The following weapons were used in the film Red Scorpion :
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Rifles Russian 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing The double-barrel 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 double-barrel rifle seen vaguely in the opening title. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) being handed the double-barrel rifle for testing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle 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 an 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 seen in the hands of guerilla fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the right, a rebel guarding Nikoli is 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 ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Israeli FAL "Romat" with Wooden Furniture 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) is seen with an Israeli contract FN FAL in a briefing photo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kallunda Kintash (Al White ) takes aim with the Israeli contract FN FAL. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kallunda Kintash (Al White ) is armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kallunda Kintash (Al White ) is armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) with the Israeli contract FN FAL as he raids the base. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren ) armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL as searches for the general. AK-47 After the truck chase, Nikolai is seen with a milled receiver AK-47 that is fitted with a bayonet.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Milled Receiver AK-47 design; 7.62x39mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Milled Receiver AK-47 design; 7.62x39mm. AMD-65 An AMD-65 rifle is used by Rachenko to drunkenly shoot up a bar on the Soviet base so that he can be arrested and subsequently aid guerilla Kallunda Kintash (Al White ) in his escape, thereby gaining the trust of the rebels and allowing him to assassinate their leader (in an incredibly convoluted plan that actually involves the deaths of several Russian soldiers). AMD-65s are also seen being used by various Russian soldiers/guerillas and by Dewey Ferguson (M. Emmet Walsh ).
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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 (this is a flipped shot). 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, the rifles have their bayonets 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 M59/66 rifles on the left in the hands of Rebels surrounding Nikoli. Shotguns Mossberg 500 Mossberg 500 shotguns with extended mag tubes and sawed-off stock is seen in the hands of Krasnov (Brion James ), Russian Military Policemen, as well as Dewey Ferguson (M. Emmet Walsh ) during the road chase. A Mossberg 500 fitted with a full stock is used by Nikolai when he and the rebels make a final assault.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mossberg 500 with sawed off stock - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krasnov (Brion James ) holding the Mossberg 500 while examining prisoners. 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 On the left, Dewey Ferguson (M. Emmet Walsh ) holds the Mossberg during the road chase. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mossberg 500 fitted with extended mag tube and heat shield - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mossberg 500 fitted with a full stock is used by Nikolai when he and the rebels make a final assault. 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.
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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 seen mounted on a sidecar as Nikolai knocks out the soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Twin mounted Vector SS-77 in the turret of the Russian armored vehicle chasing the escaping truck. 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 that he took the RPK from. Note the use of the bipod as a grip. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikoli holds the RPK while contemplating surrender to the Cubans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the right, the rebel standing behind Kallunda (Al White ) holds the RPK fitted with a drum magazine. Every other RPK in the film is fitted 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 Also seen wielded by the African guerillas is the PPSh41 submachine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rebel to the right of Nikolai is holding a PSSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the left, Nagant Rifle and PSSh41 resting by a woman. Handguns Colt Combat Commander What appears to be a Colt Combat Commander is seen the hands of the Cuban officer 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 The Cuban officer is armed with the Colt Commander while threatening Kullanda. 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 Closeup of the Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing General Vortek (T.P. McKenna ) pulls the handgun. Other M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle An M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle is 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 M40A1 Recoilless Rifle - 106×607mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dewey driving a truck carrying the M40 Recoilless Rifle into the Soviet Base. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai Rachenko(Dolph Lundgren ) prepares to use the 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", although it appears to be a mockup as the barrel cluster seems to be fused to the fuselage of the helicopter and therefore could not possibly rotate. Furthermore, it seems to fire from each of these stationary barrels in sequence (with acetylene-powered muzzle blasts), rather than always firing from the barrel in the uppermost position as a real minigun would. However, it is difficult to tell for sure as 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 by a Czech tank gunner during the escape of Kallunda Kintash (Al White ). The launcher is seen used without a warhead loaded.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPG-7 40mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czechoslovakian Soldier aims an RPG-7 at Nikoli, Kallunda , and Dewey. Note the launcher is not fitted with a warhead. 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RKG-3 anti-tank grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) Informs Nikoli that he has a RKG-3 grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) uses a grenade with a pin in it as a threat as to not be shot.Shows you the intelligence of the man. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "This is such a small space... and this is such a very big grenade!" Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of the grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano ) reaches for the mockup of the RKG-3 grenade, but to no avail. He appears to be trying to reinsert the arming pin, which really wouldn't help him very much. M26 Grenade During the truck chase, Kallunda cuts a belt of grenades off of an unconscious soldier. These appear to be M26 Hand Grenades .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing What is supposed to be a magnetic mine placed on the truck by Nikolai. In reality, this prop appears to be vaccuum-formed plastic and the detonator is a spark plug. Russian text on the magnetic grenade reads: "MZ-4" / "AT Mine DIT" / "Type K". This text is pure fiction and doesn't correspond to any real Soviet mine or grenade. Trivia Mi-24 Hind The "Mil Mi-24 Hind" seen in the movie is a Sikorsky S-62 fitted with faux rocket pods and front mounted machine guns. The helicopter appears to be the same one seen in Braddock: Missing In Action 3 Bulletproof
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