Tropic Thunder: Difference between revisions
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Tropic Thunder: Difference between revisions
[[Image:TTM16A1-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino holds his M16A1 gangster style.]]
[[Image:TTM16A1-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino holds his M16A1 gangster style.]]
[[Image:TTM16A1-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino fires his M16A1.]]
[[Image:TTM16A1-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chino fires his M16A1.]]
==M60==
Jeff "Fats" Portnoy ([[Jack Black]]) wields an [[M60|M60 Machine Gun]] as his weapon in the film. Jack Black commented on how he got stuck with the M60, which he knew was nicknamed "The Pig", and was tolds he was a natural with it, something he found disturbing. Some other random soldiers are also seen firing M60s during the opening scene.
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M60 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) - 7.62x51mm NATO.]]
[[Image:TTM60-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door-gunner fires an M60 during the "Hot LZ" opening scene.]]
[[Image:TTM60-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Portnoy fires his M60 during the opening scene.]]
[[Image:TTM60-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A door-gunner fires an M60.]]
[[Image:TTM60-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Portnoy with his M60.]]
[[Image:TTM60-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Portnoy with his M60.]]
[[Image:TTM60-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"This thing's too heavy. I want the rubber one that the prop-guy gave me. Where's the fuckin' prop-guy?!"]]
(more to come tommorow) -GM
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Revision as of 19:56, 21 November 2008
The following guns were used in the film Tropic Thunder:
Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), along with various other characters, uses a 16" barreled AR-15 Sporter II Carbine throughout the film, which is anachronistic for Vietnam . The original AR-15 Carbine was an SP1 (sold between 1978-1985)), so there was no forward Assist on the upper receiver. Stiller's gun is the A1 version, or what Colt called the "Sporter II version" in U.S. sales. The Colt Model 653 based weapons came after 1973. He should be using an XM177 variation to be accurate to the era. It may be an homage to the movie Platoon since the characters of Barnes (Tom Berenger) and Elias (Willem Dafoe) used the Phillipine export Colt Model 653 rifles. This film uses what is available in the United States, which happens to be the Sporter II carbine, since most of the movie was filmed in Los Angeles and Hawaii.
Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel) and Alpo Chino (Branon T. Jackson) both carry M16A1 rifles fitted with the older style M16 muzzle flash reducers throughout the film.
Jeff "Fats" Portnoy (Jack Black) wields an M60 Machine Gun as his weapon in the film. Jack Black commented on how he got stuck with the M60, which he knew was nicknamed "The Pig", and was tolds he was a natural with it, something he found disturbing. Some other random soldiers are also seen firing M60s during the opening scene.
