The Final Option - Revision history

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	[[Image:FinalOption_grenade_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|An SAS trooper with a Schermuly Training Grenade on his webbing as the Westland Scouts fly them to the American Embassy.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_grenade_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|An SAS trooper with a Schermuly Training Grenade on his webbing as the Westland Scouts fly them to the American Embassy.]]

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PyramidHead: Might have to add this one to the watch list. I dig the vintage MP5s and the depiction of a character actually stopping to retrieve spare ammunition from a fallen weapon. You rarely see that in any movie.

2021-04-03T21:03:22Z

Might have to add this one to the watch list. I dig the vintage MP5s and the depiction of a character actually stopping to retrieve spare ammunition from a fallen weapon. You rarely see that in any movie.

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Ominae: /* MAC-10 */

2021-04-03T07:36:19Z

MAC-10

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	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Helga ([[Ingrid Pitt]]) demonstrating a MAC-10.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Helga ([[Ingrid Pitt]]) demonstrating a MAC-10.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_02.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The trainees fire their MAC-10s.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_02.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The trainees fire their MAC-10s.]]
	~~[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_03.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A suppressed MAC-10 is held by one of the terrorists.]]~~
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_04.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) performing what may be a cinematic first: firing a MAC-10 using the iron sights.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_04.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) performing what may be a cinematic first: firing a MAC-10 using the iron sights.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_05.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) holds the MAC-10 as he searches the embassy.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_05.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) holds the MAC-10 as he searches the embassy.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_06.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) actually doing on film what video games had long assumed all along: taking ammo from a dropped gun. Being an open-bolt weapon, the MAC-10 only needs to have its magazine removed to completely unload the weapon--the chamber does not need to be checked and emptied as with a closed-bolt weapon.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_06.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) actually doing on film what video games had long assumed all along: taking ammo from a dropped gun. Being an open-bolt weapon, the MAC-10 only needs to have its magazine removed to completely unload the weapon--the chamber does not need to be checked and emptied as with a closed-bolt weapon.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_07.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) opens fire with the MAC-10.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_07.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) opens fire with the MAC-10.]]

			[[Image:Ingram-mac10_new.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|none\|MAC-10 submachine gun with Sionics Two-Stage Sound Suppressor - .45 ACP]]
			[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_03.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A suppressed MAC-10 is held by one of the terrorists.]]

	==Beretta M12==		==Beretta M12==

Jcordell at 05:47, 3 April 2021

2021-04-03T05:47:11Z

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	[[Image:FinalOption_poster2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''Who Dares Wins'' (1982)]]		[[Image:FinalOption_poster2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''Who Dares Wins'' (1982)]]

	'''''The Final Option''''' (Original British Title: '''''Who Dares Wins''''') is a 1982 action film directed by Ian Sharp (''[[The Professionals]]'') and starring [[Lewis Collins]], [[Judy Davis]], with [[Edward Woodward]] and [[Richard Widmark]]. Producer Euan Lloyd (''[[The Wild Geese]]'', ''[[Shalako]]'') was so inspired by the storming of the Iranian embassy by Britain's Special Air Service in 1980 (an event Lloyd watched live in person and was later dramatized in the 2017 film ''[[6 Days]]''), he immediately got the ball rolling on a film about the SAS. Filming was done with the full cooperation of the SAS and the British Army and several sequences closely model the embassy operation. [[Lewis Collins]], who stars as Captain Skellen, had actually passed SAS selection at one point, but was ultimately rejected due to his fame. This film also featured one of the earliest appearances of the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]].		'''''The Final Option''''' (Original British Title: '''''Who Dares Wins''''') is a 1982 action film directed by Ian Sharp (''[[Professionals (TV Series), The\|The Professionals]]'') and starring [[Lewis Collins]], [[Judy Davis]], with [[Edward Woodward]] and [[Richard Widmark]]. Producer Euan Lloyd (''[[The Wild Geese]]'', ''[[Shalako]]'') was so inspired by the storming of the Iranian embassy by Britain's Special Air Service in 1980 (an event Lloyd watched live in person and was later dramatized in the 2017 film ''[[6 Days]]''), he immediately got the ball rolling on a film about the SAS. Filming was done with the full cooperation of the SAS and the British Army and several sequences closely model the embassy operation. [[Lewis Collins]], who stars as Captain Skellen, had actually passed SAS selection at one point, but was ultimately rejected due to his fame. This film also featured one of the earliest appearances of the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]].

	{{Film Title\|The Final Option}}		{{Film Title\|The Final Option}}

Pyramid Silent: /* Tokagypt 58 */

2019-08-22T13:11:42Z

Tokagypt 58

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	==Tokagypt 58==		==Tokagypt 58==
	Rod Walker and Mac ([[Mark Ryan]]) are armed with [[~~Tokarev_TT-33_Pistol\|~~Tokagypt 58]] pistols.		Rod Walker and Mac ([[Mark Ryan]]) are armed with [[Tokagypt 58]] pistols.
	[[Image:TokagyptType58left.jpg\|thumb\|none\|300px\|FEG Tokagypt 58 - 9x19mm parabellum.]]		[[Image:TokagyptType58left.jpg\|thumb\|none\|300px\|FEG Tokagypt 58 - 9x19mm parabellum.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_Tok_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Rod shoots a Marine guard.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_Tok_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Rod shoots a Marine guard.]]

Laqueesha: typo

2019-05-27T06:41:56Z

typo

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	==L1A1 SLR==		==L1A1 SLR==
	SAS troopers and Captains Hagen (Bob Sherman) and Freund (Albert Fortell) carry [[L1A1]] SLR rifles during their field exercise in Wales.		SAS troopers and Captains Hagen (Bob Sherman) and Freund (Albert Fortell) carry [[L1A1]] SLR rifles during their field exercise in Wales.
	[[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg\|thumb\|none\|400px\|British Inch Pattern L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO - Variation of the FN FAL rifle. British & New Zealand ~~SLR's~~ were later fitted with black fibreglass furniture as seen here.]]		[[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg\|thumb\|none\|400px\|British Inch Pattern L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO - Variation of the FN FAL rifle. British & New Zealand SLRs were later fitted with black fibreglass furniture as seen here.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_SLR_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|SAS troopers with SLRs before the training exercise in Wales.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_SLR_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|SAS troopers with SLRs before the training exercise in Wales.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_SLR_02.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Trooper Williamson ([[Nick Brimble]]) and Captain Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) hold ~~SLR's~~.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_SLR_02.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Trooper Williamson ([[Nick Brimble]]) and Captain Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) hold SLRs.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_SLR_03.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Captain Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) with his SLR.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_SLR_03.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Captain Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) with his SLR.]]

Funkychinaman at 03:45, 28 February 2019

2019-02-28T03:45:20Z

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	[[Image:FinalOption_poster1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''The Final Option'' (1982)]]		[[Image:FinalOption_poster1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''The Final Option'' (1982) (Note that the SAS trooper is shown with a Demro XF-7 Wasp carbine, which does not appear in the film.)]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_poster2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''Who Dares Wins'' (1982)]]		[[Image:FinalOption_poster2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''Who Dares Wins'' (1982)]]

Ben41: /* Heckler & Koch MP5A3 */

2017-08-22T02:18:55Z

Heckler & Koch MP5A3

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	==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==		==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==
	SAS troopers are armed with [[Heckler & Koch MP5A3]] submachine guns. All of the MP5's seen are fitted with "slimline" handguards and the original straight "waffle" magazines. (~~The latter feature is inaccurate;~~ photos of the real-life incident show that the SAS troopers' MP5s were fitted with the curved 30-round magazine that is now standard.)		SAS troopers are armed with [[Heckler & Koch MP5A3]] submachine guns. All of the MP5's seen are fitted with "slimline" handguards and the original straight "waffle" magazines. (During the actual embassy operation, photos of the real-life incident show that the SAS troopers' MP5s were fitted with the curved 30-round magazine that is now standard.)
	[[Image:HK_MP5.JPG\|thumb\|none\|350px\|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with original "slimline" handguard and straight "waffle"-style magazine - 9x19mm]]		[[Image:HK_MP5.JPG\|thumb\|none\|350px\|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with original "slimline" handguard and straight "waffle"-style magazine - 9x19mm]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MP5_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|An SAS trooper standing guard at the entrance to Stirling Lines.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MP5_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|An SAS trooper standing guard at the entrance to Stirling Lines.]]

Ben41 at 02:17, 22 August 2017

2017-08-22T02:17:57Z

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	[[Image:FinalOption_poster2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''Who Dares Wins'' (1982)]]		[[Image:FinalOption_poster2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|''Who Dares Wins'' (1982)]]

	'''''The Final Option''''' (Original British Title: '''''Who Dares Wins''''') is a 1982 action film directed by Ian Sharp (''[[The Professionals]]'') and starring [[Lewis Collins]], [[Judy Davis]], with [[Edward Woodward]] and [[Richard Widmark]]. Producer Euan Lloyd (''[[The Wild Geese]]'', ''[[Shalako]]'') was so inspired by the storming of the Iranian embassy by Britain's Special Air Service in 1980 (an event Lloyd watched live in person), he immediately got the ball rolling on a film about the SAS. Filming was done with the full cooperation of the SAS and the British Army. [[Lewis Collins]], who stars as Captain Skellen, had actually passed SAS selection at one point, but was ultimately rejected due to his fame. This film also featured one of the earliest appearances of the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]].		'''''The Final Option''''' (Original British Title: '''''Who Dares Wins''''') is a 1982 action film directed by Ian Sharp (''[[The Professionals]]'') and starring [[Lewis Collins]], [[Judy Davis]], with [[Edward Woodward]] and [[Richard Widmark]]. Producer Euan Lloyd (''[[The Wild Geese]]'', ''[[Shalako]]'') was so inspired by the storming of the Iranian embassy by Britain's Special Air Service in 1980 (an event Lloyd watched live in person and was later dramatized in the 2017 film ''[[6 Days]]''), he immediately got the ball rolling on a film about the SAS. Filming was done with the full cooperation of the SAS and the British Army and several sequences closely model the embassy operation. [[Lewis Collins]], who stars as Captain Skellen, had actually passed SAS selection at one point, but was ultimately rejected due to his fame. This film also featured one of the earliest appearances of the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]].

	{{Film Title\|The Final Option}}		{{Film Title\|The Final Option}}
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	==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==		==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==
	SAS troopers are armed with [[Heckler & Koch MP5A3]] submachine guns. All of the MP5's seen are fitted with "slimline" handguards and the original straight "waffle" magazines. (The latter feature is inaccurate; photos of the real-life incident show that the SAS troopers' MP5s were fitted with the curved 30-round magazine that is now standard.)		SAS troopers are armed with [[Heckler & Koch MP5A3]] submachine guns. All of the MP5's seen are fitted with "slimline" handguards and the original straight "waffle" magazines. (The latter feature is inaccurate; photos of the real-life incident show that the SAS troopers' MP5s were fitted with the curved 30-round magazine that is now standard.)

	[[Image:HK_MP5.JPG\|thumb\|none\|350px\|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with original "slimline" handguard and straight "waffle"-style magazine - 9x19mm]]		[[Image:HK_MP5.JPG\|thumb\|none\|350px\|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with original "slimline" handguard and straight "waffle"-style magazine - 9x19mm]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MP5_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|An SAS trooper standing guard at the entrance to Stirling Lines.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MP5_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|An SAS trooper standing guard at the entrance to Stirling Lines.]]

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	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Helga ([[Ingrid Pitt]]) demonstrating a MAC-10.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_01.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Helga ([[Ingrid Pitt]]) demonstrating a MAC-10.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_02.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The trainees fire their MAC-10s.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_02.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|The trainees fire their MAC-10s.]]
	~~[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_03.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A suppressed MAC-10 is held by one of the terrorists.]]~~
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_04.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) performing what may be a cinematic first: firing a MAC-10 using the iron sights.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_04.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) performing what may be a cinematic first: firing a MAC-10 using the iron sights.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_05.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) holds the MAC-10 as he searches the embassy.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_05.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) holds the MAC-10 as he searches the embassy.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_06.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) actually doing on film what video games had long assumed all along: taking ammo from a dropped gun. Being an open-bolt weapon, the MAC-10 only needs to have its magazine removed to completely unload the weapon--the chamber does not need to be checked and emptied as with a closed-bolt weapon.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_06.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) actually doing on film what video games had long assumed all along: taking ammo from a dropped gun. Being an open-bolt weapon, the MAC-10 only needs to have its magazine removed to completely unload the weapon--the chamber does not need to be checked and emptied as with a closed-bolt weapon.]]
	[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_07.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) opens fire with the MAC-10.]]		[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_07.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|Skellen ([[Lewis Collins]]) opens fire with the MAC-10.]]

			[[Image:Ingram-mac10_new.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|none\|MAC-10 submachine gun with Sionics Two-Stage Sound Suppressor - .45 ACP]]
			[[Image:FinalOption_MAC10_03.jpg\|thumb\|none\|600px\|A suppressed MAC-10 is held by one of the terrorists.]]

	==Beretta M12==		==Beretta M12==