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The Hurt Locker

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The following weapons appear in the film The Hurt Locker:

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The Hurt Locker (2008)


Pistols

Beretta 92 Series

Beretta 92

A Beretta 92 (distinguished by its rounded trigger guard and butt-mounted magazine release) is used by Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner), most prominently when James stops an Iraqi taxi. Mark Boal, the film's writer, notes on the DVD commentary the gun (the 92FS) that was supposed to be used in the scene got stuck in customs, which explains why it changes to the correct Beretta 92FS later in the film. Boal goes on to say that acquiring the 92 seen here was a difficult task; he scoured local bars, trying to find a suitable pistol, with no success. Finally, he found a Jordanian General who gave the producers the used 92.

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Beretta 92 - the first Beretta model produced, noted by rounded trigger guard, butt located magazine release, and frame mounted safety (pre-decocking safety) - 9x19mm.
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Sergeant First Class James holds a Beretta 92 on the taxi driver.
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SFC. James holds his Beretta 92 on the taxi driver after firing a shot into his windshield.
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Close up of the Beretta 92 after the taxi driver retreats.

Beretta 92FS

For the rest of the film, James and Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) both use the Beretta 92FS pistol, as noted by the hocked trigger guard and slide-mounted safety.

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Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm.
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"Tell him to put his hands behind his head or I'll be very happy to shoot him." James radios a translator while pointing his 92FS at a man who was forced to wear a bomb vest.
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"He's a dead man, James; just leave him!" Sergeant Sanborn, after trading some bolt-cutters for James' Beretta, tells him to leave the man in the bomb vest for the sake of everyone's safety.


Glock 19

What appears to be a 2nd Generation Glock 19 pistol is carried by the leader of the British private military contractors (Ralph Fiennes). Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) takes the contractor's Glock and holds it on his comrades while telling them to put down their weapons. It is possible that the pistol may be a Glock 23, but this is unlikely because Hollywood's armorers tend to use mostly 9mm pistols, since until recently 9mms were the easiest caliber to convert to blank-fire.

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Glock 19 (2nd Generation) - 9x19mm
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Sgt. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) holds the contractor's Glock.


Rifles

M4A1 Carbine

M4A1 carbines are used by Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner), Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), as well as by other American soldiers. The carbines are equipped with a variety of sights and other attachments. The sights and attachments often change too. In particular, for most of the movie, James doesn't have a light on his M4, but one appears on it during the rescue of Eldridge. Also, in one scene, Sanborn's ACOG scope is briefly replaced by a red dot sight, before switching back. A M4A1 is also used by one of the British contractors, although it is never shown very clearly.

Interestingly, Eldridge's M4 appears to built on an LMT lower receiver; in the opening of the film, it's possible to read "LMT" on the magazine well.

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Colt M4A1 Carbine with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament RAS railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm
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Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner) with his M4A1 Carbine in a publicity still.
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James aims his M4A1 Carbine at British contractors suspected of being armed Hadjis. Note woodland camouflaged helmet cover, as opposed to the conventional UCP covers.
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Specialist Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) aims his M4A1 Carbine at an insurgent marksman in the Iraqi desert.
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"What's he doing?" Sanborn looks on at James removing his EOD suit with his M4A1 Carbine (with 3rd generation buttstock).
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Sanborn and James sweep and clear a room.
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James fires his M4A1 Carbine during the sniper ambush.

Classic Army M15A4 airsoft replica

In many scenes of the movie, whenever the M4s aren't fired, they're replaced by Classic Army M15A4 airsoft replicas of the M4, which would be legal for the actors to handle without the armorer present on the set. Most of them have had their Classic Army markings covered with black magic marker or paint, but they are recognizable by their white-painted fire position markings on the lower receivers (which no real AR-15 manufacturer uses). Note also that throughout the film, it is common to see the M4s' buttstocks change from the 4-position to the 6-position style. This is because the Classic Army M15A4 was only ever available with the 4-position stock. What this means is that all M4s seen in The Hurt Locker that have 4-position stocks are the Classic Army replicas; all of the real (blank-adapted) M4s in the movie have the 6-position stocks.

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Classic Army M15A4 airsoft carbine

M16A4

A few American soldiers carry M16A4 rifles (possibly airsoft replicas, by the unnecessary screws in the A2 stocks), fitted with reflex sights and other attachments.

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M16A4 with RAS rails installed, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, and (replica) ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm. This is the USMC style set up.
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The American soldier in the middle has a M16A4 fitted with a C-More sight.


Kalashnikov Variants

AKM

AKM rifles are carried by Iraqi National Guard soldiers and insurgents.

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm
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MPiKMS 72

A MPiKMS 72, an East German version of the AKMS with plastic handguards and a side-folding stock, is seen slung over the shoulder of the Iraqi police officer that talks to SFC James about the car bomb at the UN compound.

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East German Mpi-KMS-72 with sling and side-folding stock - 7.62x39mm
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Customized AKMS

Customized AKMS rifles with RIS foregrips and reflex sights are carried by most of the British private military contractors.

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AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mm
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The British contractor leader raises and lowers his AKMS. Note the underfolding stock and RIS foregrip.
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The British contractor leader (Ralph Fiennes) fires his AKMS.


Barrett M107

A Barrett M107 (not a M82 as noted by the full-length accessory rail) is used by the private contractors to respond to an insurgent ambush, and is later used by Sergeants James and Sanborn to shoot several of the attackers. It should be noted that Sanborn and the other EOD members could conceivably know how to operate this rifle since one of the M107's uses as an anti-materiel rifle is using it to destroy IED's from a distance.

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Barrett M107 sniper rifle - .50 BMG. Note rail running full length of reciever and barrel, differentiating it from an M82A1.
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The British contractor leader uses the M107 before being killed by an insurgent sniper.
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Sanborn snipes with the Barret M107.
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Sanborn snipes with a sand-crusted Barrett M107, while James spots.


FPK/PSL Sniper rifle

A FPK / PSL Sniper Rifle is used by an insurgent sniper who ambushes the EOD team and the private contractors in the desert.

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Romanian FPK/PSL sniper rifle - 7.62x54R
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The muzzle of the PSL rifle is seen.
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The distinctive "X" shaped ribbing on the FPK/PSL magazine differentiates it from similar magazines like those of the SVD Dragunov.
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In this blurry action shot, the split level shape of the wooden fore arms indicate that the rifle is an FPK / PSL rifle.


Machine Guns

Browning M2HB

Browning M2HB machine guns are mounted on top of U.S Army Humvees, including that of the EOD team. It is also used by a British contractor during the ambush.

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Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
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A M2HB mounted on the EOD team's Humvee at the UN compound.
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The Humvee is seen with a M2HB HMG mounted on the roof during the desert scenes.
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A British contractor fires the M2 from the humvee.