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[[Image:UnderFirePoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Under Fire''' (1983)]] | [[Image:UnderFirePoster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Under Fire''' (1983)]] | ||
'''Under Fire''' is a 1983 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring [[Nick Nolte]], [[Joanna Cassidy]] and [[Gene Hackman]] as journalists covering the Nicaraguan Revolution. | '''Under Fire''' is a 1983 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring [[Nick Nolte]], [[Joanna Cassidy]] and [[Gene Hackman]] as journalists covering the Nicaraguan Revolution. | ||
'''''The following weapons are featured in the 1983 film Under Fire:''''' | |||
=Pistols and Revolvers= | |||
== Colt M1911A1 == | |||
Oates carries a derivative of the [[M1911A1]] pistol in a shoulder holster. Rebels who hijack a plane to drop propaganda leaflets that proclaim that the rebel leader Rafael is still alive also are armed with a M1911A1. | |||
[[Image:Colt45.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oates gets up from beneath the bodies of Nicaraguan soldiers who shielded him from a rebel grenade.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Price argues with Oates, who has both an [[Uzi]] submachine gun and a M1911-style pistol in his holster.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A FSLN rebel aims his M1911A1 at a pilot while using his plane to drop leaflets proclaiming that the rebel leader Rafael is still alive.]] | |||
== Smith & Wesson M&P Revolver== | |||
When Price is wounded and forced to hide from Nicaraguan soldiers, an old woman gives him a Smith & Wesson M&P revolver to defend himself. | |||
[[Image:S&W M&PSHORT.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special (Later Renamed the Model 10)]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A wounded Price grasps his Smith & Wesson M&P revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Price aims a Smith & Wesson M&P revolver at a surprised Nicaraguan soldier.]] | |||
==Colt New Service Revolver== | |||
A Colt New Service Revolver is carried by one of a group of teenage rebels who is holding Marcel Jazy (Jean-Louis Trintignant) hostage. | |||
[[Image:ColtNewService45LC.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt New Service Revolver aka Model 1909 - .45 Colt. This is also chambered in 44-40 and .38 special]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The rebel prepares to fire.]] | |||
==Colt Model 1900== | |||
Another teenage rebel carries a really worn Colt Model 1900 semi automatic pistol - .38 ACP | |||
[[Image:UF-unk-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
== IMI Uzi == | |||
Oates ([[Ed Harris]]), an American mercenary whom Price encounters throughout the film, carries a [[Uzi]] submachine gun which he carries during the scenes set in Chad. Later, a Nicaraguan rebel leader (Lucina Rojas) also is armed with a fixed-stock Uzi. | |||
[[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|350px|IMI Uzi - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oates hides under a truck during a Chadian government air attack.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Oates smiles after reading a CIA propaganda leaflet dropped by the airplane.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A female FSLN rebel holds diners hostage when the rebels enter a club to search for government officials.]] | |||
[[Image:UF-Uzi-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A female rebel leader holds an Uzi to her chest when she cheers after the downfall of the Somoza regime.]] | |||
=Rifles= | |||
== Valmet M71S == | == Valmet M71S == | ||
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[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm.]] | [[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm.]] | ||
[[Image:UF-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Chadian rebel moves through the brush with his Kalashnikov. Note that the rebel next to him is carrying a fake "RPG-7".]] | [[Image:UF-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Chadian rebel moves through the brush with his Kalashnikov. Note that the rebel next to him is carrying a fake "RPG-7".]] | ||
== Heckler & Koch G3A3 == | == Heckler & Koch G3A3 == | ||
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[[Image:UF-G3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:UF-G3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
== FN FAL Variants == | |||
== FN FAL == | |||
=== FN FAL 50.00 === | === FN FAL 50.00 === | ||
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FAL.]] | FAL.]] | ||
[[Image:UF-uk-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:UF-uk-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
=Machine Guns= | |||
== M60 == | |||
A gunner aboard a Chadian government helicopter fires a [[M60]] machine gun when it ambushes the rebels in the introduction. | |||
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M60 machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | |||
[[Image:UF-M60-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Though difficult to see, the M60's front sight and bipod can be made out.]] | |||
== FN MAG == | == FN MAG == | ||
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[[Image:UF-MAG-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px| A Nicaraguan Jeep passes refugees.]] | [[Image:UF-MAG-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px| A Nicaraguan Jeep passes refugees.]] | ||
[[Image:UF-MAG-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[Image:UF-MAG-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
Revision as of 02:51, 26 October 2009
Under Fire is a 1983 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy and Gene Hackman as journalists covering the Nicaraguan Revolution.
The following weapons are featured in the 1983 film Under Fire:
Pistols and Revolvers
Colt M1911A1
Oates carries a derivative of the M1911A1 pistol in a shoulder holster. Rebels who hijack a plane to drop propaganda leaflets that proclaim that the rebel leader Rafael is still alive also are armed with a M1911A1.
Smith & Wesson M&P Revolver
When Price is wounded and forced to hide from Nicaraguan soldiers, an old woman gives him a Smith & Wesson M&P revolver to defend himself.
Colt New Service Revolver
A Colt New Service Revolver is carried by one of a group of teenage rebels who is holding Marcel Jazy (Jean-Louis Trintignant) hostage.
Colt Model 1900
Another teenage rebel carries a really worn Colt Model 1900 semi automatic pistol - .38 ACP
Submachine Guns
IMI Uzi
Oates (Ed Harris), an American mercenary whom Price encounters throughout the film, carries a Uzi submachine gun which he carries during the scenes set in Chad. Later, a Nicaraguan rebel leader (Lucina Rojas) also is armed with a fixed-stock Uzi.
Rifles
Valmet M71S
The Chadian rebels that Russell Price (Nick Nolte) accompanies in the introduction of the film are armed with Finnish Valmet M71S rifles (impersonating AK-47 rifles, which were not widely available to American Armorers prior to the year this movie was filmed). Note: Just after the filming schedule (1982) more accurate versions of the AK-47 and AKMs started to be imported into the U.S.
AK-47
One of the rebels in the introduction is armed with what appears to be either a genuine AK-47 or Norinco Type 56 rifle, though it is too blurry for accurate verification.
Heckler & Koch G3A3
When Price hitches a ride on a truck with the Chadian rebels, most of the fighters aboard are armed with G3A3 rifles with tropical handguards.
FN FAL Variants
FN FAL 50.00
One of the most common weapons in the film is the FN FAL rifle, which is used by Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional soldiers and FSLN rebels. Oates also carries a FN FAL with a telescopic sight in Nicaragua, using it during a shootout with rebels that Price and fellow journalist Claire (Joanna Cassidy) are following. A FN FAL is used by a soldier to summarily execute Alex Grazier (Gene Hackman), in a moment deliberately modeled after the real life death of ABC reporter Bill Stewart.
Trivia note: Careful viewing of the screenshots reveal that the rifles have the Milspec FN Factory blank firing adapter screwed into the FAL flash hider! That knob at the end of the flash hider is the end tip of the BFA.
FN FAL 50.63
The FN FAL 50.63 Paratrooper rifle, distinguishable by its shorter 18 inch barrel and folding stock, is seen in the hands of Chadian rebels and Nicaraguan soldiers.
M1 Carbine
FSLN rebels are mostly armed with the M1 Carbine with 30 round magazines.
Unknown bolt action rifle
During the shootout at the church, one of the young rebels is armed with a bolt action rifle of unknown manufacture.
Machine Guns
M60
A gunner aboard a Chadian government helicopter fires a M60 machine gun when it ambushes the rebels in the introduction.
FN MAG
FN MAG machine guns are mounted on Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional Jeeps and helicopters.
