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[[File:AmericansPoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Americans'' (2013-2018)]] | [[File:AmericansPoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Americans'' (2013-2018)]] | ||
'''''The Americans''''' is an American television period drama series created and produced by former CIA officer Joe Weisberg. The series premiered in the United States on January 30, 2013, on the cable network FX, and concluded its fifth season on May 30, 2017. | '''''The Americans''''' is an American television period drama series created and produced by former CIA officer Joe Weisberg. The series premiered in the United States on January 30, 2013, on the cable network FX, and concluded its fifth season on May 30, 2017. | ||
Set in the | Set in the 1980s during the Cold War, ''The Americans'' is the story of Elizabeth Jennings -real name "Nadezhda"; Russian: Надеҗда- ([[Keri Russell]]) and Philip Jennings -real name "Misha"/"Mikhail"; Russian: Миша/Михаил- ([[Matthew Rhys]]), two Soviet KGB officers posing as a typical American married couple living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C., with their two unsuspecting children (Holly Taylor and Keidrich Sellati) and their neighbor, Stan Beeman ([[Noah Emmerich]]), an FBI agent working in counterintelligence. | ||
The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Jennings, sometimes incorporating real life historical events into the narrative. Their assignments as highly trained and dangerous Soviet spy agents range from sabotage, assassination, kidnapping and extraction of individuals (or top secret information) to recruiting potential agents. | The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Jennings, sometimes incorporating real life historical events into the narrative. Their assignments as highly trained and dangerous Soviet spy agents range from sabotage, assassination, kidnapping and extraction of individuals (or top secret information) to recruiting potential agents. | ||
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[[Image:TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | [[Image:TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | ||
[[File:AmericansS1E11 01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Closeup of the Tokarev in "Covert War" (S1E11).]] | [[File:AmericansS1E11 01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Closeup of the Tokarev in "Covert War" (S1E11).]] | ||
[[File:Americans_4_05_TokarevT33.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Oleg Burov (Costa Ronin) watches as his father, Igor Burov (Boris Lee Krutonog) fires a 3 shot volley from a Tokarev TT-33 at the funeral of his son, Yevgeny, who was killed in the Afghan war in "Clark's Place" (S4E05).]] | [[File:Americans_4_05_TokarevT33.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Oleg Burov ([[Costa Ronin]]) watches as his father, Igor Burov (Boris Lee Krutonog) fires a 3 shot volley from a Tokarev TT-33 at the funeral of his son, Yevgeny, who was killed in the Afghan war in "Clark's Place" (S4E05).]] | ||
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[[File:Savage110woodrifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Savage 110 - .30-06]] | [[File:Savage110woodrifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Savage 110 - .30-06]] | ||
[[File:AmericansS2E03_02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A suppressed [[Savage 110]] is seen used by Bruce Dameran ([[Erik Jensen]]) in "The Walk In" (S2E03).]] | [[File:AmericansS2E03_02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A suppressed [[Savage 110]] is seen used by Bruce Dameran ([[Erik Jensen]]) in "The Walk In" (S2E03).]] | ||
[[File:AmericansS2E03_05.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A suppressed [[Savage 110]] is held by Dameran in "The Walk In" (S2E03).]] | [[File:AmericansS2E03_05.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A suppressed [[Savage 110]] is held by Dameran in "The Walk In" (S2E03).]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 29 July 2023
The Americans is an American television period drama series created and produced by former CIA officer Joe Weisberg. The series premiered in the United States on January 30, 2013, on the cable network FX, and concluded its fifth season on May 30, 2017.
Set in the 1980s during the Cold War, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth Jennings -real name "Nadezhda"; Russian: Надеҗда- (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings -real name "Misha"/"Mikhail"; Russian: Миша/Михаил- (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as a typical American married couple living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C., with their two unsuspecting children (Holly Taylor and Keidrich Sellati) and their neighbor, Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI agent working in counterintelligence.
The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Jennings, sometimes incorporating real life historical events into the narrative. Their assignments as highly trained and dangerous Soviet spy agents range from sabotage, assassination, kidnapping and extraction of individuals (or top secret information) to recruiting potential agents.
FX renewed the series for a sixth and final season consisting of 10 episodes to premiere March 28 2018.
The following weapons were used in the television series The Americans:
Pistols
Beretta Model 70
General Lyle Rennhull brandishes a Beretta Model 70 (most likely chambered for .380 ACP) during an encounter in S6E03 "Urban Transport Planning"
Beretta 84FS Cheetah
What appears to be a Beretta 84FS is the pistol used by Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) in some episodes of Season 1, while the Cheetah series is a good choice for the 1981 setting, the FS features were not introduced until years later.
Beretta 92FS
A suppressed Beretta 92FS is used by Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) in "Mutually Assured Destruction" (S1E08). A Beretta 92 or a Beretta 92SB would have been a more appropriate choice, as the 92F was not introduced until the mid-1980's, a few years after the season's setting.
Browning Hi-Power
Gregory (Derek Luke) uses a nickel-plated Browning Hi-Power during a shootout in "Only You" (S1E10).
Colt M1911A1
Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) disarms a cleaning woman's angry brother of his Colt M1911A1 in "The Clock" (S1E02). The grips of another M1911A1 (this one with ivory grips) can be seen tucked in the waistband of the man who sells Phillip anti-ballistic missile schematics in "Gregory" (S1E03).
Smith & Wesson 645
Phillip uses a Smith & Wesson 645 taken from one of his and Elizabeth's KGB interrogators in "Trust Me" (S1E06). The presence of the 645 is an anachronism for this episode of the show as it takes place in 1981 and the 645 was not released until 4 years later.
Chicago FBI Agents use Smith & Wesson 645's in S6E07 "Harvest." The weapon (introduced in 1985) is appropriate for the time period of this episode (1987) as the Washington Nuclear Summit is just weeks away (Dec 8-10 1987).
Smith & Wesson 39
Soviet KGB Agent code named Harvest uses what appears to be a Smith & Wesson 39 in S6E07 "Harvest"
Smith & Wesson 3913
An East German assassin (Chris Sullivan) appears to be a armed with a suppressed Smith & Wesson 3913 in "Mutually Assured Destruction" (S1E08). This weapon is anachronistic for the time period of this episode, as the pistol was introduced in 1990.
Makarov PM
A KGB agent fires a Makarov PM out a car window. A suppressed Makarov is used by an assassin in "Covert War" (S1E11).
Tokarev TT-33
General Zhukov (Olek Krupa) briefly is seen with a Tokarev TT-33 pistol in "Covert War" (S1E11).
Walther PP
Elizabeth and Phillip both use a suppressed Walther PP
Revolvers
Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub
The Smith & Wesson Model 19 with a 3" barrel appears to be the revolver carried by several agents of the FBI, notably Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich).
Shotguns
Remington 870 Slug Gun
A SWAT officer is armed with a Remington 870 during a raid in "Only You" (S1E10).
Sniper Rifles
Remington 700PSS
In the episode "In Control" (S1E04), Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) takes out two Remington 700PSS chambered in .308 rifles from a hidden cache. Philip also uses the rifle in the episode.
Savage 110
A suppressed Savage 110 is seen used by Bruce Dameran (Erik Jensen) in "The Walk In" (S2E03).
