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[[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06]]
[[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06]]
[[Image:Efla-spas121.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Springfield can be glimpsed right behind the Garand pointed in the air]]
==Heckler & Koch G3==
==Heckler & Koch G3==
Revision as of 10:34, 23 November 2009
The following weapons were used in the movie Escape from LA :
Escape from LA Coreburner The "Coreburner" used by Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell ) is a heavily modded LaFrance M16K .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing LaFrance Specialties M16K w/o Forward Assis- 5.56x45mm. LaFrance Specialties M16K - 5.56x45mm modded for the film. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The weapon is displayed for Snake. It's described as a 'Coreburner, magnesium ammo, 500 extra rounds.' Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake fires the Coreburner at Malloy and Brazen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake looks dumbfounded as they reveal the first magazine was loaded with blanks in anticipation of his move. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After getting ashore in L.A., Snake ambushes Pipeline (Peter Fonda ) with the Coreburner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing As a skinhead is about to throw a knife at him, Snake casually blasts the guy with the Coreburner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake takes aim at Cuervo... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but loses the Coreburner early into the movie to a disarmament by chain. What a waste! S&W 629 Hunter Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell ) carries two S&W 629 Hunter .44 Magnum revolvers as his sidearms of choice. These guns are S&W Performance Center modified, and were equipped with Aimpoint red dot scopes as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 629 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake clips on his revolvers holstered in thigh holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake fires his revolvers in a deceptive duel, challenging his adversaries to draw when a can hits the ground. Snake draws before the can. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 'Draw'. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake doesn't give Map to the Stars Eddie a warm handshake. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A very clear shot of the revolver. Ruger AC556 As used by Cuervo Jones (George Corraface ), the Ruger AC556 is the stainless steel edition but with a polymer Choate Stock and mounted scope. This configuration in real life is used by the Royal Bermudan Military. Cuervo Jones uses it to attempt to snipe Snake, but Utopia tackles Jones, making him miss. Snake later takes this gun from Cuervo to replace his Coreburner.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruger AC556 with Choate stock. This is a rifle similar to the one used in the movie except the stock is the fixed pattern, not the folding one pictured Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuervo prepares to take aim with the AC556. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Utopia moves to distract Cuervo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake disarms Cuervo in the parking lot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake fires at Cuervo's men with the AC556. FN FAL The United States Police Force guards carry FN FAL battle rifles with Cobray 37mm Launchers mounted on them. The FN FAL were a mix of semi-auto Springfield Armory SAR-48's and selective fire LaFrance Specialties FAL's with Cobray CM203 launchers and a custom flash hider. - Phoenixent
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cobray CM203 Launcher launcher - 37mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A USPF guard holds an FN FAL during Snake's prisoner exchange. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two USPF goons keep Snake at gunpoint while he prepares to enter the mini-sub. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An assembled firing squad of USPF goons fire at Snake. Standing in a circle as they were the likely outcome is obvious to anyone but movie directors, I suppose. Heckler & Koch HK93A3 The President's daughter Utopia is seen holding a Heckler & Koch HK93A3 with bipod on board Air Force One. - Phoenixent
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch HK93 Rifle - 5.56mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake watches a video of Utopia holding an HK93 when speaking to the camera onboard Air Force One. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of the HK93 as Utopia is seen preparing to escape. Heckler & Koch MP5 The Heckler & Koch MP5 is seen in the hands of various gang members, including Cuervo Jones' army and the Saigon Shadows.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9mm with stock extended Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Saigon Shadows prepare to take off with the police helo. Nearly all of them have MP5s Converted Heckler & Koch SP89 During the air raid on Cuervo Jones, Snake has a custom HK SP89 with a stainless steel receiver. The same one used by Dennis Hopper Speed Phoenixent Hershe also has a garden variety MP5K with a black receiver.
Heckler & Koch SP89 converted to full auto fire and made to look like an MP5K. Note lack of paddle magazine release and push-pin lower receiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake prepares for the air raid along with the Saigon Shadows. The magazine release is clearly that of a SP89 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake fires the SP89 at Cuervo's men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing he Saigon Shadows prepare to take off with the police helo. Hershe has an MP5K Heckler & Koch HK94 The HK94 , a civilian, long-barrel semiauto version of the MP5, is seen in the hands of various gang members.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing HK94 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gang member armed with an HK94. AKM The hippie surfer named Pipeline (Peter Fonda ) carries an AKM when he meets Snake Plissken on the beach. Seen in the hands of various gang members in L.A. (AKM variants being very common)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM assault rifle - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pipeline (Peter Fonda ) confronts Snake with the AKM. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrel, handguard and front sight assembly is clearly identifiable here as an AKM, and the magazine is of the steel variety... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...while in the next scene he has a Krinkov with a synthetic type magazine slung across his back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of many LA residents carrying an AK variant. Pretty much everyone carries in this movie. An armed society is a polite society? 'Galil' 7.62x39mm AK derivates with Galil-like foregrips and stocks are seen at various points in the movie. The banana-curved magazine gives it away as the only Galil- or Galil-based weapons ever made are chambered for 5.56x45 or 7.62x51mm and do not have these extremely curved magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Galil ARM 5.56mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two of the gang members in this scene carry the 'Galilalike' M16 Seen in the hands of various gang members.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 with 30 Round magazine - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 with A2 style handguards - 5.56x45mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gang member holds an M16. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of many gang members carrying an M16. M1 Garand Seen in the hands of various gang members, including the members of Cuervo Jones' gang.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Garand can be glimpsed on the far right pointed in the air Springfield M1903 Seen in the hands of Cuervo Jones' gang members.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Springfield can be glimpsed right behind the Garand pointed in the air Heckler & Koch G3 Seen in the hands of various gang members.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch G3A3 7.62x51mm NATO Mauser Karabiner 98k Seen in the hands of Cuervo Jones' gang members.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Ruger Mini 14 Rifle The Ruger Mini-14 is seen on at least one occasion in a gang member's hands.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mini-14 Rifle - .223 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gang members cheering for Cuervo's death spectacle. Micro Uzi The Micro Uzi makes various appearances throughout the movie. They are mostly used by criminal gangs, e.g the Korean Dragons.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Micro Uzi with 32 rd magazine - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A horseman in Cuervo's motorcade ('motor'cade? with a horse? oh well.) fires his Micro Uzi at Snake. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Young members of the Korean Dragons fire their Micro Uzis at unaffiliated civilians. M1911 The M1911 is seen in the pistol holster of the Surgeon-General of Beverly Hills (Bruce Campbell ). Snake later takes this pistol from him after shooting him with a small blowdart.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1911 .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake holds the 1911 at the Surgeon General after disarming him. The small ejection port betrays the gun as a pre-A1 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Taslima holds the 1911 after Snake gave it to her - the slide stop is that of a 1911, not the special elongated slide stop for gloved hands that the Kongsberg M1914 has. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuervo's microphone man holds a 1911 variant. Net gun The Surgeon General's caped staff use a net gun to capture Snake.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Staffer prepares to capture Snake in his net. Magnum Research Desert Eagle Map to the Stars Eddie (Steve Buscemi ) carries .357 Desert Eagle of which Snake Plissken takes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Desert Eagle - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Map to the Stars Eddie takes aim at Snake in the sewer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake later holds Eddie's Desert Eagle at him after forcefully boarding his car and disarming him. Ruger P90 Cuervo Jones (George Corraface ) carries a Ruger P90 throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruger P90 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuervo has his Ruger ready as Eddie emerges from the sewer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Side shot of the Ruger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuervo (George Corraface ) aims his Ruger at Eddie again. M136 AT4 Cuervo Jones (George Corraface ) attempts to shoot down Pliskin's helicopter with an M136 AT4 rocket launcher. It is famously seen from the front unloaded for about a second, then suddenly fires a missile.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M136 AT4 Anti-Tank rocket launcher - 84mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuervo (George Corraface ) prepares to fire at Snake's helo. Street Sweeper A gang member is seen holding a Street Sweeper towards the air and later shooting it with an angled foregrip.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Street Sweeper Error creating thumbnail: File missing Seen in the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing I bet these two would love to know how they look in their IMFDB still capture. MAC-10 A gang member holds a MAC-10 while escorting Snake to the basketball court in the middle of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAC-10 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A member of Cuervo's gang holding a MAC-10 sneers at Snake as Snake realises he has his coat. Seecamp 32 Hershe carries a Seecamp 32ACP pistol between her legs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Snake has disarmed Hershe and negotiates on his own terms. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing SPAS-12 A Franchi SPAS-12 is seen in the hands of a gang member at the Happy Kingdom.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SPAS-12 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SPAS-12 is pointed in the air I'm pretty sure this is a RUBBER SPAS-12 ;) MoviePropMaster2008 04:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC) 
