A Beretta 92 (distinguished by its rounded trigger guard and butt-mounted magazine release) is used by Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner), most prominently when James stops an Iraqi taxi. Mark Boal, the film's writer, notes on the DVD commentary the gun (the 92FS) that was supposed to be used in the scene got stuck in customs, which explains why it changes to the correct Beretta 92FS later in the film. Boal goes on to say that acquiring the 92 seen here was a difficult task; he scoured local bars, trying to find a suitable pistol, with no success. Finally, he found a Jordanian General who gave the producers the used 92.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBeretta 92 - the first Beretta model produced, noted by rounded trigger guard, butt located magazine release, and frame mounted safety (pre-decocking safety) - 9x19mm.File:HurtL000.jpgSergeant First Class James holds a Beretta 92 on the taxi driver.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSgt. James holds his Beretta 92 on the taxi driver after firing a shot into his windshield.File:HL-BER92-2.jpgClose up of the Beretta 92 after the taxi driver retreats.
Beretta 92FS
For the rest of the film, James and Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) both use the Beretta 92FS pistol, as noted by the hocked trigger guard and slide-mounted safety.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBeretta 92FS - 9x19mm.File:THL 1004.jpg"Tell him to put his hands behind his head or I'll be very happy to shoot him." James radios a translator while pointing his 92FS at a man who was forced to wear a bomb vest.File:THL 1008.jpg"He's a dead man, James; just leave him!" Sergeant Sanborn, after trading some bolt-cutters for James' Beretta, tells him to leave the man in the bomb vest for the sake of everyone's safety.
Glock 19
What appears to be a 2nd Generation Glock 19 pistol is carried by the leader of the British private military contractors (Ralph Fiennes). Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) takes the contractor's Glock and holds it on his comrades while telling them to put down their weapons. It is possible that the pistol may be a Glock 23, but this is unlikely because Hollywood's armorers tend to use mostly 9mm pistols, since until recently 9mms were the easiest caliber to convert to blank-fire.
M4A1 carbines are used by Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner), Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), as well as by other American soldiers. The carbines are equipped with a variety of sights and other attachments. Note that throughout the film, their buttstocks interchange between the 3rd and 4th generation stocks (even in the same scenes). The sights and attachments often change too. In particular, for most of the movie, James doesn't have a light on his M4, but one appears on it during the rescue of Eldridge. Also, in one scene, Sanborn's ACOG scope is briefly replaced by a red dot sight, before switching back. A M4A1 is also used by one of the British contractors, although it is never shown very clearly.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt M4A1 Carbine with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament RAS railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mmFile:THL William James.pngSergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner) with his M4A1 Carbine in a publicity still.File:THL 008.jpgJames aims his M4A1 Carbine at British contractors suspected of being armed Hadjis. Note woodland camouflaged helmet cover, as opposed to the conventional ACU covers.File:THL 1001.jpgSpecialist Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) aims his M4A1 Carbine at an insurgent marksman in the Iraqi desert.File:THLtrail-M4.jpg"What's he doing?" Sanborn looks on at James removing his EOD suit with his M4A1 Carbine (with 3rd generation buttstock).File:THLtrail-M4-2.jpgSanborn and James sweep and clear a room.File:THL 006.jpgJames fires his M4A1 Carbine during the sniper ambush.
Airsoft M4A1 carbines
M16A4
A few American soldiers carry M16A4 rifles (possibly airsoft replicas, by the unnecessary screws in the A2 stocks), fitted with reflex sights and other attachments.
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Kalashnikov Variants
AKM
AKM rifles are carried by Iraqi National Guard soldiers and insurgents.
A MPiKMS 72, an East German version of the AKMS with plastic handguards and a side-folding stock, is seen slung over the shoulder of the Iraqi police officer that talks to SFC James about the car bomb at the UN compound.
A Barrett M107 (not a M82 as noted by the full-length accessory rail) is used by the private contractors to respond to an insurgent ambush, and is later used by Sergeants James and Sanborn to shoot several of the attackers. It should be noted that Sanborn and the other EOD members could conceivably know how to operate a Barrett since it can be used to detonate IEDs as an anti-materiel rifle.
A FPK / PSL Sniper Rifle is used by an insurgent sniper who ambushes the EOD team and the private contractors in the desert.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRomanian FPK/PSL sniper rifle - 7.62x54RFile:THL 010.jpgThe muzzle of the PSL rifle is seen.File:Hlk-psl.jpgThe distinctive "X" shaped ribbing on the FPK/PSL magazine differentiates it from similar magazines like those of the SVD Dragunov.File:Hlk-psl2.jpgIn this blurry action shot, the split level shape of the wooden fore arms indicate that the rifle is an FPK / PSL rifle.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
Browning M2HB machine guns are mounted on top of U.S Army Humvees, including that of the EOD team. It is also used by a British contractor during the ambush.
