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White House Down is a 2013 action film directed by Roland Emmerich (2012, Independence Day). Channing Tatum stars as John Cale, a Capitol Police Officer and failed Secret Service applicant who finds himself trapped after heavily armed mercenaries seize the White House. He then proceeds to find President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) and the two try to find a way to thwart the terrorists. The film was released in the U.S. on June 28, 2013, only a few months following the release of the similarly-themed Olympus Has Fallen.
The following weapons were used in the film White House Down:
Cale uses Springfield Armory XD taken from one of the mercenaries for much of the movie, later giving it to President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) to protect himself.
Secret Service agents are armed with SIG-Sauer P229 E2 pistols. Emil Stenz (Jason Clarke) uses a suppressed P229 while seizing control of the White House.
The Brügger & Thomet APC9 is carried by several of the mercenaries who seize the White House. The submachine gun seen is fitted with a tan upper receiver, an EOTech sight, tactical light and suppressor. Cale uses one after seizing it from a mercenary early in the film. Several mercenaries including Stenz and Killick (Kevin Rankin) also use the APC9.
Cale uses a Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with a RIS handguard and foregrip while rescuing the President from the mercenaries. Stenz's right hand man Motts (Falk Hentschel) uses a similar MP5A3 throughout the film.
Some of the mercenaries are armed with M4A1 carbines with EOTech sights. Agents from the Secret Service Emergency Response Team are also armed with M4A1s, as are U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. Marines.
One of the mercenaries searching for Cale and the President in the White House's living quarters is armed with a SIG SG 552 carbine. Cale takes the SG 552 and uses it while eluding Stenz.
The mercenaries use a Minigun mounted in a Secret Service Chevrolet Suburban during a chase on the White House lawn. John Cale is also seen using a Minigun later in the film.
The mercenaries use a FGM-148 Javelin to fend off attacking helicopters. It is erroneously shown being used in an anti-air role, despite being an anti-tank weapon. The Javelin also fires like a standard hard-launch missile launcher, instead of a soft-launch (where the missile is pneumatically ejected a safe distance and then ignites its motor).
President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) uses an RPG-7D paratrooper model made to look like the Airtronic RPG-7 in the film. It is done so by the addition of the M4-style stock and RIS rails. The type used is distinguishable from the standard RPG-7 by its takedown feature and the safety latch extension that is visible under the launch tube to prevent the sear from functioning when the launcher is in two pieces. Two separate rocket types can be seen being used with this weapon; the PG-7VM and the larger PG-7VL.
