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[[Image:HOTB-M727-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Specialist Aiken with his Colt Model 727 during a house-clearing op.]]
[[Image:HOTB-M727-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Specialist Aiken with his Colt Model 727 during a house-clearing op.]]
[[Image:HOTB-M727-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the receiver of Specialist Aiken's Colt Model 727. The Colt markings are clearly visible if this image is enlarged to full-size.]]
[[Image:HOTB-M727-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the receiver of Specialist Aiken's Colt Model 727. The Colt markings are clearly visible if this image is enlarged to full-size.]]
== Colt Match Target ==
When talking to his boss about having had his civilian job at a local gun store given to someone else while he was in Iraq, Yates picks up and inspects a [[M16 rifle series#Colt Match Target|Colt Match Target]] rifle. The Match Target is the "post-ban" version of the [[M16 rifle series#M16A2 Rifle|AR-15 A2]] rifle (itself a semi-automatic copy of the M16A2 that Yates used in Iraq), and was sold during the era of the Assault Weapons Ban (1994-2004). It differs from the AR-15 A2 in that it lacks either a bayonet lug or flash hider.
[[Image:PostbanAR15A2standard.jpg|thumb|none|351px|Colt Match Target - 5.56x45mm with 5-round magazine]]
[[Image:HOTB-ColtMatchTarget-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Yates inspects a Colt Match Target rifle while talking with the gun store owner.]]
[[Image:HOTB-ColtMatchTarget-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A closer view of the Match Target rifle in Yates' hands; note the absence of a bayonet lug and a threaded barrel (to accept a flash hider).]]


== M4A1/M203 Grenade Launcher ==
== M4A1/M203 Grenade Launcher ==

Revision as of 02:09, 7 May 2013

Home of the Brave (2006)


The following weapons were used in the film Home of the Brave:


WARNING: This page contains spoilers!

Rifles

M16A2 Rifle

The first and most frequently-seen weapon in the film, the M16A2 rifle appears as the main weapon of U.S. Army soldiers in the film, including Specialist Tommy Yates (Brian Presley).

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M16A2 - 5.56x45mm
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A U.S. Army soldier watches Sgt. Vanessa Price (Jessica Biel) playing basketball with an M16A2 at his side.
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Spc. Yates fires on an insurgent with his M16A2.
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Spc. Yates takes cover with his M16A2.
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Yates fires his M16A2 (one-handed!)

M16A4 Rifle

Sergeant First Class Duhon can be seen armed with an M16A4 rifle fitted with an EOTech red dot sight.

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M16A4 - 5.56x45mm - with ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip
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SFC Duhon with his M16A4.

Colt Model 733/933

As the protagonists' convoy is entering the city, they pass two soldiers searching and questioning an Iraqi woman. The soldiers are armed with short-barreled M16 carbines which may be either the Colt Model 733s or Model 933s depending on whether the carry handles are detachable or not (they aren't shown closely enough to be certain).

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Colt Model 733 - 5.56x45mm
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Colt Model 933 with 4-position stock - 5.56x45mm
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U.S. Army soldiers search and question an Iraqi woman armed with Colt Model 733s or 933s.

Colt Model 727

One of the soldiers, Specialist Jamal Aiken (Curtis James "50 Cent" Jackson III), carries a Colt Model 727 as his main weapon, with a Trijicon RX-09 red dot sight mounted on the carry handle and a Vortex-style muzzle brake. He also appears to have an M203 leaf sight mounted on the handguard, despite not having an M203 on his weapon.

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Colt Model 727 - 5.56x45mm
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Specialist Aiken (center) with his Colt Model 727 as the supply convoy heads to its destination.
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Specialist Aiken with his Colt Model 727 during a house-clearing op.
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Closeup of the receiver of Specialist Aiken's Colt Model 727. The Colt markings are clearly visible if this image is enlarged to full-size.

Colt Match Target

When talking to his boss about having had his civilian job at a local gun store given to someone else while he was in Iraq, Yates picks up and inspects a Colt Match Target rifle. The Match Target is the "post-ban" version of the AR-15 A2 rifle (itself a semi-automatic copy of the M16A2 that Yates used in Iraq), and was sold during the era of the Assault Weapons Ban (1994-2004). It differs from the AR-15 A2 in that it lacks either a bayonet lug or flash hider.

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Colt Match Target - 5.56x45mm with 5-round magazine
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Yates inspects a Colt Match Target rifle while talking with the gun store owner.
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A closer view of the Match Target rifle in Yates' hands; note the absence of a bayonet lug and a threaded barrel (to accept a flash hider).

M4A1/M203 Grenade Launcher

Private Jordan Owens (Chad Michael Murray) can be seen carrying an M4A1 carbine fitted with an M203 grenade launcher as his main weapon in Iraq.

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M4A1 - 5.56x45mm - with M203 grenade launcher - 40mm
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Pvt. Owens with his M4A1/M203 during the convoy ambush. Behind him is Spc Aiken with his Colt Model 727 and Spc Yates with his M16A2.
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Owens takes aim with his M4A1/M203 as he, Aiken, and Yates prepare to enter a building. Note the removable carry handle.
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Owens searches the cemetery with his M4A1/M203.

Rubber Colt Model 733/M203

When Private Owens is shot and killed by an Iraqi insurgent, his M4A1/M203 transforms into an obvious rubber Colt Model 733 with what seems to be a fake M203 made out of PVC pipe that is tied to the barrel. The rubber weapon is being used because it's getting dropped, but apparently, the movie's armorer didn't have any rubber M4s in inventory.

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Colt Model 733 5.56x45mm
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Pvt. Owens dies holding an obvious rubber Colt Model 733/M203

Remington 700PSS Sniper Rifle

During the hostage standoff, a SWAT sniper is seen armed with a Remington 700PSS sniper rifle with a camouflage paint scheme, Harris bipod, and a pouch of some kind on the side of the stock.

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Remington 700PSS .300 Win Mag with Leupold Mark 4 scope and Harris bipod
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A police SWAT sniper takes aim with a Remington 700PSS sniper rifle during the hostage crisis.

M1 Garand

During Pvt. Owens' funeral, the honor guard can be seen firing a gun salute using M1 Garand rifles.

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M1 Garand .30-06
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An honor guard holding M1 Garands at Pvt. Owens' funeral.

Norinco Type 56

While pursuing insurgents into a graveyard, one of the insurgents manages to sneak up behind Pvt. Owens, shooting him in the back of the neck with a Norinco Type 56 fitted with an AKM-style slant compensator.

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Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm
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An insurgent takes aim at Pvt. Owens with a Norinco Type 56

Romanian AK Draco Carbine

Most of the insurgents involved in the convoy ambush can be seen armed with Romanian AK Draco Carbines fitted with side-folding wire frame stocks taken from the full-size Romanian AIMS assault rifle. These appear to be some of the same guns seen in Ronin (which had the same armorers as this movie).

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Romanian AK Draco Carbine 7.62x39mm with AIMS side-folding stock
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An Iraqi insurgent fires a Romanian Draco carbine during the convoy ambush
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Iraqi insurgents brandishing Draco carbines
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Another shot of insurgents with their Dracos before being gunned down by Specialist Yates.

FPK/PSL Sniper Rifle

When the ambush on the convoy starts, the first shot is fired by an insurgent using an FPK/PSL sniper rifle, killing an Iraqi Army soldier with a shot to the neck.

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FPK/PSL sniper rifle 7.62x54mm R
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An insurgent sniper prepares to start the ambush with an FPK/PSL sniper rifle.

Machine Guns

FN Minimi Paratrooper

In addition to his M16A2, Yates is also seen using an FN Minimi Paratrooper (standing in for the M249 SAW Paratrooper) when riding as a gunner on one of the Humvees in the convoy, with a 200-round woodland camo cloth ammo bag. It is recognizable as a standard Minimi Paratrooper (and not an M249) due to the design of the hand guard and the lack of a heat shield.

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FN Minimi Paratrooper - 5.56x45mm - with 100-round camo cloth ammo bag
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Spc. Aiken loads up the FN Minimi Paratrooper (standing in for the M249 SAW Paratrooper) on the Humvee.
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Yates mans the Minimi.
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Another image of Yates on the Minimi.
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Another soldier fires his Minimi at insurgents.
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The same shot from another angle

Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun

In addition to the Paratrooper Minimis mentioned above, some of the Humvees in the convoy are also armed with Browning M2HB heavy machine guns mounted on the roof, though in a rather odd mounting, nearly flush with the top of the vehicle.

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Browning M2HB heavy machine gun .50 BMG in vehicle mount
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A Browning M2HB heavy machine gun mounted on a U.S. Army Humvee.
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The solder manning the M2HB is shot by insurgents during the ambush.
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First-person view of M2HB mounted on a U.S. Army Humvee,

Submachine Guns

Handguns

Beretta 92FS

There are several appearances of the Beretta 92FS (standing in for the military-issue M9) in the film, first seen in the hands of Lt. Colonel William "Will" Marsh (Samuel L. Jackson) during the convoy ambush, then in the hands of an enraged and grief-stricken soldier who threatens to shoot Col. Marsh if he doesn't treat his injured friend when the base is under insurgent mortar attack.

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Beretta 92FS 9x19mm
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Lt. Col. Marsh draws his Beretta 92FS during the convoy ambush.
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An enraged and grief-stricken soldier draws a Beretta 92FS on Lt. Col. Marsh

Glock 17

Some of the police officers seen in the hostage standoff can be seen using Glock 17 pistols as their sidearms.

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Glock 17 9x19mm
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A police SWAT officer (center) with a Glock 17 drawn during the hostage crisis, behind the officer with the H&K MP5A3.

Beretta 92FS Inox

At one point in the film, Marsh has a violent outburst after showing up drunk for Thanksgiving dinner, and then goes to his room and retrieves a Beretta 92FS Inox, the stainless, civilian version of the M9 pistol he used in Iraq. He contemplates comitting suicide, but his wife Penelope (Victoria Rowell) finds him and manages to stop him before he can carry out the act, the incident prompting the Marsh family to seek counseling.

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Beretta 92FS Inox 9x19mm
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A drunken William Marsh ponders committing suicide with a Beretta 92FS Inox as his wife Penelope intercedes.

Smith & Wesson 4506-1

At one point, out of frustration for not being able to get effective treatment for a back injury he suffered in Iraq coupled with his girlfriend Keisha (Ginger Ewing) breaking up with him, Aiken causes a hostage standoff at the coffee shop Keisha works at, holding her and the other employees hostage while armed with a Smith & Wesson 4506-1.

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Smith & Wesson 4506-1 .45 ACP
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Jamal Aiken with a Smith & Wesson 4506-1 during the hostage crisis.

Shotguns

Mossberg 500

While discussing the termination of Yates' job at the gun store, the owner is seen cleaning a Mossberg 500 with wooden furniture.

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Mossberg 500 - 12 Gauge - with wooden furniture
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The gun store owner cleans a Mossberg 500 while talking to Yates.

12 Gauge Over/Under Shotgun

During the conversation with the gun store owner, the owner is also seen cleaning a 12 gauge over/under double-barreled shotgun.

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Double-barreled over/under shotgun - 12 Gauge
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The gun store owner cleans a 12 gauge over/under double-barreled shotgun while talking to Yates


Other

M136 AT4

During the ambush on the convoy, one soldier uses an M136 AT4 to take out an insurgent firing on the soldiers from an upper story window, though is shown holding the weapon backwards.

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M136 AT4 84mm
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A U.S. Army soldier aims an M136 AT4 (backwards!) during the convoy ambush

RGD-5 Hand Grenade

When clearing a building during the ambush, Yates kills an insurgent who drops a live RGD-5 hand grenade, though Yates and the other soldiers with him manage to get clear before the grenade detonates.

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RGD-5 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
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A slain insurgent drops a live RGD-5 hand grenade

Type 69 RPG

During the convoy ambush, one of the insurgents fires a Type 69 RPG at the convoy, destroying one of the trucks in the convoy. The weapon can be identified by having the sights mounted off-center to allow for the carrying handle.

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Type 69 RPG 40mm
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An insurgent aims a Type 69 RPG during the convoy ambush.