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| '''The ''Colt Flare Launcher'' has been seen used by the following actors in the following Movies, Televison, Anime, and Videogames.'''
| | #REDIRECT:[[Cobray 37mm Launcher]] |
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| ==Information==
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| The Colt Flare Launcher is is a 37mm flare launcher built to looks like an [[M203 grenade launcher]] and is commonly mistaken for on in films on this site. It is built for civilian use as an underslung rifle commonly mounted under M16/AR-15s varients and many other rifles. It is prefered for film use over a genuine M203 due to its cheap price which is usually around $200, far cheaper than an M203. You can tell a flare launcher from an M203 based on the following traits.
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| [[Image:M203-Colt37mm.jpg|thumb|left|300px|M203 on top/Colt 37mm on bottom.]] | |
| 1. The M203 is a 40mm launcher capable of firing multiple purpose rounds, the Colt is a 37mm launcher is bult specifically as a flare launcher for civilian use.
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| 2. The Colt has an M16 style safety switch on the left side, the M203 does not.
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| 3. The Colt lacks out the fold out trigger in the front of the trigger guard, which the M203 has.
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| 4. The M203 has a more rounded trigger guard, the Colt 37mm has a squared one.
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| 5. The Colt 37mm has a little bolt on the right side to cock the weapon, the M203 cocks on closure.
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| 6. The Colt 37mm has larger, squarer mounting base while the M203 has smaller rounded mounting base.
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| ==Colt Launcher==
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| [[Image:Coltflare.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Stand alone Colt Flare Launcher 37mm.]]
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| [[Image:Colt37mm.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt 37mm underslung on an M16A1. Note the little cocking bolt on side.]]
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| ===Film===
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| * A Recon Marine in [[Heartbreak Ridge]] (fitted on AR-15/SP1 rifle)
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| * Elwood ([[Ethan Suplee]]) in [[Without a Paddle]] (fitted on M16 rifle)
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| ===Television===
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| ===Anime===
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| ===Videogame===
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| [[Category:Gun]]
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 15 September 2008
