An American Werewolf in London: Difference between revisions
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An American Werewolf in London: Difference between revisions
North Yorkshire villagers at the beginning of the film use the ubiquitous double barreled Side by Side shotgun. A group of villagers use their side by side shotguns to kill the first werewolf.
During a nightmare sequence, David Kessler (David Naughton) dreams that a group of monsters who resemble werewolf like creatures dressed in distorted World War II German style uniforms massacre his family inside their home. (Trivia: the uniforms are not accurate for any group of the Third Reich, they are fantasy costumes). Two of the "Nazi" monsters carry Ingram MAC-11 submachine guns, chambered in .380 ACP, noted for their small side in the actor's hands. What is puzzling is that the rate of fire in the movie is about half the rate of a real MAC-11 (which is a very fast 1200 rounds per minute). The sound effect of the gunfire is about 450 rounds per minute (like an M3A1 "Grease Gun"), which is more probably due to the sound effect in editing, and not the actual rate of fire of the submachine gun.
The British L1A1 Rifle was seen being used by Metropolitan Police to deal with a rampaging werewolf. Contrary to popular myth that British police of the period were unarmed, there were actually many roving armed units of the Force Firearms Unit in the British equivalent of SWAT Vans that were ready to meet threats with military firepower.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBritish L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) - 7.62x51mmError creating thumbnail: File missingA Metropolitan police constable loads up his magazine with 7.62x51mm Full metal jacket rounds. One can see clearly by the front of the magazine that it is an "inch pattern" FAL magazine (which is correct for the L1A1 SLR) and not a metric pattern magazine.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Metropolitan Police Force Firearms Unit team calmly loads their L1A1 SLRs (Self loading rifles) in their tactical van - 7.62x51mmError creating thumbnail: File missingBritish Special Armed Response officers take positions while other constables try to hold back the crowd. Of course one wonders why a crowd would be so keen on rushing towards a rampaging werewolf?Error creating thumbnail: File missingArmed London Metropolitan Police with L1A1 rifles (British Inch Pattern FALs in Semi automatic only) - 7.62x51mm. They are outfitted with ART II scopes and somewhat surprisingly P37 Slings that have been 'blancoed' (i.e. whitish green treatment of WW2 era cotton slings). Though most of the FALS or L1A1 were being issued with the newer Nylon Green slings since the late 1960s.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLondon Metropolitan police armed with L1A1 rifles hesitate when Alex Price (Jenny Agutter) rushes past the police blockade - 7.62x51mm
