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=Handguns= | |||
== Colt 1911A1 == | == Colt 1911A1 == | ||
Master Sergeant Nathan West ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) carries a [[Colt 1911|Colt M1911A1]] in a black holster on his hip. He fires it at Nuñez ([[Roselyn Sanchez]]) during a version of what happened. | Master Sergeant Nathan West ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) carries a [[Colt 1911|Colt M1911A1]] in a black holster on his hip. He fires it at Nuñez ([[Roselyn Sanchez]]) during a version of what happened. | ||
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[[Image:B1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|West shoots at Nuñez with his 1911.]] | [[Image:B1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|West shoots at Nuñez with his 1911.]] | ||
== | == Beretta 92FS == | ||
The U.S. military’s standard sidearm, the [[Beretta 92FS]] is used by almost every character in the movie. It is seen in the hands and holsters of Rangers, MPs, and everyone in-between. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 92FS 9x19mm.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:BM9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pike attempts to give MSG West his Beretta, only to be told that: “A Ranger never gives up his firearm.” How true, how true.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:BM9-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar pulls his M9 just before the stand-off.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:BM9-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nuñez, the WORST mistake in this movie, pulls her M9.]] | ||
[[Image:BM9-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nuñez’s again.]] | |||
[[Image:BM9-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Osborne pulls her Beretta breaking up a fight between her and Hardy.]] | |||
[[Image:BM9-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|West and Castro’s Beretta.]] | |||
=Rifles & Carbines= | |||
== Colt M4A1 == | == Colt M4A1 == | ||
All of the Rangers carry | All of the Rangers carry the [[M4A1]] into the field for the operation. All of them have an ACOG sight attached to the carry handle and a Cobray CM203 launcher. MSG West's rifle has what appears to be an ELCAN C79 sight on top of his rifle however this may be a more streamlined ACOG as well. MSG West gets a hold of one after killing Pike ([[Taye Diggs]]), during a version of the operation. Hardy also has one hanging on his wall at his apartment, which is understandable, as he is in “Cocaine Central” and would need protection. A sound error means that spent casings can be clearly heard hitting hard ground even in scenes in muddy jungle where it is raining very heavily. | ||
[[Image:ColtM4 FirstVersion.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colt M4A1 Carbine with 4 position collapsible stock 5.56x45mm]] | [[Image:ColtM4 FirstVersion.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colt M4A1 Carbine with 4 position collapsible stock 5.56x45mm]] | ||
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[[Image:BM4-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hardy, ([[John Travolta]]), talks on the phone with his M4 nearby. We can assume it is fitted with a M203 launcher, because why order another M4 if it isn’t seen again.]] | [[Image:BM4-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hardy, ([[John Travolta]]), talks on the phone with his M4 nearby. We can assume it is fitted with a M203 launcher, because why order another M4 if it isn’t seen again.]] | ||
== Colt M16A2 == | == Colt M16A2 == | ||
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[[Image:BM16A2-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A couple of MPs transport Dunbar to the aircraft with M16s locked and loaded.]] | [[Image:BM16A2-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A couple of MPs transport Dunbar to the aircraft with M16s locked and loaded.]] | ||
[[Image:BM16A2-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two guards aim their M16s at Hardy. The guard on the right has the greatest example of a chicken wing.]] | [[Image:BM16A2-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two guards aim their M16s at Hardy. The guard on the right has the greatest example of a chicken wing.]] | ||
=Other= | |||
== Cobray Launcher == | |||
Every Ranger on the training mission have [[Cobray 37mm Launcher]]s attached to their M4 rifles standing in for the M203. | |||
[[Image:Colt37mm.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Late model Cobray CM203 37mm Flare launcher underslung on an AR-15.]] | |||
[[Image:BCM230.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kendell flicks the safety off of his M4.]] | |||
[[Image:BCm230-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pike sets down his M4, with the larger trigger guard of the Cobray visible.]] | |||
[[Image:BCm230-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The charging bolt of the Cobray is visible as well.]] | |||
== M18 Smoke Grenade == | == M18 Smoke Grenade == | ||
Revision as of 03:38, 19 March 2015
Basic is a 2003 thriller directed by John McTiernan and stars John Travolta as a DEA agent and former Army Ranger who is asked to interrogate Special Forces soldiers about an incident during a training mission that resulted in casualties. Samuel L. Jackson co-stars as the Army drill instructor who is at the center of the incident. The cast includes Giovanni Ribisi, Taye Diggs, Brian Van Holt, Roselyn Sanchez, Cristián de la Fuente, Dash Mihok, and Connie Nielsen.
The following weapons were used in the film Basic:
Handguns
Colt 1911A1
Master Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson) carries a Colt M1911A1 in a black holster on his hip. He fires it at Nuñez (Roselyn Sanchez) during a version of what happened.
Beretta 92FS
The U.S. military’s standard sidearm, the Beretta 92FS is used by almost every character in the movie. It is seen in the hands and holsters of Rangers, MPs, and everyone in-between.
Rifles & Carbines
Colt M4A1
All of the Rangers carry the M4A1 into the field for the operation. All of them have an ACOG sight attached to the carry handle and a Cobray CM203 launcher. MSG West's rifle has what appears to be an ELCAN C79 sight on top of his rifle however this may be a more streamlined ACOG as well. MSG West gets a hold of one after killing Pike (Taye Diggs), during a version of the operation. Hardy also has one hanging on his wall at his apartment, which is understandable, as he is in “Cocaine Central” and would need protection. A sound error means that spent casings can be clearly heard hitting hard ground even in scenes in muddy jungle where it is raining very heavily.
Colt M16A2
The M16A2 carried by Castro and other Army personnel.
Other
Cobray Launcher
Every Ranger on the training mission have Cobray 37mm Launchers attached to their M4 rifles standing in for the M203.
M18 Smoke Grenade
A yellow M18 Smoke Grenade is seen on Castro’s LBV.
White Phosphorous Grenade
Every Ranger carries a M34 White Phosphorus Grenade into the field and they are a major plot device to as who used one to possibly kill MSG West.
