The Dark Knight: Difference between revisions
The Dark Knight: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Dark Knight: Difference between revisions
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-4.png|thumb|none|600px|The sniper chambers his Blaser 93 which clearly has a straight pull bolt-action.]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-4.png|thumb|none|600px|The sniper chambers his Blaser 93 which clearly has a straight pull bolt-action.]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-5.png|thumb|none|600px|Like in most films, the rifles are shown to have lasers which reveal to the target they are under a sniper scope. In reality, lasers are very tactically unsound. Also, snipers aims for the head, not the torso (unless a headshot is not available and it clearly is here).]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-5.png|thumb|none|600px|Like in most films, the rifles are shown to have lasers which reveal to the target they are under a sniper scope. In reality, lasers are very tactically unsound. Also, snipers aims for the head, not the torso (unless a headshot is not available and it clearly is here).]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-6.png|thumb|none|600px|A sniper prepares to fire his Blaser 93.]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sniper prepares to fire his Blaser 93.]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-7.png|thumb|none|600px|A sniper fires his Blaser 93.]]
[[Image:TDKBlazer93-7.png|thumb|none|600px|A sniper fires his Blaser 93.]]
Revision as of 09:58, 15 November 2009
The following weapons were used in the film The Dark Knight:
One of the Joker's henchmen named "Happy" uses a 40mm grenade launcher to break a window and to fire a grappling hook to the bank's roof. They are later seen used once more by his men to fire a line between two buildings to take down a GCPD helicopter.
A Beretta 92SB-C equipped with a suppressor is used by one of The Joker's henchmen, "Happy" during the bank heist to kill "Dopey". An officer is also seen pointing his 92SB-C at The Joker when he takes Detective Stephens (Keith Szarabajka) hostage with a shard of glass, demanding to get his one phone call.
"Grumpy", one of The Joker's henchmen in the bank heist, uses a Glock 17 to kill "Happy" in the vault. He also uses it to hold up The Joker, suspecting he will kill him as well, only for Joker to tell him he is going to kill the bus driver. This confuses Grumpy until he is hit by a bus that smashes into the building. Several other Glocks are seen in the hands of Lau's henchmen and Gotham City police throughout the film.
The Joker (Heath Ledger) uses a Glock 17 that has been converted to full-auto, as the gun lacks the Glock 18's firing selector switch on the side of the slide. His tutone Glock is fitted with a G18's standard 33 round magazine. He is seen using it as his main weapon several times in the film. For someone as bizarre as The Joker, the gun fits him well as it is very rare, destructive, stylish although in some ways impractical. The extremely high cyclic rate makes it difficult to control, although in the hands of an experienced shooter, it is all the more deadly. The armorer referred to the gun as a Glock 18, but this is less of a mouthful then "Glock 17 converted to full-auto to resemble a Glock 18". Not to mention, he likely assumed no one would know the difference anyway. The armorer also mentioned how three Glocks were used, including two converted Glock 17s and one flashpaper model for close shooting scenes where blanks are harmful. Trivia: To make the Joker's Glock sound more impressive, the sound editors mixed in the report of a GE M134 Minigun. Despite the extreme cyclic rate difference (roughly 1300rpm to 4000rpm), this sound fits quite nicely.
Lau (Chin Han) is seen pulling a Walther P99 from his desk when Batman (Christian Bale) cuts the power to the building. Lau then uses the Walther to fire several shots at Batman.
During Harvey Dent's (Aaron Eckhart) cross-examination in a trial of mobster Sal Maroni (Eric Roberts), the witness Al Rossi(Michael Vieau) draws a Glock 26 cosmetically changed to look like a different gun. He pulls the trigger, but the gun misfires. After dissarming Rossi, Dent identifies the gun as a "Carbon fiber... 28 Caliber, made in China." Though, admittedly, this is just movie-talk, and therefore not actually pertaining to the gun.
The Joker takes a Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub off of one of his men at Harvey Dent's fundraiser after Batman knocks him unconscious and uses it to hold Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) hostage before shooting out the window behind him and dropping her out of it.
Detective Stephens (Keith Szarabajka) uses a SIG-Sauer P229 as his sidearm in the film most notably during the funeral when The Joker fires at the mayor.
M4A1 carbines are used by the GCPD SWAT teams throughout the film, and police snipers during the funeral. The M4A1s are seen mainly fitted with reflex sights, foregrips, and M900 Surefire tactical lights.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt M4A1 with LE stock and factory grips - 5.56x45mm.File:TDKM4A1-1.pngA SWAT sniper fires his M4A1 at a window when a timer opens the shades to distract the snipers from The Joker and his men.File:TDKM4A1-2.pngA SWAT officer guards Harvey Dent in the transport van.File:TDKM4A1-3.pngA SWAT officer loads his M4A1 fitted with a Surefire M900 light before breaching the building.File:TDKM4A1-4.pngBatman disarms a SWAT officer of his M4A1.File:TDKM4A1-5.pngSWAT officers ride the elevator armed with M4A1s.File:TDKM4A1-6.pngSWAT officers do a sweep armed with M4A1s and MP5A3s.
Heckler & Koch MP5A2
Heckler & Koch MP5A2s are used by GCPD SWAT teams and Lau's men in Hong Kong throughout the film.
Blaser 93 sniper rifles are used by the GCPD SWAT snipers over looking the building The Joker is in from the neighboring rooftop. While the poor light makes them kind of hard to see, the basic shape of the rifle and the obvious straight pull bolt-action makes it easy to identify.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBlaser 93 - 7.62x51mm NATO.File:TDKBlazer93-1.pngA SWAT sniper trains his Blaser 93 on the "clowns", unaware they are hostages disguised as henchmen against their will.File:TDKBlazer93-2.pngA SWAT sniper waits for the order to fire.File:TDKBlazer93-3.pngAny sniper with a brain would find such easy shots bizarre. The fact they are standing still with their hands bound would likely cause suspicion as well.File:TDKBlazer93-4.pngThe sniper chambers his Blaser 93 which clearly has a straight pull bolt-action.File:TDKBlazer93-5.pngLike in most films, the rifles are shown to have lasers which reveal to the target they are under a sniper scope. In reality, lasers are very tactically unsound. Also, snipers aims for the head, not the torso (unless a headshot is not available and it clearly is here).Error creating thumbnail: File missingA sniper prepares to fire his Blaser 93.File:TDKBlazer93-7.pngA sniper fires his Blaser 93.
M1 Garand
The Joker (Heath Ledger) and his men use M1 Garand rifles during the assassination attempt on the Mayor while disguised as the officers who carry out the 21 gun salute during the funeral of Commissioner Loeb (Colin McFarlane). Since funeral procession guns are blank converted or fitted with blank adapters (they could lack both but these guns clearly fire in semi-automatic), the guns are either following the movie myth that blanks and live rounds both work in live guns, or they removed the adapters and are firing live rounds into the air for the first two volleys!
Note: Theoretically, (however unlikely) the rifles might be unmodified Garands firing grenade-launching blanks during the first two volleys.
A Chinese Norinco Type 69 copy of the RPG-7 is used by the Joker during the armored car chase scene. He uses it to destroy a police cruiser, but fails to hit the armored car protecting Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). When Batman (Christian Bale) joins the chase, The Joker fires on the armored car again, only to hit the Tumbler inadvertently (after Batman bridges his Tumbler in front of the van). The Tumbler damaged beyond viability, Batman is forced to switch to his secondary vehicle hidden within the Tumbler, the Batpod. The SWAT officer riding shotgun referred to this rocket propelled grenade launcher as a "bazooka", which meant that this officer probably did not have any prior military experience before joining GCPD.
An AKMSU is used by one of Scarecrow's men during the meeting with the Russians.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAKMSU Krinkov - 7.62x39mm. This is a blank adapted full auto transferable AKM (7.62x39mm) pistol that was converted into a Krinkov via parts kit.File:TDKAKMSU-1.pngA thug fires his AKMSU at the Tumbler.
IMI Mini Uzi
One of the Batman copycats is seen using an IMI Mini Uzi to shoot at the Russians.
A Ruger Mini-14 is used by one of the Batman copycats who attacks the meeting between Scarecrow and the Russians. Batman twists the barrel on the rifle with his super-strength gadget before knocking him out.
Several of The Joker's men are seen using Beretta PM12S submachine guns throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBeretta PM12S - 9mm.File:TDKPM12S-1.jpgOne of The Joker's men holds a Beretta PM12S on the party goers at the fundraiser. Apparently they didn't have enough plastic clown masks in stock and had to paint pantyhose instead.File:TDKPM12S-2.pngOne of The Joker's men disguised as a doctor readies his Beretta PM12S as the SWAT enters.File:TDKPM12S-3.pngOne of Joker's men readies his PM12S.File:TDKPM12S-4.pngThe thug with his PM12S.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Several officers in Hong Kong following the SDU teams are seen using Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers with heavy barrels and rubber grips.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson Model 10 HB (Heavy barrel) Revolver (Post 1950s Model) - .38 Special. Later incarnations of the Model 10 had a non tapered Heavy Barrel, which leads it to be commonly mistaken for a .357 revolver.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA lobby guard in Lau's building is seen with a rubber gripped Smith & Wesson Model 10 in his holster.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Hong Kong officer aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Batman.
Smith & Wesson Model 29
"Chuckles" is seen holding a Smith & Wesson Model 29 in his left hand when he is shot by the Bank Manager.
After The Joker announces on the news that if Coleman Reese (Joshua Harto) isn't killed within the hour, he will blow up a hospital in Gotham, one citizen tries to shoot Reese with his old nickel plated Colt Police Positive before he is tackled by the police.
During the bank robbery, the Bank Manager (William Fichtner) uses a sawed-off Remington 870 shotgun to kill "Chuckles" and fires at Joker and Grumpy, firing five shots in total. Grumpy asks Joker if he is out and when he jumps up to fire, an unexpected sixth round grazes him before Joker shoots him. After he kills his remaining men, Joker takes the shotgun for himself. He is later seen using it to gun down a traffic cop who walks up to his semi-truck and to fire at the SWAT van transporting Harvey Dent before switching to his RPG. Multiple times in the film he is seen firing the gun with one hand, which in reality would produce more recoil than shown. Since blanks produce little to no recoil, this factor doesn't present a problem in movie guns.
Remington 870 shotguns are seen as the standard long arms of the Gotham City Police Department. One of the Batman copycats is also seen firing one during the meeting between the Chechan and Scarecrow.
A Double Barrel Shotgun is seen wielded by one of The Joker's henchmen at the fundraiser. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) disarms the henchman of the shotgun and then disassembles the gun. This gun was likely selected because it is arguably one of the simplest guns to disassemble of many.
Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) uses a Benelli M3 Super 90 with a Surefire dedicated forend (which he took from the SWAT officer who rides in the front seat with him in the armor transport carrying Dent) to apprehend The Joker only seconds before he tries to get to Batman. Several other GCPD SWAT officers use Benelli M3 shotguns as well.
The Joker (Heath Ledger) uses a Smith & Wesson M76 stored in his semi-truck to open fire on Batman's Batpod and several civilian cars before Batman crashes and Joker ditches the gun in favor of his knife. One of Scarecrow's men is also seen armed with one during the meeting with the Russians. Like the modified Glock 17 listed above, the report of a GE M134 Minigun is dubbed over for the sound of the gun.
Many of Joker's men use MAC-10s through out the film. Several of the hostages towards the end of the film disguised as clowns are seen with MAC-10s taped in their hands.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMAC-10 - .45 ACP.File:TDKMAC10-3.pngOne of The Joker's men points a MAC-10 at the party goers during the fundraiser.File:TDKMAC10-4.pngOne of the hostages disguised as a clown tries to pull the MAC-10 taped to their hands off as the SWAT team enter.File:TDKMAC10-5.pngOne of The Joker's men points his MAC-10 at the SWAT as they fall through the floor.
Browning M2HB
The National Guard jeeps are seen with Browning M2HBs mounted on top of them.
One of Scarecrow's men at the meeting with the Russians is seen in the background with a revolver too far aware for clear identification.
File:TDKrevolver-2.pngOne of Scarecrow's men to the right in the background is seen with an unknown revolver.
It looks like a Colt Police Positive . - Kenny99 00:39, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
The Joker's Grenades
The Joker, a "man of simple tastes", favors his explosives. Mainly grenades. During the bank robbery, he brings a duffle bag filled with grenades including Mk 2 hand grenades, M26 hand grenades, and M67 hand grenades, which he primes in the bank goers' hands so they are forced to hold the primer handles on. No indication is made that these go off when the lobby is gassed following the Joker's escape. Later when facing the major mob bosses during their meeting, he manages to stop Gambol from attacking by revealing many of these grenades attached to the inside of his jacket, all stringed to the ring attached to his finger.
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is seen using a custom built automated gun built from a GE M134 Minigun to test bullet impacts on slabs of wall to test which type of round matches the bullet he found used by The Joker to kill a police officer.
The Batpod is an autonomous vehicle salvaged from the Tumbler. It is equipped with mini-rocket launchers, machine guns and even two grappling hooks, notably used to bring down (or, actually up) The Joker's semi.
The mini-rocket launchers are used to clear automobiles immediately after the Batpod breaks off the Tumbler and to remove minor obstacles such as the alley garbage container. The grappling hook guns are first fired at the engine compartment of the semi and then trailing cables are secured around two street posts and then shot again to become anchored to the street. Note that this feat is next to impossible unless the initial hooks actually grab onto the semi's chassis. If they only hook onto the radiator, it would have come off instead of lifting the entire vehicle.
Batman uses a pump-action weapon to fire timed "sticky bombs" at the windows of Lau's building. He keeps the gun concealed and disassembled in the back of his utility belt.
