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Hot Shots!

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Hot Shots! (1991)

Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy in the style of Airplane! Charlie Sheen stars as Topper Harley, a US Navy pilot who is brought back into the military for a top secret mission. Hot Shots! mainly satirizes the film Top Gun and would spawn the 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux, which would satirize the Rambo films. The cast includes Valeria Golino, Cary Elwes, and Lloyd Bridges.


The following weapons were used in the film Hot Shots!:


Handguns

Smith & Wesson Model 36

Thomas "Tug" Benson (Lloyd Bridges) is briefly seen brandishing a Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolver.

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Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special
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"Take cover! Hit the deck!"
Startled by the gunshots Benson pulled out his revolver...
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... and urges the priest away
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"Cover me!"
The revolver tossed by Benson seen in mid-air.

M1911 Variant

An M1911 variant is also seen with Thomas "Tug" Benson.

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He starts firing his pistol while taking cover behind the coffin.
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"Have they no respect for the dead?!"

Rifles

M14

The M14 Rifle is seen in the hands of US honor guards at the funeral.

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M14 rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO
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AKM

What appears to be AKM rifles are carried by Saddam's soldiers.

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AKM - 7.62x39mm
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The soldiers in the background as Topper reached the mother of all targets.

Other

Mk. 2 hand grenade

Two Mk 2 hand grenades are used by Thomas "Tug" Benson.

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Mk 2 "Pineapple" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
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"God! I love a good funeral."

M60 Machine Gun

An M60 machine gun is seen manned as a door gun on the UH-1 Huey carrying RADM Thomas "Tug" Benson (Lloyd Bridges) arrives on the S.S. Essess aircraft carrier.

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M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO
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An M60 machine gun is seen manned as a doorgun on the UH-1 Huey carrying RADM Thomas "Tug" Benson (Lloyd Bridges) arrives on the Essess.

ADEN cannon

Folland Gnats portray the fictional "Oscar EW 5894 Phallus Tactical Fighter Bomber" in the film. Though mostly used as a trainer aircraft, some variants of the Gnat intended for combat use carried a pair of ADEN cannons in addition to various rockets and bombs.

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ADEN cannon - 30x113mm
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Folland Gnats belonging to "The Navy." Note the fake rocket pods with painted-on rocket tubes.

M61A1 Vulcan

During the carrier takeoff montage, an A-7E Corsair II is seen being prepped for launch. The A-7 carried a single M61A1 Vulcan cannon.

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GE M61A1 Vulcan Cannon - 20x102mm
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The M61A1's gun port seen on the Corsair II, just beneath the red intake warning paint. This appears to be footage reused from Flight of the Intruder.