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Hennessy

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Hennessy is a 1975 British thriller directed by Don Sharp and starring Rod Steiger, Trevor Howard, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor, and with a brief appearance by a young Patrick Stewart. In the film Niall Hennessy (Steiger), a World War II hero and now demolitions expert, has rejected the violence of the IRA. But when Niall's family is killed by stray rounds during a riot, he sets out to bomb the British Parliament.

The following guns were used in the film Hennessy:


Handguns

Smith & Wesson 36

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A young Patrick Stewart pulls a S&W 36 on Niall.
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Niall ditches the S&W in a rubbish bin in a park.

Colt revolvers???

Other than the S&W 36, the majority of revolvers carried by both IRA members and the Police appear to be Colt models, both short and long barrel, but many are difficult to identify at the angles seen.

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IRA officer Sean Tobin
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Inspector Hollis takes cover

Submachine Guns

Sterling

The radioman in the initial riot scene carries a Sterling sub-gun, which plays an integral role in the plot. The film however shows an improbably long burst of fire from the Sterling, 12 seconds with only one brief pause in the string. In actuality a Sterling firing at 550rpm would burn 9 rounds per second, exhausting the standard 34-round magazine in about four seconds.

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Rifles

L1A1 SLR

The majority of British troops in the the patrols in the opening credits, and in the initial riot scene carry the SLR.

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M1 Carbine

The IRA members in the execution squad in the flashback scenes to Belfast appear to be carrying M1 Carbines.

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AR-15

Both IRA snipers shown in the film appear to be carrying the same scoped AR-15. Unusually, the AR shown in the riot scene appears to be a takedown model.

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The sniper removes two parts of the AR from a brown package, and assembles them.
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Sniper in the tower at the end of the film.

Bolt-action rifle

Two British police snipers on overwatch during the opening of Parliament are carrying identical scoped bolt-action rifles

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Machine Guns

Browning M1919

The Ferret armored cars on patrol in Belfast during the opening credits have machine guns in the turrets, which appear to be the Browning M1919 based on the barrel shroud and standard Ferret armament (and not the later GPMG).

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Other

Petrol bomb

In the riot scene, as the boys thrown stones at the British troops, an older Catholic youth prepares a Molotov cocktail, prompting the officer to shout "petrol bomb up! Rubber bullets!"

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FedLabs 1.5" riot gas gun

The 1.5" FedLabs gas gun is shown prominently in the initial riot scene, where a British soldier fires a load of rubber bullets to stop a youth from throwing a Molotov cocktail.

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A British soldier with the muzzle of his FedLabs toward the camera.
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"Rubber bullets!"
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Firing rubber bullets at youth with petrol bomb.

Tear gas grenades

British soldiers in the riot scene gas the stone-throwing youths.

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As two troops throw gas grenades, the trooper in the foreground readies his gas mask.
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Gelignite vest

As a building demolition expert in Belfast, Hennessy is familiar with explosives, and acquires a suicide vest rigged with sticks of industrial quarrying gelignite.

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Prior to his conversion, Niall on the job demolishing an old factory.
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