The following weapons were used in the film Red Scorpion :
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Rifles AO-63 assault rifle (mocked up FN FAL) The large assault rifle used prominently by Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) during the final assault is an FN FAL mocked up to resemble the experimental Russian Avtomat AO-63 assault rifle. The weapon is also seen being tested by Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) on the rifle range near the beginning of the film. The FN FAL used in the movie has been modified with twin barrels, a custom stock, the pistol grip from a Vektor SS-77 general purpose machine gun, an enlarged magazine/foregrip and a Lewis gun's drum magazine mounted on top. Upon closer inspection only the lower barrel can actually be seen firing; presumably this is because building a weapon that could fire from two barrels would be a far more difficult modification, and the discrepancy isn't that noticeable on-screen.
Although not related to the AO-63 but a Two barrel FN FAL does exist that was made by Winchester/Olin for US Army trials.
File:AO-63.jpg Avtomat AO-63, 5.45x39mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The "AO-63" assault rifle as seen in the movie. The text on the box means "Made in USSR". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) with the "AO-63" seen vaguely in the opening title. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) being handed the AO-63 for testing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The AO-63 inflicts damage all out of proportion to its size to targets that are apparently impervious to 5.56X45mm and 7.62X39mm ammunition. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai gets ready for the final battle. Note the image of AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher on the stand behind Nikolai. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai firing at the "Mil-24 Hind". Error creating thumbnail: File missing I am Spetsnaz! But I'm no longer one of you! .FN FAL Unmodified FN FAL rifles are used by guerilla fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rebel guarding Nikoli armed with a FN FAL 7.62x51mm NATO IMI Romat (fitted with grenade launcher) An Israeli contract FAL fitted with a grenade launcher is seen being used by Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) and Kallunda Kintash (Al White ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hungarian AMD-65 - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rachenko shoots up a bar with the AMD-65. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kallunda restraining his distraught wife with a AMD-65 slung over his shoulder. Vektor R4 Vektor R4 rifles are used by the Angolan troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vektor R4 assault rifle of the South African forces Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers marching with R4 Assault Rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers getting in some target practice with R4 and AMD-63 Assault Rifles Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rebels opening up with R4 Assault Rifles. Mosin-Nagant Mosin-Nagant M44 carbines (without the bayonet) are seen in the hands of African guerillas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, chambered in 7.62x54R, with attached side-folding bayonet. Note the slightly longer barrel ahead of the front sight to accommodate locking in the bayonet, brass reinforcements around the sling holes and an integral bayonet attached to the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant Rifle and PSSh41 resting by a woman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant Rifle in the hands of a rebel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant Rifle in the hands of Rebels surrounding Nikoli. SKS M59/66 Several Rebels are seen with Yugoslavian M59/66 varients of the SKS. Interestingly enough they have their bayonetes removed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yugoslavian SKS M59/66 rifle with blade bayonet and grenade launcher attached to barrel, the variant most seen during the Balkan Wars - 7.62x39mm. The Yugoslavian M59 is nearly identical to the Russian SKS, it is the M59/66 which has the grenade launcher attachment at the end of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M59/66 seen in the hands of a crouching Rebel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M59/66 seen in the hands of a running Rebel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rebel member holding an SKS to the right of Kallunda's buddy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant Rifle in the hands of Rebels surrounding Nikoli. Shotguns Mossberg 500 Mossberg 500 shotguns with extended mag tubes are used by the Russian Military Policemen and Dewey Ferguson (M. Emmet Walsh ) during the road chase. A Mossberg 500 is also used by Nikolai during the final assault, along with other members of the guerilla force.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krasnov (Brion James ) holding the Mossberg 500. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kallunda holding the Mossberg 500 durring their escape. Note the way the sling mount is attached to the magazine tube. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Guns M1919A4 machine gun A Browning M1919A4 machine gun (which would never be used by Russian forces) is seen mounted on a Soviet Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle vehicle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1919A4 M37 vehicle pintle mount - .30-06. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vektor SS-77 A South African Vektor SS-77 machine gun is seen mounted on an armored vehicle during the road chase, and also on a motorcycle and sidecar being ridden by Cuban troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vektor SS-77 - 7.62x51mm General Purpose Machine Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuban soldier fires a Vektor SS-77 from a motorbike sidecar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vector SS-77 mounted on a sidecar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vector SS-77 mounted on a sidecar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Twin mounted Vector SS-77 in the turret of the Unknown armored vehicle. RPK RPKs are used by various Russian and Cuban troops. Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) takes one and uses it during the ambush at the oasis.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPK light machine gun - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuban guarding Kallunda armed with a RPK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikoli about to shoot a Cuban who he just disarmed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikoli contemplating surrender to the Cubans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing African Rebel with a drum magazined RPK. Every other RPK seen uses a stick magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ango Sundata (Ruben Nthodi ) about to drop his RPK and rescue a child durring the Soviet attack on the rebels.It speaks highly of the character that he would run into gunfire to save an innocent life. Submachine Guns PPSh41 Seen wielded by the African guerillas.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rebel to the right of Nikoli is holding a PSSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant Rifle and PSSh41 resting by a woman. Handguns Colt Combat Commander Incongruously used by a Cuban soldier and General Vortek (T.P. McKenna ). It is likely supposed to portray the Russian Tokarev TT-33 , as Soviet officers would never use a handgun of American manufacture.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Combat Commander - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing General Vortek (T.P. McKenna ) pulls the handgun. Other M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle Seen mounted on a Land Rover and used by Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) during the assault on the joint Soviet/Cuban military camp.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dewey driving the M40 Recoilless Rifle into the Soviet Base. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko(Dolph Lundgren ) uses an M40 recoilless rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko(Dolph Lundgren ) abandoning the M40 Recoilless Rifle. Note that the .50 caliber spotting rifle does not have a magazine. M134 Minigun An M134 minigun can be seen mounted in the nose of the Sikorsky S-62 "Hind gunship", it is a mockup.You can see where it is attached to the aircraft. Furthermore, during the attack in the rebel base you can see the entire mount rotate with an acetylene-powered muzzle blast, although it is never seen firing in close-up.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flamethrower Custom flamethrowers are used by Soviet troops to 'cleanse' a tribal village in a scene in the extended cut.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DT Machine Gun DT machine gun is seen firing from the hull of a Soviet T-34/85 tank. While long out of Soviet service by the time it is plausible that the “Client State” was still using such an outdated armored vehicle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun firing from the Hull of the T-34/85. Note that the shot is reversed as the next image clearly shows the machinegun mounted on the opposite side of the tank. - 7.62x54mm R. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun mounted on the left side of the T-34/85- 7.62x54mm R. RPG-7l An RPG-7 launcher is used during the escape of Kallunda Kintash (Al White ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPG-7 40mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Checoslovakian Soldier aims an RPG-7 at Nikoli, Kallunda , and Dewey. Somehow the launcher fires a projectile even though the user forgot to load a rocket. RKG-3 A mockup of an RKG-3 anti-tank grenade is wielded by Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) before getting his arm blown off by Nikolai Rachenko.
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Trivia Many of the "Soviet" vehicles were actually on loan from the S.A.D.F.(South African Defense Forces).
The movie was funded by the anti-communist S.A.D.F., with the production run by co-producer and future Washington DC lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who later would gain notoriety for being implicated in a scandal involving the bribery of US government officials.
Screenshots to be added The "Mil Mi-24 Hind" seen in the movie is mocked up from a Sikorsky S-62. The same modified helicopter can be seen in Braddock: Missing In Action 3 Bulletproof Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
