Tears of the Sun

The following weapons appear in the film Tears of the Sun:

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Colt M4A1 with SOPMOD Attachments

Used by Lieutenant A.K. Waters, Danny "Doc" Kelley, Jason "Flea" Mabry, Kelly Lake and Ellis "Zee" Pettigrew as their primary weapons. "Doc" and "Zee" both have an M203 Grenade Launcher attached at the end of there weapons while "Flea" has a 6x48 Sightron S33 and a Silencer. Flea's M4 is also has a custom paintjob of green and black. While "Lake" has an M68 Aimpoint and a Suppressor on his rifle.

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M4A1 as carried by "Lake"

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M4A1 with M203 as carried by "Doc" and "Zee", also notice the H&K pistols carried by the team

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M4A1 with M68 and Fore-Grip as carried by "Lieutenant Waters"

M60E4 Machine Gun

The M60E4 machine gun appears in the film being used by James "Red" Atkins (Cole Hauser) as his primary weapon, fitted with a duckbill-style muzzle brake.

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M60E4 machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO

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A wounded James "Red" Atkins fires his M60E4 while fleeing from militia fighters

Heckler & Koch Mk 23 mod 0

Used by members of the SEAL team as their secondary weapon, seen fitted with silencers during the scene where the team take out the militia members in the villiage.

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H&K Mk 23 Mod 0 .45 ACP

M249 SAW Paratrooper

A paratrooper version of the M249 SAW appears in the film used by Michael "Slo" Slowenski (Nick Chinlund) as his primary weapon, with a cloth ammo pouch.

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M249 SAW 5.56mm paratrooper version with 200 round ammo drum

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Michael "Slo" Slowenski wielding his M249 SAW

M-14 Sniper rifle

Used by Demetrius "Silk" Owens (Charles Ingram) as his primary weapon. US Navy uses standard M14 rifles. The M21 is used by the US Army. The USMC uses the M14 DMR, Designated Marksman Rifle. All are updated versions of the M14

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M21 as carried by US Army Soldier (although Silk has his M14 painted in Green with a piece of burlap to cover his scope and no Bipod)

Remington 870 shotgun

Lake also uses a Remington 870 shotgun with an extended tube and a sidesaddle for extra shells. The shotgun is sometimes preferred for close quarters and in the jungle, often used by the pointman in the team. After "Lake" takes an unfatal shot to the right shoulder, "Flea" takes his Remington 870, because Lake can only use one arm. Flea then fires all seven shots and most likey drops the shotgun, due to its long reload time. Flea uses his M4 until he is shot.

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Remington 870 12 guage

Sig Sauer P228 pistol

Danny "Doc" Kelley (Paul Francis) wields a Sig-Sauer P228 (designated M11 in U.S. military service) as his sidearm during the ethnic cleansing scene and during the final battle when he runs out of ammo for his M4 and resorts to this pistol until he can reload.

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Sig Sauer P228 9mm

AKM/Type 56 assault rifle

Both the Russian AKM rifle and the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle was seen in the hands of Nigerian soldiers and the Cameroon border guards.

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Maadi ARM - most of the AKMs seen in movies during the 1980s were imported ARMs that were legally converted to full auto fire. This image is of an actual movie gun. The laminated buttstock was replaced with a hardwood one when the original stock was broken during a stunt - 7.62x39mm

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Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet - 7.62x39mm

SKS

Used by Nigerian soldiers - Both Russian and Chinese models.

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Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm

Mauser Kar98k rifle

Seen in the hands of Nigerian soldiers.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm