Strike Back - Season 5 (also known as Strike Back: Legacy or Strike Back: Cinemax Season 4) is the fifth and final season of the series. Returning for the final season are Philip Winchester as Sergeant Michael Stonebridge and Sullivan Stapleton as Sergeant Damien Scott, members of a top secret British intelligence unit known as Section 20. Also returning to the cast are Robson Green as Lt. Col. Philip Locke, Section 20's commanding officer, Michelle Lukes as Section 20's Sergeant Julia Richmond and Milauna Jackson as Kim Martinez, a former DEA Special Agent who now works for Section 20. Season 5 focuses on the terrorist motives of North Korea in collaboration with the Japanese Yakuza, the Russian mafia and an Irish bombmaker. It is set in Thailand, North Korea, Russia, Austria and Switzerland. The series premiered in the UK on Sky1 on June 5, 2015 and is scheduled for release in the US on Cinemax on July 31, 2015.
The following weapons were used in Season 5 of the television series Strike Back:
The Glock 17 returns as Section 20's primary sidearm. A sergeant at the British Embassy in Bangkok also carries a Glock as his sidearm. Solar Privatbank guards in Vienna, Austria also carry Glocks as their sidearms in S05E07. The team employs the Walther P99 as their sidearm from S05E05 onwards. Stillwater mercenaries Mason (Leo Gregory) and Faber (Dustin Clare) also carry Glock 17's as their sidearms in S05E09.
Kim Martinez (Milauna Jackson), a former DEA agent working for Section 20, carries the smaller Glock 19 as her sidearm. In S05E08, an officer with the Austrian Federal Police draws a Glock on Scott and Stonebridge after mistaking them for bank robbers. In the same episode, Office 39 sleeper agent Heo Gil-Rae (Christopher Goh) also uses one to execute an INRO security guard.
In S05E09, Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) finds and takes a Glock 26 from a deceased UN security guards ankle holster. He later gives it to Carole (Anne-Solenne Hatte), a UN tour guide who turns out to be a North Korean sleeper agent, but later retreives it at the end of the same episode. He continues to use it in S05E10, as it is the only weapon that survives the helicopter crash and only has three bullets.
Mason (Leo Gregory), one of the CIA mercenaries pursuing Shiro, draws a SIG-Sauer P226 upon first meeting Section 20 in S05E04. Stonebridge's sidearm changes from a CZ-75 to a P226 in a continuity error in S05E05. Commander Leitner (Adrian Paul) and other Swiss ARD 10 operators also carry P226's as their sidearms in S05E09.
Replacing the Glock, members of Section 20 are seen carrying the Walther P99 as their sidearm from S05E05 onwards. Some members of the Austrian Federal Police, and security guards for the International Nuclear Research Organisation (INRO) also carry P99's as their sidearms in S05E08.
Various officers of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok carry the Colt M1911A1 as their duty sidearms, including Changrok (Vithaya Pansringarm) in S05E02.
Aaron McQueen uses one in S05E01 whilst escaping from Scott and Stonebridge. North Korean agents guarding the North Korean delegation in the British Embassy also appear to carry Berettas in the same episode. Also seen carried by a Yakuza wakashu and a North Korean agent that helps Mei Foster (Michelle Yeoh) to escape Section 20 in S05E03. Yakuza wakashu guarding the Vanadium in S05E04 are also seen with Berettas. Kwon (Will Yun Lee) is given a 92FS by one of Ivan Myshkin's men in S05E07, and carries it as his sidearm for the remainder of the episode. Faber has a 92FS as his sidearm in S05E10 before he's disarmed of it.
Carried by Ray McQueen (Max Beesley) as his primary sidearm in S05E01. Sgt. Janjai (Charlie Ruedpoknon) is also seen with a holstered Beretta 92FS Inox when he attempts to kidnap Ray's wife Milai in S05E02. Shiro (Masa Yamaguchi) also carries one as his sidearm in S05E04.
Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) is given a CZ-75 by Mr Park, a North Korean MI6 informant, after he and Scott were able to cross the border successfully in S05E05. Charles Ridley (James Wilby) also uses what appears to be a CZ-75 to shoot and injure Locke (Robson Green) at the end of S05E09.
Myshkin's men working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) and Kwon (Will Yun Lee) carry CZ 83s as their sidearms in S05E08. In the same episode, Scott's Walther P99 is briefly replaced by an 83 also.
A North Korean soldier uses a Tokarev TT-33 to execute Mr Park, the North Korean MI6 informant, in S05E05. Later in the same episode, Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) disarms a Korean Worker's Party governor of his Tokarev TT-33, which is later used by Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) whilst infiltrating the factory in North Hamgyong province. The pistol is seen used by various members of the North Korean military in S05E06, including Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh), who takes one from a deceased soldier after escaping from Stonebridge and Scott. In S05E07, FSB Agent Nadia Dansky (Tieva Lovelle), an associate of Pirogova, disarms a Russian mobster of his Tokarev and uses it to escape their headquarters in Vienna.
Mei Foster/Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) uses a Makarov to threaten Finn Scott in S05E06. It is later seen in the hands of Finn and Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton). A Russian guarding Matthius, a cryptographer, also carries a Makarov in S05E08.
In S05E10 Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) is given an antique Luger P08 by Oskar Steiner (Wolf Kahler), an Austrian farmer who lets them into his home in the Swiss countryside.
Mei Foster (Michelle Yeoh) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 36 with pearl grips as her sidearm throughout the series, retrieving it from a hidden compartment in her closet in S05E03.
Various gangsters in the Khlong Toei Markets in Bangkok use IMI Uzis when ambushing Scott and Stonebridge in S05E01. Yakuza wakashus who ambush Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and his son in S05E03 and S05E04 also carry Uzis. One of Li-Na's men who takes over the UN Geneva Headquarters in S05E09 also carried an IMI Uzi.
Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) disarms a gangster of his Cobray M11/9 in the Khlong Toei Markets in S05E01, and later uses it to shoot and injure Aaron McQueen. Yakuza wakashus are also seen with them throughout S05E03 and S05E04.
One of the Arintharat 26 officers that apprehends Ray McQueen from Scott and Stonebridge is seen armed with a Heckler & Koch MP5SD. Another A26 officer is seen with one during the building site shootout in S05E02. A Swiss Armed Reconnaissance Detachment 10 operator is also briefly seen armed with an MP5SD in S05E09.
Various Royal Thai Police Arintharat 26 officers who raid Section 20's backup hideout in S05E02 carry variants of the Heckler & Koch MP5A5 as their primary weapons. In S05E07, Russian mobsters working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) and Ivan Myshkin (Alex Humes) carry MP5A5's during the robbery of Solar Privatbank in Vienna. Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) later acquire them from the Russians and use them at the start of S05E08. Swiss Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 operators who respond to the UN Geneva Headquarters takeover in S05E09 also carry MP5A5s as their standard weapons. Some Stillwater mercenaries use them in S05E10.
A member of the Swiss Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 is briefly seen armed with an Heckler & Koch MP7 whilst outside the UN Geneva Headquarters in S05E09.
A Sa. Vz.61 Skorpion is used briefly by Scott when he and Stonebridge meet up with an MI-6 informant in Pyongyang in S05E05 before he discards it. Russians working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) and Kwon (Will Yun Lee) also carry Skorpions during the INRO truck ambush in S05E08.
Royal Thai Police Arintharat 26 officers carry Remington Model 870 Slug guns with black synthetic furniture and under barrel flashlights when removing Ray McQueen (Max Beesley) from Scott and Stonebridge's custody. Lt.Col. Philip Locke (Robson Green) later acquires one. Members of the A26 team who raid Section 20's makeshift hideout in S05E02 are also seen with the shotgun.
An officer of the Royal Thai Police Arintharat 26 that attacks Section 20 in S05E02 carries a Remington 870 with a folding stock and underbarrel flashlight. It is later used by Lt.Col. Philip Locke (Robson Green) and Ray McQueen (Max Beesley).
Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) is given a Winchester Model 1887 by Benz, a Tuk-Tuk driver he befriends. He later uses it to rescue Ray McQueen (Max Beesley) from the custody of the rogue Royal Thai Police officers.
All operators of Section 20 use Colt Model 933s with multiple attachments, including light tan synthetic furniture and suppressors throughout the series. CIA contractors Faber (Dustin Clare) and Mason (Leo Gregory), in addition to Yakuza wakashus, use regular M933s with handguards and Aimpoint optical sights in S05E03 and S05E04. Kim Martinez (Milauna Jackson) is again seen with a custom M933 in S05E06 when she, Locke and Pirogova prepare to extract Stonebridge and Scott from the North Korea-Russia border.
Lt. Col. Philip Locke (Robson Green) is seen carrying a custom carbine with an underbarrel grenade launcher in S05E06 as he, Martinez and Pirogova prepare to extract Scott and Stonebridge from the North Korean-Russia border. It looks similar to the ones carried by Scott and Stonebridge in Season 4. Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) and Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) are also seen using similar carbines when they intercept the INRO convoy ambush in S05E08. Various Stillwater mercenaries who pursue Scott and Stonebridge through the Swiss countryside in S05E10 also carry custom carbines, which the two later acquire.
Various gangsters in Bangkok are seen using the Norinco Type 56. North Korean Office 39 agents guarding their base of operations in Bangkok are also seen armed with Type 56s. A Russian working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) is also seen firing what appears to be a Norinco at Scott and Stonebridge in S05E08.
One of the standard weapons used by Korean People's Army soldiers throughout S05E05 is the AK-47. Various Russians working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) and Kwon (Will Yun Lee) are also seen armed with AKs in S05E08.
AKS-47s are seen with some Korean People's Army soldiers in S05E05. Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) take some for themselves in the same episode, as they are unable to smuggle their own weapons across the North Korean-Russian border. In S05E06, AKS's are also used by soldiers with the North Korean State Security Department, and Scott and Stonebridge. Various Stillwater mercenaries are also seen armed with AKS-47s in S05E09 and in S05E10.
Maj. Nina Pirogova (Tereza Srbova) is seen armed with what appears to be a scoped Arsenal AR-SF with a side-folding metal shoulder stock whilst extracting Scott and Stonebridge from the North Korean-Russia border in S05E06.
Several Russian and North Korean operatives working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) carry the AKS-74U during the siege of the UN Geneva Headquarters. Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) later acquires one, using it to take out multiple threats in the UN Council Chamber.
Various Russian and North Korean operatives working for Li-Na (Michelle Yeoh) carry the Zastava M21 during the siege of the UN Geneva Headquarters in S05E09. Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) later acquires one and uses it for the majority of the episode.
A member of the Swiss Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 is briefly seen with a Heckler & Koch G36C with a ZF 3x4° dual sight carry handle in S05E09 whilst outside the UN Geneva Headquarters.
Various members of Section 20 are seen using M67 hand grenades throughout the series. Kim Martinez (Milauna Jackson) uses one in S05E02 to destroy confidential information in The Crib when they have to evacuate. In the same episode, Sgt. Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) uses one to escape from North Korean Office 39 agents. A wakashu uses a primed M67 to break S20's secondary hideout at the start of S05E03.
What appears to be the Mk 2 hand grenade is given to Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) by Mr. Park in S05E05. The same model of grenade is seen used by North Korean soldiers in S05E06.
