The Company: Difference between revisions
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Cuban forces are seen repelling the freedom fighters with [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]] rifles during the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Cuban forces are seen repelling the freedom fighters with [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]] rifles during the Bay of Pigs invasion. It appears to stand in for the several AK type rifles seen in archival Bay of Pigs footage.
[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Comp051.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cuban forces are seen repelling the freedom fighters with [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]] rifles during the Bay of Pigs invasion. In reality, Cuban Armed Forces during the time period were armed with a mix of weapons, none from the AK family. AK47 and AKM came to the island a year after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, when USSR realized Castro was right about the intervention plots from the US government.]]
[[Image:Comp051.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cuban forces are seen repelling the freedom fighters with [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]] rifles during the Bay of Pigs invasion. In reality, Cuban Armed Forces during the time period were armed with a mix of weapons, with very few AK type rifles. AK47 and AKM officially came to the island a year after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, when USSR realized Castro was right about the intervention plots from the US government. However some pictures show Cuban soldiers carrying and firing AKs during the invasion, probably supplied trough the black market during the revolution.]]
The Company is a 2007 TNT miniseries that follows the covert activities of the CIA from the beginning of the Cold War to the collapse of the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of Jack McAuliffe (Chris O'Donnell), an operative with the agency. The miniseries also co-starred Michael Keaton, Alfred Molina and Rory Cochrane and was executive produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.
The following weapons were used in the miniseries The Company:
FBI HRT members are seen carrying Heckler & Koch MP5A3s on their way to apprehend the suspected CIA mole.
Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9x19mm with Surefire 628 dedicated forend weaponlight and safe-semi-two round burst trigger groupError creating thumbnail: File missingFBI HRT members are seen carrying Heckler & Koch MP5A3s on their way to apprehend the suspected CIA mole.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M91/30
The Mosin Nagant M91/30 is used by Hungarian freedom fighters during the Budapest uprising.
Cuban forces are seen repelling the freedom fighters with Norinco Type 56 rifles during the Bay of Pigs invasion. It appears to stand in for the several AK type rifles seen in archival Bay of Pigs footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingNorinco Type 56 7.62x39mmError creating thumbnail: File missingCuban forces are seen repelling the freedom fighters with Norinco Type 56 rifles during the Bay of Pigs invasion. In reality, Cuban Armed Forces during the time period were armed with a mix of weapons, with very few AK type rifles. AK47 and AKM officially came to the island a year after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, when USSR realized Castro was right about the intervention plots from the US government. However some pictures show Cuban soldiers carrying and firing AKs during the invasion, probably supplied trough the black market during the revolution.
Machine Guns
DShKM Heavy Machine Gun
The DShK heavy machine gun is mounted on Soviet tanks during the siege of Budapest. Since the series was shot in Prague, these could very well be actual DShk's.
A Browning M2 HB is mounted on top of a jeep when the Cuban freedom fighters invade the Bay of Pigs. It's used by McAuliffe to repel the Cuban military forces.
