The A-Team is an American action television series that aired on NBC from 1983-1988. The show followed the adventures of a US Special Forces team who were convicted of a military crime they didn't commit. After escaping from a maximum security prison, they survive as soldiers of fortune in the Los Angeles underground. The show was known for its numerous gunfights where nearly no one was shot, and for its car chases where everyone is able to get out of their vehicles even after they experienced spectacular crashes. A theatrical adaptation of the show starring Liam Neeson was released in 2010.
The following weapons were used in the television series The A-Team :
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Handguns Browning Hi-Power The Browning Hi-Power is one of the handguns frequently used by Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, most notably in Season 1's Black Day at Bad Rock .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1911 The M1911 and many variants are carried at various times by A-Team members, U.S. Military Police pursuing the A-Team, and various bad guys.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Decker second-in-command Capt. Crane (Carl Franklin ) fires his M1911. hello im shane
Nickel Plated Colt Lawman MK III Used in multiple episodes, primarily by Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck (Dirk Benedict ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Lawman MK III. - .357 magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing The business end of Faceman's nickel plated Colt Lawman MK III . Smith & Wesson 39 During Season 2, the Smith & Wesson 39 is one of the preferred sidearms of Col. John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 39 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Hannibal holds a S&W on Col. Decker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 639 Hannibal also uses a Smith & Wesson 639 in Season 2.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 639 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hannibal holds a S&W. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the thugs loading his Smith & Wesson Model 10 in the Season 3 episode Breakout! . Smith & Wesson Model 29 The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is the main sidearm of A-Team nemesis Col. Decker (Lance LeGault ). Faceman is also seen carrying the Smith & Wesson Model 29 in numerous episodes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 29 - .44 magnum. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Faceman shows Hannibal his S&W Model 29 in the Season 2 episode "The Taxicab Wars". Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Col. Decker (Lance LeGault ) with his S&W Model 29 drawn, searches for Hannibal in a sporting goods store. It can also be seen in the Season 1 episode Pros And Cons used by Warden Beale.
Webley Mk VI The leader of the Guerillas in the Season 1 Pilot Mexican Slayride can be seen using a Webley Mk VI .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the large barrel, distinguishing it from the other Webley revolvers. Submachine Guns Wilkinson Arms Linda pistol Hannibal (George Peppard ) uses a Wilkinson Arms Linda machine pistol converted to full-auto in the Season 2 episode "Deadly Maneuvers".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wikinson Arms Linda Pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hannibal fires the Wilkinson Arms Linda in the Season 2 episode "Deadly Maneuvers".
HK94A3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch HK94 - 9mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Head of the Neighbourhood Watch Joe Skrylow wielding a HK94A3 in the Season 4 episode There Goes The Neighbourhood . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the receiver. Note the Diopter Sighting System and the firing mode switch, which only offers semi-firing mode. These appear to have the early "Slimline" forearms featured on older versions of the MP5.
Intratec AB-10 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Intratec AB-10 Pistol. - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Used throughout season 2, Hannibal is seen here holding an Intratec AB-10 Pistol. Intratec TEC-9 Seen used by Robert Davi in an episode. Also, TEC-9 Mini blued carried by Hannibal in at least 1 episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Intratec TEC-9. - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Robert Davi opening up with his Intratec TEC-9 .
MAC-10 The MAC-10 appears in two guises in the series. Both as itself (in a specific instance where Hannibal discovers it in a weapons cache inside a limo - complete with what appears to be a Psionics suppressor) and in a "fake Uzi " mode much like The Dogs of War with fake Uzi furniture mounted on the barrel and receiver. If memory serves the "front sight" of the Uzi was actually upside down!!!
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the Episode When You Comin´ Back, Range Rider? , a MAC-10 is used by Col. Roderick Decker (Lance LeGault ) for target practice. It should be noted that Lance LeGault barely ever flinches when firing a weapon in the series. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hannibal discovers a suppressed MAC-10 under a seat in the main villains limousine. He correctly refers to it as a "Ingram". Micro Uzi Error creating thumbnail: File missing Micro Uzi - 9mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frankie Santana(Eddie Velez ) with a Micro Uzi on General Stockwell´s plane. (Fake) Uzi Carbine A MAC-10 mocked up to look like an Uzi can be seen being used by Murdock (Dwight Schultz ). Similar Uzi mock-ups can be seen in Raw Deal , The Dogs of War Stripes
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Murdock (Dwight Schultz ) blasting away at a group of bad guys. Note that he is wearing the ear muffs so the bullet hits on the (apparently bulletproof) barrel he is hiding in wont blow his eardrums when he is taking cover. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another mocked up MAC-10. Rifles Ruger Mini 14 Stainless version with Folding stock When the show began its full run in 1984, the producers decided not to have the team use different weapons every week, primarily due to budget concerns. (Let's face it, it was a cheap show). Beginning with its second season, the A-Team favored the Ruger Mini-14 with a factory folding stock in Stainless steel. Contrary to popular belief, these were not the fully automatic Ruger AC556 rifles, but the Semi auto only Ruger Mini 14 with folding stocks. Close examination of the show reveals that the actors are pulling the triggers quickly and only a few spent brass casing as flying out, despite the sound effects of full auto fire. Also the cuts in editing, showing bullet squibs and 'dust hits' against the ground and buildings, created the illusion of full auto firing Ruger rifles. Since Americans had not yet been exposed to 'assault weapon bans' being that this was the mid 1980s, the title 1 classified Ruger rifles were easy to transport across state and local lines with no paperwork hassles. The rifles were actually purchased for the show and were kept on permanent storage in the show's props containers during the show's run.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hannibal Smith (George Peppard ) and Templeton "Faceman" Peck (Dirk Benedict ) hold their Ruger rifles in the Season 2 episode "The Taxicab Wars". Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz ) holds a Ruger Mini-14 as he and B.A. Baracus (Mr. T ) burst into a backyard in the Season 2 episode "The Taxicab Wars". -- The question remains...what's that handgun B.A. is holding in this shot?
-- Could it be a Walther PPK?
AKM AKM´s can be seen during the Season 4 finale The Sound Of Thunder , used by North Vietnamese ground troops and throughout Season 5.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A North Vietnamese soldier brandishing an AKM . Note the bulge on the forearm, a feature unique to this version of the Kalashnikov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Why the NFL never thought of this. Daewoo K2 Used in numerous episodes, notably by Murdock in Season 4's "Wheel of Fortune".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Daewoo K2 AR - 5.56mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing H. M. Murdock carrying a Daewoo K2 in the Season 4 episode Wheel Of Fortune . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good look at the left side of the receiver. HK91A2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch HK91A2 - 7.62x51mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A group of bank robbers, some of which are wielding scoped HK91´s. Note clamped together magazines. IMI Galil Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Galil ARM - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Any Questions?", Templeton holds a Galil on a bunch of thugs from atop a Sherman tank. M16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16/SP1 - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16/SP1 with an A1 "birdcage" Flash hider used to impersonate the original M16 carried by Hannibal (George Peppard ) in a flashback in the Season 4 finale The Sound Of Thunder . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Murdock aiming an M16 with the original 3-prong flash hider. M16A1 Used by U.S. Military Police pursing the A-Team, by A-Team members themselves, and various bad guys.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 - 5.56x45mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Both the length of the tube and the shape and size of the trigger and accompanying trigger guard are off. Hannibal is also never seen actually loading the weapon, yet another indication that this is a non-firing prop. Norinco Type 56-2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56-2 with side-folding stock - 7.62x39mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Norinco Type 56-2 leaning against a chair in the Season 5 episode Quarterback Sneak . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in The Theory Of Revolution brandishing a Norinco Type 56-2 .
Ruger Mini-14 The Ruger Mini-14 is used mostly by bad guys in a multitude of episodes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruger Mini-14 - 5.56x45mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Second and third extra from the left are carrying Ruger Mini-14´s in the episode The Island . One can also spot a couple of AC556 with their characteristic bayonet lugs earlier in the same episode.
Steyr AUG A1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr AUG A1- 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the thugs surrenders his Steyr AUG to the A-Team in the Season 4 episode Where´s The Monster When You Need Him? . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A first person shot from the same episode. Dirk Benedict isn't actually firing the weapon, but is wiggling it around instead. Sound and special effects are doing the rest. Thompson Submachine Gun Used in the two-parters Judgement Day and Mexican Slayride .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928 Thompson - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The main villain firing his Thompson M1928 on full auto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hannibal wielding a M1921 in Mexican Slayride . Note that the barrel appears to be cut down. One of the thugs uses a Thompson M1928A1 in The Out-Of-Towners .
(Fake) XM177 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commercial CAR-15 - 5.56x45mm. If someone can get a clearer screenshot, please go ahead and replace this one.
Winchester Model 1892 A wide variety of lever action rifles can be seen in The A-Team , including a Winchester Model 1892 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1892 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Main Villain in Breakout! holding what appears to be a Winchester Model 1892 . Shotguns Browning O/U Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning O/U - 12 gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Jourdan(Roy Dotrice ) is using a Browning O/U to shoot clay pigeons in the Season 5 episode The Spy Who Mugged Me . Remington 870 Hannibal (George Peppard ) is seen holding a Remington 870 in Sheriffs Of Rivertown .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 Police Magnum Riot Shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hannibal (George Peppard ) holding a Remington 870 while breaking up a card game in Sheriffs Of Rivertown . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the Remington 870´s pump action. Ithaca Model 37 Can be seen throughout the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Hank Thompson (Ed Lauter ) carrying a Ithaca 37 shotgun in the Season 1 episode Black Day at Bad Rock Earlier in the same episode a weapon rack can be seen in the sheriffs office with multiple other shotguns. The bartender in The Out-Of-Towners uses a Ithaca 37 with sawed-off stock and barrel.
Charles Parker 1878 Double Barreled Shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A farmer holds his Double Barreled Shotgun on the A-Team in the Season 5 episode Alive At Five . Headline text Sniper Rifles Arisaka Type 99 sporterized Used only when the script calls for a trained assassin is a Arisaka Type 99 rifle. Specifically, the Type 2 takedown paratrooper variant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 02 Takedown paratrooper rifle - 7.7x58mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Arisaka Type 99 rifle leaning against a couch. It can be identified as the Type 2 takedown paratrooper by the sling swivel and the receiver. Sporterized versions of the Type 99 are often used when a weapon that can be easily assembled is called for. This weapon was also prominently featured in Dirty Harry
Winchester Model 70 The Winchester Model 70 is used in various episodes, notably in Season 2's Diamonds ´N Dust .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 70. - .30-06. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Winchester Model 70 is used twice in the episode Diamonds ´N Dust . Error creating thumbnail: File missing This shot allows for a much clearer look at the rifle. Machine Guns M14E2 Light Machine Gun This weapon is featured only once, during the final Season 1 episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M14E2 - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing During a flashback sequence in the final Season 1 episode A Nice Place To Visit , a Vietcong wields a US made M14E2 Light Machine Gun . Note the curved stock. M60 The M60 was the regular squad support weapon in the series, always used by Hannibal Smith (George Peppard ) and rarely by B.A. Baracus (Mr. T ) even though he would of been the obvious choice but more often was relegated to using a chrome Smith & Wesson 639 automatic pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M60 - 7.62x51mm NATO. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Hannibal fires the M60 mounted on a Hughes 500 helicopter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the Season 3 episode "The Bend in the River", B.A. Baracus (Mr. T ) bursts into a bar with the M60. This is probably the only time we see B.A. fire the weapon. File:A Team S1 FINALEM60.jpg A close-up on the M60´s body in the Season 1 finale. M60 Rubber props In the episode Cowboy George the viewer watches as two M60 are caught in just as many explosions. It should be pointed out that these aren't actual firing props.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fact that this is a rubber prop is most evident when checking for the magazine. There is none . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another M60 rubber prop meets its untimely demise in an explosion. Browning Automatic Rifle Malavida Valdez (Sergio Calderón ) is using a Browning Automatic Rifle throughout the Season 1 pilot episode Mexican Slayride .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malavida Valdez firing the BAR. Note the blank adaptor protruding from inside the barrel. Launchers Federal Gas Riot Gun In the episode When You Comin´ Back, Range Rider? , Col. Decker (Lance LeGault ) uses a Federal M201-Z Riot Gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Federal M201-Z Riot Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In When You Comin´ Back, Range Rider? , Col. Decker (Lance LeGault ) uses a Federal M201-Z Riot Gun . M72 Light Anti Tank Weapon (LAW) Error creating thumbnail: File missing M72 LAW Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bounty hunters in the Season 3 episode Bounty have a M72 lying in their Hideout. How they acquired that sort of ordnance is beyond me. M1 Rocket Launcher The M1 "Bazooka" is used by Murdock in the Season 4 episode Where´s The Monster When You Need Him? .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 "Bazooka" Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M1 "Bazooka" is used once in the Season 4 episode Where´s The Monster When You Need Him? . I am pretty sure that this is just a mock-up. Miscellaneous CO2 Pistol A CO2 pistol is used to fire tranquillizer darts in The Court Martial Part 3: Firing Line .
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Mk 2 Fragmentation Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Templeton Peck (Dirk Benedict ) and H. M. Murdock (Dwight Schultz ) come across a box full of Mk 2 fragmentation grenades in the Season 3 episode Moving Targets . Hannibal also retrieves two of these at the end of the Season 1 Finale A Nice Place To Visit .
M69 Training Grenade M69 Training Grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M69 Training Grenades can be seen here during The Sound Of Thunder in Murdock´s weapon bag. Identifiable by their blue paint job. These are not actual M67.M19 mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing In The Theory Of Revolution Hannibal(George Peppard ) and B.A.(Mr. T ) lay suppressive fire with a M19 mortar. 
