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From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Revision as of 15:34, 2 May 2012 by Leigh Burne(talk | contribs)(→M134 Minigun: I understand what you are saying now, but you haven't worded it very well. Hopefully my correction makes it clearer. Also corrected grammar errors.)
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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 the barrel cluster seems to be fused to the fuselage of the helicopter and therefore could not possibly rotate. Furthermore, it seems to fire from each of these stationary barrels in sequence (with acetylene-powered muzzle blasts), rather than always firing from the barrel in the uppermost position as a real minigun would. However, it is difficult to tell for sure as it is never seen firing in close-up.
DT machine gun is seen firing from the hull of a Soviet T-34/85 tank. While long out of Soviet service by the time it is plausible that the “Client State” was still using such an outdated armored vehicle.
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.
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).
