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==M1911A1== | ==M1911A1== | ||
Seen carried by all NCOs and officers and used by some Enlisted men during certain circumstances. Both Corporal. Thomas E. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) and PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) are seen carrying and using the [[M1911A1]] for protection. | Seen carried by all NCOs and officers and used by some Enlisted men during certain circumstances. Both Corporal. Thomas E. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) and PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) are seen carrying and using the [[M1911A1]] for protection. | ||
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|War time issued (WW2) Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 acp.]] | [[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|400px|War time issued (WW2) Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 acp.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M1911A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) (right) fires his M1911A1 pistol - .45 ACP]] | [[Image:COW-M1911A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Clark ([[Don Harvey]]) (right) fires his M1911A1 pistol - .45 ACP]] | ||
==M16A1== | ==M16A1== | ||
The [[M16A1]] rifle is standard issue amongst all of the soldiers seen in the film. | The [[M16A1]] rifle is standard issue amongst all of the soldiers seen in the film. In Eriksson's squad, the members cross utilize the different weapons from time to time, usually manning a weapon when another is reloading, or injured. | ||
[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M16A1 Assault rifle - 5.56x45mm. Used by the United States military from 1967 to 1989.]] | [[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M16A1 Assault rifle - 5.56x45mm. Used by the United States military from 1967 to 1989.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M16 RhamesA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Reilly ([[Ving Rhames]]) hunkers down in the jungle at night with his M16A1 - 5.56mm ]] | [[Image:COW-M16 RhamesA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Reilly ([[Ving Rhames]]) hunkers down in the jungle at night with his M16A1 - 5.56mm]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M16A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) fights with his M16A1 - 5.56mm ]] | [[Image:COW-M16A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) fights with his M16A1 - 5.56mm]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M16A1 ReillyA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC. Herbert Hatcher ([[John C. Reilly]]) struggles to clear a jam on his M16A1 - 5.56mm]] | [[Image:COW-M16A1 ReillyA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC. Herbert Hatcher ([[John C. Reilly]]) struggles to clear a jam on his M16A1 - 5.56mm]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M16A1SightsA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An unusual shot as seen through the rifle sights of the M16A1 - 5.56mm. This was obviously done by using an adaptor in front of the camera lens as it is well out of scale for a real M16A1 backsight. ]] | [[Image:COW-M16A1SightsA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An unusual shot as seen through the rifle sights of the M16A1 - 5.56mm. This was obviously done by using an adaptor in front of the camera lens as it is well out of scale for a real M16A1 backsight.]] | ||
==Fake Colt XM177 Commando== | ==Fake Colt XM177 Commando== | ||
Sgt. Tony Meserve ([[Sean Penn]]) uses a fake XM177, built up from an Colt Sporter II Carbine. | Sgt. Tony Meserve ([[Sean Penn]]) uses a fake XM177, built up from an Colt Sporter II Carbine. What makes it weird is the unusual flash hider/muzzle brake which is too long for an XM177, the wrong diameter and has holes on one side only (the left side). | ||
[[Image:ColtM177E2.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Actual XM177E2 Carbine aka Colt Model 629 - 5.56x45mm. This was the last variant of the XM177 rifle used in the Vietnam War.]] | [[Image:ColtM177E2.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Actual XM177E2 Carbine aka Colt Model 629 - 5.56x45mm. This was the last variant of the XM177 rifle used in the Vietnam War.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-XM177MockupA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177. | [[Image:COW-XM177MockupA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Tony Meserve carries a weird fake XM177. Here it looks to have an 11.5" barrel like an E2 model, but the upper and lower receiver are the M16A1 style. It looks like an Sporter II Carbine that had it's barrel chopped and a strange muzzle brake installed. At this angle, we can see the right (starboard) side of the flash hider has no holes.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-XM177Fake02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Meserve carries a weird fake XM177. | [[Image:COW-XM177Fake02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[Sean Penn]] as Sgt. Meserve carries a weird fake XM177. At this angle we can see that the left (port) side has strange 'lightning cut' compensator holes in the side. The fact that the flash hider only had holes on one side makes it a very unusual muzzle brake.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-FakeXM177SideA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the receiver of the fake XM177, which indicates it is a Sporter II carbine (which came out in 1987) or an SP1 Barrel attached to an A1 Style upper receiver.]] | [[Image:COW-FakeXM177SideA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the receiver of the fake XM177, which indicates it is a Sporter II carbine (which came out in 1987) or an SP1 Barrel attached to an A1 Style upper receiver.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-FakeXM177HandguardA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another interesting shot showing that the metal heat shield in the handguards don't have holes to bleed out the heat from rapid fire. | [[Image:COW-FakeXM177HandguardA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another interesting shot showing that the metal heat shield in the handguards don't have holes to bleed out the heat from rapid fire. Yet another unusual aspect of this custom carbine.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-WeirdXM177a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Meserve carries a weird fake XM177 in daylight. | [[Image:COW-WeirdXM177a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Meserve carries a weird fake XM177 in daylight. Here we can clearly see the strange 'diagonal' flash holes which are on one side of the muzzle brake only.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-XM177FlashA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Meserve fires the fake XM177. | [[Image:COW-XM177FlashA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Meserve fires the fake XM177. Here we can see a very strange flash coming out of the gun. After the initial flash there are no other flashes as Penn "mime fires" the carbine in 'semi automatic mode' only. Also in this night firing shot we can clearly see the strange pattern of the lopsided flash holes in this muzzle brake.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-FakeXM177FiresA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Meserve fires the fake XM177 in the Daylight ambush. | [[Image:COW-FakeXM177FiresA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Meserve fires the fake XM177 in the Daylight ambush. Again the rifle only fires semiautomatic.]] | ||
==M79 grenade launcher== | ==M79 grenade launcher== | ||
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==M60 machine gun== | ==M60 machine gun== | ||
Carried by every squad gunner in the film. | Carried by every squad gunner in the film. Again, the members take turns carrying and using the weapon, especially during "Mad Minute" fights. | ||
[[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M60 machine gun.]] | [[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M60 machine gun.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M60A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Tony Meserve ([[Sean Penn]]) fires his M60 Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm ]] | [[Image:COW-M60A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Tony Meserve ([[Sean Penn]]) fires his M60 Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm ]] | ||
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==M60D Machine gun== | ==M60D Machine gun== | ||
Seen by all of the door gunners on the UH-1D Hueys in the film. | Seen by all of the door gunners on the UH-1D Hueys in the film. | ||
[[Image:M60d.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M60D machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | [[Image:M60d.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M60D machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M60D2a.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Doorgunners with the spade grips M60D Machine gun - 7.62x51mm]] | [[Image:COW-M60D2a.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Doorgunners with the spade grips M60D Machine gun - 7.62x51mm]] | ||
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An unseen perpetrator uses an [[M26 hand grenade]] to attempt to blow up PFC Max Eriksson in the Latrine. | An unseen perpetrator uses an [[M26 hand grenade]] to attempt to blow up PFC Max Eriksson in the Latrine. | ||
[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|none||450px|M26 "Lemon" hand grenade.]] | [[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|none||450px|M26 "Lemon" hand grenade.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M67-GrenadeA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|An unidentified hand holds an M26 while lying in wait for Eriksson. | [[Image:COW-M67-GrenadeA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|An unidentified hand holds an M26 while lying in wait for Eriksson. Why the perpetrator chooses to wear the yellow chamois gloves (issued to M60 gunners along with their asbestos mitt) is unknown. Is he afraid of fingerprints? No prints remain on a grenade after it goes off....]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M67GrenadeLatrineA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Eriksson sees the M26 Grenade at the last moment. | [[Image:COW-M67GrenadeLatrineA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Eriksson sees the M26 Grenade at the last moment. Note that this grenade has an unusually shiny off color bright green paint job, and no lot nor armory markings.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M67ExplosionA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|The barracks toilets explodes. | [[Image:COW-M67ExplosionA.jpg |thumb|none|600px|The barracks toilets explodes. Hollywood's gift to the public, standard Fragmentation grenades that explode like howitzer rounds. Any of us who have actually thrown live grenades (in military service) know that they don't have the power to obliterate an entire building.]] | ||
==M29 81mm Mortar== | ==M29 81mm Mortar== | ||
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==M72A1 LAW Rocket== | ==M72A1 LAW Rocket== | ||
[[M72 LAW|M72A1 LAW Rockets]] are seen slung on the backs of U.S. Soldiers during marches or massing scenes. | [[M72 LAW|M72A1 LAW Rockets]] are seen slung on the backs of U.S. Soldiers during marches or massing scenes. Also seen being uncrated by VC who are sorting captured weapons. | ||
[[Image:M72_law.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M72 LAW 66mm.]] | [[Image:M72_law.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M72 LAW 66mm.]] | ||
[[Image:COW-M72LAWA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|VC guerrilla uncrate a captured box of M72A1 LAW rockets - 66mm]] | [[Image:COW-M72LAWA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|VC guerrilla uncrate a captured box of M72A1 LAW rockets - 66mm]] | ||
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==Trivial Special== | ==Trivial Special== | ||
===Base Camp Wolf=== | ===Base Camp Wolf=== | ||
In the days before CGI, filmmakers had to build the massive sets and use actors (not CGI composites) to populate those sets. | In the days before CGI, filmmakers had to build the massive sets and use actors (not CGI composites) to populate those sets. In this film, Base Camp Wolf is an impressive and massive Army encampment with many REAL UH-1D Huey Helicopters taking off and landing every few minutes. | ||
[[Image:COW-Basecamp-WolfA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Impressive shot of Base Camp Wolf as a Huey Helicopter Lands.]] | [[Image:COW-Basecamp-WolfA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Impressive shot of Base Camp Wolf as a Huey Helicopter Lands.]] | ||
===Period Beer Cans=== | ===Period Beer Cans=== | ||
Kudos to the Art Designer/Prop Master for coming up with period Beer Cans. | Kudos to the Art Designer/Prop Master for coming up with period Beer Cans. PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) sits at a bar with a bunch of empty Budweiser cans. Despite being a wee bit too large for the beer cans of the day, they are the '''correct''' straight side, removable tab beer cans that existed in the 1960s. | ||
[[Image:COW-BeerCansA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) talks with Chaplain Kirk ([[Sam Robards]]) as he downs another Budweiser. | [[Image:COW-BeerCansA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC Eriksson ([[Michael J. Fox]]) talks with Chaplain Kirk ([[Sam Robards]]) as he downs another Budweiser. The cans and designs are correct for the 1960s, in contrast to the tapered aluminum drink cans used from the 1970s to today.]] | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 17 April 2012
The following weapons were used in the movie Casualties of War:
M1911A1
Seen carried by all NCOs and officers and used by some Enlisted men during certain circumstances. Both Corporal. Thomas E. Clark (Don Harvey) and PFC Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) are seen carrying and using the M1911A1 for protection.
M16A1
The M16A1 rifle is standard issue amongst all of the soldiers seen in the film. In Eriksson's squad, the members cross utilize the different weapons from time to time, usually manning a weapon when another is reloading, or injured.
Fake Colt XM177 Commando
Sgt. Tony Meserve (Sean Penn) uses a fake XM177, built up from an Colt Sporter II Carbine. What makes it weird is the unusual flash hider/muzzle brake which is too long for an XM177, the wrong diameter and has holes on one side only (the left side).
M79 grenade launcher
Used by PFC Max Eriksson (Michael J. Fox). It is notoriously seen used to blow away an incoming grenade thrown at him, which in reality did happen to PFC Max Eriksson during the Vietnam War.
M60 machine gun
Carried by every squad gunner in the film. Again, the members take turns carrying and using the weapon, especially during "Mad Minute" fights.
M60D Machine gun
Seen by all of the door gunners on the UH-1D Hueys in the film.
Type 56/AK47
The Viet Cong guerrillas use both full stock and folding stock AK47s (which are most probably Type 56 rifles) however in the real war, despite the fact that the majority of AK rifles were Chinese Type 56s, there were some original Soviet AK47s given to the NVA who supplied them to the VC.
M26 Hand Grenade
An unseen perpetrator uses an M26 hand grenade to attempt to blow up PFC Max Eriksson in the Latrine.
M29 81mm Mortar
M29 Mortars are seen in the fire base in the background and are featured when the VC use captured ones for an attack.
M72A1 LAW Rocket
M72A1 LAW Rockets are seen slung on the backs of U.S. Soldiers during marches or massing scenes. Also seen being uncrated by VC who are sorting captured weapons.
Trivial Special
Base Camp Wolf
In the days before CGI, filmmakers had to build the massive sets and use actors (not CGI composites) to populate those sets. In this film, Base Camp Wolf is an impressive and massive Army encampment with many REAL UH-1D Huey Helicopters taking off and landing every few minutes.
Period Beer Cans
Kudos to the Art Designer/Prop Master for coming up with period Beer Cans. PFC Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) sits at a bar with a bunch of empty Budweiser cans. Despite being a wee bit too large for the beer cans of the day, they are the correct straight side, removable tab beer cans that existed in the 1960s.
