Talk:Terminator Salvation

bullets work on robots in this movie? That's a new thing. Every movie we see humans shoot these toasters with bullets, they just bounce right off. Unless the humans in this movie are using some new kind of bullets, or the guns are just props for "plasma" weapons

Winchester here...i just saw the trailer and saw that bullets do in fact work against the terminators as they havent been armored too well yet. And the rifle is in fact an H&K 416.

5.56x45mm FMJs would ricochet off "simple steel" like none other. Either the metal that Terminators are made of isnt that hardened or everybody's using APRs, but i doubt it, so i'm guessing lesser armored Terminators. The Winchester

They likely fire those plasma rounds we see all the guns fire in the other Terminator films. Keep in mind, those were real guns firing some type of futuristic ammo. - Gunmaster45

In the trailer, Connor clearly fires bullets into the Terminator's head, i didnt see any plasma or anything. The Winchester

we'll find out when the movie comes out but I am disappointed that there's not plasma weapons

Real weapons are better anyway. Spartan198 09:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Spartan198

Connor's rifle

I don't think it's a 416. Take a closer look at that promotional still. The rifle has flip-up sights that the 416 doesn't have. Unless there were a modification added, but I think it's just a regular M4 with a full rail on top.

i agree look at the barrel lug, that screams M4.

and because somebody is gonna come around bitching heres some proof. look at the barrels.

H&K 416 http://world.guns.ru/assault/as75-e.htm

Colt M4A1 http://www.imfdb.org/images/e/ed/ColtM4.jpg

I could be wrong, but when I was looking at the .PNG, i saw what looked to be part of an H&K Safety/Fire Selector. I don't ever recall seeing that type of fire selector on an M4A1, and i don't think it was a piece of debris either, as what I saw was a white rectangle aligned with the reciever

Its definitely an HK416. The selector switch is painted white where it should be. You can also see the gas block is correct for an HK416 even though the flashlight is partially in the way. Seems like too much work for it to be simply a custom m4.

It could be a barrett m468

First off, why the hell does everyone start thinking a "cool" looking rifle is a Barrett REC7 all the time? I've seen plenty of that here. I have yet to see a movie or TV series that shows Barrett REC7 outside of Future Weapons. Excalibur01 05:45, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

And yes it is a 416, I took a closer look at the selector switch. I guess they gave the one used by Christian Bale, a longer barrel and swapped out the sights for those we see. Looking closer, the rails fit the kind H&K uses for the 416. Excalibur01 05:45, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

You guys DO also know that HK manufactures a 416 upper receiver for the M4, right?

Yeah, it's the same 416 upper reciever for all the H&K 416s. It was proposed that to cut down cost for the military to adopting the 416, they just buy the upper reciever, which can easily slap onto any M4. Excalibur01 00:32, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Another Reason it cannot be an M468 is that it is lacking the M468's signature SIR handguard. Without it the gun is again put into question whether it is really an HK416 instead of the M468.

Jeez, this is messy, someone cut and paste all this into "discussion", I'm sure when people open this page they don't want to just see some big argument cluttering up the page - User:AdAstra2009

Done. But it's not like cutting and pasting arguments into the Discussion section is something you couldn't have done. -MT2008 05:15, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Just lazy and sometimes, people don't look in the discussion section Excalibur01 05:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I did not do so since as I was not participating in the discussion over whether it was a M4A1 or a HK416 I did not think it would be appropriate for me to be the one to do so. User:AdAstra2009

Note the white writing on the breech, under his left hand...confirming it being an H&K 416 (The Winchester)

Definitely a 416, but looked like it had the HK rear sight replaced with an ARMS one. I just got back from seeing the movie. Spartan198 09:37, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Spartan198

Anachronism?

Perhaps this might be a bit of a nit-pick, but since Terminator Salvation assumes that Judgment Day takes place in 2004 (after the events of Terminator 3), wouldn't the presence of the Magpul Masada (first displayed in 2007) be an anachronism? Markit

Good point, Markit. I actually think that its more like a CQBR or M933, because one of the pictures shows Common with a M4-style weapon. -Winn

I'm going to see this tonight. I'll see what I can pick out on it. But, at first glance from the screencap, the visual profile (mainly in the receiver and fore grip area) looks like a Masada rather than an AR variant. Spartan198 05:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Spartan198

Yes, definitely a Masada from what little of it I saw. Unless they stuck a Masada stock on an AR, but somehow I find that unlikely. Spartan198 09:34, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Spartan198