Airwolf: Difference between revisions
Airwolf: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Airwolf: Difference between revisions
The [[MAC-10]] is used throughout the series, notably by Dunkirk (who has one with a suppressor) in Season 2's "HX 1".
The [[MAC-10]] is used throughout the series, notably by Dunkirk (who has one with a suppressor) in Season 2's "HX 1".
[[Image:IngramMAC10.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Ingram MAC 10 open bolt Submachine gun - .45acp]]
[[Image:IngramMAC10.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Ingram MAC 10 open bolt Submachine gun - .45acp]]
[[Image:Airwolf S1 039.jpg|thumb|none|450px|A MAC-10 fitted with a barrel shroud is used in Season 1's "Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n" (S1E02).]]
[[Image:Airwolf S1 039.jpg|thumb|none|450px|A MAC-10 fitted with a barrel shroud is used by Carl Zimmer ([[Charles Knox Robinson]]) in Season 1's "Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n" (S1E02).]]
[[Image:Airwolf 123.jpg|thumb|none|450px|A MAC-10 fitted with a suppressor is used by Dunkirk ([[Michael Halsey]]) in Season 2's "HX 1".]]
[[Image:Airwolf 123.jpg|thumb|none|450px|A MAC-10 fitted with a suppressor is used by Dunkirk ([[Michael Halsey]]) in Season 2's "HX 1".]]
Airwolf was a television action series that aired for three seasons on CBS from 1984 to 1986 and then for one on the USA Network. For its first three seasons, the series starred Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke, a pilot who flew helicopters during the Vietnam War, who is asked by the Firm, a covert US government agency, to recover a top secret military attack helicopter known as Airwolf that has fallen into hostile hands. Upon the recovery, Stringfellow flies Airwolf on missions for the Firm, in exchange for the agency's continued search for his brother, who went MIA in Vietnam. The series was created by Donald Bellisario (who is known for creating such series as Magnum P.I., JAG, and NCIS) and co-starred Ernest Borgnine, Jean Bruce Scott, and Alex Cord. The main cast was replaced and mostly stock footage was used for the Airwolf flying scenes in the fourth season.
The following weapons were featured in the television series Airwolf:
According to the computer readout seen during Season 1, Airwolf's offensive weapons include 40mm Cannons and .50 caliber Chain Guns mounted on each side in addition to its rocket pods. The machine guns were shown to have telescoping barrels, which allowed them to be stowed away when the helicopter configured itself to fly supersonic.
Closeup of the Guns mounted on Airwolf. The big cannon underneath was supposed to be a 40mm cannon, while the two above were 50 caliber.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAirwolf's computer readout describing its weaponry.
As what was common for productions in the 1970's and 1980's, the Valmet M71S rifle is seen used as a substitute for the AK-47. In Season 2's "Short Walk to Freedom", Hawke is seen with the rifle.
An RPG-7 is seen used by various enemy forces throughout the series, most likely the same mockup used in the film Red Dawn (filmed only a year before the series went into production). In Season 1's "Mad Over Miami" (S1E07), Cuban forces are seen trying to take down Airwolf with one, as it's erroneously identified as an anti-aircraft weapon.
The M72 LAW is seen during a weapons demonstration in Season 2's "HX 1". In Season 2's "Out of the Sky", a LAW is fired at Airwolf from another helicopter.
