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=Rifles= | |||
==M16A1== | ==M16A1== | ||
[[M16_rifle_series#M16A1_Rifle|M16A1]] fitted with 30 round "curved" magazines are used by various characters throughout the film. While the 30 round magazine was not the norm for the M16 in Vietnam, it would technically not be anachronistic (since the film takes place in 1969), but would be as prevalent as seen in the film. | [[M16_rifle_series#M16A1_Rifle|M16A1]] fitted with 30 round "curved" magazines are used by various characters throughout the film. While the 30 round magazine was not the norm for the M16 in Vietnam, it would technically not be anachronistic (since the film takes place in 1969), but would be as prevalent as seen in the film. | ||
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[[Image:ApnowM16-16.jpg|thumb|none|602px|Two MGC M16 replicas being shot up.]] | [[Image:ApnowM16-16.jpg|thumb|none|602px|Two MGC M16 replicas being shot up.]] | ||
==Norinco Type 56== | |||
NVA are seen using [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]] assault rifles throughout the film, and they are also seen in the hands of Kurtz's men. It is noteworthy that this film was released in 1979 and took nearly three years to complete (thus photography started in 1976). During the 1970s, the Norinco Type 56 were not being imported into the U.S., and none were in U.S. Armorer inventories. The only reason Coppola's film had them was because they were supplied by Filipino armorers in Luzon. | |||
[[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 with folding "Pig Sticker" bayonet - 7.62x39mm.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowAK-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A Norinco Type 56 lying next to a dead VC, while Kilgore hands out death cards.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowAK-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|VC firing Norinco Type 56's during the battle at Vinh Din Drop.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowAK-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|French Colonists armed with Norinco Type 56's.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowAK-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|One of Kurtz's men armed with a Norinco Type 56. Note the jungle taped magazines.]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | |||
==M60 machine gun== | ==M60 machine gun== | ||
An [[M60 machine gun]] is seen carried by one of Col. Kilgore's ([[Robert Duvall]]) soldiers that rides in the helicopter with Chef and Clean. Clean ([[Laurence Fishburne]]) is the M60 gunner on the Navy PBR. Chef ([[Frederic Forrest]]) is seen firing the M60 briefly while taking incoming arrows from natives, but switches to the single mounted M2. | An [[M60 machine gun]] is seen carried by one of Col. Kilgore's ([[Robert Duvall]]) soldiers that rides in the helicopter with Chef and Clean. Clean ([[Laurence Fishburne]]) is the M60 gunner on the Navy PBR. Chef ([[Frederic Forrest]]) is seen firing the M60 briefly while taking incoming arrows from natives, but switches to the single mounted M2. | ||
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[[Image:ApnowBrownM2-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Trench soldiers fire an M2HB in an attempt to kill a single VC hiding under dead bodies. Unable to do so, they get the "Roach".]] | [[Image:ApnowBrownM2-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Trench soldiers fire an M2HB in an attempt to kill a single VC hiding under dead bodies. Unable to do so, they get the "Roach".]] | ||
[[Image:ApnowBrownM2-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chef fires "Canned Heat" while taking arrows from the natives.]] | [[Image:ApnowBrownM2-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chef fires "Canned Heat" while taking arrows from the natives.]] | ||
==GE M134 Minigun== | ==GE M134 Minigun== | ||
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[[Image:ApnowZU23-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|NVA fire a DShK heavy machine gun mockup in the AA position.]] | [[Image:ApnowZU23-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|NVA fire a DShK heavy machine gun mockup in the AA position.]] | ||
[[Image:ApnowZU23-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The mock DShK is seen in the center in this wide shot.]] | [[Image:ApnowZU23-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The mock DShK is seen in the center in this wide shot.]] | ||
==Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2== | |||
In the "Redux" version of the film, a [[Browning Automatic Rifle|Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2]] is seen resting on the shoulders of one of the French colonists confronted by Willard and the crew. | |||
[[Image:BAR.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 - .30-06.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowB.A.R.-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|In the "Redux" version, seen on the left is a French colonist with an M1918A2 BAR rested on his shoulders.]] | |||
=Handguns= | |||
==M1911A1== | |||
An [[M1911 pistol series#M1911A1|M1911A1]] is seen on the nightstand of the Saigon hotel bedroom of Capt. Benjamin Willard ([[Martin Sheen]]). Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore ([[Robert Duvall]]) is seen carrying one with pearl grips that have a Air Cavalry symbol imprinted as his sidearm throughout the movie. In a deleted scene, Col. Walter E. Kurtz ([[Marlon Brando]]) aims Willard's 1911 at him when he's caged. | |||
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|450px|WWII era Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP.]] | |||
[[Image:Apocnow1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|During the film's opening, the camera pans on Willard's M1911A1 resting on the bed.]] | |||
[[Image:Apocnow1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|His M1911A1 rests next to Willard on the nightstand.]] | |||
[[Image:Apocnow1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore of the 1st Cavalry Division carries an M1911A1 with pearl grips in his holster. Note the Cavalry symbols on the grips.]] | |||
[[Image:Apocnow1911-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Captain Willard ([[Martin Sheen]]) finishes off a gravely wounded Vietnamese civilian with his M1911A1 after | |||
Chief's men accidentally open fire on them.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Model 10== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 10== | ||
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[[Image:ApnowSW10-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Chief Phillips with his Smith & Wesson Model 10.]] | [[Image:ApnowSW10-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Chief Phillips with his Smith & Wesson Model 10.]] | ||
=Shotguns= | |||
==Ithaca 37== | ==Ithaca 37== | ||
Capt. Colby ([[Scott Glenn]]) carries an [[Ithaca 37]] fitted with a heat shield and bayonet lug. In a deleted scene, he uses it to kill the photojournalist ([[Dennis Hopper]]) for taking Kurtz's picture only for Willard to throw his knife hitting him in the gut, killing him. | Capt. Colby ([[Scott Glenn]]) carries an [[Ithaca 37]] fitted with a heat shield and bayonet lug. In a deleted scene, he uses it to kill the photojournalist ([[Dennis Hopper]]) for taking Kurtz's picture only for Willard to throw his knife hitting him in the gut, killing him. | ||
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[[Image:ApnowWIN12-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Close up shot of Capt. Colby ([[Scott Glenn]]) with the Ithaca 37. Note the scalp.]] | [[Image:ApnowWIN12-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Close up shot of Capt. Colby ([[Scott Glenn]]) with the Ithaca 37. Note the scalp.]] | ||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
==Madsen M50== | ==Madsen M50== | ||
One of Kurtz's men is armed with a [[Madsen M50]] submachine gun. | One of Kurtz's men is armed with a [[Madsen M50]] submachine gun. | ||
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[[Image:ApnowMAT49-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A French Colonist armed with a MAT-49.]] | [[Image:ApnowMAT49-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A French Colonist armed with a MAT-49.]] | ||
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=Other= | |||
[[Image: | ==M79 grenade launcher== | ||
[[Image: | An [[M79 grenade launcher]] is used by The Roach ([[Herb Rice]]) to kill an NVA soldier hiding in the barbed wire during the scene at the Do Lung bridge. Roach had customized his with a tiger-stripe paint job. | ||
[[Image:M79-Grenade-Launcher.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M79 grenade launcher - 40mm.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowM79-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|''"He's Close Man.. Real Close."'' Roach tips open his M79 grenade launcher. Note tiger-stripe paint scheme.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowM79-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Roach loads a 40mm HE round into his M79 grenade launcher.]] | |||
[[Image:ApnowM79-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Roach fires his M79 grenade launcher. Note how in this scene he wraps the sling around his arm, a well known technique to steady aim.]] | |||
==M3 Aerial Rocket Artillery== | ==M3 Aerial Rocket Artillery== | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 12 June 2013
Apocalypse Now is the 1979 epic Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay was co-written by Coppola and John Milius and was based on the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness. The film stars Martin Sheen as a Special Forces officer sent on a mission downriver to terminate a rogue American colonel (Marlon Brando). Coppola encountered several production problems while making the film, much of which was documented in the acclaimed 1991 documentary Hearts of Darkness. In 2001, Coppola would release an extended version of the film under the title Apocalypse Now Redux.
The following weapons were used in the film Apocalypse Now:
Rifles
M16A1
M16A1 fitted with 30 round "curved" magazines are used by various characters throughout the film. While the 30 round magazine was not the norm for the M16 in Vietnam, it would technically not be anachronistic (since the film takes place in 1969), but would be as prevalent as seen in the film.
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son! Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body! The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill! Smelled like...victory!
M16 (SP1)
Col. Kilgore (Robert Duvall) is seen briefly holding an M16 (SP1) rifle noted by its "slickside" upper receiver (lacking a forward assist) after the battle at Vihn Din Drop. The gun notably has an A1-style lower receiver, as evident by the fencing around the magazine, meaning this is likely a "franken-gun". The combination of a slickside upper receiver and a full fence A1 lower receiver is correct for USAF issued version of the M16, the Colt Model 604 (as the movie is set in 1969 colt would have started producing Model 604s with the full fence lower used in the M16A1) although its use by an Army officer is inaccurate.
MGC M16
When the PBR boat is taking incoming tracer rounds, two MGC M16 replicas are shot up.
Norinco Type 56
NVA are seen using Norinco Type 56 assault rifles throughout the film, and they are also seen in the hands of Kurtz's men. It is noteworthy that this film was released in 1979 and took nearly three years to complete (thus photography started in 1976). During the 1970s, the Norinco Type 56 were not being imported into the U.S., and none were in U.S. Armorer inventories. The only reason Coppola's film had them was because they were supplied by Filipino armorers in Luzon.
Machine Guns
M60 machine gun
An M60 machine gun is seen carried by one of Col. Kilgore's (Robert Duvall) soldiers that rides in the helicopter with Chef and Clean. Clean (Laurence Fishburne) is the M60 gunner on the Navy PBR. Chef (Frederic Forrest) is seen firing the M60 briefly while taking incoming arrows from natives, but switches to the single mounted M2.
M60D
M60D machine guns are mounted on Col. Kilgore's (Robert Duvall) choppers during the battle at Vinh Din Drop.
Browning M2HB
Browning M2HBs are single and double hand mounted on the Navy PBR. Jay 'Chef' Hicks (Frederic Forrest) is the rear gunner with the single mounted M2HB (nicknamed after the band "Canned Heat"). Lance Johnson (Sam Bottoms) is the front gunner with double hand mounted M2's. While traveling on the river through the Do Lung Bridge two soldiers are seen firing an M2 trying to kill a single VC under all the dead VC bodies.
GE M134 Minigun
A GE M134 Minigun is seen door-mounted on one of the UH-1 Huey choppers during the famous raid scene. Being that the movie was filmed in the Philippines, they also supplied the helicopters which were outfitted with real guns. Since the weapons require no blank adaption to fire, all they needed was lots of blank ammunition to get the guns running.
Fake DShK heavy machine gun (mock up)
What appears to be a DShK heavy machine gun is used by the NVA during the Kurtz's helicopter assault. Pilots over the radio is heard calling the weapon a "50 cal". In reality, the machine appears to be a mocked up Browning M2HB machine gun.
Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2
In the "Redux" version of the film, a Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 is seen resting on the shoulders of one of the French colonists confronted by Willard and the crew.
Handguns
M1911A1
An M1911A1 is seen on the nightstand of the Saigon hotel bedroom of Capt. Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen). Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) is seen carrying one with pearl grips that have a Air Cavalry symbol imprinted as his sidearm throughout the movie. In a deleted scene, Col. Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) aims Willard's 1911 at him when he's caged.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Chief Phillips (Albert Hall) draws his Smith & Wesson Model 10 with a 3" barrel while the fisherman's boat is being searched.
Shotguns
Ithaca 37
Capt. Colby (Scott Glenn) carries an Ithaca 37 fitted with a heat shield and bayonet lug. In a deleted scene, he uses it to kill the photojournalist (Dennis Hopper) for taking Kurtz's picture only for Willard to throw his knife hitting him in the gut, killing him.
Submachine Guns
Madsen M50
One of Kurtz's men is armed with a Madsen M50 submachine gun.
M1 Carbine
In "Apocalypse Now Redux", most of the colonists are armed with M1 Carbines.
MAT-49
In "Apocalypse Now Redux", a French Colonist is seen armed with a MAT-49 submachine gun.
Other
M79 grenade launcher
An M79 grenade launcher is used by The Roach (Herb Rice) to kill an NVA soldier hiding in the barbed wire during the scene at the Do Lung bridge. Roach had customized his with a tiger-stripe paint job.
M3 Aerial Rocket Artillery
M3 Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA) launchers are mounted on the sides of the UH-1 Hueys in the film.
M-6E3 Weapons System
Mounted on the UH-1 Huey helicopters are M-6E3 Weapon Systems, which are dual automated M60C machine guns controlled by the pilot.
Pontiac M39
During the raid scene, Kilgore calls in an airstrike which is conducted by Air Force F-5A & F-5B Freedom Fighters, complete with Pontiac M39 cannons, though the fighters do not fire their guns during the attack.
