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[[Image:Valmet M78.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 7.62x39mm with high-capacity ammo drum and standard magazine]] | [[Image:Valmet M78.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 7.62x39mm with high-capacity ammo drum and standard magazine]] | ||
[[Image:Valmet M78 LMG.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 7.62x39mm 30 round Magazine]] | [[Image:Valmet M78 LMG.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 7.62x39mm 30 round Magazine]] | ||
[[Image:ValmetM78A2 308.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden foregrip - 7.62x51mm (.308 Win)]] | |||
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as Col. John Matrix in ''[[Commando]]'' (Valmet M78/83) | * [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as Col. John Matrix in ''[[Commando]]'' (Valmet M78/83) | ||
Revision as of 23:42, 25 December 2008
The Finnish Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun has the standard clubfoot RPK style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm. It has been chambered in 5.56mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester). In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the M78/83.
The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Col. John Matrix in Commando (Valmet M78/83)
- Central American rebels in Predator (Valmet M78/83)
- Wolverines in Red Dawn (Valmet M78)
- Russian Paratroopers in Red Dawn (Valmet M78)
- Michael Cudlitz as sniper Pallermo in The Negotiator