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Revision as of 21:04, 12 July 2009
The Armsel Striker shotgun and its variants appears in the following films, TV shows, and video games used by the following actors:
Armsel Stryker
The original South African-manufactured cylinder shotgun, designed by Rhodesian Hilton Walker in the 1980s. Various versions of this iconcic weapon exist, in part because different companies made different versions of this weapon at one point in time or another. Some have the classic top-folding stock, others come with a fixed stock or no stock at all. The barrel length differs too as some have 18" barrels, other the standard 12" barrel or the stubby 7" barrel.
Film
- Don Stark as Rocco in American Dragons
- South African soldier in Hostage
- Patrick Bergin as Kevin O'Donnell in Patriot Games
- Slavko Libovic as the Serbian Gang Leader Ratko in In China They Eat Dogs
- Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong in Hard Boiled
- Brandon Lee as Michael Gold in Laser Mission
- Jim Maniaci as CyberTracker #9 in Cyber-Tracker 2
- Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Kirk in House of the Dead
Television
Armsel Protecta
The Protecta is an improved version of the original Stryker; it differs primarily in that it lacks the winder on the drum. It is rarely seen in movies.
Television
- Richard Dean Anderson as General Jack O'Neill and Ben Browder as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Stargate: SG1 (configured to fire grenade rounds)
Striker-12 aka Street Sweeper
The Striker-12 aka Street Sweeper is the American-made copy of the Striker; the standard commercial version was recognizable by its longer 18" barrel, which was necessary to comply with U.S. firearms laws for over the counter shotgun sales. There were short barreled versions of the Street Sweeper (12" and 7"), but like all short barreled shotguns, they required a tax stamp and were strongly regulated device. When the Clinton Administration declared the civilian version of the Striker-12 to be a 'destructive device' (like a mortar or a rocket launcher) in 1993, nearly all commercial sales ceased and the remaining samples in the chain of commerce could only be sold to holders of Federal Destructive Device Permits. Although it is a copy of the Striker, there is a relatively low interchangeability of parts between the two guns. The Striker-12 is usually seen in American action films, whereas the Striker and Protecta are more likely to appear in films made outside of the U.S. The Street Sweeper also has the distinctive key in the front of the drum to wind the 'clockwork' mechanism like the original Striker shotgun. The key is shaped slightly different though. The Striker-12 was made by Sentinel Arms under full license by Protecta, although it was technically a significant upgrade from the original. Some of the original engineers that worked on the Protecta Striker In South Africa came over to the US to make the Striker-12 for Sentinel Arms. A clone of this gun was made by Cobray but this version had severe quality issues. Almost all Striker-12 guns seen in US movies are the Sentinel Arms version. A version of the Sentinel Arms Striker-12 is still made in the USA by Penn Arms. After the Brady Bill effectively seized operations for Sentinel Arms some of its investors and engineers went on to found Penn Arms.
Film
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Cigar Girl in The World Is Not Enough
- The Punisher Mark Collie as Harry Heck
- Doomsday' seen during the ACP crash scene in the film
Television
Video Games
- Battlefield 2, as "DAO-12." While this is commonly mistaken for the weapon's actual name, "DAO" is only really used relative to the weapon's "Double Action Only" trigger, not the whole device.
- Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and Damned
More examples of the Sentinel Arms Striker-12
Film
- Desperado - seen in the guitar case full of weapons
- John Leguizamo as the Clown in Spawn (portrayed as a grenade launcher)