The Hooligan Wars is a 2012 UK crime drama about professional soccer player Andy Hollington who, after an accident, needs to find another source of income for himself and his pregnant girlfriend. He ends up operating an ice cream vending truck, hence the USA title ‘The Ice Cream Wars’.
Soon he experiences that his truck turns out to be a lucrative cover for criminal activities and he gets the unwanted attention of a Polish gang. In an attempt to defend his business, he requests the assistance of a local gang but this gets him involved even deeper into a dark and rotten world…
The following weapons were used in the film The Hooligan Wars:
Local crime leader Nick (Peter Barrett) carries a Heckler & Koch USP throughout the movie, although in a continuity error he is seen with a Glock 17 in the final scene.
One of the Polish thugs branished a IMI Jericho 941 F, identifiable by the pronounced rear sight and the lack of safety/decocker on the right side of the slide.
Another Polish thug carries a Heckler & Koch MP5K-PDW fitted with a UMP stock. In the first image the muzzle and front grip seem to be incorrectly sized, but additional screenshots show correct dimensions.
A Specialist Firearms Officer carries a Heckler & Koch G36 which is assumed to be the G36V export version because the lack of dual optical sight would allow a scope to be mounted.
Other Specialist Firearms Officers use several versions of the Heckler & Koch G36KV, recognizable from the original G36K by the lack of dual optical sight.
Some other Specialist Firearms Officers carry Heckler & Koch G36C’s in several different configurations. Some of the rifles can be identified as Airsoft replicas based on the four vent holes on each side of the handguard rather than two (this handguard is slightly larger than the original and is designed to allow the replica to hold a larger battery).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch G36C - 5.56x45mmError creating thumbnail: File missingAn officer with a Heckler & Koch G36C with a scope and foregrip taking aim at the assorted gang members.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnother officer with a scoped Heckler & Koch G36C making a report after the shootout. Note the four vent holes on the handguard which identify this weapon as an Airsoft replica.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAfter the shootout, an officer is standing guard as suspects are being led away, his Heckler & Koch G36C appears to have an M68 Aimpoint scope mounted.
Colt M4A1
One of the members of Nick’s gang is briefly seen pulling a standard Colt M4A1 carbine on the Polish thugs during the shootout at the abandoned warehouse.
What appears to be an AKS-74U with a weapon light is seen pulled from an icecream vending truck just seconds before the massive shootout at the abandoned warehouse.
Polish thug Gustaw (Thomas Thoroe) carries a Mossberg 500 Cruiser as identified by the safety on top of the receiver. Andy is prominently shown with this shotgun on the movie poster but surprisingly does not use this shotgun, or any other gun, in the movie.
