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==Guns of Airwolf== | ==Guns of Airwolf== | ||
According to the computer readout seen during Season 1, Airwolf's offensive weapons include | According to the computer readout seen during Season 1, Airwolf's offensive weapons include 40mm Cannons and .50 caliber Chain Guns mounted on each side in addition to its rocket pods. The machine guns were shown to have telescoping barrels, which allowed them to be stowed away when the helicopter configured itself to fly supersonic. | ||
[[Image:AirwolfCannons.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Guns on the | [[Image:AirwolfCannons.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Closeup of the Guns mounted on ''Airwolf''. The big cannon underneath was supposed to be a 40mm cannon, while the two above were 50 caliber.]] | ||
[[Image:AirwolfS1 012.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Airwolf's computer readout describing its weaponry.]] | [[Image:AirwolfS1 012.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Airwolf's computer readout describing its weaponry.]] | ||
Revision as of 03:19, 11 June 2011
Airwolf was a television action series that aired for three seasons on CBS from 1984 to 1986 and then for one on the USA Network. For its first three seasons, the series starred Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke, a Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot who is asked by the Firm, a covert US government agency, to recover a top secret military attack helicopter known as Airwolf that has fallen into hostile hands. Upon the recovery, Stringfellow flies Airwolf on missions for the Firm, in exchange for the agency's search for his brother, who went MIA in Vietnam. The series was created by Donald Bellisario (who is known for creating such series as Magnum P.I., JAG, and NCIS) and co-starred Ernest Borgnine, Jean Bruce Scott, and Alex Cord.
The following weapons were featured in the television series Airwolf:
Guns of Airwolf
According to the computer readout seen during Season 1, Airwolf's offensive weapons include 40mm Cannons and .50 caliber Chain Guns mounted on each side in addition to its rocket pods. The machine guns were shown to have telescoping barrels, which allowed them to be stowed away when the helicopter configured itself to fly supersonic.
Handguns
M1911A1
The M1911A1 is the primary sidearm of Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) and Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) during Season 1.
Detonics CombatMaster
The stainless Detonics CombatMaster is seen carried by both Stringfellow Hawke and Caitlin O'Shannessy during Seasons 2 and 3.
Walther PPK
The Walther PPK is carried by various characters throughout the series.
Nagant M1895
Airwolf's designer Dr. Charles Moffett (David Hemmings) uses a Nagant M1895 to try and destroy Airwolf in the pilot episode.
Assault Rifles
Valmet M76
The Valmet M76 is seen used by Limbawe forces in the Season 1 episode "And They Are Us."
AKM
The AKM is used throughout the series.
CAR-15
The CAR-15 is used throughout the series, notably Dom as he rescues a young boy stranded in Russia in Season 1's "Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n" (S1E2).
M16A1
The M16A1 is used by Hawke and his team as they attempt to rescue POW's in Season 2's "Once a Hero" (S2E10).
Ruger AC556K
Hawke takes a Ruger AC556K off a Libyan soldier and uses it in the pilot episode.
Heavy Weapons
DShK Machine Gun (M60D Mockup)
An M60D mocked up to resemble the DShk machine gun is seen in Season 1's "Mad Over Miami" (S1E07).
M1919A4 .30 Caliber Machine Gun
The Browning M1919A4 .30 caliber machine gun is shown extensively in the series, sometimes mocked up to resemble more Soviet Bloc machine guns.
Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun =
The Browning M2HB heavy machine gun is also seen in the series.
RPG-7
An RPG-7 is seen used by various enemy forces throughout the series, most likely the same mockup used in the film Red Dawn (filmed only a year before the series went into production). In Season 1's "Mad Over Miami" (S1E07), Cuban forces are seen trying to take down Airwolf with one, as it's erroneously identified as an anti-aircraft weapon.
