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[[Image:GB Marine M60.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine fires an M60 on his bipod as Echo Company lands at Da Nang.]] | [[Image:GB Marine M60.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Marine fires an M60 on his bipod as Echo Company lands at Da Nang.]] | ||
[[Image:GB Ray M60 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ray fires his M60 in Hue, on handed.]] | [[Image:GB Ray M60 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ray fires his M60 in Hue, on handed.]] | ||
=Launchers= | |||
==M79 Grenade Launcher== | |||
Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]) carries an [[M79 grenade launcher|M79 Grenade Launcher]]) until he becomes Capt. Ramsey's ([[Casper Van Dien]]) RTO. | |||
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M79 grenade launcher - 40mm]] | |||
[[Image:GB Tex M79.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]) takes cover from a VC Machine Gun with his M79 Grenade Launcher.]] | |||
[[Image:GB Tex M79 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex fires a green smoke grenade from his M79 to indicate where an enemy APC is (in reality, red smoke would be used to mark a position for a fire mission, and green smoke would be used to mark friendly positions).]] | |||
[[Image:GB Tex M79 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex fires his M79 at a VC sniper in a spider hole.]] | |||
[[Image:GB Tex M79 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In this shot, Woolvett demonstrates somewhat exaggerated recoil.]] | |||
[[Image:GB Tex M79 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex fires his M79.]] | |||
[[Image:GB Tex M79 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex holds his M79 as Echo Company move an M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted aboard a jeep.]] | |||
==M72 LAW== | |||
Chico Spaceman ([[Pablo Espinosa]]) and other Marines carry the [[M72 LAW]], which is never seen fired. | |||
[[Image:M72A2LAW.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M72A2 LAW - 66mm]] | |||
[[Image:GB ChicoSpaceman M72LAW.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chico Spaceman ([[Pablo Espinosa]]) prepares to throw an M67 Hand Grenade, M72 LAW slung around his shoulder.]] | |||
[[Image:GB VCStockpile M72LAW.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M72 LAW, as well as several AK-47's, in a hidden VC stockpile.]] | |||
==M40 Recoilless Rifle== | |||
Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]) and 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter ([[Kenny Johnson]]) use an M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep to knock out several heavily fortified VC positions in Hue City. | |||
[[Image:M40Recoilless.jpg|thumb|none|600px|M40 Recoilless Rifle - 106mm]] | |||
[[Image:GB Jeep RecoilessRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep.]] | |||
[[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'Jimmy Joe' Coulter ([[Kenny Johnson]]) inspects the barrel, making sure that the gun is loaded.]] | |||
[[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]}) and 'Jimmy Joe' sight in the Recoilless Rifle.]] | |||
[[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex and 'Jimmy Joe' fire the Recoilless Rifle.]] | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Television]] | [[Category:Television]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 16 January 2011
Going Back is a 2001 made for TV movie starring Casper Van Dien as Capt. Ramsey, the former Marine C.O of Echo Company. Years after the war, Ramsey and several of his former soldiers return to Vietnam to film a TV documentary about their reunion, but tensions are high, as the men of E Company blame Ramsey for a friendly fire incident that resulted in the deaths of several Marines. As the men revisit old battlefields, the events leading up to the day in question are shown in a series of flashbacks. In the United States, the film was released on DVD under the title Under Heavy Fire.
The following weapons were used in the movie Going Back:
Rifles
M16A1
The main weapon used by the Marines of Echo Company, including Capt. Ramsey (Casper Van Dien), Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett), Eric Aimes (Daniel Kash), Gunnery Sergeant. 'Gunny' Bailey (Jim Morse), Chico Spaceman (Pablo Espinosa), Top Taylor (Lance Glass Green) is the M16A1.
AK-47
The main weapon of the Vietcong is the AK-47, most likely a Type II model.
Machine Guns
M60 Machine Gun
'Jimmy Joe' Coulter (Kenny Johnson) and Sgt. Ray Shepard (Bobby Hosea) carry the M60 Machine Gun for Echo Company. The M60 is also seen mounted on UH-1 'Huey' Iroquois Helicopters.
Launchers
M79 Grenade Launcher
Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett) carries an M79 Grenade Launcher) until he becomes Capt. Ramsey's (Casper Van Dien) RTO.
M72 LAW
Chico Spaceman (Pablo Espinosa) and other Marines carry the M72 LAW, which is never seen fired.
M40 Recoilless Rifle
Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett) and 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter (Kenny Johnson) use an M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep to knock out several heavily fortified VC positions in Hue City.
[[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]}) and 'Jimmy Joe' sight in the Recoilless Rifle.]]
