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'''The following weapons were used in the movie ''Escape from LA'':'''
[[Image:EscapeLA.jpg|thumb|350px|right|''[[Escape from LA]]'' (1996)]]
==Coreburner==
The "Coreburner" used by Snake Plissken ([[Kurt Russell]]) is a heavily modded [[M16 rifle series|LaFrance M16K]].
[[Image:LaFranceM16K223.jpg|thumb|none|400px|LaFrance Specialties M16K w/o Forward Assis- 5.56x45mm. ]]
[[Image:Coreburner.jpg|thumb|none|500px|LaFrance Specialties M16K - 5.56x45mm modded for the film.]]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The weapon is displayed for Snake.  It's described as a 'Coreburner, magnesium ammo, 500 extra rounds.']]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake fires the Coreburner at Malloy and Brazen.]]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake looks dumbfounded as they reveal the first magazine was loaded with blanks in anticipation of his move.]]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After getting ashore in L.A., Snake ambushes Pipeline ([[Peter Fonda]]) with the Coreburner.]]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As a skinhead is about to throw a knife at him, Snake casually blasts the guy with the Coreburner.]]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake takes aim at Cuervo...]]
[[Image:Efla-coreburner7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...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 [[Smith & Wesson Model 29|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.
[[Image:Smith & Wesson Performance Center model 629.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Smith & Wesson 629]]
[[Image:Efla-s&w1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake clips on his revolvers holstered in thigh holsters]]
[[Image:Efla-s&w2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake fires his revolvers in a deceptive duel, challenging his adversaries to draw when a can hits the ground. Snake draws before the can.]]
[[Image:Efla-s&w3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'Draw'.]]
[[Image:Efla-s&w4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake doesn't give Map to the Stars Eddie a warm handshake.]]
[[Image:Efla-s&w5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:Mini14 GB Choate Folding stock.jpg|thumb|none|500px|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]]
[[Image:Efla-mini141.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cuervo prepares to take aim with the AC556.]]
[[Image:Efla-mini142.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Utopia moves to distract Cuervo.]]
[[Image:Efla-mini143.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake disarms Cuervo in the parking lot.]]
[[Image:Efla-mini144.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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 Launcher]]s 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. - [[User:Phoenixent|Phoenixent]]
[[Image:FN FAL 50 00.jpg|thumb|none|500px| FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:Coltflare.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cobray CM203 Launcher launcher - 37mm]]
[[Image:Efla-FAL1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A USPF guard holds an FN FAL during Snake's prisoner exchange.]]
[[Image:Efla-FAL2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two USPF goons keep Snake at gunpoint while he prepares to enter the mini-sub.]]
[[Image:Efla-FAL3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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 HK33#HK93& Koch HK93|Heckler & Koch HK93A3]] with bipod on board Air Force One. - [[User:Phoenixent|Phoenixent]]
[[Image:HK93FullStock.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Heckler & Koch HK93 Rifle - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:Efla-hk331.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake watches a video of Utopia holding an HK93 when speaking to the camera onboard Air Force One.]]
[[Image:Efla-hk332.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:MP5A3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9mm with stock extended]]
[[Image:Efla-mp51.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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]]'' in the movie ''[[Speed]]''. - [[User:Phoenixent|Phoenixent]] Hershe also has a garden variety MP5K with a black receiver.
[[Image:H&K-MP5KEarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|500px|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.]]
[[Image:Efla-mp5k1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake prepares for the air raid along with the Saigon Shadows. The magazine release is clearly that of a SP89]]
[[Image:Efla-mp5k2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake fires the SP89 at Cuervo's men.]]
[[Image:Efla-mp51.jpg|thumb|none|600px|he Saigon Shadows prepare to take off with the police helo. Hershe has an MP5K]]
== Heckler & Koch HK94 ==
The [[Heckler & Koch MP5#Heckler & Koch HK94|HK94]], a civilian, long-barrel semiauto version of the MP5, is seen in the hands of various gang members.
[[Image:HK94.jpg|thumb|none|500px|HK94]]
[[Image:Efla-hk94.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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)
[[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AKM assault rifle - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Efla-akm1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pipeline ([[Peter Fonda]]) confronts Snake with the AKM.]]
[[Image:Efla-akm2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Barrel, handguard and front sight assembly is clearly identifiable here as an AKM, and the magazine is of the steel variety...]]
[[Image:Efla-aksu1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...while in the next scene he has a Krinkov with a synthetic type magazine slung across his back.]]
[[Image:Efla-ak471.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:Galil.jpg|thumb|500px|none|IMI Galil ARM 5.56mm]]
[[Image:Efla-galilak1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two of the gang members in this scene carry the 'Galilalike']]
:Would it be possible that this is an RK-62? --[[User:AdAstra2009|AdAstra2009]] 02:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
==M16==
Seen in the hands of various gang members.
[[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 with 30 Round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:M16A1wA2Handguards.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 with A2 style handguards - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[Image:Efla-m161.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A gang member holds an M16.]]
[[Image:Efla-m162.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]]
[[Image:Efla-spas121.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Garand can be glimpsed on the far right pointed in the air]]
==Springfield M1903==
Seen in the hands of Cuervo Jones' gang members.
[[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==
Seen in the hands of various gang members.
[[Image:HKG3A3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Heckler & Koch G3A3 7.62x51mm NATO]]
==Mauser Karabiner 98k==
Seen in the hands of Cuervo Jones' gang members.
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|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.
[[Image:Ruger-Mini-14.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mini-14 Rifle - .223]]
[[Image:Efla-mini301.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:MicroUziPistol02.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Micro Uzi with 32 rd magazine - 9mm]]
[[Image:Efla-microuzi1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A horseman in Cuervo's motorcade ('motor'cade? with a horse? oh well.) fires his Micro Uzi at Snake.]]
[[Image:Efla-microuzi2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Young members of the Korean Dragons fire their Micro Uzis at unaffiliated civilians.]]
==M1911==
The [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|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.
[[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|300px|none|M1911 .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Efla-19141.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Snake holds the 1911 at the Surgeon General after disarming him. The small ejection port betrays the gun as a pre-A1 version.]]
[[Image:Efla-19142.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.]]
[[Image:Efla-19113.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cuervo's microphone man holds a 1911 variant.]]
== Net gun ==
The Surgeon General's caped staff use a net gun to capture Snake.
[[Image:Efla-netgun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:DesertEagle357Black.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Desert Eagle - .357 Magnum]]
[[Image:Efla-de1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Map to the Stars Eddie takes aim at Snake in the sewer.]]
[[Image:Efla-de2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:RugerP90Side.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Ruger P90 - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Efla-ruger1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cuervo has his Ruger ready as Eddie emerges from the sewer.]]
[[Image:Efla-ruger2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Side shot of the Ruger.]]
[[Image:Efla-ruger3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:AT-4Launcher.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M136 AT4 Anti-Tank rocket launcher - 84mm]]
[[Image:Efla-rocket1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cuervo ([[George Corraface]]) prepares to fire at Snake's helo.]]
== Street Sweeper ==
A gang member is seen holding a [[Armsel Striker and variants#SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper|Street Sweeper]] towards the air and later shooting it with an angled foregrip.
[[Image:SWD-StreetSweeper.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Street Sweeper]]
[[Image:Efla-striker1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seen in the background.]]
[[Image:Efla-striker2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
[[Image:IngramMAC10.jpg|thumb|none|300px|MAC-10]]
[[Image:Efla-mac101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A member of Cuervo's gang holding a MAC-10 sneers at Snake as Snake realises he has his coat.]]
== Seecamp 32 ==
== Seecamp 32 ==
Hershe ([[Pam Grier]]) carries a Seecamp 32ACP pistol between her thighs.  Snake finds the gun and points it at her.
Hershe ([[Pam Grier]]) carries a Seecamp 32ACP pistol between her thighs.  Snake finds the gun and points it at her.
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[[Image:Efla-pocket4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Eddie is just chillin'.]]
 
== SPAS-12 ==
A [[Franchi SPAS-12]] is seen in the hands of a gang member at the Happy Kingdom.
 
[[Image:SPAS12.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SPAS-12]]
[[Image:Efla-spas121.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A SPAS-12 is pointed in the air]]
::I'm pretty sure this is a RUBBER SPAS-12 ;)  [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 04:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 
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Revision as of 22:54, 19 December 2009

Seecamp 32

Hershe (Pam Grier) carries a Seecamp 32ACP pistol between her thighs. Snake finds the gun and points it at her.

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Snake has disarmed Hershe and negotiates on his own terms.
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Eddie is just chillin'.