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Are you SURE those rifles the Marines use aren't Beretta BM59s?[[User:Foofbun|Foofbun]] 09:10, 7 October 2010 (UTC) | Are you SURE those rifles the Marines use aren't Beretta BM59s?[[User:Foofbun|Foofbun]] 09:10, 7 October 2010 (UTC) | ||
:Actually I do not believe they were either M-14s or Beretta BM59s. The BM-59 was not available in the US until the mid-late 80s and, at the time the movie was made, likewise for the M-14/M-1A. If you look closely these appear to be M-1 Garands with some sort of mocked up flash suppressor and extended magazine attached. Something similar was seen in the movie adaptation of "A Rumor of War" when the M-14 was not available similar faux weapons were used. Also you see, among other weapons, a standard M-1 Garand and an M-1 carbine (particularly in the first pic). --[[User:Charon68|Charon68]] 10:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC) | :Actually I do not believe they were either M-14s or Beretta BM59s. The BM-59 was not available in the US until the mid-late 80s and, at the time the movie was made, likewise for the M-14/M-1A. If you look closely these appear to be M-1 Garands with some sort of mocked up flash suppressor and extended magazine attached. Something similar was seen in the movie adaptation of "A Rumor of War" when the M-14 was not available similar faux weapons were used. Also you see, among other weapons, a standard M-1 Garand and an M-1 carbine (particularly in the first pic). --[[User:Charon68|Charon68]] 10:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC) | ||
*Thanks for that Charon. I was using an M14 when the film came out and knew they weren't M14s. The mocked up Garand makes sense as some of the gun magazines at the time were advertising coversions for your M1 to take a fixed magazine you'd load by stripper clips. I'm surprised the National Guard at the time didn't adopt that...[[User:Foofbun|Foofbun]] 19:17, 7 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
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Beretta BM59
Are you SURE those rifles the Marines use aren't Beretta BM59s?Foofbun 09:10, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Actually I do not believe they were either M-14s or Beretta BM59s. The BM-59 was not available in the US until the mid-late 80s and, at the time the movie was made, likewise for the M-14/M-1A. If you look closely these appear to be M-1 Garands with some sort of mocked up flash suppressor and extended magazine attached. Something similar was seen in the movie adaptation of "A Rumor of War" when the M-14 was not available similar faux weapons were used. Also you see, among other weapons, a standard M-1 Garand and an M-1 carbine (particularly in the first pic). --Charon68 10:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for that Charon. I was using an M14 when the film came out and knew they weren't M14s. The mocked up Garand makes sense as some of the gun magazines at the time were advertising coversions for your M1 to take a fixed magazine you'd load by stripper clips. I'm surprised the National Guard at the time didn't adopt that...Foofbun 19:17, 7 October 2010 (UTC)