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[[Image:UnderFirePoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Under Fire''' (1983)]] | |||
'''''Under Fire''''' is a 1983 film directed by [[Roger Spottiswoode]] and starring [[Nick Nolte]], [[Joanna Cassidy]] and [[Gene Hackman]] as journalists covering the Nicaraguan Revolution. | |||
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=Pistols and Revolvers= | |||
== Colt M1911A1 == | |||
Oates ([[Ed Harris]]) carries a derivative of the [[M1911A1]] pistol in a shoulder holster. Rebels who hijack a plane to drop propaganda leaflets that proclaim that the rebel leader Rafael is still alive also are armed with a M1911A1. | |||
[[Image:Colt45.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oates gets up from beneath the bodies of Nicaraguan soldiers who shielded him from a rebel grenade.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Price argues with Oates, who has both an [[Uzi]] submachine gun and a M1911-style pistol in his holster.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A FSLN rebel aims his M1911A1 at a pilot while using his plane to drop leaflets proclaiming that the rebel leader Rafael is still alive.]] | |||
== Smith & Wesson M&P Revolver== | |||
When Price ([[Nick Nolte]]) is wounded and forced to hide from Nicaraguan soldiers, an old woman gives him a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10|Smith & Wesson M&P]] revolver fitted with pearl grips to defend himself. | |||
[[Image:S&W M&PSHORT.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special (Later Renamed the Model 10)]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A wounded Price grasps his Smith & Wesson M&P revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Price aims a Smith & Wesson M&P revolver at a surprised Nicaraguan soldier.]] | |||
==Colt New Service Revolver== | |||
A [[Colt New Service|Colt New Service Revolver]] is carried by one of a group of teenage rebels who is holding Marcel Jazy (Jean-Louis Trintignant) hostage. | |||
[[Image:ColtModel1909Army.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt New Service Revolver aka Model 1909 - .45 Colt. This is also chambered in 44-40 and .38 special]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The rebel prepares to fire.]] | |||
==Colt Model 1902 Sporting== | |||
Another teenage rebel carries a really worn [[Colt Model 1902|Colt Model 1902 Sporting]] semi automatic pistol. | |||
[[Image:Colt1902Sporting.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Model 1902 Sporting - .38 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
== IMI Uzi == | |||
Oates ([[Ed Harris]]), an American mercenary whom Price encounters throughout the film, carries a [[Uzi]] submachine gun which he carries during the scenes set in Chad. Later, a Nicaraguan rebel leader (Lucina Rojas) also is armed with a fixed-stock Uzi. | |||
[[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|400px|IMI Uzi - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:Uzi-3.jpg|thumb|none|400px| IMI Uzi fitted with detachable wooden stock - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oates hides under a truck during a Chadian government air attack.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oates smiles after reading a CIA propaganda leaflet dropped by the airplane.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A female FSLN rebel holds diners hostage when the rebels enter a club to search for government officials.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A female rebel leader holds an Uzi to her chest when she cheers after the downfall of the Somoza regime.]] | |||
=Rifles= | |||
== Valmet M71S == | == Valmet M71S == | ||
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One of the rebels in the introduction is armed with what appears to be either a genuine [[AK-47]] or [[Norinco Type 56]] rifle, though it is too blurry for accurate verification. | One of the rebels in the introduction is armed with what appears to be either a genuine [[AK-47]] or [[Norinco Type 56]] rifle, though it is too blurry for accurate verification. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:TypeIII AK47.jpg|thumb|450px|none|AK-47 Type III - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm.]] | [[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm.]] | ||
[[Image:UF-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Chadian rebel moves through the brush with his Kalashnikov. Note that the rebel next to him is carrying a fake "RPG-7".]] | [[Image:UF-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Chadian rebel moves through the brush with his Kalashnikov. Note that the rebel next to him is carrying a fake "RPG-7".]] | ||
== Heckler & Koch G3A3 == | == Heckler & Koch G3A3 == | ||
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[[Image:UF-G3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:UF-G3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
== FN FAL Variants == | |||
== FN FAL == | |||
=== FN FAL 50.00 === | === FN FAL 50.00 === | ||
One of the most common weapons in the film is the [[FN FAL]] rifle, which is used by Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional soldiers and FSLN rebels. Oates also carries a FN FAL with a telescopic sight in Nicaragua, using it during a shootout with rebels that Price and fellow journalist Claire ([[Joanna Cassidy]]) are following. A FN FAL is used by a soldier to summarily execute Alex Grazier ([[Gene Hackman]]), in a moment deliberately modeled after the real life death of ABC reporter Bill Stewart. | One of the most common weapons in the film is the [[FN FAL]] rifle, which is used by Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional soldiers and FSLN rebels. Oates ([[Ed Harris]]) also carries a FN FAL with a telescopic sight in Nicaragua, using it during a shootout with rebels that Price and fellow journalist Claire ([[Joanna Cassidy]]) are following. A FN FAL is used by a soldier to summarily execute Alex Grazier ([[Gene Hackman]]), in a moment deliberately modeled after the real life death of ABC reporter Bill Stewart. | ||
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'''''Trivia note:''' Careful viewing of the screenshots reveal that the rifles have the | '''''Trivia note:''' Careful viewing of the screenshots reveal that the rifles have the Milspec FN Factory blank firing adapter screwed into the FAL flash hider! That knob at the end of the flash hider is the end tip of the BFA.'' | ||
[[Image:FN FAL 50 00.jpg|thumb|none|400px| FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | [[Image:FN FAL 50 00.jpg|thumb|none|400px| FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
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[[Image:UF-M1Car-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|FSLN rebels with M1 carbines escort Price and Claire to their hideout.]] | [[Image:UF-M1Car-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|FSLN rebels with M1 carbines escort Price and Claire to their hideout.]] | ||
== | == Mauser vz.24 == | ||
During the shootout at the church, one of the young rebels is armed with a | During the shootout at the church, one of the young rebels is armed with a [[Mauser Rifle Series#VZ-24 Czech Mauser|Mauser vz.24]] rifle, likely ex Nicaraguan army. | ||
[[Image:Czech vz. 24.jpg |450px|thumb|none|Czech vz. 24 ]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The female rebel on the left carries a Mauser rifle, before later switching to a FN | |||
FAL.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-uk-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:UF-uk-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
=Machine Guns= | |||
== M60 == | |||
A gunner aboard a Chadian government helicopter fires a [[M60]] machine gun when it ambushes the rebels in the introduction. | |||
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M60 machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M60-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Though difficult to see, the M60's front sight and bipod can be made out.]] | |||
== FN MAG == | == FN MAG == | ||
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[[Image:UF-MAG-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px| A Nicaraguan Jeep passes refugees.]] | [[Image:UF-MAG-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px| A Nicaraguan Jeep passes refugees.]] | ||
[[Image:UF-MAG-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:UF-MAG-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:Roger Spottiswoode]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:04, 6 May 2021
Under Fire is a 1983 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy and Gene Hackman as journalists covering the Nicaraguan Revolution.
The following weapons were used in the film Under Fire:
Pistols and Revolvers
Colt M1911A1
Oates (Ed Harris) carries a derivative of the M1911A1 pistol in a shoulder holster. Rebels who hijack a plane to drop propaganda leaflets that proclaim that the rebel leader Rafael is still alive also are armed with a M1911A1.
Smith & Wesson M&P Revolver
When Price (Nick Nolte) is wounded and forced to hide from Nicaraguan soldiers, an old woman gives him a Smith & Wesson M&P revolver fitted with pearl grips to defend himself.
Colt New Service Revolver
A Colt New Service Revolver is carried by one of a group of teenage rebels who is holding Marcel Jazy (Jean-Louis Trintignant) hostage.
Colt Model 1902 Sporting
Another teenage rebel carries a really worn Colt Model 1902 Sporting semi automatic pistol.
Submachine Guns
IMI Uzi
Oates (Ed Harris), an American mercenary whom Price encounters throughout the film, carries a Uzi submachine gun which he carries during the scenes set in Chad. Later, a Nicaraguan rebel leader (Lucina Rojas) also is armed with a fixed-stock Uzi.
Rifles
Valmet M71S
The Chadian rebels that Russell Price (Nick Nolte) accompanies in the introduction of the film are armed with Finnish Valmet M71S rifles (impersonating AK-47 rifles, which were not widely available to American Armorers prior to the year this movie was filmed). Note: Just after the filming schedule (1982) more accurate versions of the AK-47 and AKMs started to be imported into the U.S.
AK-47
One of the rebels in the introduction is armed with what appears to be either a genuine AK-47 or Norinco Type 56 rifle, though it is too blurry for accurate verification.
Heckler & Koch G3A3
When Price hitches a ride on a truck with the Chadian rebels, most of the fighters aboard are armed with G3A3 rifles with tropical handguards.
FN FAL Variants
FN FAL 50.00
One of the most common weapons in the film is the FN FAL rifle, which is used by Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional soldiers and FSLN rebels. Oates (Ed Harris) also carries a FN FAL with a telescopic sight in Nicaragua, using it during a shootout with rebels that Price and fellow journalist Claire (Joanna Cassidy) are following. A FN FAL is used by a soldier to summarily execute Alex Grazier (Gene Hackman), in a moment deliberately modeled after the real life death of ABC reporter Bill Stewart.
Trivia note: Careful viewing of the screenshots reveal that the rifles have the Milspec FN Factory blank firing adapter screwed into the FAL flash hider! That knob at the end of the flash hider is the end tip of the BFA.
FN FAL 50.63
The FN FAL 50.63 Paratrooper rifle, distinguishable by its shorter 18 inch barrel and folding stock, is seen in the hands of Chadian rebels and Nicaraguan soldiers.
M1 Carbine
FSLN rebels are mostly armed with the M1 Carbine with 30 round magazines.
Mauser vz.24
During the shootout at the church, one of the young rebels is armed with a Mauser vz.24 rifle, likely ex Nicaraguan army.
Machine Guns
M60
A gunner aboard a Chadian government helicopter fires a M60 machine gun when it ambushes the rebels in the introduction.
FN MAG
FN MAG machine guns are mounted on Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional Jeeps and helicopters.
