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[[Image:HRAK-14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers with AKMs. The guy to the left has an Egyptian Maadi, the rest have Polish kBk AKMs.]]
[[Image:HRAK-14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers with AKMs. The guy to the left has an Egyptian Maadi, the rest have Polish kBk AKMs.]]


===.223/5.45===
[[Image:HRAK223-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier approaches Paul's house with a .223 AK varient in hand.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier guards the hotel entrance with his 5.45mm AK carbine. This particular model looks like it was built with a Krinkov Russian parts kit.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard in Gen. Bizimungu's officer armed with the same Krinkov type AK.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier in Gen. Bizimungu's jeep armed with a 5.45mm AK varient. AK-74?]]
[[Image:HRAK223-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier armed with a Norinco Type 84S .223.]]


The long-barreled ones seem to be those WASR-3s we saw in ''[[Casino Royale]]'' and ''[[Sahara (2005)]]''. The short barreled ones I'm not so sure about. They seem to use the same-style mags as the WASR-3s, so they might just be guns that were given the folding stocks and had their barrels shortened - more of the "Franken-AKs", if you will.
[[Image:HRAK223-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier approaches Paul's house with a possible WASR-3 .223 AK in hand.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier guards the hotel entrance with his AK carbine. This particular model looks like a WASR-3 that was built with a Krinkov Russian parts kit to resemble an AKS-74U.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard in Gen. Bizimungu's officer armed with the same Krinkov type WASR-3.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier in Gen. Bizimungu's jeep armed with a WASR-3.]]
[[Image:HRAK223-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier armed with a WASR-3.
 


The bottom one doesn't seem to be a Type 84s. The color of the furniture is all wrong, and the gas tube and front sight are clearly AKM-style, whereas the Type 84, like the Type 56 (which it's a .223 version of), has the older-style AK-47 gas tube and front sight.





Revision as of 02:07, 13 November 2008

The following guns were used in the film Hotel Rwanda:

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Hotel Rwanda (2004)


Beretta 92

A Beretta 92 pistol makes several appearances in the film in the hands of many characters. This particular Beretta is the first model produced (and the sole reason why someone should never list a Beretta as a "Beretta 92" when they can't tell if it is an F or FS.) and it is somewhat strange to see it so actively used during this event (which only takes place in 1994.) The first of these users is a Rwandan Army commander who draws his sidearm and orders Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) to execute his friends for being "Tutsie Cockroaches", but he manages to bribe the commander into letting them go. One of the UN soldiers under Colonel Oliver's (Nick Nolte) command also is seen armed with a Beretta 92. Another random Rwandan officer is seen waking up Paul somewhat unpleasantly with the barrel of his 92. The last of these users is General Bizimungu (Fana Mokoena), who fires his 92 into the air as he orders his men to rush back to the hotel to stop the attacking Rwandan attackers.

Beretta 92, the first Beretta model produced, noted by rounded trigger guard and frame mounted safety (pre-decocking safety) - 9mm.
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The Rwandan commander orders Paul to execute his friends with his Beretta 92. He declines, claiming he doesn't use guns to which the commander responds by firing his gun into the air to show Paul how "easy" it is.
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The commander holds his Beretta 92 to Paul's head.
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The commander holding his Beretta 92 to Paul.
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A UN soldier with his Beretta 92 at the ready.
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A Rwandan officer wakes up Paul by sticking the muzzle of his Beretta 92 in his face.
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Paul stares down the barrel of the officers Beretta 92.
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A UN soldier tries to hold back surrounding Rwandan soldiers with his Beretta 92.
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Gen. Bizimungu fires his Beretta 92 into the air as his men rush to save the hotel.

Browning Hi-Power

Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte) is seen using a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm through out the film.

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Browning Hi-Power - 9mm.
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The Rwandan commander's Beretta 92 switches to a Browning Hi-Power.
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Colonel Oliver holds back the surrounding Rwandan soldiers with his Browning Hi-Power, firing it into the ground to keep them at bay.
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Colonel Oliver with his Browning Hi-Power drawn as he drives the hotel refugees across the border.

Beretta 92FS

While the Beretta 92 is the most prominently uses Beretta, a Beretta 92FS is seen used by a Rwandan soldier trying to arrest Paul when the soldiers invade the hotel. Its strange form makes it look like a flashpaper or airsoft replica.

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Beretta 92FS - 9mm.
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A Rwandan soldier sticks his Beretta 92FS in Paul's face.

AK Variants

The AK variants are the most used weapons of the Rwandan soldiers and the Rwandan Army in many different models, including 5.56x45mm, 5.45x39mm, and 7.62x39mm variants. The following pictures are left to be identified by people better with AKs than me. They are in order so if they are separated as a new gun, please make sure they stay in proper order.

First of all, it's "variants". Haha, just a minor spelling mistake I see you make often.
Damn, thanks for the correction. It's like the guage/gauge thing. -GM
I just had everything corrected and a damn edit conflict came up and the page glitched. (FUCK!)


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Both these Rwandan soldiers are armed with AKMS variants when they pull a man out of his house in the night and beat him in the street.
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A soldier with an AKMS with two mags taped together "jungle-style".
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A soldier guards Paul with an Egyptian Maadi AKM.
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The same soldier with his AKM.
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A soldier armed with an East German MPi-KMS. (AKMS)
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Close up on the barrel of a Polish kBk AKM.

Makes me think it's gotta be a kBk. Also, I assume you'll make a separate entry for the FN MAG held by the other guy?

Of course.
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A soldier with a Maadi AKM.
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An Army soldier with a Polish AKM guards the hotel entrance.
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A jeep full of Army soldiers, all armed with Polish AKMs.
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An Army soldier with an Polish AKM holds back the Rwandan soldiers.
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A soldier in the hotel with an Egyptian AKM.
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An Army soldier fires his AKM into the ceiling to stop the Rwandan soldiers.
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A Rwandan soldier fires his Norinco Type 56 at the refugees as they try to leave the country.
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Soldiers with AKMs. The guy to the left has an Egyptian Maadi, the rest have Polish kBk AKMs.


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A Rwandan soldier approaches Paul's house with a possible WASR-3 .223 AK in hand.
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A Rwandan soldier guards the hotel entrance with his AK carbine. This particular model looks like a WASR-3 that was built with a Krinkov Russian parts kit to resemble an AKS-74U.
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A guard in Gen. Bizimungu's officer armed with the same Krinkov type WASR-3.
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A soldier in Gen. Bizimungu's jeep armed with a WASR-3.

[[Image:HRAK223-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rwandan soldier armed with a WASR-3.