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M16 rifle series
The M16 series of assault rifles and carbine variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, and video games:
Specifications
Type: AssaultRifle
Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
Capacity: 20, 30 rounds
Fire Modes: Safe-Semi-Burst (M16A2,M16A4) Safe-Semi-Auto (M16,M16A1,M16A3)
M16 Rifle
Film
- U.S. Marines in Full Metal Jacket
- Lobby Guards and Keanu Reeves as Neo in The Matrix
- Police officers and Lance Henriksen as Detective Hal Vukovich in The Terminator
- SWAT team members in Die Hard
- U.S. Marines in Heartbreak Ridge
- L.A.P.D. SWAT in Lethal Weapon (deleted scene)
- N.Y.P.D. SWAT officer in The Park is Mine (fitted with night vision scope)
- U.S. Army soldiers in We Were Soldiers
Video Games
M16A1 Rifle
Film
- American and ARVN Soldiers in Platoon
- U.S. Army soldiers in Apocalypse Now
- Soldiers in Day of the Dead
- U.S. military personnel, Arius' men, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix in Commando
- U.S. Marines and Soon-Tek Oh as a Japanese Zero pilot in the Time Travel movie, The Final Countdown
- U.S. Marines in Heartbreak Ridge (with and without MILES gear)
- U.S. Air Force Security Police in The Day After
- U.S. Army soldiers in We Were Soldiers (with and without M7 bayonet)
- Sonny Landham as Billy in Predator (fitted with a Mossberg 500 shotgun under the barrel)
- U.S. Army Rangers in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (with and without M203 grenade launcher)
- Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee, Anita Mui as Chow Ying Kit, Tony Leung Ka-Fai as Cheung Chi Mun, and ARVN soldiers in A Better Tomorrow III
- N.Y.P.D. SWAT officers in The Park is Mine
- Hong Kong police in Hard Boiled
- Carrie Fisher as the Assassin Mystery Lady "aka"(Jakes Ex-Fiance),various State Troopers, Sheriffs Deputies, Chicago Police SWAT and U.S. Army soldiers in The Blues Brothers.
- Moonraker launch base guards in the James Bond movie, Moonraker
Anime
- U.S. Army soldiers in Blood+
Video Games
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (XM16E1 prototype version)
M16/203 rifle and underslung launcher
Film
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch in Predator (M16A1)
- Peter Sarsgaard as Troy and Brian Geraghty as Fergus in Jarhead (M16A2)
- U.S. Army soldiers in The Siege (M16A2)
- Hanging in Tom Barnett's place in The Boondock Saints (M16A1)
- Ewan McGregor as Specialist John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (M16A2)
- Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in Hard Boiled
- Reciprocity team member in Clear and Present Danger (M16A2)
- U.S. Marines in Heartbreak Ridge (M16A1)
- U.S. Army Rangers in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (M16A1)
- Carver's henchmen in Tomorrow Never Dies (M16A2)
- American Gangster (M16A1)
Television
- U.S. Army soldiers in The Unit (M16A2)
M16A2 Rifle
Film
- U.S. Army Soldier in I am Legend
- U.S. Army Rangers in Black Hawk Down
- U.S. Army soldiers and Marines in War of the Worlds(2005)
- U.S. Marines in Jarhead
- Miami P.D. officers and U.S. military personnel in Bad Boys II
- Several U.S. characters in Three Kings
- U.S. Army soldiers in The Siege
- U.S. Army soldiers in Fire Birds
- John Leguizamo as Pestario "Pest" Vargas in The Pest
- U.S. military personnel in The Day After Tomorrow
- U.S. Army soldiers in In the Army Now
- Seen on a gun rack in Underworld
- U.S. military personnel in Clear and Present Danger
- U.S. military personnel and South Korean MP's in Die Another Day
- Cocaine plant guards in A Man Apart
- Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors
- National Guard soldiers in Volcano
- U.S Army soldiers in Godzilla
- U.S. Army soldiers in Courage Under Fire
- U.S. military personnel in The Core
- U.S. military personnel in X-Men: The Last Stand
- U.S. military personnel in Independence Day
- U.S. military personnel in Armageddon
- U.S. Marines in GoldenEye
- Security personnel in Jurassic Park (with and without barrel-mounted tactical flashlights)
- U.S. Marines in Jurassic Park III
- Cary Elwes as Lt. Col. James G. Burton in The Pengtagon Wars
Television
- Nicki Lynn Aycox as Pvt. Brenda 'Mrs. B' Mitchell in Over There
- Lizette Carrin as PFC Esmaralda 'Doublewide' Del Rio in Over There
- Pittsburg P.D. officers and an armored van driver in The Kill Point
- U.S. Military personnel in JAG
- U.S. Army soldiers in The Unit
- Various characters in Jericho
- Various characters in Seven Days
- Militant extremists in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "Future's End")
Video Games
- GoldenEye 007 (as the "AR33")
M16A4 Rifle
Film
- An Arcadia 234 inhabitant in Soldier
Television
- CSI: Miami (fitted with ACOG scope, tactical flashlight, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 laser system)
- Major Beck's men in Jericho
Video Games
Facts
The A4 is often mistaken as an A3 w/ RIS rails. This is not true by any means. Two differences are the rails themselves (never installed on A3) and a heavier barrel.
Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series
During the Vietnam War, Colt made several short barreled carbines that were fielded. The Colt Model 607 (called the CAR-15 in the US Market) was designated the XM177 in Vietnam. It had a slab side receiver just like the original AR-15s. The Colt Model 609 was designated the XM177E1, where they added a forward assist and chromed chamber (the same modifications made to the A1 upgrade of the M16 rifle). This version was also where they started stamping the receivers "Commando", thus known as the "Colt Commando" back in the States. The Colt Model 610 was a version built for the USAF security forces, and was called the XM177 GAU-5/A or when formally adopted by the US Air Force, 'the GAU-5 ' (which is why the gun is seen on the show Stargate: SG1 since the USAF used the carbine until recently). The Colt Model 629 was officially designated the XM177E2 having changed the barrel from 10" to 11.5" and slightly changing the flash hider/sound suppressor. This is the version most seen as replica and airsoft guns throughout the world.
Film
- M.O.I. Swat teams in Brazil (XM177E2)
- Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (fitted with silencer, laser sight, and ACOG scope, and a standard issue one on the freeway shootout) (XM177E2)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (XM177E2)
- Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley in Heat (M733)
- Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis in Heat (M733)
- Delta Force operators and Ron Eldard as Mike Durant in Black Hawk Down (fitted with various accessories including Aimpoint scopes, silencers, tactical flashlights, and camouflage paint) (M723 and M733)
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond (with Aimpoint M3 red-dot sight and camouflage paint) (unknown variant; A2 receiver with XM177-style front end)
- Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo)'s men in Blood Diamond (with Aimpoint M3 red-dot sight and camouflage paint) (unknown variant; A2 receiver with XM177-style front end)
- Counter-terrorist teams in Toy Soldiers
- Shadow Company goons and Gary Busey as Mr. Joshua in Lethal Weapon (XM177E2; Busey using one with a scope as well as with and without 'jungle-style' taped magazines)
- Drug runners in Bad Boys II (unknown variant)
- Michael Paul Chan as U.N. Cultural Attache of China Xian Chen in U.S. Marshals (XM177E2; fitted with a scope and silencer)
- U.S. military personnel in Die Another Day (unknown variant)
- N.Y.P.D. SWAT in The Park Is Mine (unknown variant)
- Joaquim de Almeida's henchmen in Desperado (XM177E2)
- Reciprocity team members in Clear and Present Danger (XM177E2)
- Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias K. Grodin in Platoon (M653)
- N.Y.P.D. SWAT commander in The Park is Mine (unknown variant)
- Danny Glover as Lt. Mike Harrigan in Predator 2, (XM177E2; fitted with M203 grenade launcher)
- Models at the Berlin Arms Fair in Lord of War (M653 and M723)
Television
- Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors: The Series
Video Games
- The World Is Not Enough (as the "Mustang MAR-4", available with an M203 grenade launcher as the "Mustang MAR-4 GL")
XM607 Carbine
Often misidentified as a 'CAR-15' by many firearms books, since any experimental short barreled carbine tested by Colt during the 1960s was always unofficially called a "CAR-15". This gun was never officially issued or fielded.
Film
- Militia gang member in Pink Cadillac
Colt Carbine/Model 653/Model 733
After 1973 Colt made several lightweight versions of the M16 and Commando rifles for use with Police and Security forces, as well as civilian sales worldwide. The Model 653 was sold in the US as the SP1 Carbine or AR-15 Carbine. It had the features of the XM177 rifle series, including the telescoping stock, but had either a 14.5" or a 16" lightweight barrel, depending on whether it was for export or not. It was NOT correct for Viet Nam, despite what the movie Platoon portrays. Though 'unofficially' called the "M16 Shorty" by some writers and shooters, the 16" barreled lightweight carbine was never adopted formally by the US Military, and thus never had an "M" or "XM" designation. It was used in the U.S. by Federal and local law enforcement. Colt also made the Model 733, which was a 10" barreled version of the Model 653, intended for Tactical police and security work.
What is confusing is that other manufacturers made all sorts of modified short barreled AR-15 rifles for the Police and Civilian markets throughout the years. Colt themselves bastardized so many of their rifles throughout the years, swapping particular uppers with different lowers so that there will always be exceptions to the rule. The explosion of custom and unique looking AR-15 rifles in the 1980s and 1990s has led to a lot of confusion regarding what rifle is in what movie.
M4 Carbine
Film
- "Company Men" in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- U.S. Navy SEALs in Tears of the Sun
- U.S. Army soldiers in War of the Worlds(2005)
- Jeremy Renner as Brian Gamble, his men, and L.A. Police S.W.A.T. in S.W.A.T. (fitted with ACOG scope and Surefire M500AB tactical flashlight on foregrip)
- TNT and rescue team members in Bad Boys II
- S.W.A.T. officers and Nick Stahl as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Thomas Jane as Frank Castle in The Punisher (fitted with M203 grenade launcher and M68 Aimpoint Close Combat Optic)
- Miami P.D. SWAT in Transporter 2
- Robbie Gee as Kahn in Underworld (fitted with a scope and a Surefire M500AB tactical flashlight in the foregrip)
- Child recruits in Soldier (fitted with red dot sights)
- Will Smith as Robert Neville in I Am Legend
- US Army soldiers in Cloverfield
- Carver's henchmen and Götz Otto as Richard Stamper in Tomorrow Never Dies (Stamper using one fitted with an M203 grenade launcher)
- NSA Agents in xXx: State of the Union (fitted with Surefire M500AB tactical flashlight on foregrip)
- William Stryker's men in X2 (fitted with M500AB tactical flashlights)
- Jeremy Renner as Doyle in 28 Weeks Later
Television
- U.S. Army soldiers and an Iraqi civilian in Over There (fitted with RIS foregrip and AN/PEQ-2 laser system)
- Luke MacFarlane as Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy in Over There (fitted with M203 grenade launcher and AN/PEQ-2 laser system)
- Keith Robinson as Pvt. Avery "Angel" King in Over There (fitted with RIS foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 laser system, and ACOG scope)
- U.S. military personnel in Stargate SG-1
- Pittsburg P.D. SWAT officers on The Kill Point
- U.S. Army soldiers in The Unit
- Mercenaries in Jericho
- Keifer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer and most CTU Tactical Team members in 24
- Miami P.D. SWAT in CSI: Miami
- S.W.A.T. in Heroes
- Las Vegas P.D. SWAT in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (fitted with tactical flashlights)
Video Games
- ArmA: Armed Assault
- Full Spectrum Warrior
- Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
- America's Army
- Max Payne
- Counterstrike:Source
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Grand Theft Auto IV
Anime
Colt 9mm Submachine Gun
Film
- Chow Yun-Fat and Wei's men in The Replacement Killers
- An FBI Special Agent in Collateral
- Hidden in the back seat of the GTO in XXX
- One of the Merovingian's henchmen in The Matrix Reloaded
Video Games
- Enter the Matrix (as the "9mm Carbine")