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[[Image:BAT21 001.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Hambleton with his M1911 is helpless to prevent the capture of the downed helicopter crew.]] | [[Image:BAT21 001.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Hambleton with his M1911 is helpless to prevent the capture of the downed helicopter crew.]] | ||
[[Image:BAT21 002.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Hambleton fires his M1911.]] | [[Image:BAT21 002.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Hambleton fires his M1911.]] | ||
I am so suprised at how many people post pictures and make assumptions about the kind of firearm a protagonist is carrying. The firearm that Gene Hackman is using in the film is NOT a 1911. It is a Browning Hi-Power. Look at the muzzle. | |||
==M16A1== | ==M16A1== | ||
Revision as of 03:25, 25 October 2009
BAT*21 is a 1988 Vietnam War film that depicts the events surrounding the shootdown and rescue of Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton (Gene Hackman).
The following weapons were used in the movie BAT*21:
M1911A1
Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton (Gene Hackman) uses the 1911A1 as his main weapon when he is shot down. He also has to use it to kill a Vietnamese peasant in self defense.
I am so suprised at how many people post pictures and make assumptions about the kind of firearm a protagonist is carrying. The firearm that Gene Hackman is using in the film is NOT a 1911. It is a Browning Hi-Power. Look at the muzzle.
M16A1
Carried primarily by Captain Bartholomew Clark (Danny Glover) when he flies a helicopter to rescue Hambleton. Also seen fired by US helicopter crewman during the failed rescue attempt.
M60 machine gun
Used by the S-61 Sea King door gunner during the failed rescue attempt as well as NVA forces in their attempt to shoot down the search and rescue helicopters.
Chinese Type 56 assault rifle
NVA forces are seen throughout the film carrying the Norinco Type 56 standing in for the AK-47.
Makarov PM
An NVA officer is seen with a Makarov PM during the failed rescue attempt.
Browning M2 HB
NVA forces are seen using a Browning M2 to shoot down the rescue helicopters.
