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[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original '''3-prong flash hider'''. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm]] | [[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original '''3-prong flash hider'''. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
[[File:The losers m16.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A US Soldier with an original M16.]] | [[File:The losers m16.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A US Soldier with an original M16.]] | ||
[[File:The losers m162.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Winston ([[John Garwood]] with his M16. Note the lack of a forward assist.]] | |||
== M1919A4 MG == | == M1919A4 MG == |
Revision as of 15:39, 13 July 2013
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The following weapons were used in the film The Losers (1970):
"The Losers", A.K.A. "Nam's Angels", (not to be confused with the 1989 movie "Nam Angels"), is a 1970 Vietnam war movie starring William Smith as the head biker. A small group of Hells Angels bikers are recruited by the US Army to rescue an American CIA agent, (played by director Jack Starrett), from a NVA/Viet Cong military camp in neighbouring Cambodia. The movie was shot in the Philippines and was based by an original script by Alan Caillou.
Madsen M50
Each of the bikers motorcycles sport a Madsen M50 9mm which is welded on the front of the bike.
PPSh-41
More than one Viet Cong/NVA soldier is seen with a PPSh-41 fitted with a stick magazine.
M1928 Thompson SMG
The biker known as "Speed" (Eugene Cornelius) uses a M1928 Thompson with a straight magazine during the movies climax.
Sawed off double-barreled shotgun
The biker "Dirty Denny" (Houston Savage) carries a sawed off double-barrelled shotgun.
M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine are seen in the hands of several US soldiers plus some Viet Cong.
M1 Carbine with 30 round magazine is seen in the movie by American soldiers.
M1903 Springfield
An NVA soldier is seen using a Springfield bolt action rifle.
M16
Several US soldiers are seen with the original M16 rifle.
M1919A4 MG
The bikers specially made "hog-wagon" sport two browning MG's.