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[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Curtie testing the [[Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series#Accuracy International Arctic Warfare|Accuracy International Arctic Warfare]] in one of Jimmy’s gun caches. As a good customer, he’s displaying excellent trigger discipline.]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Curtie testing the [[Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series#Accuracy International Arctic Warfare|Accuracy International Arctic Warfare]] in one of Jimmy’s gun caches. As a good customer, he’s displaying excellent trigger discipline.]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Curtie preparing for a night-time hit from his hide-out at the tower in the monastery. This shot has a good view of the night vision scope, with the switch correctly turned to ‘off’.]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Curtie preparing for a night-time hit from his hide-out at the tower in the monastery. This shot has a good view of the night vision scope, with the switch correctly turned to ‘off’.]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While his mysterious associate Mae looks on, Curtie deals with a treat. Note how the carrying sling is wrapped around his hand for extra stability.]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Curtie facing attackers during the night-time shoot-out in the garden of the drug lord’s mansion. Again, the carrying sling is used for extra stability and the night vision scope proves it’s worth...]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Curtie facing attackers during the night-time shoot-out in the garden of the drug lord’s mansion. Again, the carrying sling is used for extra stability and the night vision scope proves it’s worth…]]
[[Image:ElephantWhite-AIAW-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While his mysterious associate Mae looks on, Curtie deals with a treat. Note how the carrying sling is wrapped around his hand for extra stability.]]
Elephant White is a 2010 action movie about mercenary Curtie Church (Djimon Hounsou) who takes up an assignment in the Thai capital of Bangkok to stop a ruthless gang of human traffickers.
With the help of old-time friend and shady arms dealer Jimmy (Kevin Bacon) he enters the dark side of Bangkok, only to discover that nobody is who they say they are and that he’s right in the middle of a local mob war.
The title refers to an apparent Thai belief that a white elephant, being very rare, brings luck. In one scene in the movie, Thai godfather Boss Katha offers a white coated elephant to an opposing godfather in a vain attempt to stop the gang war.
The following guns were used in the film Elephant White:
The Beretta 92FS is a prominent handgun in the movie, being used by most Thai thugs. It is seen in black, two-tone but in most cases the inox version is used.
Another weapon of choice for Curtie is the SIG-Sauer P226. It is not seen fired and may be some kind of non-gun because on several occasions it is held close to actor’s faces and because of the incorrect/missing SIG inscription on the slide.
During the climatic shoot-out at the brothel, one of the thugs send to ‘welcome’ Curtie is carrying what looks like a Glock non-gun, evidenced by the closed barrel and the crude finish. Since the gun is kicked from his hand martial-arts style, it is not surprising that a non-gun is used.
For his first assignment in Bangkok, Curtie chooses an Accuracy International Arctic Warfare tactical rifle in olive drab version. He uses it with both a regular as well as with a night vision scope. In addition, he uses some kind of custom-made silencer but because it sits halfway down the barrel it’s probably a prop with the sole purpose to make the gun look cool.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAccuracy International AW - 7.62x51mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingCurtie testing the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare in one of Jimmy’s gun caches. As a good customer, he’s displaying excellent trigger discipline.Error creating thumbnail: File missingCurtie preparing for a night-time hit from his hide-out at the tower in the monastery. This shot has a good view of the night vision scope, with the switch correctly turned to ‘off’.Error creating thumbnail: File missingCurtie facing attackers during the night-time shoot-out in the garden of the drug lord’s mansion. Again, the carrying sling is used for extra stability and the night vision scope proves it’s worth...Error creating thumbnail: File missingWhile his mysterious associate Mae looks on, Curtie deals with a treat. Note how the carrying sling is wrapped around his hand for extra stability.
Barrett M82A1M
For his second assignment, Curtie picks a Barrett M82A1M from the impressive weapons cache that Jimmy keeps on board of the oriental junk moored in Bangkok harbour. Interestingly, it does not have the standard muzzle brake but rather a big suppressor that makes the rifle look even more massive than it already is.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBarrett M82A1M - .50 BMGError creating thumbnail: File missingCurtie picking up the Barrett M82A1M for a closer inspection while Jimmy is doing his sales talk on the gun.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA good angle on the massive Barrett M82A1M with Jimmy making his last offer. Note the stack of huge .50 BMG magazines underneath the gun, actually looking like bricks.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA good action shot of Curtie taking out targets at Thai godfather Boss Katha’s mansion from a rooftop position. The gun blast at the end of the suppressor seems a bit odd and may have been added in post-production.Error creating thumbnail: File missingGodfather Boss Katha inspecting the Barrett M82A1M in an attempt to determine who used it in the attack on his mansion. It seems inscriptions or serial numbers on the magazine well have been removed to cover the gun’s origins.
AKS-47
Jimmy’s night club has a gambling joint where he likes to show off his weapon’s skills by betting with visitors how quick he is able to assemble an AKS-47 assault rifle blindfolded. The rifle appears to be some kind of modified version because it has several picatinny rails and does not have the traditional wooden grips but some kind of composite instead.
As a matter of last resort, Thai thugs who try to stop the fleeing Curtie, are employing an M16A1 with M203 Grenade Launcher. The shooter seems to be surprisingly skilled as he puts his first grenade right on top of the speeding van in which Curtie is leaving the scene.
When Jimmy gives Curtie a tour of his warehouse gun cache, he picks up a M1928 Thompson submachine gun elaborating on a future business venture that will focus on guns actually used in movies (sounds familiar?!?).
For the final scene, Curtie chooses a SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper to clear Rajahdon’s brothel. He manufactures an unidentified duckbeak-shaped device and affixes it to the barrel. Apart from making the shotgun look like a vacuum cleaner this device does not seem to serve any practical purpose.
When Curtie checks with Jimmy for the first time for ‘tools’, Jimmy takes him to his downtown warehouse. Here, Jimmy keeps a cache of predominantly historic weapons that he plans to use in a future business venture; a Hard Rock Café-style franchise which instead of guitars will have screen-used guns on the walls. It is possible that most wall-mounted guns are actually airguns or props.
On a non-assuming junk in Bangkok harbour, Jimmy keeps a weapons cache that’s even more complete than the one in the warehouse. The place looks like a ‘gun candy store’, containing a wide array of historical and present-day pistols, rifles and everything in between. Here, again, it may be that most guns are props but there’s not enough detail to tell.
An unidentified rifle is used by a Thai sniper trying to take out Curtie during one of his missions. The pronounced carrying handle seems to give it away as an Norinco QBZ-95 style rifle, but there’s not enough detail for a complete identification.
During a car chase, one of the Thai thugs fires a rifle that cannot be clearly identified. The long barrel makes it look like a Detonics ScoreMaster but it could also be that the image was taken just as the slide was locking back.
