Tour of Duty - Season 3: Difference between revisions
Tour of Duty - Season 3: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Tour of Duty - Season 3: Difference between revisions
[[File:TODS3E01_21.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In Season 3's premiere "The Luck" (S3E01), the rifle used by Johnson on the right is the M16 SP1 variant.]]
[[File:TODS3E01_21.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In Season 3's premiere "The Luck" (S3E01), the rifle used by Johnson on the right is the M16 SP1 variant.]]
[[Image:MGC16.jpg|thumb|none|450px|The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan and one of the most used non firing replicas of the M16 in movies and television.]]
==MGC Replica M16==
In the scenes where blank-firing weapons were not needed, US soldiers often are seen carrying [[MGC M16]] Replica rifles..
[[Image:MGC16.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan and one of the most used non firing replicas of the M16 in movies and television.]]
[[Image:TODS3E02_02.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In "Doc Hock" (S3E02), the rifle carried by 2nd Lt. Miller ([[Peter Murnik]]) is an MGC M16 replica.]]
[[Image:TODS3E05_41.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In "Bodyguard of Lies" (S3E05), the rifle carried by Lt. Beller ([[Greg Germann]]) is in reality the MGC M16 replica.]]
[[Image:TODS3E05_41.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In "Bodyguard of Lies" (S3E05), the rifle carried by Lt. Beller ([[Greg Germann]]) is in reality the MGC M16 replica.]]
[[Image:TODS3E05_42.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In "Bodyguard of Lies" (S3E05), the rifle replica is held by Lt. Beller.]]
[[Image:TODS3E05_42.jpg|thumb|none|450px|In "Bodyguard of Lies" (S3E05), the rifle replica is held by Lt. Beller.]]
Unlike other officer and soldiers, First Lieutenant John McKay's (Dan Gauthier) sidearm is a blued Colt MK IV Series 80 with pearl grips that he carries in a shoulder holster. This is anachronistic for the time period of the series, as the MK IV Series 80 was first produced in 1983.
The M16 rifle was the main rifle of the U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam and is seen carried by most of the platoon. In the series, various models of the M16 are seen.
A Colt Sporter Carbine modified to resemble the XM177 rifle is mainly seen being used by SFC Clayton "Zeke" Anderson (Terence Knox). For the remainder of the series, the Colt is loaded with the more accurate 20 round magazine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe original XM177E1 - 5.56x45mm. The variant used in the show was a mockup made from a Colt Sporter Carbine with the barrel cut down to 10.25" and an aftermarket "CAR-15 style" flash hider installed.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe Colt Sporter Carbine is carried by Purcell in "War is a Contact Sport" (S3E18).Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe Carbine is reluctantly held by Pvt. Francis 'Doc Hoc' Hockenberry (John Dye) in "War is a Contact Sport" (S3E18).
In later episodes, Goldman carries an AKMS. In "War is a Contact Sport" (S3E18), an NVA tank gunner atop a T-55 is seen using one that's fitted with a drum magazine.
The Smith & Wesson M76 is seen used by Pvt. Ruiz (Ramon Franco) on some SOG missions.
In 1966 the Swedish goverment blocked the sales of arms to the US as a protest against US involvement in the Vietnam conflict. As a result, Smith and Wesson created a clone of the Swedish M/45 which became known as the M76 on its release in 1967.
The Carl Gustav M/45 is used by Cpl. Danny Purcell (Tony Becker) and CIA Agent Duke Fontaine (Patrick Kilpatrick) on some SOG missions. The US forces in Vietnam used "deniable" weapons for some ops, which included the Carl Gustav.
The Soviet Goryunov SGM Machine Gun or Chinese Type 57 machine gun is also seen used by NVA forces in the series. Actually it's not a real Goryunov machine gun. It's visually modified Browning M1919
