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[[Image:TTSporterII-17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino reloads his Sporter II.]] | [[Image:TTSporterII-17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino reloads his Sporter II.]] | ||
==M16A1== | |||
Kevin Sandusky ([[Jay Baruchel]]) and Alpo Chino ([[Branon T. Jackson]]) both carry [[M16|M16A1]] rifles fitted with the older style M16 muzzle flash reducers throughout the film. | |||
[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sandusky and Chino with their M16A1 rifles.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sandusy with his M16A1. Note older style M16 muzzle flash reducer.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sandusky takes cover from Guerilla fire with his M16A1 rifle in hand.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino with his M16A1 as Guerillas shoot at him.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sandusky hides as Lazarus tries to speak Mandarin to the Guerilla leader, Tran ([[Brandon Soo Hoo]]).]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sandusky searches the huts for Speedman.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino holds his M16A1 gangster style.]] | |||
[[Image:TTM16A1-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino fires his M16A1.]] | |||
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Revision as of 04:40, 21 November 2008
The following guns were used in the film Tropic Thunder:
AR-15 Sporter II Carbine
Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), along with various other characters, uses a 16" barreled AR-15 Sporter II Carbine throughout the film, which is anachronistic for Vietnam . The original AR-15 Carbine was an SP1 (sold between 1978-1985)), so there was no forward Assist on the upper receiver. Stiller's gun is the A1 version, or what Colt called the "Sporter II version" in U.S. sales. The Colt Model 653 based weapons came after 1973. He should be using an XM177 variation to be accurate to the era. It may be an homage to the movie Platoon since the characters of Barnes (Tom Berenger) and Elias (Willem Dafoe) used the Phillipine export Colt Model 653 rifles. This film uses what is available in the United States, which happens to be the Sporter II carbine, since most of the movie was filmed in Los Angeles and Hawaii.
M16A1
Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel) and Alpo Chino (Branon T. Jackson) both carry M16A1 rifles fitted with the older style M16 muzzle flash reducers throughout the film.
