Congo is the 1995 feature film adaptation of the Michael Crichton bestseller of the same name. Directed by Frank Marshall, the film follows a group of scientists who travel deep into the Congo jungle while searching for some colleagues who have gone missing after their camp was destroyed by an unknown force. The cast included Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, and Bruce Campbell.
The following weapons were used in the film Congo:
Captain Munro Kelly (Ernie Hudson) carries a Custom M1911A1 Pistol with an extended target front sight, a Bomar Rear Sight and a Safari Arms Ambidextrous Safety.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFN FAL 50.61 Paratrooper with 21" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingMunro Kelly (Ernie Hudson) fires his FN FAL 50.61 Para rifle - 7.62x51mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingNote that this is not a real 50.61 but a built up gun. The barrel is either a commercial barrel (with no ridges or rifle sling attached) or an IMBEL metric FAL barrel and the front sight is an Inch pattern L1A1 sight despite being outfitted with Metric Belgian FAL fore ends - 7.62x51mm
Soldiers at the Mwanzaa Airport carry either Russian AK-47 rifles or Poly Tech Legend AK-47 Rifles. They are the classic AK design without the Chinese Type 56 Style hood.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingPoly Technologies AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. This is the commercial clone of the original Type III AK-47 and is the most used in American films and shows when showing the milled receiver AK-47Error creating thumbnail: File missingSoldier with an underfolder AK-47S rifle - 7.62x39mm (Doesn't the muzzle brake resemble that of an AKM?)Error creating thumbnail: File missingOne of Kelly's men at the base camp fires his underfolder AKS-47 rifle at the attacking Zinj Gorillas - 7.62x39mmError creating thumbnail: File missingOne of Kelly's men at the base camp readies his folding stock AKS-47 rifle at the base camp - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56 rifle
Junta soldiers prior to their entry into Tanzania (and then into Zaire) also carry Chinese Norinco Type 56 rifles - the Chinese AK47 copy.
A full auto Rocky Mountain Arms Patriot Pistol is seen being loaded by Kelly's men prior to the night battle and Dr. Karen Ross (Laura Linney) ends up using it during the fight. The pistol is built up from a Patriot barreled Upper receiver on a full auto Colt XM lower (possibly a Model 614 Export version), which has a partial magazine fence as opposed to the "slab side" receiver found on the SP1 Sporter. Rather than use the short buffer tube on most AR15 pistol variants, the armorers simply removed the XM177 style buttstock from the standard Carbine Buffer tube and kept it on the firearm. The finishes are noticeably different from the Patriot upper receiver and the Colt Lower receiver. These custom firearms appear to have also been used in 1998's Soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAR Patriot Pistol being loaded (note the Colt XM partial-fence lower receiver) - 5.56mmError creating thumbnail: File missingAR Patriot Pistol charging handle being racked, note that it is built on an XM16 partial-fence lower and has only a 20 round magazine - 5.56mmError creating thumbnail: File missingDr. Karen Ross (Laura Linney) fires her Patriot Pistol - 5.56mm. The buffer tube is simply the Colt Carbine buffer tube devoid of the buttstock and not the short buffer tubes provided on guns like the Patriot or other AR15 pistol variants.
Unknown Bolt Action Rifle
I'm leaning towards a Winchester Model 70 without a scope due to the general shape. A background Kelly man holds a bolt action rifle but never fires it. Facing a horde of attacking Grey Gorillas one would want an assault rifle at the least.
Similar to the sentry guns used in the director's cut of the film Aliens, the camp has machine guns with dual drum magazines operating automatically to fire at movement 'out to 40 yards'. Though the sentry guns in Aliens were actually German MG42 machine guns, these are fake acetylene gas firing mockup guns. In the book, they also had sound suppressors, which had to be taken off to scare off the gorillas.
