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Battleship (2012)

2012-03-14T09:32:00Z

Pinata of death: /* HK 416 */

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[[Image:Battles2012.jpg|thumb|right|301px|''Battleship'' (2012)]]

''Battleship'' is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Peter Berg (''[[The Kingdom]]'') and is based on the famous Hasbro board game.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Battleship'':'''
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==GE M134 Minigun ==
The [[M134 Minigun|GE M134 Minigun]] is seen mounted on a Navy boarding craft. These are original M134's upgraded by Garwood Industries.
[[Image:Minigun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm.]]
[[Image:Battleship-Rihanna.jpg|551px|thumb|none|A production image of Raikes ([[Rihanna]]) manning a Garwood Industries upgraded GE M134 Minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 01.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Raikes mans the minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 02.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Another shot of the minigun.]]
[[File:Battleship 100.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Raikes with the minigun.]]

==Phalanx CIWS==
When the alien ships launch an attack, the USS ''John Paul Jones'' is seen using the [[M61 Vulcan|Phalanx CIWS]] (Close In Weapons System).
[[Image:Phalanx.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Phalanx CIWS 20mm]]
[[Image:Battles 04.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The USS ''John Paul Jones'' engages hostiles with the CIWS.]]
[[Image:Battles 05.jpg|600px|thumb|none|]]

==Browning M3 Heavy Machine Gun==
A Marine doorgunner is seen manning a [[Browning M3 heavy machine gun|Browning M3]].
[[Image:Browning-M3A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M3 Aircraft - .50 BMG]]
[[File:Battleship 102.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Battleship 104.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

==M4A1 Carbine==
The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes and Hopper.
[[Image:ColtM4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|M4A1 with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[File:Battleship 105.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes.]]
[[File:Battleship M4 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Alex Hopper clears a ship with an M4A1 with a foregrip, flashlight, and ACOG.]]

==HK 416==

[[Image:Hk416-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Heckler & Koch HK416 with 14.5 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm]]

The [[HK416]] is seen in the trailer in a short flashing sequence while reloading. You can identify it on the markings at the butstock (HK logo in a circle) and the lower reciver.

[[File:HK416-battleship3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[HK416]] is seen in a Trailer while reloading]]

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Battleship (2012)

2012-03-14T08:45:14Z

Pinata of death: /* HK 416 */

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[[Image:Battles2012.jpg|thumb|right|301px|''Battleship'' (2012)]]

''Battleship'' is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Peter Berg (''[[The Kingdom]]'') and is based on the famous Hasbro board game.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Battleship'':'''
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==GE M134 Minigun ==
The [[M134 Minigun|GE M134 Minigun]] is seen mounted on a Navy boarding craft. These are original M134's upgraded by Garwood Industries.
[[Image:Minigun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm.]]
[[Image:Battleship-Rihanna.jpg|551px|thumb|none|A production image of Raikes ([[Rihanna]]) manning a Garwood Industries upgraded GE M134 Minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 01.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Raikes mans the minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 02.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Another shot of the minigun.]]
[[File:Battleship 100.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Raikes with the minigun.]]

==Phalanx CIWS==
When the alien ships launch an attack, the USS ''John Paul Jones'' is seen using the [[M61 Vulcan|Phalanx CIWS]] (Close In Weapons System).
[[Image:Phalanx.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Phalanx CIWS 20mm]]
[[Image:Battles 04.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The USS ''John Paul Jones'' engages hostiles with the CIWS.]]
[[Image:Battles 05.jpg|600px|thumb|none|]]

==Browning M3 Heavy Machine Gun==
A Marine doorgunner is seen manning a [[Browning M3 heavy machine gun|Browning M3]].
[[Image:Browning-M3A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M3 Aircraft - .50 BMG]]
[[File:Battleship 102.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Battleship 104.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

==M4A1 Carbine==
The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes and Hopper.
[[Image:ColtM4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|M4A1 with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[File:Battleship 105.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes.]]
[[File:Battleship M4 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Alex Hopper clears a ship with an M4A1 with a foregrip, flashlight, and ACOG.]]

==HK 416==

[[Image:Hk416-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Heckler & Koch HK416 with 14.5 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm]]

The [[HK416]] is seen in the trailer in a short flashing sequence while reloading. You can identify it on the markings at the Butstock (HK Logo in a circle) and the lower reciver.

[[File:HK416-battleship3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[HK416]] is seen in a Trailer while reloading]]

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Battleship (2012)

2012-03-14T08:43:20Z

Pinata of death: /* HK 416 */

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[[Image:Battles2012.jpg|thumb|right|301px|''Battleship'' (2012)]]

''Battleship'' is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Peter Berg (''[[The Kingdom]]'') and is based on the famous Hasbro board game.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Battleship'':'''
__TOC__<br clear=all>

==GE M134 Minigun ==
The [[M134 Minigun|GE M134 Minigun]] is seen mounted on a Navy boarding craft. These are original M134's upgraded by Garwood Industries.
[[Image:Minigun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm.]]
[[Image:Battleship-Rihanna.jpg|551px|thumb|none|A production image of Raikes ([[Rihanna]]) manning a Garwood Industries upgraded GE M134 Minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 01.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Raikes mans the minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 02.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Another shot of the minigun.]]
[[File:Battleship 100.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Raikes with the minigun.]]

==Phalanx CIWS==
When the alien ships launch an attack, the USS ''John Paul Jones'' is seen using the [[M61 Vulcan|Phalanx CIWS]] (Close In Weapons System).
[[Image:Phalanx.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Phalanx CIWS 20mm]]
[[Image:Battles 04.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The USS ''John Paul Jones'' engages hostiles with the CIWS.]]
[[Image:Battles 05.jpg|600px|thumb|none|]]

==Browning M3 Heavy Machine Gun==
A Marine doorgunner is seen manning a [[Browning M3 heavy machine gun|Browning M3]].
[[Image:Browning-M3A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M3 Aircraft - .50 BMG]]
[[File:Battleship 102.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Battleship 104.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

==M4A1 Carbine==
The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes and Hopper.
[[Image:ColtM4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|M4A1 with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[File:Battleship 105.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes.]]
[[File:Battleship M4 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Alex Hopper clears a ship with an M4A1 with a foregrip, flashlight, and ACOG.]]

==HK 416==

[[Image:Hk416-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Heckler & Koch HK416 with 14.5 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm]]

The [[HK416]] is seen in the trailer in a short flashing sequence while reloading.

[[File:HK416-battleship3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[HK416]] is seen in a Trailer while reloading]]

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Battleship (2012)

2012-03-13T21:57:50Z

Pinata of death:

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[[Image:Battles2012.jpg|thumb|right|301px|''Battleship'' (2012)]]

''Battleship'' is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Peter Berg (''[[The Kingdom]]'') and is based on the famous Hasbro board game.

'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Battleship'':'''
__TOC__<br clear=all>

==GE M134 Minigun ==
The [[M134 Minigun|GE M134 Minigun]] is seen mounted on a Navy boarding craft. These are original M134's upgraded by Garwood Industries.
[[Image:Minigun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm.]]
[[Image:Battleship-Rihanna.jpg|551px|thumb|none|A production image of Raikes ([[Rihanna]]) manning a Garwood Industries upgraded GE M134 Minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 01.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Raikes mans the minigun.]]
[[Image:Battles 02.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Another shot of the minigun.]]
[[File:Battleship 100.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Raikes with the minigun.]]

==Phalanx CIWS==
When the alien ships launch an attack, the USS ''John Paul Jones'' is seen using the [[M61 Vulcan|Phalanx CIWS]] (Close In Weapons System).
[[Image:Phalanx.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Phalanx CIWS 20mm]]
[[Image:Battles 04.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The USS ''John Paul Jones'' engages hostiles with the CIWS.]]
[[Image:Battles 05.jpg|600px|thumb|none|]]

==Browning M3 Heavy Machine Gun==
A Marine doorgunner is seen manning a [[Browning M3 heavy machine gun|Browning M3]].
[[Image:Browning-M3A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Browning M3 Aircraft - .50 BMG]]
[[File:Battleship 102.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[File:Battleship 104.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

==M4A1 Carbine==
The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes and Hopper.
[[Image:ColtM4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|M4A1 with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[File:Battleship 105.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[M16 rifle series#M4/M4A1 Carbine|M4A1 carbine]] is seen in the hands of Raikes.]]
[[File:Battleship M4 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Alex Hopper clears a ship with an M4A1 with a foregrip, flashlight, and ACOG.]]

==HK 416==
The [[HK416]] is seen in the trailer in a short flashing sequence while reloading.

[[File:HK416-battleship3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[HK416]] is seen in a Trailer while reloading]]

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Talk:Battleship (2012)

2012-03-13T21:44:39Z

Pinata of death: /* Movie miniguns */

...Really? So, how long until that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs Minesweeper movie] comes out? [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 01:24, 18 August 2011 (CDT)

Wow. Just wow. I realize Hollywood is running out of original ideas, but have they run out of movies to remake and video games to base on so quick that they're basing movies on ''board games''? What's next? Chutes & Ladders? Sorry? Scrabble? [[User:Spartan198|Spartan198]] 16:07, 22 August 2011 (CDT)
:Are you talking about the same people who made a four movie, billion dollar franchise from an amusement park ride? (Pirates of the Caribbean.) --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] 16:14, 22 August 2011 (CDT)
::At least the PotC ride had some personality. Battleship is a two-sided tray where you try to "sink" tiny plastic ships by guessing grid numbers. And they're making an ''alien invasion'' flick of it! Battleship had zilch whatsoever to do with aliens. It's like making an Iraq War movie and calling it ''Xbox: The Movie''. [[User:Spartan198|Spartan198]] 17:09, 23 August 2011 (CDT)
:::Mind you, PotC is still around because it worked. Disney also tried Country Bears and Haunted Mansion movies, and they didn't. I'm with you, when I heard that they wanted to make a movie out of the game Battleship, I thought it was ludicrous, but if you just think of it as an alien attack movie that just happens to involve a battleship, it's not as silly anymore. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] 17:55, 23 August 2011 (CDT)
::::Wait, wait, wait... A thought just stuck me here about this upcoming film, folks. Usually when a movie gets made about a children's board game, it is rushed out on a direct-to-video/DVD release, and a majority of the time, it's all cartoony, campy, silly, and targeted at the children that are under 7 years old, very much like how the Candy Land films from the 90s during that board game's popularity peak were all campy, cartoony, and for the kids under 7. But from what I got when seeing this trailer, is that this film is an ''updated'' version of the board game, and it's appealing to the grownups who played and were fans of this board game when they were kids (like me for instance). It doesn't look like a film that's appealing to the 7 year old audience, but rather, to the grownups who want to take a trip down memory lane and see a more 'modernized' and 'cooler' version of their favorite board game when they were children. --[[User:ThatoneguyJosh|ThatoneguyJosh]] 09:18, 26 August 2011 (CDT)
:::::Here's the thing though: I don't see any connection to the actual game itself other than the fact that they went out of their way to put a battleship in it. They probably could've gotten away with calling [[Under Siege]] "Battleship" if they really wanted to. Unless there's actually a scene where someone fires the battleship's guns by sticking a little peg in a hole, I don't see how it's related to the game. (And I think this has cartoony down pat.) --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] 09:53, 26 August 2011 (CDT)

==This is what I'm hoping==
(a) There is some sort of explanation why the US Navy UN-retires one or more battleships for a military exercise.
(b) Based on the trailer, the alien device creates a force field bubble that encompasses a huge portion of the Pacific (including the entire state of Hawaii if I'm not mistaken)
(c) The aliens force the US Navy into some sort of 'duel to the death' under gladiator type restrictions (why I don't know).
(d) Ultimately after conventional battle, some sort of event occurs where the ships are blinded from seeing each other and each ship has to launch a salvo based on where they 'think' the enemy is.
(e) The film ends when the hero ship ultimately sinks the last Alien war machine ... but then this assumes that we've lost thousands of Naval and Marine Corp personnel from all the other ships that were destroyed, which would SUCK.
''Just some musing that's all. In all probability, knowing Hollywood, NONE of the obvious explanations will be offered and fans will be annoyed by the lack of logic in the script, but what else is new?'' [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 13:22, 26 August 2011 (CDT)
:Well MPM, you are correct on the part where the trailer showcased the forcefield encompassing a huge portion of the Pacific including Hawaii. And I guess as far as everything else is concerned with this film, chances are it will be in the same vein as the Transformers films (since both Transformers and Battleship are owned by Hasbro); a 2 hour toy commercial. However, instead of it being about giant robots fighting, it'll be about naval warships blowing the shit out of each other. I just hope they include the classic line that the boardgame is known for ("Aargh! You sunk my Battleship!"). Also, if my assumptions serve me right, this movie is gonna be a giant advertisement tool that the U.S. Navy ''might'' use to get more and more people to enlist in that branch of the United States military. Just wait and see, there will probably be a huge increase in enlistment for the U.S. Navy after the debut of this film ;) --[[User:ThatoneguyJosh|ThatoneguyJosh]] 10:49, 16 September 2011 (CDT)
::*cough*''[[Top Gun|TopGun]]''*cough* [[User:Orca1 9904|Orca1 9904]] 13:26, 16 September 2011 (CDT)
:::Exactly! --[[User:ThatoneguyJosh|ThatoneguyJosh]] 21:42, 16 September 2011 (CDT)
::::Didn't ''Battle: Los Angeles'' also cause an influx in recruit numbers for the Marine Corps? I vaguely remember reading something about this, but I don't recall where or when. [[User:Spartan198|Spartan198]] 08:48, 19 September 2011 (CDT)
:::::Nope, I believe it was in your overactive imagination! LOL! jk But in the case of [[Top Gun]], the U.S. navy did have a huge spike in recruitment. What I found funny was that there were guys I knew who enlisted in the Navy to become 'Top Gun' pilots, without realizing that (a) you have to get into the Naval Aviator program, which is damned hard to do, (b) you have to be really good, in fact, tops in your field and (c) it's a total crapshoot whether or not you get picked to be sent to Top Gun in the first place, even if you fulfill the first two requirements. A lot of guys with 'stars in their eyes' ended up being either logistical support in the bowels of an aircraft carrier or a minor logistical job at a land based Naval Air Station. ;) Doh!!!!!! [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 15:04, 19 September 2011 (CDT)

== Minigun ==

I don't think the minigun is a Dillon, as it has the wrong berrel set-up. I think it might be an earlier Garwood Industries M134G. The earlier versions had the triple barrel clamp with solid flash hider unlike the Dillon which I have only ever seen with the single barrel clamp. Or does anyone know if the earlier Dillon barrel clamps were the same design as the Garwoods?

[[File:Early Garwood M134G.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Garwood Industries M134G - 7.62x51mm NATO]]

:According to Navweapons, the Navy uses [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_30-cal_GAU17.htm M134Ds]. It may be the first one on [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_30-cal_GAU17_pics.htm this page.] --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] 18:05, 18 November 2011 (CST)
::The first one on that page is a regular Dillon M134D. Note how the barrels on a DIllon have 1 thick ring in the middle and a flash hider on the end, as opposed to the movie gun which has the thick ring, two thinner rings and then the flash hider, like the M134G pic above. I have never seen anything apart from a single clamp Dillon or a GAU-17A being used by the real US Navy, so this gun caught my eye. Could be a standard GE M134 barrel clamp with a fake (and by fake I mean armourer made, will serve the same purpose as it is just a cylinder) flash hider attached. --[[User:Commando552|commando552]] 18:28, 18 November 2011 (CST)
:::Also, just checked the Garwood website, and it isn't the early models that have the 4 flanged barrel clamp but it is a standard option for better heat dissipation. --[[User:Commando552|commando552]] 18:37, 18 November 2011 (CST)
::The Miniguns used in this film were old GE's upgraded by Garwood Industries. --[[User:Phoenixent|phoenixent]] 19:55, 18 November 2011 (CST)

== Movie miniguns ==

You have a good eye, all of the latest movies which incorporate minigun's are either live M-134G weapons manufactured at Garwood Industries of Display minigun's manufactured specifically for the movie industry. The vast majority of movie weapons are supplied by Independent Studio Services (ISS) based in California. ISS has purchased several live minigun's and Display minigun's from G.I. for their support of the latest movies. Battle Ship 2012, Transformers, Green Hornet, Green Lantern, and the latest Predator (Backpack included) movie was supported by Garwood Industries and utilize the G.I. M-134G exclusively. The Garwood Industries M-134G has been US Military proven to be superior in performance and reliability and is used in the movie industries primarily for the fact that our system handles the blanks used in the filming without jams or failures.
Garwood Industries components are being integrated into the US DOD minigun program to upgrade the old Dillon/GE style weapons.
And yes, the version pictured is one of our earlier versions from 2004.
Regards,
Tracy Garwood
President
Garwood Industries

::Thanks for the response but not all of the Miniguns used in the latest films are Garwood Industries. Independent Studio Services gives that line that they supply all the movies. The company I do work for an developed parts for the Miniguns to work at perfectly on blanks has four times as many M134's than ISS. We supplied the M134's for [[We Were Soldiers]],[[Death Race]], [[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]],[[Terminator Salvation]], [[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]], [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]], [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]], [[A Man Apart]], Superman 2 and R.I.P.D. We pride ourselves on having a higher quality and a lower failure rates than ISS on our M134 weapon system.--[[User:Phoenixent|Steve]] 19:37, 12 December 2011 (CST)

:::Thank you Tracy, and I gotta pipe in here too. ISS claims they do all the movies (and they do a TON of movies) but others have mini guns as well (Cinema Weaponry for example) and I don't think everyone elses' miniguns are just sitting around all year long. ;) But it is nice to hear from a firearms industry rep. I welcome contributors from various companies to help us get better and more accurate information. :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 21:37, 4 February 2012 (CST)

== HK 416 in the third trailer ==

In the german [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO4CScx0HwA&feature=g-all-u&context=G274acbdFAAAAAAAAAAA trailer] for Battleship at 1:30 you can see in a short flashing sequence a HK AR15 style gun. In my opinion it may be an HK 416. The HK markings are good to identify. I took a screenshot which you can see [http://www.dragonwolves.de/files/HK416-battleship3.jpg here].