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Bravo Two Zero

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Country	Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom
Directed by	Tom Clegg
Release Date	1999
Studio	British Broadcasting Corporation

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Andy McNab	Sean Bean
Dinger	Steve Nicolson
Tony	Rick Warden
Mark	Richard Graham
Baz	Ian Curtis
Ray	Jamie Bartlett
Stan	Robert Hobbs
Chris Ryan	Kevin Collins

Bravo Two Zero is a 1999 Gulf War film that originally aired on the BBC. The film chronicles the heroic mission of British SAS troopers dropped behind Iraqi lines during the First Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm 1990-1991). This unit later became the most highly decorated British Military Patrol unit since the last Boer War (1899-1902). Sean Bean starred in the film as SAS sergeant Andy McNab.

This was second dramatization of the Bravo Two Zero mission, following ITV's 1996 adaptation of Chris Ryan's account, The One That Got Away.

The following weapons were used in the film Bravo Two Zero:

Assault Rifles

Colt AR-15 Sporter-1

Baz (Ian Curtis) carries a Colt AR-15 Sporter-1 fitted with a Cobray CM203 flare launcher. At various points in the film the rifle has the standard M16 front sight, no sight, or an AKM type front sight mounted to the gas block. It is possible that the rifle was damaged during production, and an AKM front sight was added from one of the many Vektor R4s mocked up as AK-47 type rifles.

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 '''Bravo Two Zero''' is a 1999 Gulf War film that originally aired on the BBC.  The film chronicles the heroic mission of British SAS troopers dropped behind Iraqi lines during the First Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm 1990-1991).  This unit later became the most highly decorated British Military Patrol unit since the last Boer War (1899-1902). [[Sean Bean]] starred in the film as SAS sergeant Andy McNab.
-'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Bravo Two Zero'':'''
+This was second dramatization of the Bravo Two Zero mission, following ITV's 1996 adaptation of [[Chris Ryan]]'s account, ''[[One That Got Away, The (1996)|The One That Got Away]]''.
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 =Assault Rifles=
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 == Colt M16A1 ==
-Ray ([[Jamie Bartlett]]) carries a [[M16A1|Colt]] fitted with a [[Cobray CM203]] flare launcher.
+Ray ([[Jamie Bartlett]]) carries an [[M16A1]] fitted with a [[Cobray CM203]] flare launcher.
 [[File:M16A1wNewCM203.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Colt M16A1, fitted with CM203 flare launcher - 5.56x45mm]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (2522).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Ray relaxing in the OP. Note that his rifle has a forward assist, but lacks the brass deflector of the later A2 model rifles used by other patrol members.]]
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 == Vektor R4 (mocked up as an AK-47) ==
 The majority of the Iraqi forces in the film carry [[Vektor R4]]s mocked up to resemble [[AK-47]]s, a common practice for films shot in South Africa. They can be distinguished from genuine AK-47s by their straighter 5.56x45mm magazine, the more slanted bottom edge of the milled receiver and the shape of the lightening cut above the magazine well. They are mocked up as both solid, and folding stock variants.
-[[File:VektorR4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vektor R4, with 50 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
+[[File:Vektor R4 AR.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Vektor R4 - 5.56x45mm NATO.]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (3411).jpg|thumb|500px|none|McNab kicks a Vektor away from an Iraqi soldiers body. Note the large magazine release which is found on a Vektor but not on an AK-47.]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (3770).jpg|thumb|500px|none|A pair of Iraqi soldiers are gunned down at a vehicle checkpoint.]]
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 ==Browning M2HB==
-A [[Browning M2HB]] is prominently seen mounted on the roof of an Iraqi BTR-60 APC. One can also briefly be seen mounted on the roof of an SAS LSV at the Allied base on Saudi Arabia.
+A [[Browning M2HB]] is prominently seen mounted on the roof of an Iraqi BTR-60 APC (in place of the [[KPVT heavy machine gun|KPVT]]-equipped turret). One can also briefly be seen mounted on the roof of an SAS LSV at the Allied base on Saudi Arabia.
 [[File:BrowningM2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB - .50 BMG]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (2170).jpg|thumb|500px|none| The LSV (possibly a Longline) at the door has an M2HB mounted on the roll-cage.]]
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 [[M72 LAW]]s are carried by all members of the SAS patrol, and are most prominently used to halt the advance of attacking Iraqi armor, knocking out a BMP and a truck during a brief skirmish.
 [[Image:M72A2LAW.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M72 LAW - 66mm]]
-[[File:Bravo Two Zero (2341).jpg|thumb|500px|none|The SAS patrol loading there kit before the mission, with a line of LAWs visible on the right.]]
+[[File:Bravo Two Zero (2341).jpg|thumb|500px|none|The SAS patrol loading their kit before the mission, with a line of LAWs visible on the right.]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (2824).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Mark ([[Richard Graham]]), Tony ([[Rick Warden]]) and Baz ([[Ian Curtis]]) leaving the OP after the patrol is compromised, all with LAWs under the lids of their bergans.]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (4210).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Andy McNab ([[Sean Bean]]) turn at the sound of Iraqi armor, with his LAW under the lid of his bergan.]]
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 [[File:2A28 Grom BMP1.jpg|thumb|400px|none|2A28 Grom - 73mm]]
 [[File:Bravo Two Zero (3072).jpg|thumb|500px|none|A BMP-1 takes up a firing position to bombard the SAS patrol.]]
-[[File:Bravo Two Zero (3370).jpg|thumb|500px|none|The BMP-1 fires its 2A28 Grom cannon.]]
+[[File:Bravo Two Zero (3370).jpg|thumb|500px|none|The BMP-1 fires its 2A28 Grom cannon. Also note that the launch rail for the BMP-1's [[AT-3 Sagger]] missile is visible atop the base of the gun, but the missile itself is absent]]
 ==AZP S-60==
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 [[Category:Movie]]
 [[Category:War]]
+[[Category:Biographical Movie]]
 [[Category:British Produced/Filmed]]
 [[Category:South African Produced/Filmed]]
+==See Also==
+*''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'', ITV's 1996 version of the events of this mission from the perspective of [[Chris Ryan]].

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Assault Rifles

Colt AR-15 Sporter-1

Colt M16A1

Colt M16A2

Heckler & Koch G3A4

Vektor R4 (mocked up as an AK-47)

Unidentified AK-47 Variant

Machine Guns

FN Minimi (Prototype)

FN Minimi (Unidentified Variants)

Browning M2HB

RPD

Besa Tank Machine Gun

Pistols

Tokarev TT-33

Webley .38 Mk IV

Launchers

Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher

M203 Grenade Launcher

M72 LAW

Other Weapons

2A28 Grom

AZP S-60

Bofors 40mm

See Also

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