Jarhead (2005): Difference between revisions
Jarhead (2005): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jarhead (2005): Difference between revisions
[[Image:JHM16A2-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Swoff points his M16A2 at Fergus.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Swoff points his M16A2 at Fergus.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Swoff with his M16A2 at the ready.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Swoff with his M16A2 at the ready.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Marines with their M16A2s at the ready.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pinko ([[Iván Fenyö]]) along with another Marine with their M16A2s at the ready.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Swoff being briefed with his M16A2 in hand.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Swoff being briefed with his M16A2 in hand.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SSgt. Sykes with his M16A2.]]
[[Image:JHM16A2-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SSgt. Sykes with his M16A2.]]
[[Image:JHM16A3-M203.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Troy fires his M16A2/M203 combo into the air, full-auto.]]
[[Image:JHM16A3-M203.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Troy fires his M16A2/M203 combo into the air, full-auto, a feat impossible with this rifle without obvious multiple trigger pulls, suggesting different variants may have been used for some scenes.]]
==M16A1 Rifle==
==M16A1 Rifle==
Revision as of 09:58, 9 January 2013
The following weapons were used in the film Jarhead:
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) uses two Remington M40A1 sniper rifles in the film, first using one with a camo finish stock to train to be a Scout Sniper in Basic Training, the second a desert camo painted model with a foam rubber sniper cheek pad. Swofford never gets to fire his rifle in combat so to make up for this, he fires his rifle into the air at the end of the film to celebrate the war's end.
The M16A2 appears numerous times in the film as the standard weapon of the U.S. Marine Corps, most notably in a scene where Swofford snaps under stress and holds Fergus (Brian Geraghty) at gunpoint with one and forces him to recite the Rifleman's Creed, then gives the weapon to Fergus and demands for him to shoot him with it, which Fergus refuses to do. During the Scout/Sniper training, The Marines are also seen using M16A2s converted to fire paintballs in a dismal attempt to take out their instructor, Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx), one of the Marines takes a paintball to the face in the process. Note - In one scene (during the desert party), Troy fires his rifle full-auto, a feat impossible with this rifle without obvious multiple trigger pulls, suggesting different variants may have been used for some scenes.
When the Marines watch the infamous "Helicopter Scene" in Apocalypse Now, soldiers in the film are seen armed with M16A1 rifles with 30 round magazines.
The Cobray 37mm Launcher appears in the film mounted on several Marines' M16A2 rifles, most notably Fergus and Troy's rifles. These faux-launchers take the place of the actual M203, although some genuine M203s are seen, sometimes they even switch between the two in continuity errors.
The M203 grenade launcher is seen mounted on Fergus and Troy's M16A2 rifles sometimes taking the place of the Cobray CM203 launchers used in other scenes.
The FN M249 SAW makes a few appearances in the film, most notably when the Marines are having a party to celebrate the end of the war, wherein it is one of the weapons being fired into the air. Fergus is the most notable of users to use it during this scene.
The standard used version of the M60 machine gun at the time of Desert Storm, the M60E3, is seen several times in the film. Its first appearance is when the Marines are crawling through barbed wire in basic training, when a soldier is ordered to fire live rounds over their head. A trainee snaps and stands up and is killed by a shot to the head from the weapon. Aside from smaller appearances, the M60E3 is not seen much more until the end of the film, when several Marines are seen firing M60E3s into the air, including SSgt. Sykes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM60E3 machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Marine fires live rounds from an M60E3 over the heads of the Marines as they crawl under barbed-wire.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Marine erroneously armed with an M60E3 sits in the loader's hatch of an M1A1 Abrams tank (in reality a mocked-up Chieftain tank). It would be more properly portrayed if he was using an M240D machine gun. Note what appears to be the canvas cover at the base of the Chieftain's L11A5 120 mm rifled gun, visible underneath the fake Abrams gun mantlet.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSSgt. Sykes fires an M60E3 into the air.
M60D Machine Gun
An M60D is seen door mounted on a Huey helicopter while a Marine plays golf to pass time.
When the Marines watch the infamous "helicopter scene" from Apocalypse Now, one of the helicopters seen fitted with GE M134 Minigun, which a door gunner is seen firing.
At one point during Desert Storm, the protagonists are patrolling in the desert when an Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II happens upon them, strafing them with its' General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger cannon, destroying a humvee and wounding several Marines. This incident is based on a similar friendly fire mishap where an A-10A mistakenly attacked a British Army unit during the first Gulf War.
The Beretta 92FS, standing in for the U.S. Military issued M9, appears several times in the film, seen mainly holstered in Officer's belts. This includes Lt. Col. Kazinski (Chris Cooper) when he motivates the Marines when they first arrive, one is seen in SSgt. Sykes' holster, and Major Lincoln (Dennis Haysbert) keeps one in a shoulder holster. Among the weapons seen fired into the air at the end of the film, a 92FS is used by one of the Marines.
An M18A1 Claymore mine makes a rather humorous appearance in the film when Fergus asks Swofford which way the mine should be planted facing, obviously having failed to notice the words "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY" on the front of the mine, which Swofford sarcastically points out.
In the scene where the Marines are digging their sleeping holes at the border just before the start of Operation: Desert Storm, an M136 AT4 can briefly be seen among some of the Marines' gear.
Browning M2HB heavy machine guns can be seen mounted on the Tank Commander's hatches of M1A1 Abrams tanks (in reality visually modified British-built Chieftain tanks). One is seen on a Humvee in the parade when the Marines return home, and again in news footage of Iraqi Freedom, this time fitted with a gun shield.
When Swofford is speaking his monologue at the end of the film, 1st Sgt./MSgt. Sykes(if you look closely on his plate carrier vest it shows an insignia with three stripes and three rockers) is seen serving in Iraq armed with a M4A1 carbine fitted with an ACOG scope and RIS foregrip. A soldier can be seen using one on Swofford's TV as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM4A1 5.56x45mm with M68 Aimpoint scope and RIS foregripError creating thumbnail: File missingMSgt. Sykes armed with an M4A1. Sykes is also wearing the (now current) USMC Digital Desert Marpat uniform, which was being fielded the same year that this movie was filmed - 2004 (released in 2005). Technically in 2004, most marines were still wearing the Woodland MOD-II or Interceptor vests as the Coyote Brown ballistic vests were not widely available yet.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA soldier is seen on Swofford's TV armed with an M4A1 with an ACOG mounted on the RIS rails and a foregrip.
Barrett M82A1 Sniper Rifle
When MSgt. Sykes is seen serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, a Marine is seen running by with a Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle.
