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[[File:ArmaLite AR-15.jpg|thumb|right|500px|ArmaLite AR-15, first pre-production model, serial number ''XAR1501'' - 5.56x45mm]]
The '''M16 rifle series''' is the United States military designation of rifle variants of the '''ArmaLite AR-15''' assault rifle adopted by the US military. The original prototype AR-15 was developed by [[ArmaLite]] in 1956, and is a scaled down version of the [[ArmaLite AR-10]] rifle, chambered in 5.56x45mm rather than 7.62x51mm. In 1959, ArmaLite sold the rights to the AR-10 and the AR-15 to [[Colt]] due to financial difficulties, and Colt continued development on the rifle. The rifle would later be adopted by the United States military under the name "Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16".
 
The name "AR-15" today is used almost exclusively to refer to the semi-automatic (commercially available) civilian version(s) of the M16 and M4 assault rifles, going from the name of a single rifle to the generic name of a type of rifles that trace their ancestry to it.
 
Standard AR-15 rifles accept detachable magazines of widely varying capacities, and have a pistol grip that protrudes beneath the stock. AR-15 rifles are highly configurable and customizable. They are commonly fitted with several accessories such as bipods, folding or collapsing stocks, threaded barrels for the attachment of a flash suppressor, and a rail system for the attachment of vertical grips, flashlights, laser sights, telescopic sights, etc.
 
The AR-15 consists of separate upper and lower receiver assemblies, which are attached with two through-pins and can be quickly interchanged with no tools. The upper receiver assembly is simply considered a part, and may be freely purchased and mail-ordered in most locations. This is a very attractive feature for enthusiasts, who often purchase a number of upper receivers (often in different calibers) and interchange them with the same lower receiver. However, one must be thoroughly familiar with firearms laws before doing this as it is possible to make an illegal configuration without realizing it.
 
'''For help identifying AR-15 variants, see the [[Colt AR-15 Identification Guide]].'''
 
'''Please check the [[Talk:M16 rifle series|talk page]] for additional variants not shown on the main page.'''
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=Specifications=
=Specifications=


''(1960-Present)''
(1959 - Present)


'''Type:''' Assault Rifle
'''Type:''' Assault Rifle
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'''Caliber:''' 5.56x45mm NATO  
'''Caliber:''' 5.56x45mm NATO  


'''Capacity:''' 5, 20, 30, 40 round box magazine/ 90 round snail drum/ 100 round dual drum Beta-C magazine
'''Capacity:''' {{STANAG}}: 5, 20, 30, 40 round box magazine/ 90 round snail drum/ 100 round dual drum Beta-C magazine


'''Fire Modes:''' Safe/Semi (Mk 12 SPR, AR-15, civilian variants) Safe/Semi/Burst (M16A2, M16A4, M4) Safe/Semi/Auto (M16, M16A1, M16A3, M4A1)
'''Fire Modes:''' Safe/Semi (Mk 12 SPR, AR-15, civilian variants) Safe/Semi/Burst (M16A2, M16A4, M4) Safe/Semi/Auto (M16, M16A1, M16A3, M4A1)


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'''The M16 series of assault rifles and carbine variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:'''
'''The M16 series of assault rifles and carbine variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:'''


=Colt and Official Government Models=
=Colt and Official Government Models=


== M16 Rifle ==
==M16==
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original '''3-prong flash hider'''.  It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16 with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16SP1Birdcage.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with an A1 "birdcage" Flash hider, used to imitate the M16A1 in many Vietnam era movies. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16SP1Birdcage.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with an A1 "birdcage" flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16-SP1-30Mag.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with an A1 "birdcage" Flash hider, used to impersonate the M16A1 during the 1970s and 1980s. This version has a 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16-SP1-30Mag.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with an A1 "birdcage" flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1. This version has a 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16-SP1-with-A2-Handguards.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with A2 style handguards used to impersonate the M16-A2 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16-SP1-with-A2-Handguards.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with A2 style handguards used to resemble the M16A2 - 5.56x45mm]]


Since the original M16 is the first pattern AR-15 select fire rifle that was adopted in 1964 by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam (and also given to the ARVN) all appearances of the slab side M16 in movies and television shows would be either the Class III Colt M16 or the commercially available Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle.  After being phased out from active duty, the military owned weapons were issued to National guard units (and later bequeathed to Federal and local law enforcement agencies).  Movie Armorers could acquire Law Enforcement Sales models of the M16, as Class III transferable weapons or built as Class III manufacturers.  However, an easier way was for commercially sold semiautomatic Colt AR-15 SP1 rifles to be converted to full auto fire in the 1970s and 1980s and these were in movie armories for years.
The '''M16''' (designated Colt Model 602 by Colt internally) is the first derivative of the ArmaLite AR-15 adopted by the United States military. The M16 was adopted in 1964 by the US Air Force in Vietnam (and a number were also given to the ARVN). The original M16 features a flat "slab side receiver", the original 3-prong flash hider, and no forward assist.


=== Film ===
All appearances of the slab side M16 in movies and television shows would be either the Class III Colt M16 or the commercially available '''Colt AR-15 SP1''' rifle.  After being phased out from active duty, military M16s were issued to National Guard units and later bequeathed to federal and local law enforcement agencies.  Movie armorers could acquire Law Enforcement Sales models of the M16 as Class III transferable weapons or built as Class III manufacturers.  However, an easier way for a movie armorer to acquire an M16 substitute was by purchasing the commercially available semiautomatic Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle and converting it to full auto fire. This was done in the 1970s and 1980s, and rifles of this kind were in movie armories for years.


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===Film===
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
! width="220"|Film Title
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
! width="170"|Actor
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
! width="200"|Character
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
! width="320"|Note
! width="50"|Date
|-
| ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' || [[Andrew Duggan]] || COL William 'Mutt' Henderson || Possibly the first depiction of an M16 in a Hollywood film || 1964
|-
| rowspan=3| ''[[The President's Analyst]]'' || [[James Coburn]] || Dr. Sidney Schaefer || || rowspan=3|1967
|-
| [[Godfrey Cambridge]] || Don Masters ||
|-
|-
| [[Across The Universe]] || Various || National Guardsmen ||. || 2007
| [[Severn Darden]] || Kropotkin ||
|-
|-
| [[Alone in the Dark (2005)]] || Various || Bureau 713 Commandos ||. || 2005
| rowspan=2|''[[Ice Station Zebra]]'' || [[Tony Bill]] || 1Lt. Walker || || rowspan=2|1968
|-
|-
| [[Land of the Dead]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers ||. || 2005
| [[Jim Brown]] || Capt. Anders ||  
|-
|-
| [[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]] || [[Gerardo Vigil]] || General Marquez || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards and [[M16A1]] flash hiders || 2003
| ''[[Losers, The|The Losers]]'' || Various || US soldiers|| || 1970
|-
|-
| [[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]] || Various || General Soldiers || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards and [[M16A1]] flash hiders || 2003
|''[[Organization, The (1971)|The Organization]]''||||Mafia assassin||||1971
|-
|-
| [[Coronado]] || [[Clayton Rohner]] || Arnet McClure || .|| 2003
| ''[[Diamonds are Forever]]'' || Various || Blofield's henchmen || || 1971
|-
|-
| [[Coronado]] || Various || Rebel Soldiers ||. || 2003
| ''[[Shaft's Big Score!]]'' || Various || Gangster || With 30-round magazine || 1972
|-
|-
| [[Analyze This]] || Various || Mobsters || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards and [[M16A1]] flash hiders || 1999
| ''[[Cleopatra Jones]]'' || || Thug ||With 30-round magazine  || 1973
|-
|-
| [[Matrix, The|The Matrix]] || Various || Lobby guards|| Fitted with both 3-prong and [[M16A1]] flash hiders || 1999
| ''[[Detroit 9000]]'' || Various || Criminals || SP1  || 1973
|-
|-
| [[Matrix, The|The Matrix]] || [[Keanu Reeves]] || Neo ||. || 1999
| ''[[Soylent Green]]'' || Various || Guards || || 1973
|-
|-
| [[Pest, The|The Pest]] || [[John Leguizamo]] || Pestario "Pest" Vargas || Fitted with A2 handguards, A1-style flash hider, and fake A2-style windage adjustment knob || 1997
|''[[The Laughing Policeman]]''||||S.F.P.D. SWAT officers||||1973
|-
|-
| [[The Rock]] || [[Tony Todd]] || Captain Darrow|| Fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hider and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 1996
| ''[[The Friends of Eddie Coyle]]'' || Various || Gangsters || || 1973
|-
|-
| [[Village of the Damned (1995)|Village of the Damned]] || . || U.S. Soldiers || Fitted with M16A2 foregrips || 1995
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Savage Sisters]]'' || [[Rosanna Ortiz]] || Mei Ling || || rowspan=2 | 1974
|-
|-
| [[Forrest Gump]] || [[Tom Hanks]] || Forrest Gump ||. || 1994
| Various || Philippine soldiers, guerrillas ||
|-
|-
| [[Forrest Gump]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || .|| 1994
| ''[[Badlands]]'' || Various || Army National Guard || || 1973
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]]|| [[Pauly Shore]]||PFC "Bones" Conway|| LaFrance-converted AR-15 SP1; fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hider and [[M16A2]] hand guards|| 1994
| ''[[Walking Tall (1973)|Walking Tall]]'' || [[Arch Johnson]] || Buel Jaggers || SP1 || 1973
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]]|| Various || U.S. Army personnel|| LaFrance-converted AR-15 SP1s; fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hiders and [[M16A2]] hand guards|| 1994
| ''[[Zardoz]]'' || Various || Exterminators || || 1974
|-
|-
| [[Jurassic Park]] || Unknown actor || InGen worker || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards and [[M16A1]] flash hider|| 1993
| ''[[Newman's Law]]''||[[George Peppard]]||Vince Newman||||1974
|-
|-
| [[Showdown in Little Tokyo]]|| [[Dolph Lundgren]]|| Sergeant Chris Kenner || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1991
|''[[Earthquake]]''||[[Marjoe Gortner]]||Sgt. Joad||||1974
|-
|-
| [[Showdown in Little Tokyo]]|| [[Brandon Lee]]|| Johnny Murata || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1991
|''[[Bucktown]]''||[[Fred Williamson]]||Duke Johnson||||1975
|-
|-
| [[Die Hard]] || Various || LAPD S.W.A.T. officers || .|| 1988
| ''[[Muthers, The|The Muthers]]'' || [[John Montgomery]] || "Turko" || With 30-round magazine || 1976
|-
|-
| [[They Live]] || [[Roddy Piper]]|| Nada ||. || 1988
| ''[[Two-Minute Warning]]'' || [[John Cassavetes]] || LAPD Sgt. Buttons || With 30-round magazine || 1976
|-
|-
| [[They Live]] || [[Keith David]]|| Frank|| .|| 1988
| ''[[Silver Streak]]'' || Various || FBI Agents || || 1976
|-
|-
| [[They Live]] || Various || Cable 54 building guards|| || 1988
| ''[[The Enforcer]]'' || Various || People's Revolutionary Strike Force terrorists and SFPD officers || Fitted with both 3-prong and A1 flash hiders || 1976
|-
|-
| [[Full Metal Jacket]]||Various || U.S. Marines || .|| 1987
| rowspan=5 | ''[[Vigilante Force]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] || Aaron Arnold || 3-prong flash hider || rowspan=5 | 1976
|-
|-
| [[Lethal Weapon]]||Various || LAPD S.W.A.T. officers ||Deleted scene only|| 1987
| [[Shelly Novack]] || D.O. Viner || 3-prong flash hider
|-
|-
| [[Predator]] || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Dutch ||Fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hider and [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Fake M203 Launcher]] || 1987
| [[Don Pulford]] || Dave Laughlin || 3-prong flash hider
|-
|-
| [[Predator]] || [[Sonny Landham]] || Billy ||Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards, [[M16A1]] flash hider, and [[Mossberg 500]] shotgun || 1987
| [[Carmen Argenziano]] || Brian Seldon || 3-prong flash hider
|-
|-
| [[Heartbreak Ridge]] || Various || U.S. Marines || Fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hiders || 1986
| [[Charles Cyphers]] || Perry Beal || 3-prong flash hider
|-
|-
| [[The Park is Mine]] || Various || N.Y.P.D. SWAT officers || Fitted with AN/PVS-2 Starlight night vision scopes ||1986
| ''[[Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38)]]'' || || Police snipers || With sniper scope || 1976
|-
|-
| [[Platoon]] || [[Chris Pedersen]] || Crawford || Fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hider || 1986
| ''[[Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff]]'' || [[Marcel Bozzuffi]] || Joanno aka "Captain" || || 1977
|-
|-
| [[Raw Deal]] || Various || Patrovita's thugs|| . || 1986
| ''[[Operation Thunderbolt]]''|| || Israeli commando || || 1977
|-
|-
| [[Commando]] || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]|| John Matrix||Fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hider; becomes an [[M16A1]] in some shots || 1985
|''[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]''||||USAF snipers||||1977
|-
|-
| [[Commando]] || Various || Arius' men and U.S. Army soldiers||Fitted with [[M16A1]] flash hiders, some with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1985
| ''[[Black Sunday]]'' || [[Steven Keats]] || Robert Mashevsky ||  || 1977
|-
|-
| [[My Science Project]] || Various || Various || . || 1985
| rowspan=2 |''[[The Domino Principle]]'' || [[Gene Hackman]] || Roy Tucker || rowspan=2 | 3-prong flash hider || rowspan=2 | 1977
|-
|-
| [[Rambo: First Blood]] || [[Brian Dennehy]] || Hope Sheriff Will Teasle || . || 1982
| [[Eli Wallach]] || General Reser
|-
|-
| [[Rambo: First Blood]] || Various || Hope County sheriff's deputies || . || 1982
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' || Various || US Navy sailors || Stolen from armoury and Stromberg guards || 1977
|-
|-
| [[Wolfen]] || [[Albert Finney]] || NYPD Detective Dewey Wilson ||Night Vision Scope|| 1981
| ''[[Damnation Alley]]''|| [[Paul Winfield]] || Keegan || || 1977
|-
|-
| [[Wolfen]] || [[Gregory Hines]] || Whittington ||Night Vision Scope|| 1981
| ''[[Coming Home]]'' || [[Bruce Dern]] || Capt. Bob Hyde || || 1978
|-
|-
| [[Stripes]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || . || 1981
| ''[[Who'll Stop the Rain]]''||[[Nick Nolte]]||Ray Hicks||||1978
|-
|-
| [[Taps]] || Various || Cadets || . || 1981
| ''[[Boys from Brazil, The|The Boys from Brazil]]'' || Various || Nazis || || 1978
|-
|-
| [[Escape from New York]] || Various || U.S. Police Force and Secret Service Agents || handguards removed || 1981
| ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 1979
|-
|-
| [[Apocalypse Now]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || . || 1979
| ''[[The Exterminator]]'' || [[Robert Ginty]] || John Eastland || || 1980
|-
|-
| [[Boys from Brazil, The|The Boys from Brazil]] || Various || Nazis || . || 1978
| ''[[Stripes]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 1981
|-
|-
| [[The Spy Who Loved Me]]||Various || U.S. Navy sailors || Stolen from Armoury and Stromberg guards || 1977
| ''[[Escape from New York]]'' || Various || US Police Force and USSS agents || Handguards removed || 1981
|-
|-
| [[The Enforcer]]|| Various || People's Revolutionary Strike Force terrorists and SFPD officers || Fitted with both 3-prong and [[M16A1]] flash hiders || 1976
| ''[[Loch Ness Horror, The|The Loch Ness Horror]]'' || || British Soldiers || 20-round magazine || 1981
|-
|-
| [[Silver Streak]] || Various || FBI Agents || . || 1976
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Wolfen]]'' || [[Albert Finney]] || NYPD Det. Dewey Wilson || rowspan="2" | Night Vision Scope || rowspan="2" | 1981
|-
|-
| [[Two-Minute Warning]] || [[John Cassavetes]] || L.A.P.D. Sgt. Buttons || With 30-round magazine || 1976
| ''[[Gregory Hines]]'' || Whittington
|-
|-
| [[Zardoz]] || Various || Exterminators || . || 1974
| ''[[Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana)]]'' || || Italian policemen || || 1981
|-
|-
| [[Badlands]] || Various || Army National Guard || . || 1973
| ''[[Taps]]'' || Various || Cadets || || 1981
|-
|-
| [[Soylent Green]] || Various || Guards || . || 1973
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Rambo: First Blood]]'' || [[Brian Dennehy]] || Sheriff Will Teasle || || rowspan="2" | 1982
|-
|-
| [[The Friends of Eddie Coyle]] || Various || Gangsters || . || 1973
| Various || Hope County sheriff's deputies
|-
|-
| [[Shaft's Big Score!]] || Various || Gangster || With 30-round magazine || 1972
| ''[[Octopussy]]'' || [[Roger Moore]] || James Bond || SP1 with an A1 Flash hider || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Diamonds are Forever]] || Various || Blofield's henchmen || . || 1971
| ''[[Flashpoint (1984)|Flashpoint]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 1984
|-
|-
| [[Ice Station Zebra]] || Various || U.S. Navy crew and Marines || . || 1968
| ''[[Jungle Warriors]]'' || || Paramilitary guard || || 1984
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Exterminator 2]]'' || [[Robert Ginty]] || John Eastland || || rowspan=2|1984
|-
|-
| [[The President's Analyst]] || [[James Coburn]] || Dr. Sidney Schaefer || . || 1967
| || X's thugs ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Volunteers]]'' || || US Army Special Forces/CIA  || || rowspan=2|1985
|-
|-
| [[Agent for H.A.R.M.]]|| [[Unidentified]] || Eastern Bloc soldier ||Colt Firearms credited || 1966
| || Chung Mee's guards ||
|-
|-
| ''[[It's a Drink, It's a Bomb!]]'' || || Police || || 1985
|-
|-
| [[Seven Days in May]] || [[Andrew Duggan]] || Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson ||Possibly the first depiction of a M-16 in a Hollywood film || 1964
|''[[Into the Night]]''||||SWAT officers||||1985
|-
|-
|}
| rowspan="5" | ''[[My Science Project]]'' || [[John Stockwell]] || Mike Harlan || With Cobray CM203 flare launcher || rowspan="5" | 1985
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Supernatural]] || Unknown actor || Conspiracy theorist || || 2005-
| [[Fisher Stevens]] || Vince Latello ||
|-
|-
| [[Mail Call]] || [[R. Lee Ermey]] || Himself || || 2002-
| [[Raphael Sbarge]] || Sherman Reardon ||
|-
|-
| [[JAG]] || Various || U.S. soldiers || Only seen in flashbacks to Vietnam War || 1995-2005
| [[Al Leong]] || Viet Cong soldier ||
|-
|-
| [[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]] || Various || U.S. soldiers, guards, criminals || || 1993-1997
| Various || Viet Cong soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Stand, The|The Stand]] || Unknown actor || henchman || || 1994
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Commando]]'' || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || John Matrix || Fitted with A1 flash hider; becomes an A1 in some shots || rowspan="2" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[A-Team, The| The A-Team]] ||  || Various || || 1983-1988
| Various || Arius' men and US Army soldiers || Fitted with A1 flash hiders, some with A2 hand guards
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Quiet Earth, The|The Quiet Earth]]'' || [[Alison Routledge]] || Joanne ||  || 1985
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Passwords'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]|| || || 2006
|''[[Yes, Madam! (Huang jia shi jie)]]''|| || Hong Kong policemen || ||1985
|-
|-
| [[Enter the Matrix]] || || || 2003
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Annihilators]]'' || [[Gerrit Graham]] || Ray Track || rowspan="2" |SP1 || rowspan="3" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[Shellshock Nam '67]] || |Called the "Assault Rifle" || || 2004
| [[Dennis Redfield]] || Joe Nace
|-
|-
| [[Vietcong]] || || || 2002
| [[Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs]] || Garrett Floyd || With 3-prong flash hider
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty: Black Ops]] || w/ optional scope, reflex sight, grenade launcher, and shotgun attachments || || 2010
| ''[[The Park is Mine]]'' || Various || NYPD SWAT officers || Fitted with AN/PVS-2 Starlight night vision scopes || 1986
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Raw Deal (1986)|Raw Deal]]'' || Various || Patrovita's thugs || || 1986
 
===Anime===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| Mafia sniper || [[Hayate the Combat Butler]] || With A2 handguards and scope || 2007 - 2009
| ''[[Heartbreak Ridge]]'' || Various || US Marines || Fitted with A1 flash hiders || 1986
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Platoon]]'' || [[Chris Pedersen]] || Crawford || Fitted with A1 flash hider || 1986
<br clear=all>
|-
 
| ''[[Legacy of Rage]]'' || Various || Henchmen || with birdcage flash hiders || 1986
== XM16E1 Rifle ==
|-
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Murphy's Law]]'' || [[Charles Bronson]] || Jack Murphy || Fitted with 3-prong flash hider || rowspan=2 | 1986
[[Image:XM16E1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|XM16E1 rifle with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. What distinguishes it from the original M16 was the addition of the forward assist button and a chrome bolt carrier (which was later dropped with the M16A1).]]
|-
 
| || A drug farmer || Fitted with 3-prong flash hider
[[Image:XM16E1 WeWereSoldiers.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Currently seen Mockup of an XM16E1 (built from an M16A1 as the base) with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm.  This example is the screen-used rifle used by [[Mel Gibson]] in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]''.]]
 
The XM16E1 is a modified variant of the original M16 which featured several improvements, including the forward assist, the most visually obvious difference. The Army requested this feature, but the Air Force believed it had no benefit and only increased the weapon's per-unit cost. Consequently, the M16 (SP1) was the version adopted by the Air Force, while the Army adopted the slightly more expensive XM16E1. After the M16A1 was introduced in 1967, both services transitioned to this rifle. Before 1968, this was the most common version of the M16 rifle platform.  '''Many examples in recent films are actually 'faux' XM16E1 rifles'''.  The real XM16E1 has a partial magazine fence on its' lower receiver, whereas the M16A1 has a full raised rib around the magazine release button). 
 
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Tropic Thunder]]|| [[Jay Baruchel]] || Kevin Sandusky ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2008
| ''[[Club Paradise]]'' || || soldier || 3-prong flash suppressor || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Tropic Thunder]]|| [[Brandon T. Jackson]] || Alpo Chino ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2008
|''[[Harry and the Hendersons]]''||||Seattle City Police || ||1987
|-
|-
| [[Tropic Thunder]]|| Various || Actors playing U.S. soldiers ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2008
| ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' ||Various || LAPD SWAT officers || Deleted scene only || 1987
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]]|| [[Mel Gibson]]|| Lt. Col. Hal Moore ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
|''[[Near Dark]]''||||Kansas State Police||||1987
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]] || [[Barry Pepper]] || Joe Galloway ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Predator]]'' || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Dutch ||Fitted with A1 flash hider and [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Fake M203 Launcher]] || rowspan="2" | 1987
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]] || [[Josh Daugherty]] || Spc. Robert Ouellette ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
| [[Sonny Landham]] || Billy ||Fitted with A2 hand guards, A1 flash hider, and [[Mossberg 500]] shotgun
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]] || [[Ryan Hurst]] || Sgt. Ernie Savage ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
| ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' || Various || US Marines || || 1987
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]] || [[Robert Bagnell]] || 1LT. Charlie Hastings ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
|''[[I Love Maria]]''||||Police|| ||1988
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]] || [[Chris Klein]] || 2LT. Jack Geoghegan ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
| ''[[In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon]] || [[Stephan Berwick]] || Underground Gunsmith || || 1988
|-
|-
| [[We Were Soldiers]]|| Various || U.S. Army soldiers ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 2002
|''[[Off Limits (1988)|Off Limits]]''||[[Gregory Hines]]||SFC. Perkins||||1988
|-
|-
| [[Dead Presidents]]|| [[Jaimz Woolvett]] || Lieutenant Dugan ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 1995
| ''[[Die Hard]]'' || Various || LAPD SWAT officers || || 1988
|-
|-
| [[Dead Presidents]]|| Various || U.S. Marines||mocked up from an M16A1|| 1995
|''[[Shoot To Kill]]''|||| FBI agent|| || 1988
|-
|-
| [[Hamburger Hill]]|| Various || U.S. Army 101st Airborne personnel||mocked up from an M16A1|| 1987
| rowspan="3" | ''[[They Live]]'' || [[Roddy Piper]] || Nada || || rowspan="3" | 1988
|-
|-
| [[Stakeout]] || Various || Police || . || 1987
| [[Keith David]] || Frank ||
|-
|-
| [[Green Berets, The|The Green Berets]]|| [[John Wayne]]|| Colonel Mike Kirby ||Real XM16E1 || 1968
| Various || Cable 54 building guards ||
|-
|-
| [[Green Berets, The|The Green Berets]]|| Various || U.S. Special Forces ||Real XM16E1|| 1968
| ''[[L.A. Bounty]]'' || || L.A.P.D. officer || || 1989
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man]]'' || || Police ||  || 1990
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]] || || || 2004
| ''[[Prayer of the Rollerboys]]'' || [[Mark Pellegrino]] || Bango (also other Rollerboys) || || 1990
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Enemy]]'' || [[Peter Fonda]] || Ken Andrews || SP1 with an A1 Flash hider || 1990
<br clear=all>
 
== M16A1 Rifle ==
 
=== Film ===
[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm.  What distinguishes it from the original M16 was the addition of a raised rib around the magazine release button, changing of the forward Receiver pins, and the addition of the forward assist button on the upper receiver.]]
[[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16A1wA2Handguards.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A1 with A2 style handguards - 5.56x45mm.  Putting the distinctive A2 handguards on the older rifle was a method used by Movie/TV armorers to simulate A2 rifles when M16A1s were the only ones available. The same thing has been done vice-versa, Using M16A2's with A1 handguards for Vietnam War B Movies.]]
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[The Sniper]] || . || hong Kong SDU Sniper Team || M16A1 with A2 style handguards and ACOG || 2009
| ''[[Enemy]]'' || [[Mako]] || Tran || SP1 with an A1 Flash hider || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]] || Various || Karen rebels || .|| 2008
| rowspan="3" | ''[[China O'Brien II]]'' || [[Michael Anthony]] || Deputy Russell || rowspan="3" | SP1, some with A2 handguards || rowspan="3" | 1990
|-
|-
| [[Departed, The|The Departed]] || Various || Massachusetts State Police at funeral || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 2006
| [[Richard Norton]] || Matt Conroy
|-
|-
| [[Devil's Rejects, The|The Devil's Rejects]] || Various || Sheriffs deparment and Rejects || .|| 2005
| || Baskin's henchmen
|-
|-
| [[Land of the Dead]] || Various || Fiddler's Green Soldiers ||. || 2005
| ''[[In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal]]'' || || Special Forces || || 1991
|-
|-
| [[The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course]] || Various || U.S. Army Rangers || Some fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]]s || 2002
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Showdown in Little Tokyo]]'' || [[Dolph Lundgren]] || Sergeant Chris Kenner || rowspan="2" | Fitted with A2 handguards || rowspan="2" | 1991
|-
|-
| [[XXX]] || Unknown actor|| Colombian narcotics officer || .|| 2002
| [[Brandon Lee]] || Johnny Murata
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield Earth]] || . || Human resistance fighters || With & without M203 grenade launchers || 2000
| ''[[Rapid Fire]]'' || [[Linda Perlin]] || Police officer || Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hider || 1992
|-
|-
| [[Beau Travail]] || Various || French Foreign Legion || Used during the river crossing scene || 1999
| ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' || Unknown actor || InGen worker || Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hider || 1993
|-
|-
| [[Blue Streak]] || Various || Mexican Border Security Officers || Fitted with M16A2 hand guards || 1999
| ''[[Undercover Blues]]'' || [[Olek Krupa]] || Zubic || || 1993
|-
|-
| [[Pentagon Wars, The|The Pentagon Wars]] || . || U.S. Army soldiers || With M16A2 handguards || 1998
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' || [[Tom Hanks]] || Forrest Gump || || rowspan="2" | 1994
|-
|-
| [[Pentagon Wars, The|The Pentagon Wars]] || [[Cary Elwes]] || Lt. Col. James G. Burton || With magazine removed and M16A2 handguards || 1998
| Various || US Army soldiers
|-
|-
| [[Con Air]] || Various || Convicts and U.S. National Guardsmen || Fitted with M16A2 handguards || 1997
| rowspan="2" | ''[[In the Army Now]]'' || [[Pauly Shore]] || PFC "Bones" Conway || rowspan="2" | LaFrance-converted AR-15 SP1; fitted with A1 flash hider and A2 hand guards || rowspan="2" | 1994
|-
|-
| [[The Devil's Own]] || Unknown Actor || Desmond - Provisional IRA Gunman || Used by Desmond to fire on British Soldiers from a 2nd floor window. It is on semi-automatic firing mode. || 1997
| Various || US Army personnel
|-
|-
| [[Postman, The|The Postman]] || Various || Holnist soldiers ||. || 1997
| ''[[Village of the Damned (1995)|Village of the Damned]]'' || Various || US Army National Guard soldiers || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1995
|-
|-
| [[Eraser]] || Various || U.S. Marshalls || Fitted with M16A2 handguards || 1996
| ''[[Beyond Rangoon]]'' || || Burmese soldiers || || 1995
|-
|-
| [[Rock, The|The Rock]]|| Various || Rogue U.S. Marines || Fitted with M16A2 handguards and tactical flashlights, with & without [[M203 grenade launcher]]s || 1996
| ''[[Crying Freeman]]'' ||[[Mark Dacascos]] || Yo Hinomura  || Fitted with [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Cobray CM203 37mm Launcher]] || 1995
|-
|-
| [[Romeo & Juliet]] || Various || Verona Beach police officers || Some fitted with M16A2 handguards || 1996
| ''[[The Rock]]'' || [[Tony Todd]] || Captain Darrow|| Fitted with A1 flash hider and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Species]]|| Background extras|| U.S. Soldiers || || 1995
| ''[[Midnight Heat]]'' || [[Brad Dourif]] || Payne || M16/SP1 with A2 handguards || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Heat]]|| [[Wes Studi]]|| Detective Casals || Fitted with M16A2 handguards || 1995
| ''[[Pest, The|The Pest]]'' || [[John Leguizamo]] || Pestario "Pest" Vargas || Fitted with A2 handguards, A1-style lower receiver & flash hider, and fake A2-style windage adjustment knob || 1997
|-
|-
| [[RoboCop 3]] || .|| .|| Seen on the wall of a Splatterpunks house || 1993
| ''[[Commander Hamilton]]'' || || Swedish guards || || 1998
|-
|-
| [[Hard Boiled]]|| [[Philip Kwok]] || Mad Dog ||Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 1992
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Ultimate Weapon]]'' || [[Hulk Hogan]] || Ben Cutter || With [[Cobray 37mm Launcher]] || rowspan="2" | 1998
|-
|-
| [[Hard Boiled]]|| Various || Hong Kong police and Johnny Wong's thugs || .|| 1992
| || Gunrunners ||  
|-
|-
| [[Terminator 2: Judgement Day]] || N/A || N/A || Seen on the walls of Sarah's armory || 1991
| ''[[Analyze This]]'' || Various || Mobsters || Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hiders || 1999
|-
|-
| [[Toy Soldiers]] || Various || Colombian soldiers || .|| 1991
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Matrix, The|The Matrix]]'' || Various || Lobby guards || Fitted with both 3-prong and A1 flash hiders || rowspan="2" | 1999
|-
|-
| [[Nothing But Trouble]] || Various || National Guardsmen || .|| 1991
| [[Keanu Reeves]] || Neo ||
|-
|-
| [[Die Hard 2]]|| Various || Airport police and U.S. Army Special Forces || The Army team's fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1990
| ''[[The Watcher]]'' || || Special Forces || || 2000
|-
|-
| [[Fire Birds]]|| Various || U.S. Army soldiers || . || 1990
| ''[[Muscle Heat]]'' || || USA soldiers || || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Total Recall]] || N/A || N/A || Seen at Kuato's resistance base || 1990
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai]]'' || Emi Kuroda || Sachiko Hanai || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 2003
|-
|-
| [[A Better Tomorrow III]] || [[Chow Yun-Fat]] || Mark Lee ||. || 1989
| || USA Army soldiers
|-
|-
| [[A Better Tomorrow III]] || [[Anita Mui]] || Chow Ying Kit ||. || 1989
| rowspan="2" | ''Coronado'' || [[Clayton Rohner]] || Arnet McClure || || rowspan="2" | 2003
|-
|-
| [[A Better Tomorrow III]] || [[Tony Leung Ka-Fai]] || Cheung Chi Mun||. || 1989
| Various || Rebel Soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[A Better Tomorrow III]] || Various || ARVN soldiers ||. || 1989
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]]'' || Gerardo Vigil || General Marquez || rowspan="2" | Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hiders || rowspan="2" | 2003
|-
|-
| [[Casualties of War]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || .|| 1989
| Various || General Soldiers
|-
|-
| [[Iron Eagle II]] || Various || U.S. Military Police || .|| 1988
| ''[[Innocent Voices]]'' || || Salvadoran Army soldiers and guerrilla || SP1 || 2004
|-
|-
| [[Extreme Prejudice]]|| Various || Special Unit and cartel members || some with A2 hand guards || 1987
| ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005)]]'' || Various || Bureau 713 Commandos || || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Hamburger Hill]]|| Various || U.S. Army 101st Airborne personnel ||. || 1987
| ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Gardens of Stone]] || . || U.S. Army personnel. Newsfootage of Vietnam War ||.|| 1987
| ''[[Battle of Long Tan, The|The Battle of Long Tan]] || Various || Australian soldiers || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Aliens]] || N/A || N/A || Seen on the walls of the ''Sulaco'''s armory || 1986
| ''[[Onechanbara - Zombie Bikini Squad]]'' || || Guardians |||| 2008
|-
|-
| [[Equalizer 2000]]|| Various || Gang members || Some fitted with futuristic shells || 1986
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Black Dynamite]]'' || [[Michael Jai White]] || Black Dynamite || With [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan="2" | 2009
|-
|-
| [[Heartbreak Ridge]]|| Various || U.S. Marines || With and without MILES gear || 1986
| Various || Black Panther
|-
|-
| [[Iron Eagle]] || Various|| U.S. Air Force security guards || .|| 1986
| rowspan=5 | ''[[Helldriver]]'' || Hiroyuki Ootsuki || Captain || rowspan=5 | || rowspan=5 | 2010
|-
|-
| [[The Park is Mine]]|| Various || NYPD S.W.A.T. officers || . || 1986
| [[Asami]] || Kozue
|-
|-
| [[Platoon]]|| [[Charlie Sheen]]|| Pvt. Chris Taylor  ||.  || 1986
| [[Takumi Saitoh]] || Natsuki
|-
|-
| [[Platoon]]|| Various|| U.S. Army soldiers || . || 1986
| Maki Mizui || Spider Woman
|-
|-
| [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]] || Various || U.S. Marines ||. || 1986
| || Soldiers
|-
|-
| [[Commando]]|| [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || John Matrix || Alternates with [[M16 rifle series#M16 Rifle|M16 SP1]] || 1985
| ''[[The Expendables 2]] ||   || Sang member || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Commando]]|| Various|| Arius' men and U.S. Army soldiers || Some fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1985
|''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''||[[Tom Hiddleston]]||Captain James Conrad ||||2017
|-
|-
| [[Day of The Dead (1985)|Day of the Dead]]|| Various|| U.S. Army soldiers || . || 1985
|''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''|| [[Thomas Mann]] || Slivko || || 2017
|-
|-
| [[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]|| Various|| Vietnamese troops and pirates || Some fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1985
|''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''||||Klansmen||SP1||2018
|-
|-
| [[Ghostbusters]]|| Various || U.S. National Guardsmen || . || 1984
| rowspan=6 | ''[[Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan]]'' || [[Daniel Webber]] || Pte. Paul "Largie" Large || rowspan=6 | || rowspan=6 | 2019
|-
|-
| [[The Terminator]]|| [[Paul Winfield]] || Lt. Edward Traxler || . || 1984
| [[Travis Fimmel]] || Maj. Todd Smith 
|-
|-
| [[The Terminator]]|| [[Lance Henriksen]] || Detective Hal Vukovich || . || 1984
| [[Sam Parsonson]] || 2Lt. Dave Sabben
|-
|-
| [[The Terminator]]|| Various || LAPD officers || . || 1984
| [[Luke Bracey]] || Sgt. Bob Buick
|-
|-
| [[Rambo: First Blood]]|| Various || U.S. National Guardsmen || . || 1982
| || Australian soldiers
|-
|-
| [[The Day After]]|| Various || U.S. Air Force Security Police || . || 1983
| || Vietcong soldier
|-
|-
| [[Death Wish 2]]|| Various || Thugs || . || 1982
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[The Blues Brothers]]|| [[Carrie Fisher]]|| Jake's ex-fiance || . || 1980
! width="250"|Show Title
! width="150"|Actor
! width="150"|Character
! width="550"|Note / Episode
! width="80"|Air Date
|-
|-
| [[The Blues Brothers]]|| Various || State Troopers, Sheriff's Deputies, Chicago Police SWAT, U.S. Army soldiers || . || 1980
| ''[[Police Story (TV Series)|Police Story]]''||[[Jan-Michael Vincent]]||Officer Hauser||"Line of Fire"(S01E11)||1973-1977
|-
|-
| [[The Final Countdown]]|| Various || U.S. Marines || . || 1980
| rowspan=5 | ''[[S.W.A.T. (1975)|S.W.A.T.]]'' || [[Steve Forrest]] || Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson || || rowspan=5 | 1975-1976
|-
|-
| [[Apocalypse Now]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers ||. || 1979
| [[James Coleman]] || Officer T.J. McCabe ||
|-
|-
| [[Jerk, The|The Jerk]] || [[M. Emmet Walsh]] || The Madman || Fitted with scope || 1979
| [[Robert Urich]] || Officer Jim Street ||
|-
|-
| [[Moonraker]] || Various || Drake launch base guards || .|| 1979
| [[Rod Perry]] || Sgt. Deacon "Deke" McKay ||
|-
|-
| [[The Odd Angry Shot]] || Various || Australian SAS troopers || .|| 1979
| [[Mark Shera]] || Officer Dominic Luca ||
|-
|-
| [[The Enforcer]] || Various || SFPD officers ||. || 1976
| ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' || || U.S. Air Force Guards || "Testimony of a Traitor" (S02E12) ||1981
|-
|-
| [[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]] || Various || Soldiers || .||1976
| rowspan=3 | ''[[World War III]]'' || [[David Soul]] || Colonel Jake Caffey || || rowspan=3 | 1982
|-
|-
|}
| [[Cathy Lee Crosby]] || Major Kate Breckenridge ||  
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Going Back]] || [[Pablo Espinosa]] || Chico Spaceman ||.|| 2001
| [[Marcus K. Mukai]] || Sergeant Parson ||  
|-
|-
| [[Harsh Realm]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1999-2000
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''||[[Gerald McRaney]]|| Rick Simon|| ||1981-1989
|-
|-
| [[Seven Days]] || Various || U.S. Army personnel|| Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards, some fitted with [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Cobray CM203 Flare Launchers]], one fitted with a night-vision scope || 1998-2001
| ''[[Magnum P.I. - Season 3|Magnum P.I.]]''||[[James Whitmore Jr.]]||Nuzo||"Did You See the Sunrise, Pt.2" (S3E02) ||1982
|-
|-
| [[Bugs]] || Various || || || 1995-1999
| ''[[A-Team, The| The A-Team]]'' || || Various || || 1983-1988
|-
|-
| [[Stand, The|The Stand]] || [[Gary Sinise]]|| Stud Redman|| || 1994
| ''[[Drug Wars: The Camarena Story]]'' || || Cartel Members || || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Stand, The|The Stand]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || || 1994
| ''[[Nestor Burma - Season 1]]'' || [[Michel Fortin]] || Zavatter || With sniper scope; "Corrida aux Champs-Élysées" (S1E3) || 1992
|-
|-
| [[Tour of Duty]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || || 1987-1988
| ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' || Various || US soldiers, guards, criminals || || 1993-1997
|-
|-
| [[The A-Team]] || Various || U.S. Army soldiers || || 1983-1987
| ''[[The X-Files]]'' || Various || Military personnel, other characters || Mocked up with A1 flash-hider and A2 handguards to resemble [[M16A2]], some fitted with A1 handguards resemble [[M16A1]] ([[The X-Files - Season 2|Season 2]]) || 1993-2002
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Stand, The (1994 miniseries)|The Stand]]''||[[Dan Martin]] || Rich Moffatt || || 1994
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="350"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]] || || || 2006
| ''[[JAG]]'' || Various || US soldiers || Only seen in flashbacks to Vietnam War || 1995-2005
|-
|-
| [[Scarface: The World is Yours]] || ||Can be fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2006
|''[[Farscape]]''||[[Claudia Black]]||Aeryn Sun||"A Human Reaction" (S01E16)||1999-2003
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || With optional A2 handguards and M203 grenade launcher || || 2005
| ''[[Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik)]]'' || [[Evgeniy Voskresenskiy]] || "Lame" || M16/SP1 (?) with [[M16A2]] handguard and white receiver || 2000
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield: Vietnam]] || |||| 2004
| ''[[Mail Call]]'' || [[R. Lee Ermey]] || Himself || || 2002-2009
|-
|-
| [[Conflict: Vietnam]] || || || 2004
| ''[[Supernatural]]'' || || Conspiracy theorist ||  ||  
|-
|-
| [[Spec Ops: Ranger Elite]] || || also available with M203 || 2001
| ''[[Lock 'n Load with R. Lee Ermey]]'' || [[R. Lee Ermey]] || Himself || Original M16A1 with Three Prong Flash Hider || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto III]] || || Fitted with fictional 60-rd magazine || 2001
| rowspan=2|[[The Walking Dead Webisodes: Cold Storage]] ||[[Daniel Roebuck]] || B.J. || "Keys to the Kingdom" (S1E02)|| rowspan=2|2012
|-
|-
| [[Command & Conquer: Red Alert]] || || With A2 handguards; used by Allied soldiers in FMV cutscenes only || 1997
| [[Josh Stewart]] ||Chase||"Parting Shots" (S1E04)
|-
|-
| [[Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow]] || ACOG Scope || Possibly an A1 fitted with A2 handguards || 2002
|''[[True Detective - Season 3|True Detective]]''  ||||Vietnam era U.S. Army flashbacks & photos||||2019
|-
|-
| [[Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War]] || With A2 handguards || Seen in cutscene, non-playable || 2004
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 4]]''||||U.S. Army||"Chapter Eight: Papa" (S4E08)||2022
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield: Bad Company 2|Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam]] || With cloth wrappings on handguards || || 2010
|''[[The Continental: From the World of John Wick]]'' ||[[Hubert Point-Du Jour]]||Miles Burton||"Theater of Pain" (S1E03)|| 2023
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Anime ===
===Anime===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
||| [[Kochikame, The UFO Movie]] || ||
! width="350"|Anime Title
! width="150"|Character
! width="250"|Notes
! width="50"|Date
|-
|-
|Various characters || [[Full Metal Panic!]] ||fitted with A2 handguards||2002
|''[[Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen]] || Hell's Wind biker ||  || 1990
|-
|-
|Ulgian Soldiers || [[Noir]] || ||
| ''[[Burn-Up Scramble]]'' ||  || || 2004
|-
|-
|Rally Vincent's Bedroom || [[Riding Bean]] || || 1989
|''[[Magical Witch Punie-chan]]'' || Captain Paya Livingston || "So only test scores measure the worth of a human being? At best I'm 0 points. Yup." (E3.A) || 2006-2008
|-
|-
|US Army soldiers || [[Blood+]] || ||
| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || || || 2012
|-
|-
|Thugs/Mercenaries/US Military || [[Black Lagoon]] || ||2006/2010
| ''[[Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]'' ||  || In the Fujiko car || 2013
|-
|-
|U.S. soldiers || [[The Skull Man]] || ||2009
| ''[[Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3]]'' ||  ||   Hanging in the background || 2013
|-
|-
|Spec-Ops Commandos || [[Black Magic M-66]]  || Some are outfitted with [[M203 grenade launcher|M203s]] ||1987
| ''[[Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper]]'' || || Airsoft, seen in the Kevin Yoshino's shop  || 2014
|-
|-
|Cyborg terrorist || [[Appleseed]] || || 1988
|}
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
! width="300"|Game Title
! width="150"|Appears As
! width="250"|Mods
! width="250"|Notes
! width="80"| Release Date
|-
| ''[[Tomb Raider II]]''|| M16 || || ||1997
|-
| ''[[WWII G.I.]]'' ||  || || Fitted with A2 handguards, also available only in the Platoon Leader expansion pack || 1999
|-
| ''[[Vietcong]]'' ||  || Can be attached with M7 bayonet || Firing 18 rounds from 20-round magazine || 2002
|-
| ''[[Shellshock Nam '67]]'' || "Assault Rifle" ||  || Incorrectly fitted with A2 handguards and firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine || 2004
|-
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' || "Assault Rifle" ||  || Incorrectly firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine || 2006
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' || M16 || Can be modified with extended mags, dual mags, red dot sight, ACOG scope, infrared scope, suppressor, [[M203 grenade launcher]], [[Knight's Armament Masterkey|KAC Masterkey]], and flamethrower || Incorrectly firing in three-round burst in multiplayer and "Zombies" modes || 2010
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| ''[[Dead Island]]'' || "Burst Rifle" || Avaiable with iron sights or reflex sight, also can fire in semi-automatic and four-round bursts || Incorrectly firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine || 2011
|-
| [[LoveGear ~Kinematic Lovers]] ||  ||  ||  || 2011
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'' || "Colt M16A1" || w/ various attachments || Incorrectly firing in three-round burst in "Zombies" mode || 2012
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || M16 ||  ||  || rowspan=2|2016
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| "C601"|| ||Colt Model 601
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|Various || [[Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky]] || With and without A2 handguards and M203s || 2010
|}
|}
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== M16A2 Rifle ==


In contrast to the real world M16A2 rifle adopted by the U.S. Military in the early 1980s, most of the A2s seen in movies are A2 'kits' built on A1 full auto lower receivers (or converted A2 style receivers). Most movie "M16A2" rifles have the A1 Birdcage flash hider installed, since Cinematographers want the "starburst" of the Flash to go all the way around, not just divert upwards (as is the case with the correct A2 Flash hider). In the real world, the fully automatic version of the M16A2 is known as the '''M16A3''', however, '''because nearly all movie "M16A2s" fire full automatic, it is not IMFDB policy to designate these rifles as "M16A3s" when identifying them in movies, since in nearly all cases they are intended to pass for M16A2s.'''
== XM16E1 ==
[[File:XM16E1 real.jpg|thumb|right|500px|XM16E1 rifle with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:XM16E1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Mockup of an XM16E1 rifle with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. This can be identified as a mockup by its full magazine fence and strengthened front pivot point, neither of which appeared on the XM16E1.]]
[[Image:XM16E1 WeWereSoldiers.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Mockup of an XM16E1 (built from an M16A1 as the base) with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. This example is the screen-used rifle used by [[Mel Gibson]] in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]''.]]


Also note that some American movies feature [[M16 rifle series#M16A1 Rifle|M16A1]] rifles fitted with M16A2-style handguards, such as ''[[Heat]]'' and ''[[Die Hard 2]]''. An example of such a rifle can be seen in the M16A1 entry above. When identifying M16 variants, please look at the '''receiver''' of the rifle in question, not just its handguards, to determine whether it is an A1 or an A2.
The '''XM16E1''' is a modified variant of the original M16 which featured several improvements, the most visible of which is the addition of the forward assist. The Army requested this feature, but the Air Force believed it had no benefit and only increased the weapon's per-unit cost. Consequently, the M16 (SP1) was the version adopted by the Air Force, while the Army adopted the slightly more expensive XM16E1. After the M16A1 was introduced in 1967, both services transitioned to this rifle. Before 1968, this was the most common version of the M16 rifle platform. The XM16E1 also features a chrome bolt carrier, which was later dropped with the M16A1.


[[Image:M16A2.jpg|thumb|500px|right|M16A2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm.  Select Fire rifle (Safe/Semi/3 round Burst Only).]]
'''Many examples in recent films are actually 'faux' XM16E1 rifles''', usually built on an M16A1; the real XM16E1 has a partial magazine fence on its lower receiver, whereas the M16A1 has a full raised rib around the magazine release button.
[[Image:ColtGovtModHBAR.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Government Model HBAR, the A2 version of the AR-15 Civilian Rifle - 5.56x45mm (note the lack of a third position for burst mode for the selector switch)]]


=== Film ===
=== Film ===
 
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| [[Fair Game (2010)|Fair Game]] || || US Military honor guard ||  || 2010
! width="280"|Title
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! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Notation
! width="50"|Date
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| [[G.I._Joe:_The_Rise_of_Cobra|G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]] || || US Army soldier || fitted with a M203 grenade launcher with the lower half of the standard handguard removed || 2009
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Green Berets, The|The Green Berets]] || [[John Wayne]] || Colonel Mike Kirby || rowspan="2" | Real XM16E1 || rowspan="2" | 1968
|-
|-
| [[Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia]] || || Colombian Army soldiers ||  || 2009
| Various || US special forces
|-
|-
| [[Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia]] || || Rogue unit || || 2009
| ''[[Legacy of Rage]] || Various || Henchmen || with birdcage flash hiders || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Crank: High Voltage]] || || Stripper || || 2009
| ''[[Stakeout]] || Various || Police || . || 1987
|-
|-
| [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]] ||  || US Army soldiers || || 2009
| ''[[Hamburger Hill]]||  || 101st Airborne troopers ||mocked up from an M16A1|| 1987
|-
|-
| [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]] || || Jordanian Special Forces soldiers || || 2009
|''[[Jacknife]]''||[[Ed Harris]]||Dave ||||1989
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| [[Cloverfield]] || || US Army Soldiers || || 2008
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Dead Presidents]] || [[Jaimz Woolvett]] || Lieutenant Dugan || rowspan="2" | Mocked up from an M16A1 || rowspan="2" | 1995
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| [[Babylon A.D.]] || || Neolite ||  || 2008
| Various || US Marines
|-
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| [[Bangkok Dangerous]] || || Police sniper || With scope, Harris bipod, and cheekpad || 2008
|rowspan="8" | ''[[We Were Soldiers]] || [[Mel Gibson]] || LTC Hal Moore || rowspan="8" | Mocked up from an M16A1 || rowspan="8" | 2002
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| [[I Am Legend]] || || Guard ||  || 2007
| [[Barry Pepper]] || Joe Galloway
|-
|-
| [[Bobby Z]] || [[Laurence Fishburne]] || Tad Gruzsa ||  || 2007
| [[Jsu Garcia]] || CPT Tony Nadal
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|-
| [[Transformers]] || || US military personnel ||  || 2007
| Robert Bagnell || 1LT Charlie Hasting
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|-
| [[Home of the Brave]] || [[Brian Presley]] || SPC. Tommy Yates ||  || 2006
| [[Chris Klein]] || 2LT Jack Geoghegan
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|-
| [[Home of the Brave]] || || US Army soldiers ||  || 2006
| [[Ryan Hurst]] || SGT Ernie Savage
|-
|-
| [[Departed, The|The Departed]] ||  || Police honor guard ||  || 2006
| Josh Daugherty || SPC Robert Ouellette
|-
|-
| [[Blood Diamond]] || || Sierra Leone Army soldiers ||  || 2006
| Various || US Army soldiers
|-
|-
| [[Blood Diamond]] || || South African mercenaries || || 2006
|rowspan="3" | ''[[Tropic Thunder]] || [[Jay Baruchel]] || Kevin Sandusky || rowspan="3" | Mocked up from an M16A1 || rowspan="3" | 2008
|-
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| [[X-Men: The Last Stand]] || || US Army soldiers ||  || 2006
| [[Brandon T. Jackson]] || Alpa Chino
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|-
| [[War of the Worlds]] ||  || US Army soldiers || With & without Surefire Universal weaponlight || 2005
| Various || Actors playing US Army soldiers
|-
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| [[War of the Worlds]] || || US Marines || || 2005
| ''[[Balibo]] || || FRETELIN Guerillas || || 2009
|-
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| [[Jarhead]] || [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] || Anthony "Swoff" Swofford ||  || 2005
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[Jarhead]] || [[Jamie Foxx]] || SSGT. Sykes || With & without paintball conversion || 2005
! width="250"|Title
! width="200"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Note
! width="80"|Air Date
|-
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| [[Jarhead]] || [[Lucas Black]] || LCPL. Chris Kruger || || 2005
| ''[[On Wings of Eagles]]'' || ||Revolutionaries || || 1986
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| [[Jarhead]] || [[Laz Alonso]] || LCPL. Ramon Escobar || With Cobra CM203 || 2005
|}
 
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[Jarhead]] || [[Brian Geraghty]] || Fergus || With & without M203 grenade launcher || 2005
! width="250"|Game Title
! width="150"|Appears As
! width="250"|Mods
! width="250"|Notes
! width="100"| Release Date
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| [[Jarhead]] || [[Peter Sarsgaard]] || Troy || With M203 grenade launcher/Cobray CM203 || 2005
| [[Vietcong 2]] || "M-16" || || Available with [[XM148 grenade launcher]] as the "M-16/XM-148" || 2005
|-
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| [[XXX 2: State of the Union]] || || US Marines || || 2005
|}
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== M16A1 ==
[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16A1wA2Handguards.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt M16A1 with A2 handguards - 5.56x45mm. Putting the distinctive A2 handguards on the older rifle was a method used by Movie/TV armorers to simulate A2 rifles when M16A1s were the only ones available. The same thing has been done vice-versa, Using M16A2's with A1 handguards for Vietnam War B Movies.]]
 
The '''M16A1''' is a modification of the XM16E1 to address problems found in the testing cycle of the XM16E1. Changes included a closed "birdcage" flash hider to replace the XM16E1's three-pronged flash hider, which caught on twigs and leaves, a full fence around the magazine release to prevent accidental ejection, and a chrome plated chamber - later fully lined bore - to reduce fouling. The bolt was also changed so the cam pin could not be inserted with the bolt installed backwards, which would cause failures to eject until corrected. The front pivot point is also strenghtened, giving the area in front of the magazine well a slightly different shape.
 
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[XXX 2: State of the Union]] || || US Army soldiers ||  || 2005
! width="285"|Title
! width="170"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="280"|Note
! width="80"|Date
|-
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| [[Lord of War]] || || || Seen in warehouse || 2005
| ''[[The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes]]'' || || Guard || || 1969
|-
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| [[Day After Tomorrow, The|The Day After Tomorrow]] || || US Army soldier ||  || 2004
| ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' || Various || Soldiers ||  ||1976
|-
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| [[Whole Ten Yards, The|The Whole Ten Yards]] || [[Bruce Willis]] || Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudesky ||  || 2004
| ''[[The Enforcer]]'' || Various || SFPD officers ||  || 1976
|-
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| [[Whole Ten Yards, The|The Whole Ten Yards]] || [[Matthew Perry]] || Oz || || 2004
| ''[[The Choirboys]]''||[[James Woods]]||Harold Bloomguard||||1977
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| [[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout]] || [[Ron Livingston]] || Donnie Anderson || || 2003
| ''[[Rolling Thunder]]''||Various||North Vietnamese military||||1977
|-
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| [[Bad Boys II]] || || US Marines || || 2003
| ''[[The Boys in Company C]]'' || [[Andrew Stevens]] || Billy Ray Pike || || 1978
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| [[Bad Boys II]] || || [[Miami PD officers ||  || 2003
| ''[[The Odd Angry Shot]]'' || Various || Australian SAS troopers ||  || 1979
|-
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| [[A Man Apart]] || || Guard ||  || 2003
| ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers ||  || 1979
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| [[Core, The|The Core]] || || US military personnel || || 2003
| ''[[Jerk, The|The Jerk]]'' || [[M. Emmet Walsh]] || The Madman || Fitted with scope || 1979
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| [[Battle Royale II: Requiem]] || || Japanese soldiers ||  || 2003
| rowspan=2| ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' || [[Carrie Fisher]] || Jake's ex-fiance ||  || rowspan=2| 1980
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| [[Tears of the Sun]] ||  || US Marines ||  || 2003
| Various || State Troopers, Sheriff's Deputies, Chicago Police SWAT, and US Army soldiers ||
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|-
| [[Dreamcatcher]] || || US Army soldiers ||  || 2003
| ''[[The Final Countdown]]'' || Various || US Marines ||  || 1980
|-
|-
| [[Sum of All Fears, The|The Sum of All Fears]] || || US Marines || With & without M203 grenade launcher || 2002
|''[[Hunter, The (1980)|The Hunter]]'' || [[Tracey Walter]] || Rocco Mason || || 1980
|-
|-
| [[Die Another Day]] || || US military personnel ||  || 2002
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Octagon, The|The Octagon]]'' || [[Carol Bagdasarian]] || Aura ||  || rowspan="3" | 1980
|-
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| [[Die Another Day]] || || South Korean Military Police ||  || 2002
| [[John Shields]] || McCarn's lieutenant ||
|-
|-
| [[Blade_II|Blade II]] || [[Matt Schulze]] || Chupa || fitted with a tactical flashlight, two MWG 90-round magazines coupled together (night club scene) and standard 30-round mag (sewer scene)|| 2002
| Thad Geer || McCarn's man ||
|-
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| [[Ali G Indahouse]] || [[Sasha Baron Cohen]] || Ali G || || 2002
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]]'' || [[Bruno Cremer]] || Pierre Delbart || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 1980
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Josh Hartnett]] || SSGT. Matt Eversmann ||  || 2001
|  || Zairian government troops and Katanga fighters
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Ewan McGregor]] || SPC. John Grimes || With M203 grenade launcher || 2001
| ''[[Le Guignolo]]'' || [[Tony Kendall]] || Fredo || With sound suppressor, sniper scope and laser sighting device || 1980
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Johnny Strong]] || SFC Randy Shughart || || 2001
|''[[Enter the Ninja]]'' || || Venarius' henchmen || || 1981
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Carmine Giovinazzo]] || SGT. Mike Goodale || || 2001
| ''[[Choice of Arms]]'' || || || Seen in Jean's armoury || 1981
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Matthew Marsden]] || SPC. Dale Sizemore ||  || 2001
| ''[[Death Wish 2]]'' || Various || Thugs ||  || 1982
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Gregory Sporleder]] || SGT. Scott Galentine ||  || 2001
| ''[[Rambo: First Blood]]'' || Various || US Army National Guardsmen ||  || 1982
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Brian Van Holt]] || SGT. Struecker || || 2001
| ''[[Uncommon Valor]]'' || [[Reb Brown]] || Blaster || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Enrique Murciano]] || SSGT. Ruiz || With Cobray CM203 || 2001
| ''[[Day After, The|The Day After]]'' || Various || US Air Force Security Police || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || || US Army Rangers || || 2001
| ''[[Revenge of the Ninja]]'' || [[Mario Gall]] || Caifano || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Jurassic Park III]] || || US Marines || || 2001
| ''[[Revenge of the Ninja]]'' || || Caifano's henchmen || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Behind Enemy Lines]] || || US Marines || || 2001
| ''[[Scarface (1983)|Scarface]]'' || || Sosa's assassins || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Evolution]] || || US Army soldiers || || 2001
| ''[[The Ruffian]]'' || || The robber in black mask || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Swordfish]] || || Police officer ||  || 2001
| ''[[Ghostbusters (1984)|Ghostbusters]]'' || Various || US Army National Guardsmen ||  || 1984
|-
|-
| [[General's Daughter, The|The General's Daughter]] || Various actors || U.S. Army soldiers ||.|| 1999
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Code Name: Wild Geese]]'' || [[Thomas Danneberg]] || Arbib || Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan="4" | 1984
|-
|-
| [[Three Kings]] || [[Mark Wahlberg]] || SFC Troy Barlow ||  || 1999
| [[Manfred Lehmann]] || Klein ||
|-
|-
| [[Three Kings]] || [[Ice Cube]] || SSGT. "Chief" Elgin ||  || 1999
| [[Rene Abadeza]] || Kim ||
|-
|-
| [[Three Kings]] || || US Army soldiers || || 1999
| Various || Kim's men and General Khan's soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Blue Streak]] || || US Custom agents ||  || 1999
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Terminator]]'' || [[Paul Winfield]] || Lt. Edward Traxler ||  || rowspan="3" | 1984
|-
|-
| [[Blue Streak]] || || Mexican Border Patrol officers ||  || 1999
| [[Lance Henriksen]] || Detective Hal Vukovich ||
|-
|-
| [[Siege, The|The Siege]] || || US Army soldiers ||  || 1998
| Various || LAPD officers ||
|-
|-
| [[Godzilla (1998)|Godzilla]] || || US Army soldiers || || 1998
| ''[[Ninja III: The Domination]]'' || [[Jordan Bennett]] || Billy Secord || || 1984
|-
|-
| [[Armageddon]] || || US military personnel || || 1998
| ''[[Ninja III: The Domination]]'' || || A police sniper || With sniper scope || 1984
|-
|-
| [[Con Air]] || [[John Malkovich]] || Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom || || 1997
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Wheels of Fire]]'' || [[Joe Mari Avellana]] || Scourge || Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan="4" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[Con Air]] || [[Ving Rhames]] || Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones ||  || 1997
| Gary Watkins || Trace || standart and mocked up as futuristic rifle, several times fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]]
|-
|-
| [[Pest, The|The Pest]] || [[Aries Spears]] || Chubby || With A1-style forward assist || 1997
| [[Laura Banks]] || Stinger || mocked up as futuristic rifle
|-
|-
| [[Volcano]] || || Army National Guard soldiers ||  || 1997
| Various || Scourge's men, True believers' solders, Ownership's army || standart and mocked up as futuristic rifle,
|-
|-
| [[Rock, The|The Rock]] || || US Marine honor guard ||  || 1996
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Latino]]'' || [[Robert Beltran]] || Eddie Guerrero ||  || rowspan="2" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[Bulletproof (1996)|Bulletproof]] || || LAPD SWAT officers ||  || 1996
| Various || ''Contras'' soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Bulletproof (1996)|Bulletproof]] || || DEA agents ||  || 1996
| ''[[Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti)]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers and Viet Cong guerrillas ||  || 1985
|-
|-
| [[Courage Under Fire]] || [[Meg Ryan]] || CPT. Karen Emma Walden || With full-auto lower receiver  || 1996
| ''[[Hold-Up]]'' || || Montreal SWAT and police || || 1985
|-
|-
| [[Courage Under Fire]] || [[Seth Gilliam]] || SGT. Steven Altameyer || || 1996
| ''[[Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins]]'' ||[[Charles Cioffi]]||George Grove|| || 1985
|-
|-
| [[Courage Under Fire]] || || US Army soldiers || || 1996
| ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' || Various || Vietnamese troops and pirates || Some fitted with A2 handguards || 1985
|-
|-
| [[Independence Day]] || || US military personnel ||  || 1996
| ''[[Day of The Dead (1985)|Day of the Dead]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers ||  || 1985
|-
|-
| [[Eraser]] || || US Marshal || || 1996
| rowspan="2" | ''[[American Ninja]]'' || [[Steve James]] || CPL Curtis Jackson || Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan="2" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[GoldenEye]] ||  || US Marines ||  || 1995
| Various || US Army soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Clear and Present Danger]] || || US Army soldiers || || 1994
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Commando]]'' || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || John Matrix || Alternates with [[M16 rifle series#M16 Rifle|M16 SP1]] || rowspan="2" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]] || [[Pauly Shore]] || PFC Bones Conway ||  || 1994
| Various|| Arius' men and US Army soldiers || Some fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards
|-
|-
| [[Jurassic Park]] || || Guards || With & wouthout barrel-mounted weaponlights || 1993
| rowspan="6" | ''[[Commando Leopard]]'' || [[Lewis Collins]] || Enrique Carrasco || With [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan="6" | 1985
|-
|-
| [[Stone Cold]] || || Soldiers ||  || 1991
| [[John Steiner]] || Smithy ||
|-
|-
| [[RoboCop_2|Robocop 2]] || || Detroit Police officers || fitted with MWC "90-rounder" inverted drums and 30-round translucent magazines || 1990
| [[Cristina Donadio]] || Maria ||
|-
|-
| [[In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders]] || [[Michael Gross]] || William Matrix ||  || 1988
| [[Klaus Kinski]] || Colonel Silveira ||
|-
|-
|}
| [[Manfred Lehmann]] || Padre Julio ||
 
|-
=== Television ===
| Various || Soldiers and rebels ||
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Nicki Aycox]] || Pvt. Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell || || 2005
| rowspan=2| ''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' || [[Edward Wiley]] || Laribee's Aide || || rowspan=2| 1985
|-
|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Lizette Carrión]] || PFC Esmaralda "Doublewide" Del Rio ||  || 2005
| || US Army soldiers, plainclothes officers ||
|-
|-
| [[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]] || || Pittsburg PD officers ||  || 2007
| ''[[The Park is Mine]]'' || Various || NYPD SWAT officers ||  || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]] || || Armored van driver ||  || 2007
| ''[[Iron Eagle]]'' || Various || US Air Force security guards ||  || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]] ||  || Henchman || || 2007
| ''[[Aliens]]'' ||  || || Seen on the walls of the ''Sulaco'''s armory || 1986
|-
|-
| [[JAG]] / "In Country" || [[Randy Vasquez]] || GSgt. Galindez ||  || 1995 - 2005
| ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' || Various || US Marines ||  || 1986
|-
|-
| [[JAG]] / "In Country" || [[David James Elliott]] || Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb || || 1995 - 2005
| ''[[Band of the Hand]]''||[[Daniele Quinn]]||Carlos||.||1986
|-
|-
| [[JAG]] / "In Country" || [[Catherine Bell]] || Lt. Col. Sarah "Mac" Mackenzie || || 1995 - 2005
| ''[[Heartbreak Ridge]]'' || Various || US Marines || With and without MILES gear || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Play 16" || [[Max Martini]] || MSgt. Mack Gerhardt || With M9 bayonet || 2006 - 2009
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Platoon]]'' || [[Charlie Sheen]] || PVT Chris Taylor  || || rowspan="2" | 1986
|-
|-
| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Dark of the Moon" || [[Eric Ladin]] || Cpl. Blaylock ||  || 2006 - 2009
| Various|| US Army soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Dark of the Moon" || || US Army soldiers || || 2006 - 2009
| ''[[Firewalker]]'' || || Brigands, guerillas || || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Jericho]] / "Coalition of the Willing" || [[Skeet Ulrich]] || Jake Green ||  || 2006 - 2008
| ''[[The Dragon Hunt (Okhota na drakona)]]'' || [[Mashrab Kimsanov]] || Ramos ||  || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Jericho]] / "Reconstruction" || [[Kenneth Mitchell]] || Eric Green || || 2006 - 2008
| ''[[Demon of Paradise]]'' || || Soldiers || Elisco || 1987
|-
|-
| [[Jericho]] || [[Brad Beyer]] || Stanley Richmond || || 2006 - 2008
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Extreme Prejudice]]'' || [[Matt Mulhern]] || SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker || || rowspan=2 | 1987
|-
|-
| [[Jericho]] || [[Gerald McRaney]] || Johnston Green ||  || 2006 - 2008
| Various || Special Unit and cartel members || Some with A2 handguards
|-
|-
| [[Seven Days]] / "Doppleganger" || [[Johnathan LaPaglia]] || Frank Parker ||  || 1998 - 2001
| ''[[Gardens of Stone]]'' || Various || US Army personnel (seen during news footage of the Vietnam War) ||  || 1987
|-
|-
| [[Seven Days]] / "Peacekeepers" || [[Don Franklin]] || Cpt. Craig Donovan ||  || 1998 - 2001
| ''[[Hamburger Hill]]'' || Various || US Army 101st Airborne personnel ||  || 1987
|-
|-
| [[Seven Days]] / "Peacekeepers" || [[Rick Worthy]] || Sgt. Grubbs || || 1998 - 2001
| ''[[Dragnet (1987)|Dragnet]]'' || || SWAT officers || With A2 handguards || 1987
|-
|-
| [[Star Trek: Voyager]] / "Future's End" || || Militant extremists || || 1995 - 2001
| ''[[Rage of Honor]]'' || || Various henchmen || || 1987
|-
|-
| [[CSI: NY]] / "Heroes" || || US Marines || With ACOG scopes, with & without M203 grenade launchers || 2004 - ????
| rowspan=3|''[[Equalizer 2000]]'' || [[Richard Norton]] || Slade || In futuristic dress-up || rowspan=3|1987
|-
|-
| [[CSI: NY]] / "Charge of This Post" || [[Eion Bailey]] || Dean Lessing ||  || 2004 - ????
| [[Henry Strzalkowski]] || Alamo ||
|-
|-
| [[Tremors: The Series]] / "Night of the Shriekers" || [[Patrick St. Esprit]] || Karl Hartung ||  || 2003
| || Lawton's soldiers and rebels || Standard and in futuristic dress-up
|-
|-
| [[Tremors: The Series]] / "Night of the Shriekers" || || Security personnel ||  || 2003
| rowspan=2| ''[[Tiger Cage]]'' || [[Jacky Cheung]] || Insp. Fong Chun-Yau ||  || rowspan=2| 1980
|-
|-
| [[Ultimate Force]] / "Dead Is Forever" || [[Ross Kemp]] || Sgt. Henno Garvie || With M203 grenade launcher || 2002 - 2006
| || Policeman ||
|-
|-
| [[X Files, The|The X Files]] || || || || 1993 - 2002
| ''[[BAT*21]]'' ||[[Danny Glover]]||Captain Clark||||1988
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Bulletproof (1988)|Bulletproof]]'' || || Henchmen || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1988
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[50 Cent: Bulletproof]] || || || 2005
| ''[[Iron Eagle II]]'' || Various || US Military Police || || 1988
|-
| [[GoldenEye 007]] || As the "AR33" || Erroneously shown capable of full auto fire || 1997
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint]] || || With and without M203 grenade launcher || 2001
| ''[[China O'Brien]]'' || || Sommers' henchman || With sniper scope || 1988
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 2]] || || With and without M203 grenade launcher || 2005
| ''[[Casualties of War]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 1989
|-
|-
| [[Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad]] || || With M203 grenade launcher || 2003
| ''[[The Package]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 1989
|-
|-
| [[America's Army]] ||  || With and without M203 grenade launcher || 2002
| rowspan="4" | ''[[A Better Tomorrow III]]'' || [[Chow Yun-Fat]] || Mark Lee ||  || rowspan="4" | 1989
|-
|-
| [[America's Army: Rise of a Soldier]] || || With and without M203 grenade launcher || 2005
| [[Anita Mui]] || Chow Ying Kit ||
|-
|-
| [[Postal 2]] || || || 2003
| [[Tony Leung Ka Fai]] || Cheung Chi Mun ||
|-
|-
| [[Punisher, The (VG)|The Punisher]] || As the "5.56mm Assault Rifle" || With optional M203 grenade launcher and night-vision scope, incorrectly shown capable of full auto fire  || 2005
| Various || ARVN soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Project I.G.I]] ||  ||  || 2000
| ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)]]'' ||  || Israeli soldiers ||  || 1989
|-
|-
| [[Project IGI 2: Covert Strike]] ||  || With M203 grenade launcher || 2003
| ''[[Guns (1990)|Guns]]'' ||  || Army soldiers ||  || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Splinter Cell]] || ||used by hostile NPCs || 2002
| ''[[Fire Birds]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers ||  || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Left 4 Dead]] || Assault Rifle || With barrel-mounted weaponlight<br />50-round magazine || 2008
| ''[[By Dawn's Early Light]]'' || || US military personnel || || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Left 4 Dead 2]] || M-16 Assault Rifle || With barrel-mounted weaponlight and optional laser sight<br />50-round magazine || 2009
| ''[[Total Recall (1990)|Total Recall]]'' ||  || || Seen at Kuato's resistance base || 1990
|-
|-
| [[ArmA II]] || || || 2009
| ''[[Die Hard 2]]'' || Various || Airport police and US Army Special Forces || The Army Special Forces team fitted with A2 handguards || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Command & Conquer]] || || Seen on box art only, non-playable || 1995
| ''[[Bullet in the Head]]'' || [[Jacky Cheung]] || Fai || || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Far Cry 2]] || As the "M16A3" || Seen in a magazine and on posters, non-playable || 2008
| ''[[Darkman]]'' || Karl A. Wickman || Police officer || Fitted with scope || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Delta Force: Black Hawk Down]] || || Available w/ [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2003
| ''[[La Femme Nikita]] || || guards|| || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising]] || || Available w/ [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2004
| ''[[Death Warrant]]'' || || Prison guards || || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Manhunt]] || As the "M16" || || 2003
| ''[[Marked for Death]]'' || || Jamaican Constabulary|| || 1990
|-
|-
| [[Manhunt 2]] || As the "M16" || || 2007
| ''[[Silence of the Lambs]]'' || || US Army National Guardsmen || || 1991
|}
 
=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Mayoi Neko Overrun!]] || || ||
| ''[[Nothing But Trouble]]'' || Various || National Guardsmen || || 1991
|-
|-
| [[When They Cry|Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai]] ||Banken Soldiers||Using 20 round magazines||2006
| ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' || Various || Colombian soldiers || || 1991
|-
| [[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]] || American Empire soldiers || || 2002
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' || || || Seen on the walls of Sarah's armory || 1991
<br clear=all>
 
== M16A4 Rifle ==
[[Image:M16A4Standard.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 with carry handle attached and standard A2 handguards - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16A4withANPEQ&ACOG.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 MWS (Modular Weapon System) with RAS rails installed, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, and ACOG scope 5.56x45mm. This is the U.S.M.C. style setup.]]
The A4 is a 3-round burst rifle like the A2.  As is the case with the A2 rifle, all movie/TV appearances of the 'flat top' M16 are full auto, not three round burst, since no director wants to see only three rounds fire at a time. So these are, again, A4 uppers built on full auto lower receivers. Despite the fact that the real world A4 is a three round burst rifle, IMFDB will still refer to the movie incarnations as A4s, since that is the rifle they are supposed to represent on film.
 
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Battle: Los Angeles]] ||.|| U.S. Marines || . || 2011
| ''[[The Jackpot! (La Totale!)]]'' || || || Seen in secret service minivan || 1991
|-
|-
| [[Survival of the Dead]] || [[Athena Karkanis]] || Tomboy || . || 2010
| ''[[Pure Luck]]'' || || Mexican prizon guards || || 1991
|-
|-
| [[Legion]] || [[Paul Bettany]] || Michael || Fitted with an [[M203]] grenade launcher || 2010
| ''[[Operation Corned Beef (L'opération Corned Beef)|Operation Corned Beef]]'' || || Zargas' henchmen || || 1991
|-
|-
| [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]] || . || U.S. military personnel || With ACOG scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and RIS foregrips || 2009
| ''[[Rapid Fire]]'' || Various || Guards || || 1992
|-
|-
| [[Far Cry (2009)|Far Cry]] ||. || Mercenary || With Aimpoint sight || 2009
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' || [[Philip Kwok]] || Mad Dog || Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan="2" | 1992
|-
|-
| [[The Hurt Locker]] ||. || U.S. Army soldiers || With Aimpoint sight || 2009
| Various || Hong Kong police and Johnny Wong's thugs ||
|-
|-
| [[Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]] || . || U.S. Army soldiers || . || 2008
| ''[[To Survive (Chtoby vyzhit)]]'' || [[Sergey Veksler]] || Nikolai || Fitted with [[XM148 grenade launcher]] || 1992
|-
|-
| [[Incredible Hulk, The (2008)|The Incredible Hulk]] || . || U.S. Army soldiers || . || 2008
|''[[Black Shark (Chyornaya akula)]]||||American soldiers, mujahedeen, mercenaries|||| 1993
|-
|-
| [[28 Weeks Later]] || . || U.S. Army soldiers || . || 2007
| ''[[Boiling Point]]''|| || || Is seen in arms rack ||1993
|-
|-
| [[Home of the Brave]] || . || Sgt. First Class Duhon || With EOTech red dot sight || 2006
| ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' || || Resistance fighters, OCP Rehab officers || || 1993
|-
|-
|}
| rowspan=2|''[[Rage and Honor II]]'' || [[Cynthia Rothrock]] || Kris Fairchild ||rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1993
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| || U.S. Marines || [[CSI: Miami]] / "Come As You Are" || With ACOG scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2002 - ????
| || Thugs
|-
|-
| || Miami-Dade P.D. officer || [[CSI: Miami]] / "Seeing Red" || With EOTech red dot sight || 2002 - ????
| rowspan=4 | ''[[Open Fire]]'' || [[Jeff Wincott]] || Alec McNeil || || rowspan=4 | 1994
|-
|-
|  || New Bern residents || [[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]] || || 2006 - 2008
| [[Ron Howard George]] || Deacon ||
|-
|-
| || Beck's soldiers || [[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]] || With and without M68 Aimpoint scope and Surefire weaponlight || 2006 - 2008
| Mimi Craven || Lynne Tolbert ||
|-
|-
|  || U.S. Army soldier || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || || 2006 - 2009
| [[Lee de Broux]] || Bob McNeil ||
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[The plane flies to Russia (Samolyot letit v Rossiyu)]]'' || || Navy sailors, mafia members || || 1994
 
=== Anime ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Flag]] || UNF soldiers|| used in multiple configurations || 2006
| rowspan=4| ''[[Steel Frontier]]'' || [[Brion James]] || General J.W. Quantrell || || rowspan=4| 1995
|}
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Used By'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Ghost Recon]] || Major Harold "Buzz" Gordon || "M16A2" || Fitted w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2001
| [[Joe Lara]] || Yuma ||
|-
|-
| [[Sum of All Fears, The (VG)|The Sum Of All Fears]] ||FBI HRT ||"M16" ||with [[M203]] UBGL or reflex scope || 2002
| || mercenaries ||
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || U.S. Marines || M16A4 || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, EOTech Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, foregrip, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2005
| || citizens ||
|-
|-
| [[Insurgency]] || U.S. Marines || M16A4 || Available w/ iron sights, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2007
| rowspan=4| ''[[Soldier Boyz]]'' || [[Michael Dudikoff]] || Major Toliver || || rowspan=4| 1995
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]] || U.S. Marines || M16A4 || Available w/ iron sights, SureShot red dot sight, AN/PEQ-2 laser designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2007
| [[Channon Roe]] || Brophy ||
|-
|-
| [[America's Army: True Soldiers]] || U.S. Army Soldiers || M16A4 || Fitted w/ Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2007
| [[David Barry Gray]] || Lamb ||
|-
|-
| [[Combat Arms]] || || "M-16A3" ||  || 2008
| Various || Vinh Moc's soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Counter-Strike Online]] || || "Black Angel" || Fitted w/ foregrip. || 2008
| ''[[Species]]'' || Background extras|| US soldiers || || 1995
|-
|-
| [[America's Army 3]] || U.S. Army Soldiers || M16A4/M16A4 DMR || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon M150 ACOG scope, and [[Heckler & Koch M320]] grenade launcher. || 2009
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Rumble in the Bronx]]'' || || NYPD officers || rowspan=2|  || rowspan=2| 1995
|-
|-
| [[ArmA II]] || U.S. Marines || M16A4, M16A4 RCO, M16A4 M203, and M16A4 M203 RCO || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 laser designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2009
| || FBI officer in helicopter
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]] || U.S. Marines || M16A4, M16A4 (Assault), M16A4 (CQB), M16A4 (Night Ops), M16A4 (Marksman), M16A4 (Stealth). || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PVS-17 night vision scope, suppressor, AN/PEQ-2 laser designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2009
| ''[[Heat]]'' || [[Wes Studi]] || Detective Casals || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1995
|-
|-
| [[Modern Warfare 2]] || U.S. Army Ragners || M16A4 || Can be fitted w/ iron sights, red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, Thermal scope, silencer, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2009
|''[[Heat]]''||[[Steven Ford]]||Officer Bruce||A2 handguards||1995
|-
|-
| [[Marines: Modern Urban Combat]] || || || Fitted w/ Trijicon ACOG scope, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]. || 2010
| ''[[Midnight Man]]'' || [[Michael Watson]] || Ilyia || With [[Cobray CM203]] || 1995
|-
|-
| [[Homefront]] || U.S. Army Soldiers || || || 2011
| ''[[Midnight Man]]'' || [[Lorenzo Lamas]] || John Kang || With [[Cobray CM203]] || 1995
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || U.S. Marines || || Fitted w/ Iron sights, Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sight, Trijicon TA31RCO-A4CP ACOG scope, and SureFire Universal WeaponLight. || 2011
| ''[[Rock, The|The Rock]]'' || Various || Rogue US Marines || Fitted with A2 handguards and tactical flashlights, some with [[M203 grenade launcher]]s || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 3]] || U.S. Marines || M16A4 || || 2011
| ''[[Eraser]]'' || Various || US Marshals || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1996
|-
|-
|}
|''[[A Time to Kill]]''||[[Samuel L. Jackson]]||Carl Lee Hailey||||1996
<br clear=all>
 
==Colt AR-15 Sporter-1==
 
[[Image:Colt AR-15 Model SP1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt AR-15 Sporter-1 (SP1) - 5.56x45mm]]
 
===Films===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]] || [[Pauly Shore]] || PFC "Bones" Conway || With A2-style handguards || 1994
| rowspan=2 | ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || Sam Halpenny || "Legs" Lane || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || rowspan=2 | 1996
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]] || [[Lori Petty]] || Pvt. Christine Jones || With A2-style handguards || 1994
| Alexander Morton || Big Bob || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]]
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]] || [[David Alan Grier]] || Pvt. Fred Ostroff || With A2-style handguards || 1994
| ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' || || Henchman || || 1996
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]] || || US Army soldiers || With A2-style handguards || 1994
| ''[[Romeo & Juliet]]'' || Various || Verona Beach police officers || Some fitted with A2 handguards || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Trespass]] || [[Ice Cube]] || Savon || With A2-style handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip & handguard || 1992
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Day of the Warrior]]'' || [[Kevin Light]] || Doc Austin || rowspan=3 | With [[M203 grenade launcher]] || rowspan=3 | 1996
|-
|-
| [[Trespass]] || [[Byron Minns]] || Moon || With A2-style handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip & handguard || 1992
| [[Ron Browning]] || Ron
|-
|-
| [[Trespass]] || [[Tommy "Tiny" Lister]] || Cletus || With A2-style handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip & handguard || 1992
| || Warrior's henchman
|-
|-
| [[Trespass]] || [[Tico Wells]] || Davis || With A2-style handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip & handguard || 1992
| ''[[Original Gangstas]]'' || || Gang members || || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Time and Tide]] ||  || || || 2000
| ''[[The Devil's Own]]'' ||  || Desmond - Provisional IRA Gunman || Used by Desmond to fire on British Soldiers from a 2nd floor window. It is on semi-automatic firing mode. || 1997
|-
|-
| [[Four Brothers]] || || Police honor guard || With A2-style handguards and 20-round magazines || 2005
| ''[[Con Air]]'' || Various || Convicts and US Army National Guardsmen || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1997
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Postman, The|The Postman]]'' || Various || Holnist soldiers || || 1997
 
===Television===
 
* [[Star Trek: Voyager]]
 
<Br Clear=All>
 
==Colt Match Target==
 
[[Image:PostbanAR15A2standard.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Match Target with 20-round magazine 5.56x45mm]]
 
Post-ban version of the AR-15A2 HBAR; it has the bayonet lug deleted and features a barrel that has no threading and therefore cannot accept a muzzle brake or flash hider.
 
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Home of the Brave]] || [[Brian Presley]] || Tommy Yates || With magazine removed || 2006
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Dance with the Devil]]'' || [[Javier Bardem]] || Romeo Dolorosa || || rowspan=3 | 1997
|-
|-
|}
| [[Carlos Bardem]] || Reggie San Pedro ||
<br clear=all>
 
==Colt AR-15 Sporter Carbine==
[[Image:Colt-Sporter-I-Carbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Sporter I Carbine - 5.56x45mm. Colt's public offering of a lightweight carbine based on the AR-15 Platform. This rifle has been erroneously called "the M16 Shorty" for years by Law Enforcement and Firearms "authors". The "M16 Shorty" or "Shorty Carbine" have never been authorized or used names for the rifle by Colt or the Government.]]
[[Image:ColtSporterIICarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Sporter II Carbine with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. Colt model #R-6420. Colt still insisted on using the SP1 style lower receiver so any rifle that looks like this but has the ribbing around the magazine release button is not a Colt rifle. Variants of this rifle have both the round and tear drop forward assist buttons, however, most of the early years of production had the tear drop button, like this rifle in the photo.]]
[[Image:ColtSporterIIw30RdMag.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Sporter II Carbine with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. This is the exact same rifle as above except with a 30 round magazine instead of a 20 round magazine.]]
 
===Films===
* ''[[To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' (1985)
 
* [[Ben Stiller]] as Tugg Speedman and others in [[Tropic Thunder]]
::This info is incorrect.  Speedman's rifle, though a 16" carbine is not either a Sporter I or Sporter II. [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 19:54, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| Different Actors || U.S. Army soldiers || [[X-Files, The]] || Mocked up to look like M16A2 || 1993 - 2002
| [[Miguel Galván]] || Doug ||
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Against the Law]]'' || [[Richard Grieco]] || Rex || || 1997
 
|-
<br clear=all>
| ''[[Dead Silence (1997)]]'' || || FBI HRT || || 1997
 
== Diemaco C7/Colt Model 715 ==
[[Image:Colt715 C7Rifle.jpg‎ |thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 715 (virtually identical rifle to the Colt Canada C7) - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:ColtCanadaC7A1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Canada C7A1 with ELCAN scope and polymer magazine 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:C7a2.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Canada C7A2 with ELCAN scope and polymer magazine 5.56x45mm]]
 
Known as the Colt Model 715 in the United States, the Diemaco C7 is a Canadian license-built version of the M16 that was developed in tandem with the M16A2, but retains the rear sight and the automatic firing mode of the earlier M16A1, with the further addition of a heavier barrel and brass deflector. The original C7 was gradually replaced by the C7A1 in Canadian service during the mid 1990s, eliminating the carrying handle in favor of a Weaver rail system and a 3.5x ELCAN optical sight. The C7A2 is a mid-life upgrade of the C7A1 that adds a 4-position M4-style stock, a new handguard and pistol grip in OD green, and a Triad rail system that allows for the mounting of additional accessories such as RIS foregrips or AN/PEQ-2 laser illumination devices.
 
''NOTE: Diemaco (currently Colt Canada) does not permit sale of their weapons to civilians (including film armorers), so C7s in films is near impossible to see.  However, several AR-15 manufacturers built identically-configured rifles with the same receiver style, which were usually marketed as "budget" alternatives to their [[M16A2]] clones.  Colt manufactured the Model 715, while Olympic Arms manufactured its own version, the K4B (which is currently sold as the "Plinker Plus 20").  Most of the "C7" rifles appearing in movies and TV shows are the older-model (pre-1994) Olympic Arms K4B rifles; these guns are evidently preferred by the armorers in Vancouver, British Columbia and have been featured on TV shows such as ''[[Stargate: SG1]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Millennium]]'', and ''[[Viper]]''. If the movie or TV show you are watching was filmed in British Columbia, chances are that you're seeing a converted Olympic Arms K4B, and not a genuine C7.''
 
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Walking Tall]] || || Ex-Deputy || With Beta-C drum magazine || 2004
|''[[The Peacemaker]]''||||Army National Guard||||1997
|-
|-
| [[Operation Dumbo Drop]] || || Green Berets,US Soldiers,ARVN || Mocked up as M16A1 || 1995
| ''[[Rage, The (1997)|The Rage]]'' || [[Dell Yount]] || Bobby Joe || || 1997
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Rage, The (1997)|The Rage]]'' || || FBI agents || || 1997
 
=== Television ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[James McGowan]] || Major Mike Kessler || [[The Border (TV Series)]] / "Blowback" || With ELCAN sight  || 2008-2010
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Pentagon Wars, The|The Pentagon Wars]]'' || [[Cary Elwes]] || LTC James G. Burton || With magazine removed and A2 handguards || rowspan="2" | 1998
|-
|-
| Various || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Harsh Realm]] ||  || 1999
| Various || US Army soldiers || Fitted with A2 handguards
|-
|-
| Various || Repblican Guard Special Forces || [[Harsh Realm]] || || 1999
| ''[[Scarred City]]'' || || Soto's bodyguard || || 1998
|-
|-
| Various || Cherokee rebels || [[Harsh Realm]] || || 1999
| ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money]]''||Various|| Mexican Police ||.|| 1999
|-
|-
| Various || Survivalists/other characters || [[Millennium]] ||  || 1997 - 2007
| ''[[Shergar]]'' || Various || SAS Soldiers ||  || 1999
|-
|-
| Various || U.S.A.F. personnel || [[Stargate: SG1]] || || 1997 - 2007
| ''[[Blue Streak]]'' || Various || Mexican Border Security Officers || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1999
|-
|-
| Various || U.S. military personnel/various bad guys || [[Viper]] || || 1996 - 1999
| ''[[Battlefield Earth]]'' ||  || Human resistance fighters || Some with [[M203 grenade launcher]]s || 2000
|-
|-
| ||  || [[Viper]] / "Diamond in the Rough" || With 20-round magazine and [[Cobray 37mm Launcher#Cobray CM203 37mm Launcher|Cobray CM203 launcher]] || 1996 - 1999
| ''[[Joint Security Area]]'' ||  || ROKA soldiers || Fitted with A2 handguards || 2000
|-
|-
| Various || Villains || [[Viper]] || || 1996 - 1999
| ''[[Poor White Trash]]'' || || townsmen || || 2000
|-
|-
| || Armored van robber || [[Sentinel, The (TV series)|The Sentinel]] / "Love and Guns" || with [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Cobray CM203]] || 1996 - 1999
| ''[[Point Men, The|The Point Men]]'' || || Israeli soldiers ||  || 2001
|-
|-
| [[Richard Burgi]] || Det. Jim Ellison || [[Sentinel, The (TV series)|The Sentinel]] / "Siege" ||  || 1996 - 1999
| ''[[War (Voyna)]]'' || || Aslan ||  || 2002
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'' || || SWAT team ||  || 2002
 
=== Video Games ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Referred as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Jagged Alliance 2]] || C-7 || || || 1999
| ''[[The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course]]'' || Various || US Army Rangers || Some fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]]s || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] ||  || || C7A2, with Back-Up Iron Sights, EOTech red dot sight, ELCAN scope, and M203 grenade launcher || 2005
| ''[[XXX|xXx]]'' ||  || Colombian narcotics officer || || 2002
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Tears of the Sun ]]'' || || Nigerian soldiers || || 2002
<br clear=all>
 
== Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 Carbine ==
[[Image:C8A1ELCAN.JPG|thumb|right|500px|Colt Canada C8A1 carbine 5.56x45mm with ELCAN scope. Also known as the "C8FT" (Flat-Top)]]
[[Image:Colt Canada C8 carbine.JPG|thumb|right|500px|Colt Canada C8A3 carbine 5.56x45mm with ELCAN scope and polymer magazine. Also known as the "C8FTHB" (Flat-Top Heavy Barrel)]]
 
Essentially a carbine version of the C7 rifle, the C8 carbine serves the same role in the Canadian Armed Forces as the M4A1 carbine serves in the U.S. military. The original C8 is virtually identical to the Colt Model 653 carbine, while later variants introduced heavier barrels and flat-top upper recievers.
 
=== Television ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| Various || Gunmen || [[The Border (TV Series)]] / "Gross Deceptions" || C8A1, with ELCAN scope || 2008-2010
| ''[[Coast Guard, The|The Coast Guard]]'' || [[Dong-gun Jang]] || Private Sang-byeong Kang, ROKMC || Fitted with bayonet || 2002
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Jisai (Dzisay)]]'' || || || Seen in truck || 2004
 
=== Video Games ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Referred as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || || C8A3, with EOTech red dot sight and ELCAN scope ||  || 2005
| ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' || Various || Fiddler's Green Soldiers ||  || 2005
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Devil's Rejects, The|The Devil's Rejects]]'' || Various || Sheriff's deputies and Rejects ||  || 2005
 
|-
<br clear=all>
|''[[Sky Fighters]]'' || || Terrorists || || 2005
 
|-
== M16 with M203 Grenade Launcher ==
| rowspan=3|''[[The President's Last Bang]]'' || [[Suk-kyu Han]] || KCIA Agent Ju || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|2005
 
|-
''NOTE: In some movies and TV shows, the [[Cobray 37mm Launcher]] is used to impersonate the M203. For a list of ways to tell the two launchers apart, visit the Cobray 37mm Launcher page.''
| Sang-ho Kim || KCIA Agent Jang
 
|-
 
| || South Korean Army, KCIA agents
[[Image:M16M203PredatorCombo.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Screen-used Faux M203 launcher attached to M16/SP1 5.56x45mm configured as seen in ''[[Predator]]'' © Copyright MPM2008 - 2009 Licensed to www.imfdb.org ]]
|-
[[Image:M16wM203.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A1 5.56x45mm with [[M203 grenade launcher]] 40mm]]
| ''[[Departed, The|The Departed]]'' || Various || Massachusetts State Police at funeral || Fitted with A2 handguards || 2006
[[Image:M16A1wNewCM203.jpg‎ |thumb|right|500px|M16A1 with Cobray CM203 37mm Flare Launcher for Comparison - 37mm.  Many times these unrestricted 37mm launchers double for the real M203 launcher.]]
|-
[[Image:M16A2 M203.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A2 5.56x45mm with M203 grenade launcher - 40mm]]
| rowspan=4 | ''[[In Her Line of Fire]]'' || [[David Millbern]] || Armstrong ||  || rowspan=4 | 2006
[[Image:M16A4M203.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 5.56x45mm with  M203 grenade launcher 40mm.]]
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Scarface]] || [[Al Pacino]] || Tony Montana || M16A1, with two magazines taped together "jungle style" || 1983
| [[Patrick Kake]] || Hammer ||
|-
|-
| [[Predator]] || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Dutch || AR-15/SP1 || 1987
| [[Rene Naufahu]] || Solia ||
|-
|-
| [[Police Academy 6: City Under Siege]] || [[David Graf]] || Eugene Tackleberry || M16A1 || 1989
| Various || The mercenaries, guerrillas ||
|-
|-
| [[Jarhead]] || [[Peter Sarsgaard]] || Troy || M16A2 || 2005
| ''[[Battle of Long Tan, The|The Battle of Long Tan]] || Various || Australian soldiers || Anachronistic || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Jarhead]] || [[Brian Geraghty]] || Fergus || M16A2 || 2005
| ''[[Attack Girls Swim Team vs the Unliving Dead]]'' || [[Sasa Handa]] || Aki Kitajima || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Jarhead]] || [[Laz Alonso]] || LCpl. Ramon Escobar || M16A2 || 2005
| ''[[Invisible Target]]'' ||   || Hong Kong Police || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Boondock Saints, The|The Boondock Saints]] ||  || || M16A1, hanging on wall || 1999
| ''[[Apocalypse Code, The|The Apocalypse Code]]'' ||  || US soldiers || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Ewan McGregor]] || Spc. John Grimes || M16A2 || 2001
| ''[[American Gangster]]'' || || US soldiers || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Black Hawk Down]] || [[Enrique Murciano]] || Sgt. Ruiz || M16A2 || 2001
| ''[[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]]'' || Various || Karen rebels || || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Hard Boiled]] || [[Philip Kwok]] || Mad Dog || M16A1 || 1992
| ''[[The Sniper]]'' || || Hong Kong SDU sniper team || M16A1 fitted with with A2 handguards and ACOG scope || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Clear and Present Danger]] || [[Jaime Gomez]] || Sgt. Julio Vega || M16A1 || 1994
| ''[[Elephant White]]'' || || || several examples in weapons caches|| 2010
|-
|-
| [[Clear and Present Danger]] || || Reciprocity team member || M16A2 || 1994
| ''[[Red State]]'' || [[Stephen Root]] || Sheriff Wynan || with A2 handguards || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Heartbreak Ridge]] || [[Rodney Hill]] || Collins || AR-15/SP1 || 1986
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Super 8]]'' || [[Kyle Chandler]] || Jackson Lamb || || rowspan=3 | 2011
|-
|-
| [[Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, The|The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course]] || || US Army Ranger || M16A1 || 2002
| [[Noah Emmerich]] || Colonel Nelec ||
|-
|-
| [[Tomorrow Never Dies]] || || Henchmen || M16A2, with Beta-C drum magazines || 1997
| || US airmen and soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[American Gangster]] || || || M16A1 || 2007
| ''[[Largo Winch II (2011)]]'' || [[Praptpapol Suwanbang]] || Kadjang || || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Rock, The|The Rock]] || [[Bokeem Woodbine]] || Sgt. Crisp || M16A1 || 1996
| ''[[State of Emergency]]'' || || US Marines || A2 Handguards || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Rock, The|The Rock]] || [[Tony Todd]] || Cpt. Darrow || Switches between AR-16/SP1 and M16A1 || 1996
| ''[[Men In Black 3]]'' || || Military Police || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Rock, The|The Rock]] ||  || Rogue Marines || M16A1 || 1996
| ''[[R2B: Return to Base]]'' ||  || South Korean honor guard || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Without a Paddle]] || [[Seth Green]] || Dan || M16A1 || 2004
| ''[[Argo]]'' || || US Marines || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Without a Paddle]] || [[Ethan Suplee]] || Elwood || M16A1 || 2004
| ''[[Battleground (2012)|Battleground]]'' || || US soldiers || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[One That Got Away, The|The One That Got Away]] || [[Paul McGann]] || Chris Ryan || AR-15/SP1, with camouflage paint scheme || 1996
| ''[[A Dark Truth]]'' || || Equadorian soldier || With [[M203]] attached || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Bravo Two Zero]] || [[Sean Bean]] || Andy McNab || M16A2, with camouflage paint scheme and compass attached to handguard || 1999
| ''[[Ah Boys to Men]]'' || || Singapore Army soldiers, OPFOR || M16S1 || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Bravo Two Zero]] || [[Kevin Collins]] || Chris Ryan || M16A2, with camouflage paint scheme || 1999
| ''[[Cockneys vs. Zombies ]]'' || Alan Ford || Ray || With [[M203]] attached || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Sniper 2]] ||  || || M16A1, with scope mounted on carry handle || 2002
| ''[[009-1: The End of the Beginning]]'' ||  || SMA troops || || 2013
|-
|-
| [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]] || || US Marine || M16A1 || 1986
|''[[Northern Limit Line]]''|| ||1970s South Korean navy patrol boat crewmen|| ||2015
|-
|-
| [[In the Army Now]] || [[Pauly Shore]] || Bones Conway || M16A1, promotional material only || 1994
|''[[All the Way]]''|| ||Secret Service agent||Anachronistic||2016
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield Earth]] ||  || Human resistance fighters || M16A1 || 2000
| ''[[Karate Kill]]'' ||  || Capital Messiah members || || 2016
|-
|-
| [[Punisher, The (2004)|The Punisher]] || [[Thomas Jane]] || Frank Castle || M16A2, promotional material only || 2004
|''[[American Made]]''||[[Tom Cruise]]||Barry Seal||||rowspan=4 |2017
|-
|-
| [[Sum of All Fears, The|The Sum of All Fears]] || || US Marine || M16A2 || 2002
| rowspan=3 |''[[Malay Regiment]]''|| ||17th Royal Malay Regiment troopers||  
|-
|-
| [[Green Zone]] || || US Army soldier || M16A4, airsoft replica || 2010
| || 21st GGK commandos ||
|-
|-
| [[Green Zone]] || || MET-D soldier || M16A4, airsoft replica || 2010
| || Communist guerillas || without handguard
|-
|-
| [[Legion]] || [[Paul Bettany]] || Michael || Switches between M16A2 and M16A4 || 2010
| rowspan=3 | ''[[KL Special Force]]''||[[Syamsul Yusof]]||Ashraff|||| rowspan=3 | 2018
|-
|-
|}
| || Gang Anarchist mafias ||
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| Various || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || Mounted on M16A2 || 2006 - 2009
| || STAFOC officers ||
|-
|-
| [[Kieran Mulroney]] || Cpl. Mick Kirkland || [[Seven Days]] / "Daddy's Little Girl" || Mounted on M16A1, with and without night vision scope || 1998 - 2001
|''[[Project Gutenberg]]''||Liu Kai-chi||Uncle Yam||A2 handguards||2018
|-
|-
| [[Todd Kimsey]] || Lt. Willis || [[Seven Days]] / "Daddy's Little Girl" || Mounted on M16A1, with and without night vision scope || 1998 - 2001
|''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]''||[[Sylvester Stallone]]||John Rambo||||2019
|-
|-
| [[Gary Dourdan]] || Sgt. Mohmand || [[Seven Days]] / "Daddy's Little Girl" || Mounted on M16A1, with and without night vision scope || 1998 - 2001
| ''[[Triple Threat]]'' || || guards, Devereaux's hired guns || || 2019
|-
|-
| Various || U.S. Marines || [[CSI: NY]] / "Heroes" || Mounted on M16A2, with ACOG scope || 2004- ????
|''[[The Suicide Squad]]''||[[Margot Robbie]]||Harley Quinn||||2021
|-
|-
| [[George Peppard]] || Col. John "Hannibal" Smith || [[A-Team, The|The A-Team]] / "The Sound of Thunder" || Mounted on AR-15/SP1 || 1983 - 1988
|''[[Gunpowder Milkshake]]''||[[Michelle Yeoh]]||Florence|||| 2021
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Video Games ===
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
! width="250"|Show Title
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
! width="170"|Actor
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
! width="200"|Character
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Mods'''
! width="250"|Note / Episode
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Release Date'''
! width="80"|Air Date
|-
|''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 12|Hawaii Five-O]]'' ||[[Jack Lord]]||Steve McGarrett||||1979 - 1980
|-
|''[[Hill Street Blues]]''||||Emergency Action Team (E.A.T.)|||| 1981 - 1987
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 2]] || || Mounted on M16A2 || 2005
| ''[[The A-Team]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 1983 - 1987
|-
|-
| [[Spec Ops: Ranger Elite]] || || on M16A1 || 2001
|''[[Vietnam War Story]]''||[[Eriq La Salle]]||KC||||1987-1989
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || || Mounted on M16A4, with optional ACOG scope || 2005
| rowspan=2| ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 1987 - 1988
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || || Mounted on M16A1 || 2005
| [[Ving Rhames]] || SP4 Tucker || "Burn Baby Burn"|| 1987
|-
| ''[[Max Headroom]]'' || || Janie Crane || "War", mocked up as a telephoto "gun camera" and ''Network 23'' logo on 20 round magazine || 1987
|-
|-
| [[America's Army]] || || Mounted on M16A2 || 2002
| rowspan=2|''[[Stand, The (1994 miniseries)|The Stand]]'' || [[Gary Sinise]] || Stud Redman || || rowspan=2|1994
|-
|-
| [[America's Army: Rise of a Soldier]] || || Mounted on M16A2 || 2005
| Various || US Army soldiers ||  
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint]] || || Mounted on M16A2 || 2001
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 6]]'' || || Nevada Highway Patrolmen || Mocked up with A2 handguards to pass for [[M16A2]]s / "Drive" (S6E02) || 1998
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]] || || Mounted on M16A4, with AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2009
| ''[[Seven Days]]'' || Various || US Army personnel || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards, some fitted with [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Cobray CM203 Flare Launchers]], one fitted with a night-vision scope || 1998 - 2001
|-
|-
| [[ArmA II]] || || Mounted on M16A4, with AN/PEQ-2 IR designator and ACOG scope || 2009
| ''[[Harsh Realm]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || Fitted with [[M16A2]] hand guards || 1999 - 2000
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]] || || Mounted on M16A4 || 2007
| ''[[Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik)]]'' || || Gangsters || With [[M16A2]] handguards || 2000
|-
|-
| [[Ghost Recon]] || || Mounted on M16A4 || 2001
| ''[[Going Back]]'' || [[Pablo Espinosa]] || Chico Spaceman || || 2001
|-
|-
| [[Insurgency]] ||  || Mounted on M16A4 || 2007
| rowspan="10"|''[[Ultimate Force]]'' || [[Tony Curran]] || Sgt. Pete Twamley ||rowspan="2"|Fitted with [[M16A2]] handguards|| rowspan="10"|2002- 2006
|-
|-
| [[America's Army: True Soldiers]] ||  || Mounted on M16A4, with optional M68 Aimpoint red dot scope || 2007
| [[Sendhil Ramamurthy]] || Tpr. Alex Leonard  
|-
|-
| [[007: Agent Under Fire]] || As the "Windsor FSU-4" || Mounted on M16A1 || 2001
| [[Christopher Fox]] || Cpl. Louis Hoffman  ||rowspan="3"|Fitted with [[Cobray CM203]]
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]] || As the "M16A2" || Mounted on M16A4, with optional ACOG scope, red dot sight, and camouflage paint scheme || 2010
| [[Louis Decosta Johnson]] || Cpl. Dave Woolston 
|-
|-
| [[Marines: Modern Urban Combat]] || || Mounted on M16A4, with ACOG scope || 2010
| [[Liam Garrigan]] || Cpl. Ed Dwyer 
|-
|-
|}
| [[Miles Anderson]] || Col. Aidan Dempsey || Changes to [[CAR-15#Colt_AR-15_Sporter-1|AR-15 Sporter-1]] for firing scenes 
 
=== Anime ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
|  Remi|| [[Burn Up!]] || Mounted on M16A1 || 1991
|  || Cult members || 20 round magazines
|-
|-
|  SWAT Officers || [[Burn Up!]] || Mounted on M16A1 || 1991
|  || Columbian Soldiers || Fitted with leather slings
|-
|-
|  Asano || [[Mezzo DSA]] || Mounted on M16A1 || 2004
|  [[Simon Kassianides]]|| Juan || rowspan="2"|Changes to [[CAR-15#Colt_AR-15_Sporter-1|AR-15 Sporter-1]] in some scenes
|-
|-
| U.S. soldier || [[Blood+]] || Mounted on M16A2 || 2005 - 2006
| [[Roberto Viana]] || Miguel
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Falling Skies]]'' || Extras || Resistance fighters || || 2011 -
<br clear=all>
|-
| ''[[Jon Benjamin Has a Van]]'' || || Mexican and Salvadoran border guards || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Tyrant]]'' || || Ali || Non-firing replica/Episode 2 || 2014
|-
| ''[[Tyrant]]'' || || Abbudinian soldiers || Non-firing replicas || 2014
|-
| ''[[The Spider (Pauk)]]'' || || US Marine Security Guards || || 2015
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4]]'' ||[[Colman Domingo]]||Victor Strand||w/A2 Handguard; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "Buried" (S4E04)|| rowspan="3"|2018
|-
| [[Danay Garcia]]||Luciana Galvez||w/A2 Handguard; "Buried" (S4E04)
|-
| Tommy Goodwin||Vultures Member||w/A2 Handguard; "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[X-Files, The - Season 11|The X-Files]]''|| Cory Rempel || LCpl Walter Skinner, USMC || rowspan="2"|Equipped with 20-round STANAG magazines.|| rowspan="2"|2018
|-
| [[Haley Joel Osment]]|| PFC John "Kitten" James, USMC
|-
| ''[[Fortunate Son]]'' || || US Army soldiers || Including documentary footage || 2020
|-
| ''[[Tales of The Walking Dead - Season 1]]'' || ||Atlanta police officers||w/A2 handguards; "Blair & Gina" (S1E02)|| 2022
|-
| ''[[The Accidental Narco]]'' || Various ||  ||  || 2022
|-
| ''[[Duty After School]]'' || ||  ||Colt M16A1, Korean Colt Model 603K|| 2023
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[The Continental: From the World of John Wick]]'' ||[[Hubert Point-Du Jour]] ||Miles Burton||rowspan=3|w/wooden furniture; "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01)||rowspan=3| 2023
|-
| [[Colin Woodell]] || Winston Scott
|-
|  [[Nhung Kate]]|| Yen
|-
|}


== Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series ==
=== Anime ===
[[Image:Colt 609-XM1771E1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 609 aka U.S. Army's XM177E1- 5.56mm.  This submachine gun utilized the partial magazine fence, the tear drop forward assist, but kept the 10" barrel and Flash hider/Suppressor that did not have a grenade ring (a later feature on the E2 model).]]
[[Image:ColtModel610-XM177.jpg|thumb|500px|right|GAU-5/A aka Colt Model 610 - 5.56x45mm.  This is the USAF version and was only used by them.  This is NOT the E1 version, which was used almost exclusively by the Army.]]
[[Image:ColtM177E2.jpg|thumb|500px|right|'''XM177E2 Carbine''' aka Colt Model 629 aka - 5.56x45mm.  This was the last variant of the XM177 rifle used in the Vietnam War.]]
[[Image:FakeXM177.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Late 1970s model AR15 Sporter 1 Carbine - converted into an XM177 Lookalike for the film ''[[The Dogs of War]]'' - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:CAR-15Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Commercial CAR-15 semiautomatic Rifle - 5.56x45mm.  This is strictly a semiautomatic civilian copy of the XM177 style of rifles.  The flash hider is a smaller diameter copy of the XM-177 and has no sound suppression qualities and is permanently welded onto the barrel to make it legal length for over the counter gun store sales.]]


During the Vietnam War, Colt made several short barreled carbines that were fielded.  The '''Colt Model 607''' (a line of carbines that would eventually be called the CAR-15 in the US Market) was designated the '''XM177''' in Vietnam. It had a 10" barrel and a slab side receiver just like the original AR-15s.  The '''Colt Model 609''' was designated the '''XM177E1''', where they added a forward assist, upgraded breakdown pin assembly and a chromed chamber (the same modifications made to the A1 upgrade of the M16 rifle).  This version was also where they started stamping the receivers "Commando", thus known as the "Colt Commando" back in the States.  The '''Colt Model 610''' was a version built for the USAF security forces, and was called the '''XM177 GAU-5/A''' or when formally adopted by the US Air Force, 'the '''GAU-5/A''' ' (which is why the gun is seen on the show [[Stargate: SG1]] since the USAF used the carbine until recently).  The '''Colt Model 629''' was officially designated the '''XM177E2''' having changed the barrel from 10" to 11.5" and slightly changing the flash hider/sound suppressor.  This is the version '''most seen''' as replica and airsoft guns throughout the world. 
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The XM177 was adopted by the US Air force during the vietnam war and is still used by the USAF. The XM177E1 and the XM177E2 was adopted by the US Army and is no longer used.
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''Movie Armorer's note:  Since the ATF viewed the flashhider of the XM177 as a 'silencer' due to the sound baffles within the item, it was as strictly controlled as any other silencer.  Also the interior design of the flash hider / sound suppressor of the XM177 made it difficult to adapt to fire movie blanks.  '''Thus there are virtually NO real XM177s used in movies. ''' Most of the versions seen in films are modified commercial SP1 Carbines/M16 shorties with 'fake' XM177 flash hiders slipped over or welded to the end of the barrel.  Also movie armorers used aftermarket barreled uppers by third party manufacturers and mated them to existing fully automatic lower receivers, thus were constantly swapping parts to build up guns which were requested by movie directors.  So it is possible to see various upper receiver assemblies on recognizable M16/A1/A2 lower receivers.  ''
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=== Film ===
|-
* [[Sam Raimi]] as Security Guard in ''[[Spies Like Us]]'' (1985)
| ''[[Black Magic M-66]]'' || Spec-Ops Commandos || Some fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]]s || 1987
 
|-
* ''[[General's Daughter, The|The General's Daughter]]'' (1999)
| ''[[Appleseed]]'' || Cyborg terrorist ||  || 1988
 
|-
* U.S. Army Special Forces in ''[[The Peacemaker]]'' (1997)
|''[[The Abashiri Family]]'' || Naojiro Abashiri || DVD cover only || 1991
 
|-
* Criminal Henchwoman in ''[[Fatal Beauty]]'' (1987)
| ''[[Patlabor: The Movie 2]]'' || JGSDF Intelligence Agents ||  || 1993
 
|-
* [[Sean Connery]] as John Mason, [[Nicolas Cage]] as Stanley Goodspeed, and Rogue US Recon Marines in ''[[The Rock]]'' (fitted with tactical flashlights and/or M203 Grenade Launchers)
|''[[You're Under Arrest! - Season 1]]''|| Monsters at an amusement park || File #40 "Dangerous Date 2x3"; Paintball || 1997
 
|-
* M.O.I. Swat teams in ''[[Brazil]]''
|''[[Devil Lady]]'' || USA army soldier || "Heart" (E24) || 1998-1999
 
* ''[[Double Impact]]''
 
* Richard Norton in ''[[Equalizer 2000]]'' (heavily modified to look somewhat futuristic)
 
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as Danny Archer in ''[[Blood Diamond]]'' (with Aimpoint M3 red-dot sight and camouflage paint) (unknown variant; A2 receiver with XM177-style front end)
 
* Colonel Coetzee ([[Arnold Vosloo]])'s men in ''[[Blood Diamond]]'' ''(with Aimpoint M3 red-dot sight and camouflage paint)'' (unknown variant; A2 receiver with XM177-style front end)
 
* Counter-terrorist teams in ''[[Toy Soldiers]]''
 
* Shadow Company goons and [[Gary Busey]] as Mr. Joshua in ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' (Busey using one with a scope as well as with and without 'jungle-style' taped magazines)
 
* Drug runners in ''[[Bad Boys II]]''
 
* U.S. military personnel in ''[[Die Another Day]]''
 
* N.Y.P.D. SWAT in ''[[Park is Mine, The|The Park is Mine]]''
 
* Bucho's henchmen in ''[[Desperado]]''
 
* Reciprocity team members in ''[[Clear and Present Danger]]''
 
* N.Y.P.D. SWAT commander in ''[[The Park is Mine]]''
 
* [[Danny Glover]] as Lt. Mike Harrigan in ''[[Predator 2]]'', (fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]])
 
* U.S. Navy SEALs in ''[[Navy SEALs]]''
 
* [[Michael Biehn]] as Lt. Curran in ''[[Navy SEALs]]'' (fitted with M203 grenade launcher)
 
* [[John Castle]] as Paul McDaggett in ''[[RoboCop 3]]''
 
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as Ben Richards in ''[[The Running Man]]''
 
* A Chicago P.D. SWAT sniper in ''[[Fugitive, The|The Fugitive]]''
 
* [[Judd Nelson]] as Nick in ''[[New Jack City]]''
 
* Navy Seals in ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]''
 
* Ramon Cota's men in ''[[Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection]]''(Fitted with [[M203]] grenade launchers)
 
* [[Dean Norris]] as Det. Sgt. Goodhart, [[Charles Boswell]] as Jack Axel in ''[[Hard to Kill]]''
 
* FBI HRT members in ''[[The Cell]]''
 
* [[Valri Bromfield]] as 'Miss Purdah' in ''[[Nothing But Trouble]]'' (She carries both a civilian CAR-15 and an XM177E2.)
 
=== Television ===
 
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| [[Raymond Cruz]] || Rodriguez || [[Seven Days]] / "Daddy's Little Girl" || Mocked-up weapons with M16A2-style receivers || 1998 - 2001
|''[[You're Under Arrest: Mini Specials]]''|| || Airsoft || 1999
|-
|-
| Various || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Seven Days]] || Mocked-up weapons with M16A2-style receivers || 1998 - 2001
| ''[[Amazing Nurse Nanako]] || American soldiers |||| 1999
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|-
| Various || NNL Personnel || [[Seven Days]] || Mocked-up weapons with M16A2-style receivers || 1998 - 2001
| ''[[Noir]]'' || Ulgian Army Soldiers || || 2001
|-
|-
| [[Terence Knox]] || Sgt 1st Class Clayton "Zeke" Anderson || [[Tour of Duty]] ||  || 1987 - 1989
|''[[You're Under Arrest: No Mercy!]]''|| Ken Nakajima || || 2002
|-
|-
|}
|''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' || Melissa Mao/Jimmer/Sousuke Sagara/Kurz Weber || Fitted with A2 handguards || 2002
 
|-
===Anime===
| ''[[Area 88]]'' || US soldiers || || 2004
 
|-
* ''[[Spriggan]]'' (Model 629)
| ''[[Blood+]]'' || US soldiers; seen during flashbacks || || 2005
* ''[[Key the Metal Idol]]'' (Model 629)
|-
| ''[[Black Lagoon]]''/''[[Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage]]'' || Various || || 2006/2010
|-
| ''[[The Skull Man]]'' || American soldiers ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky]]'' || Various || Seen with A1 and A2 handguards || 2010
|-
| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' || Bad Company's soldiers || S4E4, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2"; S4E5, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3" || 2016
|}


=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===


* ''[[The World Is Not Enough (video game)|The World Is Not Enough]]'' (as the "Mustang MAR-4", available with an M203 grenade launcher as the "Mustang MAR-4 GL")
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]''
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* ''[[Battlefield: Vietnam]]''
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* ''[[Jagged Alliance 2]]''
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|-
* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' (XM-177E2)
| ''[[Fallout Tactics]]'' || "M16A1" || || Fitted with A2 handguards || 2001
 
|-
* ''[[Max Payne]]'' series
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' || "M16" || || Fitted with fictional 60-round magazine || 2001
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|-
 
| ''[[Battlefield: Vietnam]]'' || "M16" || Available as standard firing on full-auto, and as a sniper rifle fitted with scope but firing on semi-auto || Modeling error showing the ejection port on the left side || 2004
== Colt Carbine/Model 653/Model 727/Model 733==
|-
 
| ''[[Söldner: Secret Wars]]'' || "M16A1" ||  || || 2004
[[Image:ColtM653.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Colt Model 653 Carbine 16" barrel - 5.56x45mm]]
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[[Image:ColtM654.jpg‎|thumb|500px|right|Colt Model 654 - a Model 653 designed for export - 14.5" barrel and no forward Assist - 5.56x45mm]]
| ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' || ||  ||  || 2004
After 1973 Colt made several lightweight versions of the M16 and Commando rifles for use with Police and Security forces, as well as civilian sales worldwide.  It had the features of the XM177 rifle series, including the telescoping stock, but had either a 14.5" or a 16" lightweight barrel, depending on the demands of the customer, whether domestic or foreign.  ''It was NOT correct for Viet Nam, despite what the movie '''[[Platoon]]''' portrays.'' Though 'unofficially' called the "M16 Shorty" by some writers and shooters, the 16" barreled lightweight carbine was never adopted formally by the US Military, and thus never had an "M" or "XM" designation.  It was used in the U.S. by Federal and local law enforcement. The Model 653 is also the basis for the Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 carbine series (see above).
|-
 
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' || "XM16E1" || Camouflage paint scheme, semi/burst/auto trigger group, detachable suppressor || || 2005
Colt also made the '''Model 733''', which was a 11.5" barreled version of the Model 653,  intended for Tactical police and security work. Later manufactured versions of both guns had A2 style heavy barrels.  The '''Model 723''' was a '''733''' designed for export for the UAE and used by US Delta Force.
|-
[[Image:Colt-M-16-A-2-m723.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 723 - 5.56x45mm.]]
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' || "M16A2" || Available with and without [[M203 grenade launcher]] || Featured with A1 and A2 handguards || 2005
[[Image:R6520-A2Carbine.jpg‎|thumb|500px|right|Model 725 - aka the Colt R6520 A2 Govt. Model Carbine - 5.56x45mm]]
|-
[[Image:Coltm727ima.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 727 5.56x45mm]]
| [[Project Reality]] || As the "M16A1 DMR" || With scope mounted on carry handle ||  || 2005
''What is confusing is that other manufacturers made all sorts of modified short barreled AR-15 rifles for the Police and Civilian markets throughout the years.  Colt themselves bastardized so many of their rifles throughout the years, swapping particular uppers with different lowers so that there will always be exceptions to the rule.  The explosion of custom and unique looking AR-15 rifles in the 1980s and 1990s has led to a lot of confusion regarding what rifle is in what movie.  ''
|-
 
| [[Elite Warriors Vietnam]] || || ||  || 2005
 
|-
[[Image:Colt Model 733.jpg‎|thumb|500px|right|Colt Model 733 SMG - 5.56x45mm.  Note that the Colt Model 733 has the A1E1 upper receiver (A1 rear sights, but has a brass deflector, like the Model 715 or any of the Canadian M16s)]]
| ''[[El Matador]]'' || || ||  || 2006
 
|-
 
| ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]'' || "Carbine Assault Rifle" || Can be fitted with dual mags and [[M203 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2006
=== Film ===
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|''[[Cross Fire (2007 VG)|Cross Fire]]''||"M16" ||  || || rowspan="3"|2007
* [[Willem Dafoe]] as Sergeant Elias K. Grodin in ''[[Platoon]]'' (M653)
|-
 
| "M16A2"||railed handguard ||
* [[Tom Berenger]] as Sgt. Bob Barnes in ''[[Platoon]]'' (M653)
 
* [[Robert De Niro]] as Neil McCauley in ''[[Heat]]'' (M733)
 
* [[Val Kilmer]] as Chris Shiherlis in ''[[Heat]]'' (M733)
 
* [[Götz Otto]] as Stamper in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (M727, fitted with M203 grenade launcher)
 
* [[Michael Paul Chan]] as U.N. Cultural Attache of China Xian Chen in ''[[U.S. Marshals]]'' ((Colt AR-15 Carbine, Civilian version of the Colt M653); fitted with Aimpoint 9000 SC red dot scope and silencer)
 
* Delta Force operators and [[Ron Eldard]] as Mike Durant in ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' (M727 and M733, fitted with various accessories including M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, silencers, tactical flashlights, and camouflage paint)
 
* [[Linda Hamilton]] as Sarah Connor in ''[[Terminator 2: Judgement Day]]'' (fitted with silencer, laser sight, and ACOG scope, and a standard issue one on the freeway shootout) (Supposed to be an XM177E2 but was Commercial Colt version of the Model 653 with a fake slip on flash hider)
 
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as the T-800 in ''[[Terminator 2: Judgement Day]]'' (Supposed to be an XM177E2 but was Commercial Colt version of the Model 653 with a fake slip on flash hider)
 
* Models at the Berlin Arms Fair in ''[[Lord of War]]'' (M653 and M723)
 
* Brazilian cops (BOPE members) in ''[[Elite Squad]]''
* Brad Whitaker ([[Joe Don Baker]]) in ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' (fitted with a transparent bullet-proof shield) (M733)
* [[Hugh Jackman]] as James Howlett in ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' (M733)
* A Navy SEAL in ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]'' (fitted with a [[M203]]) (M653)
* Special Forces soldiers in ''[[Green Zone]]'' (With Aimpoint sights and Surefire Universal tactical lights) (M727)
 
=== Television ===
 
* [[Johnathan LaPaglia]] as Frank Parker in ''[[Seven Days]]'' (episode "The Fire Last Time", M733)
 
* [[Michael Gross]] as Burt Gummer in ''[[Tremors: The Series]]'' (episodes "Shriek and Destroy" and "Night of the Shriekers", M653)
 
* [[Victor Browne]] as Tyler Reed in ''[[Tremors: The Series]]'' (episode "Night of the Shriekers", M653)
 
* Pittsburg P.D. SWAT in ''[[The Kill Point]]'' (M653, fitted with Surefire M500AB weaponlights)
 
* ''[[Miami Vice]]''
 
* Seen in the armoury but never used in ''[[Sanctuary]]'' (episode "Penance", M733)
 
=== Video Games ===
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || "M16A1 Menosar" || Model 653, with optional [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2005
| "M16A4"|| with [[Galil]]-style skeleton folding stock and silencer||fully automatic
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || "M16A1 Mekotzrar" || Model 733, with A1-style upper receiver || 2005
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || "M16A1" || Can be fitted with 20-round magazine, 30-round (and dual 30-round) magazine, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon ACOG scope, AV/PVS-14 night scope, laser module, tactical flashlight, bipod, bayonet, and suppressor ||  || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] || "M4" || Model 733 || 2002
| ''[[1968: Tunnel Rats (VG)]]'' || || || || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] || "M4" || Model 733 || 2004
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' || "M16A1" || Can be fitted with suppressor, laser module [[M203 grenade launcher]], underbarrel shotgun ||  || 2010
|-
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] || "M4" || Model 733 || 2005
| ''[[Project Reality: Vietnam]]'' || "M16A1" || Available with 20-round and 30-round magazines || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Delta Force: Black Hawk Down]] || "CAR-15" || Model 727 || 2003
| ''[[Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'' || "Assault Rifle" || || Fitted with A2 handguards || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Max Payne]] || "Colt Commando" || Model 733 || 2001
| ''[[Counter-Strike Online]]'' || "M16A1" || || 30 + 1 round mag || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Tomb Raider: Underworld]] || "A12 Carbine" || Model 727 || 2008
| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' ||M16 A1 ||bayonet || || 2014
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty: Black Ops]] || "Commando" || Model 733, with flat top || 2010
| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || M16A1 || || ||2016
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Mafia III]]'' || || || || 2016
 
|-
===Anime===
| ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' || ||||optional bayonet || 2017
* ''[[Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky]]''
|-
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| ''[[Far Cry 5]] || "M-16" || || Incorrectly depicted with a 4-position selector || 2018
|-
| ''[[Maximum Action]] || "M16A1" || || Always fitted with heat shield; "M16A1 GL" has underslung [[Cobray CM203]] || 2018
|-
| ''[[Far Cry New Dawn]]'' || || || || 2019
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 6]]'' || || || || 2021
|-
| ''[[Marauders (video game)|Marauders]]'' || M16 || Wooden handguard and stock, can equip 20 or 30-round mags || Incorrectly depicted with 3-round burst mode || 2022
|}


==AR-15 Carbine==
===Animation===
The AR-15 (for Armalite model 15)Carbine is the common name for the widely-owned semi-automatic rifle which soon afterwards became the selective fire M16 and M4 carbine assault rifles, which are currently in use by the United States military. AR-15 was the original name for what became the militarily designated M16, the assault rifle first used by the U.S. in the Vietnam War. The name AR-15 is now used almost exclusively to refer to the semi-automatic (commercially available) civilian version(s) of the M16 and M4 assault rifles.
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Standard AR-15 rifles accept detachable magazines of widely varying capacities, and have a pistol grip that protrudes beneath the stock. AR-15 rifles are highly configurable and customizable. They are commonly fitted with several accessories such as bipods, folding or collapsing stocks, threaded barrels for the attachment of a flash suppressor, and a rail system for the attachment of vertical grips, flashlights, laser sights, telescopic sights, etc.
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The AR-15 consists of separate upper and lower receiver assemblies, which are attached with two through-pins and can be quickly interchanged with no tools. The upper receiver assembly is simply considered a part, and may be freely purchased and mail-ordered in most locations. This is a very attractive feature for enthusiasts, who often purchase a number of upper receivers (often in different calibers) and interchange them with the same lower receiver. However, one must be thoroughly familiar with firearms laws before doing this as it is possible to make an illegal configuration.
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[[Image:AR15earliervariant.jpg|thumb|right|500px|AR-15 Carbine with 20 round magazine.]]
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===Films===
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| [[Planet Terror]] || [[Freddy Rodriguez]] || El Wray || With night-vision scope || 2007
| ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 3]]'' || || ||seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) || 2022
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== M4/M4A1 Carbine ==
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== M16A2 ==
[[Image:M16A2.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:ColtGovtModHBAR.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Government Model HBAR, the A2 version of the AR-15 Civilian Rifle - 5.56x45mm (note the lack of a third position for burst mode for the selector switch)]]
 
The '''M16A2''' was developed under request by the US Marine Corps as a result of combat experience in Vietnam, and was adopted in 1982. Modifications were extensive, including new, faster rifling (1 twist every 7 inches, replacing the M16A1's 1:12 twist rate) to permit the use of the heavier SS109 round, a heavier barrel to resist bending and reduce overheating in sustained fire, an adjustable rear sight to allow sighting-in for ranges between 300 and 800 metres to take full advantage of the SS109's ballistic characteristics as well as windage adjustments without the use of special tools or a cartridge. The buttstock was lengthened 5⁄8 in (15.9 mm). The handguards were changed from the vertically split triangular pattern to the horizontally split round version found on carbines. A notch for the middle finger was added to the pistol grip. The flash hider was closed at the bottom to prevent dirt being kicked up when fired prone. A brass deflector was added to the upper receiver to prevent spent brass hitting left-handed shooters. The A1's full auto setting was dropped and replaced with a three round burst setting to prevent "spray and pray" usage by inexperienced users. The forward assist was changed from teardrop to round mainly as a cost-saving measure.


[[Image:ColtM4 FirstVersion.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt M4A1 Carbine with 4 position collapsible stock 5.56x45mm]]
In contrast to the real world M16A2 rifle adopted by the US military in the early 1980s, most of the A2s seen in movies are A2 'kits' built on A1 full auto lower receivers (or converted A2 style receivers). Most movie "M16A2" rifles have the A1 Birdcage flash hider installed, since cinematographers want the "starburst" of the flash to go all the way around, not just divert upwards (as is the case with the correct A2 Flash hider).
[[Image:ColtM4A1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt M4A1 with 6 position collapsible stock - 5.56x45mm. Note slight difference in shape of stock compared to older model M4 (above).]]
[[Image:ColtM4.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt M4A1 Carbine with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament RAS railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm]]


The M4 Carbine is a 14.5" barreled select fire Assault Rifle.  It has a distinctive 'step down' in the barrel to allow for mounting the M203 grenade launcher. Many of them in the battlefield are customized with forearm rails (usually holding the AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, a vertical forward grip, sometimes a flashlight, or one of many types of rifle scopes and red-dot or reflex optics).  The M4 has three round burst capability, while the M4A1 has full auto fire capability. The very earliest M4s delivered to the U.S. Army had fixed carry handles and were known in Colt's catalog as the Model 777; however, soon after, the military started buying the Model 920, which featured a detachable carry handle, but continued to call these guns "M4s". Contrary to popular misconception, the carry handles on most M4s and M4A1s are detachable, and most of these carbines are used with the carry handle removed, and a folding rear sight and optic being attached to the receiver instead. As far as the procurement program has always been concerned, the burst/auto capability is the only difference between an M4 and M4A1, however, the M4A1 also utilizes a heavier barrel profile under the handguards in order to prevent the barrel from rapidly overheating during fully automatic fire.
A fully automatic version of the M16A2 also exists, known as the '''M16A3'''. However, '''because nearly all movie "M16A2s" fire full automatic, it is not IMFDB policy to designate these rifles as "M16A3s" when identifying them in movies, since in nearly all cases they are intended to pass for M16A2s.'''


What is confusing is that many civilian commercial makers of AR-15 style rifles call their 16" Carbine '''"The M4"'''. Though there is no rule saying they can't name their gun whatever they want, the official M4 is the version used and originally issued by the U.S. Army and built by Colt.  Colt tried to sue other gun makers to stop using the term 'M4'  however, it was ruled that M4 refers to a '''type''' of firearm and Colt cannot copyright the term.
''Also note that some American movies feature [[M16A1]] rifles fitted with M16A2-style handguards, such as ''[[Heat]]'' and ''[[Die Hard 2]]''. An example of such a rifle can be seen in the M16A1 entry above. When identifying M16 variants, please look at the '''receiver''' of the rifle in question, not just its handguards, to determine whether it is an A1 or an A2.''


=== Film ===
=== Film ===
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
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| [[Air Force One]] || [[Gary Oldman]] || Ivan Korshunov || Fitted with C-More Sight, first film to feature M4A1 || 1997
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! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Note
! width="50"|Date
|-
|-
| [[Air Force One]] || [[Elya Baskin]] || Andrei Kolchak || Fitted with C-More sight || 1997
| ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' || [[Emilio Estevez]] || Bill || || 1986
|-
|-
| [[Soldier]] || . || Child recruits || Fitted with C-More Sights and RIS foregrips || 1998
|''[[Scrooged]]''||||Santa Claus||||1988
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| [[The Cell]] || . || FBI HRT members || Fitted with tactical light || 2000
| ''[[In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders]]'' || [[Michael Gross]] || William Matix || || 1988
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| [[2009: Lost Memories]] || . || JBI SWAT officers || Fitted with scope, rails, forward handgrips, tactical light and laser aiming devices || 2002
| ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'' || || SWAT officers || || 1989
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| [[The Sum of All Fears]] || . || U.S. military personnel || Fitted with Trijicon RX01 red dot sight || 2002
| ''[[The Abyss]]'' || || US Navy personnel || Mix of A1 and SP1-style lower receivers; possibly semi-auto AR-15 A2s || 1989
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| [[XXX]] || [[Marton Csokas]] || Yorgi || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Beta-C mag and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip || 2002
| ''[[RoboCop 2]]'' || || Detroit Police officers || Fitted with MWC "90-rounder" inverted drums and 30-round translucent magazines || 1990
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| [[XXX]] || [[Jan Pavel Filipensky]] || Viktor || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Beta-C mag and RIS foregrip || 2002
| ''[[Stone Cold]]'' || || Soldiers || || 1991
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| [[XXX]] || . || NSA commandos || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight || 2002
| ''[[Rapid Fire (1992)|Rapid Fire]]'' || [[François Chau]] || Detective Farris || fitted with tactical scope || 1992
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| [[Dreamcatcher]] || . || Soldiers || . || 2003
| rowspan=3| ''[[In the Line of Duty: Ambush at Waco]]'' || [[Tim Daly]] || Vernon Howell / David Koresh || ||rowspan=3| 1993
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| [[X2: X-Men United]] || .|| Col. Stryker's men || Fitted with RIS foregrips, tactical flashlights and laser pointers || 2003
| [[Neal McDonough]] || Jason || Starlight scope
|-
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| [[In-Laws, The (2003)|The In-Laws]] || [[David Suchet]] || Jean-Pierre Thibodoux || . || 2003
| || Branch Davidians ||  
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| [[Bad Boys II]] || [[Yul Vasquez]] || Det. Reyes || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Surefire M500AB forend weaponslight and laser pointer || 2003
| ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' || || Guards || With and without barrel-mounted weaponlights || 1993
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| [[Bad Boys II]] || . || TNT members || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes, M500AB forend weaponslights and laser pointers || 2003
| ''[[Clear and Present Danger]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 1994
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| [[S.W.A.T.]] || [[Jeremy Renner]] || Brian Gamble || Fitted with ACOG compact scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight || 2003
| ''[[In the Army Now]]'' || [[Pauly Shore]] || PFC Bones Conway || || 1994
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| [[S.W.A.T.]] || [[L.L. Cool J]] || Officer Deacon 'Deke' Kay || Fitted with ACOG compact scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight handguard || 2003
| rowspan="3" |''[[Dead Weekend (1995)|Dead Weekend]]'' || [[Greg Collins]] || TWF soldier || Colt Government Model HBAR || rowspan="3" |1995
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| [[S.W.A.T.]] || [[Colin Farrell]] || Officer Jim Street || Fitted with ACOG compact scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight handguard || 2003
| [[Marcos A. Ferraez]] || Gonzolo || Colt Government Model HBAR
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| [[Underworld]] || [[Robbie Gee]] || Kahn || Fitted with a scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight || 2003
| || TWF soldiers || Colt Government Model HBAR
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| [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]] || [[Nick Stahl]] || John Conor || Fitted with C-More sight and M26 MASS || 2003
| ''[[GoldenEye]]'' || || US Marines || || 1995
|-
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| [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]] || . || S.W.A.T. officers || Fitted with C-More sights and Surefire M500AB weaponlight || 2003
| ''[[Ransom]]''||[[Michael Gaston]]||FBI Special Agent Jack Sickler|| ||1996
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| [[Cube Zero]] || . || Soldiers || . || 2004
| ''[[Rock, The|The Rock]]'' || || US Marine honor guard || || 1996
|-
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| [[XXX 2: State of the Union]] || [[Scott Speedman]] || Agent Kyle Steele || Fitted with aforementioned weaponlight and a Leupold CQ/T scope || 2005
| ''[[Eraser]]'' || || US Marshal || || 1996
|-
|-
| [[XXX 2: State of the Union]] || . || NSA security forces || Fitted with Surefire M500AB forearm weaponlights || 2005
| ''[[Independence Day]]'' || || US military personnel || || 1996
|-
|-
| [[XXX2: State of the Union]] || . || S.W.A.T. officers || . || 2005
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Courage Under Fire]]'' || [[Meg Ryan]] || CPT Karen Emma Walden || With full-auto lower receiver || rowspan="3" | 1996
|-
|-
| [[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]] || . || Company Men members || . || 2005
| [[Seth Gilliam]] || SGT Steven Altameyer ||
|-
|-
| [[Transporter 2]] ||.  || Miami S.W.A.T. member || . || 2005
| Various || US Army soldiers ||
|-
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| [[The Sentinel]] ||. || CAT operator || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope || 2006
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Bulletproof (1996)|Bulletproof]]'' ||  || LAPD SWAT officers || || rowspan="2" | 1996
|-
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| [[Children of Men]] || [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]] || Luke || Fitted with M203 Grenade Launcher, tactical light and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2006
| Various || DEA agents ||
|-
|-
| [[Children of Men]] || . || 'Fish' gunman || Fitted with Elcan optical sight || 2006
|''[[A Time to Kill]]''||||Army National Guardsmen||||1996
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| [[Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise]] || [[Kohl Sudduth]] || Officer Simspon || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope || 2006
| ''[[Volcano]]'' || || Army National Guard soldiers || || 1997
|-
|-
| [[28 Weeks Later]] || [[Jeremy Renner]] || Sgt. Doyle || Fitted with EOTech sight, ERGO grip, CAA CBS CAR telescoping stock, PVS-14 NVG sight, and no front post sight || 2007
| ''[[Pest, The|The Pest]]'' || [[Aries Spears]] || Chubby || With A1-style forward assist || 1997
|-
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| [[28 Weeks Later]] || [[Rose Byrne]] || Major Scarlet || Same one like above || 2007
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Con Air]]'' || [[John Malkovich]] || Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom || || rowspan="2" | 1997
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| [[28 Weeks Later]] || . || U.S. Army personnel || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes, ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and tactical flashlights || 2007
| [[Ving Rhames]] || Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones ||
|-
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| [[Transformers]] || Tyrese Gibson || USAF Technical Sergeant Epps || Fitted with ACOG scope and M203 Grenade Launcher || 2007
| ''[[Rage, The (1997)|The Rage]]'' || [[Gary Busey]] || Art Dacy || || 1997
|-
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| [[Transformers]] || . || SOCCENT personnel and Delta team || Fitted with ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, RIS foregrips and camouflage paint schemes || 2007
| ''[[Rage, The (1997)|The Rage]]'' || || FBI agents, Dacy's henchmen || || 1997
|-
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| [[Dragon Wars: D-War]] || . || S.W.A.T. teams and U.S. military personnels || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes and RIS foregrips || 2007
| ''[[Deep Impact]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 1998
|-
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| [[Lions for Lambs]] || Derek Luke || Arian Finch || Fitted with ACOG scope || 2007
| ''[[Godzilla (1998)]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 1998
|-
|-
| [[Cloverfield]] || . || U.S. Army soldiers || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes and AN/PEQ-2 IR designators || 2008
| ''[[Armageddon]]'' || || US military personnel || || 1998
|-
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| [[The Hurt Locker]] || [[Jeremy Renner]] || SFC William James || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, tactical weaponlight, RIS foregrip and flip-up rear iron sights || 2008
| ''[[Siege, The|The Siege]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 1998
|-
|-
| [[The Hurt Locker]] || [[Anthony Mackie]] || SGT J.T Sanborn || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, ACOG scope, tactical weaponlight, RIS foregrip and flip-up rear iron sights || 2008
| ''[[Arlington Road]]'' || Hans Stroble || 16-Year-Old Parsons || || 1999
|-
|-
| [[The Hurt Locker]] || [[Brian Geraghty]] || SPC Owen Eldridge || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, tactical weaponlight and RIS foregrip || 2008
| ''[[General's Daughter, The|The General's Daughter]]'' || Various actors || US Army soldiers || || 1999
|-
|-
| [[Tropic Thunder]] || . || Guerrilla Forces || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, RIS foregrip and ACOG scope || 2008
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Blue Streak]]'' || || US Customs agents || || rowspan="2" | 1999
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| [[Babylon A.D.]] || [[Vin Diesel]] || Toorop || . || 2008
| Various || Mexican Border Patrol officers ||
|-
|-
| [[Punisher: War Zone]] || [[Ray Stevenson]] || Frank Castle || Fitted with KAC Quad-rails, a C-More red dot optic, an M4-2000 by Advanced Armament Corp suppressor and a short version of the AG36 grenade launcher || 2008
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Three Kings]]'' || [[Mark Wahlberg]] || SFC Troy Barlow || || rowspan="3" | 1999
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| [[Resident Evil Degeneration]] || . || Leon || Fitted with folding iron sight, M203 Grenade Launcher and an optical grenade sight || 2008
| [[Ice Cube]] || SSG "Chief" Elgin ||
|-
|-
| [[Resident Evil Degeneration]] || . || Greg || Fitted with different rear iron sights and tactical weaponlight || 2008
| Various || US Army soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Resident Evil Degeneration]] || . || U.S. Marines || Fitted with folding iron sight, M203 Grenade Launcher and an optical grenade sight || 2008
| ''[[Python]]'' || || Soldiers || || 2000
|-
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| [[Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia]] || . || U.S. Navy SEALs || Fitted with AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, ACOG scope, vertical foregrip and flashlights || 2009
| ''[[Left Behind: The Movie]]'' || || IDF soldiers and American National Guardsmen || || 2000
|-
|-
| [[31 North 62 East]] || . || SAS commandos || . || 2009
| ''[[Total Western]]'' || [[Jean-Marie Winling]] || The Colonel || || 2000
|-
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| [[Edge of Darkness]] || . || S.W.A.T. officers || Fitted with EOTech Holographic Sights and weaponlights || 2010
| ''[[Total Western]]'' || || The Colonel's group member || || 2000
|-
|-
| [[The Crazies]] ||  || U.S. Army soldiers and an infected hunter || Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip and weaponlight || 2010
| ''[[Evolution]]'' ||  || US Army soldiers || || 2001
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| [[Green Zone]] || [[Matt Damon]] || CWO Roy Miller || Fitted with ACOG scope and flashlight || 2010
| ''[[Swordfish]]'' || || Police officer || || 2001
|-
|-
| [[Green Zone]] || . || MET-D soldier || Fitted with ACOG scope and flashlight || 2010
| ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' || || US Marines || || 2001
|-
|-
| [[Book of Eli, The|The Book of Eli]] || [[Michael Gambon]] || George ||.|| 2010
|''[[Blow]]''||||Panamanian bank guards||||2001
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| [[Animal Kingdom]] || || Victorian Police Officers || Fitted with ACOG scope || 2010
| ''[[Behind Enemy Lines]]'' || || US Marines || || 2001
|}
 
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=== Television ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Erik Palladino]] || Sgt. Chris "Scream" Silas || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designator and RIS foregrip || 2005
| rowspan="10" | ''[[Black Hawk Down]]''
|| [[Josh Hartnett]] || SSG Matt Eversmann || || rowspan="10" | 2001
|-
|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Omid Abtahi]] || PFC Tariq Nassiri || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designator and RIS foregrip || 2005
| [[Ewan McGregor]] || SPC John Grimes || Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]]
|-
|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Keith Robinson]] || Pvt. Avery "Angel" King || With ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip || 2005
| [[Gabriel Casseus]] || SPC Mike Kurth ||
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|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Luke MacFarlane]] || Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designator and M203 grenade launcher || 2005
| [[Johnny Strong]] || SFC Randy Shughart ||
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|-
| [[Over There]] || [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Col. Ryan || With silencer, Surefire Universal weaponlight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, custom camo paint, and RIS foregrip || 2005
| [[Carmine Giovinazzo]] || SGT Mike Goodale ||
|-
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| [[Over There]] || || US Army soldiers || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and RIS foregrips || 2005
| [[Matthew Marsden]] || SPC Dale Sizemore ||
|-
|-
| [[Over There]] || || Iraqi civilian || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designator and RIS foregrip || 2005
| [[Gregory Sporleder]] || SGT Scott Galentine ||
|-
|-
| [[Stargate: SG1]] || || US military personnel || With & without ELCAN scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, & M203 grenade launcher || 1997 - 2007
| [[Brian Van Holt]] || SGT Struecker ||
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| [[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]] || || Pittsburgh PD SWAT officers || With Surefire Universal weaponlights || 2007
| [[Enrique Murciano]] || SSG Ruiz || Fitted with Cobray CM203
|-
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| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || [[Dennis Haysbert]] || Sgt. Maj. Jonas Blane || With & without M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, RIS foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, ACOG scope, and Surefire Universal weaponlight || 2006 - 2009
| Various || US Army Rangers ||
|-
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| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || [[Max Martini]] || Sgt. Mack gerhardt || With ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and M203 grenade launcher || 2006 - 2009
| ''[[Desert Saints]]'' || || Mexican police || || 2002
|-
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| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || [[Wes Chatham]] || SSgt. Sam McBride || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip || 2006 - 2009
| ''[[Ali G Indahouse]]'' || [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] || Ali G || || 2002
|-
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| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || [[Scott Foley]] || Sgt. Bob Brown || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip || 2006 - 2009
| ''[[Blade II]]'' || [[Matt Schulze]] || Chupa || Fitted with a tactical flashlight, two MWG 90-round magazines coupled together (night club scene) and standard 30-round mag (sewer scene) || 2002
|-
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| [[Jericho]] || [[D.B. Sweeney]] || Goetz || With AN/PVS-17 night-vision & M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip || 2006 - 2008
| ''[[Sum of All Fears, The|The Sum of All Fears]]'' || || US Marines || With and without [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Jericho]] ||  || Ravenwood mercenaries || With AN/PVS-17 night-vision & M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and RIS foregrips || 2006 - 2008
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Die Another Day]]'' ||  || US military personnel || || rowspan="2" | 2002
|-
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| [[Jericho]] / "Semper Fidelis" || || Fake Marines || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes || 2006 - 2008
| Various || South Korean Military Police ||
|-
|-
| [[Jericho]] || || AS Army soldiers || With ACOG scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and laser pointers || 2006 - 2008
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Redemption (2002)|Redemption]]'' || [[Richard Norton]] || Tom Sasso || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 2002
|-
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| [[24]] || [[Keifer Sutherland]] || Agent Jack Bauer || With ACOG scope, EOTech red dot sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, Pentagonlight MD3R weaponlight, 20 & 30-round magazines, M68 Aimpoint red dot & AN/PVS-17 night-vision scopes || 2001 - 2010
| || Police officers, Lam's thugs
|-
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| [[24]] ||  || CTU Tactical Team members || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, RIS foregrips, Surefire M500AB & Universal weaponlights || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' ||  || US Marines || || 2003
|-
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| [[24 - Season 2|24]] || [[Sarah Clarke]] || Nina Myers || With ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, and 20-round magazine || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[Dreamcatcher]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 2003
|-
|-
| [[24 - Season 4|24]] || [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]] || Chloe O'Brian || With Surefire Universal weaponlight || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[Core, The|The Core]]'' ||  || US military personnel ||  || 2003
|-
| ''[[A Man Apart]]'' || || Guard || || 2003
|-
|-
| [[24 - Season 2|24]] ||  || Coral Snake Commandos || With ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and RIS foregrips || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[Battle Royale II: Requiem]]'' ||  || Japanese soldiers || || 2003
|-
|-
| [[24 - Season 3|24]] || || Delta 3 members || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and Surefire Universal weaponlights || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout]]'' || [[Ron Livingston]] || Donnie Anderson || || 2003
|-
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| [[24]] ||  || US Marines || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and Surefire Universal weaponlights || 2001 - 2010
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Bad Boys II]]'' ||  || US Marines || || rowspan="2" | 2003
|-
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| [[24 - Season 5|24]] ||  || LAPD SWAT officers || With Surefire M500AB weaponlights || 2001 - 2010
| Various || Miami PD officers ||
|-
|-
| [[24 - Season 5|24]] || || US Customs officers || With Surefire M500AB weaponlights || 2001 - 2010
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Whole Ten Yards, The|The Whole Ten Yards]]'' || [[Bruce Willis]] || Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudesky || || rowspan="2" | 2004
|-
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| [[24 - Season 7|24]] || || US Navy SEALs || With EOTech red dot sights, M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and M203 grenade launchers || 2001 - 2010
| [[Matthew Perry]] || Dr. Nicholas "Oz" Ozeransky ||
|-
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| [[24 - Season 7|24]] ||  || FBI agents || With EOTech red dot sights, RIS foregrips, Surefire Universal weaponlights, with & without brass catchers || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[Day After Tomorrow, The|The Day After Tomorrow]]'' ||  || US Army soldier || || 2004
|-
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| [[24 - Season 8|24]] || || NYPD ESU officers || || 2001 - 2010
| ''[[Innocent Voices]]'' || || Salvadoran Army soldiers and guerrilla || || 2004
|-
|-
| [[CSI: Miami]] || || Miami PD SWAT officers || With EOTech red dot sights, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and ACOG scopes || 2002 - ????
| ''[[American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq]]'' || [[Jason Matheson]] || LT Diggs || || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Heroes]] ||  || US Special Forces || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, Surefire Universal weaponlights, RIS foregrips, and laser pointers || 2006 - 2010
| rowspan="2" | ''[[XXX: State of the Union|xXx: State of the Union]]'' ||  || US Marines || || rowspan="2" | 2005
|-
|-
| [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] || || LVPD SWAT officers || With Surefire M500AB weaponlights and M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes || 2000 - ????
| Various || US Army soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[CSI: NY]] / "Snow Day" || [[Melina Kanakaredes]] || Det. Stella Bonasera || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip || 2004 - ????
| rowspan="2" | ''[[War of the Worlds (2005)|War of the Worlds]]'' || || US Army soldiers || With and without SureFire Universal WeaponLight || rowspan="2" | 2005
|-
|-
| [[CSI: NY]] || || NYPD ESU officers ||  || 2004 - ????
| Various || US Marines ||
|-
|-
| [[Primeval]] || [[Mark Wakeling]] || Cpt. Tom Ryan || With ACOG scope, RIS foregrip, and Surefire Universal weaponlight || 2007 - ????
| ''[[Lord of War]]'' || || || Seen in warehouse || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Primeval]] || || SAS soldiers || With ACOG scope, RIS foregrip, and Surefire Universal weaponlight || 2007 - ????
| rowspan="7" | ''[[Jarhead]]'' || [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] || LCpl. / Pfc. Anthony "Swoff" Swofford || || rowspan="7" | 2005
|-
|-
| [[Glades, The|The Glades]] || || Police officer || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope and RIS foregrip || 2010 - ????
| [[Jamie Foxx]] || SSgt. Sykes || With and without paintball conversion
|-
|-
| [[Sanctuary]] || || Police officer ||  || 2008 - ????
| [[Lucas Black]] || LCpl. Chris Kruger ||
|-
|-
|}
| [[Laz Alonso]] || LCpl. Ramon Escobar || With Cobray CM203
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Used By'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Counter-Strike]] || Counter Terrorist || Maverick M4A1 Carbine ||  || 2000
| [[Brian Geraghty]] || Pfc. Fergus O'Donnell || With and without [[M203 grenade launcher]]
|-
|-
| [[Urban Terror]] || || ||  || 2000
| [[Peter Sarsgaard]] || Cpl. Alan Troy || With M203 grenade launcher/Cobray CM203
|-
|-
| [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]] || ||  ||  || 2001
| Various || US Marines
|-
|-
| [[Delta Force: Task Force Dagger]] || || M4A1SD || || 2002
| ''[[Arthur Hailey's Detective]]'' || || Miami PD officers || || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Sum of All Fears, The (VG)|The Sum Of All Fears]] ||"M4" & "Spec Ops M4" ||with various attachments ||can fire in 3-round burst || 2002
|''[[Tiger and the Snow, The (La tigre e la neve)|The Tiger and the Snow]]'' || ||US Army soldiers||Equipped with Colt scopes||2005
|-
|-
| [[America's Army]] || U.S. Army || M4A1 Carbine/M4A1 SOPMOD ||Can be fitted with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, Trijicon RX01 Reflex sight, Harris bipod, KAC suppressor, and M203A1 grenade launcher || 2002
| ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' || || US Army soldiers || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Counter-Strike: Condition Zero]] || Counter Terrorist || Maverick M4A1 Carbine ||  || 2004
| ''[[Departed, The|The Departed]]'' || || Police honor guard ||  || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Far Cry]] || Jack Carver, Mercenaries || M4 Assault Weapon ||  || 2004
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Blood Diamond]]'' || || Sierra Leone Army soldiers ||  || rowspan="2" | 2006
|-
|-
| [[Counter Strike: Source]] || Counter Terrorist || Maverick M4A1 Carbine ||  || 2004
| Various || South African mercenaries ||
|-
|-
| [[Full Spectrum Warrior]] || || ||  || 2004
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Home of the Brave]]'' || [[Brian Presley]] || SPC Tommy Yates ||  || rowspan="2" | 2006
|-
|-
| [[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]] || || Carbine ||  || 2005
| Various || US Army soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[SWAT 4]] || NYPD SWAT, Suspects || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted with SureFire M500AB WeaponLight, and foregrip || 2005
| ''[[Battle for Haditha]]'' || Various || US Marines || With vertical foregrips and Trijicon ACOG scopes, mocked up to resemble the M16A4 MWS || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 2]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted with Aimpoint M68 red dot sight || 2005
| ''[[Bobby Z]]'' || [[Laurence Fishburne]] || Tad Gruzsa || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. Marines, Hamas, and IDF soldiers || M4/M4A1 Carbine || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon TA31F and TA31RCO ACOG scopes, ITL MARS, Kimber Mepro, EOTech Holographic sight, foregrip, Harris bipod, and M203 grenade launchers || 2005
| ''[[Transformers]]'' || || US military personnel || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Far Cry Instincts: Predator]] ||  || M4 Carbine || Fitted with C-More sight, suppressor, and camouflage paint scheme || 2005
| ''[[I Am Legend]]'' ||  || Guard || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers]] || || ||  || 2006
| ''[[Invisible Target]]'' ||   || Hong Kong Police ||  || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Saints Row]] ||  || AR40 Xtnd ||  || 2006
| ''[[Cloverfield]]'' ||  || US Army Soldiers ||  || 2008
|-
|-
| [[ArmA: Armed Assault]] || U.S. Army soldiers || M4, M4 CompM2, M4 ACOG, M4 + M203, M4 + M203 CompM2, M4A1 ACOG, M4A1 ACOG + M203, and M4A1 QDS CompM2 || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, suppressor, and M203A1 grenade launcher || 2007
| ''[[Babylon A.D.]]'' || || Neolite || || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Kane and Lynch: Dead Men]] || || || || 2007
| ''[[Crossfire (Les Insoumis)]]''||   || || In the warehouse of weapons || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Insurgency]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, and foregrip || 2007
| ''[[Eleventh Hour, The|The Eleventh Hour]]'' ||[[K. Danor Gerald]]||Mason Chambers|| || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]] || U.S. Marines, British SAS || M4A1, M4 Suppressed, M4A1 Grenadier, M4A1 SOPMOD, M4 SOPMOD || Available w/ iron sights, tasco Red Dot, EOTech 552 Holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, suppressor,  foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL laser designator, and M203A1 grenade launcher || 2007
| ''[[Eleventh Hour, The|The Eleventh Hour]]'' || [[Matthew Reese]] || Micheal Adams || M203A1, Mounted on M4A1 || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Combat Mission: Shock Force]] || U.S. Army soldiers || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted w/ Aimpoimt M68 red dot sight, and M203A1 grenade launcher || 2007
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia]]'' ||  || Colombian Army soldiers || || rowspan="2" | 2009
|-
|-
| [[Zombie Panic Source]] || || M4A1 ||  || 2007
| || Rogue unit ||
|-
|-
| [[Counter-Strike Online]] || Counter Terrorist || Maverick M4A1 Carbine ||  || 2008
| ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'' || || Stripper ||  || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Army of Two]] ||  || M4A1 ||  || 2008
| rowspan="2" | [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]] ||  || US Army soldiers ||  || rowspan="2" | 2009
|-
|-
| [[Saints Row 2]] || || AR40 Xtnd ||  || 2008
| Various || Jordanian Special Forces soldiers ||
|-
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] || Nico Belic, LCPD N.O.O.S.E. teams, police officers, and prison guard || || || 2008
| ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' || || US Army soldier || Fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]] with the lower half of the standard handguard removed || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Mercenaries 2: World In Flames]] ||  || Carbine ||  || 2008
| [[Surrogates]] ||  || US Army soldier ||  || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] || Old Snake || Can be fitted with iron sights, Aimpoint red dot sight, ACOG scope, SureFirce WeaponLight, laser module, two types of RIS grips, Masterkey shotgun, and [[Heckler & Koch M320]] grenade launcher || || 2008
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Helldriver]]'' || Marc Walkow || Doctor || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2 | 2010
|-
|-
| [[Combat Arms]] ||  || M4A1 ||  || 2008
|  || Soldiers
|-
|-
| [[50 Cent: Blood on the Sand]] ||  || ||  || 2009
| ''[[Unthinkable]]'' ||  || US Army soldiers ||  || 2010
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1, M4A1 (Assault), M4A1 (CQB), M4A1 (Night Ops), M4A1 (Marksman), M4A1 (Stealth) || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PVS-17 night vision scope, suppressor, AN/PEQ-2 laser designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2009
| ''[[Fair Game (2010)]]'' || || US Military honor guard || || 2010
|-
|-
| [[Modern Warfare 2]] || U.S. Army Rangers, Task Force 141, and Ultranationalist slaughter group || M4A1 Carbine || Can be fitted w/ iron sights, red dot sight, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, suppressor, and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2009
| ''[[Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main)]]'' || || || Seen in illegal weapon store ||2010
|-
|-
| [[Prototype]] || U.S. Marines, Blackwatch soldiers || Assault Rifle || Fitted with carry handle and foregrip. || 2009
| ''[[New Kids Nitro]]'' ||[[Tim Haars]]|| Gerrie ||extension to carrying handle, but no scope attached|| 2011
|-
|-
| [[America's Army 3]] || U.S. Army soldiers || M4A1 Carbine || Can be fitted w/ Aimpoint M68 red dot sight || 2009
| ''[[Colombiana]]'' || || US Embassy guards || || 2011
|-
|-
| [[ArmA II]] || U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and Private Military Company || M4A1, M4A1 QDS, M4A1 QDS CAMO, M4A1 M203 RCO, M4A1 CCO, M4A1 M203 Holo SD, M4A1 M203 Holo, and M4A1 M203 SOPMOD SD CAMO || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, suppressor, AN/PEQ-2 laser designator, and M203A1 grenade launcher || 2009
| ''[[Steve Niles' Remains]]'' || || rouge US Army soldiers || Airsoft || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Homefront]] || Korean soldiers and police, American resistance fighters || M4A1 || Fitted w/ iron sights, and EOTech 551 Holographic sight || 2011
| ''[[Machine Gun Preacher]]'' || [[Gerard Butler]] || Sam Childers || HBAR, w/scope || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sights, Trijicon TA31RCO-A4CP ACOG scopes, EOTech 551 Holographic sights, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL laser designators, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, and [[M203]]A1 grenade launchers. || 2011
| ''[[A Dark Truth]]'' || || Equadorian soldiers || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 3]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted with iron sights, EOTech 551 Holographic sights, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scopes, Magpul Ranger Plates, SureFire Universal WeaponLights and AN/PEQ-2 laser designators.|| 2011
| ''[[Get the Gringo]]'' || || Prison Guard || || 2012
|-
|-
|}
|''[[Warm Bodies]]''|| ||Military survivors|| ||2013
 
=== Anime ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
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|                                             || [[Kochikame, The UFO Movie]] || ||
|''[[Purge, The|The Purge ]]''|| ||Purger|| ||2013
|-
|-
|1st Division operators || [[Ga-rei: Zero]] || || 2008
|''[[Lupin the 3rd]]''|| ||Thai soldiers|| ||2014
|-
|-
|American SOF operators || [[Canaan]] || outfitted with various SOPMOD accessories|| 2009
| ''[[22 Minutes (22 minuty)]]'' || || Somali Pirates || Possibly a replica || 2014
|}
<br clear=all>
 
== M4/M4A1 with M203 Grenade Launcher ==
[[Image:CM4-M203.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M4A1 carbine 5.56x45mm with [[M203 grenade launcher]] 40mm]]
[[Image:Sopmod m4 m203 06.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M4A1 carbine 5.56x45mm with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, flip-up rear sight, and M203 grenade launcher 40mm]]
 
=== Film ===
 
* [[Eamonn Walker]] as Ellis "Zee" Pettigrew and [[Paul Francis]] as Danny "Doc" Kelley in ''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' (fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes)
 
* U.S. Army soldiers in ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' (fitted with M68 Aimpoint and ACOG scopes, C-More red dot sights, and AN/PEQ-2 laser systems)
 
* [[Thomas_Jane|Thomas Jane]] as Frank Castle in ''[[The Punisher (2004)|The Punisher]]'' (fitted with M68 Aimpoint Close Combat Optic)
 
* [[Jake La Botz]] as Reese in ''[[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]]'' (fitted with ACOG scope and camo paint scheme)
 
* [[Henry Ian Cusick]] as Udre Belicoff in ''[[Hitman]]''
 
* [[Tyrese Gibson]] as TSgt. Bobby Epps in ''[[Transformers]]'' (with ACOG scope and camouflage paint scheme)
 
* A U.S. Marine in ''[[Sum of All Fears, The|The Sum of All Fears]]'' (with Trijicon RX01 red dot sight)
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Dennis Haysbert]] || Sgt.Maj. Jonas "Snake Doctor" Blane || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || With various optics and attachments || 2006 - 2009
|''[[Innocent Lilies: The End and The Beginning]]''|| || Solders || ||2015
|-
|-
| Various || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || || 2006 - 2009
|''[[Jason Bourne (2016)|Jason Bourne]]''||||USAF security forces personnel||||2016
|-
|-
| [[Luke MacFarlane]] || Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy || [[Over There]] || With an M68 red dot sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2005
|''[[Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk]]''||||U.S. Army soldiers||||2016
|-
|-
| [[Alexander Skarsgard]] || Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert || [[Generation Kill]] || With AN/PVS-17 night-vision and ACOG scopes and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2008
|''[[Atomic Blonde]]''||||U.S. Army||||2017
|-
|-
| [[Brian Wade]] || Cpt. Craig "Encino Man" Schwetje || [[Generation Kill]] || With AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2008
|''[[Bushwick]]''||||mercenaries||||2017
|-
|-
| || US military personnel || [[Stargate: SG1]] || With ELCAN scope and AN/PEQ-1 IR designator || 1997 - 2007
| ''[[7 Days in Entebbe]]'' || || IDF MP || anachronistic || 2018
|-
|''[[Project Gutenberg]]''|| ||Merlin Guerilla soldiers|| ||2018
|-
|''[[Bumblebee]]''||||US Army soldiers||||2018
|-
| ''[[John Wick: Chapter 4]]'' || || ||seen in armory || 2023
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Video Games ===
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Used By'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[America's Army]] || U.S. Army soldiers || M4A1 Carbine/M4A1 SOPMOD || Can be fitted with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, Trijicon RX01 Reflex sight, Harris bipod, and KAC suppressor || 2002
! width="260"|Show Title
! width="140"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="300"|Note / Episode
! width="80"|Air Date
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || U.S. Army and IDF soldiers || M4/M4A1 Carbine || Available w/ ACOG scope, ITL MARS & EOTech red dot sights || 2005
| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' || || Militant extremists || "Future's End"  || 1995 - 2001
|-
|-
| [[ArmA: Armed Assault]] || U.S. Army soldiers || M4 + M203, M4 + M203 CompM2, and M4A1 ACOG + M203 || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, and suppressor || 2007
| rowspan="3"| ''[[JAG]]'' || [[Randy Vasquez]] || GySgt Galindez || rowspan="3"| "In Country" || rowspan="3"| 1995 - 2005
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]] || U.S. Marines, British SAS || M4A1 Grenadier, and M4A1 SOPMOD || Fitted w/ tasco Red Dot, EOTech 552 Holographic sight, suppressor, foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL laser designator || 2007
| [[David James Elliott]] || CMDR Harmon "Harm" Rabb
|-
|-
| [[Combat Mission: Shock Force]] || U.S. Army soldiers || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted w/ Aimpoimt M68 red dot sight || 2007
| [[Catherine Bell]] || LtCol Sarah "Mac" Mackenzie
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1 (Assault) || FItted w/ iron sights, and AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL laser designator || 2009
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 3]]'' || || FBI sharpshooter || Custom AR-15A2 with 24" barrel, free-floating hand guard, bipod and scope / "Pusher" (S3E17) || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Modern Warfare 2]] || U.S. Army Rangers, Task Force 141, and Ultranationalist slaughter group || M4A1 Carbine || Can be fitted with iron sights, red dot sight, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, and suppressor || 2009
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 5]]'' || || US soldiers || Shown in archived media footage / "Redux" (S5E01) || 1997
|-
|-
| [[ArmA II]] || U.S. Marines, U.S. Army soldiers, and Private Military Company || M4A1 M203 RCO, M4A1 M203 Holo SD, M4A1 M203 Holo, M4A1 M203 SOPMOD SD CAMO || Available w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sight, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, suppressor, and AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL laser designator || 2009
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Seven Days]]'' || [[Johnathan LaPaglia]] || Frank Parker || "Doppleganger" || rowspan="3"| 1998 - 2001
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || U.S. Marines || M4A1 Carbine || Fitted w/ iron sights, Aimpoint M68 red dot sights, Trijicon TA31RCO-A4CP ACOG scopes, EOTech 551 Holographic sights, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL laser designators, and SureFire Universal WeaponLights || 2011
| [[Don Franklin]] || Cpt. Craig Donovan || rowspan="2"| "Peacekeepers"
|-
|-
|}
| [[Rick Worthy]] || Sgt. Grubbs
<br clear=all>
 
== Colt Model 933 ==
[[Image:ColtM4commando.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 933 with bayonet lug deleted - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[Image:Colt m4 commando 03.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 933 with stock extended 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:Colt m933 03.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Model 933 with SIRS handguard, Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip, and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 5.56x45mm]]
 
The Colt Model 933 carbine is similar to the M4 carbine listed above, except with an 11.5" barrel as opposed to the 14.5" barrel on the M4. Aside from that, it has all the same features, including the removable carry handle/rear sight assembly. This has led some people (including Airsoft manufacturers) to nickname it the "M4 Commando" or "M4 CQB", though these are not its' official designations.
 
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Transformers]] || [[Josh Duhamel]] || Captain William Lennox || With M68 Aimpoint red dot & AN/PVS-17 night vision scopes, Vltor Clubfoot stock, Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and Phantom muzzle brake || 2007
| ''[[The X-Files]]'' || || Military Personnel || Some with mounted weaponlights || 1998 - 2002
|-
|-
| [[Harsh Times]] || [[Christian Bale]] || Jim Davis || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, Surefire weaponlight, and RIS foregrip || 2006
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 7]]'' || || Sniper zombies || With mounted scopes and laser sights / "Hollywood A.D." (S7E19) || 2000
|-
|-
| [[Romeo Must Die]] || [[DMX]] || Silk || With custom muzzle brake || 2000
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 9]]'' || || Mexican Federal Police || "John Doe" (S9E07) || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Home of the Brave]] || || U.S. Army soldiers || || 2006
| rowspan="5"|''[[Ultimate Force]]'' || [[Ross Kemp]] || Sgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie || rowspan="3"|Fitted with a [[Cobray CM203]] || rowspan="5"|2002 - 2006
|-
|-
|}
| [[Jamie Draven]] || Cpl. Jamie Draven
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Dennis Haysbert]] || SGM Jonas "Snake Doctor" Blane || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" || With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2006 - 2009
| [[Christopher Fox]] || Cpl. Louis Hoffman
|-
|-
| [[Scott Foley]] || SFC Bobby "Cool Breeze" Brown || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" || With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2006 - 2009
| [[Richard Armitage]] || Capt. Ian Macalwain || rowspan="2"| Unmodified rifle 
|-
|-
| [[Max Martini]] || MSGT Mack "Dirt Diver" Gerhardt || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" || With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2006 - 2009
| [[Laurence Fox]] || Cpl. Mick Sharp 
|-
|-
| [[Michael Irby]] || SFC Charles "Betty Blue" Grey || [[Unit, The|The Unit]] / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" || With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 2006 - 2009
| rowspan=2| ''[[Tremors: The Series]]'' || [[Patrick St. Esprit]] || Karl Hartung || rowspan=2|"Night of the Shriekers" || rowspan=2|2003
|-
|-
| || Chicago PD officers || [[Chicago Code, The|The Chicago Code]] || With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, RIS foregrips, and Surefire Universal weaponlights || 2011 - ????
| || Security personnel
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Red Cap]]'' ||  || SAS Troopers || With and without M203s and Colt 4x20 scopes / "Betrayed" || 2003 - 2004
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Passwords'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 2]] || Promotional material only, with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope || || 2005
| rowspan=2| ''[[CSI: NY]]'' || || US Marines || With ACOG scopes, with & without M203 grenade launchers / "Heroes" || rowspan=2| 2004 - 2013
|-
|-
| [[GoldenEye 007 (2010)|GoldenEye 007]] || w/ optional ACOG scope || || 2010
| [[Eion Bailey]] || Dean Lessing || "Charge of This Post"
|-
|-
|}
| rowspan=2|''[[Over There]]'' || [[Nicki Aycox]] || Pvt. Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell || || rowspan=2|2005
 
=== Anime ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
|  Lewis || [[Blood+]] || With Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip and EOTech red dot sight || 2005 - 2006
| [[Lizette Carrión]] || PFC Esmaralda "Doublewide" Del Rio ||  
|-
|-
| U.S. Special Forces soldiers || [[Blood+]] || With Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrips and EOTech red dot sights || 2005 - 2006
| ''[[Prison Break - Season 1]]'' ||  || Guards / Soldiers || || 2005 - 2006
|-
|-
|Dejima Refugees||[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig|Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG]]|| ||2004-2005
| ''[[Prison Break - Season 2]]'' ||  || Panamanian Police Officers || || 2006 - 2007
|-
|-
|American Soldiers||[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig|Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG]]|| With futuristic furniture, cybernetic sights and underbarrel M203 ||2004-2005
| ''[[Prison Break - Season 3]]'' || || Sona Guards || || 2007 - 2008
|}
<br clear=all>
 
==CQB-R / Mk. 18 Mod 0==
[[Image:M4A1CQBR.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Mk. 18 Mod 0 5.56x45mm with RIS handguard]]
 
An even shorter-barreled M4 Carbine, it has about a 10.5 inch barrel. The upper receiver, which is used on a regular M4 lower receiver, is designated CQB-R (Close Quarters Battle-Receiver), while the entire weapon system is designated as Mark 18 Mod 0 by the United States Navy. Used by Navy VBSS units, NCIS and Navy SEALs. It is another one of the weapons that fell under the 'M4 Commando' nickname as an airsoft gun.
 
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Blood Work]] || [[Jeff Daniels]] || Jasper 'Buddy' Noone || With front sight removed and C-More red dot sight || 2002
| ''Invasion'' || [[William Fichtner]] || Sheriff Tom Underlay  || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Tropic Thunder]] |||| Flaming Dragons guerrilla || With ACOG sight || 2008
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Jericho]]'' || [[Skeet Ulrich]] || Jake Green || "Coalition of the Willing" || rowspan="4"| 2006 - 2008
|-
|-
| [[The Expendables]] ||[[Sylvester Stallone]]|| Barney "The Schizo" Ross || With EOTech sight, tactical flashlight and suppressor  || 2010
| [[Kenneth Mitchell]] || Eric Green || "Reconstruction"  
|-
|-
| [[The Losers]] |||| Various characters || With various accessories || 2010
| [[Brad Beyer]] || Stanley Richmond ||  
|-
|-
|}
| [[Gerald McRaney]] || Johnston Green || 
 
|-
=== Television ===
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Unit]]'' || [[Max Martini]] || MSG Mack Gerhardt || With M9 bayonet / "Play 16" || rowspan="3"| 2006 - 2009
 
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
| [[Eric Ladin]] || CPL Blaylock || "Dark of the Moon"  
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
|  || US Army soldiers || "Dark of the Moon"  
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' ||  || Pittsburg PD officers ||  || rowspan="3"| 2007
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Kiefer Sutherland]] || Jack Bauer || [[24 - Season 7|24]] / Season 7 "Episode 15 - 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M." || With Aimpoint M4 red dot sight, Aimpoint 3x Magnifier, Gemtech G5 suppressor, LaRue Tactical 7.0 railed handguard, Yankee Hill Mfg front & rear sights, DPMS Inc. 4-railed Gas Block, and Vltor Modstock || 2001 - 2010
| || Armored van driver ||
|-
|-
|}
| || Henchman ||
 
===Video Games===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Passwords'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Combat Arms]] || As the "M4A1 CQB-R", with Crane stock and SOPMOD rear sight || || 2008
| rowspan=2| ''[[Knight Rider (2008)]]'' || Justin Bruening || Michael Knight|| Fitted with Leatherwood scope mount and telescopic sight / "Exit Light, Enter Knight" || rowspan=2| 2008
|-
|-
| [[Medal of Honor (2010)]] || As M4 CQB-R Equipped with Various Accessories || || 2010
| || Bank robbers || "Exit Light, Enter Knight"
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Andromeda Strain, The (2008 Miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' || || US Army soldiers || Airsoft replicas || 2008
 
=== Anime ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="175"|'''Title/Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="125"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="125"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="125"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Angel Beats!]] || Yuri || with EOTech Holograhic sight and Beta C-Mag 100 rounds drum magazine ||2010
| ''[[Breaking Bad - Season 2]]'' ||  || Mexican Federales || "Negro Y Azul" (S2E07)|| 2009
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Falling Skies]]'' || Extras || Resistance fighters  || || 2011
 
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==Colt AR-15A2 Government Carbine==
A civilian released carbine rifle with a 16" barrel, A2 upper reciever. Designed for law enforcement.
[[Image:ColtAR-15A2GovernmentCarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt AR-15A2 Government Carbine with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm.]]
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Fast and the Furious, The|The Fast and the Furious]] || || L.A.P.D. SWAT officer || With M16-style stock || 2001
| rowspan=2|''[[Revolution (TV Series)]]'' || Extras || Monroe Republic Militia Soldiers || rowspan=2| "Ties that Bind" || rowspan=2| 2012
|-
|-
| [[Conspiracy Theory]] || [[John Schwartzman]] || Sniper || With night-vision scope, 20-round magazine, and laser pointer || 1997
| Daniella Alonso || Nora Clayton
|-
|-
|}
|''[[Banshee - Season 1]]''  || || ||can be seen in opening titles || 2013
 
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==Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine==
A civilian released carbine rifle with a 16" barrel and a removable carry handle. By designating this rifle as an "A3", much confusion has been made leading people to believe the M16A3 has a removable carry handle as opposed to the M16A4.
[[Image:ColtAR-15A3TacticalCarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm.]]
 
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Fast and the Furious, The|The Fast and the Furious]] || || L.A.P.D. SWAT officer || With M16-style stock || 2001
| ''[[Breaking Bad - Season 5]]'' || || ||Seen in armory; "Felina" (S5E16) || 2013
|-
|-
|}
|''[[Banshee - Season 3]]''  || || ||can be seen in Episode 10 opening titles || 2015
 
|-
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| ''[[The Last Ship - Season 2|The Last Ship]]'' ||[[Titus Welliver]]|| Thorwald ||"Unreal City" (S02E01)|| 2015
 
==Colt Law Enforcement Carbine==
The "M4A1" of the civilian world, this rifle has a 16" barrel (as opposed to the M4A1's 14.5")  with step-cuts to attach a launcher such as an [[M203 grenade launcher]] and the [[Cobray 37mm Launcher]]. In films, this gun has been converted to full auto to trick viewers into believing it is an M4A1, earning it the nickname "M4gery".
[[Image:ColtLawEnforcementCarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt Law Enforcement Carbine - 5.56x45mm.]]
 
===Film===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[I Am Legend]] || [[Will Smith]] || Dr. Robert Neville || With ACOG scope and PentagonLight MD3R weaponlight || 2007
| [[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2]] ||||La Colonia scout||"North" (S2E15) ||2016
|-
|-
| [[Casino Royale]] || || Miami-Dade Police || || 2006
|''[[Arrow - Season 5]] || || ||possibly a modern semi-auto variant; seen in gunstore; "Vigilante" (S5E07)||2016-2017
|-
|-
|}
| rowspan="3"|[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3]] ||||Broke Jaw Ranch Militiaman||"Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01) ||rowspan="3"|2017
 
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== Colt 9mm Submachine Gun ==
[[Image:Colt-9mm--SMG.jpg‎ |thumb|500px|Colt 9mm SMG aka (''Colt Model R0635'') - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:ColtR6450-9mmCarbine.jpg|thumb|500px|Colt 9mm Carbine aka (''AR-15A2 Sporter II carbine in 9mm'') also officially known as the ''Colt Model R6450'' - 9x19mm. This version is an R6450 barreled upper on a full auto R0635 lower for law enforcement.]]
 
=== Film ===
*[[Vin Diesel]] as DEA Agent Sean Vetter in ''[[A Man Apart]]''
*[[Chow Yun-Fat]] as John Lee and Terence Wei's men in ''[[The Replacement Killers]]''
*An FBI Special Agent in ''[[Collateral]]''
*[[Melinda Clark]] as Jessica Priest in ''[[Spawn]]'' (heavily customized with flammable chemicals canister, C-More sight, and laser sight)
*NSA commandos and hidden in the back seat of the GTO in ''[[XXX]]'' (fitted with Surefire M500AB fore-end weaponlight and C-More red dot sight)
*One of the Merovingian's henchmen in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''
*Special operations soldiers in ''[[The Siege]]'' (fitted with C-More red dot sights)
*Human resistance fighters in ''[[Battlefield Earth]]''
*F.B.I. Agent in ''[[The Peacemaker]]'' (1997)
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Johnathan LaPaglia]] || Frank Parker || [[Seven Days]] / "Daddy's Little Girl" ||  || 1998 - 2001
|||El Bazar guards ||"The Diviner" (S3E10)
|-
|-
|}
|||Proctors||"Sleigh Ride" (S3E16)
 
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Appears As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Enter the Matrix]] || 9mm Carbine || || 2003
|''[[Waco (TV Series)|Waco]]''||||ATF agents||||2018
|-
|-
|}
|''[[Yellowstone - Season 1]]'' ||||tribal police||"Daybreak" (S1E01)||2018
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== Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle ==
[[Image:Mk12Mod0.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Mark 12 Mod 0 SPR with Parker & Hale bipod 5.56x45mm]]
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[28 Weeks Later]] ||  || Delta Sniper || With 30-round magazine.|| 2007
| rowspan=5|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4]]'' ||Luis John Soria ||Dell Diamond Stadium Resident ||rowspan=2|"Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02)|| rowspan=5|2018
|-
|-
| [[Live Free or Die Hard]] || [[Cyril Raffaelli]] || Rand || With silencer, brass catcher, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip, and Leupold CQ/T scope || 2007
| Clay Brunken ||Dell Diamond Stadium Resident
|-
|-
| [[Hitman]] || || Sniper || With AN-PEQ-2 IR designator, silencer, and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip || 2007
| Shannon Houk ||Dell Diamond Stadium Resident||"Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "Good Out Here" (S4E03), "Buried" (S4E04), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
|-
|-
|}
| [[Bill Foster]] ||Vultures Member||"Just In Case" (S4E06)
 
===Video Games===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Passwords'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[America's Army]] || With bipod and optional silencer || || 2002
| Mike Lawler ||Dell Diamond Stadium Resident||"The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
|-
|-
| [[Ghost Recon 2]] || Incorrectly firing 6.8mm ammo || || 2004
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 3]]''||||U.S. Army||"Chapter Eight: "The Battle of Starcourt" (S3E08) || 2019
|-
|-
| [[ArmA II]] || || || 2009
| ''[[The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Season 2]]'' ||Kyle W. Brown || CRM Sniper ||w/scope and gripod; "Death and the Dead" (S2E09) || 2021
|}
|-
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|''[[Stranger Things - Season 4]]''||||U.S. Army||||2022
|-
|''[[The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1]]'' ||||''Demimonde'' Club Guard|| "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04) || 2023
|-
|}


=Commercial Copies of the M16 Rifle series=
=== Anime ===
Many of the guns seen as '''Colt''' model guns aren't Colt at all, but the many various other manufacturer copies of the M16/AR-15 series of firearms.  The most common clones are the guns made by Bushmaster, PWA, Eagle Arms.  Though there are now many semiautomatic rifles made by companies like Panther DPMS and others, most of the Movie Prop houses acquired their guns before the 1990s.  So only the most common third part manufacturers will be seen.  Since it's difficult to determine which maker built the gun, for the sake of simplicity, the rifle variants in movies will be identified by the COLT model they most look like, unless there is clear evidence of a third party manufacturer.  Sometimes this is possible via DVD commentary, direct information from the Armorer, or a clear shot of the manufacturer trademarks on the gun in a screenshot.
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|-
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! width="200"|Character
==Bushmaster XM-15 Rifle Series==
! width="400"|Notes
[[Image:Bushmaster ar15 carbine.jpg|thumb|500px|right|The Bushmaster HBAR Carbine - listed in the Bushmaster Sales catalog as "Bushmaster 16" Heavy Barrel Carbine" - 5.56x45mm]]
! width="50"| Date
 
|-
===Film===
| ''[[Planetes]]'' || INTO soldiers and El Tanikans|| || 2003
 
* [[Barry Pepper]] as Mike Norton in ''[[Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The]]''
 
* [[Rose McGowan]] as Cherry Darling in ''[[Planet Terror]]'' (as a prosthetic  leg with grenade launcher)
 
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==Rock River Arms Tactical CAR-A4 DEA Carbine==
[[Image:RRA DEA.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Rock River Arms Tactical CAR-A4 Carbine 5.56x45mm with EOTech 552.A65 Holographic sights, a GG&G A2-style BUIS (Back Up Iron Sight), Hogue rubber pistol grip, SureFire M73 1913 Picatinny fore end rail system, and SureFire M951XM05 tactical light w/M49 mount (for M73 rail).]]
The standard rifle for DEA agents.
 
===Television===
 
* Used by DEA agents in the SPIKE TV series ''[[DEA]]''
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==LaFrance Specialties M16K==
[[Image:LaFranceM16K223.jpg|thumb|right|500px|LaFrance Specialties M16K w/o Forward Assis- 5.56x45mm. ]]
[[Image:LaFranceM16K223a.jpg|thumb|right|500px|LaFrance Specialties M16K w/ Forward Assist - 5.56x45mm.]]
Note the sight arrangement to reduce weight and restriction for confined spaces. Special order weapon system built for Law Enforcement and Government Agencies.
 
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Escape from L.A.]] || [[Kurt Russell]] || Snake Pliskin || Used as base for [[(Escape from L.A.) - Coreburner|Coreburner]] || 1996
| ''[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'' || American Empire soldiers || || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Police Story 3: Supercop]] || [[Jackie Chan]] || Inspector Chan || With 90-round drum magazine || 1992
| ''[[When They Cry: Kai]]'' ||Banken Soldiers||Using 20 round magazines||2007
|-
| ''[[Mayoi Neko Overrun!]]'' || || || 2010
|-
|-
| [[Dead Pool, The|The Dead Pool]] || || Mob assassin || || 1988
| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || || M16A2 and M16A3 || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Pink Cadillac]] || || Militia member || || 1989
|''[[Suisei no Gargantia]] || Sailor ||   || 2013
|-
|-
|}
|}
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== Bushmaster XM15 "V-Match" ==
=== Video Games ===
[[Image:Bushmaster xm15 vmatch 20.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Bushmaster XM15 "V-Match" Note smooth handguard and absence of front sight - 5.56x45mm]]


=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
 
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
! width="250"|Game Title
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
! width="200"|Appears As
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
! width="300"|Mods
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
! width="250"|Notes
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
! width="100"| Release Date
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
| ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2]]'' ||  ||  || Seen held by American soldiers in one of the game's endings || 2000
|-
| ''[[Hitman: Codename 47]]'' || "M16A2" ||  ||  || 2000
|-
| ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' || "M16A2" || Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with [[M203]] || The world model features a mirror of the right side of the receiver || 2001
|-
| ''[[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]]'' || "M16" || Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also fitted with barrel-mounted laser sight || Featuring 20-round magazine || 2002
|-
| ''[[America's Army]]'' || "M16A2" || Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with [[M203]] ||  || 2002
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]'' || "Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle"<br>"M16 Colt Silenced Sub-machine Gun" || First variant is fitted with [[M203]] and can fire in semi-auto, three-round burst, and inaccurately full-auto; second variant fitted with scope and suppressor, also featuring an inaccurate 32-round magazine ||  || 2002
|-
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' || || || Seen used by a thug in the intro cutscene, unusable || 2002
|-
| ''[[Splinter Cell]]'' ||  ||  || Used by hostile NPCs, unusable || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]] || || || Seen leaning against wall || 2005
| ''[[Delta Force: Black Hawk Down]]'' || "M16"<br>"M16/203" || Available with and without [[M203]] || First variant erroneously featuring a 14.5" barrel while ironically the second variant has the correct 20" barrel; the fire selector switch is set on semi-auto || 2003
|-
|-
| [[Soldier]] || || Arcadia 234 Inhabitant || With C-More red dot sight || 1998
| ''[[Enter the Matrix]]'' || "M16" || || || 2003
|-
|-
| [[Ronin]] || || Sniper || With scope || 1998
| ''[[Postal 2]]'' || "Machine Gun" || Pachmayr Vindicator pistol grip, converted to full-auto ||Colt Government Model HBAR|| 2003
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Manhunt]]'' || "Defender Mark 1" || Can fire in semi-auto and erroneously full-auto || Firing 30 rounds from a 20-round magazine || 2003
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== Olympic Arms K23B ==
[[Image:Full-k23b.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Olympic Arms K23B 5.56x45mm]]
 
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Departed, The|The Departed]] || || SWAT officers ||  || 2006
| ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm II]]'' || || ||  || 2003
|-
|-
| [[Righteous Kill]] || [[Robert De Niro]] || Turk ||  || 2008
| ''[[Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising]]'' || "M16"<br>"M16/203" || Available with and without [[M203]] || First variant erroneously featuring a 14.5" barrel while ironically the second variant has the correct 20" barrel; the fire selector switch is set on semi-auto; Available only for the Rifleman class of the Joint Ops faction || 2004
|-
|-
| [[Righteous Kill]] || [[Al Pacino]] || Rooster || || 2008
| ''[[The Matrix: Path of Neo]]'' || "Assault Rifle" || Erroneously full-auto fire || Featuring a Thermold magazine || 2005
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' ||  || With and without M203 grenade launcher ||  || 2005
 
|-
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| ''[[Punisher, The (VG)|Punisher]]'' ||  || M16A3 With and without M203 grenade launcher ||  || 2005
 
|-
== Norinco Model 311 ==
| ''[[Joint Task Force]]'' ||  ||  || With 20-round magazine || 2006
Chinese copy of the M16A1, also called the CQ 5.56. Can be differentiated by the grips, front sight, stock, and handguard.
|-
[[Image:-.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Model 311 (CQ 5.56) - 5.56x45mm NATO]]
|''[[Eternal Damnation]]''|| || ||Model from ''[[Postal 2]]''; unusable||2006
 
|-
=== Film ===
| ''[[Manhunt 2]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2007
 
|-
=== Television ===
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || "M16A2" || Erroneously fires in full-auto ||  || 2007
 
|-
| ''[[World in Conflict]]'' ||  ||  ||  ||  2007
|-
| ''[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2007
|-
| ''[[9th Company: Roots of Terror]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2008
|-
| ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'' ||  ||  || Seen only in cutscenes || 2008
|-
| ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' || "Assault Rifle" || With barrel-mounted weaponlight<br />50-round magazine ||  || 2008
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 2]]'' || "M16A3" || Seen in a magazine and on posters, unusable ||  || 2008
|-
| ''[[Delta Force: Xtreme 2]]'' || "M16/M203" || Fitted with [[M203]] ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[ArmA II]]'' || "M16A2"<br>"M16A2 M203" || Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with [[M203]] ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' || "M-16 Assault Rifle" || With barrel-mounted weaponlight and optional laser sight<br>50-round magazine ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[Firearms: Source]]'' || "M16-A2" || Can fire semi-auto and three-round burst ||  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]'' ||  ||  || Seen held by a soldier in one of the game's endings, unusable || 2011
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]''||"M16A2"|| || M16A2||rowspan=2|2016
|-
|"M16A3"|| ||M16A3
|-
| ''[[Insurgency Sandstorm]]'' || "M16A2" || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Vigor]]'' || "ES16A2" || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[The Division 2]]'' ||"M16A2" || || || 2019
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]]'' || "M16" || ||Holds 30 rounds despite being depicted with a 20-round magazine|| 2020
|-
| ''[[Squad]]'' || M16A2 || Colt Scope, M203 || Added in 2023 V4.5 update || 2020
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 2042]]'' || M16A2 || doglegged Kobra red dot, ACOG scope, M203 || || 2021
|}
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== Non Firing Replicas of the M16 Rifle ==
== M16A4 ==
===MGC M-16 Model Gun Corp Replica Rifle===
[[File:M16A4Standard.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 with carry handle attached - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:MGC16.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan and one of the most used non firing replicas of the M16 in movies and television. The 'forward assist' on the early models like the one imaged here are bolt inserts to keep the receiver together. Modern MGC M16 replicas have improved by third parties over the years (like adding A1 flash hiders) making it more accurate to the real thing making it harder for 'Connoisseurs' to identify]]
[[File:M16A4withANPEQ&ACOG.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 with railed handguard, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, KAC foregrip, and Trijicon TA01 4x32 ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm. This is not a military M16A4 MWS, because the railed handguard is not a KAC M5 RAS (it lacks the cut-out in the upper half to accommodate the M203 barrel clamp).]]
[[Image:MGC16 Closeup.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan. This is a '''closeup''' of the receiver and clearly shows how the ''''fake' forward assist''' is actually a connector with allen nut in the back.  Removal of this nut separates the upper and lower receivers.]]
[[File:BattleLA M16A4.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 with ACOG scope, RIS foregrip, Magpul MBUS rear sight, and AN/PEQ-15 IR designator - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:MGC CAR-15w20RdMag.jpg|thumb|right|500px|MGC CAR-15 replica assault rifle with 20 round MGC magazine.]]
[[File:M16A4 Grippod.jpg|thumb|right|500px|M16A4 MWS with ACOG and grippod - 5.56x45mm. Note the cut-out in the KAC M5 RAS.]]
[[Image:MGC CAR15.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The MGC CAR-15 Assault rifle: Model Gun Corporation's XM177 offering. Interesting enough, MGC called their replica rifle the '''CAR-15''' which was Colt's name for the civilian (non-military designation) rifle, rather than any of the names give by the U.S. Military.  This replica rifle was built on the same MGC M16 receiver, however the buttstock was pot metal, not plastic and it did not telescope. Instead the makers of the gun split the difference and locked the non-adjustable stock into the 'half extended/half closed' position.  This feature did not enamor replica gun collectors to the weapon and it did not sell well.]]
Before the advent of inexpensive Airsoft guns there were precious few replica weapons that could be used in productions if they didn't want to have a live firing weapon on set, or for a stunt or if they didn't have the budget to get a real gun (and armorer).  Though the U.S. Army had a "rubber duck", i.e. slang for the hard rubber training M16 they used, it was not readily available on demand for the movie prop houses of the 1970s and the 1980s.  Thus the metal REPLICA gun was used (those models that were actually available for purchase).  Model Gun Corporation of Japan made and built excellent quality metal replica guns between the late 1960s and the early 1980s and the most utilized one was the '''MGC M16 assault rifle'''.  They were sold in the United States by Collector's Armory, Ltd. (and should not be confused with the inferior quality zinc-pot metal replicas currently coming in from Spain). There is also the '''MGC XM177 Commando''' carbine variant (listed in the catalog as the '''CAR-15'''), which is basically the same as above but with a non-retractable stock for imitation purposes.


If you've seen a movie with M16s in it, chances are you've seen many replicas of the rifle on camera.
The '''M16A4''' is the latest version of the M16 rifle, and is currently a service rifle in the United States Army. It is a 3-round burst rifle like the M16A2. The original upper receiver with a fixed carry handle was replaced with one that has a removable handle and a built-in full-length Picatinny rail for mounting optics and other ancillary devices. The M16A4 is the standard-issue rifle of the U.S. Marine Corps, though a switch to the M4 carbine was made in late 2015.


In the following, the use of a metal replica M16 was (painfully) obvious:
Military-issue M16A4 are also equipped with a Knight's Armament Company M5 RAS railed handguard (RAS standing for "Rail Adapter System"). Such rifles were designated '''M16A4 MWS''' (Modular Weapon System) in the U.S. Army field manuals.


===Film===
As is the case with the A2 rifle, all movie/TV appearances of the 'flat top' M16 are full auto, not 3-round burst, since no director wants to see only three rounds fire at a time. So these are, again, A4 uppers built on full auto lower receivers. Despite the fact that the real world A4 is a 3-round burst rifle, IMFDB will still refer to the movie incarnations as A4s, since that is the rifle they are supposed to represent on film.
* ''[[Private Benjamin]]'' (1980)


* ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' : mounted on the PBR boat, shot up by tracer rounds.
=== Film ===


* ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' : the MGC M16 was visible being held by all soldiers who carried the M16.  Only when they were firing on screen, did it switch to a live version of the weapon.
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|-
* ''[[Hamburger Hill]]'' : used by background Airborne Soldiers during a medical Evac.
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! width="150"|Actor
* ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' : used by the British/Russian/US Navy Sailors during the gun battle on the ''Liparus''.
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* ''[[Predator]]'' : Used by Dutch ([[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]), for a scene where his rifle is blown up by the Predator.
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* ''[[Commando]]'' : Used by bad guys who kidnap Matrix and hold their M16s on him.
| ''[[Yamakasi]]'' || Various || Special Forces ||  || 2001
 
|-
* ''[[Uncommon Valor]]'' : in any of the armory scenes or flashback scenes of soldiers not firing their M16s, the MGC M16 is evident.  Also the CAR-15 replica is heavily used by the LRRP teams in the beginning of the film. 
| ''[[Warriors (Guerreros)]]'' ||  || Serbian and Albanian soldiers || with a red dot sight || 2002
 
|-
* ''[[First Blood]]'' : the Army National Guardsmen are seen holding many MGC M16 rifles. Only when an actor fired, did the weapon change to a real weapon.  
|''[[Tiger and the Snow, The (La tigre e la neve)|The Tiger and the Snow]]'' || [[Peter Swander]] ||Pete||Fitted with M16A2 handguards and carrying handle||2005
 
|-
* ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' : seen in the weapons hold of the pirate boat used to smuggle Rambo up river.
| ''[[Home of the Brave]]'' ||  || SFC Duhon || Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight || 2006
|-
| ''[[Incredible Hulk, The (2008)|The Incredible Hulk (2008)]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || Fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards || 2008
|-
| ''[[Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)|The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)]]'' ||  || US Army soldiers || Fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards || 2008
|-
| rowspan="7" | ''[[Peranmai]]'' || [[Jeyam Ravi]]|| Dhuruvan ||  || rowspan="7" | 2009
|-
| [[Vasundhara Kashyap]] || Kalpana ||
|-
| [[Dhansika]] || Jennifer ||
|-
| [[Varsha Ashwathi]] || Thulasi ||
|-
| [[Liyashree]] || Susheela ||
|-
| [[Roland Kickinger]] || Anderson ||
|-
| || Mercenary ||
|-
| ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' || Various || US military personnel || Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, and KAC RIS foregrips || 2009
|-
| ''[[The Hurt Locker]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || Possibly airsoft replicas; fitted with various attachments || 2009
|-
| ''[[Far Cry (2008)]]'' ||  || Mercenary || Possibly Armalite M15A4; fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO || 2009
|-
| ''[[Legion]]'' || [[Paul Bettany]] || Michael || Fitted with carry handle and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 2010
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' || [[Alan Van Sprang]] || SGT Crocket ||  || rowspan="2" | 2010
|-
| [[Athena Karkanis]] || Tomboy ||
|-
| ''[[Red (2010)]]'' || [[Helen Mirren]] || Victoria || Fitted with CAA Sharp Shooting Stock, HBAR flat top upper, sniping scope, A2 handguards, GemTech suppressor, and Harris Bipod || 2010
|-
| rowspan="6" | ''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]'' || [[Ne-Yo]] || Cpl. Kevin Harris || rowspan="3" | Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip || rowspan="6" | 2011
|-
| [[Jim Parrack]] || LCpl. Kerns
|-
| [[Noel Fisher]] || Pfc. Lenihan
|-
| Various || US Marines || Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sights, Trijicon TA31F and TA31RCO ACOG scopes (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designators, Surefire Universal WeaponLights, and KAC RIS foregrips or [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launchers]]
|-
| Various || US California Army National Guardsmen || Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip
|-
| [[Michael Peña]] || Joe Rincon || Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip
|-
| ''[[Thor]]'' || Various || S.H.I.E.L.D. guards || Fitted with C-More red dot sights || 2011
|-
| ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Drive Angry]]'' || [[Tom Atkins]] || Cap || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead]]'' || [[Asami]] || Kanae || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Lust of the Dead 2]]'' || Various || JSDF members || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Lust of the Dead 3]]'' || [[Asami]] || Kanae's clones || || 2012
|-
| ''[[White House Down]]'' || Various || US Army soldiers || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Lust of the Dead 4]]'' || [[Asami]] || Kanae's clones || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Brick Mansions]]'' || Various || Soldiers || || 2014
|-
| ''[[American Sniper]]'' || Various || US Marines || With EOTech and ACOG sights, M203 grenade launchers || 2014
|-
| ''[[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]'' || Various || US Marines || || 2016
|-
| ''[[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]'' || [[Sterling K. Brown]] || Sgt. Hurd || || 2016
|-
| ''[[John Wick: Chapter 2]]''|| || || Seen in armory || 2017
|-
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Love and Monsters]]'' || Mikhail Bida || SWAT trooper || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2 | 2020
|-
| Various || SWAT troops
|-
| [[Top Gun: Maverick]] || Various || USMC Honor Guard || With RIS handguards || 2022
|-
|}


* ''[[Hulk]]'' : when the Hulk explodes out of the ground on Powell Street in San Francisco, many of the U.S. Army Soldiers were carrying MGC-16 replica rifles (in addition to real AR15-A2 rifles).  One of the soldiers holding the fake rifle has a closeup in one of the 'split screen' shots of their reaction to the Hulk. 
=== Television ===


* ''[[The Final Countdown]]'' : used by Marines on the deck of the Nimitz in scenes where there is no firing.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
 
|-
* ''[[Barb Wire]]'' : outfitted with ill fitting 30 round magazines, A2 handguards and A1 birdcage flash hiders, held by Congressionals.
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! width="150"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="350"|Note/Episode
! width="80"|Air Date
|-
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || || US Marines ||  "Come As You Are" With ACOG scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator || 
|-
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' ||  || Miami-Dade P.D. officer || "Seeing Red"  With EOTech red dot sight || 
|-
| [[Over There]] ||  || US Army soldier ||  || 2005
|-
| ''[[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]]'' || || New Bern residents ||  || 2006 - 2008
|-
| ''[[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]]'' || || Beck's soldiers  || With and without M68 Aimpoint red dot scope and Surefire weaponlight || 2006 - 2008
|-
| ''[[Prison Break - Season 3]]'' ||  || Sona Guards ||with scope and RIS handguard  || 2007 - 2008
|-
| ''[[The Unit]]'' ||  || US Army soldier ||"Dark of the Moon" || 2009
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Supernatural - Season 5]]'' || [[Jensen Ackles]] || Dean Wincehster ||rowspan="2"|Dlask Arms Corp. rifle with telescopic sight / "Good God, Y'all" (S05E02)|| rowspan="2"|2009
|-
| [[Shawn Roberts]] || Austin
|-
| ''[[Future Weapons]]'' ||||  || stock footages  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Weapons]]'' |||| various soldiers || with ACOG and ITL MARS  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Breakout Kings]]'' / "Fun with Chemistry" || [[Ted Hallet]] || Corrections Officer ||  || 2011 - ????
|-
| ''[[Falling Skies]]'' |||| Resistance fighter ||  || 2011
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Defiance (TV Series)|Defiance]]'' ||[[Justin Rain]]|| Quentin McCawley || With telescopic sight  || rowspan="3"|2013
|-
| [[Deklon Roberts]]|| Sentry ||
|-
| || Defiance residents ||
|-
| [[Continuum - Season 2]] / Split Second ||  ||Liber8 terrorist || suppressed and scoped || 2013
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 7]]'' || [[Chandler Riggs]] || Carl Grimes ||rowspan="2"|KAC M5 railed handguard, ACE Entry skeleton stock and 40 round PMAG, "Sing Me a Song" (S7E07)|| rowspan="2"|2016
|-
| [[Austin Amelio]] || Dwight
|-
| rowspan=5|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4]]'' ||[[Kim Dickens]] ||Madison Clark||w/vertical grip and EOTech sight; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02)|| rowspan=5|2018
|-
| Gary Jones ||Dell Diamond Stadium Resident||w/vertical grip and EOTech sight; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
|-
| [[Colman Domingo]] ||Victor Strand||rowspan=2|w/vertical grip and EOTech sight; "Buried" (S4E04)
|-
| [[Danay Garcia]]||Luciana Galvez
|-
| [[Jason Liebrecht]]||Edgar||w/vertical grip; "Just In Case" (S4E06), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
|-
| ''[[Ms. Marvel - Season 1]]'' || ||Damage Control agent||"No Normal" (S1E06) || 2022
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Last of Us - Season 1]]'' ||  || FEDRA soldiers ||"When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01)|| rowspan="2"|2023
|-
|  || Revolutionaries of Kansas City || w/scopes; "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04), "Endure and Survive" (S1E05)
|-
|}
 
=== Anime ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
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! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Note
! width="50"|Date
|-
| ''[[Flag]]'' || UNF soldiers|| used in multiple configurations || 2006
|-
| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || Ichiroku || sometimes with ACOG/Docter combo || 2012
|-
| ''[[Punch Line]]'' || USA army soldiers ||  || 2015
|-
|}


* ''[[Dragon Wars: D-War]]'' :  outfitted with ill fitting 30 round magazines, A2 handguards and A1 birdcage flash hiders, used by background U.S. Army troops defending Los Angeles.
=== Video Games ===


* Used by many cadets in ''[[Taps]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
 
|-
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' : some of the Army National Guard soldiers near the climax can be seen with these weapons fitted with A1-style flash hiders, supplimenting
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! width="150"|Appears As
! width="250"|Mods
! width="250"|Notes
! width="100"| Release Date
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon]]'' || "M16A2" || Available with carry handle, Trijicon RX01NSN reflex sight, and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2001
|-
| ''[[Sum of All Fears, The (VG)|The Sum of All Fears (VG)]]'' || "M16", "M16/M203" || Available with Trijicon RX01NSN reflex sight and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2002
|-
| ''[[Driver 3]]'' || || ||  || 2004
|-
| ''[[Close Combat: First to Fight]]'' || "M-16 A4" || Fitted with Trijicon TA01 ACOG scope and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || NPCs using rifles fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards || 2005
|-
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' || M16A4 || Available with iron sights, EOTech Holographic sight, M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope, KAC RIS and Grippod foregrips, and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2005
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]'' || "A4 Rifle" ||  || Available in the Xbox 360 version only || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' ||  || With Grippod foregrip, Magpul PMag magazine, and ACOG scope ||  || 2007
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]'' || "A4 Rifle" || Available with Aimpoint M68 CCO and [[Heckler & Koch M320|H&K M320]] grenade launcher || Available in the Xbox 360 version only || 2007
|-
| ''[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]'' || "M16A4", "M16A4 ACOG", "M16A4 GL", "M16A4 ACOG GL" || Available with iron sights, Trijiocn TA01 AOCG scope, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launcher]] || Added with update v1.04; erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip || 2007
|-
| ''[[Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat]]'' || M16A4 || Available with iron sights, and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2007
|-
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || M16A4 || Can be fitted with 20, 30 and double 30-round magazines, M9 bayonet, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon ACOG scope, Leupold M8 scope, AV/PVS-4 night scope, laser module, tactical flashlight, Harris bipod, M9 bayonet, and suppressor ||  || 2008
|-
| ''[[Combat Arms]]'' || "M-16A3" ||  ||  || 2008
|-
| ''[[America's Army 3]]'' || "M16A4", "M16A4 DMR" || Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon M150 ACOG scope, and [[Heckler & Koch M320|H&K M320]] grenade launcher ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[ArmA II]]'' || "M16A4 CCO", ""M16A4 RCO", "M16A4 M203", "M16A4 M203 RCO" || Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 grenade launcher]] || Erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip || 2009
|-
| ''[[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]]'' || "M16A4", "M16A4 Assault", "M16A4 CQB", "M16A4 Night Ops", "M16A4 Marksman", "M16A4 Stealth" || Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon TA01NSN ACOG scope, AN/PAS-13 thermal scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR Designator, suppressor, and [[M203 grenade launcher|M203A2 Grenade Launcher]] ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'' || M16A4 || Can be fitted w/ iron sights, red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, Thermal scope, silencer, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, and [[M203 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer]]'' ||  ||  || Fitted with A1 handguards || 2009
|-
| ''[[Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny]]'' ||  ||  || Fitted with A1 handguards || 2009
|-
| ''[[Marines: Modern Urban Combat]]'' || || Fitted w/ Trijicon ACOG scope, and [[M203 grenade launcher]] ||  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Counter-Strike Online]]'' || M16A4 || Fitted with iron sights, KAC RIS foregrip, and painted with desert camouflage scheme || Available to the Counter-Terrorist faction only || 2010
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2011
|-
| ''[[War Inc. Battlezone]]'' || "Colt M16" ||  ||  || 2011
|-
| ''[[Homefront]]'' || "M16 Rifle" || Can be fitted with various optical sights || Fires in semi-automatic only, also incorrectly firing 20 rounds from a 30-round magazine || 2011
|-
| ''[[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]]'' || M16A4 || Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG scope, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and [[M203 grenade launcher]] || Modeled with reassembles to the Canadian C7 rifle, noticing by the handguard and the small rails attached beside the front iron sight || 2011
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' || M16A4 || Can be modified with FMJ rounds, extended mags, dual mags, red dot sight, Holographic sight, ACOG scope, thermal scope, heartbeat sensor, suppressor, M203 grenade launcher, and [[Knight's Armament Masterkey|KAC Masterkey]] || Modeled with a flash hider similar to the [[Non Guns#M16A2|Non Gun M16A2]] replica || 2011
|-
| ''[[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]]'' || "M16" || Fitted with EOTech 551 Holographic sight, 20-round magazine, and A2 handguards ||  || 2012
|-
| ''[[Arctic Combat]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2012
|-
| ''[[State of Decay]]'' || "M16A4" || || A2 handguard || 2013
|-
| ''[[Payday 2]]'' ||AMR-16  ||  ||  || 2013
|-
| ''[[Last of Us, The|The Last of Us]]'' ||"Assault Rifle" || || Fires fully automatic, fitted with collapsible, M4-style stock || 2013
|-
| ''[[Warface]]'' ||M16A3 Custom  || ||  ||2013
|-
| ''[[Insurgency (2014)|Insurgency]]'' ||M16A4 || w/ various attachments || || 2014
|-
| ''[[Battlefield Hardline]]'' || "M16A3"  ||  ||  || 2014
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare]]'' || "M16" || w/ various attachments  || Available in Supply Drops || 2015
|-
| ''[[Rainbow Six Siege]]'' ||  ||with and without [[M203 grenade launcher]]  ||Unusable, seen on a NATO poster  || 2015
|-
| ''[[The Walking Dead: A New Frontier]]'' ||  ||with AN/PEQ-15  ||  || 2016
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered]]'' || M16A4 || Available with iron sights, SureShot red dot sight, [[M203 grenade launcher]], suppressor, or Trijicon ACOG scope || Incorrectly full-auto in singleplayer mode || 2016
|-
| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || M16A4 || || || 2016
|-
| ''[[PUBG: Battlegrounds]]'' || M16A4  || w/ various attachments  || non-railed handguard || 2017
|-
| ''[[Insurgency: Sandstorm]]'' ||M16A4 || w/ various attachments || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Terminator: Resistance]]'' || "M16 Rifle"  || Has left and right rail covers, a retractable buttstock, and an anachronistic AN/PEQ-15 IR designator || Erroneously locked to fully-automatic fire mode, rear sight aperture is unrealistically wide || 2019
|-
| ''[[Squad]]'' || M16A4 || AN/PEQ-16, KAC grip, ACOG M150, M203A2 || Added in V3.0 Update, 2022 || 2020
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 2042]]'' || M16A3 || || Colt Model 901 || 2021
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II]]'' || "M16" || || Colt Model 901 || 2022
|}
 
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
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! width="200"|Voice Actor
! width="250"|Characters
! width="350"|Notation
! width="80"| Date
|-
| ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 1]]'' || ||US Marines||w/ACOG scope; "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) || 2019
|-
| rowspan="5" |''[[What If...? - Season 1]]'' ||  || US Army soldiers|| "What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" (S1E03) || rowspan="5" |2021
|-
| Uncredited||AFC Pratt||rowspan="2" |"What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" (S1E06)
|-
| Uncredited||Airman Jimmy
|-
| ||Batroc's pirates||rowspan="2" |"What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?" (S1E09)
|-
| [[Georges St-Pierre]]||Georges Batroc
|}
<br clear=all>
 
==Colt AR-15 Sporter-1==
 
[[Image:Colt AR-15 Model SP1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt AR-15 Sporter-1 (SP1) - 5.56x45mm]]
 
===Films===
 
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|-
! width="280"|Film Title
! width="170"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Notes
! width="50"|Date
|-
| ''[[Hennessy]] ||  || IRA snipers ||  || 1975
|-
|''[[Hennessy]]''||[[Eric Porter]]||Sean Tobin||||1975
|-
| ''[[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)|Assault on Precinct 13]] ||  || Gangmembers ||  || 1976
|-
| ''[[Scarface (1983)|Scarface]] || [[Al Pacino]] || Tony Montana || fitted with "faux" M203 grenade launcher  || 1983
|-
| ''[[Tremors (1990)|Tremors]] || [[Reba McEntire]] || Heather Gummer ||  || 1990
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Trespass]] || [[Ice Cube]] || Savon || rowspan="4" | Fitted with A2 handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip and handguard || rowspan="4" | 1992
|-
| [[Byron Minns]] || Moon
|-
| [[Tommy "Tiny" Lister]] || Cletus
|-
| [[Tico Wells]] || Davis
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[In the Army Now]] || [[Pauly Shore]] || PFC "Bones" Conway || rowspan="4" | Fitted with A2 handguards || rowspan="4" | 1994
|-
| [[Lori Petty]] || PVT Christine Jones
|-
| [[David Alan Grier]] || PVT Fred Ostroff
|-
| Various || US Army soldiers
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || [[Paul McGann]] || [[Chris Ryan]] || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || 1996
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || [[David Morrissey]] || Andy McNab || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || 1996
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || [[Nick Brimble]] || Vince Phillips || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || 1996
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || [[Steven Waddington]] || Dinger || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || 1996
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || [[Simon Burke]] || Stan || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || 1996
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' || [[Hannes Muller]] || Mark || fitted w/ [[Cobray CM203]] || 1996
|-
| ''[[Four Brothers]] ||  || DPD honor guard || Fitted with A2 handguards and 20-round magazines || 2005
|-
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
! width="200"|Title
! width="200"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Note
! width="80"|Date
|-
|  ''[[Adam-12]]'' || [[Martin Milner]] ||  Officer Malloy |||| 1971-1975
|-
| ''[[Adam-12]]''|| [[Kent McCord]] || Officer Reed ||||1971-1975
|-
|''[[Dempsey and Makepeace]]''|| ||Cortez´s henchmen ||"The Cortez Connection" (S03E08) ||1985
|-
| ''[[Bergerac - Season 9|Bergerac]]'' || || || Seen in illegal weapon store; "The Waiting Game" (S09E07) || 1991
|-
|''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''||[[Steve Buscemi]]||Gordon Pratt||"End Game" (S3E14)||1995
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' ||  || Militant extremists || Fitted with A2 handguards || 1995 - 2001
|-
| rowspan="7"|''[[Ultimate Force]]'' || [[Ross Kemp]] || SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie || rowspan="3"|Fitted [[Cobray CM203]] || rowspan="7"|2002 - 2006
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| [[Chris Ryan]] || SSgt. Johnny Bell
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| [[Jamie Draven]] || Cpl. Jamie Dow
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| [[Miles Anderson]] || Col. Aidan Dempsey || [[M16A1]] in non firing scenes
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| || Columbian soldiers and rebels ||
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|  [[Simon Kassianides]]|| Juan || rowspan="2"|Changes to [[M16A1]] in some scenes
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|  [[Roberto Viana]] || Miguel
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| ''[[Fargo - Season 2|Fargo]]''||[[Zahn McClarnon]]||Hanzee Dent||||2015
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===Video Games===
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| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || "R6000 SP1" || || || 2016
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==Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II==
[[File:1001147qb7.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II, early model with A1 upper receiver and magazine removed - 5.56x45mm]]
[[File:AR-15A2 Sporter 2.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II, late model with A1E1 upper receiver and 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
 
===Films===
 
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| ''[[Tough Guys]]'' || || SWAT officers, sheriff deputies, Mexican police || Early model || 1986
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|''[[Tremors (1990)|Tremors]]''||[[Michael Gross]]||Burt Gummer||||1990
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[China O'Brien II]]'' || [[Frank Magner]] || Frank Atkins || rowspan="3" | Early model || rowspan="3" | 1990
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| Tricia Quai || Annie Atkins
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| || Baskin's henchmen
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| ''[[Thunderheart]]'' ||  || FBI agents ||Early model || 1992
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Never Say Die]]'' || [[Todd Jensen]] || Agent Mike Roper || With [[Cobray CM203]] grenade launcher || rowspan="2" | 1994
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| || FBI commandos||
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| ''[[Underworld]] ||  ||  ||Early model, seen in gun rack || 2003
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===Television===
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! width="200"|Actor
! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Note
! width="100"|Date
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| ''[[Ultimate Weapons]]'' ||  ||  ||Early model with A1 handguard || 2009
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|}
 
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
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! width="200"|Character
! width="250"|Note
! width="100"|Date
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| ''[[Punch Line]]'' ||  ||  || 2015
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==Colt Sporter Rifle Delta HBAR==
[[Image:Colt Sporter Rifle Delta HBAR.jpg|thumb|right|501px|Colt Delta HBAR - .223 Remington]]
[[Image:Colt Delta HBAR with Bipod..jpg|thumb|right|501px|Colt Delta HBAR with bipod - .223 Remington]]
 
A variation of the standard Colt AR-15A2 rifle that was specially selected for accuracy and then converted by the Colt factory into a "DELTA-HBAR"


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* [[Bushmaster Firearms International]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Bushmaster.


=See Also=
* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt Manufacturing Company.


* [[Armalite AR-10]] - Firearm from which the M16 is derived.
* [[Norinco]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Norinco.
** [[Knight's Armament SR-25]] - Firearm that uses the AR-10 (and by extension the M16) as the base of its' design, sometimes mistaken for the Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle.


* [[Heckler & Koch HK rifle series|Heckler & Koch HK416]] - Firearm derived from the M4.
* [[Remington Arms]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Remington Arms.


* [[Barrett REC7|Barrett REC7 & Barrett M468]] - Firearms derived from the M16 series in 6.8x43mm Remington SPC.
* [[ArmaLite]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by ArmaLite.


* [[LWRC SRT rifle series]] -Firearms derived from AR-15.
* [[:Category:AR Derivatives|AR Derivatives]]


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ArmaLite AR-15, first pre-production model, serial number XAR1501 - 5.56x45mm

The M16 rifle series is the United States military designation of rifle variants of the ArmaLite AR-15 assault rifle adopted by the US military. The original prototype AR-15 was developed by ArmaLite in 1956, and is a scaled down version of the ArmaLite AR-10 rifle, chambered in 5.56x45mm rather than 7.62x51mm. In 1959, ArmaLite sold the rights to the AR-10 and the AR-15 to Colt due to financial difficulties, and Colt continued development on the rifle. The rifle would later be adopted by the United States military under the name "Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16".

The name "AR-15" today is used almost exclusively to refer to the semi-automatic (commercially available) civilian version(s) of the M16 and M4 assault rifles, going from the name of a single rifle to the generic name of a type of rifles that trace their ancestry to it.

Standard AR-15 rifles accept detachable magazines of widely varying capacities, and have a pistol grip that protrudes beneath the stock. AR-15 rifles are highly configurable and customizable. They are commonly fitted with several accessories such as bipods, folding or collapsing stocks, threaded barrels for the attachment of a flash suppressor, and a rail system for the attachment of vertical grips, flashlights, laser sights, telescopic sights, etc.

The AR-15 consists of separate upper and lower receiver assemblies, which are attached with two through-pins and can be quickly interchanged with no tools. The upper receiver assembly is simply considered a part, and may be freely purchased and mail-ordered in most locations. This is a very attractive feature for enthusiasts, who often purchase a number of upper receivers (often in different calibers) and interchange them with the same lower receiver. However, one must be thoroughly familiar with firearms laws before doing this as it is possible to make an illegal configuration without realizing it.

For help identifying AR-15 variants, see the Colt AR-15 Identification Guide.

Please check the talk page for additional variants not shown on the main page.


Specifications

(1959 - Present)

Type: Assault Rifle

Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO

Capacity: STANAG Magazines: 5, 20, 30, 40 round box magazine/ 90 round snail drum/ 100 round dual drum Beta-C magazine

Fire Modes: Safe/Semi (Mk 12 SPR, AR-15, civilian variants) Safe/Semi/Burst (M16A2, M16A4, M4) Safe/Semi/Auto (M16, M16A1, M16A3, M4A1)

The M16 series of assault rifles and carbine variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:

Colt and Official Government Models

M16

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M16 with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with an A1 "birdcage" flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with an A1 "birdcage" flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1. This version has a 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with A2 style handguards used to resemble the M16A2 - 5.56x45mm

The M16 (designated Colt Model 602 by Colt internally) is the first derivative of the ArmaLite AR-15 adopted by the United States military. The M16 was adopted in 1964 by the US Air Force in Vietnam (and a number were also given to the ARVN). The original M16 features a flat "slab side receiver", the original 3-prong flash hider, and no forward assist.

All appearances of the slab side M16 in movies and television shows would be either the Class III Colt M16 or the commercially available Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle. After being phased out from active duty, military M16s were issued to National Guard units and later bequeathed to federal and local law enforcement agencies. Movie armorers could acquire Law Enforcement Sales models of the M16 as Class III transferable weapons or built as Class III manufacturers. However, an easier way for a movie armorer to acquire an M16 substitute was by purchasing the commercially available semiautomatic Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle and converting it to full auto fire. This was done in the 1970s and 1980s, and rifles of this kind were in movie armories for years.

Film

Film Title Actor Character Note Date
Seven Days in May Andrew Duggan COL William 'Mutt' Henderson Possibly the first depiction of an M16 in a Hollywood film 1964
The President's Analyst James Coburn Dr. Sidney Schaefer 1967
Godfrey Cambridge Don Masters
Severn Darden Kropotkin
Ice Station Zebra Tony Bill 1Lt. Walker 1968
Jim Brown Capt. Anders
The Losers Various US soldiers 1970
The Organization Mafia assassin 1971
Diamonds are Forever Various Blofield's henchmen 1971
Shaft's Big Score! Various Gangster With 30-round magazine 1972
Cleopatra Jones Thug With 30-round magazine 1973
Detroit 9000 Various Criminals SP1 1973
Soylent Green Various Guards 1973
The Laughing Policeman S.F.P.D. SWAT officers 1973
The Friends of Eddie Coyle Various Gangsters 1973
Savage Sisters Rosanna Ortiz Mei Ling 1974
Various Philippine soldiers, guerrillas
Badlands Various Army National Guard 1973
Walking Tall Arch Johnson Buel Jaggers SP1 1973
Zardoz Various Exterminators 1974
Newman's Law George Peppard Vince Newman 1974
Earthquake Marjoe Gortner Sgt. Joad 1974
Bucktown Fred Williamson Duke Johnson 1975
The Muthers John Montgomery "Turko" With 30-round magazine 1976
Two-Minute Warning John Cassavetes LAPD Sgt. Buttons With 30-round magazine 1976
Silver Streak Various FBI Agents 1976
The Enforcer Various People's Revolutionary Strike Force terrorists and SFPD officers Fitted with both 3-prong and A1 flash hiders 1976
Vigilante Force Kris Kristofferson Aaron Arnold 3-prong flash hider 1976
Shelly Novack D.O. Viner 3-prong flash hider
Don Pulford Dave Laughlin 3-prong flash hider
Carmen Argenziano Brian Seldon 3-prong flash hider
Charles Cyphers Perry Beal 3-prong flash hider
Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) Police snipers With sniper scope 1976
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff Marcel Bozzuffi Joanno aka "Captain" 1977
Operation Thunderbolt Israeli commando 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming USAF snipers 1977
Black Sunday Steven Keats Robert Mashevsky 1977
The Domino Principle Gene Hackman Roy Tucker 3-prong flash hider 1977
Eli Wallach General Reser
The Spy Who Loved Me Various US Navy sailors Stolen from armoury and Stromberg guards 1977
Damnation Alley Paul Winfield Keegan 1977
Coming Home Bruce Dern Capt. Bob Hyde 1978
Who'll Stop the Rain Nick Nolte Ray Hicks 1978
The Boys from Brazil Various Nazis 1978
Apocalypse Now Various US Army soldiers 1979
The Exterminator Robert Ginty John Eastland 1980
Stripes Various US Army soldiers 1981
Escape from New York Various US Police Force and USSS agents Handguards removed 1981
The Loch Ness Horror British Soldiers 20-round magazine 1981
Wolfen Albert Finney NYPD Det. Dewey Wilson Night Vision Scope 1981
Gregory Hines Whittington
Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) Italian policemen 1981
Taps Various Cadets 1981
Rambo: First Blood Brian Dennehy Sheriff Will Teasle 1982
Various Hope County sheriff's deputies
Octopussy Roger Moore James Bond SP1 with an A1 Flash hider 1983
Flashpoint US Army soldiers 1984
Jungle Warriors Paramilitary guard 1984
Exterminator 2 Robert Ginty John Eastland 1984
X's thugs
Volunteers US Army Special Forces/CIA 1985
Chung Mee's guards
It's a Drink, It's a Bomb! Police 1985
Into the Night SWAT officers 1985
My Science Project John Stockwell Mike Harlan With Cobray CM203 flare launcher 1985
Fisher Stevens Vince Latello
Raphael Sbarge Sherman Reardon
Al Leong Viet Cong soldier
Various Viet Cong soldiers
Commando Arnold Schwarzenegger John Matrix Fitted with A1 flash hider; becomes an A1 in some shots 1985
Various Arius' men and US Army soldiers Fitted with A1 flash hiders, some with A2 hand guards
The Quiet Earth Alison Routledge Joanne 1985
Yes, Madam! (Huang jia shi jie) Hong Kong policemen 1985
The Annihilators Gerrit Graham Ray Track SP1 1985
Dennis Redfield Joe Nace
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Garrett Floyd With 3-prong flash hider
The Park is Mine Various NYPD SWAT officers Fitted with AN/PVS-2 Starlight night vision scopes 1986
Raw Deal Various Patrovita's thugs 1986
Heartbreak Ridge Various US Marines Fitted with A1 flash hiders 1986
Platoon Chris Pedersen Crawford Fitted with A1 flash hider 1986
Legacy of Rage Various Henchmen with birdcage flash hiders 1986
Murphy's Law Charles Bronson Jack Murphy Fitted with 3-prong flash hider 1986
A drug farmer Fitted with 3-prong flash hider
Club Paradise soldier 3-prong flash suppressor 1986
Harry and the Hendersons Seattle City Police 1987
Lethal Weapon Various LAPD SWAT officers Deleted scene only 1987
Near Dark Kansas State Police 1987
Predator Arnold Schwarzenegger Dutch Fitted with A1 flash hider and Fake M203 Launcher 1987
Sonny Landham Billy Fitted with A2 hand guards, A1 flash hider, and Mossberg 500 shotgun
Full Metal Jacket Various US Marines 1987
I Love Maria Police 1988
In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon Stephan Berwick Underground Gunsmith 1988
Off Limits Gregory Hines SFC. Perkins 1988
Die Hard Various LAPD SWAT officers 1988
Shoot To Kill FBI agent 1988
They Live Roddy Piper Nada 1988
Keith David Frank
Various Cable 54 building guards
L.A. Bounty L.A.P.D. officer 1989
In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man Police 1990
Prayer of the Rollerboys Mark Pellegrino Bango (also other Rollerboys) 1990
Enemy Peter Fonda Ken Andrews SP1 with an A1 Flash hider 1990
Enemy Mako Tran SP1 with an A1 Flash hider 1990
China O'Brien II Michael Anthony Deputy Russell SP1, some with A2 handguards 1990
Richard Norton Matt Conroy
Baskin's henchmen
In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal Special Forces 1991
Showdown in Little Tokyo Dolph Lundgren Sergeant Chris Kenner Fitted with A2 handguards 1991
Brandon Lee Johnny Murata
Rapid Fire Linda Perlin Police officer Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hider 1992
Jurassic Park Unknown actor InGen worker Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hider 1993
Undercover Blues Olek Krupa Zubic 1993
Forrest Gump Tom Hanks Forrest Gump 1994
Various US Army soldiers
In the Army Now Pauly Shore PFC "Bones" Conway LaFrance-converted AR-15 SP1; fitted with A1 flash hider and A2 hand guards 1994
Various US Army personnel
Village of the Damned Various US Army National Guard soldiers Fitted with A2 handguards 1995
Beyond Rangoon Burmese soldiers 1995
Crying Freeman Mark Dacascos Yo Hinomura Fitted with Cobray CM203 37mm Launcher 1995
The Rock Tony Todd Captain Darrow Fitted with A1 flash hider and M203 grenade launcher 1996
Midnight Heat Brad Dourif Payne M16/SP1 with A2 handguards 1996
The Pest John Leguizamo Pestario "Pest" Vargas Fitted with A2 handguards, A1-style lower receiver & flash hider, and fake A2-style windage adjustment knob 1997
Commander Hamilton Swedish guards 1998
The Ultimate Weapon Hulk Hogan Ben Cutter With Cobray 37mm Launcher 1998
Gunrunners
Analyze This Various Mobsters Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hiders 1999
The Matrix Various Lobby guards Fitted with both 3-prong and A1 flash hiders 1999
Keanu Reeves Neo
The Watcher Special Forces 2000
Muscle Heat USA soldiers 2002
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai Emi Kuroda Sachiko Hanai 2003
USA Army soldiers
Coronado Clayton Rohner Arnet McClure 2003
Various Rebel Soldiers
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Gerardo Vigil General Marquez Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hiders 2003
Various General Soldiers
Innocent Voices Salvadoran Army soldiers and guerrilla SP1 2004
Alone in the Dark (2005) Various Bureau 713 Commandos 2005
Land of the Dead Various US Army soldiers 2005
The Battle of Long Tan Various Australian soldiers 2006
Onechanbara - Zombie Bikini Squad Guardians 2008
Black Dynamite Michael Jai White Black Dynamite With M203 grenade launcher 2009
Various Black Panther
Helldriver Hiroyuki Ootsuki Captain 2010
Asami Kozue
Takumi Saitoh Natsuki
Maki Mizui Spider Woman
Soldiers
The Expendables 2 Sang member 2012
Kong: Skull Island Tom Hiddleston Captain James Conrad 2017
Kong: Skull Island Thomas Mann Slivko 2017
BlacKkKlansman Klansmen SP1 2018
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Daniel Webber Pte. Paul "Largie" Large 2019
Travis Fimmel Maj. Todd Smith
Sam Parsonson 2Lt. Dave Sabben
Luke Bracey Sgt. Bob Buick
Australian soldiers
Vietcong soldier

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Police Story Jan-Michael Vincent Officer Hauser "Line of Fire"(S01E11) 1973-1977
S.W.A.T. Steve Forrest Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson 1975-1976
James Coleman Officer T.J. McCabe
Robert Urich Officer Jim Street
Rod Perry Sgt. Deacon "Deke" McKay
Mark Shera Officer Dominic Luca
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century U.S. Air Force Guards "Testimony of a Traitor" (S02E12) 1981
World War III David Soul Colonel Jake Caffey 1982
Cathy Lee Crosby Major Kate Breckenridge
Marcus K. Mukai Sergeant Parson
Simon & Simon Gerald McRaney Rick Simon 1981-1989
Magnum P.I. James Whitmore Jr. Nuzo "Did You See the Sunrise, Pt.2" (S3E02) 1982
The A-Team Various 1983-1988
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story Cartel Members 1990
Nestor Burma - Season 1 Michel Fortin Zavatter With sniper scope; "Corrida aux Champs-Élysées" (S1E3) 1992
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Various US soldiers, guards, criminals 1993-1997
The X-Files Various Military personnel, other characters Mocked up with A1 flash-hider and A2 handguards to resemble M16A2, some fitted with A1 handguards resemble M16A1 (Season 2) 1993-2002
The Stand Dan Martin Rich Moffatt 1994
JAG Various US soldiers Only seen in flashbacks to Vietnam War 1995-2005
Farscape Claudia Black Aeryn Sun "A Human Reaction" (S01E16) 1999-2003
Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik) Evgeniy Voskresenskiy "Lame" M16/SP1 (?) with M16A2 handguard and white receiver 2000
Mail Call R. Lee Ermey Himself 2002-2009
Supernatural Conspiracy theorist
Lock 'n Load with R. Lee Ermey R. Lee Ermey Himself Original M16A1 with Three Prong Flash Hider 2009
The Walking Dead Webisodes: Cold Storage Daniel Roebuck B.J. "Keys to the Kingdom" (S1E02) 2012
Josh Stewart Chase "Parting Shots" (S1E04)
True Detective Vietnam era U.S. Army flashbacks & photos 2019
Stranger Things - Season 4 U.S. Army "Chapter Eight: Papa" (S4E08) 2022
The Continental: From the World of John Wick Hubert Point-Du Jour Miles Burton "Theater of Pain" (S1E03) 2023

Anime

Anime Title Character Notes Date
Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen Hell's Wind biker 1990
Burn-Up Scramble 2004
Magical Witch Punie-chan Captain Paya Livingston "So only test scores measure the worth of a human being? At best I'm 0 points. Yup." (E3.A) 2006-2008
Upotte!! 2012
Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie In the Fujiko car 2013
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Hanging in the background 2013
Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper Airsoft, seen in the Kevin Yoshino's shop 2014

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Tomb Raider II M16 1997
WWII G.I. Fitted with A2 handguards, also available only in the Platoon Leader expansion pack 1999
Vietcong Can be attached with M7 bayonet Firing 18 rounds from 20-round magazine 2002
Shellshock Nam '67 "Assault Rifle" Incorrectly fitted with A2 handguards and firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine 2004
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories "Assault Rifle" Incorrectly firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine 2006
Call of Duty: Black Ops M16 Can be modified with extended mags, dual mags, red dot sight, ACOG scope, infrared scope, suppressor, M203 grenade launcher, KAC Masterkey, and flamethrower Incorrectly firing in three-round burst in multiplayer and "Zombies" modes 2010
Dead Island "Burst Rifle" Avaiable with iron sights or reflex sight, also can fire in semi-automatic and four-round bursts Incorrectly firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine 2011
LoveGear ~Kinematic Lovers 2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops II "Colt M16A1" w/ various attachments Incorrectly firing in three-round burst in "Zombies" mode 2012
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades M16 2016
"C601" Colt Model 601


XM16E1

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XM16E1 rifle with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Mockup of an XM16E1 rifle with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. This can be identified as a mockup by its full magazine fence and strengthened front pivot point, neither of which appeared on the XM16E1.
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Mockup of an XM16E1 (built from an M16A1 as the base) with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. This example is the screen-used rifle used by Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers.

The XM16E1 is a modified variant of the original M16 which featured several improvements, the most visible of which is the addition of the forward assist. The Army requested this feature, but the Air Force believed it had no benefit and only increased the weapon's per-unit cost. Consequently, the M16 (SP1) was the version adopted by the Air Force, while the Army adopted the slightly more expensive XM16E1. After the M16A1 was introduced in 1967, both services transitioned to this rifle. Before 1968, this was the most common version of the M16 rifle platform. The XM16E1 also features a chrome bolt carrier, which was later dropped with the M16A1.

Many examples in recent films are actually 'faux' XM16E1 rifles, usually built on an M16A1; the real XM16E1 has a partial magazine fence on its lower receiver, whereas the M16A1 has a full raised rib around the magazine release button.

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
The Green Berets John Wayne Colonel Mike Kirby Real XM16E1 1968
Various US special forces
Legacy of Rage Various Henchmen with birdcage flash hiders 1986
Stakeout Various Police . 1987
Hamburger Hill 101st Airborne troopers mocked up from an M16A1 1987
Jacknife Ed Harris Dave 1989
Dead Presidents Jaimz Woolvett Lieutenant Dugan Mocked up from an M16A1 1995
Various US Marines
We Were Soldiers Mel Gibson LTC Hal Moore Mocked up from an M16A1 2002
Barry Pepper Joe Galloway
Jsu Garcia CPT Tony Nadal
Robert Bagnell 1LT Charlie Hasting
Chris Klein 2LT Jack Geoghegan
Ryan Hurst SGT Ernie Savage
Josh Daugherty SPC Robert Ouellette
Various US Army soldiers
Tropic Thunder Jay Baruchel Kevin Sandusky Mocked up from an M16A1 2008
Brandon T. Jackson Alpa Chino
Various Actors playing US Army soldiers
Balibo FRETELIN Guerillas 2009

Television

Title Actor Character Note Air Date
On Wings of Eagles Revolutionaries 1986

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Vietcong 2 "M-16" Available with XM148 grenade launcher as the "M-16/XM-148" 2005


M16A1

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M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt M16A1 with A2 handguards - 5.56x45mm. Putting the distinctive A2 handguards on the older rifle was a method used by Movie/TV armorers to simulate A2 rifles when M16A1s were the only ones available. The same thing has been done vice-versa, Using M16A2's with A1 handguards for Vietnam War B Movies.

The M16A1 is a modification of the XM16E1 to address problems found in the testing cycle of the XM16E1. Changes included a closed "birdcage" flash hider to replace the XM16E1's three-pronged flash hider, which caught on twigs and leaves, a full fence around the magazine release to prevent accidental ejection, and a chrome plated chamber - later fully lined bore - to reduce fouling. The bolt was also changed so the cam pin could not be inserted with the bolt installed backwards, which would cause failures to eject until corrected. The front pivot point is also strenghtened, giving the area in front of the magazine well a slightly different shape.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Guard 1969
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Various Soldiers 1976
The Enforcer Various SFPD officers 1976
The Choirboys James Woods Harold Bloomguard 1977
Rolling Thunder Various North Vietnamese military 1977
The Boys in Company C Andrew Stevens Billy Ray Pike 1978
The Odd Angry Shot Various Australian SAS troopers 1979
Apocalypse Now Various US Army soldiers 1979
The Jerk M. Emmet Walsh The Madman Fitted with scope 1979
The Blues Brothers Carrie Fisher Jake's ex-fiance 1980
Various State Troopers, Sheriff's Deputies, Chicago Police SWAT, and US Army soldiers
The Final Countdown Various US Marines 1980
The Hunter Tracey Walter Rocco Mason 1980
The Octagon Carol Bagdasarian Aura 1980
John Shields McCarn's lieutenant
Thad Geer McCarn's man
Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) Bruno Cremer Pierre Delbart 1980
Zairian government troops and Katanga fighters
Le Guignolo Tony Kendall Fredo With sound suppressor, sniper scope and laser sighting device 1980
Enter the Ninja Venarius' henchmen 1981
Choice of Arms Seen in Jean's armoury 1981
Death Wish 2 Various Thugs 1982
Rambo: First Blood Various US Army National Guardsmen 1982
Uncommon Valor Reb Brown Blaster 1983
The Day After Various US Air Force Security Police 1983
Revenge of the Ninja Mario Gall Caifano 1983
Revenge of the Ninja Caifano's henchmen 1983
Scarface Sosa's assassins 1983
The Ruffian The robber in black mask 1983
Ghostbusters Various US Army National Guardsmen 1984
Code Name: Wild Geese Thomas Danneberg Arbib Fitted with M203 grenade launcher 1984
Manfred Lehmann Klein
Rene Abadeza Kim
Various Kim's men and General Khan's soldiers
The Terminator Paul Winfield Lt. Edward Traxler 1984
Lance Henriksen Detective Hal Vukovich
Various LAPD officers
Ninja III: The Domination Jordan Bennett Billy Secord 1984
Ninja III: The Domination A police sniper With sniper scope 1984
Wheels of Fire Joe Mari Avellana Scourge Fitted with M203 grenade launcher 1985
Gary Watkins Trace standart and mocked up as futuristic rifle, several times fitted with M203 grenade launcher
Laura Banks Stinger mocked up as futuristic rifle
Various Scourge's men, True believers' solders, Ownership's army standart and mocked up as futuristic rifle,
Latino Robert Beltran Eddie Guerrero 1985
Various Contras soldiers
Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) Various US Army soldiers and Viet Cong guerrillas 1985
Hold-Up Montreal SWAT and police 1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Charles Cioffi George Grove 1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II Various Vietnamese troops and pirates Some fitted with A2 handguards 1985
Day of the Dead Various US Army soldiers 1985
American Ninja Steve James CPL Curtis Jackson Fitted with M203 grenade launcher 1985
Various US Army soldiers
Commando Arnold Schwarzenegger John Matrix Alternates with M16 SP1 1985
Various Arius' men and US Army soldiers Some fitted with M16A2 hand guards
Commando Leopard Lewis Collins Enrique Carrasco With M203 grenade launcher 1985
John Steiner Smithy
Cristina Donadio Maria
Klaus Kinski Colonel Silveira
Manfred Lehmann Padre Julio
Various Soldiers and rebels
Morons from Outer Space Edward Wiley Laribee's Aide 1985
US Army soldiers, plainclothes officers
The Park is Mine Various NYPD SWAT officers 1986
Iron Eagle Various US Air Force security guards 1986
Aliens Seen on the walls of the Sulaco's armory 1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Various US Marines 1986
Band of the Hand Daniele Quinn Carlos . 1986
Heartbreak Ridge Various US Marines With and without MILES gear 1986
Platoon Charlie Sheen PVT Chris Taylor 1986
Various US Army soldiers
Firewalker Brigands, guerillas 1986
The Dragon Hunt (Okhota na drakona) Mashrab Kimsanov Ramos 1986
Demon of Paradise Soldiers Elisco 1987
Extreme Prejudice Matt Mulhern SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker 1987
Various Special Unit and cartel members Some with A2 handguards
Gardens of Stone Various US Army personnel (seen during news footage of the Vietnam War) 1987
Hamburger Hill Various US Army 101st Airborne personnel 1987
Dragnet SWAT officers With A2 handguards 1987
Rage of Honor Various henchmen 1987
Equalizer 2000 Richard Norton Slade In futuristic dress-up 1987
Henry Strzalkowski Alamo
Lawton's soldiers and rebels Standard and in futuristic dress-up
Tiger Cage Jacky Cheung Insp. Fong Chun-Yau 1980
Policeman
BAT*21 Danny Glover Captain Clark 1988
Bulletproof Henchmen Fitted with A2 handguards 1988
Iron Eagle II Various US Military Police 1988
China O'Brien Sommers' henchman With sniper scope 1988
Casualties of War Various US Army soldiers 1989
The Package Various US Army soldiers 1989
A Better Tomorrow III Chow Yun-Fat Mark Lee 1989
Anita Mui Chow Ying Kit
Tony Leung Ka Fai Cheung Chi Mun
Various ARVN soldiers
Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge) Israeli soldiers 1989
Guns Army soldiers 1990
Fire Birds Various US Army soldiers 1990
By Dawn's Early Light US military personnel 1990
Total Recall Seen at Kuato's resistance base 1990
Die Hard 2 Various Airport police and US Army Special Forces The Army Special Forces team fitted with A2 handguards 1990
Bullet in the Head Jacky Cheung Fai 1990
Darkman Karl A. Wickman Police officer Fitted with scope 1990
La Femme Nikita guards 1990
Death Warrant Prison guards 1990
Marked for Death Jamaican Constabulary 1990
Silence of the Lambs US Army National Guardsmen 1991
Nothing But Trouble Various National Guardsmen 1991
Toy Soldiers Various Colombian soldiers 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Seen on the walls of Sarah's armory 1991
The Jackpot! (La Totale!) Seen in secret service minivan 1991
Pure Luck Mexican prizon guards 1991
Operation Corned Beef Zargas' henchmen 1991
Rapid Fire Various Guards 1992
Hard Boiled Philip Kwok Mad Dog Fitted with M203 grenade launcher 1992
Various Hong Kong police and Johnny Wong's thugs
To Survive (Chtoby vyzhit) Sergey Veksler Nikolai Fitted with XM148 grenade launcher 1992
Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) American soldiers, mujahedeen, mercenaries 1993
Boiling Point Is seen in arms rack 1993
RoboCop 3 Resistance fighters, OCP Rehab officers 1993
Rage and Honor II Cynthia Rothrock Kris Fairchild 1993
Thugs
Open Fire Jeff Wincott Alec McNeil 1994
Ron Howard George Deacon
Mimi Craven Lynne Tolbert
Lee de Broux Bob McNeil
The plane flies to Russia (Samolyot letit v Rossiyu) Navy sailors, mafia members 1994
Steel Frontier Brion James General J.W. Quantrell 1995
Joe Lara Yuma
mercenaries
citizens
Soldier Boyz Michael Dudikoff Major Toliver 1995
Channon Roe Brophy
David Barry Gray Lamb
Various Vinh Moc's soldiers
Species Background extras US soldiers 1995
Rumble in the Bronx NYPD officers 1995
FBI officer in helicopter
Heat Wes Studi Detective Casals Fitted with A2 handguards 1995
Heat Steven Ford Officer Bruce A2 handguards 1995
Midnight Man Michael Watson Ilyia With Cobray CM203 1995
Midnight Man Lorenzo Lamas John Kang With Cobray CM203 1995
The Rock Various Rogue US Marines Fitted with A2 handguards and tactical flashlights, some with M203 grenade launchers 1996
Eraser Various US Marshals Fitted with A2 handguards 1996
A Time to Kill Samuel L. Jackson Carl Lee Hailey 1996
The One That Got Away Sam Halpenny "Legs" Lane fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
Alexander Morton Big Bob fitted w/ Cobray CM203
The Long Kiss Goodnight Henchman 1996
Romeo & Juliet Various Verona Beach police officers Some fitted with A2 handguards 1996
Day of the Warrior Kevin Light Doc Austin With M203 grenade launcher 1996
Ron Browning Ron
Warrior's henchman
Original Gangstas Gang members 1996
The Devil's Own Desmond - Provisional IRA Gunman Used by Desmond to fire on British Soldiers from a 2nd floor window. It is on semi-automatic firing mode. 1997
Con Air Various Convicts and US Army National Guardsmen Fitted with A2 handguards 1997
The Postman Various Holnist soldiers 1997
Dance with the Devil Javier Bardem Romeo Dolorosa 1997
Carlos Bardem Reggie San Pedro
Miguel Galván Doug
Against the Law Richard Grieco Rex 1997
Dead Silence (1997) FBI HRT 1997
The Peacemaker Army National Guard 1997
The Rage Dell Yount Bobby Joe 1997
The Rage FBI agents 1997
The Pentagon Wars Cary Elwes LTC James G. Burton With magazine removed and A2 handguards 1998
Various US Army soldiers Fitted with A2 handguards
Scarred City Soto's bodyguard 1998
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Various Mexican Police . 1999
Shergar Various SAS Soldiers 1999
Blue Streak Various Mexican Border Security Officers Fitted with A2 handguards 1999
Battlefield Earth Human resistance fighters Some with M203 grenade launchers 2000
Joint Security Area ROKA soldiers Fitted with A2 handguards 2000
Poor White Trash townsmen 2000
The Point Men Israeli soldiers 2001
War (Voyna) Aslan 2002
Death to Smoochy SWAT team 2002
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Various US Army Rangers Some fitted with M203 grenade launchers 2002
xXx Colombian narcotics officer 2002
Tears of the Sun Nigerian soldiers 2002
The Coast Guard Dong-gun Jang Private Sang-byeong Kang, ROKMC Fitted with bayonet 2002
Jisai (Dzisay) Seen in truck 2004
Land of the Dead Various Fiddler's Green Soldiers 2005
The Devil's Rejects Various Sheriff's deputies and Rejects 2005
Sky Fighters Terrorists 2005
The President's Last Bang Suk-kyu Han KCIA Agent Ju 2005
Sang-ho Kim KCIA Agent Jang
South Korean Army, KCIA agents
The Departed Various Massachusetts State Police at funeral Fitted with A2 handguards 2006
In Her Line of Fire David Millbern Armstrong 2006
Patrick Kake Hammer
Rene Naufahu Solia
Various The mercenaries, guerrillas
The Battle of Long Tan Various Australian soldiers Anachronistic 2006
Attack Girls Swim Team vs the Unliving Dead Sasa Handa Aki Kitajima 2007
Invisible Target Hong Kong Police 2007
The Apocalypse Code US soldiers 2007
American Gangster US soldiers 2007
Rambo Various Karen rebels 2008
The Sniper Hong Kong SDU sniper team M16A1 fitted with with A2 handguards and ACOG scope 2009
Elephant White several examples in weapons caches 2010
Red State Stephen Root Sheriff Wynan with A2 handguards 2011
Super 8 Kyle Chandler Jackson Lamb 2011
Noah Emmerich Colonel Nelec
US airmen and soldiers
Largo Winch II (2011) Praptpapol Suwanbang Kadjang 2011
State of Emergency US Marines A2 Handguards 2011
Men In Black 3 Military Police 2012
R2B: Return to Base South Korean honor guard 2012
Argo US Marines 2012
Battleground US soldiers 2012
A Dark Truth Equadorian soldier With M203 attached 2012
Ah Boys to Men Singapore Army soldiers, OPFOR M16S1 2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies Alan Ford Ray With M203 attached 2012
009-1: The End of the Beginning SMA troops 2013
Northern Limit Line 1970s South Korean navy patrol boat crewmen 2015
All the Way Secret Service agent Anachronistic 2016
Karate Kill Capital Messiah members 2016
American Made Tom Cruise Barry Seal 2017
Malay Regiment 17th Royal Malay Regiment troopers
21st GGK commandos
Communist guerillas without handguard
KL Special Force Syamsul Yusof Ashraff 2018
Gang Anarchist mafias
STAFOC officers
Project Gutenberg Liu Kai-chi Uncle Yam A2 handguards 2018
Rambo: Last Blood Sylvester Stallone John Rambo 2019
Triple Threat guards, Devereaux's hired guns 2019
The Suicide Squad Margot Robbie Harley Quinn 2021
Gunpowder Milkshake Michelle Yeoh Florence 2021

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Hawaii Five-O Jack Lord Steve McGarrett 1979 - 1980
Hill Street Blues Emergency Action Team (E.A.T.) 1981 - 1987
The A-Team Various US Army soldiers 1983 - 1987
Vietnam War Story Eriq La Salle KC 1987-1989
Tour of Duty Various US Army soldiers 1987 - 1988
Ving Rhames SP4 Tucker "Burn Baby Burn" 1987
Max Headroom Janie Crane "War", mocked up as a telephoto "gun camera" and Network 23 logo on 20 round magazine 1987
The Stand Gary Sinise Stud Redman 1994
Various US Army soldiers
The X-Files - Season 6 Nevada Highway Patrolmen Mocked up with A2 handguards to pass for M16A2s / "Drive" (S6E02) 1998
Seven Days Various US Army personnel Fitted with M16A2 hand guards, some fitted with Cobray CM203 Flare Launchers, one fitted with a night-vision scope 1998 - 2001
Harsh Realm Various US Army soldiers Fitted with M16A2 hand guards 1999 - 2000
Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik) Gangsters With M16A2 handguards 2000
Going Back Pablo Espinosa Chico Spaceman 2001
Ultimate Force Tony Curran Sgt. Pete Twamley Fitted with M16A2 handguards 2002- 2006
Sendhil Ramamurthy Tpr. Alex Leonard
Christopher Fox Cpl. Louis Hoffman Fitted with Cobray CM203
Louis Decosta Johnson Cpl. Dave Woolston
Liam Garrigan Cpl. Ed Dwyer
Miles Anderson Col. Aidan Dempsey Changes to AR-15 Sporter-1 for firing scenes
Cult members 20 round magazines
Columbian Soldiers Fitted with leather slings
Simon Kassianides Juan Changes to AR-15 Sporter-1 in some scenes
Roberto Viana Miguel
Falling Skies Extras Resistance fighters 2011 -
Jon Benjamin Has a Van Mexican and Salvadoran border guards 2011
Tyrant Ali Non-firing replica/Episode 2 2014
Tyrant Abbudinian soldiers Non-firing replicas 2014
The Spider (Pauk) US Marine Security Guards 2015
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 Colman Domingo Victor Strand w/A2 Handguard; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "Buried" (S4E04) 2018
Danay Garcia Luciana Galvez w/A2 Handguard; "Buried" (S4E04)
Tommy Goodwin Vultures Member w/A2 Handguard; "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
The X-Files Cory Rempel LCpl Walter Skinner, USMC Equipped with 20-round STANAG magazines. 2018
Haley Joel Osment PFC John "Kitten" James, USMC
Fortunate Son US Army soldiers Including documentary footage 2020
Tales of The Walking Dead - Season 1 Atlanta police officers w/A2 handguards; "Blair & Gina" (S1E02) 2022
The Accidental Narco Various 2022
Duty After School Colt M16A1, Korean Colt Model 603K 2023
The Continental: From the World of John Wick Hubert Point-Du Jour Miles Burton w/wooden furniture; "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01) 2023
Colin Woodell Winston Scott
Nhung Kate Yen

Anime

Anime Title Character(s) Notes Date
Black Magic M-66 Spec-Ops Commandos Some fitted with M203 grenade launchers 1987
Appleseed Cyborg terrorist 1988
The Abashiri Family Naojiro Abashiri DVD cover only 1991
Patlabor: The Movie 2 JGSDF Intelligence Agents 1993
You're Under Arrest! - Season 1 Monsters at an amusement park File #40 "Dangerous Date 2x3"; Paintball 1997
Devil Lady USA army soldier "Heart" (E24) 1998-1999
You're Under Arrest: Mini Specials Airsoft 1999
Amazing Nurse Nanako American soldiers 1999
Noir Ulgian Army Soldiers 2001
You're Under Arrest: No Mercy! Ken Nakajima 2002
Full Metal Panic! Melissa Mao/Jimmer/Sousuke Sagara/Kurz Weber Fitted with A2 handguards 2002
Area 88 US soldiers 2004
Blood+ US soldiers; seen during flashbacks 2005
Black Lagoon/Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Various 2006/2010
The Skull Man American soldiers 2009
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky Various Seen with A1 and A2 handguards 2010
Upotte!! 2012
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Bad Company's soldiers S4E4, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2"; S4E5, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3" 2016

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Fallout Tactics "M16A1" Fitted with A2 handguards 2001
Grand Theft Auto III "M16" Fitted with fictional 60-round magazine 2001
Battlefield: Vietnam "M16" Available as standard firing on full-auto, and as a sniper rifle fitted with scope but firing on semi-auto Modeling error showing the ejection port on the left side 2004
Söldner: Secret Wars "M16A1" 2004
Conflict: Vietnam 2004
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater "XM16E1" Camouflage paint scheme, semi/burst/auto trigger group, detachable suppressor 2005
Project Reality "M16A2" Available with and without M203 grenade launcher Featured with A1 and A2 handguards 2005
Project Reality As the "M16A1 DMR" With scope mounted on carry handle 2005
Elite Warriors Vietnam 2005
El Matador 2006
Scarface: The World is Yours "Carbine Assault Rifle" Can be fitted with dual mags and M203 grenade launcher 2006
Cross Fire "M16" 2007
"M16A2" railed handguard
"M16A4" with Galil-style skeleton folding stock and silencer fully automatic
7.62 High Calibre "M16A1" Can be fitted with 20-round magazine, 30-round (and dual 30-round) magazine, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon ACOG scope, AV/PVS-14 night scope, laser module, tactical flashlight, bipod, bayonet, and suppressor 2008
1968: Tunnel Rats (VG) 2009
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker "M16A1" Can be fitted with suppressor, laser module M203 grenade launcher, underbarrel shotgun 2010
Project Reality: Vietnam "M16A1" Available with 20-round and 30-round magazines 2012
Alan Wake's American Nightmare "Assault Rifle" Fitted with A2 handguards 2012
Counter-Strike Online "M16A1" 30 + 1 round mag 2012
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly M16 A1 bayonet 2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades M16A1 2016
Mafia III 2016
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam optional bayonet 2017
Far Cry 5 "M-16" Incorrectly depicted with a 4-position selector 2018
Maximum Action "M16A1" Always fitted with heat shield; "M16A1 GL" has underslung Cobray CM203 2018
Far Cry New Dawn 2019
Far Cry 6 2021
Marauders M16 Wooden handguard and stock, can equip 20 or 30-round mags Incorrectly depicted with 3-round burst mode 2022

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 2022



M16A2

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Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Government Model HBAR, the A2 version of the AR-15 Civilian Rifle - 5.56x45mm (note the lack of a third position for burst mode for the selector switch)

The M16A2 was developed under request by the US Marine Corps as a result of combat experience in Vietnam, and was adopted in 1982. Modifications were extensive, including new, faster rifling (1 twist every 7 inches, replacing the M16A1's 1:12 twist rate) to permit the use of the heavier SS109 round, a heavier barrel to resist bending and reduce overheating in sustained fire, an adjustable rear sight to allow sighting-in for ranges between 300 and 800 metres to take full advantage of the SS109's ballistic characteristics as well as windage adjustments without the use of special tools or a cartridge. The buttstock was lengthened 5⁄8 in (15.9 mm). The handguards were changed from the vertically split triangular pattern to the horizontally split round version found on carbines. A notch for the middle finger was added to the pistol grip. The flash hider was closed at the bottom to prevent dirt being kicked up when fired prone. A brass deflector was added to the upper receiver to prevent spent brass hitting left-handed shooters. The A1's full auto setting was dropped and replaced with a three round burst setting to prevent "spray and pray" usage by inexperienced users. The forward assist was changed from teardrop to round mainly as a cost-saving measure.

In contrast to the real world M16A2 rifle adopted by the US military in the early 1980s, most of the A2s seen in movies are A2 'kits' built on A1 full auto lower receivers (or converted A2 style receivers). Most movie "M16A2" rifles have the A1 Birdcage flash hider installed, since cinematographers want the "starburst" of the flash to go all the way around, not just divert upwards (as is the case with the correct A2 Flash hider).

A fully automatic version of the M16A2 also exists, known as the M16A3. However, because nearly all movie "M16A2s" fire full automatic, it is not IMFDB policy to designate these rifles as "M16A3s" when identifying them in movies, since in nearly all cases they are intended to pass for M16A2s.

Also note that some American movies feature M16A1 rifles fitted with M16A2-style handguards, such as Heat and Die Hard 2. An example of such a rifle can be seen in the M16A1 entry above. When identifying M16 variants, please look at the receiver of the rifle in question, not just its handguards, to determine whether it is an A1 or an A2.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Maximum Overdrive Emilio Estevez Bill 1986
Scrooged Santa Claus 1988
In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders Michael Gross William Matix 1988
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation SWAT officers 1989
The Abyss US Navy personnel Mix of A1 and SP1-style lower receivers; possibly semi-auto AR-15 A2s 1989
RoboCop 2 Detroit Police officers Fitted with MWC "90-rounder" inverted drums and 30-round translucent magazines 1990
Stone Cold Soldiers 1991
Rapid Fire François Chau Detective Farris fitted with tactical scope 1992
In the Line of Duty: Ambush at Waco Tim Daly Vernon Howell / David Koresh 1993
Neal McDonough Jason Starlight scope
Branch Davidians
Jurassic Park Guards With and without barrel-mounted weaponlights 1993
Clear and Present Danger US Army soldiers 1994
In the Army Now Pauly Shore PFC Bones Conway 1994
Dead Weekend Greg Collins TWF soldier Colt Government Model HBAR 1995
Marcos A. Ferraez Gonzolo Colt Government Model HBAR
TWF soldiers Colt Government Model HBAR
GoldenEye US Marines 1995
Ransom Michael Gaston FBI Special Agent Jack Sickler 1996
The Rock US Marine honor guard 1996
Eraser US Marshal 1996
Independence Day US military personnel 1996
Courage Under Fire Meg Ryan CPT Karen Emma Walden With full-auto lower receiver 1996
Seth Gilliam SGT Steven Altameyer
Various US Army soldiers
Bulletproof LAPD SWAT officers 1996
Various DEA agents
A Time to Kill Army National Guardsmen 1996
Volcano Army National Guard soldiers 1997
The Pest Aries Spears Chubby With A1-style forward assist 1997
Con Air John Malkovich Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom 1997
Ving Rhames Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
The Rage Gary Busey Art Dacy 1997
The Rage FBI agents, Dacy's henchmen 1997
Deep Impact US Army soldiers 1998
Godzilla (1998) US Army soldiers 1998
Armageddon US military personnel 1998
The Siege US Army soldiers 1998
Arlington Road Hans Stroble 16-Year-Old Parsons 1999
The General's Daughter Various actors US Army soldiers 1999
Blue Streak US Customs agents 1999
Various Mexican Border Patrol officers
Three Kings Mark Wahlberg SFC Troy Barlow 1999
Ice Cube SSG "Chief" Elgin
Various US Army soldiers
Python Soldiers 2000
Left Behind: The Movie IDF soldiers and American National Guardsmen 2000
Total Western Jean-Marie Winling The Colonel 2000
Total Western The Colonel's group member 2000
Evolution US Army soldiers 2001
Swordfish Police officer 2001
Jurassic Park III US Marines 2001
Blow Panamanian bank guards 2001
Behind Enemy Lines US Marines 2001
Black Hawk Down Josh Hartnett SSG Matt Eversmann 2001
Ewan McGregor SPC John Grimes Fitted with M203 grenade launcher
Gabriel Casseus SPC Mike Kurth
Johnny Strong SFC Randy Shughart
Carmine Giovinazzo SGT Mike Goodale
Matthew Marsden SPC Dale Sizemore
Gregory Sporleder SGT Scott Galentine
Brian Van Holt SGT Struecker
Enrique Murciano SSG Ruiz Fitted with Cobray CM203
Various US Army Rangers
Desert Saints Mexican police 2002
Ali G Indahouse Sacha Baron Cohen Ali G 2002
Blade II Matt Schulze Chupa Fitted with a tactical flashlight, two MWG 90-round magazines coupled together (night club scene) and standard 30-round mag (sewer scene) 2002
The Sum of All Fears US Marines With and without M203 grenade launcher 2002
Die Another Day US military personnel 2002
Various South Korean Military Police
Redemption Richard Norton Tom Sasso 2002
Police officers, Lam's thugs
Tears of the Sun US Marines 2003
Dreamcatcher US Army soldiers 2003
The Core US military personnel 2003
A Man Apart Guard 2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem Japanese soldiers 2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout Ron Livingston Donnie Anderson 2003
Bad Boys II US Marines 2003
Various Miami PD officers
The Whole Ten Yards Bruce Willis Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudesky 2004
Matthew Perry Dr. Nicholas "Oz" Ozeransky
The Day After Tomorrow US Army soldier 2004
Innocent Voices Salvadoran Army soldiers and guerrilla 2004
American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq Jason Matheson LT Diggs 2005
xXx: State of the Union US Marines 2005
Various US Army soldiers
War of the Worlds US Army soldiers With and without SureFire Universal WeaponLight 2005
Various US Marines
Lord of War Seen in warehouse 2005
Jarhead Jake Gyllenhaal LCpl. / Pfc. Anthony "Swoff" Swofford 2005
Jamie Foxx SSgt. Sykes With and without paintball conversion
Lucas Black LCpl. Chris Kruger
Laz Alonso LCpl. Ramon Escobar With Cobray CM203
Brian Geraghty Pfc. Fergus O'Donnell With and without M203 grenade launcher
Peter Sarsgaard Cpl. Alan Troy With M203 grenade launcher/Cobray CM203
Various US Marines
Arthur Hailey's Detective Miami PD officers 2005
The Tiger and the Snow US Army soldiers Equipped with Colt scopes 2005
X-Men: The Last Stand US Army soldiers 2006
The Departed Police honor guard 2006
Blood Diamond Sierra Leone Army soldiers 2006
Various South African mercenaries
Home of the Brave Brian Presley SPC Tommy Yates 2006
Various US Army soldiers
Battle for Haditha Various US Marines With vertical foregrips and Trijicon ACOG scopes, mocked up to resemble the M16A4 MWS 2007
Bobby Z Laurence Fishburne Tad Gruzsa 2007
Transformers US military personnel 2007
I Am Legend Guard 2007
Invisible Target Hong Kong Police 2007
Cloverfield US Army Soldiers 2008
Babylon A.D. Neolite 2008
Crossfire (Les Insoumis) In the warehouse of weapons 2008
The Eleventh Hour K. Danor Gerald Mason Chambers 2008
The Eleventh Hour Matthew Reese Micheal Adams M203A1, Mounted on M4A1 2008
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia Colombian Army soldiers 2009
Rogue unit
Crank: High Voltage Stripper 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen US Army soldiers 2009
Various Jordanian Special Forces soldiers
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra US Army soldier Fitted with M203 grenade launcher with the lower half of the standard handguard removed 2009
Surrogates US Army soldier 2009
Helldriver Marc Walkow Doctor 2010
Soldiers
Unthinkable US Army soldiers 2010
Fair Game (2010) US Military honor guard 2010
Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) Seen in illegal weapon store 2010
New Kids Nitro Tim Haars Gerrie extension to carrying handle, but no scope attached 2011
Colombiana US Embassy guards 2011
Steve Niles' Remains rouge US Army soldiers Airsoft 2011
Machine Gun Preacher Gerard Butler Sam Childers HBAR, w/scope 2011
A Dark Truth Equadorian soldiers 2012
Get the Gringo Prison Guard 2012
Warm Bodies Military survivors 2013
The Purge Purger 2013
Lupin the 3rd Thai soldiers 2014
22 Minutes (22 minuty) Somali Pirates Possibly a replica 2014
Innocent Lilies: The End and The Beginning Solders 2015
Jason Bourne USAF security forces personnel 2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk U.S. Army soldiers 2016
Atomic Blonde U.S. Army 2017
Bushwick mercenaries 2017
7 Days in Entebbe IDF MP anachronistic 2018
Project Gutenberg Merlin Guerilla soldiers 2018
Bumblebee US Army soldiers 2018
John Wick: Chapter 4 seen in armory 2023

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Star Trek: Voyager Militant extremists "Future's End" 1995 - 2001
JAG Randy Vasquez GySgt Galindez "In Country" 1995 - 2005
David James Elliott CMDR Harmon "Harm" Rabb
Catherine Bell LtCol Sarah "Mac" Mackenzie
The X-Files - Season 3 FBI sharpshooter Custom AR-15A2 with 24" barrel, free-floating hand guard, bipod and scope / "Pusher" (S3E17) 1996
The X-Files - Season 5 US soldiers Shown in archived media footage / "Redux" (S5E01) 1997
Seven Days Johnathan LaPaglia Frank Parker "Doppleganger" 1998 - 2001
Don Franklin Cpt. Craig Donovan "Peacekeepers"
Rick Worthy Sgt. Grubbs
The X-Files Military Personnel Some with mounted weaponlights 1998 - 2002
The X-Files - Season 7 Sniper zombies With mounted scopes and laser sights / "Hollywood A.D." (S7E19) 2000
The X-Files - Season 9 Mexican Federal Police "John Doe" (S9E07) 2002
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp Sgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie Fitted with a Cobray CM203 2002 - 2006
Jamie Draven Cpl. Jamie Draven
Christopher Fox Cpl. Louis Hoffman
Richard Armitage Capt. Ian Macalwain Unmodified rifle
Laurence Fox Cpl. Mick Sharp
Tremors: The Series Patrick St. Esprit Karl Hartung "Night of the Shriekers" 2003
Security personnel
Red Cap SAS Troopers With and without M203s and Colt 4x20 scopes / "Betrayed" 2003 - 2004
CSI: NY US Marines With ACOG scopes, with & without M203 grenade launchers / "Heroes" 2004 - 2013
Eion Bailey Dean Lessing "Charge of This Post"
Over There Nicki Aycox Pvt. Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell 2005
Lizette Carrión PFC Esmaralda "Doublewide" Del Rio
Prison Break - Season 1 Guards / Soldiers 2005 - 2006
Prison Break - Season 2 Panamanian Police Officers 2006 - 2007
Prison Break - Season 3 Sona Guards 2007 - 2008
Invasion William Fichtner Sheriff Tom Underlay 2006
Jericho Skeet Ulrich Jake Green "Coalition of the Willing" 2006 - 2008
Kenneth Mitchell Eric Green "Reconstruction"
Brad Beyer Stanley Richmond
Gerald McRaney Johnston Green
The Unit Max Martini MSG Mack Gerhardt With M9 bayonet / "Play 16" 2006 - 2009
Eric Ladin CPL Blaylock "Dark of the Moon"
US Army soldiers "Dark of the Moon"
The Kill Point Pittsburg PD officers 2007
Armored van driver
Henchman
Knight Rider (2008) Justin Bruening Michael Knight Fitted with Leatherwood scope mount and telescopic sight / "Exit Light, Enter Knight" 2008
Bank robbers "Exit Light, Enter Knight"
The Andromeda Strain US Army soldiers Airsoft replicas 2008
Breaking Bad - Season 2 Mexican Federales "Negro Y Azul" (S2E07) 2009
Falling Skies Extras Resistance fighters 2011
Revolution (TV Series) Extras Monroe Republic Militia Soldiers "Ties that Bind" 2012
Daniella Alonso Nora Clayton
Banshee - Season 1 can be seen in opening titles 2013
Breaking Bad - Season 5 Seen in armory; "Felina" (S5E16) 2013
Banshee - Season 3 can be seen in Episode 10 opening titles 2015
The Last Ship Titus Welliver Thorwald "Unreal City" (S02E01) 2015
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 La Colonia scout "North" (S2E15) 2016
Arrow - Season 5 possibly a modern semi-auto variant; seen in gunstore; "Vigilante" (S5E07) 2016-2017
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3 Broke Jaw Ranch Militiaman "Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01) 2017
El Bazar guards "The Diviner" (S3E10)
Proctors "Sleigh Ride" (S3E16)
Waco ATF agents 2018
Yellowstone - Season 1 tribal police "Daybreak" (S1E01) 2018
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 Luis John Soria Dell Diamond Stadium Resident "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02) 2018
Clay Brunken Dell Diamond Stadium Resident
Shannon Houk Dell Diamond Stadium Resident "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "Good Out Here" (S4E03), "Buried" (S4E04), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
Bill Foster Vultures Member "Just In Case" (S4E06)
Mike Lawler Dell Diamond Stadium Resident "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
Stranger Things - Season 3 U.S. Army "Chapter Eight: "The Battle of Starcourt" (S3E08) 2019
The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Season 2 Kyle W. Brown CRM Sniper w/scope and gripod; "Death and the Dead" (S2E09) 2021
Stranger Things - Season 4 U.S. Army 2022
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 Demimonde Club Guard "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04) 2023

Anime

Title Character Notes Date
Planetes INTO soldiers and El Tanikans 2003
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex American Empire soldiers 2002
When They Cry: Kai Banken Soldiers Using 20 round magazines 2007
Mayoi Neko Overrun! 2010
Upotte!! M16A2 and M16A3 2012
Suisei no Gargantia Sailor 2013

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Seen held by American soldiers in one of the game's endings 2000
Hitman: Codename 47 "M16A2" 2000
Operation Flashpoint "M16A2" Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with M203 The world model features a mirror of the right side of the receiver 2001
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror "M16" Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also fitted with barrel-mounted laser sight Featuring 20-round magazine 2002
America's Army "M16A2" Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with M203 2002
Conflict: Desert Storm "Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle"
"M16 Colt Silenced Sub-machine Gun"		 First variant is fitted with M203 and can fire in semi-auto, three-round burst, and inaccurately full-auto; second variant fitted with scope and suppressor, also featuring an inaccurate 32-round magazine 2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Seen used by a thug in the intro cutscene, unusable 2002
Splinter Cell Used by hostile NPCs, unusable 2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down "M16"
"M16/203"		 Available with and without M203 First variant erroneously featuring a 14.5" barrel while ironically the second variant has the correct 20" barrel; the fire selector switch is set on semi-auto 2003
Enter the Matrix "M16" 2003
Postal 2 "Machine Gun" Pachmayr Vindicator pistol grip, converted to full-auto Colt Government Model HBAR 2003
Manhunt "Defender Mark 1" Can fire in semi-auto and erroneously full-auto Firing 30 rounds from a 20-round magazine 2003
Conflict: Desert Storm II 2003
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising "M16"
"M16/203"		 Available with and without M203 First variant erroneously featuring a 14.5" barrel while ironically the second variant has the correct 20" barrel; the fire selector switch is set on semi-auto; Available only for the Rifleman class of the Joint Ops faction 2004
The Matrix: Path of Neo "Assault Rifle" Erroneously full-auto fire Featuring a Thermold magazine 2005
Battlefield 2 With and without M203 grenade launcher 2005
Punisher M16A3 With and without M203 grenade launcher 2005
Joint Task Force With 20-round magazine 2006
Eternal Damnation Model from Postal 2; unusable 2006
Manhunt 2 2007
Alliance of Valiant Arms "M16A2" Erroneously fires in full-auto 2007
World in Conflict 2007
ArmA: Armed Assault 2007
9th Company: Roots of Terror 2008
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Seen only in cutscenes 2008
Left 4 Dead "Assault Rifle" With barrel-mounted weaponlight
50-round magazine		 2008
Far Cry 2 "M16A3" Seen in a magazine and on posters, unusable 2008
Delta Force: Xtreme 2 "M16/M203" Fitted with M203 2009
ArmA II "M16A2"
"M16A2 M203"		 Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with M203 2009
Left 4 Dead 2 "M-16 Assault Rifle" With barrel-mounted weaponlight and optional laser sight
50-round magazine		 2009
Firearms: Source "M16-A2" Can fire semi-auto and three-round burst 2010
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Seen held by a soldier in one of the game's endings, unusable 2011
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "M16A2" M16A2 2016
"M16A3" M16A3
Insurgency Sandstorm "M16A2" 2018
Vigor "ES16A2" 2018
Call to Arms 2018
The Division 2 "M16A2" 2019
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War "M16" Holds 30 rounds despite being depicted with a 20-round magazine 2020
Squad M16A2 Colt Scope, M203 Added in 2023 V4.5 update 2020
Battlefield 2042 M16A2 doglegged Kobra red dot, ACOG scope, M203 2021


M16A4

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M16A4 with carry handle attached - 5.56x45mm
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M16A4 with railed handguard, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, KAC foregrip, and Trijicon TA01 4x32 ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm. This is not a military M16A4 MWS, because the railed handguard is not a KAC M5 RAS (it lacks the cut-out in the upper half to accommodate the M203 barrel clamp).
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M16A4 with ACOG scope, RIS foregrip, Magpul MBUS rear sight, and AN/PEQ-15 IR designator - 5.56x45mm
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M16A4 MWS with ACOG and grippod - 5.56x45mm. Note the cut-out in the KAC M5 RAS.

The M16A4 is the latest version of the M16 rifle, and is currently a service rifle in the United States Army. It is a 3-round burst rifle like the M16A2. The original upper receiver with a fixed carry handle was replaced with one that has a removable handle and a built-in full-length Picatinny rail for mounting optics and other ancillary devices. The M16A4 is the standard-issue rifle of the U.S. Marine Corps, though a switch to the M4 carbine was made in late 2015.

Military-issue M16A4 are also equipped with a Knight's Armament Company M5 RAS railed handguard (RAS standing for "Rail Adapter System"). Such rifles were designated M16A4 MWS (Modular Weapon System) in the U.S. Army field manuals.

As is the case with the A2 rifle, all movie/TV appearances of the 'flat top' M16 are full auto, not 3-round burst, since no director wants to see only three rounds fire at a time. So these are, again, A4 uppers built on full auto lower receivers. Despite the fact that the real world A4 is a 3-round burst rifle, IMFDB will still refer to the movie incarnations as A4s, since that is the rifle they are supposed to represent on film.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Yamakasi Various Special Forces 2001
Warriors (Guerreros) Serbian and Albanian soldiers with a red dot sight 2002
The Tiger and the Snow Peter Swander Pete Fitted with M16A2 handguards and carrying handle 2005
Home of the Brave SFC Duhon Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight 2006
The Incredible Hulk (2008) Various US Army soldiers Fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards 2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) US Army soldiers Fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards 2008
Peranmai Jeyam Ravi Dhuruvan 2009
Vasundhara Kashyap Kalpana
Dhansika Jennifer
Varsha Ashwathi Thulasi
Liyashree Susheela
Roland Kickinger Anderson
Mercenary
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Various US military personnel Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, and KAC RIS foregrips 2009
The Hurt Locker Various US Army soldiers Possibly airsoft replicas; fitted with various attachments 2009
Far Cry (2008) Mercenary Possibly Armalite M15A4; fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO 2009
Legion Paul Bettany Michael Fitted with carry handle and M203 grenade launcher 2010
Survival of the Dead Alan Van Sprang SGT Crocket 2010
Athena Karkanis Tomboy
Red (2010) Helen Mirren Victoria Fitted with CAA Sharp Shooting Stock, HBAR flat top upper, sniping scope, A2 handguards, GemTech suppressor, and Harris Bipod 2010
Battle: Los Angeles Ne-Yo Cpl. Kevin Harris Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip 2011
Jim Parrack LCpl. Kerns
Noel Fisher Pfc. Lenihan
Various US Marines Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sights, Trijicon TA31F and TA31RCO ACOG scopes (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designators, Surefire Universal WeaponLights, and KAC RIS foregrips or M203A2 grenade launchers
Various US California Army National Guardsmen Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip
Michael Peña Joe Rincon Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip
Thor Various S.H.I.E.L.D. guards Fitted with C-More red dot sights 2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Various US Army soldiers 2011
Drive Angry Tom Atkins Cap 2011
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead Asami Kanae 2012
Lust of the Dead 2 Various JSDF members 2013
Lust of the Dead 3 Asami Kanae's clones 2012
White House Down Various US Army soldiers 2013
Lust of the Dead 4 Asami Kanae's clones 2012
Brick Mansions Various Soldiers 2014
American Sniper Various US Marines With EOTech and ACOG sights, M203 grenade launchers 2014
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Various US Marines 2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Sterling K. Brown Sgt. Hurd 2016
John Wick: Chapter 2 Seen in armory 2017
Love and Monsters Mikhail Bida SWAT trooper 2020
Various SWAT troops
Top Gun: Maverick Various USMC Honor Guard With RIS handguards 2022

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note/Episode Air Date
CSI: Miami US Marines "Come As You Are" With ACOG scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator
CSI: Miami Miami-Dade P.D. officer "Seeing Red" With EOTech red dot sight
Over There US Army soldier 2005
Jericho New Bern residents 2006 - 2008
Jericho Beck's soldiers With and without M68 Aimpoint red dot scope and Surefire weaponlight 2006 - 2008
Prison Break - Season 3 Sona Guards with scope and RIS handguard 2007 - 2008
The Unit US Army soldier "Dark of the Moon" 2009
Supernatural - Season 5 Jensen Ackles Dean Wincehster Dlask Arms Corp. rifle with telescopic sight / "Good God, Y'all" (S05E02) 2009
Shawn Roberts Austin
Future Weapons stock footages 2010
Ultimate Weapons various soldiers with ACOG and ITL MARS 2010
Breakout Kings / "Fun with Chemistry" Ted Hallet Corrections Officer 2011 - ????
Falling Skies Resistance fighter 2011
Defiance Justin Rain Quentin McCawley With telescopic sight 2013
Deklon Roberts Sentry
Defiance residents
Continuum - Season 2 / Split Second Liber8 terrorist suppressed and scoped 2013
The Walking Dead - Season 7 Chandler Riggs Carl Grimes KAC M5 railed handguard, ACE Entry skeleton stock and 40 round PMAG, "Sing Me a Song" (S7E07) 2016
Austin Amelio Dwight
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 Kim Dickens Madison Clark w/vertical grip and EOTech sight; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02) 2018
Gary Jones Dell Diamond Stadium Resident w/vertical grip and EOTech sight; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
Colman Domingo Victor Strand w/vertical grip and EOTech sight; "Buried" (S4E04)
Danay Garcia Luciana Galvez
Jason Liebrecht Edgar w/vertical grip; "Just In Case" (S4E06), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
Ms. Marvel - Season 1 Damage Control agent "No Normal" (S1E06) 2022
The Last of Us - Season 1 FEDRA soldiers "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01) 2023
Revolutionaries of Kansas City w/scopes; "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04), "Endure and Survive" (S1E05)

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Flag UNF soldiers used in multiple configurations 2006
Upotte!! Ichiroku sometimes with ACOG/Docter combo 2012
Punch Line USA army soldiers 2015

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Ghost Recon "M16A2" Available with carry handle, Trijicon RX01NSN reflex sight, and M203A2 grenade launcher 2001
The Sum of All Fears (VG) "M16", "M16/M203" Available with Trijicon RX01NSN reflex sight and M203A2 grenade launcher 2002
Driver 3 2004
Close Combat: First to Fight "M-16 A4" Fitted with Trijicon TA01 ACOG scope and M203 grenade launcher NPCs using rifles fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards 2005
Project Reality M16A4 Available with iron sights, EOTech Holographic sight, M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope, KAC RIS and Grippod foregrips, and M203A2 grenade launcher 2005
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter "A4 Rifle" Available in the Xbox 360 version only 2006
Alliance of Valiant Arms With Grippod foregrip, Magpul PMag magazine, and ACOG scope 2007
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 "A4 Rifle" Available with Aimpoint M68 CCO and H&K M320 grenade launcher Available in the Xbox 360 version only 2007
ArmA: Armed Assault "M16A4", "M16A4 ACOG", "M16A4 GL", "M16A4 ACOG GL" Available with iron sights, Trijiocn TA01 AOCG scope, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and M203A2 grenade launcher Added with update v1.04; erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip 2007
Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat M16A4 Available with iron sights, and M203A2 grenade launcher 2007
7.62 High Calibre M16A4 Can be fitted with 20, 30 and double 30-round magazines, M9 bayonet, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon ACOG scope, Leupold M8 scope, AV/PVS-4 night scope, laser module, tactical flashlight, Harris bipod, M9 bayonet, and suppressor 2008
Combat Arms "M-16A3" 2008
America's Army 3 "M16A4", "M16A4 DMR" Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon M150 ACOG scope, and H&K M320 grenade launcher 2009
ArmA II "M16A4 CCO", ""M16A4 RCO", "M16A4 M203", "M16A4 M203 RCO" Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and M203A2 grenade launcher Erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip 2009
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising "M16A4", "M16A4 Assault", "M16A4 CQB", "M16A4 Night Ops", "M16A4 Marksman", "M16A4 Stealth" Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon TA01NSN ACOG scope, AN/PAS-13 thermal scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR Designator, suppressor, and M203A2 Grenade Launcher 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 M16A4 Can be fitted w/ iron sights, red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, Thermal scope, silencer, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, and M203 grenade launcher 2009
Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer Fitted with A1 handguards 2009
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny Fitted with A1 handguards 2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat Fitted w/ Trijicon ACOG scope, and M203 grenade launcher 2010
Counter-Strike Online M16A4 Fitted with iron sights, KAC RIS foregrip, and painted with desert camouflage scheme Available to the Counter-Terrorist faction only 2010
Karma Online 2011
War Inc. Battlezone "Colt M16" 2011
Homefront "M16 Rifle" Can be fitted with various optical sights Fires in semi-automatic only, also incorrectly firing 20 rounds from a 30-round magazine 2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River M16A4 Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG scope, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and M203 grenade launcher Modeled with reassembles to the Canadian C7 rifle, noticing by the handguard and the small rails attached beside the front iron sight 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 M16A4 Can be modified with FMJ rounds, extended mags, dual mags, red dot sight, Holographic sight, ACOG scope, thermal scope, heartbeat sensor, suppressor, M203 grenade launcher, and KAC Masterkey Modeled with a flash hider similar to the Non Gun M16A2 replica 2011
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action "M16" Fitted with EOTech 551 Holographic sight, 20-round magazine, and A2 handguards 2012
Arctic Combat 2012
State of Decay "M16A4" A2 handguard 2013
Payday 2 AMR-16 2013
The Last of Us "Assault Rifle" Fires fully automatic, fitted with collapsible, M4-style stock 2013
Warface M16A3 Custom 2013
Insurgency M16A4 w/ various attachments 2014
Battlefield Hardline "M16A3" 2014
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare "M16" w/ various attachments Available in Supply Drops 2015
Rainbow Six Siege with and without M203 grenade launcher Unusable, seen on a NATO poster 2015
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier with AN/PEQ-15 2016
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered M16A4 Available with iron sights, SureShot red dot sight, M203 grenade launcher, suppressor, or Trijicon ACOG scope Incorrectly full-auto in singleplayer mode 2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades M16A4 2016
PUBG: Battlegrounds M16A4 w/ various attachments non-railed handguard 2017
Insurgency: Sandstorm M16A4 w/ various attachments 2018
Call to Arms 2018
Terminator: Resistance "M16 Rifle" Has left and right rail covers, a retractable buttstock, and an anachronistic AN/PEQ-15 IR designator Erroneously locked to fully-automatic fire mode, rear sight aperture is unrealistically wide 2019
Squad M16A4 AN/PEQ-16, KAC grip, ACOG M150, M203A2 Added in V3.0 Update, 2022 2020
Battlefield 2042 M16A3 Colt Model 901 2021
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II "M16" Colt Model 901 2022

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 US Marines w/ACOG scope; "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) 2019
What If...? - Season 1 US Army soldiers "What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" (S1E03) 2021
Uncredited AFC Pratt "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" (S1E06)
Uncredited Airman Jimmy
Batroc's pirates "What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?" (S1E09)
Georges St-Pierre Georges Batroc


Colt AR-15 Sporter-1

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Colt AR-15 Sporter-1 (SP1) - 5.56x45mm

Films

Film Title Actor Character Notes Date
Hennessy IRA snipers 1975
Hennessy Eric Porter Sean Tobin 1975
Assault on Precinct 13 Gangmembers 1976
Scarface Al Pacino Tony Montana fitted with "faux" M203 grenade launcher 1983
Tremors Reba McEntire Heather Gummer 1990
Trespass Ice Cube Savon Fitted with A2 handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip and handguard 1992
Byron Minns Moon
Tommy "Tiny" Lister Cletus
Tico Wells Davis
In the Army Now Pauly Shore PFC "Bones" Conway Fitted with A2 handguards 1994
Lori Petty PVT Christine Jones
David Alan Grier PVT Fred Ostroff
Various US Army soldiers
The One That Got Away Paul McGann Chris Ryan fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
The One That Got Away David Morrissey Andy McNab fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
The One That Got Away Nick Brimble Vince Phillips fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
The One That Got Away Steven Waddington Dinger fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
The One That Got Away Simon Burke Stan fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
The One That Got Away Hannes Muller Mark fitted w/ Cobray CM203 1996
Four Brothers DPD honor guard Fitted with A2 handguards and 20-round magazines 2005

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Adam-12 Martin Milner Officer Malloy 1971-1975
Adam-12 Kent McCord Officer Reed 1971-1975
Dempsey and Makepeace Cortez´s henchmen "The Cortez Connection" (S03E08) 1985
Bergerac Seen in illegal weapon store; "The Waiting Game" (S09E07) 1991
Homicide: Life on the Street Steve Buscemi Gordon Pratt "End Game" (S3E14) 1995
Star Trek: Voyager Militant extremists Fitted with A2 handguards 1995 - 2001
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie Fitted Cobray CM203 2002 - 2006
Chris Ryan SSgt. Johnny Bell
Jamie Draven Cpl. Jamie Dow
Miles Anderson Col. Aidan Dempsey M16A1 in non firing scenes
Columbian soldiers and rebels
Simon Kassianides Juan Changes to M16A1 in some scenes
Roberto Viana Miguel
Fargo Zahn McClarnon Hanzee Dent 2015

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "R6000 SP1" 2016


Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II

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Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II, early model with A1 upper receiver and magazine removed - 5.56x45mm
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Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II, late model with A1E1 upper receiver and 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Films

Film Title Actor Character Notes Date
Tough Guys SWAT officers, sheriff deputies, Mexican police Early model 1986
Tremors Michael Gross Burt Gummer 1990
China O'Brien II Frank Magner Frank Atkins Early model 1990
Tricia Quai Annie Atkins
Baskin's henchmen
Thunderheart FBI agents Early model 1992
Never Say Die Todd Jensen Agent Mike Roper With Cobray CM203 grenade launcher 1994
FBI commandos
Underworld Early model, seen in gun rack 2003

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Ultimate Weapons Early model with A1 handguard 2009

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Punch Line 2015



Colt Sporter Rifle Delta HBAR

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Colt Delta HBAR - .223 Remington
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Colt Delta HBAR with bipod - .223 Remington

A variation of the standard Colt AR-15A2 rifle that was specially selected for accuracy and then converted by the Colt factory into a "DELTA-HBAR" type rifle. The conversion consisted of a Colt installed Tasco 3-9 power variable scope (with duplex reticle) with the rubberized/armored exterior that was mounted in a special A.R.M.S. carry handle adapter. It is also fitted with a Colt marked plastic cheekpiece on the buttstock that provided a higher cheek weld for shooting with the scope and still allows the charging handle to be pulled all the way back. It has the A2 rifle configuration with a forward assist, brass deflector and fixed carrying handle with the 800 meter adjustable rear sight. It has the slabside lower receiver as used on the commercial AR-15s with the original Colt fixed A2 style improved buttstock, handguards and pistol grip. The side of the pistol grip was also affixed with a small circular "RED DELTA" symbol signifying the model. The model was also fitted with their new Colt factory "HBAR" heavy target type barrel. The left side magazine well is marked "COLT SPORTER/MATCH HBAR/CAL. 223. Some models come fitted with an adjustable folding bipod. This rifle originally would come with the Colt aluminum storage/carrying case with the original COLT label on the end of the case.

This variant is well known in Japan due to it use in the Golgo 13 manga series, where it's used by protagonist Duke Togo aka Golgo 13.

Film

Title Actor Characters Note Date
Bangkok Dangerous Police snipers 2008

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven Gin 2001
Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor Gorō Kobayashi 2009
Upotte!! later Golgo 13 version with A2 lower and A4 flattop upper 2012
Durarara!!×2 Shou Kasuka Heiwajima 2015

Colt Match Target

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Colt Match Target with 5 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Match Target Competition with 10 round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Post-ban version of the AR-15A2 HBAR; it has the bayonet lug deleted and features a barrel that has no threading and therefore cannot accept a muzzle brake or flash hider. A 'Competition' model was also made, incorporating a flat-top upper receiver to allow mounting of various optics. Both versions of the Match Target are available with a permanently attached compensator as a factory option.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Home of the Brave Brian Presley Tommy Yates With magazine removed 2006

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Mythbusters Competition with 30 round magazine 2003 - ????


Colt AR-15 Sporter Carbine

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Colt Sporter I Carbine - 5.56x45mm. Colt's public offering of a lightweight carbine based on the AR-15 Platform. This rifle has been erroneously called "the M16 Shorty" for years by Law Enforcement and Firearms "authors". The "M16 Shorty" or "Shorty Carbine" have never been authorized or used names for the rifle by Colt or the Government.
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Colt Sporter II Carbine with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. Colt model #R-6420. Colt still insisted on using the SP1 style lower receiver so any rifle that looks like this but has the fencing around the magazine release button is not a Colt rifle. Variants of this rifle have both the round and tear drop forward assist buttons, however, most of the early years of production had the tear drop button, like this rifle in the photo.
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Colt Sporter II Carbine with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Uncommon Valor Fred Ward Wilkes 1983
The Annihilators Andy Wood Woody Isaacson 1985
The Smile of the Fox Steve Bond Mark Derrick With a scoope, Model 6420 1992
The Smile of the Fox Derrick´s pal With a scope, Model 6420 1992
Never Say Die Todd Jensen Agent Mike Roper With custom short barrel 1994
Top Dog SWAT officers 1995
The Postman Kevin Costner The Postman 1997
The Postman Olivia Williams Abby 1997
U.S. Marshals Michael Paul Chan Cultural Attache 1998
Point Blank Michael Wright Sonny 1998
Supreme Sanction An Alpha Section operative 1999
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright 2010
American Heist Luis Da Silva Jr. Spoonie Sporter I 2014

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Trailer Park Boys Regional Police (S05E02) 2001 -
FBI Agent (S07E10)
Ultimate Force Jamie Bamber Lt. Dotsy Doheny Sporter II fitted with solid stock and duckbill flash-hider 2002 - 2006
Miles Anderson Col. Aidan Dempsey
Heather Peace Tpr. Becca Gallagher
Tyrant Abbudinian soldiers and Shiek Rashid's guards non-firing replicas 2014

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "R6001 SP1 Carbine" 2016

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Burn-Up Scramble 2004


Diemaco C7/Colt Model 715

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Colt Model 715 (virtually identical rifle to the Colt Canada C7) - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Canada C7A1 with ELCAN scope and Thermold polymer magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Canada C7A2 with ELCAN scope and backup iron sight - 5.56x45mm

Known as the Colt Model 715 in the United States, the Diemaco C7 is a Canadian license-built version of the M16 that was developed in tandem with the M16A2, but retains the rear sight and the automatic firing mode of the earlier M16A1, with the further addition of a heavier barrel and brass deflector. The original C7 was gradually replaced by the C7A1 in Canadian service during the mid 1990s, eliminating the carrying handle in favor of a Weaver rail system and a 3.5x ELCAN optical sight. The C7A2 is a mid-life upgrade of the C7A1 that adds a 4-position M4-style stock, a new handguard and pistol grip in OD green, and a Triad rail system that allows for the mounting of additional accessories such as RIS foregrips or AN/PEQ-2 laser illumination devices.

NOTE: Diemaco (currently Colt Canada) does not permit sale of their weapons to civilians (including film armorers), so C7s in films is near impossible to see. However, several AR-15 manufacturers built identically-configured rifles with the same receiver style, which were usually marketed as "budget" alternatives to their M16A2 clones. Colt manufactured the Model 715, while Olympic Arms manufactured its own version, the K4B (which is currently sold as the "Plinker Plus 20"). Most of the "C7" rifles appearing in movies and TV shows are the older-model (pre-1994) Olympic Arms K4B rifles; these guns are evidently preferred by the armorers in Vancouver, British Columbia and have been featured on TV shows such as Stargate: SG1, The X-Files, Millennium, and Viper. If the movie or TV show you are watching was filmed in British Columbia, chances are that you're seeing a converted Olympic Arms K4B, and not a genuine C7.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Hyena Road Paul Gross Pete Mitchell C7A2 2015
Walking Tall (2004) Ex-Deputy With Beta-C drum magazine 2004
Operation Dumbo Drop Green Berets,US Soldiers,ARVN Mocked up as M16A1 1995

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The Last of Us - Season 1 Indonesian soldiers "Infected" (S1E02) 2023
American soldier "Long Long Time" (S1E03)
Continuum - Season 2 with Cobray 37mm Launcher / Episode 2 2013
Continuum - Season 1 Luvia Petersen Jasmine Garza with Cobray 37mm Launcher / "Fast Times" (Episode 2) 2012
Combat Hospital Various Canadian Forces soldiers C7A1 and C7A2, with ELCAN scopes and RIS foregrips 2011
The Border (TV Series) James McGowan Major Mike Kessler With ELCAN sight / "Blowback" 2008-2010
Trailer Park Boys Police officers S4E9 2006
Harsh Realm Various US Army soldiers 1999
Harsh Realm Various Repblican Guard Special Forces 1999
Harsh Realm Various Cherokee rebels 1999
Millennium Various Survivalists/other characters 1997 - 2007
Stargate: SG1 Various USA.F. personnel 1997 - 2007
Viper (TV Series) Various US military personnel/various bad guys 1996 - 1999
Viper With 20-round magazine and Cobray CM203 launcher / "Diamond in the Rough" 1996 - 1999
Viper Various Villains 1996 - 1999
The Sentinel Armored van robber with Cobray CM203 / "Love and Guns" 1996 - 1999
The Sentinel Richard Burgi Det. Jim Ellison "Siege" 1996 - 1999
The X-Files Military personnel S1 - S5 1993 - 1998

Video Games

Game Title Referred As Mods Notation Release Date
Project Reality C7A1, with polymer magazine, ELCAN scope, and Heckler & Koch AG36 grenade launcher 2005
C7A2, with Back-Up Iron Sights, EOTech red dot sight, ELCAN scope, and M203 grenade launcher
Alliance of Valiant Arms "Diemaco C7A2" C7A2, with Crane stock, polymer magazine, EOTech red dot sight, and ELCAN Specter scope 2007
Cross Fire C7A2, with ELCAN Specter scope 2007
Rainbow Six: Siege "C7E" w/ various attachments C7NLD, Introduced in Operation Velvet Shell expansion (2017) 2015
Squad C7A2 2015
Postal Redux Assault Rifle Used by the NPC. Only usable via cheat 2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades C7A1 C7A1 2016
C7A2 C7A2


Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 Carbine

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Colt Canada C8A1 with ELCAN scope - 5.56x45mm. Also known as the "C8FT" (Flat-Top)
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Colt Canada C8A2 with Thermold polymer magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Canada C8A3 with ELCAN scope and Thermold polymer magazine - 5.56x45mm. Also known as the "C8FTHB" (Flat-Top Heavy Barrel)
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Colt Canada C8 SFW with EOTech holographic sight - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Canada C8 SFW with folding iron sights and quad-rail foregrip - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Canada C8 CQB with Thermold polymer magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Canada L119A2 CQB with folding iron sights, Magpul PMag, and CTR stock - 5.56x45mm NATO

Essentially a carbine version of the C7 rifle, the C8 carbine serves the same role in the Canadian Armed Forces as the M4A1 carbine serves in the US military. The original C8 is virtually identical to the Colt Model 653 carbine, while later variants introduced heavier barrels and flat-top upper receivers.

The C8A1 features a flat-top upper receiver, while the C8A2 introduced a heavier barrel (of the same length). Aside from the barrel profile, the most obvious visual difference compared to an M4A1 is continued use of the stock and slimmer handguard from the Model 653. The C8FTHB, later called simply C8A3, is a further improved variant with all of the upgrades of the C7A2 such as ambidextrous controls, green furniture, and the Triad rail system, as well as an M4A1-style barrel with a cutout for mounting the Canadian-pattern M203A1 grenade launcher. As such, the C8A3 is essentially a carbine-length C7A2.

The C8 SFW (Special Forces Weapon) features a longer, 400 mm (15.7 in) barrel. It is used by British special forces under the designation L119A1 SFIW (Special Forces Individual Weapon).

The C8 CQB variant features a compact barrel similar to the Mk 18 Mod 0. It is also used by British special forces under the designation L119A1 CQB.

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
22 July Norwegian ERU officer C8 SFW 2018
Hyena Road Canadian soldiers Fitted with foregrips, suppressor, and ELCAN scopes 2015

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Trailer Park Boys SWAT officers C8A1 with ELCAN scope 2001 -
Combat Hospital Elias Koteas Colonel Xavier Marks C8A3, with ELCAN scope and foregrip 2011-???
The Border (TV Series) / "Gross Deceptions" Various Gunmen C8A1, with ELCAN scope 2008-2010
Secret Invasion - Season 1 SAS Operators L119A2 CQB w/horizontal grip, Aimpoint red dot sight; "Beloved" (S1E04) 2023
Michael Keogh SAS Officer

Video Games

Game Title Referred As Mods Notation Release Date
Project Reality polymer magazine, RIS foregrip, and M68 Aimpoint red dot & ELCAN scopes C8A1 2005
EOTech red dot sight and ELCAN scope C8A3
Cross Fire C8 with a silencer, vertical foregrip, red dot sight, laser sight mounted on the left side 2007
Squad C8A3 2015

Anime

Anime Title Character Notes Date
Upotte!! L119A1 with EOTech sight and magnifier 2012


Diemaco/Colt Canada C7/C7A1 LSW

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Diemaco C7 LSW/Colt Model 750 LMG with Beta-C drum magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Diemaco C7A1 LSW/Colt Model 950 LMG with Parker & Hale bipod - 5.56x45mm

A light machine gun variant of the C7, the LSW features an enlarged gas tube and heavier barrel with a correspondingly larger handguard with a distinctive square profile and detachable carry handle. The weapon is only capable of being fired in fully automatic from an open bolt (hence no need for a forward assist), and features a bipod, vertical grip and modified buffer tube to aid in automatic fire. The weapon was a joint venture between Colt and Diemaco, and is thus the only Canadian variant to feature the A2 rear sights as standard. The original C7 LSW was designed in the 80s and featured a barrel mounted bipod and fixed sights. The weapon was updated to the C7A1 LSW in the 90's, which featured a flattop receiver and a handguard mounted bipod. These two weapons were sold by Colt as the Model 750 and Model 950 respectively and were known as either the "Light Machine Gun" or "Automatic Rifle", however all weapons are actually made by Diemaco/Colt Canada as noted by the maple leaf stamped on the magazine well.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Python Soldier 2000
The Purge Purger 2013

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notation Release Date
Cross Fire "M16A3 LMG" with Beta C-Mag and ACOG scope C7A1 LSW 2007
Warface M16A2 LMG C7A1/Model 950, forward sight and vertical grip removed 2013


Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series

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Colt Model 607 - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 609 / XM177E1 - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 610 / GAU-5/A - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 629 / XM177E2 - 5.56x45mm
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Late 1970s model AR15 Sporter 1 Carbine - converted into an XM177 Lookalike for the film The Dogs of War - 5.56x45mm
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Commercial CAR-15 semi-automatic rifle - 5.56x45mm. This is a semi-automatic civilian copy of XM177-patterned rifles. The flash hider is a smaller diameter copy of the XM177's moderator with no sound suppression qualities, and is permanently welded onto the barrel to make it legal length for over the counter gun store sales.
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Colt Model 639 (commercial/export variant of the XM177E2) - 5.56x45mm. In the 70s the ATF classified the XM177E2 style 4.5" moderator as a suppressor, hence carbines manufactured after this point are fitted with a standard flash hider.

During the Vietnam War, Colt made a series of M16-based carbines that were fielded by the United States military. These carbines featured short barrels and unique moderator muzzle devices, distinguishing them from other M16-based carbines. There is no official name for the entire series; common unofficial names for the series include CAR-15 and Colt Commando, though they are technically inaccurate names.

  • Colt Model 607: An early attempt by Colt to create a carbine M16 variant. It had a 10" barrel (initially with a 3-prong flash hider then a 3.5" moderator) and a slab side receiver just like the original AR-15s, in addition it had a complicated extending triangular stock and a shortened triangular handguard. Saw minimal use in Vietnam.
  • Colt Model 609: Produced from late 1966 to early 1967, the Model 609 was the first Colt AR-15 Carbine to see widespread use by the US military. It was designated XM177E1 by the US Army. The Model 609 / XM177E1 featured a tear drop forward assist, upgraded takedown pin assembly, a simpler two-position telescoping tubular aluminum stock, reinforced two-piece round handguards, a 10" barrel, and an improved 4.25" moderator. Earlier models featured partial fence lowers, while later models featured full fence lowers. This version was also where they started stamping the receivers "Commando", leading to the "Colt Commando" name.
  • Colt Model 610: A version of the Model 609 without a forward assist built for the USAF security forces. The Model 610 initially entered USAF service under the name XM177, and was later given the designation GAU-5/A when formally adopted. The Model 610 is used by the USAF until recently (which is why the gun is seen on the show Stargate: SG1).
  • Colt Model 629: In 1967, the Model 629 was officially designated the XM177E2. Very similar to the Model 609 / XM177E1, the barrel was changed from 10" to 11.5", a grenade ring was added to the 4.25" moderator, and a chromed chamber was added (the same modifications made to the A1 upgrade of the M16 rifle). In 1983-1984, an improved model of the XM177E2 was prototyped, which later received the designation XM4 and eventually became the M4 Carbine. The XM177E2 was the last XM177 variant used in the Vietnam War. Following the war many of these rifles were transferred to the USAF and were classified as GAU-5A/B or GAU-5/B (sources vary), and these too were later altered to the GUU-5/P standard (see below). This is the version most commonly seen as model and airsoft replicas.
  • GUU-5/P: In 1989, the USAF decided that the GAU- designation should only apply to aircraft guns, and infantry guns should be classified as GUU (guns, miscellaneous personal equipment) with a /P (personal) end. Almost all USAF Colt rifles (models 610 (GAU-5A), 629 (GAU-5A/B), 630 or 649 (GAU-5A/A, it is unclear which) and some USAF M16s) were folded into the GUU-5/P designation, and rebuilt with a new standard; they are fitted with 14.5 inch 1/7 twist barrels (some had already been given 14.5 inch 1/12 twist barrels and may or may not have been designated "GAU-5/P") with their original markings erased and remarked as "GUU-5/P." All have the national stock number 1005-01-042-9820 regardless of their actual configuration.

The XM177E1 and the XM177E2 were adopted by the US Army in late 1967 to early 1968 during the Vietnam War and now are no longer in use since 1994 when it was replaced by the M4 and M4A1.

Movie Armorer's note: Since the ATF viewed the moderator of the XM177 as a 'silencer' due to the sound baffles within the item, it was as strictly controlled as any other silencer. Also the interior design of the flash hider / sound suppressor of the XM177 made it difficult to adapt to fire movie blanks. Thus there are virtually NO real XM177s used in movies. Most of the versions seen in films are modified commercial SP1 Carbines/M16 shorties with 'fake' XM177 flash hiders slipped over or welded to the end of the barrel. Also movie armorers used aftermarket barreled uppers by third party manufacturers and mated them to existing fully automatic lower receivers, thus were constantly swapping parts to build up guns which were requested by movie directors. So it is possible to see various upper receiver assemblies on recognizable M16/A1/A2 lower receivers.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Dogs of War Various actors Mercenaries 1981
The Final Option Ziggy Byfield Trooper Baker 1982
Uncommon Valor Todd Allen Frank Rhodes 1983
Uncommon Valor Randall "Tex" Cobb Sailor 1983
Uncommon Valor Tim Thomerson Charts 1983
Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) Various actors US Army soldiers XM177E2, with original flash suppressor replaced by "birdcage" flash hider 1985
Spies Like Us Sam Raimi Security Guard 1985
Joel Coen Security Guard
Martin Brest Security Guard
Brazil MOI SWAT officers 1985
The Park is Mine Yaphet Kotto NYPD ESU Cpt. Frank Eubanks 1985
The Emerald Forest Powers Boothe Bill Markham XM177E1 1985
Claudio Moreno Chief Jacareh
Band of the Hand Daniele Quinn Carlos 1986
Lethal Weapon (1987) Gary Busey Mr. Joshua With scope, with & without magazines taped 'jungle-style' 1987
Various actors Shadow Company henchmen
Fatal Beauty Henchwoman 1987
The Running Man Arnold Schwarzenegger Ben Richards 1987
Yaphet Kotto Laughlin
Thomas Rosales Jr. Chico
Guards, prisoners, guerillas
Rage of Honor Sho Kosugi Shiro Tanaka 1987
Rage of Honor Various henchmen 1987
Casualties of War Sean Penn Sgt Tony Meserve Fake version 1989
Double Impact Geoffrey Lewis Frank Avery 1990
Triad hitman With M203 grenade launcher
Hard to Kill Dean Norris Det. Sgt. Goodhart 1990
Charles Boswell Jack Axel
Predator 2 Danny Glover Lt. Mike Harrigan With M203 grenade launcher 1990
Navy SEALs Michael Biehn LT Curran 1990
Dennis Haysbert Graham With M203 grenade launcher
Rick Rossovich Leary
Nothing But Trouble Valri Bromfield Miss Purdah 1991
Toy Soldiers Counter-terrorist team 1991
New Jack City Judd Nelson Nick With futuristic laser pointer/scope 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Linda Hamilton Sarah Connor With flash hider, suppressor, laser sight, and ACOG scope 1991
Arnold Schwarzenegger T-800
Under Siege US Marine 1992
Various actors Navy SEALs
Article 99 Leo Burmester Polaski 1992
Hot Shots! Part Deux Navy SEALs With M203 grenade launchers 1993
The Fugitive Chicago PD SWAT sniper With scope 1993
RoboCop 3 John Castle Paul McDaggett With M203 grenade launcher 1993
Splatterpunks Gang Members With & without M203 grenade launchers
Rehabilitation Officers With & without M203 grenade launchers
Resistance Members
Rage and Honor II Fake terrorists 1993
The Dallas Connection Bruce Penhall Chris Cannon With M203 grenade launcher 1994
Direct Hit Richard Norton Rogers 1994
CIA operatives
Desperado Henchmen 1995
Top Dog Neo Nazi terrorists and SWAT officers With M203 grenade launcher 1995
Mercenary Alan's mercenaries 1996
The Rock Sean Connery John Patrick Mason With SureFire Universal WeaponLight 1996
Nicolas Cage Stanley Goodspeed
David Morse Maj. Tom Baxter
Gregory Sporleder Cpt. Frye
Various actors Rogue Recon Marines With & without SureFire Universal WeaponLights
Original Gangstas Dru Down Kayo 1996
Gang members
The Peacemaker Various actors US Army Special Forces soldiers With & without M203 grenade launchers & Maglite flashlight 1997
Point Blank (1998) Henchman 1998
Commander Hamilton Peter Stormare Carl Hamilton 1998
Commander Hamilton Mats Långbacka Stålhandske 1998
The General's Daughter US Army soldier 1999
The Watcher FBI HRT 2000
The Cell FBI HRT officer With Surefire Universal WeaponLight 2000
Brother 2 (Brat 2) Chicago Police officer 2000
3000 Miles to Graceland Kurt Russell Michael 2001
3000 Miles to Graceland Christian Slater Hanson 2001
Black Hawk Down Various actors Delta Force operators With camouflage paint schemes and M68 Aimpoint red dot sights 2001
Die Another Day US military personnel 2002
Bad Boys II Drug runner 2003
The Protector gangster in helicopter Model 607 2005
In Her Line of Fire The rebels 2006
Blood Diamond Leonardo DiCaprio Danny Archer With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and camouflage paint scheme 2006
Mercenaries
American Gangster Denzel Washington Frank Lucas 2007
Pandemic Filipino boy 2009
Clash (Bay Rong) Trinh(Phoenix) XM177E2 2009
Cockneys vs. Zombies Georgia King Emma 2012
009-1: The End of the Beginning SMA troops 2013
Lupin the 3rd Nirut Sirichanya Pramuk 2014
Sahajak Boonthanakit Head of Security
Thanayong Wongtrakul Royal
Pramuk's soldiers
Thai soldiers
Terminator Genisys Jai Courtney Kyle Reese 2015
Skin Trade Dragovic's henchman Model 629 2015

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Tour of Duty Terence Knox Sgt 1st Class Clayton "Zeke" Anderson 1987 - 1989
The X-Files Various law enforcement tactical officers, military/black-ops personnel Mockups from various models - Earlier appearances (Season 3 to Season 5) built off of A1 and A1E1 receivers (Such as Colt Model 653s and Olympic Arms K3Bs), Later appearances (Season 6 onward) built off of A2 receivers (Such as Colt Model 727); Later carbines also feature mounted weaponlights 1996 - 2002
Stargate SG-1 Garvin Cross Casey with Cobray CM203 flare launcher / "Children of the Gods" (S01E01) 1997
Seven Days Raymond Cruz Rodriguez Mocked-up weapons with M16A2-style receivers / "Daddy's Little Girl" 1998 - 2001
Various US Army soldiers
Various NNL Personnel
Ultimate Force Chris Ryan SSgt. Johnny Bell Commercial CAR-15 semiautomatic rifle 2002 - 2006
Elliot Cowan Cpl. Jem Poynton
Alex Reid Cpt. Caroline Walsh
UN Peacekeepers Commercial CAR-15 semiautomatic rifle fitted with gooseneck rail and telescopic sight
Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie Mocked up Olympic Arms K3B with Cobray CM203 mounted
Christopher Fox Cpl. Louis Hoffman
Derek Horne Sgt. Sean Smith
Firefly Badger's henchman "Serenity" (S01E01) 2002
Hokkaido Police. Russian Department (Politsiya Khokkaydo. Russkiy otdel) S.A.T. 2007-2011
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 Maggie Grace Althea "Al" Szewczyk-Przygocki Model 639, optional ACOG scope; "What's Your Story?" (S4E01), "Good Out Here" (S4E03), "No One's Gone" (S4E08) 2018
Colman Domingo Victor Strand XM177E2; "Another Day in the Diamond" (S4E02), "Buried" (S4E04), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07), "No One's Gone" (S4E08)
Garret Dillahunt John Dorie Model 639; "Good Out Here" (S4E03)
The Continental: From the World of John Wick Continental Enforcer Model 629; "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01), "Loyalty to the Master" (S1E02) 2023
Adam Shapiro Lemmy Model 629; "Theater of Pain" (S1E03)
Marina Mazepa Gretel Model 607; "Theater of Pain" (S1E03)

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Key the Metal Idol Model 629 1994 - 1997
Case Closed - Season 2 Ep. "TV Station Murder Case" 1997
Spriggan (1998) Model 629 1998

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Rainbow Six "CAR-15" Can fire in semi-auto, 3-round burst, and automatic fire Incorrectly featured with safe/semi/burst/auto trigger group, holds 30 rounds in a 20-round magazine, the handguard is the same length of the M16A2, and has a shorter flash hider 1998
The World Is Not Enough "Mustang MAR-4", "Mustang MAR-4 GL" Available with an M203 grenade launcher 2000
Operation Flashpoint "XM-177E2", "XM-177S" Can fire in both semi-auto and automatic fire; a generic red dot sight is featued with the "XM-177S" variant Both first-person and world models are missing the flash hider 2001
Max Payne "Colt Commando" 2001
Line of Sight: Vietnam "CAR15" Can fire in both semi-auto and automatic fire Incorrectly loaded with 30 rounds in a 20-round magazine 2003
Battlefield: Vietnam 2004
Conflict: Vietnam 2004
Elite Warriors Vietnam 2005
Cross Fire "XM177" flat top receiver 2007
Grand Theft Auto IV Unusable 2008
Vietcong 2 "XM-177" Lacks rear iron sight 2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops "Commando" GAU-5A/A, with flat top and A1 flash hider 2010
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War "XM4" XM177E1, with flat top and A1 flash hider 2020

Colt Carbine/Model 653/Model 727/Model 733

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Colt Model 653 "M16A1 Carbine" - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 653 "M16A1 Carbine" modified with a 16" barrel - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 654 "M16A1 Carbine", the export model of the Model 653 without forward assist - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 723 "M16A2 Carbine" - 5.56x45mm. This version has the A1 profile ("pencil") barrel.
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Colt Model 723 "M16A2 Carbine", late model with "M4" profile barrel - 5.56x45mm. This configuration was available from 1987, and used the barrel from the Colt Model 720 (a prototype rifle which was part of the XM4 program). This particular variant of the Model 723 was adopted by U.S. Army Delta Force starting in 1988 and was their standard carbine up until adoption of the M4A1 in 1994.
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Colt Model 727 "M16A2 Government Carbine" - 5.56x45mm. This variant is nearly identical to the late-model Colt 723 (seen above), except that it has an M16A2-style upper receiver (with A2 rear sight) rather than the "A1E1"-style receiver of the 723. This carbine was used by U.S. Navy SEAL platoons and some other U.S. SOCOM elements (including the U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment) from the late-1980s until the mid-1990s, when the M4A1 entered service.
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Colt Model 733 "M16A2 Commando" - 5.56x45mm. Note, the Model 733 does not appear to have a set specification from Colt, and could be found with either an A1, A1E1 or A2 upper receiver, A1 or A2 lower receiver, A1 or A2 barrel profile, and a coated aluminum or fiberlite stock. This particular rifle has an A2 lower, an A1E1 upper (A2 forward assist and case deflector with A1 sights as found on Canadian Colts), and a coated aluminium stock.

After 1973, Colt made several lightweight versions of the M16 and Commando rifles for use with police and security forces, as well as civilian sales worldwide. These had the features of the XM177 carbine series, including the telescoping stock, but have either a 14.5" or a 16" lightweight barrel, depending on the demands of the customer, whether domestic or foreign. It was NOT correct for Vietnam, despite what the movie Platoon portrays. Though unofficially called the "M16 Shorty" by some writers and shooters, the 16" barreled lightweight carbine was never adopted formally by the US military, and thus never had an "M" or "XM" designation. It was used in the US by Federal and local law enforcement. The Model 653 is also the basis for the Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 carbine series (see above).

In 1985, Colt also made the Model 733, which is an 11.5" barreled version of the Model 653, intended for tactical police and security work. Later manufactured versions of both guns have A2 style heavy barrels. The Model 723 is a 733 designed for export for the UAE and used by US Delta Force.

What is confusing is that other manufacturers made all sorts of modified short barreled AR-15 rifles for the police and civilian markets throughout the years. Colt themselves bastardized so many of their rifles throughout the years, swapping particular uppers with different lowers so that there will always be exceptions to the rule. The explosion of custom and unique looking AR-15 rifles in the 1980s and 1990s has led to a lot of confusion regarding what rifle is in what movie.

Film

Film Title Actor Character Notes Date
Enter the Ninja Franco Nero Cole Model 653P 1981
Alex Courtney Frank Landers
Will Hare Dollars
Venarius' henchmen
Code Name: Wild Geese Klaus Kinski Charleton Model 653 1984
Charleton's men
Silk Ronnie Patterson Vernon Model 653 1986
Cec Verrell Silk
Joe Mari Avellana Lt. Kobayashi
Frederick Bailey Brown
Police, various criminals
Platoon Tom Berenger SGT Bob Barnes Model 653P 1986
Willem Dafoe SGT Elias K. Grodin
The Living Daylights Joe Don Baker Brad Whitaker Model 733 with transparent bullet-proof shield 1987
Equalizer 2000 Richard Norton Slade Model 653P as part of "Equalizer" 1987
Robert Patrick Deke
William Steis Lawton
Frederick Bailey Hayward
Corinne Wahl Karen Model 653P
Warren McLean Fletcher
Rebels
Bullet in the Head Jacky Cheung Fai Model 653 1990
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation Commandos and rebels Model 733 1990
China O'Brien II Donré Sampson Omar Possibly Model 653 1990
Keith Cooke Dakota
Hot Shots! Part Deux Navy SEAL Model 653; fitted with M203 1993
Direct Hit Richard Norton Rogers Model 653 1994
CIA operatives
Heat Robert De Niro Neil McCauley Model 733 1995
Val Kilmer Chris Shiherlis
Soldier Boyz Tyrin Turner Butts Model 653P 1995
The Long Kiss Goodnight Geena Davis Charlene Elizabeth "Charly" Baltimore 1996
Tomorrow Never Dies Götz Otto Stamper Model 727; fitted with M203 1997
Deep Impact US Army soldiers With M203 grenade launchers 1998
Scarred City Soto's bodyguard Possibly Model 653 1998
Point Blank Mickey Rourke Rudy Ray Model 733 with optics, with camo point and suppressor 1998
K-911 Model 727 with M203 grenade launcher; Seen in Devon Lang's armory 1999
Black Hawk Down Eric Bana SFC "Hoot" Hooten Model 727 2001
William Fichtner SFC Sanderson Model 727; fitted with Aimpoint red dot sight and SureFire WaponLight
Richard Tyson SSG Busch
Jason Isaacs CPT Mike Steele Model 733
Hugh Dancy SFC "Doc" Schmid
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau MSG Gary Gordon Model 733; fitted with Aimpoint red dot sight, SureFire WeaponLight, and suppressor
Ron Eldard CW3 Michael Durant
Detention Dolph Lundgren Sam Decker Model 727 with M203 2003
US Army soldiers Model 727 with foregrip
American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq Paul Sturino PFC Dowdy Model 727 2005
Jordan Brown SPC Cohen Model 727; fitted with custom stock, KAC M4-style railed handguard, SureFire WeaponLight and RIS foregrip
Brett Ryan SPC Romeo Model 727; fitted with M203
Lord of War Models at the Berlin Arms Fair Model 723 2005
Painkiller Jane Various US Army soldiers Model 723 fitted with a Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher 2005
The Hunt for Eagle One Mark Dacascos Lt. Matt Daniels Model 727, Model 733; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock, red dot sight, KAC M4 RAS handguards with rail covers, KAC RIS foregrip, and tactical flashlight 2005
Zach McGowan Spec. Hank Jackson Model 727; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock and M203
Mark Dacascos Lt. Matt Daniels Model 733; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock, red dot sight, KAC M4 RAS handguards with rail covers, KAC RIS foregrip, and tactical flashlight
Joe Fozzy Spec. Jeff Parker
Rey Malonzo Lt. Narcisco Montalvo Model 653P; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock and rubber butt pad, scope, KAC M4 RAS handguards, KAC RIS foregrip, and unusual ported compensator
Home of the Brave Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Specialist Jamal Aiken Model 727; with M203 leaf sight, Trijicon RX-09 red dot sight, and Vortex muzzle brake 2006
US Army soldiers Unrecognizable; could be Model 933s
Battle for Haditha US Marines Model 727; with foregrips and ACOG sights, mocked up to resemble the M4A1 MWS 2007
Beaufort Oshri Cohen 1stLt. Liraz "Erez" Librati Model 653; fitted with Kimber Mepro 21 reflex sight 2007
Eli Eltonyo 1stSgt. Oshri
Hannan Yishai Nadav Model 733; fitted with different flash hider
Various IDF soldiers Locally chopped down Model 653 known as the "Mekut'zrar"
Gomorrah Marco Macor Marco Model 727; fitted with G&P airsoft replica of M203 and Olympic Arms (or JB Unicorn Airsoft) handguards 2008
Fatal Move Jing Wu Lok Tin-Hung Model 654 2008
Simon Yam Lin Ho-Tung
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hugh Jackman James Howlett Model 733 2009
Green Zone Various Special Forces soldiers Model 733s; fitted with Aimpoint red dot sights, SureFire Universal WaponLights, and XM177 flash hiders 2009
Dolan's Cadillac Gangster Model 727; fitted with M203 2009
Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) Model 727; Seen in illegal weapon store 2010
Killer Elite (2011) Robert De Niro Hunter Model 727 2011
Taken 2 US Marine Model 727 with RIS handguard 2012
A Dark Truth Andy Garcia Jack Begosian Model 723 2012
Forest Whitaker Francisco Francis
Eva Longoria Mia Francis
Julio Oscar Mechoso Guide
Ecuadorian soldiers
009-1: The End of the Beginning Kazutoshi Yokoyama SMA Officer 2013
SMA tropes
Colt 45 Commando of killers, Police arms depot Model 727 2014
Let's Be Cops Jake Johnson Ryan O'Malley 2014
The Last Witch Hunter seen in the Kaulder's armory 2015
Future Century Amazons Maki Aoyama Yukie Model 653; fitted with railed handguards 2017
Akiko Obata Harue
Ayako Gotô Fumie
Iku Haruka Soldier
Natsuko Nakamura Soldier
Keiko Yoneyama Soldier
Hadaka Yume Soldier
Soldiers
Arisaka 2021
Black Widow SWAT officer w/ flashlight 2021

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Miami Vice Don Johnson Sonny Crockett Model 654 1984-1989
SRT members
Edward James Olmos Lt. Castillo Model 733
Various Model 733 with and without M203
The X-Files Tactical officers, military/black-ops Roughly 10" barrels, Likely short-barreled Olympic Arms K3B carbines, resemble Model 733 1993-1998
Seven Days Johnathan LaPaglia Frank Parker Model 733 fitted with XM177 style flash hider / "The Fire Last Time" 1998-2001
Ultimate Force Jamie Draven Cpl. Jamie Dow Model 733 2002-2006
Christopher Fox Cpl. Louis Hoffman
Heather Peace Tpr. Becca Gallagher
Tremors: The Series Michael Gross Burt Gummer Model 654 2003
Victor Browne Tyler Reed
Red Cap SAS troopers Model 727 / "Betrayed" 2003 - 2004
All or Nothing (Pan ili propal) Vladimir Yavorsky Ole Svendsen Model 654 2004
The Kill Point Pittsburg P.D. SWAT officer Model 653 fitted with Surefire M500AB weaponlights 2007
Sanctuary Model 733, present in the armory but never used / "Penance" 2007
Falling Skies Sarah Carter Maggie Model 733 2011-2015
Stranger Things David Harbour Chief Hopper 2017
Waco Branch Davidian members 2018
Jack Ryan - Season 2 John Krasinski Jack Ryan 2019
The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1 David Chen Gritz Model 727; "Old Acquaintances" (S1E01), "Who's There?" (S1E02) 2023

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Variant and Notes Release Date
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear "M4 Carbine" Model 733 1999
Urban Terror "M4A1" Model 727 2000
Half-Life Model 727 with M203 grenade launcher, HD replacement of the MP5 2001
Max Payne "Colt Commando" Model 733 2001
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City "M4" Model 733 2002
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza N/A Model 733 with A1E1 upper receiver, M16-style fixed stock, and 20-round angled magazine 2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down "CAR-15" Model 727 2003
Chaser "Colt M4" Model 733, without casing deflector 2003
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "M4" Model 733 2004
Far Cry "M4 Assault Weapon" Model 727 2004
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising Model 654; unusable, comes with a reflex sight and 16" barrel. Modeled with an elongated 10rd magazine 2004
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories "M4" Model 733 2005
Project Reality "M16A1 Menosar" Israeli Defence Force Menusar: Model 653 with barrel cut down to 13", with optional M203 grenade launcher 2005
"M16A1 Mekotzrar" Israeli Defence Force Mekut'zrar: Model 653 with barrel cut down to 10"
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune M4 Carbine Model 653 with 6-position stock and flashlight 2007
World in Conflict Model 733 2007
Tomb Raider: Underworld "A12 Carbine" Model 727, with custom butt-stock and flash suppressor 2008
Wheelman Carbine Model 727 with A1-type barrel of the Model 723 2009
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves M4 Model 653 with 6-position stock and flashlight 2009
Rogue Warrior Model 733 2009
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker "M653" Model 653 with various upgrades 2010
Fallout: New Vegas "Assault Carbine" Model 733 2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light "Assault Rifle" Model 727, sometimes with custom butt-stock 2010
Uncharted: Golden Abyss M4 Model 653 with 6-position stock and flashlight 2012
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive "M4A1-S" Model 723 with optional suppressor 2012
Payday 2 AMCAR Model 733 with A2-style receiver and 6-position stock 2013
Ironsight Training M4 Model 723, only appears when a player's weapon expires or reaches 0 durability 2018

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Iron Virgin Jun Soldier 1992
Cat Planet Cuties Model 723 2010
Upotte!! Model 653 2012

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
What If...? - Season 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents Model 727; "What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" (S1E03) 2021
uncredited S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jack Rollins


M231 Firing Port Weapon

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M231 Firing Port Weapon - 5.56x45mm NATO

The M231 Firing Port Weapon is a stripped-down, bare-bones carbine designed for US Army soldiers riding in the M2 and M3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. The FPW was designed to allow transported soldiers to protect the vulnerable flanks and rear of the IFV while still under armor. The weapon is only capable of full-auto fire with no semi-auto mode. Later upgrades to the Bradley blocked the firing ports on the sides of the hull with extra armor, though FPWs are still carried for the two rear ports covering the loading ramp. Interestingly, the Army classed it as a submachine gun, the official nomenclature being "Submachine Gun, 5.56-mm, Port, Firing, M231".

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Variant and Notes Release Date
Project Reality Used on M2A2 Bradley 2005
Battlefield: Bad Company Used on M2A2 Bradley 2008
Phantom Forces M231 Used as an infantry weapon 2015


M4/M4A1 Carbine

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Colt M4 Carbine with 4 position collapsible stock - 5.56x45mm
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Colt M4A1 with 6 position collapsible stock - 5.56x45mm
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M4A1 with EOTech 552.A65 Holographic sight and SureFire M951XM05 tactical light - 5.56x45mm
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Colt M4A1 with Aimpoint CompM2 reflex optic, Knight's Armament RAS railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm
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Colt M4A1 with 4 position collapsible stock, RIS foregrip, folding rear sight, and ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm

The M4 Carbine is a 14.5" barreled select fire assault rifle adopted by the United States Armed Forces. It has a distinctive 'step down' in the barrel to allow for mounting the M203 grenade launcher. The M4 has 3-round burst capability, while the M4A1 has full-auto fire capability. The very earliest M4s delivered to the US Army in 1994 had fixed carry handles and were known in Colt's catalog as the Model 777. However, by late 1994 to early 1995, the military standardized the Model 920 (M4) and Model 921 (M4A1), which feature a flattop upper receiver and a detachable carry handle; in spite of the receiver difference relative to the earlier Model 777, the Model 920 retained the same "M4" designation. Contrary to popular misconception, the carry handles on most M4s and M4A1s are detachable; since the early-2000s, almost all M4 carbines are used with the carry handle removed, and a folding rear sight and optic being attached to the receiver instead. As far as the DoD procurement program has always been concerned, the burst/auto capability is the only difference between an M4 and M4A1. (NOTE: More recently produced M4A1s - known as the Model 921HB - also have a thicker barrel profile under the handguards along with a heavier buffer to slow the rate of fire, meaning that the weapon is more controllable during fully automatic firing and is less prone to overheating.) As of 2014, most burst-fire M4s have been converted to the upgraded full-auto M4A1.

What is confusing is that many civilian commercial makers of AR-15 style rifles call their 16" Carbine "The M4" (these weapons are often referred to as "M4geries"). Though there is no rule saying they can't name their gun whatever they want, the official M4 is the version used and originally issued by the US Army and built by Colt. Colt tried to sue other gun makers to stop using the term 'M4' (specifically, Bushmaster and Heckler & Koch: the latter settled out of court and changed the name of their "HK M4" to HK416) however, in 2005 it was ruled that M4 refers to a type of firearm and Colt's trademark was revoked. Owing to a second spate of legal shenanigans with Colt over the US Army trying solicit new-production M4A1s competitively (which came to a head when they awarded part of the contract to Remington), M4A1s produced since February 2013 have been made by FN Herstal.

In the field, the M4/M4A1 is typically issued to standard infantry with Knight's Armament Corporation (KAC) M4 RAS railed handguards (usually holding an IR designator, a vertical foregrip, sometimes a flashlight, or one of many types of rifle scopes and red-dot or reflex optics). United States Special Operations Forces have access to additional accessories through the SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification) program. The SOPMOD kit consists of various standardized accessories such as optics, laser sights, and suppressors, as well as a shortened M203 grenade launcher. The core of the SOPMOD is an M4A1 Carbine with a KAC railed handguard, much like the ones used by the standard infantry. The SOPMOD program, specifically Block I of the program, was initially proposed in 1992 by United States special forces, and was developed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Block II, which began issue in 2005, uses Daniel Defense RIS II rails (see M4/M4A1 Block II entry - below). In general usage, SOPMOD refers to M4s equipped with accessories from the SOPMOD kit, though at times the term has been used as a general name for any kind of M4 with lots of tacticool accessories.

The Mk 18 and Mk 12 (see below) had their origins in the SOPMOD program, originally intended as alternate upper receivers for the SOPMOD kit.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Air Force One Gary Oldman Ivan Korshunov Fitted with C-More Sight, first film to feature the M4A1 1997
Elya Baskin Andrei Kolchak Fitted with C-More sight
Soldier Child recruits Fitted with C-More Sights and RIS foregrips 1998
The Cell FBI HRT members Fitted with tactical light 2000
Joint Security Area South Korean soldiers Fitted with C-More sights 2000
Black Hawk Down Eric Bana SFC Norm "Hoot" Gibson Rubber prop M4 fitted with tactical flashlight and paint with desert camo, technically an anachronistic for the time period of the film 2001
Delta operator Rubber prop
2009: Lost Memories JBI SWAT officers Fitted with scope, rails, forward handgrips, tactical light and laser aiming devices 2002
Steal SWAT officers 2002
The Tuxedo Debi Mazar Agent Steena 2002
The Sum of All Fears US military personnel Fitted with Trijicon RX01 red dot sight 2002
xXx Marton Csokas Yorgi Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Beta-C mag and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip 2002
Jan Pavel Filipensky Viktor Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Beta-C mag and RIS foregrip
NSA commandos Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Antonio Banderas FBI agent Jeremiah Ecks One of the first films to feature the M4's newer 6-position ("LE") collapsible stock 2002
Lucy Liu Agent Sever
Gregg Henry Robert Gant
DIA agents
Tears of the Sun Bruce Willis LT A.K. Waters Fitted with back up iron sight, Aimpoint M68 CCO, D-LAP laser sight, and RIS fioregrip 2003
Cole Hauser James "Red" Atkins Bruce Willis's M4A1
Johnny Messner Kelly Lake Fitted with back up iron sight, Aimpoint M68 CCO, and suppressor
Chad Smith Jason "Flea" Mabry Fitted with stock cheek pad, carry handle, Combat Military Optics LTD Marksman Series Model 100, and suppressor
Dreamcatcher Soldiers 2003
X2: X-Men United Col. Stryker's men Fitted with RIS foregrips, tactical flashlights and laser pointers 2003
The In-Laws David Suchet Jean-Pierre Thibodoux 2003
2 Fast 2 Furious US Customs agents Fitted with WeaponLights 2003
Carter's henchmen
Hulk US Army soldiers Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Nick Stahl John Conor Fitted with C-More sight and M26 MASS 2003
SWAT officers Fitted with C-More sights and Surefire M500AB weaponlight
Bad Boys II Yul Vasquez Det. Reyes Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Surefire M500AB forend weaponslight and laser pointer 2003
TNT members Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes, M500AB forend weaponlights and laser pointers
S.W.A.T. Jeremy Renner Brian Gamble Fitted with Trijicon TA47 ACOG compact scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight 2003
L.L. Cool J Officer Deacon 'Deke' Kay
Colin Farrell Officer Jim Street
Underworld Robbie Gee Kahn Fitted with a scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight 2003
Paycheck FBI SWAT 2003
Detention US Army soldiers With foregrip 2003
Sniper 3 US Marines Fitted with AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and RIS foregrips 2004
The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) RAID member Fitted with laser sight 2004
Cube Zero Soldiers 2004
American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq Zan Calabretta SGT Delvecchio Fitted with A.R.M.S. SIR system, Aimpoint M68 CCO, RIS foregrip and SureFire WeaponLight 2005
Shaun Taylor SGT Ron Stalker
Michael Belisaro PFC Johnson Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, RIS foregrip and SureFire WeaponLight
Ben Gilbank PFC Aikens
Hostage LAPD SWAT officers Fitted with Trijicon TA38 ACOG scope and SureFire WeaponLights 2005
Fake FBI SWAT operators
The Interpreter Various Secret Service Uniformed Division 2005
xXx: State of the Union Scott Speedman Agent Kyle Steele Fitted with aforementioned weaponlight and a Leupold CQ/T scope 2005
Xzibit Zeke fitted with a M26 MASS
NSA security forces Fitted with Surefire M500AB forearm weaponlights
SWAT officers
The Interpreter US Secret Service 2005
The Tiger and the Snow US Army soldier Fitted with M203, Aimpoint, and flashlight 2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Various Company Men members 2005
Batman Begins Various GCPD SWAT officers 2005
The Island Gunman Fitted with carry handle, Trijicon ACOG scope, and Magpul stock 2005
Transporter 2 Miami SWAT member 2005
Painkiller Jane Emmanuelle Vaugier Capt. Jane Elizabeth Browning 2005
Divergence Daniel Wu Coke airsoft replica 2005
Harsh Times Christian Bale Jim Davis RIS fore-grip and M68 Aimpoint scope 2005
Miami Vice Barry Shabaka Henley Castillo 2006
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu) Ramil Sabitov Ibragim 2006
Inside Man Various NYPD ESU officers Fitted with Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sights, WeaponLights and RIS foregrips. 2006
The Sentinel CAT operator Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope 2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Kohl Sudduth Officer Simspon Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope 2006
Mission: Impossible III Keri Russell IMF agent Lindsey Ferris Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope and rail covers 2006
Children of Men Chiwetel Ejiofor Luke Fitted with M203 Grenade Launcher, tactical light and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator 2006
'Fish' gunman Fitted with Elcan optical sight
Paragraph 78 (Paragraf 78) Aziz Beyshenaliev Pay with a railed handguard 2007
Assassin in Love Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Bjorn w/ suppressor, laser, bipod, ACOG 2007
Ghost Rider SWAT officers Fitted with optical sights 2007
Shooter Mark Wahlberg GySgt. Bob Lee Swagger Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, EOTech Holographic sight with 4x magnifier scope, and rail covers 2007
FBI SWAT agents
SWAT officers
Mercenaries Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, AN/PVS-14 NVG sights, and rail covers
Planet Terror 2007
Spider-Man 3 NYPD ESU officers Fitted with Aimpoint CompM2 and SureFire M500AB WeaponLights 2007
28 Weeks Later Jeremy Renner SGT Doyle Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight, ERGO grip, CAA CBS CAR telescoping stock, PVS-14 NVG sight, also lacking front iron sight 2007
Rose Byrne MAJ Scarlet
US Army personnel Fitted with carry handles, Aimpoint M68 CCOs, Trijicon TA01NSN 4x32 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, tactical flashlights, and RIS foregrips
Live Free or Die Hard Yorgo Constantine Russo Fitted with rear BUIS, Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and SureFire M900A WeaponLight 2007
FBI agents and HRT Fitted with rear BUIS, Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrips, and TLR-1 WeaponLights
Security guards Same as above
Transformers SOCCENT personnel Fitted with ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, RIS foregrips and camouflage paint schemes 2007
Delta team
Dragon Wars: D-War SWAT teams and US military personnel Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes and RIS foregrips 2007
In the Valley of Elah Wes Chatham CPL Steve Penning 2007
US Army soldiers Fitted with various attachments
Saw IV SWAT officers Fitted with SureFire Universal WeaponLights and RIS foregrips 2007
Kelly Jones SWAT officer Pete Baker
Lions for Lambs Derek Luke Arian Finch Fitted with ACOG scope 2007
Michael Peña Ernest Rodriguez With ACOG scope
US Army Rangers With ACOG scope
Redacted Ty Jones MSG Sweet Fitted with Trijicon TA31F 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip 2007
Daniel Stewart Sherman SPC B.B. Rush Fitted with Trijicon TA338 ACOG scope, and M203 Grenade Launcher
Kel O'Neill PV2 Gabe Blix Fitted with Trijicon TA338 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip
US Army soldiers Fitted with various accessories
Cloverfield US Army soldiers Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes and AN/PEQ-2 IR designators 2008
Saw V SWAT officers 2008
Stop-Loss Channing Tatum SGT Steve Shriver Fitted with old-style stock, Trijicon TA11 3.5x35 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, KAC railed handguard, WeaponLight, and a SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip. 2008
US Army soldiers
The Incredible Hulk (2008) 2008
The Hurt Locker Jeremy Renner SFC William James Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, tactical weaponlight, RIS foregrip and flip-up rear iron sights 2008
Anthony Mackie SGT J.T. Sanborn Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot & ACOG scopes, weaponlight, RIS foregrip and flip-up rear iron sights
Brian Geraghty SPC Owen Eldridge Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, tactical weaponlight and RIS foregrip
Wanted 2008
The Eleventh Hour Navy SEALs with suppressors, optics, and M203A1 launchers 2008
The Dark Knight GCPD SWAT officers Fitted with C-More red dot sights, M900 SureFire WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2008
Tropic Thunder Guerrilla Forces Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, RIS foregrip and ACOG scope 2008
Babylon A.D. Vin Diesel Toorop 2008
Body of Lies US Army soldiers Fitted with EOTech Holographic sights, Trijicon ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and RIS foregrips 2008
Specialist Firearms Officer Fitted with SureFire WeaponLight
Max Payne Corrupt SWAT Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope, WeaponLight, and laser sight 2008
Resident Evil Degeneration Greg Fitted with back up iron sight and tactical WeaponLight 2008
US Marines
Punisher: War Zone Ray Stevenson Frank Castle Fitted with KAC Quad-rails, a C-More red dot optic, an M4-2000 by Advanced Armament Corp suppressor and a short version of the AG36 grenade launcher 2008
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia US Navy SEALs Fitted with Trijicon ACOG, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip and tactical flashlight 2009
The Objective Jonas Ball CIA Agent Benjamin Keynes Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AR-15 Sporter II lower receiver, and SureFire M500A WeaponLight 2009
Matthew R. Anderson CW Wally Hamer Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC M4 RAS handguard, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC vertical foregrip
Jon Huertas SGT Vincent Degetau Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC M4 RAS handguard, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and RM Equipment M203PI Grenade Launcher
Sam Hunter SGT Tim Cole
Michael C. Williams SGT Trinoski
A Dangerous Man Jerry Wasserman Sgt. Ritchie 2009
Chinese thugs Non-firing dummy used in one shot
District 13: Ultimatum Various French police 2009
Fast and Furious Paul Walker Brian O'Conner Fitted with Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sights, SureFire M500AB WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2009
FBI SWAT
Driven to Kill 2009
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Channing Tatum Duke Fitted with SureFire Universal WeaponLight 2009
31 North 62 East SAS commandos 2009
Surrogates Michael Cudlitz Colonel Brendon Fitted with rear back up iron sights, C-More red dot sights, and RIS foregrips 2009
US Army soldier
FBI HRT
The Men Who Stare At Goats Private security contractor Fitted with carry handle and an unknown scope 2009
Armored Bank Guards 2009
Brothers (2009) US Marines Fitted with various accessories. 2009
The Marine 2 Ted DiBiase Jr. Sgt. Joe Linwood Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight. 2009
Linwood's spotter Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO and RIS foregrip
Rebels
Prison Break: The Final Break SWAT with weaponlight 2009
Go Fast Jean Michel Fête Méco 2009
Fitted with old stock
Drug dealer
The Keeper SWAT troopers 2009
Terminator Salvation refugees, weapons rack Surefire tactical light 2009
Yakuza Busting Girls: Final Death Ride Battle Asami Sugiura Asami 2010
Yakuza thug
The Book of Eli Michael Gambon George 2010
Elephant White unidentified version with folded bipod, scope and silencer in weapons cache 2010
El Infierno 2010
Edge of Darkness SWAT officers Fitted with EOTech Holographic Sights and WeaponLights. 2010
Dear John Channing Tatum SGT/SSG John Tyree Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip, also paint with desert camo. 2010
Special Forces soldiers Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, RIS foregrips, and paint with desert camos
From Paris With Love 2010
The Crazies US Army soldiers and an infected hunter Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot & ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip and weaponlight 2010
Brooklyn's Finest NYPD ESU officer 2010
Green Zone Matt Damon CWO Roy Miller 2010
MET-D soldier Fitted with ACOG scope and flashlight
Kick-Ass Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes and RIS foregrips 2010
Iron Man 2 USAF airmen Fitted with rear BUISs, Aimpoint red dot sights, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2010
MacGruber MacGruber's old crew 2010
Von Cunth's henchmen
Animal Kingdom Victorian Police Officers 2010
The A-Team Liam Neeson Hannibal Fitted with CTR stock 2010
Bradley Cooper Face Fitted with CTR stock
Unthinkable US Army Fitted with EOTech Holographic sights and WeaponLights 2010
Knight and Day Federal agent 2010
Inception Various 2010
Salt US Army soldiers 2010
CIA agents
NYPD ESU officers
The Other Guys NYPD ESU officer Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight and WeaponLight 2010
The Stranger Steve Austin The Stranger 2010
Takers Paul Walker John Rahway 2010
Idris Elba Gordon Cozier
Michael Ealy Jake Attica
Chris Brown Jesse Attica
The Town Jeremy Renner James "Jem" Coughlin 2010
BPD SWAT officers Fitted with various accessories
FBI SWAT agents Fitted with various accessories
Elite Squad 2 BOPE Officers and militia members 2010
Red FBI SWAT agents Fitted with EOTech 552 Holographic sights, WeaponLights and RIS foregrips 2010
Red Audrey Wasilewski The Businesswoman . 2010
Sinners and Saints mercenaries 2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Gary Daniels Michaels 2010
Battle: Los Angeles Aaron Eckhart SSgt. Michael Nantz Fitted Magpul rear back iron sights, Trijicon TA31F 4x32 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-15 IR designators, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and RIS foregrip 2011
Ramon Rodriguez 2ndLt. William Martinez
US Marines
Michelle Rodriguez TSgt. Elena Santos Fitted with Magpul rear back iron sight and Trijicon TA31F 4x32 ACOG scope, also with and without OKC-3S bayonet
Memorial Day Johnathan Bennett SSG. Kyle Vogel With M68 Aimpoint scope, AN/PEQ-2 and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators and RIS foregrip 2011
Corby Kelly Derek Lodermeier
Chris LeFevere Specialist Josh Berg
34th Infantry Division Soldiers
Thor S.H.I.E.L.D. guards 2011
Tower Heist FBI agents w/EOTech holosights and tactical lights 2011
Contagion US Army National Guard 2011
Hanna CIA SOG operatives Fitted with Aimpoint red dot sights, folding front sights, Surefire lights, and an M203 grenade launcher; also seen in stock footage on television 2011
Flypaper Fitted with foregrips, ACOG sights, and mounted flashlights 2011
A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) Lyons police officer 2011
Red State Marc Blucas ATF sniper Fitted with an unknown scope 2011
James Parks Mordechai
ATF agents
Texas Killing Fields Sam Worthington Det. Mike Sounder 2011
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Elias Koteas Sergei Katsov 2011
State of Emergency US Soldier 2011
Aazaan Sachiin Joshi Aazaan Khan with M203 2011
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead Asami Kanae 2012
Yui Aikawa Tamae
Alice Ozawa Nozomi
JSDF members
The ABCs of Death Mental 2012
Red Dawn Jeffrey Dean Morgan SGM Andrew Tanner 2012
Hello Herman SWAT 2012
The Viral Factor PASKAL commandos With Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sights 2012
Background extras IDC agents
Andy On Sean Wong
Act of Valor US Navy SEALs Various attachments, including: SOPMOD Crane Stocks, Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sights, EOTech 553 Holographic sights, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, RIS foregrips, and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators 2012
Battleship Taylor Kitsch Lt. Alex Hopper Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2012
Rihanna Petty Officer (GM2) Raikes
The Avengers (2012) S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Fitted with EOTech MPO II 3x magnifiers, EOTech XPS Holographic sights, laser modules, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2012
US Army soldiers Fitted with EOTech Holographic sights, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips
G.I. Joe: Retaliation G.I. Joes 2012
Cobra Vipers
The Amazing Spider-Man NYPD ESU Officers Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, SureFire WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2012
August. Eighth Georgian soldiers 2012
Red Dawn Jeffrey Dean Morgan Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner With ACOG scope, taclight, and suppressor 2012
Kenneth Choi Cpl. Smith
Matt Gerald Sgt. Hodges With EOTech Sight and Surefire M900 foregrip
Taken 2 US Marines 2012
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault Secret paramilitary squad Some with fitted Cobray 37mm Launcher 2012
Mark Chao Ying-xiong Wu with fitted Cobray 37mm Launcher
The Hooligan Wars gang member 2012
The Sweeney Robber with a tactical flashlight forward hand grip 2012
Hamilton: I nationens intresse Jason Flemyng Rob Hart 2012
Hamilton: I nationens intresse Sectragon PMC's 2012
Hamilton: I nationens intresse Mikael Persbrandt Carl Hamilton 2012
Cold War Andy On Michael Shek With foregrip, Magpul CTR stock and Aimpoint sight 2012
The Baytown Outlaws Daniel Cudmore Lincoln with/without stock 2012
Keith Woulard Diggs
Tim J. Smith Rondo
Travis Fimmel McQueen
Maximum Conviction Numerous Characters 2012
Casa de mi Padre Diego Luna Raul Alvarez 2012
Henchman
Suave Patria 2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies 2012
Man on a Ledge NYPD ESU officers w/optics, tac lights 2012
This Means War Chris Pine FDR deleted scene, w/ ACOG, light, foregrip 2012
Tom Hardy Tuck
henchman alternate scene
Osombie multiple attachments 2012
Get the Gringo 2012
Stolen FBI SWAT 2012
Battleground 2012
I Declare War Eric Hanson Kenney w/ optics and foregrip 2012
I Declare War Alex Wall Scott w/ M203 2012
Chronicle (2012) SWAT officers 2012
Travelers Soldiers 2013
Lust of the Dead 2 uncredited Kakizaki 2013
uncredited Maeda
uncredited JSDF officer
Asami Sugiura Kanae
Iona Chika
Bungetsu Yayoi
Survivors, JSDF members, Otaku
Lust of the Dead 3 Yui Aikawa Annu 2013
uncredited JSDF officer
Asami Sugiura Kanae
Bungetsu Yayoi
JSDF members, Otaku
The Project: Panacea (Proyekt: Panatseya) Svetlana Luchko Maria 2013
Coffin Baby SWAT members 2013
Warm Bodies Military survivors 2013
Odd Thomas Morse Bicknell Kevin Goss 2013
White House Down Secret Service agents 2013
Mercenaries With EOTech sights and iron sights
Delta Force commandos With EOTech sights
We're the Millers DEA SWAT 2013
The Heat Peter Weireter FBI SWAT Team Leader 2013
FBI SWAT
Killing Season Robert De Niro Benjamin Ford with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic 2013
Redemption Jason Statham Sgt. Joseph Smith With ACOG sight 2013
Blue Ruin Macon Blair Dwight 2013
The White Storm Hoi-Pang Lo Eight-faced Buddha (aka Big Boss) M68 Aimpoint reflex optic, vertical forward grip 2013
Survivor Survivors 2014
Lust of the Dead 4 Yui Aikawa Annu 2014
Meguri Nozomi
Asami Sugiura Kanae's clones
Otaku
Lust of the Dead 5 Iona Chika 2014
Bungetsu Yayoi
Asami Sugiura Kanae's clones
Otaku
ABCs of Death 2 Basaam Bader Arab man 2014
Hunting the Phantom SWAT, Terrorists, Rush's mercenaries 2014
Life After Beth Zombie hunters 2014
The Rover Australian Army and mercenaries 2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Cobie Smulders Agent Maria Hill With foregrip and EOTech sight 2014
Frank Grillo Brock Rumlow
Sebastian Stan The Winter Soldier
No Tears for the Dead Brian Tee Chaoz With Magpul MOE furniture, suppressor and CTR stock 2014
Anthony Dilio Juan
Dong-gun Jang Gon
Son of a Gun Brenton Thwaites JR With ACOG scope and foregrip 2014
Ewan McGregor Brendon Lynch
Everly Salma Hayek Everly with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic 2014
Taiko's special squad
Let's Be Cops L.A.P.D. SWAT 2014
American Heist Akon Sugar With RIS-foregrip 2014
American Heist Tory Kittles With RIS-foregrip 2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones Adam David Thompson Albert 2014
Sabotage Max Martini Pyro 2014
Sabotage Josh Holloway Neck 2014
Innocent Lilies: The End and The Beginning Solder 2015
Zero Tolerance seen at the base of Mekael 2015
Skin Trade Michael Jai White Reed vertical foregrip 2015
police
Terminator: Genisys Jai Courtney Kyle Reese 2015
Survivor (2015) US soldiers 2015
Run All Night ESU officers with EOTech 552.A65 Holographic sight and SureFire M951XM05 tactical light 2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation CIA Special Activities Division 2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials WCKD soldiers 2015
Sicario Emily Blunt Kate Macer 2015
The Gunman Sean Penn Jim Terrier 2015
Mark Rylance Cox
Billy Bingingham Reed
Daniel Adegboyega Bryson
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi John Krasinski Jack Silva 2016
The 5th Wave Chloë Grace Moretz Cassie Sullivan 2016
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back US Army soldiers 2016
Jason Bourne Vincent Cassel Asset 2016
Daylight's End Louis Mandylor Ethan Hill 2016
Daylight's End Chelsea Edmundson Sam 2016
Suicide Squad Jared Leto The Joker 2016
Blood Father Ryan Dorsey Shamrock 2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Joe Alwyn Billy Lynn 2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Vin Diesel Shroom 2016
Money Monster NYPD Emergency Services Unit 2016
Daylight's End Lance Henriksen Frank Hill 2016
St. Zombie Girls' High School Akari Nakamura Akari 2017
Miyu Ôtsuka Miyu
Moe Tsurumi Moe
War for the Planet of the Apes soldiers 2017
CHIPS Rosa Salazar Officer Ava Perez 2017
Molly's Game F.B.I. agents 2017
Jigsaw SWAT officers w/flahlights, EOTech sights and grips 2017
John Wick: Chapter 2 Stephen Dunlevy I. Lebedev w/EOTech sight 2017
seen in armory
Wolf Warrior 2 Jing Wu Leng Feng 2017
Heidi Moneymaker Athena
Aaron Ly Ghost
Frank Grillo Big Daddy
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Mercenaries 2018
Hold the Dark Alexander Skarsgård Vernon Slone 2018
Conor Boru Corporal
US Army soldiers, Police
Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado Jeffrey Donovan Steve Forsing 2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure Rosa Salazar Brenda 2018
All The Devil's Men Milo Gibson Jack Collins 2018
All The Devil's Men Joseph Millson Deighton 2018
Mile 22 US Marines 2018
12 Strong Trevante Rhodes SFC Ben Milo 2018
12 Strong Chris Hemsworth Captain Mitch Nelson 2018
The Hurricane Heist US Treasury agents 2018
PASKAL The Movie Hairul Azreen Lt. Arman 2018
Ammar Alfian Lt. "Jeb"
PASKAL trainees
Ant-Man and the Wasp SWAT officers 2018
The Yellow Birds Jack Huston Sergeant Sterling M240B 2018
Venom SWAT officers SOPMOD with EOTech 552.A65 Holographic sight and SureFire M951XM05 tactical light 2018
God Bless the Broken Road US Army soldiers 2018
Project Gutenberg Deon Cheung Bobby Anachronistic 6-position stock 2018
Security guard
The Titan Spanish soldiers With EOTech 552 and various accessories 2018
3 From Hell Bill Moseley Otis Driftwood M4A1 Airsoft with carry handle removed, CQB-R Type QD rear sight 2019
Black Satans
Triple Frontier Pedro Pascal Francisco "Catfish" Morales 2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Seen in armory 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home law enforcement 2019
Terminator: Dark Fate Linda Hamilton Sarah Connor 2019
Angel Has Fallen Gerard Butler Mike Banning 2019
Rambo: Last Blood Sergio Peris-Mencheta Hugo Martinez 2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie SWAT Officers Deleted Scene 2019
Triple Threat Michael Jai White Devereaux with M203A1 2019
SIRS handguard
Monica Siu-Kei Mok Su Feng SIRS handguard
Tony Jaa Payu
Tiger Chen Long-fei
Scott Adkins Collins
guards with M203A1
Sonic the Hedgehog US Army 10th Mountain Div troopers With ACOG scope, RIS handguard and foregrip 2020
Tenet Robert Pattinson Neil 2020
Time to Hunt Choi Woo-shik Ki-hoon 2020
Lee Je-hoon Jun-seok
The Outpost Scott Eastwood SSG Clint Romesha with ACOG sight, AN/PEQ-15 ITPIAL and M203 Grenade Launcher 2020
Caleb Landry Jones SPC Ty Carter with ACOG sight and AN/PEQ-15 ITPIAL
The Old Guard KiKi Layne Nile vertical foregrip, ACOG scope, PEQ-15 laser 2020
US Marines
Witch Hunt Eloy Perez Border patrol 2021
Henry Vega Border patrol
Black Widow US Army soldier w/M203 grenade launcher 2021
SWAT officers w/EOTech sights, flashlights
Jade Ma Black Widow assassin w/ACOG scopes, PMAGs and flashlight grip
Fatou Bah Black Widow assassin
seen in arsenal
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ten Rings warrior 2021
The Tomorrow War US Army soldiers w/ACOG scope 2021
Shane Berengue US Army soldier
Spider-Man: No Way Home Damage Control operators w/EOTech sights and lasers 2021
Copshop Alexis Louder Officer Valerie Young 2021
Copshop Frank Grillo Theodore 'Teddy' Muretto 2021
Spiral SWAT officers w/flashlights, lasers and EOTech sights 2021
The Batman Gotham City Police S.W.A.T. 2022
Ambulance Remi Adeleke SIS Officer Wade w/different stocks, sights, grips and lasers 2022
Jamie McBride SIS Officer Jay
Cedric Sanders LAPD Officer Mark Ranshaw
Michael Bay SIS officer
LAPD, SWAT, SIS and FBI officers
Bullet Train Triad member w/sight and grip 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Navy SEALs w/EOTech XPS sights and tactical grips 2022
The Gray Man Ryan Gosling Court Gentry 2022
Violent Night Gertrude's Kill Squad members w/ACOG scopes and tactical grips or w/Trinity Force Atlas Keymod handguards, Magpul AFG2 grips, Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sights and weapon lights 2022
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Rebecca Ferguson Ilsa Faust 2023

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Stargate: SG1 US military personnel With & without ELCAN scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, & M203 grenade launcher 1997 - 2007
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation LVPD SWAT officers With Surefire M500AB weaponlights and M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes 2000 - ????
24 Keifer Sutherland Agent Jack Bauer With ACOG scope, EOTech red dot sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, Pentagonlight MD3R weaponlight, 20 & 30-round magazines, M68 Aimpoint red dot & AN/PVS-17 night-vision scopes 2001 - 2010
24 CTU Tactical Team members With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, RIS foregrips, Surefire M500AB & Universal weaponlights 2001 - 2010
24 Sarah Clarke Nina Myers With ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, and 20-round magazine 2001 - 2010
24 Mary Lynn Rajskub Chloe O'Brian With Surefire Universal weaponlight 2001 - 2010
24 Coral Snake Commandos With ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and RIS foregrips 2001 - 2010
24 Delta 3 members With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and Surefire Universal weaponlights 2001 - 2010
24 US Marines With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and Surefire Universal weaponlights 2001 - 2010
24 LAPD SWAT officers With Surefire M500AB weaponlights 2001 - 2010
24 US Customs officers With Surefire M500AB weaponlights 2001 - 2010
24 US Navy SEALs With EOTech red dot sights, M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and M203 grenade launchers 2007-2008
24 FBI agents With EOTech red dot sights, RIS foregrips, Surefire Universal weaponlights, with & without brass catchers 2008-2009
24 NYPD ESU officers 2009 - 2010
CSI: Miami Miami PD SWAT officers With EOTech red dot sights, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and ACOG scopes 2002 - ????
Firefly Browncoats "The Message" (S01E12) 2003
CSI: NY Melina Kanakaredes Det. Stella Bonasera With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip / "Snow Day" 2004 - ????
CSI: NY NYPD ESU officers 2004 - Present
Stargate: Atlantis Joe Flanigan Lt Col John Sheppard "Runner" (S2E03) 2005
The Closer Jon Tenney FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard . 2005-2012
Over There J. Lamont Pope LT "Mad Cow" Taylor Fitted with carry handles, KAC railed handguards with KAC rail covers, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and KAC RIS foregrips 2005
Josh Stamberg LT Alexander "Underpants" Hunter
Erik Palladino SSG Chris "Scream" Silas
Josh Henderson PFC Bo "Texas" Rider, Jr.
Omid Abtahi PFC Tariq Nassiri
US Army soldiers
Iraqi civilian
Keith Robinson PV2 Avery "Angel" King Fitted with Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and a KAC RIS foregrip
Michael Cudlitz COL Ryan Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, suppressor, KAC RIS foregrip, and a desert camo scheme
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie Seen with various accessories including Aimpoint Mark III, M68 and 5000 red dot sights, AN/PEQ-2 lasers, suppressors, PRR pressel switches, RIS handguards, carry handle mounted gooseneck rails, Cobray CM203 flare launchers and M203 grenade launchers 2006
Heather Peace Tpr. Becca Gallagher
Louis Decosta Johnson Cpl. Dave Woolston
Jamie Michie Cpl. Finn Younger
Sam Callis Cpt. Patrick Fleming
John Schwab Pincher
Martin McDougall McMullin
Josh Dallas Weaver
Justin Allder Barbella
Prison Break - Season 1 Guards 2005 - 2006
Rockmond Dunbar Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin w/ weapon light
Prison Break - Season 3 Chopper Gunner ACOG and brass catcher 2007 - 2008
Prison Break - Season 4 SAR Member Holographic sight and weapon light 2008 - 2009
Jericho D.B. Sweeney Goetz With AN/PVS-17 night-vision & M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip 2006 - 2008
Jericho Ravenwood mercenaries With AN/PVS-17 night-vision & M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and RIS foregrips 2006 - 2008
Jericho Fake Marines With AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes / "Semper Fidelis" 2006 - 2008
Jericho AS Army soldiers With ACOG scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and laser pointers 2006 - 2008
The Unit Dennis Haysbert SGM Jonas Blane Fitted with and without Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and a RIS foregrip 2006 - 2009
Max Martini SGT Mack gerhardt Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and a M203 grenade launcher
Wes Chatham SSG Sam McBride Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal wWaponLight, and a RIS foregrip
Scott Foley SGT Bob Brown Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and a RIS foregrip
Heroes US Special Forces With Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, Surefire Universal weaponlights, RIS foregrips, and laser pointers 2006 - 2010
The Kill Point Pittsburgh PD SWAT officers With Surefire Universal weaponlights 2007
Primeval Mark Wakeling Cpt. Tom Ryan Fitted with ACOG scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips 2007 - ????
SAS soldiers
Stargate: Atlantis Leela Savasta Capt Alicia Vega 2008
Sanctuary Police officer 2008 - ????
Flashpoint (2008) David Paetkau SRU Officer Braddock 2008-2012
Flashpoint (2008) Amy Jo Johnson SRU Officer Callaghan 2008-2012
East West 101 Australian Police - Tactical Operations Unit 2008-????
Generation Kill Brian Wade Capt. Craig "Encino Man" Schwetje Fitted with M203, UTG railed handguards and AN/PEQ-4 IR designators 2008
Jon Huertas Sgt. Antonio "Poke" Espera
Eric Kocher Sgt. Rich Barrett
Alexander Skarsgard SSgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert Fitted with M203, AN/PVS-17 NVG sight, Trijicon TA01 4x32 ACOG scope (Episode 1 only), UTG railed handguard with UTG rail covers, and an AN/PEQ-4 IR designator
Meteor Army National Guard 2009
Meteor Stacy Keach Sherriff Crowe 2009
Meteor Marla Sokoloff Imogene O'Neil 2009
Iris - Season 1 NSS SWAT and IRIS mercenaries 2009
Supernatural - Season 5 US Soldiers With vertical grips, flashlights and ACOGs / "The End" (S05E04) 2009
Breaking Bad - Season 2 Dean Norris DEA Agent Hank Schrader w/suppressor, laser and reflex sight; Production shot only 2009
Raymond Cruz Tuco Salamanca w/two taped magazines and ACOG scope; "Grilled" (S2E02)
Bryan Cranston Walter Hartwell White / Heisenberg w/two taped magazines; "Grilled" (S2E02)
DEA Tactical Team agents w/Aimpoint sights, flashlights and grips; "Bit by a Dead Bee" (S2E03)
Seen in music video; "Negro Y Azul" (S2E07)
The Glades Police officer With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope and RIS foregrip 2010 - ????
Breaking Bad - Season 3 "One Minute" (S3E07) 2010
The Walking Dead - Season 1 various Dead US Army Soldiers "Wildfire" (S1E05) 2010
various US Army Personnel "TS-19" (S1E06)
Noah Emmerich Dr. Edwin Jenner "TS-19" (S1E06)
Justified - Season 1 Lexington SWAT officers "Blowback" (S1E08) 2010
Detroit 1-8-7 Detroit PD SRT 2010-2011
Jon Benjamin Has a Van US Border guard "Border" (S01E01) 2011
Jon Benjamin Has a Van USAF guards "Star Door" (S01E03) 2011
Breaking Bad - Season 4 Jason E. Hill Gus' enforcer "Cornered" (S4E06) 2011
Cartel Members w/S-System; "Salud" (S4E10)
Falling Skies - Season 2 Dale Dye Col. Porter "Death March" (S2E08) 2011-Present
The Promise IDF soldiers 2011
Leverage security guards "The Jailhouse Job" (S3E01) 2011
The Walking Dead - Season 3 Scott Wilson Hershel Greene "Seed" (S3E01), "Arrow on the Doorpost" (S3E13) 2012-2013
IronE Singleton Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas "Seed" (S3E01)
Michael Rooker Merle Dixon "Walk With Me" (S3E03), "Arrow on the Doorpost" (S3E13), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15)
various Woodbury Guards "Walk With Me" (S3E03)
various Georgia Army National Guards "Walk With Me" (S3E03)
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes "When the Dead Comes Knocking" (S3E07), "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "I Ain't A Judas" (S3E11), "Clear" (S3E12), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Lauren Cohan Maggie Greene "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Danai Gurira Michonne "Home" (S3E10)
Lennie James Morgan Jones "Clear" (S3E12)
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Melissa Ponzio Karen "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Continuum - Season 1 various characters 2012
Elementary NYPD ESU 2012-????
Last Resort US Navy personnel 2012
Last Resort Scott Speedman Lt. Cmdr Sam Kendal 2012
Bullet in the Face Police (S01E06) 2012
Banshee - Season 1 Mr. Rabbit's guards episode 10 2013
Banshee - Season 1 SWAT episode 7 2013
Breaking Bad - Season 5 Patrick Sane Frankie "Buried" (S5E10), "To'hajiilee" (S5E13), "Ozymandias" (S4E14) 2013
Tait Fletcher Lester w/folding back-up sights; "To'hajiilee" (S5E13), "Ozymandias" (S4E14)
Defiance Graham Greene Rafe McCawley With M203 and ACOG 2013
Defiance residents With and without M203 and RIS
The Following FBI SWAT 2013
Continuum - Season 2 various characters 2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4 Lawrence Gilliard Jr. Bob Stookey "30 Days Without an Accident" (S4E01) 2013-2014
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes "Internment" (S4E05)
Chandler Riggs Carl Grimes "Internment" (S4E05)
Juliana Harkavy Alisha "Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
Kirk Acevedo Mitch Dolgen "Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
Emily Kinney Beth Greene "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
Unknown Governor's Militia Soldier "Too Far Gone" (S4E08
Steven Yeun Glenn Rhee "Inmates" (S4E10), "Claimed" (S4E11)
Alanna Masterson Tara Chambler "Inmates" (S4E10), "Claimed" (S4E11)
Michael Cudlitz Sgt. Abraham Ford "Claimed" (S4E11)
Josh McDermitt Dr. Eugene Porter "Claimed" (S4E11)
Unknown Terminus Inhabitant "A" (S4E16)
Banshee - Season 2 seen in Proctor's illegal weapon arsenal / Episode 8 2014
Julian Sands Priest with vertical forward grip / Episode 10
Continuum - Season 3 Liber8 terrorists Episode 5 2014
Luvia Petersen Jasmine Garza Episode 11
Tyrant Abbudinian soldiers Episode 9 2014
The 100 Christopher Larkin Monty Green Season 1 2014
The Mysteries of Laura N.Y.P.D. Emergency Services Unit 2014-2016
Helix Billy Campbell Dr. Alan Farragut Fitted with surefire weapon light, rail hand guard and vertical forward grip (S01EP11) "Black Rain" (S01EP12) "Reaping" 2014
Meegwun Fairbrother Daniel Aerov
Hiroyuki Sanada Hiroshi Hatake
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 1 LAPD SWAT Members w/sights; "The Dog" (S1E03) 2015
Steven Allerick National Guardsman w/ACOG scope, vertical grip and flashlight; "The Dog" (S1E03)
National Guardsmen w/sights, vertical grips and flashlights; "The Dog" (S1E03), "Not Fade Away" (S1E04), "Cobalt" (S1E05), "The Good Man" (S1E06)
Jamie McShane Lieutenant Moyers w/Aimpoint sight, vertical grip and flashlight; "Cobalt" (S1E05)
Jared Abrahamson Corporal Cole
Bobby Naderi Sergeant Castro
Shane Dean PFC Richards
Toni French Private McElroy
Christian Tessier National Guardsman w/Aimpoint sight, vertical grip and flashlight; "The Good Man" (S1E06)
Emy Aneke Corporal Johnson
Will Erichson Mason
The Walking Dead - Season 6 Chandler Riggs Carl Grimes "JSS" (S6E02) 2015-2016
Melissa McBride Carol Peletier "JSS" (S6E02)
Unknown Savior Members after credits scene; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09), "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
Unknown Alexandria Resident "Knots Untie" (S6E11)
Ross Marquand Aaron "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
Danai Gurira Michonne "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
Steven Yeun Glenn Rhee "East" (S6E15)
Josh McDermitt Dr. Eugene Porter "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16)
Banshee - Season 3 FBI TAC team members Episode 6 2015
Banshee - Season 3 Hoon Lee Job Episode 10 2015
True Detective Colin Farrell Detective Ray Velcoro 2015
The Last Ship Eric Dane CDR Tom Chandler 2015
Wayward Pines Security 2015
Murder in the First Raphael Sbarge SFPD Inspectors David Molk S2E1, S2E2 2015
Murder in the First Lombardo Boyar SFPD Inspectors Edgar Navarro S2E1, S2E2 2015
Murder in the First Emmanuelle Chriqui Sergeant Raphaelle "Raffi" Veracruz S2E01, S2E02 2015
Murder in the First A. J. Buckley Inspector Marty "Junior" McCormack S2E02 2015
Murder in the First SFPD officers 2nd and 3rd seasons 2015-2016
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 Sarah McCreanor Breannah "Red" w/optic scope; "Blood In The Streets" (S2E04) 2016
Rubén Blades Daniel Salazar
Arturo Del Puerto Luis Flores w/optic scope and bipods; "Blood In The Streets" (S2E04)
Valle de Guadalupe Survivor "Shiva" (S2E07)
Ben Bray La Mañas member w/ACOG scope; "Grotesque" (S2E08)
Carlos Segura La Colonia Scout "Grotesque" (S2E08)
Los Hermanos members "Wrath" (S2E14), "North" (S2E15)
Edwin Garcia II Los Hermanos member Continuity error; "North" (S2E15)
Alfonso Jarquin Ramiro "North" (S2E15)
La Colonia scouts
James Logan Militiaman
Wynonna Earp Commandos "Landslide" (S1E11), "I Walk the Line" (S1E13) 2016
Better Call Saul - Season 2 United States Border Patrol agent "Fifi" (S2E08) 2016
The Walking Dead - Season 7 Jeffrey Dean Morgan Negan "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (S7E01) 2016-2017
Karl Makinen Richard "The Well" (S7E02)
Austin Amelio Dwight "Service" (S7E04)
Sydney Park Cyndie "Swear" (S7E06)
Unknown Hooded Scavenger "Rock in the Road" (S7E09)
Designated Survivor Clé Bennett Sgt. Royce Sims S2E17 "Overkill" 2016-2019
Tokyo Vampire Hotel Shinnosuke Mitsushima Yamada Ep.7 2017
Survivors
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3 Broke Jaw Ranch Militiamen "Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01), "The New Frontier" (S3E02), "TEOTWAWKI" (S3E03), "Red Dirt" (S3E06), "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Brother's Keeper" (S3E12) 2017
Dennis Keiffer Broke Jaw Ranch Militiaman "Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01)
Brennan Keel Cook Broke Jaw Ranch Militiaman
Daniel Sharman Troy Otto "Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01), "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Children of Wrath" (S3E08), "Minotaur" (S3E09)
Gonzalez Dam guards "100" (S3E04), "Minotaur" (S3E09), "La Serpiente" (S3E11), "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
Ricardo Chacon J.C. "100" (S3E04)
Rodrigo del Villar Casas Othón
Joe Ordaz Gonzalez Dam guard
Matt Lasky Cooper "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame" (S3E05), "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12)
Rubén Blades Daniel Salazar "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame" (S3E05)
Justin Deeley Mike Trimbol
Nathan Sutton Jimmie "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame" (S3E05), "Red Dirt" (S3E06), "The Unveiling" (S3E07)
Michael William Freeman Blake Sarno
Black Hat Reservation residents "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Children of Wrath" (S3E08), "Minotaur" (S3E09), "Brother's Keeper" (S3E12)
Alycia Debnam-Carey Alicia Clark "The Unveiling" (S3E07)
Sam Underwood Jeremiah "Jake" Otto Jr.
Frank Dillane Nicholas Clark
Dominic Bogart Joseph
Justin Rain Lee "Crazy Dog" "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Minotaur" (S3E09)
Kalani Queypo Klah Jackson "Minotaur" (S3E09), "The Diviner" (S3E10)
El Bazar guards "The Diviner" (S3E10), "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
Chris McLaughlin Gonzalez Dam guard "La Serpiente" (S3E11)
Edwin Garcia II Broke Jaw Ranch Militiaman "Brother's Keeper" (S3E12)
Eddie Diaz El Bazar Guard "El Matadero" (S3E14)
Proctors "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15), "Sleigh Ride" (S3E16)
Tin Star - Season 1 Sarah Podemski Constable Denise Minahik Episode 3 "Comfort of Strangers" 2017
Tim Roth Chief Worth
Training Day Justin Cornwall Det. Kyle Craig 2017
Better Call Saul - Season 3 United States Border Patrol agent "Sunk Costs" (S3E03) 2017
Condor - Season 1 Mira Sorvino Marty Frost "Distrust is the Harvest" (S1E09) 2018
The Walking Dead: Red Machete Davi Jay Tony "What We Become" (S1E04) 2018
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 Maggie Grace Althea "Al" Szewczyk-Przygocki Continuity error; "What's Your Story?" (S4E01) 2018
Alycia Debnam-Carey Alicia Clark w/ACOG Scope; "Another Day in The Diamond" (S4E02), "Buried" (S4E04)
Danay Garcia Luciana Galvez w/ACOG Scope; "Buried" (S4E04)
Adam Chavera Vultures Member "Just In Case" (S4E06)
Allen Robinson Vultures Member
Alyma Dorsey Vultures Member "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)
Bryant Burnett Vultures Member
Uncredited Dell Diamond Stadium Resident
L.A.'s Finest Jessica Alba Det. Nancy McKenna 2019
The Boys - Season 1 Jack Quaid "Wee" Hughie Campbell 2019
Jack Ryan - Season 2 Jovan Adepo Marcus Bishop 2019
Magnum P.I. Stephen Hill Theodore "TC" Calvin "Blood Brothers" (S02E02) 2019
Yellowstone - Season 2 Ian Bohen Ryan "Sins of the Father" (S2E10) 2019
Yellowstone - Season 2 James Jordan Agent Steve Hendon 2019
The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Season 1 CRM soldiers with a Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Brave" (S1E01), "The Deepest Cut" (S1E09), "In This Life" (S1E10) 2020
Stacy Woodson CRM soldier with a Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Brave" (S1E01)
Aaron Snyder CRM soldier 1) w/Magpul ACS stock, flip-up front sight, Aimpoint PRO sight, tactical grip, and custom dual stabbing implement; "Brave" (S1E01)
2) w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "The Sky Is a Graveyard" (S1E08)
Al Calderon CRM Sergeant Major C. Barca w/Magpul ACS stock, flip-up front sight, Aimpoint PRO sight, tactical grip, and custom dual stabbing implement; "Brave" (S1E01)
Julia Ormond CRM Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Emily Kublek
Gil Perez-Abraham Drake w/ACOG scopes or Aimpoint CompM2 sights and vertical grips; "Truth or Dare" (S1E07)
Dave MacDonald Sergeant Wilkins
John Paul Steele Corporal Simms
Ryan Price PFC Farmer
Carly Sands Private Powlowski
U.S. Marines
Better Call Saul - Season 5 DEA Agents w/flashlights and ACOG scopes; "50% Off" (S5E02), "Namaste" (S5E04) 2020
Robert Sanchez DEA agents Harry Lipenstein w/sight; "Namaste" (S5E04)
APD Officers w/flashlights and ACOG scopes; "Namaste" (S5E04)
The Stand U.S. Army personnel 2020
Big Sky - Season 1 law enforcement personnel "Let It Be Him" (S1E09) 2020-2021
WandaVision S.W.O.R.D. agents "Now in Color" (S1E03), "We Interrupt This Program" (S1E04), "On a Very Special Episode..." (S1E05), "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" (S1E06), "Breaking the Fourth Wall" (S1E07), "Previously On" (S1E08), "The Series Finale" (S1E09) 2021
US Army officers "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" (S1E06), "The Series Finale" (S1E09)
Shane Berengue S.W.O.R.D. agent "The Series Finale" (S1E09)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Power Broker's mercenaries The Star-Spangled Man" (S1E02) 2021
Madripoor residents ACOG scoped; "Power Broker" (S1E03)
Selby's guard
Anthony Mackie Sam Wilson / Falcon
Madripoor bounty hunters
Emily VanCamp Sharon Carter
Madripoor's guards ACOG scoped; "The Whole World Is Watching" (S1E04)
US Army soldier ACOG scoped; "Truth" (S1E05)
Renes Rivera Lennox "One World, One People" (S1E06)
GRC Soldiers
SWAT, FBI and NYPD ESU officers
Christopher Cocke NYPD ESU officer
Shane Berengue NYPD ESU officer
The Rookie Nathan Fillion Officer John Nolan "New Blood" (S3E11), 2021
Loki - Season 1 STRIKE agents archive footage from Avengers: Endgame; "Glorious Purpose" (S1E01) 2021
The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Season 2 CRM soldiers w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Konsekans" (S2E01), "Foothold" (S2E02), "Exit Wounds" (S2E03), "Family Is a Four Letter Word" (S2E04), "Quatervois" (S2E05), "Who Are You?" (S2E06), "Returning Point" (S2E08), "Death and the Dead" (S2E09), "The Last Light" (S2E10) 2021
Jason Gupton CRM Soldier 496 w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Konsekans" (S2E01)
Robert Palmer Watkins CRM Lieutenant Frank Newton w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Foothold" (S2E02)
Annet Mahendru Jennifer "Huck" Mallick w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Exit Wounds" (S2E03), "Family Is a Four Letter Word" (S2E04)
Perimeter resident w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Family Is a Four Letter Word" (S2E04), "The Last Light" (S2E10)
Ted Sutherland Percy w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Family Is a Four Letter Word" (S2E04)
Gissette Valentin CRM Corporal Diane Pierce w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Who Are You?" (S2E06), "Returning Point" (S2E08)
Adam Lindo CRM Sergeant Mills w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Returning Point" (S2E08)
Anna Khaja Indira
Hal Cumpston Silas Plaskett w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "Returning Point" (S2E08), "The Last Light" (S2E10)
Jelani Alladin Will Campbell w/Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and custom dual stabbing implement; "The Last Light" (S2E10)
Reacher Alan Ritchson Jack Reacher "In a Tree" (S1E04) 2022
Ms. Marvel - Season 1 Damage Control agents w/EOTech sights; "No Normal" (S1E06) 2022
The Last of Us - Season 1 Craig Mazin US soldier w/flashlight and scope; "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01) 2023
FEDRA soldiers w/flashlight and scope; "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01), "Long Long Time" (S1E03)
Max Montesi Lee w/flashlight; "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01)
Pedro Pascal Joel Miller w/flashlight; "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01), "Infected" (S1E02), "Long Long Time" (S1E03)
w/vertical grip; "Look for the Light" (S1E09)
Revolutionaries of Kansas City w/scopes, flashlights and grips; "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04), "Endure and Survive" (S1E05)
Jeffrey Pierce Perry w/ACOG scope, flashlight and grip; "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04), "Endure and Survive" (S1E05)
Firefly soldiers w/vertical grips or flashlights; "Look for the Light" (S1E09)
Andy McDermott Firefly soldier w/sight; "Look for the Light" (S1E09)
Pardeep Singh Sooch Firefly soldier "Look for the Light" (S1E09)
Secret Invasion - Season 1 Skrull Rebels "Resurrection" (S1E01), "Harvest" (S1E05) 2023
Killian Scott Pagon w/EOTech sight; "Promises" (S1E02), "Beloved" (S1E04)
Mark Lewis Zirksu w/EOTech sight; "Betrayed" (S1E03)
Secret Service agents and SAS operators w/EOTech sight; "Beloved" (S1E04)
Kingsley Ben-Adir Gravik
Samuel L. Jackson Nick Fury
US Army Soldiers "Home" (S1E06)
Tulsa King "Caprice" (S1E03) 2022
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 Power of the Living movement Guerriers "Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03), "Deux Amours" (S1E05) 2023
Ekaterina Rusnak Power of the Living movement Guerrier "Deux Amours" (S1E05)
Quinn's Guards and Fuller's Auto Repair Guards

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Parasite Eve II "M4A1 Rifle" Fitted with various accesories 1999
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis "M4A1 Assault Rifle" Fitted with various accessories 1999
Counter-Strike "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" Suppressor Counter-Terrorist exclusive 1999
S.W.A.T. 3: Close Quarters Battle "M4A1 Carbine" Can be fitted with FMJ or LTT rounds, Gemtech M4-96D suppressor, Beta C-mag, 4x Trijicon ACOG, Trijicon reflex sight or Aimpoint red dot sight 1999
Delta Force: Land Warrior "M4A1" Fitted with KAC Masterkey 2000
Ghost Recon "M4"
"M4 SOCOM"		 Fitted with various accessories 2001
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty "M4" Laser sight Actually an M4A1 2001
Shadow Force: Razor Unit 2002
Conflict: Desert Storm 2002
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror Available with and without M203 grenade launcher 2002
The Sum of All Fears (VG) "M4"
"Spec Ops M4"		 Correctly fires in 3-round bursts 2002
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger "M4A1SD" Fitted with Trijicon TA01 ACOG scope, suppressor, and KAC RIS foregrip 2002
America's Army "M4A1 Carbine"
"M4A1 SOPMOD"		 Can be fitted with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon RX01 reflex sight, Trijicon TA01NSN ACOG scope, Harris bipod, and a KAC QDSS-NT4 suppressor 2002
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin "M4 Rifle" Fitted with unusable scope 2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Cutscene only 2002
The Specialists 2002
Conflict: Desert Storm II 2003
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 2003
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow "M16 assault rifle" 2003
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne "M4 Carbine" Very slow rate of fully automatic fire 2003
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" Suppressor Counter-Terrorist exclusive 2004
Ghost Squad "AR4A" Fitted with RIS, Aimpoint Comp M2 and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip Incorrectly holds 28 rounds 2004
Söldner: Secret Wars 2004
True Combat: Elite 2004
Hitman: Contracts Featuring a non-stepped barrel 2004
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising "M4A1 Carbine" Fitted with Aimpoint M68 COO, KAC M4 RAS handguards, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and KAC RIS foregrip 2004
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury "Colt M-4 SOPMOD" Fitted with Trijicon 4x32 ACOG/RMR scope, AN/PEQ-4 IR designator, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, suppressor, and a KAC RIS foregrip. 2004
Counter-Strike: Source "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" Suppressor Counter-Terrorist exclusive 2004
SWAT 4 M4A1 Carbine Fitted with SureFire M500AB WeaponLights and KAC RIS foregrips. 2005
Battlefield 2 "M4A1 Carbine" Fitted with Aimpoint M68 COO. 2005
Project Reality "M4"
"M4A1 Carbine"		 Available with carry handles, Aimpoint M68 CCOs, Trijicon TA31F and TA31RCO 4x32 ACOG scopes, ITL MARS, Meprolight, EOTech Holographic sight, RIS foregrips, and Harris bipod 2005
Rainbow Six: Lockdown "SR-4CQB" Fitted with rear and front flip-up BUISs, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and a KAC Masterkey 2005
Far Cry Instincts: Predator M4 Carbine Fitted with C-More sight, suppressor, and camouflage paint scheme 2005
Conflict: Global Terror M4A1 + M203 2005
Reservoir Dogs (VG) 2006
24: The Game "M4 Carbine" 2006
Hitman: Blood Money Non-stepped barrel 2006
Joint Task Force 2006
Splinter Cell: Double Agent With side-folding stock Seen in a crate 2006
Soldier Front "Colt M4A1" 2007
Alliance of Valiant Arms With ACOG or M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, EOTech red dot sight, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator (erroneously emitting visible red laser) 2007
ArmA: Armed Assault "M4"
"M4 CompM2"
"M4 ACOG"
"M4A1 ACOG"
"M4A1 QDS CompM2"		 Every variant of the weapon is erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip 2007
Darkness, The "M4A1 Carbine" Featuring a 20-round magazine with a 30 round capacity 2007
Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat "M4A1 Carbine" Default appearance: Fitted with KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and a KAC RIS foregrip.

Optional: Available variates are with carry handle or with Aimpoint M68 CCO.		 2007
Blacksite: Area 51 "Assault Rifle" Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight, KAC railed handguard, and a dual magazines with erroneously 45-rounds capacity instead of 30. 2007
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Non-stepped barrel 2007
Zombie Panic Source "M4A1" 2007
Cross Fire "M4A1" 2007
"M4A1-X" RIS Rail System, flip-up iron sightsed and a forward grip with flashlight
"M4A1 Silencer" Silencer
"M4A1-Custom" Silencer, Galil-style skeleton folding stock, Aimpoint stock, flashlight
Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals Unusable 2008
Army of Two M4A1 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV "Carbine Rifle" Carry handle removed 2008
7.62 High Calibre Fitted with various attachments 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots "M4 Custom" Can be fitted with folding iron sights, suppressor, Aimpoint red dot sight, ACOG scope, SureFire WeaponLight, AN/PEQ-5 laser module, two types of RIS grips, Masterkey shotgun, and Heckler & Koch M320 grenade launcher 2008
Combat Arms "M4A1" 2008
Counter-Strike Online "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" 2008
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames "Carbine" 2008
SAS Secure Tomorrow 2008
Saints Row 2 "AR40 Xtnd" 2008
Xenus 2: White Gold 2008
007: Quantum of Solace (VG) "TND-16" Fitted with railed handguard and RIS foregrip (default build). Can be fitted with EOTech 551 Holographic sight, carry handle, and a suppressor 2008
Armed Forces Corps 2009
Killing Floor "M4" Fitted with Vltor Carbine Modstock, rear flip-up BUIS, Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and Magpul PMAG 2009
Terminator Salvation (VG) 2009
Delta Force: Xtreme 2 "M4 - Auto" Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers, and a KAC RIS foregrip 2009
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures "M4 Colt" 2009
Prototype "Assault Rifle" Fitted with carry handle and a RIS foregrip 2009
America's Army 3 "M4A1 Carbine" Can be fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO 2009
Battlefield Heroes "M16"
"Tier 1 Elite M16"		 2009
ArmA II "M4A1"
"M4A1 CCO"
"M4A1 CCO CAMO"
"M4A1 CCO SD CAMO"
"M4A1 M203 RCO"
"M4A1 M203 Holo"
"M4A1 M203 Holo CAMO"
"M4A1 M203 Holo SD CAMO"
"M4A3 CCO"
"M4A3 M203 RCO"		 Every variant of the weapon is erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip 2009
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising "M4A1"
"M4A1 Assault"
"M4A1 CQB"
"M4A1 Night Ops"
"M4A1 Marksman"
"M4A1 Stealth"		 Every variant of the weapon is modeled with 2nd generation collapsible stock, and KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 "M4A1" Can be fitted with red dot sight, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, thermal scope, suppressor, KAC Masterkey, heartbeat sensor, FMJ rounds, and extended magazines The weapon is modeled with PRI front and A.R.M.S. #40L rear BUISs, A.R.M.S. S.I.R. system, and (erroneously) A1 pistol grip 2009
Army of Two: The 40th Day "M4" Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes 2010
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 "M4A1" Can be fitted with various accessories 2010
The 3rd Birthday "MfA1" 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "M4A1 Carbine" Unusable; seen on the cover, fitted with Trijicon TA31-RMR ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip 2010
Just Cause 2 "Assault Rifle" 2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2010
Firearms: Source "M4-A1" Fitted with carry handle, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and a KAC RIS foregrip 2010
Dead Rising 2 2010
Medal of Honor "M4"
"M4A1"		 Fitted with flip-up iron sights, EOTech 556 Holographic sights, Trijicon 4x32 scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, KAC QDSS-NT4 suppressors, RIS foregrips and AN/PEQ-2 laser designators 2010
Breach (VG) "M4A1" Can be fitted with iron sights, EOTech Holographic sight, Trijicon TA31 ACOG scope, or M203 grenade launcher The weapon is modeled with 3rd generation collapsible stock, KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers 2011
Battle: Los Angeles "M4A1 Carbine" Various accessories in cutscenes, but shown without any in-game 2011
Homefront "M4 Rifle" Can be fitted with iron sights, various optical sights, KAC Masterkey, and a suppressor. The weapon is modeled with KAC M4 RAS handguards 2011
The Darkness II "Carbine" 2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River "M4A1 Carbine" Can be fitted with carry handle, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG scope, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and M203A1 Grenade Launcher 2011
NCIS: The Video Game Seen on a poster 2011
Batman: Arkham City "M4A1 Carbine" 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 "M4A1" Can be fitted with SureShot reflex sight, EOTech XPS Holographic sight, EOTech MPO III magnifier, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope, thermal scope, suppressor, KAC Masterkey, heartbeat sensor, and extended magazines The weapon is modeled with Magpul MOE Carbine Stock, customized charging handle, rear and front flip-up BUISs, KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers, RIS foregrip, (erroneously) A1 pistol grip, and a 20-round STANAG magazine with a Magpul loop 2011
Saints Row: The Third "AR-55" Fitted with various accessories Fires in slow 3-round bursts 2011
Payday: The Heist "AMCAR-4" 2011
Karma Online 2011
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City "Assault Rifle" Fitted with Aimpoint red dot sight 2012
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action 2012
Prototype 2 2012
Spec Ops: The Line M4A1 Carbine Fitted with various accessories 2012
Black Mesa With M203 grenade launcher Cut weapon 2012
Arctic Combat 2012
Ravaged 2012
Warface "M4A1" Can be fitted with various accessories SOPMOD Block I configuration 2013
"M4 Custom" heavy customized
State of Decay "M4A1" 2013
ArmA Tactics M4A1 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts Cut weapon 2013
Payday 2 "CAR-4" Various attachments and modifications The weapon is modeled with tan flip-up iron sights, a KAC-style free-float railed foregrip, and a railed low-profile gasblock 2013
Survarium 2013
Insurgency M4A1 With various attachments 2014
Batman: Arkham Knight 2014
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly M4 Carbine various attachments 2014
Time Crisis 5 "Machine Gun" With Trijicon ACOG4x32+RMR sight, laser sight, flash light, vertical foregrip 2014
Squad Plastic handguards (M4), KAC railed handguard (M4A1), available with a carry handle, a CompM4 red dot sight, a 4X ACOG sight and a KAC foregrip M4 and M4A1 2015
Contract Wars 2015
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault M4A1 Various attachments Starter assault rifle 2015
Rainbow Six Siege "M4" M4A1 Block II with Mk 18 Mod 1 railed handguard, 12.5 inch barrel, and tan Command Arms UPG16 modular pistol grip Added in Operation Grim Sky in 2018 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades M4A1 M4A1 Block I 2016
"M4A1 Classic" Original production M4A1
"M4A1 Left Hook" M4A1 Block I, left-hand variant
"M4A1 Shorty" 10" barrel with railed handguard
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered "M4A1 Carbine", "M4A1 Suppressed", "M4A1 Grenadier", and "M4A1 SOPMOD" Tasco Red Dot reflex scope, Sightmark Sure Shot reflex sight, EOTech 552 holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG, AN/PEQ-2A IR designator, M203 grenade launcher 2016
Escape from Tarkov Colt M4A1 5.56x45 Assault Rifle Tons of the attachments has a few special variants 2016
Ghost Recon: Wildlands 2017
Ring of Elysium 2018
World War 3 M4 MWS added in a 2019 update 2018
State of Decay 2 2018
Call to Arms 2018
Krunker Trigger Mastery Suppressed Incorrectly has no ejection port, no forward assist, a fire selector on both sides, and holds 28 rounds 2019
The Division 2 Police M4 2019
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 2019
Into the Radius VR "M4A1" Various attachments, swap full-auto for 3-round burst 30-round magazines, KAC foregrip 2020
Enlisted 2021

Anime

Title Character Note Date
The Abashiri Family Police, Militants "Explosion of violence!! We don't have justice!" (E01) 1991
Phantom: The Animation Ein; Inferno commandos 2004
Kochikame, The UFO Movie
Ga-rei: Zero 1st Division operators 2008
Canaan American SOF operators outfitted with various SOPMOD accessories 2009
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Ein 2009
Zwei
King of Thorn Owen 2009
US Army personnel
Hanasaku Iroha outfitted with various SOPMOD accessories 2011
Blue Exorcist Vatican HQ Armoury 2011
Upotte!! with various accessories 2012
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Yura Yamato Airsoft 2013
Sword Art Online II "Miso" With a crane stock, Comp M4 and Surefire M900 foregrip 2014
Captain Earth Tanegashima Space Center security 2014
Bungo Stray Dogs Ep. 18 "The Strategy of Conflict"; self-firing trap, equipped with reflex sight and laser pinters 2016

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 2 Meck Heavy customized; "Snow in the Desert" (S2E04) 2021
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 "Three Robots: Exit Strategies" (S3E01) 2022


M4/M4A1 Block II

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M4A1 SOPMOD Block II - 5.56x45mm NATO. Note that the weapon is equipped with a Daniel Defense RIS II rail forearm, the key component of the SOPMOD II kit, and the distinguishing feature which makes this weapon a "Block II" M4A1.
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An M4A1 SOPMOD Block II fitted with the Daniel Defense RIS II FSP rail forearm, which has a cutout for the standard A-frame front sight post. The M4A1 RIS II FSP was the standard-issue M4A1 rail for the U.S. Army Green Berets from 2010 to 2015, though USASOC has since standardized the RIS II non-FSP (seen on the rifle pictured above).
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Daniel Defense M4A1 with Magpul PMAG - 5.56x45mm. Also known as the "Mil-Spec+", this is Daniel Defense's commercial clone of the M4A1 SOPMOD Block II - featuring a 14.5" barrel (with a pinned flash hider on the non-NFA version), the RIS II rail system, and Daniel Defense's proprietary furniture (early versions came with Magpul stocks). Currently, this DD rifle is a common stand-in for the actual SOPMOD-issue M4A1 Block II (which is based on a Colt receiver) in Hollywood.

In 2001, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC - Crane Division) initiated Block II of the SOPMOD program, which called for both new accessories (optics, flashlights, etc.), as well as a new M4/M4A1 Rail Interface System (RIS) to replace the Knight's Armament Company (KAC) forearm from Block I. Among others, SOPMOD Block II introduced accessories such as:

  • Elcan SpecterDR 1-4x Scope (designated SU-230/PVS)
  • EOTech 553 HOLOgraphic Weapon Sight (designated SU-231/PVS)
  • Insight Technology M3X Tactical Illuminator (designated SU-233/PVS)
  • Advanced Target Pointer Illuminator Aiming Light (ATPIAL) (designated AN/PEQ-15)

During the rail selection phase, NSWC-Crane surprised most observers when they chose a new lightweight free-floating rail forearm manufactured by a then-unknown vendor, Daniel Defense, based in Black Creek, Georgia, over competing rail designs from KAC and ARMS. In contrast to the earlier KAC rails, Daniel Defense's design, designated RIS II, extended nearly the full length of an M4's barrel, past the gas block, thereby increasing M1913 Picatinny rail space relative to the KAC rail. The RIS II was also free-floating (it had no contact with either the barrel or front sight post), and was capable of mounting the M203 grenade launcher without a barrel attachment. Two versions of the RIS II exist: A version which contains a slot to fit over an M4's A-frame front sight post (known as the "RIS II FSP"), and a continuous version (simply "RIS II") which contains no FSP slot and therefore must be used with a low-profile gas block. The RIS II was first adopted by SOCOM in 2006. However, in contrast to most of the other SOPMOD Block II accessories, which began reaching operators in the field in 2007, SOCOM did not complete testing on the RIS II and issue its first major procurement contract until 2009, and Daniel Defense's own production lines initially strained to meet delivery orders on their SOCOM contract (which also limited the RIS II's availability on the commercial market). Consequently, the RIS II did not enter usage with SOCOM component personnel until after 2010, and it did not fully replace the KAC rail in SOCOM until 2016, by which point newer, modular rails had begun to usurp Picatinny quad rails on the commercial AR-15 market. Despite being a dated design relative to current AR-15 rails (e.g. those using Keymod and M-LOK attachment systems), the RIS II is currently the standard-issue M4A1 carbine rail for U.S. SOCOM.

For IMFDB's purposes, the primary difference between the traditional "Block I" M4s (above) and the M4/M4A1 Block II is that the former use the KAC rail handguards and the triangular front sight post, while the M4 and M4A1 Block II are distinguished by utilization of the Daniel Defense RIS II rail system, which runs along the full length of the barrel. Note also that in the early days of the SOPMOD Block II program, it was common for SOCOM personnel to utilize M4A1s fitted with the traditional KAC rail, while still using optics and sighting devices from the Block II package; any M4-pattern rifle that uses a KAC rail and Block II accessories is known informally as an "M4 Block 1.5" in the AR-15 community. IMFDB, however, regards only the RIS II as the distinguishing feature of a "Block II" M4/M4A1 carbine.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Sicario Josh Brolin Matt Daniel Defense DDM4A1 2015
Captain America: Civil War US Navy Master at Arms Daniel Defense DDM4A1 2016
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Josh Brolin Matt Daniel Defense DDM4A1 2018
Rampage Joe Manganiello Burke Daniel Defense DDM4A1 2018
Triple Frontier Garrett Hedlund Ben Miller Fitted with ACOG 2019
Extraction Chris Hemsworth Tyler Rake 2020

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Better Call Saul - Season 5 Robert Paul Taylor Sicario Assassin w/EOTech sight; "Something Unforgivable" (S5E10) 2020
Michel Curiel Sicario Assassin
Jesus Banuelos Sicario Assassin
George Cisneros Sicario Assassin
Marco Morales Sicario Assassin
Victor Chavero Sicario Assassin
Tony Dalton Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca
WandaVision S.W.O.R.D. agent "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" (S1E06) 2021
Teyonah Parris Monica Rambeau
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Madripoor resident "Power Broker" (S1E03) 2021
US Army soldier "Truth" (S1E05)

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 2019

Animation

Title Voice Actor Character Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 Joe Manganiello Sergeant Coulthard w/Magpul MOE stock, PMAG, EOTech sight with magnifier, suppressor, flashlight, AN/PEQ-15 tactical laser, 45 degrees red dot sight, Magpul pistol grip, and Magpul AFG grip; "In Vaulted Halls Entombed" (S3E08) 2022
Christian Serratos Harper
Jai Courtney Spencer w/Magpul MOE stock, PMAG, EOTech sight with magnifier, suppressor, flashlight, AN/PEQ-15 tactical laser, 45 degrees red dot sight, Magpul pistol grip, and vertical grip; "In Vaulted Halls Entombed" (S3E08)
Noshir Dalal Beaumont
Jeff Schine Gladstone
Stanton Lee Dilman w/Magpul MOE stock, PMAG, optic scope, suppressor, flashlight, AN/PEQ-15 tactical laser, 45 degrees red dot sight, Magpul pistol grip, and vertical grip; "In Vaulted Halls Entombed" (S3E08)


Colt Model 933

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Colt Model 933 with 4-position stock and thicker A2-profile barrel - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 933 with bayonet lug deleted and thinner A1-profile barrel - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 933 with SIRS handguard, Aimpoint CompM2, and SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip - 5.56x45mm

The Colt Model 933 is a semi/full-auto carbine similar to the M4A1 carbine listed above, except with an 11.5" barrel as opposed to the 14.5" barrel on the M4A1. Much like the earlier Colt Model 733, which it replaced, the barrel thickness varied; some versions had the M16A1 barrel profile, while others had the thicker M16A2/M4 barrel profile. Additionally, the RO933 was one of Colt's first AR-15-pattern rifles to feature a front sight post which had the bayonet lug deleted, though this was not standard and some versions retained the bayonet lug. All versions, however, feature the flattop upper receiver and removable carry handle/rear sight assembly found on the M4.

A burst version of the Model 933 was also produced; this version was known as the Model 935 and was purchased in limited numbers by the U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance community beginning in the late-1990s ([1]). However, beyond the USMC, the Model 933/935 saw little acceptance in the U.S. military; most special operations units instead opted to use either the standard 14.5" barrel M4A1 or the 10.3" CQBR/Mk 18. The Model 933/935 proved far more popular, however, in the U.S. law enforcement market with SWAT teams, rapidly becoming the most common U.S. law enforcement M4 configuration (most notably, it is the standard carbine of FBI SWAT and HRT). It has also proven popular on the export market.

Film

Title Actor Character Notes Date
Harsh Times Christian Bale Jim Davis Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and RIS foregrip 2006
Home of the Brave US Army soldiers Unrecognizable; could be M733s 2006
Transformers Josh Duhamel Captain William Lennox Fitted with Vltor Clubfoot stock, Aimpoint M68 CCO and AN/PVS-17 night scope, SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and Phantom muzzle brake 2007
Hancock Bank robber 2008
Quantum of Solace CIA SAD agents 2008
Crank: High Voltage Thug 2009
Salt CIA agents 2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Gary Daniels Michaels 2010
Bokeem Woodbine Miller
Coriolanus Ralph Fiennes Caius Martius Coriolanus Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, few are missing front iron sights 2011
Various Roman Legionnaire soldiers
Fast Five Paul Walker Brian O'Conner Fitted with KAC M4 RAS handguards 2011
X-Men: First Class American soldiers Mocked up as XM-177E1 2011
Lockout SWAT officers Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs 2012
End of Watch ICE agents Fitted with EOTech sights, foregrips and Vltor Modstocks 2012
Warm Bodies Cory Hardrict Kevin 2013
Pain & Gain Miami PD SWAT officers Fitted with EOTech sights, Surefire M900 foregrips and AN/PEQ-2 IR designators 2013
Robocop Vallon's henchman With 100-round Beta-C magazine 2014
American Heist Seen on table 2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Gary Oldman Dreyfus With Leupold CQ/T scope and SureFire M900 foregrip 2014
Sicario Mexican Federal Police 2015
Hell or High Water Ben Foster Tanner Howard With Sightmark Sure Shot reflex sight, railed handguards, foregrip 2016
Patriots Day Watertown Police 2016
Red Billabong Philippe Deseck Richards' Man #3 2016
The Titan Spanish soldiers aimpoint, railed handguard 2018
Rambo: Last Blood cartel soldiers 2019

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The X-Files - Season 5 Military personnel Roughly 10" barrels, Likely short-barreled Olympic Arms K3B-FT carbines 1998
CSI: NY ESU Officers 2004 - 2013
The Unit Dennis Haysbert SGM Jonas "Snake Doctor" Blane With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" 2006 - 2009
The Unit Scott Foley SFC Bobby "Cool Breeze" Brown With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" 2006 - 2009
The Unit Max Martini MSGT Mack "Dirt Diver" Gerhardt With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" 2006 - 2009
The Unit Michael Irby SFC Charles "Betty Blue" Grey With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" 2006 - 2009
Luther Sam Spruell Owen Lynch With scope / Episode 2 2010
Breaking Bad - Season 4 Henry Herman Gus' enforcer "Cornered" (S4E06) 2011
The Chicago Code Chicago PD officers With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, RIS foregrips, and Surefire Universal weaponlights 2011 - ????
Elementary NYPD Emergency Services Unit 2012-2019
Banshee - Season 3 various fitted with the EOTech 551 Holographic sights, AN/PEQ-2s, vertical foregrips and weaponlights 2015
Condor police tactical unit "What Loneliness?" (S1E01) 2018
Bumblebee Sector 7 soldiers 2018
L.A.'s Finest Jessica Alba Det. Nancy McKenna 2019
L.A.'s Finest Gabrielle Union Det. Syd Burnett 2019
Magnum P.I. Honolulu Police S.W.A.T. 2019
WandaVision S.W.O.R.D. agent w/sight; "The Series Finale" (S1E09) 2021
Ms. Marvel - Season 1 Damage Control agents w/EOTech sights and RIS handguards; "No Normal" (S1E06) 2022

Anime

Anime Title Character(s) Notes Date
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG Dejima Refugees 2004 - 2005
American Soldiers With futuristic furniture, cybernetic sights and M203 grenade launchers
Blood+ Lewis Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight and SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip 2005 - 2006
US Special Forces soldiers

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Battlefield 2 Promotional material only 2005
Condemned 2: BloodShot "Assault Rifle" Fitted with Vltor Modstock, Tango Down BG-16 Battlegrip, 5.56mm Magpul, rear and front BUISs, a scope similar to the Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG, railed handguards with rail covers, custom gas block, and YMH flash hider 2008
Fallout: New Vegas "Marksman Carbine"
"All American"		 Can be modified with various upgrades Both variants are fitted with ACOG scopes; the "Marksman Carbine" has black finish, whilst the "All American" has woodland camouflage finish, as well both lack the charging handle on the rear, which is located on the moving bolt on the right side where the brass ejects instead 2010
GoldenEye 007 (2010) "Terralite 3" Available with iron sights, ACOG scope, EOTech Holographic sight, or a suppressor The rear sight of the carry handle is missing 2010
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action "M4 Carbine"
"Jungle Ops CARB-15"
"Night Ops CARB-15"		 The "M4 Carbine" is missing a rear iron sight and bayonet lug 2012
Max Payne 3 "M4" Local Justice DLC 2012
Rainbow Six Siege C8-SFW Various attachments. Under barrel Shotgun added in Operation Black Ice 2015
Gun Club VR "Mk. 18" 2018
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare "M4A1" The post-release "Task Force" blueprint is an actual M4A1 2019
Resident Evil 4 (2023 VG) "CQBR Assault Rifle" w/ various optional scopes; A2 standalone sight and KAC foregrip 2023
Z.O.N.A Project X VR "M16" Semi-auto only, lacks rear sight 2023

Animation

Title Voice Actor Character Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 Tan colored grip and stock; "Three Robots: Exit Strategies" (S3E01) 2022


Mk 18 Mod 0

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Mk 18 Mod 0 with 4-position stock and RIS handguard - 5.56x45mm
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Mk 18 Mod 0 with standard M4 handguard and 6-position stock - 5.56x45mm
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Mk 18 Mod 0 with LMT rear sight, Crane stock, and RIS foregrip - 5.56x45mm

An even shorter-barreled M4A1 carbine with a 10.5 inch barrel. The upper receiver, which is used on a regular M4 lower receiver, is designated CQB-R (Close Quarters Battle-Receiver), while the entire weapon system is designated as the Mk 18 Mod 0 by the United States Navy. Used by Navy VBSS units, NCIS, and Navy SEALs. It is another one of the weapons that fell under the 'M4 Commando' nickname as an airsoft gun.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Tropic Thunder Flaming Dragons guerrilla With ACOG sight 2008
The Keeper A SWAT trooper 2009
Terminator Salvation resistance member 2009
The Losers Various characters With various accessories 2010
Act of Valor US Navy SEAL 2012
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault Major 2012
The Baytown Outlaws gang member EOtech sight 2012
American Sniper Bradley Cooper Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle With tan paint scheme, LMT rear sight, RIS foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator or AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL, suppressor, Crane stock, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and Aimpoint CompM2 red dot scope 2014
American Sniper US Navy SEALs With LMT rear sights, EOTech red dot sights, suppressors, and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators 2014
Chappie Ninja Ninja Painted bright yellow, with red dot sight, laser designator, suppressor, and magazines painted yellow or pink 2015
Sicario 2: Soldado government agents 2018
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie APD Officer Deleted Scene 2019
Fatman US Army Guards 2020
Tenet Tenet operatives 2020
No Time to Die Daniel Craig James Bond 2021

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
24 Kiefer Sutherland Jack Bauer Season 7 "Episode 15 - 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M." With Aimpoint M4 red dot sight, Aimpoint 3x Magnifier, Gemtech G5 suppressor, LaRue Tactical 7.0 railed handguard, Yankee Hill Mfg front & rear sights, DPMS Inc. 4-railed Gas Block, and Vltor Modstock 2001 - 2010
Torchwood British Soldiers "Sleeper". Fitted with EOtech sights, foregrips, and tactical flashlights 2008
Torchwood Doug Rollins Lead Alien sleeper agent "Sleeper" Fitted with EOtech sight, foregrip, and tactical flashlight 2008
Breaking Bad - Season 1 DEA tactical agent "Pilot" (S1E01) 2008
The Blacklist - Season 3 Baz Baz "Susan Hargrave (No. 18)" (S3E18) 2016
Hawaii Five-0 - Season 9 Meaghan Rath Tani Rey Magpul STR stock, Trijicon ACOG TA11 scope, Magpul RVG grip, DBAL D2 laser, panel ris covers,flashlight. 2018
Magnum P.I. Tim Kang Katsumoto "The Ties That Bind" (S1E09) 2018
The Rookie Mekia Cox Officer Nyla Harper "Warriors and Guardians" (S2E04) 2019
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier SWAT officer "One World, One People" (S1E06) 2021
Cowboy Bebop (2021) Mustafa Shakir Jet Black 2021

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Cross Fire "M4CQBR" suppressor, AN/PEQ-15 laser module, EOTech 512 holographic sight 2007
"MK.18 Mod 0" suppressor, foregrip, and an LMT fixed A2 rear sight
Combat Arms "M4A1 CQB-R" With Crane stock and LMT rear sight 2008
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 w/ various accessories 2010
Medal of Honor "M4 CQB-R" Equipped with Various Accessories SP only 2010
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive "M4A4" With flip-up rear iron sights and free-float RAS handguard 2012
Insurgency w/ various attachments 2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2016
Call to Arms Mk 18 Mod 0 2018

Anime

Title/Episode Character Note Air Date
King of Thorn Owen 2009
Angel Beats! Yuri with EOTech Holograhic sight, foregrip, custom stock, Beta C-Mag 100 rounds drum magazine (it probably held more though) 2010
Sword Art Online II "Lightly salted Tarako" Coyote camo handguard and stock 2014

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 2022


Mk 18 Mod 1

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Mk 18 Mod 1 with Crane stock, Daniel Defense MK18 RIS II rail system, and folding sights - 5.56x45mm NATO
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Mk 18 Mod 1 with Crane stock, KAC back-up iron sights, EOTech XPS3, AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL, vertical foregrip, and dual pressure activation switch - 5.56x45mm NATO
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Daniel Defense MK18 with Magpul MOE stock and Magpul PMAG magazine - 5.56x45mm NATO. Note the DD markings on the receiver; this is Daniel Defense's Mk 18 Mod 1-spec carbine, and is commonly seen as a stand-in for the SOCOM-issue Mk 18 Mod 1 in Hollywood. (Note that this carbine features a Magpul stock and A2-style pistol grip, indicating that is older-spec; current Daniel Defense rifles and carbines feature DD proprietary stocks and pistol grips.)
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Daniel Defense MK18 SBR with DD magazine - 5.56x45mm. Unlike the DD MK18 seen above, this is the all-black version intended for civil/law enforcement users; it lacks the FDE-colored rail seen on the SOPMOD-spec DD MK18. This particular carbine is also a newer production model than the rifle above and features Daniel Defense proprietary stock and pistol grip.

The Mk 18 Mod 1 differs from the earlier Mk 18 Mod 0 (above) in that it utilizes the Daniel Defense RIS II free-floating rail system, often with a low-profile gas block; as with the M4/M4A1 Block II, the Mark 18 Mod 1 was a product of the SOPMOD Block II program. (NOTE: See the M4/M4A1 Block II entry for more details on SOPMOD Block II and the origins of the RIS II.) For IMFDB's purposes, the usage of the RIS II is the single feature which distinguishes the Mk 18 Mod 1 from the Mk 18 Mod 0.

Also note that Daniel Defense offers the DDM4 MK18, a clone of the Mk 18 Mod 1 which is very often seen in Hollywood as a stand-in for the actual SOCOM-issue Mk 18 Mod 1s (which are built on refurbished M16A1 lower receivers). Pictures of two different DD MK18s are included on this page for reference.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Viral Factor Jay Chou Jon Man Built on XM16E1 lower; Aimpoint CompM2 sight, Crane stock, vertical foregrip, and AN/PEQ-16 MIPIM 2012
Suicide Squad U.S. special operators Various accessories 2016
The Accountant Ben Affleck Christian Wolff Daniel Defense MK18 w/foregrip, weaponlight, suppressor, Magpul MOE stock, Leupold HAMR/Delta point sight 2016
War for the Planet of the Apes Woody Harrelson The Colonel 2017
Mile 22 Lauren Cohan Alice Daniel Defense MK18 rail and fixed front and rear sights, Surefire Mini Scout light (possible), Trijicon MRO Red Dot 2018
Mile 22 Ronda Rousey Sam Daniel Defense MK18; various attachments 2018
Fatman Walton Goggins The Skinny Man Various accessories 2020
The Suicide Squad Joel Kinnaman Rick Flag Magpul CTR stock, Aimpoint T2 red dot, OD Green Geissele MK4 MLOK handguard, PEQ-15 laser system, possibly a Surefire Mini Scout light, Magpul AFG-2 grip, and BCM compensator 2021
The Contractor Chris Pine James Harper Daniel Defense MK18; various attachments 2022
Extraction 2 Golshifteh Farahani Nik Khan 2023
Ghosted U.S. Marines 2023

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Hawaii Five-0 - Season 9 Meaghan Rath Tani Rey Daniel Defense MK18 with Magpul STR stock, Trijicon ACOG TA11 scope, Magpul RVG grip, DBAL D2 laser, panel ris covers,flashlight. 2018
Magnum P.I. Jay Hernandez Magnum "The Day It All Came Together" (S1E20) 2018
SEAL Team / Season 2 "Episode 19 - Medicate and Isolate" Tony Curran Brett Swann With EoTech 552 sight, KAC suppressor, AN/PEQ-2, VFG and flashlight 2019
Better Call Saul - Season 5 Conrad R. Padilla Colombian Gang Member w/Maxim SCW stock and Aimpoint T2; "Bagman" (S5E08) 2020
Corey Eubanks Tiburón w/Maxim SCW stock and Aimpoint PRO sight; "Bagman" (S5E08)
Algin Mendez Colombian Gang Member w/Maxim SCW stock and EOTech XPS sight; "Bagman" (S5E08)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Power Broker's mercenaries The Star-Spangled Man" (S1E02) 2021

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Note Date
Medal of Honor: Warfighter Daniel Defense MK18 2012
Rainbow Six Siege Daniel Defense MK18; Unusable; on loading screen 2015
Ghost Recon Wildlands Mk 18 Year 2 DLC 2017
Insurgency: Sandstorm Initially generic Mk 18 Mod 1; later re-skinned as Daniel Defense MK18 2018

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 US Marines Daniel Defense MK18 w/EOTech sight; "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) 2019


Colt AR-15A2 Government Carbine

A civilian released carbine rifle with a 16" barrel, A2 upper receiver. Designed for law enforcement.

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Colt Model R6520 "AR-15A2 Government Carbine" - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model AR6520 "AR-15A2 Government Carbine" with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model R6530 "AR-15A2 Sporter Lightweight" - 5.56x45mm. This rifle is a civilian version of the AR-15A2 Government Carbine, and is identical apart from the addition of a fixed stock and removal of the bayonet lug.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Royal Warriors Ying Bai Gangmember 1986
Open Fire Ron Howard George Deacon Sporter Lightweight 1994
Open Fire Leo Lee Nakata Sporter Lightweight with sniper scope 1994
Open Fire Jeff Wincott Alec McNeil Sporter Lightweight 1994
Open Fire Mimi Craven Lynne Tolbert Sporter Lightweight 1994
Conspiracy Theory John Schwartzman Sniper With night-vision scope, 20-round magazine, and laser pointer 1997
The Fast and the Furious L.A.P.D. SWAT officer Sporter Lightweight version 2001
Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) Militia member Sporter Lightweight version 2010

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
JAG Sal Landi Sergeant Riske "We the People" (S2E01), with telescopic sight 1995 - 2005
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 Los Hermanos members "Los Muertos" (S2E09), "Pillar of Salt" (S2E12) 2016
Ruben Carbajal Antonio Reyes "Wrath" (S2E14)
Alejandro Edda Marco Rodriguez "North" (S2E15)

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Release Date
Dead Rising 2 "M4" 2010
7.62 High Calibre w/ various attachments 2008
Black "M16" has some kind of electronic device near the muzzle 2006
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 "PR15 HERA" Drake Associates Athena Precision Chassis 2021


Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine

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Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm

A civilian carbine with a 16" barrel and a removable carry handle.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Fast and the Furious L.A.P.D. SWAT officer With fixed A2 stock 2001
009-1: The End of the Beginning SMA troops 2013
Ant-Man Martin Donovan Mitchell Carson 2015
Hell or High Water Gill Birmingham Ranger Parker 2016

Video Games

Title As Mods Note Date
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare "M4A1 Carbine", "M4A1 Suppressed", "M4A1 Grenadier", and "M4A1 SOPMOD" Tasco Red Dot reflex scope, Sightmark Sure Shot reflex sight, EOTech 552 holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG, AN/PEQ-2A IR designator, M203 grenade launcher, M203 leaf sight Features full-auto fire, four-position collapsible stock, M16A1-style flash hider and pistol grip, KAC RIS handguard, KAC rail cover, KAC foregrip, and lacks the bayonet lug. 2007
GoldenEye 007 (2010) "Terralite III" Reflex sight, grenade launcher, ACOG, or laser aiming module Carry handle is missing rear sight, attached optics remove front sight/gas block 2010


Colt Law Enforcement Carbine

The "M4A1" of the civilian world, this rifle has a 16" barrel (as opposed to the M4A1's 14.5") with step-cuts to attach a launcher such as an M203 grenade launcher and the Cobray 37mm Launcher. In films, this gun has been converted to full auto to trick viewers into believing it is an M4A1, earning it the nickname "M4gery".

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Colt Law Enforcement Carbine LE6920 - 5.56x45mm
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Colt LE6720 Lightweight 16 Carbine with 20-round magazine and Matech rear sight - 5.56x45mm
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Colt LE6920 SOCOM with 20-round magazine, RIS handguard, and Matech rear sight - 5.56x45mm
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Colt LE6940 Advanced Law Enforcement Carbine with 20-round magazine, KAC folding front sight & URX handguard, and Matech folding rear sight - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Law Enforcement Carbine LE6920MPS-FDE with Magpul MOE stock, pistol grip, & handguard, MVG foregrip, PMAG, and MBUS Rear sight - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Patriots Day Boston Police and F.B.I. HRT 2016
Homefront (2013) SWAT officers with EOTech red dot sights 2013
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit NYPD ESU officers with RIS handguards and EOTech red dot sights 2013
S.W.A.T.: Firefight SWAT officers With various accessories 2011
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling Todd A. Robinson Overton 2009
State Affairs (Une affaire d'état) Thierry Frémont Michel Fernandez 2009
I Am Legend Will Smith Dr. Robert Neville With ACOG scope and PentagonLight MD3R weaponlight 2007
Casino Royale Miami-Dade Police 2006
I Am A Hero Outlet Mall Survivor Airsoft 2015

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note/ Episode Air Date
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit FBI SWAT "Hell" (S10E17); With C-More and PentagonLight MD3R 2009
NCIS: Los Angeles LAPD SWAT officer "The Debt" (S3E10) 2011
Covert Affairs CIA agents "Bang and Blame" (S2E03), "Half a World Away" (S2E07); Magpul MOE handguard, UBR stock, PMags 2011-2012
Nikita Rob Stewart Roan "343 Walnut Lane" (S2E06); Magpul MOE handguard, UBR stock, PMags 2011-2012
Revolution Patrick St. Esprit Wayne Ramsey "The Stand" (S1E11) 2013
Revolution Derek Webster Nicholas "The Stand" (S1E11) 2013
Revolution Graham Rogers Danny Matheson "The Stand" (S1E11) 2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4 Lauren Cohan Maggie Greene "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) 2013-2014
Shades of Blue - Season 1 FBI HRT teams "The Breach" (S1E11) 2016
The Blacklist - Season 3 Baz Baz "Mr. Solomon (No. 32)" (S3E17) 2016
Specialists (Specialisté) URNA (Czech SWAT) "Den zúčtování" (S1E67) 2017-Present
The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Season 1 CRM soldier with a Trijicon ACOG scope and vertical grip; "The Tyger and the Lamb" (S1E03) 2020
Annet Mahendru Lance Corporal Jennifer "Huck" Mallick w/ACOG scope and vertical grip; "Truth or Dare" (S1E07)
Michel Curiel Private Owens w/Aimpoint CompM2 sight and vertical grip; "Truth or Dare" (S1E07)
Big Sky - Season 1 Katheryn Winnick Jenny Hoyt with custom keymod handguard, Aimpoint red dot and AFG; "Love Is a Strange and Dangerous Thing" (S1E16) 2020-2021
Kylie Bunbury Cassie Dewell
Big Sky - Season 2 Sheriff Deputies 2021-2022
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 Power of the Living movement guerrier "Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03) 2023

Video Games

Title As Mods Note Date
State of Decay "AR 15" 2013
"AR 15 Custom" Magpul stock, pistol grip and tactical grip



Colt 9mm Submachine Gun

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Colt 9mm SMG (aka Colt R0635) - 9x19mm
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Colt 9mm SMG (aka Colt R0991) with RIS handguard and folding rear sight - 9x19mm
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Colt 9mm Carbine (aka AR-15A2 Sporter II carbine in 9mm, Colt Model R6450) - 9x19mm. This version is an R6450 barreled upper on a full auto R0635 lower for law enforcement.
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Colt 9mm SMG with silencer - 9x19mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Seven Psychopaths Thugs 2012
Urban Justice Drug dealer's bodyguard Model 633 2007
Collateral FBI Special Agent With Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight 2004
A Man Apart Vin Diesel DEA Agent Sean Vetter With two magazines taped together 'jungle-style' 2003
The Matrix Reloaded Henchman 2003
xXx NSA commandos With C-More red dot sights and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlghts 2002
xXx Seen in GTO back seat armory, with C-More red dot sight and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight 2002
Death to Smoochy SWAT team 2002
Mission: Impossible II Ving Rhames Luther Stickwell With C-More sight and brass catcher 2000
Battlefield Earth Human resistance fighters With & without Colt DOE (Department Of Energy) upper receivers & M203 grenade launchers 2000
The Replacement Killers Chow Yun-Fat John Lee With & without silencer & scope 1998
The Replacement Killers Henchmen 1998
The Siege Black ops soldiers With C-More red dot sights 1998
Spawn Melinda Clark Jessica Priest With flammable chemicals canister, C-More red dot sight, and laser pointer 1997
The Peacemaker FBI Agent With Surefire 9P weaponlight 1997
Bulletproof DEA Agent With C-More red dot sight 1996

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Miami Vice - Season 3 / "Knock Knock, Who's There" DEA agent, SRT member 1986 - 1987
Seven Days / "Daddy's Little Girl" Johnathan LaPaglia Frank Parker 1998 - 2001

Video Games

Game Appears As Note Release Date
Enter the Matrix "9mm SMG/R0635" 2003
State of Decay "Samurai PDW" 2013
Rainbow Six Siege "Commando 9" Added in the Operation Burnt Horizon expansion (2019) 2015
Killing Floor 2 "AR-15 Varmint Rifle" With Forward Assist, Rail Interface System, RRA Tactical Mount, Magpul AFG 2016


Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle

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SPR prototype with Leupold Mark 4 scope, Parker & Hale bipod, and suppressor - 5.56x45mm. This prototype of the SPR used an an earlier version of the PRI flip-up front BUIS, along with an earlier generation free-float handguard which had a smaller locking ring the same diameter as the tube, and subsequently the ARMS rail lacked the indent in the bottom edge present on later Mk 12 Mod 0 rifles.
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Mk 12 Mod 0 SPR with A2 buttstock, A.R.M.S. #40 flip-up rear BUIS, PRI flip-up front BUIS, Leupold Mark 4 3.5-10x40mm LR/T M3 Illum. Reticle scope, and Harris bipod - 5.56x45mm
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Mk 12 Mod 1 SPR with suppressor, 30-round magazine, Harris bipod, and Leupold Mark 4 scope - 5.56x45mm
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Mk 12 Mod 1 SPR with magazine removed, Leupold Mark 4 scope, magazine pouch, and Harris bipod deployed - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
28 Weeks Later Delta Sniper With 30-round magazine. 2007
Live Free or Die Hard Cyril Raffaelli Rand With silencer, brass catcher, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip, and Leupold CQ/T scope 2007
Hitman Sniper With AN-PEQ-2 IR designator, silencer, and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip 2007
Killers Kevin Sussman Mac Bailey With silencer, AN-PEQ-2 IR designator, and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip 2009
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault Secret paramilitary squad Suppressed 2012
Lone Survivor Mark Wahlberg Marcus Luttrell Mk 12 Mod 1 with Harris bipods, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, Leupold MR/T scopes and suppressors 2013
Ben Foster Matthew Axelson
American Sniper Bradley Cooper Chris Kyle Mk 12 Mod 1 2014
Republic Z (Respublika Z) Irina Mikhaylova Dora Mk 12 Mod 1 2018
Georgiy Bessonov Byokke
Dmitriy Baishev Mettee

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Burn Notice - Season 5: "No Good Deed" Gabrielle Anwar Fiona Glenanne Suppressed Dec 15, 2011

Video Games

Game Title Used By Appears As Notes Release Date
America's Army US Army faction MK 12 MOD 0 Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) Mod 0 variant, fitted with Leupold Mark 4 scope, Harris bipod, and detachable suppressor. 2002
Project Reality Mod 1 variant, with Leupold Mark 4 scope in LaRue Tactical SPR mount, Harris bipod, and optional suppressor 2005
ArmA: Armed Assault US Army designated marksmen SPR Mod 0 variant, fitted with costume pistol grip and a Leupold Mark 4 scope. 2007
ArmA II USMC Force Recon marksmen Mk12 SPR Mod 0 variant, fitted with costume pistol grip and a Leupold Mark 4 scope. 2009
Sniper: Ghost Warrior The Ghost Warrior "SR 25" Mod 1 variant, fitted with Leupold Mark 4 scope, KAC Free-Float RAS, Harris bipod, and a suppressor. 2010
Ring of Elysium 2018


Colt IAR

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Colt IAR with Vltor MOD stock and Magpul PMag - 5.56x45mm

The Colt IAR (Infantry Automatic Rifle) is an automatic rifle derivative of the M16 developed by Colt Defense in response to a Purchase Description for an Infantry Automatic Rifle submitted by the United States Marine Corps to the small arms industry in March 2008. Developmental contracts of the IAR were awarded to Colt Defense, FN Manufacturing Inc. (FN IAR) and Heckler & Koch (Heckler & Koch IAR). Colt Defense developed two models of the IAR to be tested, the IAR6940 and the IAR6940H (as well as an external piston prototype IAR6940P that was not trialled), the latter featuring Knight's Armament Company designed components. The USMC contract was eventually awarded to the Heckler & Koch design, leading to the adoption of the M27 IAR. Colt dropped the IAR6940H model and began attempting to market the IAR6940 commercially as simply the Colt IAR.

Specifications

(2008 - Present)

  • Type: Squad automatic weapon
  • Caliber: 5.56x45 NATO (.223 Rem.)
  • Weight: 9.5 lbs (4.31 kg)
  • Length: 33.5 in. (85.09 cm)
  • Barrel length: 16 in. (40.64 cm)
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto, Full-Auto

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Notation Release Date
Contract Wars Colt IAR 2014

Colt SCW

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Colt Sub Compact Weapon - 5.56x45mm. - 5.56x45mm NATO

Specifications

(2005 - Present)

  • Type: Sub Compact Weapon
  • Caliber: 5.56x45 NATO (.223 Rem.)
  • Weight:
  • Length:
  • Barrel length: 10.3”
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto, Safety

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Notation Release Date
Cross Fire Colt SCW 2007


Commercial Copies of the M16 Rifle series

Many of the guns seen as Colt model guns aren't Colt at all, but the many other manufacturer copies of the M16/AR-15 series of firearms. The most common clones are the guns made by Bushmaster, PWA and Eagle Arms. Though there are now many semi-automatic rifles made by companies like Panther DPMS and others, most of the Movie Prop houses acquired their guns before the 1990s. So only the most common third party manufacturers will be seen. Since it's difficult to determine which maker built the gun, for the sake of simplicity, the rifle variants in movies will be identified by the COLT model they most look like, unless there is clear evidence of a third party manufacturer. Sometimes this is possible via DVD commentary, direct information from the Armorer, or a clear shot of the manufacturer trademarks on the gun in a screenshot.

Bushmaster XM-15 Rifle Series

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Bushmaster HBAR Carbine - listed in the Bushmaster Sales catalog as "Bushmaster 16" Heavy Barrel Carbine" - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Barry Pepper Mike Norton 2005
Planet Terror Rose McGowan Cherry Darling as a prosthetic leg with grenade launcher 2007


Bushmaster XM15 "V-Match"

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Bushmaster XM15 "V-Match" Note smooth handguard and absence of front sight - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Eleventh Hour SEAL Marksman With JP Enterprises thumbhole stock, scope and Harris bipod 2008
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Seen leaning against wall 2005
Soldier Arcadia 234 Inhabitant With C-More red dot sight 1998
Ronin Sniper With scope 1998

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Justified - Season 1 Jacob Pitts Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson "Fire in the Hole" (S1E01) 2010
Under the Dome Dean Norris James "Big Jim" Rennie 2013-2015


Luvo Arms LA-15

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LUVO Arms LA-15 with Magpul MBUS sights - .300 AAC BLACKOUT

The LUVO Arms LA-15 is a Czech semi-automatic rifle produced by the Prague-based company Luvo Arms. It is structurally identical to the M16/M4.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Edgemen (Hranari) Vladimir Marek Hitman - cleaner 2011

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Missing Nikola Navrátil Blonde assassin "A Busy Solitude" (S01E06) 2012
Missing Thugs "Answers" (S1E08) 2012


Luvo Arms LA-16

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Luvo Arms LA-16, 10.5" barrel and 20-round Magpul PMag magazine - 5.56x45mm

A Czech AR-15 clone produced by the Prague-based company Luvo Arms, which manufactures a variety of AR-10 and AR-15 models in different calibers and configurations.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) Til Schweiger Max carrying handle removed, with EOTech holosight 2012
Snowpiercer Tómas Lemarquis Egg-Head 2013


LaFrance Specialties M16K

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LaFrance Specialties M16K w/o Forward Assist - 5.56x45mm
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LaFrance Specialties M16K w/ Forward Assist - 5.56x45mm

The LaFrance Specialties M16K is a compact version of the M16 produced by LaFrance Specialties of San Diego, California. It features a 21cm barrel, making its total length just 60cm with its stock collapsed. Developed in the early 1980s, the weapon was intended for military and law enforcement, but found few major buyers. A .45 ACP version known as the M16K-45 was also produced; LaFrance also produces a shortened M14 known as the M14K.

To improve reliability, the M16K features an adjustable gas system with an expansion chamber and second enclosed tube, which also reduces its rate of fire to less than 600 rpm. Due to the significant modification to the handguard, the M16K features a new front sight aperture on its carry handle. Later M16K models have round handguards, standard M16-styled front sight post, and accessory rails.

The creator of the M16K, Tim LaFrance, worked as a film armorer in the 1980s, and a number of M16Ks are seen in some films and TV shows of the period.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Escape from L.A. Kurt Russell Snake Pliskin Used as base for Coreburner 1996
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, The Leslie Nielsen Lt. Frank Drebin 1994
Police Story 3: Supercop Jackie Chan Inspector Chan With 90-round drum magazine 1992
Pink Cadillac Militia member 1989
The Dead Pool Mob assassin 1988
Death Wish 4 Gang Member 1987
Assassination Assassin 1987


North Eastern Arms NEA-15

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North Eastern Arms NEA-15 in the 7.5" PDW configuration - 5.56x45mm.
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North Eastern Arms NEA-15 with 14.5" barrel - 5.56x45mm NATO

A Canadian AR-15 clone produced by Ontario-based manufacturer North Eastern Arms for civilian and Law Enforcement customers. Variants include the 7.5" PDW, 10.5" CQB, 14.5" Carbine and 18" DMR models.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Operation Mekong Eddie Peng Fan Xinwu PDW model 2016
Violent Night Stephanie Sy Jessica "Sugarplum" Prestwood PDW model; w/sight and suppressor 2022
Phong Giang "Tinsel"
John Leguizamo Jimmy "Scrooge" Martinez


Olympic Arms K3B

"K3B" is the generic model description that Olympic Arms gave to its AR-15 carbines. An enormous number of variations of the K3B carbines exist, so the list below is a partial attempt at explaining the different variations, based on era of manufacture:

  • K3Bs manufactured from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s' were typically marked as "M.F.R." (Multi-Function Rifle) on the lower receiver and featured a variety of receiver and barrel styles. Originally, they featured A1-style upper and lower receivers, but by the early-1990s, Olympic Arms standardized A2-style lowers (distinguished by the reinforced area at the receiver extension), and offered customers either A1E1 or A2-style upper receivers. Olympic Arms also offered the carbines with either 16" lightweight ("pencil") barrels or 16" heavy barrels (similar, but not identical, to the Colt HBAR carbine barrels). The most distinctive barrel option was an 11.5" version of the heavy barrel which featured a permanently attached 5.5" flash hider designed to mimic the look of the XM177 moderator/flash hider, thereby giving civilian customers an XM177-style carbine without having to file for an NFA tax stamp. This last variation of the K3B, known as the "K3B CAR" was purchased by multiple Hollywood rental armories (notably Gibbons, Ltd.) and frequently appears in 1990s action films and TV series, such as The Rock.
  • After the passage of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban in the United States, Olympic Arms largely ceased production of the K3B series for the civilian market - its post-ban "PCR XX" (with the "XX" standing for year of production) carbines featured similar barrels to the pre-1994 carbines, but also featured fixed stocks and no bayonet lugs or flash hiders, since inclusion of these items violated the "features test" of the ban. However, Olympic Arms did continue to produce K3Bs for the law enforcement market (marked PCR, as on the post-ban civilian guns), and even introduced new features - such as a proprietary flattop upper receiver with a Weaver rail (in the days before the Colt flattop with an upper M1913 Picatinny rail became standardized). Some of the early Weaver-rail flattop K3Bs with 11.5" barrels were purchased by Tom Felcan, the largest rental armory in Vancouver, British Columbia, and have appeared in some productions filmed in that area - though since the 2000s, most have had their 11.5" barrels replaced with 14.5" M4-profile barrels.
  • When the AWB expired in 2004, Olympic Arms resumed production of the K3B series for the civilian market, and also introduced a host of new feature options on these carbines in order to keep pace with trends in the AR-15 world at the time. Due to the influence of the U.S. military's M4 Carbine weapon system, Olympic Arms introduced "M4gery" style carbines which featured flattop M1913 Picatinny uppers and 16" M4-profile barrels (known as the "K3B MIL4"), though A2-style uppers and heavy-profile barrels were also still offered as options. Some K3B models also featured lower-profile gas blocks, and post-2005, most featured a "waffle-style" stock, copied from the design of the Colt "LE" stock that had been introduced for the M4 in 2001. The post-2004 carbines also tend to be marked "M.F.R." on the lower receiver, just like the longer-barreled K4B and other rifles in the product line.
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Olympic Arms K3B CAR carbine - 5.56x45mm NATO. This is Olympic Arms' XM177 look-a-like variation for the civilian market, featuring an 11.5" heavy barrel and 5.5" flash hider, and was available with either A1, A1E1, or A2-style upper receivers (the latter is shown here). This weapon is a common stand-in for the XM177 in Hollywood productions made in the 1990s.
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Olympic Arms K3B carbine - 5.56x45mm NATO. This is a post-2004 carbine featuring an A2-style receiver and 16" heavy-profile carbine barrel.
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Olympic Arms K3B MIL4 - 5.56x45mm NATO. This is a post-2004 "M4gery" version of the K3B, featuring a flattop upper receiver and 16" M4-profile barrel.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Driven to Kill Steven Seagal Ruslan Drachev K3B MIL4; early Weaver flattop receiver 2009

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Global Operations "Olympic Arms M4" 2002


Olympic Arms K4B

"K4B" is the generic model description that Olympic Arms gave to its 20" M16 clone rifles. As with the K3Bs (described above), the specifications for the weapon changed over time. K4Bs manufactured from the late-1980s through the mid-1990s' were typically marked "M.F.R." on the lower receiver and featured 20" heavy-contour barrels (similar - but not identical - to the Colt HBAR barrel), either A1E1 or A2-style upper receivers, and either A1 or A2-style lower receivers (the latter distinguished by the reinforced area at the receiver extension). In some cases, the weapons were also sold with Olympic Arms' proprietary "Stowaway" pistol grip, though this was not a standard feature. After the passage of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban in the United States, the "banned" configuration of the K4B was re-marked as "PCR XX" (with the "XX" standing for year of production) on the left side of the lower receiver, with "Export & Law Enforcement Only" on the right side, indicating that it could only be sold to law enforcement, while the civilian versions of the PCR series lacked the bayonet lug and flash hider. When the AWB expired in 2004, Olympic Arms resumed production of the K4B for the civilian market in more-or-less the pre-ban configuration, though A2 upper and lower receivers were fully standardized (the A1E1 upper would be available only on the budget "Plinker Plus" configuration), and flattop receivers were also advertised as an option. The "no-ban" configurations, like the pre-1994 rifles, were also marked as "M.F.R." on the lower receiver.

For IMFDB reference: The most common K4B configuration seen in movies is the version which closely resembles the Colt 715/Colt Canada C7 Rifle; these weapons were purchased and converted to blank-fire by Felcan Enterprises, the largest rental armory in Vancouver, British Columbia, and frequently appear in productions filmed in that area - they are often recognizable by their "Stowaway" pistol grips. Gibbons, Ltd. in Los Angeles also purchased K4B rifles that are nearly identical to the M16A2 and often used as stand-ins for the former U.S. service rifle in productions used in Los Angeles. If you see an M16A2-style rifle in a movie made in the 1990s, there's a good chance that you're actually seeing an Olympic Arms K4B.

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Olympic Arms 'K4B' AR-15 with A2 Handguards, heavy barrel and the Olympic Arms stowaway pistol grip - 5.56x45mm. Aside from pistol grip, this weapon is nearly identical to the Colt 715/Canada C7 Rifle. Rifles of this type have appeared in several Canadian productions, including The X-Files, Millennium, and Dark Angel, among others.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ten Rings undercover agent w/ACOG and bipod 2021

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The X-Files Military personnel Heavy barrel, stand-ins for M16A2, S1 - S5 1993 - 1998
The X-Files - Season 2 SWAT sharpshooter Heavy barrel, fitted with custom buttstock and scope / "Duane Barry" (S2E05) 1994
The X-Files - Season 4 FBI tactical agents, Militia gunmen Heavy barrels, fitted with A1 handguards to pass for M16A1s / "Tunguska" (S4E08) 1996
Millennium Eric Keenleyside Gary King 1996-1999
Viper rogue U.S. Army intelligence officers w/Cobray CM203 1996-1999
Dark Angel Soldiers 2000-2002
William Gregory Lee Zack


Olympic Arms K23B

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Olympic Arms K23B - 5.56x45mm
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Olympic Arms K23B Tactical with RIS foregrip - 5.56x45mm

The K23B (unofficially known as the "Stubby") is an Olympic Arms carbine which features a 6.5" barrel designed for law enforcement entry teams. While it was the shortest AR-15 variant on the market at the time of its introduction, initial prototypes had nearly unmanageable recoil and questionable reliability. Most production models featured the proprietary "Pigtail" gas tube – a full-length gas tube which wrapped around the barrel - in order to allow the gas to achieve a more normal length of travel (for a carbine AR) from the gas block to upper receiver, and thus reduce recoil. The K23B also featured either a free-floating aluminum handguard (a shorter variation of that found on Olympic Arms' Match-grade rifles), or (on later models) a quad rail handguard. Otherwise, the lower receiver group components were all identical to the longer-barreled K3B carbines - Olympic Arms did not use a heavier buffer weight or recoil spring to manage recoil, as found on more modern short-barreled ARs. Additionally, much like the K3B, the K23B was originally sold with either an A1E1 or an A2-style upper receiver. By 1994, Olympic Arms had introduced its first flattop upper receivers with a Weaver rail - this flattop version of the K23B has appeared often in productions filmed in British Columbia, Canada (notably: Stargate: SG1, where it was the basis for the "Carter Special" used by Amanda Tapping in later seasons). A pistol version of the gun (with no stock) was also sold on the U.S. civilian market as a Title I firearm.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Terminator: Dark Fate Linda Hamilton Sarah Connor 2019
Terminator: Dark Fate Mackenzie Davis Grace 2019
John Wick Seen in arsenal 2014
The Sweeney Robber 2012
Skyfall Naomie Harris Eve With scope 2012
Safe House Fares Fares Vargas With scope and suppressor 2012
Righteous Kill Robert De Niro Turk 2008
Righteous Kill Al Pacino Rooster 2008
The Departed SWAT officers 2006
Christmas Rush Richard Yearwood Kid Blast With Beta-C magazine 2002
Reindeer Games Gary Sinise Gabriel 2000
Reindeer Games Dennis Farina Jack Bangs 2000
Romeo Must Die Bodyguard custom "suitcase" handle 2000

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Stargate SG-1 Amanda Tapping Major Samantha Carter "Carter Special" 2003
Breaking Bad - Season 1 DEA tactical agent w/EOTech sight; "Pilot" (S1E01) 2008

Video Games

Title As Mods Note Date
Payday 2 "Para" 2013
Warface "M4 CQB" LMT SOPMOD stock and a set of A2 style iron sights 2013


CQ / Model 311

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CQ / Model 311 (Norinco-branded) - 5.56x45mm NATO
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CQ-B - 5.56x45mm NATO
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CS/LM11 - 5.56x45mm NATO

The CQ rifle is a Chinese copy of the M16A1. The rifle was produced by Factory 216, a.k.a. Changqing Machinery (now known as Huaqing Machinery; Changqing is also the origin of the CQ name), and first began production in 1983. The rifle is made in both select-fire and semi-auto-only versions. Norinco exports both versions of the rifle under the name Model 311.

The CQ / Norinco Model 311 can be differentiated by the grips, front sight, stock, and handguard. The Model 311 is also produced by DIO of Iran as the S-5.56 and in modified form as the DIO KH2002.

Variants of the CQ include:

  • CQ: M16A1 clone
  • CQ-A: M4 clone (see below); allegedly also uses the name CS/LR2
  • CQ-B: M16A4 clone; lacks most of the identifiable features of Chinese M16 rifles and thus is almost indistinguishable from the M16A4
  • CQ-C: Colt Model 750 LMG clone; also observed under the name CS/LM11
  • CQ-D: CQ variant with railed handguard

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Wolf Warrior Scott Adkins "Tom Cat" 2015
Lord of War Seen in piles of weapons 2005
Buffalo Soldiers various US Army soldiers Stand-in for M16A2 2005

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Duty After School Model 311-1 2023

Anime

Title/Episode Character Note Air Date
Sword Art Online II Kakuton with drum magazine 2014


CQ-A

CQ-A - 5.56x45mm NATO

The CQ-A is a variant of the CQ rifle, and is a Chinese copy of the M4 Carbine, also known as "CQ-M4 Carbine". CQ-A carbines have been seen used by the Chongqing SWAT and Snow Leopard assault team special forces.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Wolf Warrior 2015

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Sweet Home - Season 2 2023


Non Firing Replicas

MGC M16

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MGC M16
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MGC M16 closeup. This clearly shows how the fake forward assist is actually a connector with an allen nut in the back. Removal of this nut separates the upper and lower receivers.
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MGC CAR-15 with 20 round MGC magazine.
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MGC CAR-15

Before the advent of inexpensive Airsoft guns, there were precious few replica weapons that could be used in productions if they didn't want to have a live firing weapon on set, or for a stunt or if they didn't have the budget to get a real gun (and armorer). Though the US Army had access to hard rubber training M16 replicas (nicknamed the "rubber duck"), it was not readily available on demand for the movie prop houses of the 1970s and the 1980s. Metal replica guns that were commercially available were thus used for these non-firing purposes.

Model Gun Corporation (MGC) of Japan made and built excellent quality metal replica guns between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and the most utilized one was the MGC M16 assault rifle. They were sold in the United States by Collector's Armory, Ltd. (and should not be confused with the inferior quality zinc-pot metal replicas currently coming in from Spain). Early model MGC M16 replicas can be distinguished from the real M16 by the fake forward assist on these models, which are actually bolt inserts to keep the receiver together. Modern MGC M16 replicas have improved by third parties over the years (like adding A1 flash hiders) making it more accurate to the real thing making it harder for 'Connoisseurs' to identify.

There is also the MGC XM177 Commando carbine variant, listed in the catalog as the CAR-15. This replica rifle was built on the same MGC M16 receiver, however the buttstock was pot metal and not plastic, and it did not telescope unlike the real weapons. Instead the makers of the gun split the difference and locked the non-adjustable stock into the 'half extended/half closed' position. This feature did not enamor replica gun collectors to the weapon and it did not sell well.

MGC replicas are likely the most used M16 replica in film and television productions.

Film

Title Actor Character Notes Date
Raid on Entebbe Israeli commando, Ugandan soldiers 1976
The Spy Who Loved Me British/Russian/US Navy Sailors during gun battle on the Liparus 1977
Apocalypse Now mounted on the PBR boat, shot up by tracer rounds 1979
Moonraker Various Drake launch base guards 1979
Private Benjamin Goldie Hawn Pvt. Benjamin 1980
The Final Countdown US Marines on the deck of the Nimitz 1981
The Challenge Scott Glenn Rick Murphy 1982
First Blood the Army National Guardsmen 1982
Taps 1983
Uncommon Valor Todd Allen Frank Rhodes 1983
WarGames USAF Security 1983
Octopussy South American soldiers during the pre-credits sequence 1983
Ghostbusters Army National Guard soldiers fitted with A1-style flash hiders 1984
Commando Bennett's men 1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II seen in the weapons hold of the pirate boat used to smuggle Rambo up river. 1985
Wild Geese II American MP 1985
Predator Arnold Schwarzenegger Dutch seen when rifle is destroyed by the Predator 1987
Full Metal Jacket Various US Marines 1987
Lethal Weapon SWAT officer Director's Cut 1987
Hamburger Hill Various Airborne Soldiers during a medical Evac 1987
The Red Spectacles 1987
In Country US troops 1987
Barb Wire Congressionals outfitted with ill fitting 30 round magazines, A2 handguards and A1 birdcage flash hiders 1996
Rushmore Jason Schwartzman Max Fischer 1998
Diplomatic Siege Tom Berenger Gen. Buck Swain 1999
Bandits L.A.P.D. SWAT officer fitted with A2-style handguards 2001
Hulk US soldiers seen in 'split screen' shots of their reaction to the Hulk. 2003
Land of the Dead soldiers 2005
Dragon Wars: D-War US Troops outfitted with ill fitting 30 round magazines, A2 handguards and A1 birdcage flash hiders 2007
Black Widow Drake guards shot from Moonraker 2021

Television

Title Actor Character Notes Date
The A-Team
Tour of Duty 1987-1990
V: The Series 1984-1985
Sledge Hammer David Rasche Sledge Hammer "Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer" (S2E19) 1986-1988
V.I.P. 1998-2002
Law & Order ESU officers (w/ A2 handguards) (1990-2010)
Criminal Minds US Marines 2012-2013
Cobra Kai US Troops 2021


.22 LR Replicas

Adler-Jager AP-74/Armi-Jager AP-15

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Armi-Jager AP-15 - .22 LR. The AP-15 has a slab side receiver and a tiny ejection port (for the .22 brass) and a birdcage flash hider. The AP-74 has a three prong flash hider.
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Adler-Jager AP-74 - .22 LR. Note the sharply angled three prong flash hider and the forward assist, which differentiates it from the AP-15.

Made in Italy and imported into the US by Mitchell Arms (during the 1970s and early 1980s), these M16 clones were chambered for .22 LR and looked very similar to the M16 or M16A1 rifles. The dummy "20 round magazine" was a solid part of the lower receiver. A small .22LR magazine was inserted into the bottom of the dummy magazine. They were used sometimes in films due to budgetary reasons, since low budget films (especially in the 1970s and 80s) could pick up a .22LR M16 clone for less than a real AR-15. There were .22 LR guns imported into the US with either Armi-Jager or Adler-Jager markings (but the Armi-Jager was most common), so both names are correct.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Cassandra Crossing US Army soldiers AP-74 1976
Dawn of the Dead Ken Foree Peter Washington AP-74 1978
Scott H. Reiniger Roger DeMarco
Man on Fire A combatant in Beirut AP-74 with wooden furniture 1987
Man on Fire Seen in Sandri's hideout; AP-74 and subcompact AP-74/I 1987
La Femme Nikita Subcompact model 1990
Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) Martin Provost Daniel Subcompact model 1990
Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) A Cleaner Subcompact model 1990
Léon (The Professional) NYPD ESU officers AP-15, with fake M203 grenade launcher 1994
The Baader Meinhof Complex US soldiers AP-74 2008
Kill Zombie! Dutch soldier AP-15/74 hybrid 2012


Armscor M16 22

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Armscor (Squires Bingham of the Philippines) M16 22 rifle - .22 LR. Sometimes sold as the M-1600
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Armscor M16 22 with collapsible stock and full wrap-around handguard - .22 LR

Armscor (out of the Philippines) made another .22LR clone rifle, the Armscor M16 22, however this rifle looked even less like a real M16 and was rarely (if ever) used in a film to impersonate an M16 rifle.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Recoil Sloan's henchmen 1998

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "M1600" 2016
"M1600A3000" Collapsible wire stock, top rail, shortened barrel, railed handguard, select-fire


Air Guns

Crosman M4-177

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Crosman M4-177 - .177 pellets/BBs

The Crosman M4-177 is a pump action air rifle built in the general form of an M4 carbine. It is most easily distinguished from a genuine AR-15 by the distinctive front sight block which has a gap between it and the handguard. The rifle feeds from either a 5 round pellet clip (which must be manually indexed with each shot) or from an integral gravity fed 18 round BB magazine (which is topped up from an integral 350 round hopper). To charge the rifle for each shot it must be "pumped" between 4 and 10 times depending on the power required and this is done by rotating the handguard downwards. You must then manually cock the bolt to chamber the pellet/BB (after indexing the clip to the correct position if pellets are being used) before being able to fire.

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
The Walking Dead - Season 3 Woodbury Guard "Home" (S3E10) 2013


Crosman Air 17

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Crosman Air 17 - .177 pellets/BBs

The Crosman Air 17 is a pump action air rifle built in the general form of an M16 rifle. It is most easily distinguished from a genuine M16 by the pump tube under the barrel, rounded rear receiver and blockish magazine well. The rifle feeds from either a 5 round pellet clip (which must be manually indexed with each shot) or from an integral gravity fed BB magazine (which is topped up from an integral hopper). To charge the rifle for each shot it must be "pumped" once each time by pulling down on the handguard. You must then manually cock the bolt to chamber the pellet/BB (after indexing the clip to the correct position if pellets are being used) before being able to fire.

Film

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
RoboCop 3 Rehab officers 1993

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Miami Vice - Season 3 Cuban rebels "Cuba Libre" 1986 - 1987

Unidentified AR-15 Variant

Films

Title Actor Character Note Date
Planet Terror Freddy Rodriguez El Wray night-vision scope 2007
The Hitcher Sean Bean John Ryder 2007

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 w/ rounded handguard, ACOG scope and HK E1 stock; is seen next the dead Marine in "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) 2019


See Also

  • Norinco - A list of all firearms manufactured by Norinco.
  • Remington Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Remington Arms.
  • ArmaLite - A list of all firearms manufactured by ArmaLite.


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