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== AK-47 (Norinco Type 56) == | == AK-47 (Norinco Type 56) == | ||
Doc Brown ([[Christopher Lloyd]]) is shot with an 'AK-47' rifle, actually the Chinese made copy, the [[Norinco Type 56]], by Libyan terrorists. This is probably the only time in a motion picture where a Kalashnikov-pattern rifle is seen jamming (yet it can happen, usually when a round pops up at a strange angle in the magazine stopping the feed completely and racking the action doesn't immediately eject the misfed round). Why this was noteworthy amongst firearms enthusiasts was because the AK was (and is) still one of the world's most reliable weapons and rarely experiences the jams of other, more 'delicate' firearms. | Doc Brown ([[Christopher Lloyd]]) is shot with an 'AK-47' rifle, actually the Chinese made copy, the [[Norinco Type 56]], by Libyan terrorists. This is probably the only time in a motion picture where a Kalashnikov-pattern rifle is seen jamming (yet it can happen, usually when a round pops up at a strange angle in the magazine, stopping the feed completely, and racking the action doesn't immediately eject the misfed round). Why this was noteworthy amongst firearms enthusiasts was because the AK was (and is) still one of the world's most reliable weapons and rarely experiences the jams of other, more 'delicate' firearms. | ||
[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.]] | [[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.]] | ||
[[Image:Back-to-the-Future-AK-47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyans open fire on Doc Brown from the van with his Chinese AK-47 (Norinco Type 56), however in the motion picture world, the 7.62x39mm round cannot penetrate the thin aluminum wall of a delivery van.]] | [[Image:Back-to-the-Future-AK-47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyans open fire on Doc Brown from the van with his Chinese AK-47 (Norinco Type 56), however in the motion picture world, the 7.62x39mm round cannot penetrate the thin aluminum wall of a delivery van.]] | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 24 November 2009
The following guns were used in the film Back to the Future:
AK-47 (Norinco Type 56)
Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) is shot with an 'AK-47' rifle, actually the Chinese made copy, the Norinco Type 56, by Libyan terrorists. This is probably the only time in a motion picture where a Kalashnikov-pattern rifle is seen jamming (yet it can happen, usually when a round pops up at a strange angle in the magazine, stopping the feed completely, and racking the action doesn't immediately eject the misfed round). Why this was noteworthy amongst firearms enthusiasts was because the AK was (and is) still one of the world's most reliable weapons and rarely experiences the jams of other, more 'delicate' firearms.
RPG-7
The Libyan terrorists attempt to destroy the time machine with an RPG-7, causing Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) to accelerate to the speed necessary to initiate time travel in an attempt to escape.
- It is one of those fiction RPG-7s like the ones in Red Dawn and Rambo: First Blood Part II
Single Action Army
In the beginning of the movie, Doc Brown attempts to defend himself from the terrorists with a nickel-plated Single Action Army fitted with pearl grips. He has this as his personal sidearm because the "Wild West" is his favorite period in history as he mentions in the later movies.
Charlie Parker 1878 Double Barrel Shotgun
When Marty first travels back in time to 1955, "Old Man Peabody", a farmer plus obsessive pine-tree breeder, (Will Hare), mistaking him for a malevolent space mutant, fires a Charles Parker shotgun at him.
