ZB26 02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the same scene]]

==MG34 Machine Gun==
When the American Soldiers charge the NVA position, a two man crew of NVA soldiers man an [[MG34]] machine gun before they get killed by the Huey helicopters. One NVA soldier also mans another MG34 in the same scene.
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158234.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two NVA soldiers man an MG34 machine gun.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158338.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A different NVA machine gunner aims his MG34 at the oncoming American forces.]]

==Fake DShK Heavy Machine Gun==
A fake [[DShK heavy machine gun]] is seen manned by an NVA machine gun team in the final battle before being wasted by the Huey helicopters. The DShK seen in the film is actually an [[Browning M2|Browning M2HB]] machine gun mocked up to look like a DShK.
[[Image:Browning-M2-Heavy-Barrel-w-Tripod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M2HB .50 BMG on M3 tripod.]]
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|500px|DShK 12.7x109mm on tripod.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-157072.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PAVN soldier cocks the fake DShK in the final sequence of the movie. Note the M2 charging handle in the right side of the receiver, showing that the DShK is actually an Browning M2HB.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-158101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA machine gun team from the above screencap aims the fake DShK.]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-119805.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M2HB after the machine gun team gets killed by the UH-1 Iroquois helicopters.]]

==Browning Hi-Power Pistol==
During the Intro of the Movie set during the Indochina War, a French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) uses his siderarm, a [[Browning Hi-Power]], to kill several Viet Minh soldiers before being killed himself. The use of the Browning Hi-Power pistol by the French Army in the movie is an error. The armorers couldn't get French MAB pistols and since Hi-Powers were at the region the armorers used those instead.
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerFires.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A French Army(Foreign Legionnaire) officer fires his Browning Hi-Power at a Viet Minh soldier.]]
[[Image:WWS-BrowningHiPowerBayo.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|The French Officer(Foreign Legionnaire) gets stabbed by a Viet Minh soldier while holding his Browning Hi-Power.]]

==M34 White Phosphorous Grenade==
In one scene, a wounded NVA soldier throws an [[M34 White Phosphorous grenade]] aka "Willie Pete" at Sergeant Forrester, severely wounding him.
[[Image:M34 2-1-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M34 White Phosphorous grenade]]
[[Image:Vlcsnap-93657.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NVA soldier, covered in blood and burn marks, prepares to toss the M34 grenade.]]

==Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade==
Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade (aka Chinese Type II Grenades) are seen in chest pouches on NVA soldiers and in one scene is thrown near wounded American Soldiers. A brave soldier jumps on it to save his comrades.
[[Image:WWS-ChicomGrenadePouch.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Seen on the dead NVA soldiers is a chest pouch with Type 67 Stick Grenades]]
[[Image:WWS-ChicomType2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|A GI sees a Type 67 Stick Grenade as it hits the ground nearby]]

==Winchester Model 12 Field Gun==
In a deleted scene, Bungum's wife uses a [[Winchester Model 1912|Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun]] to shoot skeet.
[[Image:Winchester Model 1912FieldGun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Winchester M1912 Field Gun in 12 gauge]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGunA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum is seen first firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga]]
[[Image:WWS-FieldGun2a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Specialist Bungum's wife firing the Winchester Model 12 Take Down Field Gun - 12 ga ]]

==Notes==
There are several errors also in the uniforms of French troops:
# No lieutenant from "troupes de Marine" (2 golden horizontal stripes on bleu) would have a white kepi (Kepi blanc for Foreign Legion soldiers only, excluding NCOs and officers)
# The red berets are worn the wrong way (Insigna on the right in France for all the Army. Only exception French Navy Commando green berets)
# Insigna on the red berets are wrong (infantry instead of paratroopers)

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Commando

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Felipepacheco: /* Remington 870 */

'''The following weapons were used in the movie ''Commando'':'''
[[Image:Commandoposter.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''[[Commando]]'' (1985)]]

==Heckler & Koch HK91==
During the attack on his home that results in the kidnapping of his daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano), John Matrix ([[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]) retrieves a [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch HK91]] from his tool shed to fend off the attackers. Since the receiver has only two fire positions (Safe and Fire) it is the semi automatic HK91 rather than the select fire G3.

[[Image:HK Model 91.jpg|thumb|none|500px|This is an early Model HK91 - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:CommandoHK91.jpg|thumb|none|700px|Matrix chambers his HK91 after retrieving it from the tool shed - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Commando HK91A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix with his HK91 with two magazines attached together with a clip - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Commando HK91 02A.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Matrix with his HK91 with two magazines attached together with a clip - 7.62x51mm NATO]]

==Beretta 92SB==
Matrix ([[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]) is also seen taking a [[Beretta 92 pistol series#Beretta 92SB|Beretta 92SB]] from his tool shed and tucks it in his belt. He never gets to use it though and it dissapears from his belt when he crashes his car.
[[Image:BerettaM92SB.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beretta 92SB - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoBeretta92SB-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix tucks his Beretta 92SB into his belt - 9mm. Note the US Special Forces logo on his belt buckle.]]
[[Image:CommandoBeretta92SB-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|The Beretta 92SB is seen in Matrix's belt when he shoots a man in his room - 9mm]]

==M16==
The original [[M16]] (also known as the Colt SP1 rifle) is used, as denoted by the slab side upper receiver (minus a bolt assist). The three pronged flash hider, however, is replaced with a standard A1 birdcage flash hider in many of the rifles.
[[Image:M16SP1Birdcage.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The original M16, sold commercially as the Colt SP1 Rifle - this one has an M16A1 flash hider - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:Commando SP1A.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Arius' men patrol the barracks with original M16/SP1 rifles - 5.56x45mm (Note how the actor is properly holding the weapon in a safe direction with his finger off the trigger.)]]
[[Image:Commando SP1 02A.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|500px|Most of the M16 rifles that are fired are the M16/SP1 rifles - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoSP1-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of Arius' men is sent flying while holding an M16/SP1 rifle - 5.56x45mm]]

==M16 with A2 handguards==
South American police are seen with [[M16]] (Colt SP1) rifles outfitted with A2 handguards to look like [[M16#M16A2 Rifle|M16A2]]. Kirby's men at the end of the film are also seen with these rifles.
[[Image:M16-SP1-with-A2-Handguards.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with A2 style handguards used to impersonate the M16-A2 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoSP1-wA2hg-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A South American police officer armed with an M16 fitted with A2 handguards - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoSP1-wA2hg-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A South American police officer armed with an M16 fitted with A2 handguards - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoSP1-wA2hg-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|An officer with his SP1 with A2 handguards slung over his back - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoSP1-wA2hg-4.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Major General Kirby's (James Olson) men are also seen with these rifles at the end of the film - 5.56x45mm. These rifles also appear to have barrels built to accept an M203 launcher.]]

==MGC M16 aka 'Replica M16s'==
Obvious because the [[M16#Non Firing Replicas of the M16 Rifle|MGC M16]] (Model Gun Corp of Japan) metal M16 replicas have three pronged flash hiders, but they are mounted '''upside down''' and their 20 round magazines are blued, not Colt anodyzed gray. Used by every soldier/combatant carrying an M16 when they are doing stunts or pointing the muzzle directing at someone without firing. The replicas were probably used so extensively for safety purposes.
[[Image:MGC16.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan and one of the most used non firing replicas of the M16 in movies and television]]
[[Image:CommandoMGCreplica-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Note the fake forward assist and blued magazine on this MGC M16 replica.]]
[[Image:Commando MGC16A.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|When Arius' men stick their M16 rifles into Matrix's stomach, they are obvious replica guns.]]
[[Image:Commando M16A1A.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|When they are not touching the actor, they switch to real M16/SP1 rifles.]]

==M16A1==
There are numerous appearances of [[M16 rifle series#M16A1 Rifle|M16A1]] rifles in the film; used by U.S. military personnel as well as some of Arius' ([[Dan Hedaya]]) men, one of which Matrix commandeers and uses as well. Most of the M16 rifles seen have 20 round magazines, but some have 30 round magazines. Throughout the final battle, the rifles in the hands of actors and stuntmen change from original M16 (SP1) rifles to M16A1 rifles and back again.
[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:Commando-M16A1SniperA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Diaz ([[Gary Cervantes]]) fires his M16A1 fitted with a scope at Matrix and Kirby's men - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[Image:CommandoM16A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Sniper fires his M16A1 fitted with a scope at Matrix and Kirby's men - 5.56x45mm. This guy is actually aiming! Note the blank adapter protruding from the barrel into the muzzle break.]]
[[Image:CommandoM16A1-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix fires an M16A1 at Arius one handed - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Commando M16A1Detail.jpg|thumb|none|700px|'''Continuity Error''': Matrix fires an '''M16A1''' rifle in one shot, and then the gun changes to an '''M16 (SP1)''' rifle in the next shot! - 5.56x45mm]]

==CAR-15==
General Kirby's men, who are assigned to protect Matrix and his daughter, but end up killed themselves are armed with [[M16#Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series|CAR-15]] carbines. '''Not''' XM177s/Colt Commandos, they look to be commercial CAR-15 clones due to the length and shape of their 'fake' XM177 suppressor/flash hider.
[[Image:CAR-15Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Commercial CAR-15 Rifle with a fake XM177 flash hider welded on to make the barrel a legal 16" for commercial sale - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:Commando CAR-15Adetail.jpg‎ |thumb|none|700px|Kirby's men have Commercial CA-15 rifles - 5.56x45mm]]

==Ruger Mini-14 GB==
Arius' men use [[Ruger Mini-14|Ruger Mini-14 GB]]s with factory folding stocks. Several of them are seen firing at Matrix and a few are seen dying with their Ruger Rifles. Some are stainless steel models, others are blued models.
[[Image:Mini14gb-f.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:CommandoMini14-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix takes a Ruger Mini-14 GB from the armory in the sporting goods store - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Commando RugerGBa.jpg‎|thumb|none|550px|Arius' man firing a Ruger Mini-14 GB with folding stock - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoMini14-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Some people think when this guy is firing that the gun is full auto. In reality, the actor is just pulling the trigger fast and a full auto sound is dubbed in.]]
[[Image:CommandoMini14-4.jpg|thumb|none|550px|One of Arius' men dies holding a Ruger Mini-14 GB - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoMini14-6.jpg|thumb|none|550px|One of Arius' men fires his Mini-14 at Matrix in the tool-shed - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:CommandoMini14-7.jpg|thumb|none|550px|One of Arius' men waites to ambush Matrix. Wouldn't be very South American without a cigar, would he?]]

==Heckler & Koch HK94 (chopped & converted)==
One of Arius' men is seen firing a [[Heckler & Koch MP5#Heckler & Koch HK94|Heckler & Koch HK94]] with the 16" barrel chopped down and converted to full auto to resemble an MP5A3. The only featture seen to note this is the lack of the three barrel lugs on the barrel.
[[Image:H&K94Conversion.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Heckler & Koch HK94 chopped and converted - 9mm. Note lack of barrel lugs, push pin lower reciever and paddle magazine release.]]
[[Image:CommandoHK94c&c-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Arius' man fires his chopped and converted HK94 with a slim line forend - 9mm]]

==Valmet M78/83==

One of the weapons used by Matrix during the assault on Arius' base, the [[Valmet M78]] is a Finnish light machine gun similar in appearance to the [[RPK light machine gun|RPK]], the main difference being a different muzzle brake, front sight assembly, and many other structural differences. The [[Valmet M78]] Light Machine Gun has a standard RPK 'style' buttstock. The later [[Valmet M78#Valmet M78|Valmet M78/83]] has a synthetic thumbhole "Dragunov Style" stock. This is the version used in the film. The Valmet M78 series of Light Machine guns came in 7.62x51mm (.308) and 7.62x39mm calibers.
[[Image:Valmet M78.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Valmet M78 7.62x39mm with high-capacity ammo drum and standard magazine]]
[[Image:Commando M78 01DetailsA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup details of the Valmet M78/83 when Matrix is preparing to attack - 7.62x39mm‎]]
[[Image:Commando M78 03A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Matrix carries the Valmet M78/83 during the final raid on Arius' base - 7.62x39mm‎]]
[[Image:Commando 106.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:Commando 101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:CommandoValmet78.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Matrix fires the Valmet M78/83 at Arius' men - 7.62x39mm]]

==M202A1 FLASH==

Another weapon used by Matrix during the final assault, the [[M202 FLASH|M202A1 FLASH]] is the 4-barreled rocket launcher first seen being used by Cindy ([[Rae Dawn Chong]]) to flip the police van carrying Matrix after he's arrested raiding a sporting goods store for supplies.
[[Image:M202A2 FLASH.JPG|thumb|none|300px|M202 FLASH 66mm]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix picks up and checks the M202 FLASH in the sporting goods store armory. Note how the side reads "M202A1".]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cindy aims the M202 FLASH at the police van, unaware it is backwards. She claims she read the instructions, but that would usually prevent such a mistake.]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Oops.]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-4.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cindy turns the launcher around and shoots the police van. Note how their aren't any rockets in the launcher.]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-5.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix picks up the M202 on his way to Arius' base.]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-6.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix prepares to fire the M202.]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-7.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Note how a pyrotechnic charge is seen instead of a rocket.]]
[[Image:CommandoM202Flash-8.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Same with his shot. Somehow, he fires a rocket out of the same tube as before.]]

==Uzi==
One of the weapons used by Matrix that appears in the the final assault is the full size [[Uzi]], when stealing the seaplane to reach Arius' compound and during the final battle.
[[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|350px|IMI Uzi - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoUzi-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix picks up an Uzi submachine gun in the sporting goods store armory and hands it to Cindy - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoUzi-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix fires the Uzi while waiting for Cindy to start the plane - 9mm. Note blue muzzle flames, indicating propane-powered special effect.]]
[[Image:Commando uziA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|500px|Matrix uses Uzi during the raid on Arius' base - 9mm]]

==Micro Uzi==
A [[Uzi#Micro Uzi|Micro Uzi]] is used by Bennett ([[Vernon Wells]]) during a last ditch effort against Matrix, but Bennet is killed by Matrix before he can fire it.
[[Image:MicroUziPistol.jpg‎|thumb|none|275px|Micro Uzi with 15 rd magazine - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoMicroUzi-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Bennett chambers a round in his Micro Uzi before being killed by Matrix - 9mm (Note how he works the cocking handle while his finger is on the trigger- now we know why he got kicked out of the Special Forces!)]]

==Ingram MAC-10==
The [[MAC-10]] submachine gun can be seen being used by assassins in the beginning of the movie, killing members of Matrix's old special forces unit.
[[Image:IngramMAC10.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Ingram MAC-10 - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoMAC-10-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cooke ([[Bill Duke]]) readies his MAC-10 - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Commando MAC-10A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cooke fires (no blinking, no squinting, eyes open)his MAC-10 - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoMAC-10-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cooke finishes off their first target with a burst from his MAC-10 - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoMAC-10-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|His MAC-10 changes to a rubber prop after the shot above so he can toss it in the dump truck without damaging the gun.]]

==Remington 870==
A [[Remington 870]] shotgun is used by Matrix during the final raid on Arius' compound. The gun has a long barrel and a high-capacity magazine tube. However, in the film, the shotgun actually changes (continuity error) several times in the sequence, sometimes the foregrip looks different and the sling changes from being slung over the barrel to over the magazine tube. Since the movie had many continuity errors with the other guns, it makes being 100% sure of the shotgun type difficult.
[[Image:Remington870BlackSynthetic.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Remington 870 with early style Black Synthetic Riot foregrips and buttstock - 12 gauge.]]
[[Image:CommandoRem870-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix chambers his Remington 870 - 12 gauge]]
[[Image:CommandoRem870-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Note how the Remington 870 slung on his back is a rubber prop that bends around his back!]]
[[Image:CommandoRem870-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix fires his Remington 870 - 12 gauge]]
[[Image:CommandoRem870-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Matrix fires his Remington 870 at Arius - 12 gauge]]
[[Image:Commando Shotgun 05detail.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Though his shotgun is supposed to be a Remington 870, it has been heavily customized and unfortunately changes slightly from shot to shot - 12 gauge]]

==Steyr AUG==
A [[Steyr AUG]] is seen on the wall of the hidden arms room in the 'surplus store', but never used. Seen again, during the final raid on Arius' compound, Arius attempts to take out Matrix using a [[Steyr AUG]] bullpup rifle, but ultimately fails and ends up among Matrix's body count.
[[Image:Steyr-AUG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Steyr AUG - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Steyr AUG is seen in the armory - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Commando AUG2a.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Arius fires his Steyr AUG but to no avail - 5.56x45mm]]‎

==AKM==
Throughout the film, some of Arius' men are seen using [[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]s.

[[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Commando AKMdetail.jpg|thumb|none|700px|First seen when surrounded at the tool shed, some soldiers have AKMs, later the AKMs are held by the numerous soldiers who die '''acrobatic''' ballet style deaths at the hands of Matrix - 7.62x39mm]]

==M67 hand grenade==

Yet another weapon used by Matrix is several [[M67 hand grenade]]s. Some are also used by Arius' men during the final battle.
[[Image:M67.jpg|thumb|none|300px|M69 inert training hand grenade]]
[[Image:CommandoM67grenade-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix picks up M67 hand grenades in the armory.]]
[[Image:CommandoM67grenade-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix ties the M67 grenades to his vest while preparing to assault Arius' base. This is a very bad way to carry grenades and anyone with basic military training will agree, this is NOT how to carry them. When carried by the pin, several safety hazards are present.]]

==Desert Eagle Mark I==
*Another weapon Matrix uses during the final battle is a chrome [[Desert Eagle|Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark I]] chambered in .357 or .44 being that the film was shot in 1984 and released in 1985.

[[Image:DesertEagleMarkIstainless.jpg|thumb|none|390px|Matte stainless Desert Eagle MK I - .357 Magnum]]
[[Image:CommandoDesertEagle-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix picks up a Desert Eagle in the armory - .357 DE]]
[[Image:Commando DesertEagle 03Det.jpg|thumb|700px|none|Matrix loads up his Desert Eagle - .357 DE. Note how the magazine floor plate is falling off.]]
[[Image:CommandoDesertEagle-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix fires his Desert Eagle during the assault on Arius' base - .357 DE]]

==Franchi SPAS-12==
Another weapon seen being carried by Arius' men, but not used in combat is the [[Franchi SPAS-12]].
[[Image:Franchi-SPAS12.jpg‎|thumb|400px|none|Franchi SPAS-12 Shotgun - 12-gauge]]
[[Image:CommandoToolShed.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A Franchi SPAS-12 is seen in Matrix's tool shed when he retrieves his weaponry. - 12ga. Note the compact and full sized M1911 variants hanging on the wall.]]
[[Image:CommandoSPAS-12-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A SPAS-12 is seen in the hands of a guard outside Arius' compound - 12ga]]
[[Image:CommandoSPAS-12-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|The guard to the left is armed with a SPAS-12 - 12ga]]

==M1911A1==
Some of Arius' men use [[M1911A1]]s as their sidearms.
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1911A1 - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoM1911A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|The man to the right ([[Thomas Rosales Jr.]]) has an M1911A1 - .45 ACP. It is strange how the slide is down and the hammer uncocked even though he emptied the magazine moments before.]]
[[Image:CommandoM1911A1-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix chops off the arm of the M1911A1 wielding man - .45 ACP]]

==M60E3 machine gun==
The [[M60 machine gun#M60E3 Machine Gun|M60E3 machine gun]] first appears being used by one of Arius' men, and is commandeered and used by Matrix. The M60E3 used in the film had a shorter barrel, several inches shorter than the standard M60E3.

[[Image:M60E3Short.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M60E3 machine gun - 7.62x51mm]]
[[Image:CommandoM60E3-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Arius' men fires the M60E3 at Matrix in the tool shed - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Commando M60E3 01detail.jpg|thumb|none|600px|M60E3 first used by Arius' men when trying to kill Matrix in the tool shed, then taken by Matrix and used against the soldiers - 7.62x51mm]]
[[Image:CommandoM60E3-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Matrix fires the M60E3 - 7.62x51mm. Note the blank rounds on the belt, and a blank adaptor in the barrel. This shot appears to be reversed since Arnold is right handed and the charging handle is on the wrong side.]]
[[Image:CommandoM60E3-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Schwarzenegger is probably one of the only actors who can comfortably hold the M60E3 in one hand.]]
[[Image:Commando 108b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The ammo belt on the M60E3 is a continuity nightmare, literally growing between shots.]]

==M60 machine gun==
One of Arius' men is seen guarding his mansion armed with an [[M60 machine gun]]. One is also seen in the sporting goods armory.
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M60 - 7.62x51mm]]
[[Image:CommandoM60E1-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|One of Arius' men guard the entrance armed with an M60 - 7.62x51mm]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-5.jpg|thumb|none|550px|An M60 is seen in the sporting goods armory - 7.62x51mm]]

==Detonics ScoreMaster==

*During the final showdown with Matrix, Bennet shoots him in the arm with a [[M1911 pistol#Detonics ScoreMaster|Detonics ScoreMaster]] before tossing it down in favor of his knife in order to show his Manhood.
[[Image:Detonicsscoremaster.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Detonics ScoreMaster - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoDetServMast-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Bennett keeps his Detonics ScoreMaster in a black leather US Issue M1911 pistol holster with the bottom cut out to accomidate the extended barrel - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoDetServMast-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Bennett shoots Matrix with his Detonics ScoreMaster - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoDetServMast-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Bennett with his ScoreMaster - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:CommandoDetServMast-4.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Bennett with his ScoreMaster - .45 ACP. Apparently he was instructed to act enough for himself ''and'' Arnie.]]

==Colt Combat Commander Series 70==

General Kirby keeps a [[M1911#Colt Commander|Colt Combat Commander Series 70]] carried in his holster when Matrix surprises him and pulls the gun out and points it at him.

[[Image:ColtCombatCommanderSS.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Combat Commander with Satin Nickel Finish and wood grips - 9mm]]
[[Image:Commando ColtSeries70A.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Kirby's Colt Commander moments before being grabbed by Matrix - .45acp]]
[[Image:Commando M1911 01A.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|Matrix getting the drop on his friend with a satin nickel Commander, the "little brother" of the classic 1911/Series 70 pistols - .45acp. Apparently he wouldn't mind gunning down his old CO as he has his finger on the trigger.]]

==M18A1 Claymore==

Just before starting the final battle, Matrix plants several [[M18A1 Claymore]] anti-personnel mines on the grounds of the complex, and triggers it remotely during the battle. Though the M18A1 Claymore is an antipersonnel mine, the ones in the film are strong enough to vaporize an entire building, indicative of the 'exaggeration' of Hollywood movies. The M18A1 Claymore mines are not real (of course NONE are real in movies), however the ones in this film are even more 'customized' than usual. They are plastic casts of the M18A1 and fabricated to take an internal Radio receiver (and custom detonator). The Real M18A1 would be a self enclosed unit, two plastic halves enclosing the explosive and steel balls (shrapnel), and would not have room to add on an internal radio unit.
[[Image:M18a1 07.jpg|thumb|none|200px|M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine]]
[[Image:CommandoMockClaymore-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Matrix picks up the mock M18A1 Claymores in the armory.]]
[[Image:Commando ClaymoreDetail.jpg|thumb|none|700px|The Mines used by Matrix, note that the raised letters "M18 A1" are gone (ground off) as are the painted lot numbers (a feature of real Claymores). A faux radio controller and tiny lightbulb is visible 'glued' into the side of the M18A1 which Matrix uses to radio detonate a series of these mines.]]

==Smith & Wesson 39==
Sully ([[David Patrick Kelly]]) keeps a [[Smith & Wesson Model 39|Smith & Wesson 39]] as his sidearm in the film.
[[Image:S&W39.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson 39 - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W39-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Sully fires his Smith & Wesson 39 at Matrix through the phone booth - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W39-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Sully with his Smith & Wesson 39 while in the elavator at the mall - 9mm]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W39-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Sully fires his S&W 39 at Matrix during the car chase - 9mm]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 15==
Police officers at the mall use [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]] revolvers while trying to apprehend Matrix.
[[Image:Model15a.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 15 - .38 Special]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W15-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cindy knocks down an officer armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 15 before he can shoot Matrix - .38spl]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 60==
One of the men inside the bar in the mall tries to shoot at the police with a [[Smith & Wesson Model 60]] but is gunned down before he can get off a shot.
[[Image:Smith&WessonModel60.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 60 - .357 Magnum]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W60snub-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|A thug tries to fire his Smith & Wesson Model 60 at the police - .357 Magnum]]

==Smith & Wesson Model 67==
Cooke ([[Bill Duke]]) tries to shoot Matrix with a [[Smith & Wesson Model 15|Smith & Wesson Model 67]], the stainless version of the Model 15, while fighting with him in Sully's hotel room.
[[Image:S&WM67.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 67 - .38 Special]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W67-1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cooke and Matrix fight as Cooke tries to shoot Matrix with his Smith & Wesson Model 67 - .38spl]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W67-2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cooke fires his Model 67 at Matrix - .38spl]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W67-3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cooke points his Model 67 at Matrix - .38spl]]
[[Image:CommandoS&W67-4.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Luckily for Matrix the gun clicks empty.]]

==Hidden Armory==
*In search of weapons and supplies, Matrix goes to a sporting goods store and opens up a secret armory behind the wall, revealing 100s of guns inside. The ones most obvious are:
[[Image:CommandoArmory-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When Matrix first enters the armory, the blue section of the wall is holding up several [[MAC-10]]s, [[Uzi#Micro Uzi|Micro Uzi]]s, a [[TEC-9|TEC-9 Mini]], and an MP5, likely a [[Heckler & Koch MP5#Heckler & Koch HK94|Heckler & Koch HK94]] chopped and converted. On the white section of the wall, the only two guns seen clearly are sniper variant HK91s, likely [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch SR9-T]]s.]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seen on this section is a [[Steyr AUG]] rifle, two [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch HK91]] rifles, an [[Galil|IMI Galil ARM]], a [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch HK91A3]], an [[M202 FLASH]], and two [[Browning M1917]].]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the blue section of the wall are two [[Uzi]]s and two [[MAC-10]]s.]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the white section of the wall is an [[M16|M16A1]] with a suppressor and a scope, a [[Valmet M78]] in the Dragunov figuration, a [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch HK91]] with a scope, and a [[Steyr AUG]].]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When Matrix picks up his [[Remington 870]], to the left is a WW2 German [[Panzerschreck]], an [[M60]], two [[Valmet M78|Valmet M78/83]]s, and what appears to be an [[MM1 grenade launcher]]. To the right is an [[M16|M16A1]] fitted with a suppressor and scope, a [[Valmet M78]] in the Dragunov configuration, a [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch HK91]] fitted with a scope, and a [[Steyr AUG]].]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On one of the racks are [[M16|M16A1]]s, [[M16#Non Firing Replicas of the M16 Rifle|MGC M16 replica]]s, [[FN FAL|L1A1 SLR]]s, [[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]s, and [[Valmet M78|Valmet M78/83]].]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As Matrix picks up an [[M202 FLASH]], an [[Galil|IMI Galil ARM]] is seen along with a [[Heckler & Koch G3|Heckler & Koch HK91A3]] and two [[Browning M1917]]s.]]
[[Image:CommandoArmory-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Here's a better view of the two [[Browning M1917]] machine guns. To the right is a [[Browning M2|Browning M2 Aircraft]] .50 caliber. On the rack behind him are rows of [[M1 Garand]] rifles with the fake "M14 style" flash hiders on them (as previously seen on [[A Rumor of War]].]]

==See Also==
* [[D-Day (Den'D)]] (2008 Russian remake of Commando)

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