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'''The weapons seen in this movie are:'''
'''The weapons seen in this movie are:'''
==M1911A1==
Seen carried by all NCOs and officers and used by some Enlisted men during certain circumstances.  Both Corporal Clark and PFC Eriksson are seen carrying and using the M1911A1 for protection.
[[Image:COW-M1911A.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Thomas E. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) (right) fires his M1911A1 pistol - .45 ACP]]


==M16A1==
==M16A1==
The M16A1 rifle is standard issue amongst all of the soldiers seen in the film.  In Eriksson's squad, the members cross utilize the different weapons from time to time, usually manning a weapon when another is reloading, or injured.
[[Image:COW-M16 RhamesA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Reilly ([[Ving Rhames]]) hunkers down in the jungle at night with his M16A1 - 5.56mm ]]
[[Image:COW-M16A.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) fights with his M16A1 - 5.56mm ]]
[[Image:COW-M16A1 ReillyA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|PFC. Herbert Hatcher ([[John C. Reilly]]) struggles to clear a jam on his M16A1 - 5.56mm]]
[[Image:COW-M16A1SightsA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|An unusual shot as seen through the rifle sights of the M16A1 - 5.56mm ]]


==Fake Colt XM177 Commando==
==Fake Colt XM177 Commando==
[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve uses a fake XM177, built up from an Colt Sporter II Carbine.  What makes it weird is the unusual flash hider/muzzle brake which is too long for an XM177, the wrong diameter and has holes on one side only (the left side).   
[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve uses a fake XM177, built up from an SP1 Carbine.  What makes it weird is the unusual flash hider/muzzle brake which is too long for an XM177, the wrong diameter and has holes on one side only (the left side).   
[[Image:COW-XM177MockupA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177.  Here it looks to have an 11.5" barrel like an E2 model, but the receiver is an SP1 style slab side upper and SP1 style lower.  It looks like an SP1 Carbine that had it's barrel chopped and a strange muzzle brake installed.  At this angle, we can see the right (starboard) side of the flash hider has no holes.]]
[[Image:COW-XM177MockupA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177.  Here it looks to have an 11.5" barrel like an E2 model, but the receiver is an SP1 style slab side upper and SP1 style lower.  It looks like an SP1 Carbine that had it's barrel chopped and a strange muzzle brake installed.  At this angle, we can see the right (starboard) side of the flash hider has no holes.]]
[[Image:COW-XM177Fake02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177.  At this angle we can see that the left (port) side has strange 'lightning cut' compensator holes in the side.  The fact that the flash hider only had holes on one side makes it a very unusual muzzle brake.]]
[[Image:COW-XM177Fake02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177.  At this angle we can see that the left (port) side has strange 'lightning cut' compensator holes in the side.  The fact that the flash hider only had holes on one side makes it a very unusual muzzle brake.]]
[[Image:COW-FakeXM177SideA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the receiver of the fake XM177, which indicates it is a Sporter II carbine (which came out in 1987) or an SP1 Barrel attached to an A1 Style upper receiver.]]
[[Image:COW-FakeXM177HandguardA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Another interesting shot showing that the metal heat shield in the handguards don't have holes to bleed out the heat from rapid fire.  Yet another unusual aspect of this custom carbine.]]
[[Image:COW-WeirdXM177a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177 in daylight.  Here we can clearly see the strange 'diagonal' flash holes which are on one side of the muzzle brake only.  ]]
[[Image:COW-WeirdXM177a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177 in daylight.  Here we can clearly see the strange 'diagonal' flash holes which are on one side of the muzzle brake only.  ]]
[[Image:COW-XM177FlashA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve fires the fake XM177.  Here we can see a very strange flash coming out of the gun.  After the initial flash there are no other flashes as Penn "mime fires" the carbine in 'semi automatic mode' only.  Also in this night firing shot we can clearly see the strange pattern of the lopsided flash holes in this muzzle brake.]]
[[Image:COW-XM177FlashA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve fires the fake XM177.  Here we can see a very strange flash coming out of the gun.  After the initial flash there are no other flashes as Penn "mime fires" the carbine in 'semi automatic mode' only.  Also in this night firing shot we can clearly see the strange pattern of the lopsided flash holes in this muzzle brake.]]
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==M79 grenade launcher==
==M79 grenade launcher==
Used by PFC Max Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]). It is notoriously seen used to blow away an incoming grenade thrown at him, which in reality did happen to PFC Max Eriksson during the Vietnam War.
Used by PFC Max Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]). It is notoriously seen used to blow away an incoming grenade thrown at him, which in reality did happen to PFC Max Eriksson during the Vietnam War.
[[Image:COW-M79a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|[[Michael J. Fox]] as PFC Max Eriksson fires his M79 Grenade Launcher at an incoming grenade and hits it - 40mm]]
[[Image:COW-M79a.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|[[Michael J. Fox]] as PFC Max Eriksson fires his M79 Grenade Launcher at an incoming grenade and hits it.]]
[[Image:COW-M79 FoxA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|[[Michael J. Fox]] as PFC Max Eriksson with his M79 Grenade Launcher - 40mm]]
[[Image:COW-M79 DonHarveyA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Thomas E. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) carries the M79 later in the film, as many of the squad members swap weapons during battles.]]


==M60 machine gun==
==M60 machine gun==
Carried by every squad gunner in the film.  Again, the members take turns carrying and using the weapon, especially during "Mad Minute" fights.
[[Image:COW-M60A.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Tony Meserve ([[Sean Penn]]) fires his M60 Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm  ]]
[[Image:COW-M60 HarveyHoldsA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Thomas E. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) carries an M60 Machine Gun when returning from a long range patrol - 7.62x51mm  ]]
[[[[Image:COW-MadMInuteA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|The squad uses an M60 Machine gun and M16A1 rifles during a '''mad minute''' firefight - 7.62x51mm]]


==M60D Machine gun==
==M60D Machine gun==
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[[Image:COW-M60Da.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Doorgunners with the spade grips M60D Machine gun - 7.62x51mm]]
[[Image:COW-M60Da.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Doorgunners with the spade grips M60D Machine gun - 7.62x51mm]]


==Type 56/AK47==
 
The Viet Cong guerrillas use both full stock and folding stock AK47s (which are probably Type 56 rifles) however in the real war, despite the fact that the majority of AK rifles were Chinese Type 56s, there were '''some''' original Soviet AK47s given to the NVA who supplied them to the VC. 
==Type 56 AK47==
[[Image:COW-Type56UnderfolderA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|VC creeps forward in a tunnel, crawling by a Type 56-1 Underfolder AK - 7.62x39mm]]
Used by the VietCong's.
[[Image:COW-Type56 VCshota.jpg‎ ‎|thumb|none|600px|VC shot as he emerges from a tunnel hole, dropping his Type 56-1 Underfolder AK - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:COW-Type56FullStockA.jpg‎ ‎|thumb|none|600px|A VC unloads a bundle from a boat, a full stocked AK slung on his back.]]


==M67 Hand Grenade==
==M67 Hand Grenade==
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[[Image:COW-M67GrenadeLatrineA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Eriksson sees the M67 Grenade at the last moment.  Note that this grenade has an unusually shiny off color bright green paint job, and no lot nor armory markings.]]
[[Image:COW-M67GrenadeLatrineA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|Eriksson sees the M67 Grenade at the last moment.  Note that this grenade has an unusually shiny off color bright green paint job, and no lot nor armory markings.]]
[[Image:COW-M67ExplosionA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The barracks toilets explodes.  Hollywood's gift to the public, standard Fragmentation grenades that explode like howitzer rounds.  Any of us who have actually thrown live grenades (in military service) know that they don't have the power to obliterate an entire building.]]
[[Image:COW-M67ExplosionA.jpg‎ |thumb|none|600px|The barracks toilets explodes.  Hollywood's gift to the public, standard Fragmentation grenades that explode like howitzer rounds.  Any of us who have actually thrown live grenades (in military service) know that they don't have the power to obliterate an entire building.]]
==M29 81mm Mortar==
M29 Mortars are seen in the fire base in the background and are featured when the VC use captured ones for an attack.
[[Image:COW-MortarA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|VC use a capture U.S. M29 81mm Mortar in one of their attacks - 81mm]]
==M72A1 LAW Rocket==
Seen slung on the backs of U.S. Soldiers during marches or massing scenes.  Also seen being uncrated by VC who are sorting captured weapons.
[[Image:COW-M72LAWA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|VC guerrilla uncrates M72A1 LAW rockets - 66mm]]
==Trivial Special==
===Base Camp Wolf===
In the days before CGI, filmmakers had to build the massive sets and use actors (not CGI composites) to populate those sets.  In this film, Base Camp Wolf is an impressive and massive Army encampment with many REAL UH-1D Huey Helicopters taking off and landing every few minutes. 
[[Image:COW-Basecamp-WolfA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Impressive shot of Base Camp Wolf as a Huey Helicopter Lands.]]
===Period Beer Cans===
Kudos to the Art Designer/Prop Master for coming up with period Beer Cans.  PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) sits at a bar with a bunch of empty Budweisser cans.  Despite being a wee bit too large for the beer cans of the day, they are the '''correct''' straight side, removeable tab  beer cans that existed in the 1960s. 
[[Image:COW-BeerCansA.jpg‎‎|thumb|none|600px|PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) talks with Chaplain Kirk ([[Sam Robards]]) as he downs another Budweisser.  The cans and designs are correct for the 1960s, in contrast to the tapered aluminum drink cans used from the 1970s to today.]]


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Revision as of 05:13, 20 February 2009

The weapons seen in this movie are:

M16A1

Fake Colt XM177 Commando

Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve uses a fake XM177, built up from an SP1 Carbine. What makes it weird is the unusual flash hider/muzzle brake which is too long for an XM177, the wrong diameter and has holes on one side only (the left side).

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Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177. Here it looks to have an 11.5" barrel like an E2 model, but the receiver is an SP1 style slab side upper and SP1 style lower. It looks like an SP1 Carbine that had it's barrel chopped and a strange muzzle brake installed. At this angle, we can see the right (starboard) side of the flash hider has no holes.
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Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177. At this angle we can see that the left (port) side has strange 'lightning cut' compensator holes in the side. The fact that the flash hider only had holes on one side makes it a very unusual muzzle brake.
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Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177 in daylight. Here we can clearly see the strange 'diagonal' flash holes which are on one side of the muzzle brake only.
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Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve fires the fake XM177. Here we can see a very strange flash coming out of the gun. After the initial flash there are no other flashes as Penn "mime fires" the carbine in 'semi automatic mode' only. Also in this night firing shot we can clearly see the strange pattern of the lopsided flash holes in this muzzle brake.
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Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve fires the fake XM177 in the Daylight ambush. Again the rifle only fires semiautomatic.

M79 grenade launcher

Used by PFC Max Eriksson (Michael J. Fox). It is notoriously seen used to blow away an incoming grenade thrown at him, which in reality did happen to PFC Max Eriksson during the Vietnam War.

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Michael J. Fox as PFC Max Eriksson fires his M79 Grenade Launcher at an incoming grenade and hits it.

M60 machine gun

M60D Machine gun

Seen by all of the door gunners on the UH-1D Hueys in the film.

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Doorgunners with the spade grips M60D Machine gun - 7.62x51mm
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Doorgunners with the spade grips M60D Machine gun - 7.62x51mm


Type 56 AK47

Used by the VietCong's.

M67 Hand Grenade

An unseen perpetrator uses an M67 Grenade to attempt to blow up PFC Max Eriksson in the Latrine.

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An unidentified hand holds an M67 while lying in wait for Eriksson. Why the perpetrator chooses to wear the yellow chamois gloves (issued to M60 gunners along with their asbestos mitt) is unknown. Is he afraid of fingerprints? No prints remain on a grenade after it goes off....
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Eriksson sees the M67 Grenade at the last moment. Note that this grenade has an unusually shiny off color bright green paint job, and no lot nor armory markings.
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The barracks toilets explodes. Hollywood's gift to the public, standard Fragmentation grenades that explode like howitzer rounds. Any of us who have actually thrown live grenades (in military service) know that they don't have the power to obliterate an entire building.
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