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Dog Soldiers

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Dog Soldiers (2002)

The following firearms can be seen in the film Dog Soldiers:

Minor plot spoilers in some of the descriptions.


Pistols

Browning Hi-Power

Captain Ryan (Liam Cunningham) keeps a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm in the film. He wields it during Private Coopers' (Kevin McKidd) Special Ops training. When Sgt. Wells' (Sean Pertwee) team finds the remains of the Spec Ops camp, he picks up one of the Browning Hi-Powers and keeps it as his sidearm for the remainder of the film. Pvt. Cooper also takes one from the Spec Ops camp, but gives his Hi-Power to Megan (Emma Cleasby), who uses it to defend herself. Pvt. 'Spoon' Witherspoon (Darren Morfitt) also briefly handles Cooper's Hi-Power during the interrogation of Captain Ryan. Sergeant Wells later gives his Hi-Power to Cooper during the climax. An interesting point is that Ryan's pistol has no magazine in the gun at the start, yet somehow he manages to chamber a round and kill a dog without the slide locking back. Although there was no magazine in the gun to lock the slide back, it does raise the question of how he managed to chamber the round in the first place. Not to mention Mark III Hi Power's have a magazine safety, which means even if there was a round in the chamber, he couldn't have fired without a magazine in place.

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Commercial Browning Hi Power Mark III - 9x19mm
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Captain Ryan holds his Hi-Power on Private Cooper.
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Ryan tilts his gun. Note the lack of a magazine.
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"Shoot the dog."
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Ryan pulls his sidearm on Cooper.
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Megan fires her Hi-Power at a werewolf.
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Sgt. Wells loads up his Hi-Power.
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"I'm in the closet!" Sgt. Wells holds his Hi-Power near the end of the film.
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Wells' Hi-Power lays on the cellar floor.
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"Think it's all over? It is now."

Submachine Guns

Heckler & Koch MP5A2

Most of Captain Ryan's (Liam Cunningham) Special Ops soldiers carry Heckler & Koch MP5A2s as their primary firearms. Capt. Ryan's men use their MP5A2s during Pvt. Cooper's Special Ops training. After Sgt. Wells' (Sean Pertwee) team finds the remains of the Special Ops camp later on in the film, the team trades in their blank-firing L85A1s in favor of the MP5s. Most of the MP5s are fitted with surefire weaponlights, and several of them seem to have mid-range scopes installed.

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Heckler & Koch MP5A2 with Surefire 628 dedicated forend weaponlight - 9x19mm
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The soldier on the left holds his MP5.
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Cooper spots an MP5A2 when arriving at the camp.
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Bruce (Thomas Lockyer) with his MP5A2 which fails to fire.
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Sgt. Wells with his MP5A2
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Spoon (Darren Morfitt) with an MP5A2.
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Spoon fights off the werewolves during the first attack.
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Cooper with an MP5A2 at the end of the film. Kind of useless with the bolt locked up.

Rifles

L85A1

L85A1's are used by the British Army team during the training exercise at the start of the film, with military blank adapters and SUSAT sights attached. They are later ditched when the team discover the dead Special Ops team, as they would be useless against a real threat.

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L85A1 with SUSAT scope - 5.56x45mm NATO
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Sgt. Wells (Sean Pertwee) disembarks the helicopter with his L85A1 in hand. Note finger on the trigger, probably the only instance of such in the whole movie.
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Private Witherspoon (Darren Morfitt) with his SA80. This prop is actually a spring airsoft replica, recognizable by the screw in the cocking handle, the cheap spring on the dust cover, and the holding open catch is facing the wrong way.
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Terry (Leslie Simpson) panic-fires his L85A1 when the team has a dead cow thrown at them.
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Sgt. Wells with his L85A1.

Heckler & Koch HK91

A Heckler & Koch HK91-A2 is another weapon taken from the Special Forces camp and used by Private "Spoon" Witherspoon (Darren Morfitt) and then by Private Terry Milburn (Leslie Simpson) after swapping his MP5A2 for it. This weapon later disappears from the film, without explanation. The rifle used in the movie had difficulty handling blanks and the bolt had to be manually cycled occasionally. It seems the flash hider was removes from the gun, a slimline handguard was fitted, and a block was attached to the receiver behind the ejection port, possibly to act as a brass deflector. The weapon can be identified as an HK91 by its lack of a paddle magazine release lever, and its two position fire selector.

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HK91-A2 Rifle with Standard Stock Note lack of third position for automatic fire - 7.62x51mm NATO
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Spoon aims the HK91 at Ryan.
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Spoon fires the HK91 during the escape from the forest.
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Note finger off the trigger (which all the actors in this movie do) like a real soldier. The safe/semi only fire selector is also visible in this shot, and it appears that the gun was not converted to full auto, as it only fires single shots throughout the film.
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The HK91 leans against the wall while Spoon secures the window. In this shot the lack of paddle magazine release is apparent.
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Terry surverys the area with the HK91. Note the block attached to the receiver behind the ejection port.
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Terry fires at the werewolves.

Shotguns

Mossberg 500

A Mossberg 500 shotgun is taken from the Special Ops camp and is used by Pvt. Joe Kirkley (Chris Robson) throughout the farmhouse attack and escape from the forest. Many times throughout the film it is shown firing way more rounds than the real gun can hold (in the typical action movie style).

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Mossberg 500 - 12 gauge
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Joe aims the shotgun at Ryan.
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Joe with the shotgun before the first attack. Again note finger off the trigger.
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The shotgun lays on the floor of the farmhouse.
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Joe reloads the shotgun.
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Ready for action.
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Joe with the Mossberg before leaving the house.

Other

Heckler & Koch P2A1

Captain Ryan (Liam Cunningham) briefly wields a Heckler & Koch P2A1 Flare pistol, when Sgt. Wells' (Sean Pertwee) team finds the remains of the Spec Ops team.

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Heckler & Koch P2A1 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm


Unknown stun grenade

Used by the team against the werewolves. They are not seen taken from the Special Forces camp, so it's possible they could have been taken with the team for the training exercise. Help identifying the kind of grenade used would be greatly appreciated.

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Joe readies his grenade.
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Spoon drops his stun grenade out the window.
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Cooper rolls the final grenade toward the werewolves.