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An American Werewolf in London (1981) | [[Image:American werewolf in london.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An American Werewolf in London (1981) ]] | ||
The Following guns were used in the movie: | |||
==[[FN FAL|L1A1 Rifle]]== | |||
The British L1A1 semiautomatic only rifle was seen being used by London Special Response Units to deal with a rampaging werewolf. Contrary to popular myth that British police of the period were unarmed, there were actually many roving armed 'Special Response units' in the British equivalent of SWAT Vans that were ready to meet threats with military firepower. | |||
[[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none|500px|British L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) - 7.62x51mm]] | |||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1MagazineA.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Metropolitan police constable loads up his magazine with 7.62x51mm Full metal jacket rounds.]] | |||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1PoliceVanA.jpg |thumb|none|500px|A Metro Special Response team calmly loads their L1A1 SLRs (Self loading rifles) in their tactical van - 7.62x51mm]] | |||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1Squad.jpg |thumb|none|500px|British Special Armed Response officers take positions while other constables try to hold back the crowd. Of course one wonders why a crowd would be so keen on rushing towards a rampaging werewolf?]] | |||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1LineupA.jpg |thumb|none|500px|Armed London Metropolitan Police with L1A1 rifles (British Inch Pattern FALs in Semi automatic only) - 7.62x51mm. They are outfitted with ART II scopes and somewhat surprisingly P37 Slings that have been 'blancoed' (i.e. whitish green treatment of WW2 era cotton slings). Though most of the FALS or L1A1 were being issued with the newer Nylon Green slings since the late 1960s.]] | |||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1 01a.jpg|thumb|none|500px|London Metropolitan police armed with L1A1 rifles hesitate when Alex Price ([[Jenny Agutter]]) rushes past the police blockade - 7.62x51mm]] | |||
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Revision as of 09:31, 22 January 2009
The Following guns were used in the movie:
L1A1 Rifle
The British L1A1 semiautomatic only rifle was seen being used by London Special Response Units to deal with a rampaging werewolf. Contrary to popular myth that British police of the period were unarmed, there were actually many roving armed 'Special Response units' in the British equivalent of SWAT Vans that were ready to meet threats with military firepower.
