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==Firearms==
'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Red Dawn'' (1984):'''
 
==[[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]==
==[[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]==



Revision as of 14:55, 11 June 2008

The following weapons were used in the film Red Dawn (1984):

AKM

AKM rifles are used by Soviet and Cuban soldiers, and later captured by the Wolverines.

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Maadi MISR (AKM) 7.62x39mm as used in Red Dawn (image from Long Mountain Outfitters)


According to Long Mountain Outfitters (http://www.longmountain.com/movieguns/RedDawn), the AKMs used in the movie were actually Egyptian Maadi MISR semi-auto rifles, some of the first semi-automatic Kalashnikov-type rifles ever imported into the United States (besides the Clayco AKM copies). 53 such rifles were used in the movie, 32 of which were converted to full-auto by Class 2 manufacturer Pearl Manufacturing specially for the film. These guns were later used in numerous other movies.

AKS-74

-used by Nicaraguan Paratroopers and Soviet Spetsnaz (actually the rifles in the movie were dummied up AKMs with skeletal stocks and a custom make muzzle brake that resembled the AK74. Also the magazines in the so called AK-74s in the movie were 7.62x39, not 5.45)

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AKS-74 5.45x39mm with bayonet and bayonet sheath


RPG-7

Used by Soviet and Communist Bloc soldiers, and later Charlie Sheen. The weapon itself is actually an RPG-2 which has been modified to look like an RPG-7. It is easy to tell the difference given the shape of the warhead and the slightly bulky nature of the optical sight.

Valmet M78

The Valmet M78 LMG was standing in for the Soviet RPK since none were available in the country when this movie was filmed. The M78 LMG was used by Russian Paratroopers in the beginning of the movie and, and later by the Wolverines, most notably by Jennifer Grey.

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Finnish Valmet M78, standing in for a Russian RPK (since they didn't have any available when this film was made) with a standard stock and 30 rd magazine. Both straight buttstock and synthetic thumbhole stocks (both made by Valmet) were used in the film.

DShK heavy machine gun

-mounted on vehicles. The ones on vehicles were non-firing dummies. The only ones firing were actually converted American M-60s with a dummy 'DSHK' looking barrel on the front. This can be seen obviously when Lea Thompson is firing the gun during an ambush.

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DShK 12.7x109mm


Jatimatic SMG

Used by Colonel Strelnikov (William Smith) when he is hunting Charlie Sheen and Patrick Swayze at the end of the film. It was supposed to resemble the Polish PM-63 but none were available in the country during the time of filming.

Colt SAA

Used by Patrick Swayze's character.

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Colt Single Action Army .45 Long Colt

This revolver was a piece owned by director John Milius.

Winchester 1894

Used for a short time but not in actual combat. Doug Toby who played the character of Aardvark fires a single shot from the back of a pickup truck at Russian troops, after an American UH-1 helicopter attacks the Soviets on the ground using rockets.

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Winchester Model 1894


FN FAL

Seen briefly in the hands of some Cuban troops during a "Wolverine" ambush.

Remington 870

One of the weapons grabbed by the boys from Mr. Morris' store at the beginning of the movie. Originally used in its' full sized version and then seen with the barrel cut down to just above the magazine tube after the first ambush of the Russian soldiers near the monument. Used pretty much exclusively by C. Thomas Howell's character Robert throughout the movie.