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Red Scorpion

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Work In Progress

This article is still under construction. It may contain factual errors. See Talk:Red Scorpion for current discussions. Content is subject to change.

The following weapons were used in the film Red Scorpion:

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Red Scorpion (1989)



Rifles

AO-63 assault rifle (mocked up FN FAL)

The large assault rifle used prominently by Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) during the final assault is an FN FAL mocked up to resemble the experimental Russian Avtomat AO-63 assault rifle. The weapon is also seen being tested by Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano) on the rifle range near the beginning of the film. The FN FAL used in the movie has been modified with twin barrels, a custom stock, the pistol grip from a Vektor SS-77 general purpose machine gun, an enlarged magazine/foregrip and a Lewis gun's drum magazine mounted on top. Upon closer inspection only the lower barrel can actually be seen firing; presumably this is because building a weapon that could fire from two barrels would be a far more difficult modification, and the discrepancy isn't that noticeable on-screen.

Although not related to the AO-63 but a Two barrel FN FAL does exist that was made by Winchester/Olin for US Army trials.

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Avtomat AO-63, 5.45x39mm.
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The "AO-63" assault rifle as seen in the movie.
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Nikolai gets ready for the final battle.
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Nikolai firing at the "Mil-24 Hind".
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I am Spetsnaz! But I'm no longer one of you!.
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Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano) with the AO-63.
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Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) with the "AO-63" seen vaguely in the opening title.

FN FAL

Unmodified FN FAL rifles are used by guerilla fighters.

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FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO

IMI Romat (fitted with grenade launcher)

An Israeli contract FAL fitted with a grenade launcher is seen being used by Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) and Kallunda Kintash (Al White).

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Israeli FAL "Romat" with Wooden Furniture 7.62x51mm NATO
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Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL
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Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL.
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Kallunda Kintash (Al White) is armed with an Israeli contract FN FAL.

AK-47

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Milled Receiver AK-47 design; 7.62x39mm.

AKM

Seen in the hands of Soviet troops, Cuban troops, the African rebels, and Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) throughout the film, occasionally with attached bayonets.

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm

AMD-65

An AMD-65 rifle is used by Rachenko to drunkenly shoot up a bar on the Soviet base so that he can be arrested and subsequently aid guerilla Kallunda Kintash (Al White) in his escape, thereby gaining the trust of the rebels and allowing him to assassinate their leader (in an incredibly convoluted plan that actually involves the deaths of several Russian soldiers). AMD-65s are also seen being used by various Russian soldiers/guerillas and by Dewey Ferguson (M. Emmet Walsh).

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Hungarian AMD-65 - 7.62x39mm
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Rachenko shoots up a bar with the AMD-65.

Vektor R4

Vektor R4 rifles are used by the Angolan troops.

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IMI Galil ARM 5.56mm
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Vektor R4 assault rifle of the South African forces
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Mosin-Nagant

Mosin-Nagant M44 carbines (without the bayonet) are seen in the hands of African guerillas.

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Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, chambered in 7.62x54R, with attached side-folding bayonet. Note the slightly longer barrel ahead of the front sight to accommodate locking in the bayonet, brass reinforcements around the sling holes and an integral bayonet attached to the barrel.


Shotguns

Mossberg 500

Mossberg 500 shotguns with extended mag tubes are used by the Russian Military Policemen and Dewey Ferguson (M. Emmet Walsh) during the road chase. A Mossberg 500 is also used by Nikolai during the final assault, along with other members of the guerilla force.

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Machine Guns

M1919A4 machine gun

A Browning M1919A4 machine gun (which would never be used by Russian forces) is seen mounted on a Soviet Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle vehicle.

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M1919A4 M37 vehicle pintle mount - .30-06.
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Vektor SS-77

A South African Vektor SS-77 machine gun is seen mounted on an armored vehicle during the road chase, and also on a motorcycle and sidecar being ridden by Cuban troops.

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Vektor SS-77 - 7.62x51mm General Purpose Machine Gun
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Cuban soldier fires a Vektor SS-77 from a motorbike sidecar.

RPK

RPKs are used by various Russian and Cuban troops. Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) takes one and uses it during the ambush at the oasis.

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RPK light machine gun - 7.62x39mm
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Submachine Guns

PPSh41

Seen wielded by the African guerillas.

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Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev


Handguns

Colt Combat Commander

Incongruously used by a Cuban soldier and General Vortek (T.P. McKenna). It is likely supposed to portray the Russian Tokarev TT-33, as Soviet officers would never use a handgun of American manufacture.

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Colt Combat Commander - .45 ACP.
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General Vortek (T.P. McKenna) pulls the handgun.

Other

M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle

Seen mounted on a Land Rover and used by Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) during the assault on the joint Soviet/Cuban military camp.

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Nikolai Rachenko(Dolph Lundgren) uses an M40 recoilless rifle.

M134 Minigun

An M134 minigun can be seen mounted in the nose of the Sikorsky S-62 "Hind gunship", although it appears to be a mockup as it looks like the barrels are fused to the fuselage of the helicopter and could not possibly rotate. Furthermore, it seems to have an acetylene-powered muzzle blast, although it is never seen firing in close-up.

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General Electric M134 - 7.62x51mm
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Mk 40 grenade launcher

A MK 40 is seen underslung the barrel of the Israeli IMI Romat used by Nikolai Rachenko(Dolph Lundgren) and Kallunda Kintash (Al White).

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Flamethrower

Custom flamethrowers are used by Soviet troops to 'cleanse' a tribal village in a scene in the extended cut.

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SA-7 Grail

An SA-7 Grail launcher is also used.

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SA-7 Grail 70mm

RKG-3

A mockup of an RKG-3 anti-tank grenade is wielded by Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano) before getting his arm blown off by Nikolai Rachenko.

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RKG-3 anti-tank grenade
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Closeup of the grenade.
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Colonel Zayas (Carmen Argenziano) reaches for the mockup of the RKG-3 grenade, but to no avail. He appears to be trying to reinsert the arming pin, which really wouldn't help him very much.

Unknown Magnetic Grenade

At the end of the truck chase, Nikolai Rachenko(Dolph Lundgren) places a Magnetic Grenade onto the truck's fuel tank to destroy it.

Trivia

  • Many of the "Soviet" vehicles were actually on loan from the S.A.D.F.(South African Defense Forces).
  • The movie was funded by the anti-communist S.A.D.F., with the production run by co-producer and future Washington DC lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who later would gain notoriety for being implicated in a scandal involving the bribery of US government officials.
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  • The "Mil Mi-24 Hind" seen in the movie is mocked up from a Sikorsky S-62. The same modified helicopter can be seen in Braddock: Missing In Action 3 and Bulletproof (albeit less convincingly modified).
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