Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thunderheart (1992)Thunderheart Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough Val Kilmer , Sam Shepard and Graham Greene . Kilmer plays a young F.B.I. agent of partial Native American heritage, partnered with a seasoned veteran (Shepard) to investigate a murder on a Sioux reservation.
N.B. While the exact year of the film's events is not given, a portrait of Richard M. Nixon hanging in an F.B.I. field office indicates the early 1970's, and no later than 1974. Based on this assumption, several of the film's weapons are anachronistic, as are several other minor aspects, including a character listening to Bruce Springsteen's "Badlands" (released in 1978) while driving in a 1983 Ford Mustang.
The following weapons were used in the film Thunderheart :
Handguns Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose Agents Ray Levoi (Val Kilmer ) and Frank Coutelle (Sam Shepard ) carry Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose revolvers as their service weapons.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (right side) - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi aims his S&W 19. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coutelle points his S&W 19 at Jimmy Looks Twice (John Trudell). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi lowers his S&W 19. Smith & Wesson Model 36 Levoi's backup gun is a Smith & Wesson Model 36 carried in an ankle holster. He draws it on two occasions.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi draws his S&W 36 during the drive-by. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi with his S&W 36 when questioning Richard Yellow Hawk (Julius Drum). The ankle holster he drew it from is visible here as well. Colt Government Model Walter Crow Horse (Graham Greene ) carries a Colt Government Model as his service weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Government Model M1911A1 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walter Crow Horse with his Colt Government. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther Crow Horse prepares to surrender his weapon. Smith & Wesson Model 10HB A reservation police officer is seen firing a Smith & Wesson Model 10HB .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (heavy barrel) revolver (Post 1950s Model) - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army A GOON (Guardians of the Oglala Nation) carries a Single Action Army in a holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns Ithaca 37 Levoi, Coutelle and other characters use Ithaca 37 shotguns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coutelle with his Ithaca 37. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi with his Ithaca 37. Single Barreled Shotgun Various characters are seen with Single Barreled Shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrington & Richardson Topper Shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jack Milton (Fred Ward ) with a single barreled shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Richard Yellow Hawk opens the door with his single barreled shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi takes Richard's shotgun. Double Barreled Shotgun Various characters are seen with Double Barreled Shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A GOON's shotgun on the roof of a car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walter Crow Horse with a sawn-off double barreled shotgun tied to the handlebars of his bike. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Possibly the same GOON as from above in a later scene. Browning BPS Jack Milton (Fred Ward ) carries a Browning BPS for much of the latter half of the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning BPS Hunter Model - 20 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles/Carbines Winchester Model 1894 A GOON is armed with a Winchester Model 1894 at a checkpoint.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1894 - .30-30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington Model 7400 A GOON is armed with a scoped Remington Model 7400 at a checkpoint.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 7400 - .308 Winchester Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine A cavalry trooper is seen with a Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine during Levoi's Wounded Knee nightmare.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Replica Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine "Trapdoor Springfield" built by Uberti Arms - .45-70 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unknown M16-type Levoi is seen with an unknown M16 -type rifle. Not much of the gun is seen however.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with A2 style handguards used to impersonate the M16A2 - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi with his rifle. M16A1 At least one of the GOONs is armed with an M16A1 with A2 handguards.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 with A2 style handguards - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The GOON in the foreground with the M16A1. Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II FBI agents are seen with Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II rifles, as identified by their slabside lower receivers, A1 upper receivers and A2 furniture.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt AR15A2 Sporter II (Model 6500), early model with A1 upper receiver - 5.56x45mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good shot of all the identifying features on the rifle, note forward assist, slabside lower receiver, and A2 handguards. MGC M-16 Model Gun Corp Replica Rifle One of the GOONs appears to be armed with a MGC M-16 Model Gun Corp Replica Rifle .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan and one of the most used non firing replicas of the M16 in movies and television. The 'forward assist' on the early models like the one imaged here are bolt inserts to keep the receiver together. Modern MGC M16 replicas have improved by third parties over the years (like adding A1 flash hiders) making it more accurate to the real thing making it harder for 'Connoisseurs' to identify Error creating thumbnail: File missing The GOON to the rear appears to be aiming a replica. Colt AR-15 Sporter Carbine The alleged murder weapon is a Colt AR-15 Sporter Carbine modified to appear as a XM177 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Late 1970s model AR15 Sporter 1 Carbine - converted into an XM177 Lookalike for the film The Dogs of War Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi with the fake XM177. Remington Model 700 Coutelle carries a Remington Model 700 with a Starlight scope.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington Model 700 BDL - .300 Win. Mag. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Levoi spots Coutelle's rifle in his car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coutelle with his rifle. 
