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[[File:Pmc.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DIA PMC behind Snead ([[Eric Close]]) carries a AR-15 variant.]]
[[File:Pmc.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A DIA PMC behind Snead ([[Eric Close]]) carries a AR-15 variant.]]
==Colt Model 653==
==Colt Model 654==
A private military contractor is seen using what appears to be a [[Colt Model 653]] with a 16" barrel and RIS handguard.
A private military contractor is seen carrying a [[Colt Model 654]] with a 16" barrel and KAC RIS quad rail handguard.
[[Image:ColtM653.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Colt Model 653 "M16A1 Carbine" modified with a 16" barrel - 5.56x45mm]]
[[File:Colt Model 654.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Colt Model 654 "M16A1 Carbine", the export model of the Model 653 without forward assist (the version in the film has a 16" barrel) - 5.56x45mm]]
[[File:AmericanSniper Contractor (2).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PMC with his 653. Note the longer barrel.]]
[[File:AmericanSniper Contractor (2).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PMC with his 653. Note the longer barrel.]]
[[File:AmericanSniper Contractor.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PMC with his 653. Here we can see the A1 carry handle.]]
[[File:AmericanSniper Contractor.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A PMC with his 653. Here we can see the A1 carry handle and also a slab side upper, lacking a forward assist.]]
American Sniper is a 2014 biographical war film directed by Clint Eastwood with a screenplay by Jason Hall. Based on Chris Kyle's autobiography American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, the film stars Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife Taya Ranae Kyle.
The following weapons were used in the film American Sniper:
Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) uses a McMillan TAC-338A rifle as one of his main weapons. The weapon is fitted with a Leupold Mark 4. The rifle is also similar in appearance to the TAC-338 rifle that Kyle used in real life.
During his first tour in Iraq, Kyle uses a Remington Mk 13 Mod 0, based off the Remington Model 700, chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum. The weapon is fitted with a McMillan A2 stock, Nightforce NXS scope, harris bipod, MIRS night vision rail, and Knight's Armament M110 suppressor.
A Marine Recon Scout Sniper (Tony Nevada) that accompanies Kyle on a mission in Iraq is seen firing a M40A3 Sniper Rifle while engaging insurgents in Sadr City.
Kyle uses a Mk 12 Mod 1 Special Purpose Rifle with a tan paint scheme, Harris bipod, Crane stock, Leupold Mark 4 scope, and suppressor while training to be a sniper. Other SEALs are also seen using the rifles in Iraq.
TRIVIA: Chris Kyle, in a piece for Soldier of Fortune wrote that he "took the lower receiver off [his] (sic) M-4 and put it on the upper receiver of [his] Mk-12. That gave [him] a collapsible stock and allowed [him] to go full-auto." By stating that he could "go full-auto", he very clearly meant an M4A1 Carbine, not the burst fire only M4 Carbine, but some use "M4" as an umbrella term to refer to both. Additionally, he could have simply put a collapsible stock and full auto trigger pack on his Mk-12, he didn't need to change the lower for that, it was likely just done as it'd be easier than cannibalizing parts off of an M4A1.
An Iraqi Tabuk Sniper Rifle is seen in a cache of weapons and depicted on a bounty poster for Chris Kyle. The Tabuk rifles seen in the film are American-made copies built by the Two Rivers Arms Company for Independent Studio Services, the film's armorer.
A young Chris Kyle (Cole Konis) and his father (Ben Reed) are seen hunting using a Remington Model 700. Chris later takes his son out hunting with Remington 700s as well.
U.S. Marines in Iraq can been seen using M16A4 rifles as their standard weapons. Another Marine carries an M16A4 fitted with an EOTech sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, stock-mounted magazine pouch, and an M203 grenade launcher. During Kyle's fourth tour, a Recon Marine (Brett Edwards) that accompanies him on a mission is also armed with an M16A4, but with an ACOG sight, AN/PEQ-15 IR designator, and an M203 grenade launcher.
Kyle and many of the SEALs use tan-painted Mk 18 Mod 0 CQB carbines with various accessories ranging from suppressors, AN/PEQ-2 and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators, Crane stocks, LMT rear sights, Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sights, and EOTech holographic sights. According to Independent Studio Services, the prophouse which supplied the weapons used in the film, Kyle's Mk 18 is built on an XM16E1 lower receiver and the same rifle was used with different accessories to represent different points in Kyle's career.
U.S. Army soldiers and some of the SEALs use M4A1 carbines with various attachments, including the M203 grenade launcher. Defense Intelligence Agency contractor agent Snead (Eric Close) carries a M4A1 with a Trijicon ACOG scope.
A Mk 48 Mod 0 fitted with an ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-15 IR designator and cloth ammo bag is carried by the Navy SEAL nicknamed "Biggles" (Jake McDorman). Marc Lee (Luke Grimes) also carries around a Mk 48 machine gun with a retractable stock in certain missions.
When two USMC AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters are seen flying escort for a UH-1N Huey during Kyle's second tour, the ubiquitous M197 Vulcan is visible in the nose. During a firefight, a USMC AH-1W Super Cobra can be seen firing into an insurgent position.
Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) briefly carries a Springfield TRP during his first tour, visible in a thigh rig holster and/or a leather belt holster. He later switches to a SIG pistol (from his second tour on), which should be a .45 ACP SIG-Sauer P220 (according to Kyle's autobiography and Independent Studio Services, which provided the arsenal for the movie –Recoil Magazine Issue 18, USA), but might be a P226 on some shots. In real life, Kyle's Springfield TRP Operator was a personal sidearm of choice during his first tour before it was damaged by shrapnel, prompting him to switch to a modern design sidearm onward on his later tours.
Starting from his second tour to the rest of the movie, Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) carries a SIG-Sauer P220 as his sidearm in a brown leather hip holster. According to ISS, Kyle's SIG is an original West German model. Like the Springfield TRP Operator, the SIG-Sauer P220 was a personal sidearm of choice of Kyle's when he made the switch later in his military service.
Most of the U.S. Navy SEALs in the film carry the SIG-Sauer P226 as their sidearm. Both Navy SEAL Lt. Martens (Sam Jaeger) and Dauber (Kevin Lacz) are seen carrying their P226 pistols tucked into their plate carriers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSIG-Sauer P226 - 9x19mm ParabellumError creating thumbnail: File missingDauber (Kevin Lacz) with the P226 tucked in his plate carrier. Note the straighter grip and smoother backstrap design. Kevin Lacz was a SEAL who was a close friend of the real Chris Kyle and served with him in Iraq. In fact, "Dauber" is the nickname Kyle gave him.Error creating thumbnail: File missingOn the right, Dauber (Kevin Lacz) with a SIG-Sauer P226 pistol tucked in his plate carrier.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA SIG-Sauer P226 pistol is seen in the vest of Navy SEAL Lt. Martens (Sam Jaeger) as he stands next to Colonel Jones (Chance Kelly). A good clear shot of the P226's straighter grip and smoother backstrap design but also clearly visible are double-stack bulges which are consistent with a P226.
Beretta 92FS
Ranger One (Owain Yeoman) and a Delta sniper in Kyle's fourth tour both have a Beretta 92FS in their leg platform rig holsters. The Beretta 92FS is likely standing in as the Beretta M9.
During the film's opening, a Marine on patrol appears to be armed with the short barrel variant of the Benelli M1 Super 90 with a pistol grip, short barrel and Surefire forend. The shotgun was likely standing in for the Mossberg 590A1 shotguns actually used by the U.S. Marines.
A cache of weapons including rifles and grenades are found hidden in a floor. The weapons include several AKMS rifles, at least one Tabuk sniper rifle, several F-1 hand grenades, an RGD-5 hand grenade, a PROM-1 anti-personnel mine, two RPG-7 launchers, and several RKG-3 anti-tank grenades.
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