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== M60 ==
== M60 ==


== AK47 ==
==[[AK-47#Chinese Type 56|Chinese Type 56]]==
[[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Chinese Type 56 AK variant with underfolding Bayonet - 7.62x39mm]]
In the movie '''Platoon''', the NVA soldiers used the [[AK-47#Chinese Type 56|Chinese Type 56]], their copy of the Russian AK-47.  In the real war, North Vietnamese used many real Russian and Chinese AKs, with the vast majority of supplied weapons coming from the Chinese.  The [[AK-47#Chinese Type 56|Chinese Type 56]] AK was also the rifle that Chris Taylor, played by [[Charlie Sheen]], uses to shoot Sgt. Barnes. 


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Revision as of 21:41, 20 June 2008

The weapons seen in this movie are:

M16A1

CAR 15

M1911A1

Remington 870

M60

Chinese Type 56

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Chinese Type 56 AK variant with underfolding Bayonet - 7.62x39mm

In the movie Platoon, the NVA soldiers used the Chinese Type 56, their copy of the Russian AK-47. In the real war, North Vietnamese used many real Russian and Chinese AKs, with the vast majority of supplied weapons coming from the Chinese. The Chinese Type 56 AK was also the rifle that Chris Taylor, played by Charlie Sheen, uses to shoot Sgt. Barnes.