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M16 rifle series
The M16 rifle series is the United States military designation of rifle variants of the ArmaLite AR-15 assault rifle adopted by the US military. The original prototype AR-15 was developed by ArmaLite in 1956, and is a scaled down version of the ArmaLite AR-10 rifle, chambered in 5.56x45mm rather than 7.62x51mm. In 1959, ArmaLite sold the rights to the AR-10 and the AR-15 to Colt due to financial difficulties, and Colt continued development on the rifle. The rifle would later be adopted by the United States military under the name "Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16".
The name "AR-15" today is used almost exclusively to refer to the semi-automatic (commercially available) civilian version(s) of the M16 and M4 assault rifles, going from the name of a single rifle to the generic name of a type of rifles that trace their ancestry to it.
Standard AR-15 rifles accept detachable magazines of widely varying capacities, and have a pistol grip that protrudes beneath the stock. AR-15 rifles are highly configurable and customizable. They are commonly fitted with several accessories such as bipods, folding or collapsing stocks, threaded barrels for the attachment of a flash suppressor, and a rail system for the attachment of vertical grips, flashlights, laser sights, telescopic sights, etc.
The AR-15 consists of separate upper and lower receiver assemblies, which are attached with two through-pins and can be quickly interchanged with no tools. The upper receiver assembly is simply considered a part, and may be freely purchased and mail-ordered in most locations. This is a very attractive feature for enthusiasts, who often purchase a number of upper receivers (often in different calibers) and interchange them with the same lower receiver. However, one must be thoroughly familiar with firearms laws before doing this as it is possible to make an illegal configuration without realizing it.
For help identifying AR-15 variants, see the Colt AR-15 Identification Guide.
Please check the talk page for additional variants not shown on the main page.
Specifications
(1959 - Present)
Type: Assault Rifle
Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
Capacity: STANAG Magazines: 5, 20, 30, 40 round box magazine/ 90 round snail drum/ 100 round dual drum Beta-C magazine
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi (Mk 12 SPR, AR-15, civilian variants) Safe/Semi/Burst (M16A2, M16A4, M4) Safe/Semi/Auto (M16, M16A1, M16A3, M4A1)
The M16 series of assault rifles and carbine variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:
Colt and Official Government Models
M16
The M16 (designated Colt Model 602 by Colt internally) is the first derivative of the ArmaLite AR-15 adopted by the United States military. The M16 was adopted in 1964 by the US Air Force in Vietnam (and a number were also given to the ARVN). The original M16 features a flat "slab side receiver", the original 3-prong flash hider, and no forward assist.
All appearances of the slab side M16 in movies and television shows would be either the Class III Colt M16 or the commercially available Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle. After being phased out from active duty, military M16s were issued to National Guard units and later bequeathed to federal and local law enforcement agencies. Movie armorers could acquire Law Enforcement Sales models of the M16 as Class III transferable weapons or built as Class III manufacturers. However, an easier way for a movie armorer to acquire an M16 substitute was by purchasing the commercially available semiautomatic Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle and converting it to full auto fire. This was done in the 1970s and 1980s, and rifles of this kind were in movie armories for years.
Film
| Film Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Days in May | Andrew Duggan | COL William 'Mutt' Henderson | Possibly the first depiction of an M16 in a Hollywood film | 1964 |
| Ice Station Zebra | Tony Bill | 1Lt. Walker | 1968 | |
| Ice Station Zebra | Jim Brown | Capt. Anders | 1968 | |
| The Losers | Various | US soldiers | 1970 | |
| Diamonds are Forever | Various | Blofield's henchmen | 1971 | |
| Shaft's Big Score! | Various | Gangster | With 30-round magazine | 1972 |
| Cleopatra Jones | Thug | With 30-round magazine | 1973 | |
| Detroit 9000 | Various | Criminals | SP1 | 1973 |
| Soylent Green | Various | Guards | 1973 | |
| The Laughing Policeman | S.F.P.D. SWAT officers | 1973 | ||
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Various | Gangsters | 1973 | |
| Savage Sisters | Rosanna Ortiz | Mei Ling | 1974 | |
| Various | Philippine soldiers, guerrillas | |||
| Badlands | Various | Army National Guard | 1973 | |
| Walking Tall | Arch Johnson | Buel Jaggers | SP1 | 1973 |
| Zardoz | Various | Exterminators | 1974 | |
| Earthquake | Marjoe Gortner | Sgt. Joad | 1974 | |
| Bucktown | Fred Williamson | Duke Johnson | 1975 | |
| The Muthers | John Montgomery | "Turko" | With 30-round magazine | 1976 |
| Two-Minute Warning | John Cassavetes | LAPD Sgt. Buttons | With 30-round magazine | 1976 |
| Silver Streak | Various | FBI Agents | 1976 | |
| The Enforcer | Various | People's Revolutionary Strike Force terrorists and SFPD officers | Fitted with both 3-prong and A1 flash hiders | 1976 |
| Vigilante Force | Kris Kristofferson | Aaron Arnold | 3-prong flash hider | 1976 |
| Shelly Novack | D.O. Viner | 3-prong flash hider | ||
| Don Pulford | Dave Laughlin | 3-prong flash hider | ||
| Carmen Argenziano | Brian Seldon | 3-prong flash hider | ||
| Charles Cyphers | Perry Beal | 3-prong flash hider | ||
| Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) | Police snipers | With sniper scope | 1976 | |
| Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Marcel Bozzuffi | Joanno aka "Captain" | 1977 | |
| Operation Thunderbolt | Israeli commando | 1977 | ||
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | USAF snipers | 1977 | ||
| Black Sunday | Steven Keats | Robert Mashevsky | 1977 | |
| The Domino Principle | Gene Hackman | Roy Tucker | 3-prong flash hider | 1977 |
| Eli Wallach | General Reser | |||
| The Spy Who Loved Me | Various | US Navy sailors | Stolen from armoury and Stromberg guards | 1977 |
| Damnation Alley | Paul Winfield | Keegan | 1977 | |
| Coming Home | Bruce Dern | Capt. Bob Hyde | 1978 | |
| The Boys from Brazil | Various | Nazis | 1978 | |
| Apocalypse Now | Various | US Army soldiers | 1979 | |
| The Exterminator | Robert Ginty | John Eastland | 1980 | |
| Stripes | Various | US Army soldiers | 1981 | |
| Escape from New York | Various | US Police Force and USSS agents | Handguards removed | 1981 |
| The Loch Ness Horror | British Soldiers | 20-round magazine | 1981 | |
| Wolfen | Albert Finney | NYPD Det. Dewey Wilson | Night Vision Scope | 1981 |
| Gregory Hines | Whittington | |||
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) | Italian policemen | 1981 | ||
| Taps | Various | Cadets | 1981 | |
| Rambo: First Blood | Brian Dennehy | Sheriff Will Teasle | 1982 | |
| Various | Hope County sheriff's deputies | |||
| Octopussy | Roger Moore | James Bond | SP1 with an A1 Flash hider | 1983 |
| Flashpoint | US Army soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Jungle Warriors | Paramilitary guard | 1984 | ||
| Exterminator 2 | Robert Ginty | John Eastland | 1984 | |
| Exterminator 2 | X's thugs | 1984 | ||
| It's a Drink, It's a Bomb! | Police | 1985 | ||
| Into the Night | SWAT officers | 1985 | ||
| My Science Project | John Stockwell | Mike Harlan | With Cobray CM203 flare launcher | 1985 |
| Fisher Stevens | Vince Latello | |||
| Raphael Sbarge | Sherman Reardon | |||
| Al Leong | Viet Cong soldier | |||
| Various | Viet Cong soldiers | |||
| Commando | Arnold Schwarzenegger | John Matrix | Fitted with A1 flash hider; becomes an A1 in some shots | 1985 |
| Various | Arius' men and US Army soldiers | Fitted with A1 flash hiders, some with A2 hand guards | ||
| The Quiet Earth | Alison Routledge | Joanne | 1985 | |
| Yes, Madam! (Huang jia shi jie) | Hong Kong policemen | 1985 | ||
| The Annihilators | Gerrit Graham | Ray Track | SP1 | 1985 |
| Dennis Redfield | Joe Nace | |||
| Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs | Garrett Floyd | With 3-prong flash hider | ||
| The Park is Mine | Various | NYPD SWAT officers | Fitted with AN/PVS-2 Starlight night vision scopes | 1986 |
| Raw Deal | Various | Patrovita's thugs | 1986 | |
| Heartbreak Ridge | Various | US Marines | Fitted with A1 flash hiders | 1986 |
| Platoon | Chris Pedersen | Crawford | Fitted with A1 flash hider | 1986 |
| Legacy of Rage | Various | Henchmen | with birdcage flash hiders | 1986 |
| Murphy's Law | Charles Bronson | Jack Murphy | Fitted with 3-prong flash hider | 1986 |
| A drug farmer | Fitted with 3-prong flash hider | |||
| Club Paradise | soldier | 3-prong flash suppressor | 1986 | |
| Lethal Weapon | Various | LAPD SWAT officers | Deleted scene only | 1987 |
| Near Dark | Kansas State Police | 1987 | ||
| Predator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Dutch | Fitted with A1 flash hider and Fake M203 Launcher | 1987 |
| Sonny Landham | Billy | Fitted with A2 hand guards, A1 flash hider, and Mossberg 500 shotgun | ||
| Full Metal Jacket | Various | US Marines | 1987 | |
| I Love Maria | Police | 1988 | ||
| In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon | Stephan Berwick | Underground Gunsmith | 1988 | |
| Off Limits | Gregory Hines | SFC. Perkins | 1988 | |
| Die Hard | Various | LAPD SWAT officers | 1988 | |
| Shoot To Kill | FBI agent | 1988 | ||
| They Live | Roddy Piper | Nada | 1988 | |
| Keith David | Frank | |||
| Various | Cable 54 building guards | |||
| L.A. Bounty | L.A.P.D. officer | 1989 | ||
| In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man | Police | 1990 | ||
| Prayer of the Rollerboys | Mark Pellegrino | Bango (also other Rollerboys) | 1990 | |
| Enemy | Peter Fonda | Ken Andrews | SP1 with an A1 Flash hider | 1990 |
| Enemy | Mako | Tran | SP1 with an A1 Flash hider | 1990 |
| China O'Brien II | Michael Anthony | Deputy Russell | SP1, some with A2 handguards | 1990 |
| Richard Norton | Matt Conroy | |||
| Baskin's henchmen | ||||
| In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal | Special Forces | 1991 | ||
| Showdown in Little Tokyo | Dolph Lundgren | Sergeant Chris Kenner | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1991 |
| Brandon Lee | Johnny Murata | |||
| Rapid Fire | Linda Perlin | Police officer | Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hider | 1992 |
| Jurassic Park | Unknown actor | InGen worker | Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hider | 1993 |
| Undercover Blues | Olek Krupa | Zubic | 1993 | |
| Forrest Gump | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | 1994 | |
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| In the Army Now | Pauly Shore | PFC "Bones" Conway | LaFrance-converted AR-15 SP1; fitted with A1 flash hider and A2 hand guards | 1994 |
| Various | US Army personnel | |||
| Village of the Damned | Various | US Army National Guard soldiers | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1995 |
| Beyond Rangoon | Burmese soldiers | 1995 | ||
| Crying Freeman | Mark Dacascos | Yo Hinomura | Fitted with Cobray CM203 37mm Launcher | 1995 |
| The Rock | Tony Todd | Captain Darrow | Fitted with A1 flash hider and M203 grenade launcher | 1996 |
| Midnight Heat | Brad Dourif | Payne | M16/SP1 with A2 handguards | 1996 |
| The Pest | John Leguizamo | Pestario "Pest" Vargas | Fitted with A2 handguards, A1-style lower receiver & flash hider, and fake A2-style windage adjustment knob | 1997 |
| Commander Hamilton | Swedish guards | 1998 | ||
| The Ultimate Weapon | Hulk Hogan | Ben Cutter | With Cobray 37mm Launcher | 1998 |
| Gunrunners | ||||
| Analyze This | Various | Mobsters | Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hiders | 1999 |
| The Matrix | Various | Lobby guards | Fitted with both 3-prong and A1 flash hiders | 1999 |
| Keanu Reeves | Neo | |||
| The Watcher | Special Forces | 2000 | ||
| Muscle Heat | USA soldiers | 2002 | ||
| The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai | Emi Kuroda | Sachiko Hanai | 2003 | |
| USA Army soldiers | ||||
| Coronado | Clayton Rohner | Arnet McClure | 2003 | |
| Various | Rebel Soldiers | |||
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Gerardo Vigil | General Marquez | Fitted with A2 handguards and A1 flash hiders | 2003 |
| Various | General Soldiers | |||
| Innocent Voices | Salvadoran Army soldiers and guerrilla | SP1 | 2004 | |
| Alone in the Dark (2005) | Various | Bureau 713 Commandos | 2005 | |
| Land of the Dead | Various | US Army soldiers | 2005 | |
| The Battle of Long Tan | Various | Australian soldiers | 2006 | |
| Onechanbara - Zombie Bikini Squad | Guardians | 2008 | ||
| Black Dynamite | Michael Jai White | Black Dynamite | With M203 grenade launcher | 2009 |
| Various | Black Panther | |||
| Helldriver | Hiroyuki Ootsuki | Captain | 2010 | |
| Asami | Kozue | |||
| Takumi Saitoh | Natsuki | |||
| Maki Mizui | Spider Woman | |||
| Soldiers | ||||
| The Expendables 2 | Sang member | 2012 | ||
| Kong: Skull Island | Tom Hiddleston | Captain James Conrad | 2017 | |
| Kong: Skull Island | Thomas Mann | Slivko | 2017 | |
| BlacKkKlansman | Klansmen | SP1 | 2018 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police Story | Jan-Michael Vincent | Officer Hauser | "Line of Fire"(S01E11) | 1973-1977 |
| S.W.A.T. | Steve Forrest | Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson | 1975-1976 | |
| James Coleman | Officer T.J. McCabe | |||
| Robert Urich | Officer Jim Street | |||
| Rod Perry | Sgt. Deacon "Deke" McKay | |||
| Mark Shera | Officer Dominic Luca | |||
| World War III | David Soul | Colonel Jake Caffey | 1982 | |
| Cathy Lee Crosby | Major Kate Breckenridge | |||
| Marcus K. Mukai | Sergeant Parson | |||
| Simon & Simon | Gerald McRaney | Rick Simon | 1981-1989 | |
| Magnum P.I. | James Whitmore Jr. | Nuzo | "Did You See the Sunrise, Pt.2" (S3E02) | 1982 |
| The A-Team | Various | 1983-1988 | ||
| Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Cartel Members | 1990 | ||
| Nestor Burma - Season 1 | Michel Fortin | Zavatter | With sniper scope; "Corrida aux Champs-Élysées" (S1E3) | 1992 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Various | US soldiers, guards, criminals | 1993-1997 | |
| The X-Files | Various | Military personnel, other characters | Mocked up with A1 flash-hider and A2 handguards to resemble M16A2, some fitted with A1 handguards resemble M16A1 (Season 2) | 1993-2002 |
| The Stand | Dan Martin | Rich Moffatt | 1994 | |
| JAG | Various | US soldiers | Only seen in flashbacks to Vietnam War | 1995-2005 |
| Farscape | Claudia Black | Aeryn Sun | "A Human Reaction" (S01E16) | 1999-2003 |
| Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik) | Evgeniy Voskresenskiy | "Lame" | M16/SP1 (?) with M16A2 handguard and white receiver | 2000 |
| Mail Call | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | 2002-2009 | |
| Supernatural | Conspiracy theorist | |||
| Lock 'n Load with R. Lee Ermey | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | Original M16A1 with Three Prong Flash Hider | 2009 |
| True Detective | Vietnam era U.S. Army flashbacks & photos | 2019 |
Anime
| Anime Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen | Hell's Wind biker | 1990 | |
| Burn-Up Scramble | 2004 | ||
| Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie | In the Fujiko car | 2013 | |
| Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C³ | Hanging in the background | 2013 | |
| Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper | Airsoft, seen in the Kevin Yoshino's shop | 2014 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomb Raider II | M16 | 1997 | ||
| WWII G.I. | Fitted with A2 handguards, also available only in the Platoon Leader expansion pack | 1999 | ||
| Vietcong | Can be attached with M7 bayonet | Firing 18 rounds from 20-round magazine | 2002 | |
| Shellshock Nam '67 | "Assault Rifle" | Incorrectly fitted with A2 handguards and firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine | 2004 | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | "Assault Rifle" | Incorrectly firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine | 2006 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | M16 | Can be modified with extended mags, dual mags, red dot sight, ACOG scope, infrared scope, suppressor, M203 grenade launcher, KAC Masterkey, and flamethrower | Incorrectly firing in three-round burst in multiplayer and "Zombies" modes | 2010 |
| Dead Island | "Burst Rifle" | Avaiable with iron sights or reflex sight, also can fire in semi-automatic and four-round bursts | Incorrectly firing 30 rounds from 20-round magazine | 2011 |
| LoveGear ~Kinematic Lovers | 2011 | |||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | "Colt M16A1" | w/ various attachments | Incorrectly firing in three-round burst in "Zombies" mode | 2012 |
XM16E1
The XM16E1 is a modified variant of the original M16 which featured several improvements, the most visible of which is the addition of the forward assist. The Army requested this feature, but the Air Force believed it had no benefit and only increased the weapon's per-unit cost. Consequently, the M16 (SP1) was the version adopted by the Air Force, while the Army adopted the slightly more expensive XM16E1. After the M16A1 was introduced in 1967, both services transitioned to this rifle. Before 1968, this was the most common version of the M16 rifle platform. The XM16E1 also features a chrome bolt carrier, which was later dropped with the M16A1.
Many examples in recent films are actually 'faux' XM16E1 rifles, usually built on an M16A1; the real XM16E1 has a partial magazine fence on its lower receiver, whereas the M16A1 has a full raised rib around the magazine release button.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Green Berets | John Wayne | Colonel Mike Kirby | Real XM16E1 | 1968 |
| Various | US special forces | |||
| Legacy of Rage | Various | Henchmen | with birdcage flash hiders | 1986 |
| Stakeout | Various | Police | . | 1987 |
| Hamburger Hill | 101st Airborne troopers | mocked up from an M16A1 | 1987 | |
| Jacknife | Ed Harris | Dave | 1989 | |
| Dead Presidents | Jaimz Woolvett | Lieutenant Dugan | Mocked up from an M16A1 | 1995 |
| Various | US Marines | |||
| We Were Soldiers | Mel Gibson | LTC Hal Moore | Mocked up from an M16A1 | 2002 |
| Barry Pepper | Joe Galloway | |||
| Jsu Garcia | CPT Tony Nadal | |||
| Robert Bagnell | 1LT Charlie Hasting | |||
| Chris Klein | 2LT Jack Geoghegan | |||
| Ryan Hurst | SGT Ernie Savage | |||
| Josh Daugherty | SPC Robert Ouellette | |||
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Tropic Thunder | Jay Baruchel | Kevin Sandusky | Mocked up from an M16A1 | 2008 |
| Brandon T. Jackson | Alpa Chino | |||
| Various | Actors playing US Army soldiers | |||
| Balibo | FRETELIN Guerillas | 2009 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Wings of Eagles | Revolutionaries | 1986 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietcong 2 | "M-16" | Available with XM148 grenade launcher as the "M-16/XM-148" | 2005 |
M16A1
The M16A1 is a modification of the XM16E1 to address problems found in the testing cycle of the XM16E1. Changes included a closed "birdcage" flash hider to replace the XM16E1's three-pronged flash hider, which caught on twigs and leaves, a full fence around the magazine release to prevent accidental ejection, and a chrome plated chamber - later fully lined bore - to reducing fouling. The bolt was also changed so the cam pin could not be inserted with the bolt installed backwards, which would cause failures to eject until corrected. The front pivot point is also strenghtened, giving the area in front of the magazine well a slightly different shape.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Guard | 1969 | ||
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Various | Soldiers | 1976 | |
| The Enforcer | Various | SFPD officers | 1976 | |
| Rolling Thunder | Various | North Vietnamese military | 1977 | |
| The Boys in Company C | Andrew Stevens | Billy Ray Pike | 1978 | |
| The Odd Angry Shot | Various | Australian SAS troopers | 1979 | |
| Apocalypse Now | Various | US Army soldiers | 1979 | |
| The Jerk | M. Emmet Walsh | The Madman | Fitted with scope | 1979 |
| The Blues Brothers | Carrie Fisher | Jake's ex-fiance | 1980 | |
| Various | State Troopers, Sheriff's Deputies, Chicago Police SWAT, and US Army soldiers | |||
| The Final Countdown | Various | US Marines | 1980 | |
| The Octagon | Carol Bagdasarian | Aura | 1980 | |
| John Shields | McCarn's lieutenant | |||
| Thad Geer | McCarn's man | |||
| Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) | Bruno Cremer | Pierre Delbart | 1980 | |
| Zairian government troops and Katanga fighters | ||||
| Le Guignolo | Tony Kendall | Fredo | With sound suppressor, sniper scope and laser sighting device | 1980 |
| Enter the Ninja | Venarius' henchmen | 1981 | ||
| Choice of Arms | Seen in Jean's armoury | 1981 | ||
| Death Wish 2 | Various | Thugs | 1982 | |
| Rambo: First Blood | Various | US Army National Guardsmen | 1982 | |
| Uncommon Valor | Reb Brown | Blaster | 1983 | |
| The Day After | Various | US Air Force Security Police | 1983 | |
| Revenge of the Ninja | Mario Gall | Caifano | 1983 | |
| Revenge of the Ninja | Caifano's henchmen | 1983 | ||
| Scarface | Sosa's assassins | 1983 | ||
| The Ruffian | The robber in black mask | 1983 | ||
| Ghostbusters | Various | US Army National Guardsmen | 1984 | |
| Code Name: Wild Geese | Thomas Danneberg | Arbib | Fitted with M203 grenade launcher | 1984 |
| Manfred Lehmann | Klein | |||
| Rene Abadeza | Kim | |||
| Various | Kim's men and General Khan's soldiers | |||
| The Terminator | Paul Winfield | Lt. Edward Traxler | 1984 | |
| Lance Henriksen | Detective Hal Vukovich | |||
| Various | LAPD officers | |||
| Ninja III: The Domination | Jordan Bennett | Billy Secord | 1984 | |
| Ninja III: The Domination | A police sniper | With sniper scope | 1984 | |
| Wheels of Fire | Joe Mari Avellana | Scourge | Fitted with M203 grenade launcher | 1985 |
| Gary Watkins | Trace | standart and mocked up as futuristic rifle, several times fitted with M203 grenade launcher | ||
| Laura Banks | Stinger | mocked up as futuristic rifle | ||
| Various | Scourge's men, True believers' solders, Ownership's army | standart and mocked up as futuristic rifle, | ||
| Latino | Robert Beltran | Eddie Guerrero | 1985 | |
| Various | Contras soldiers | |||
| Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) | Various | US Army soldiers and Viet Cong guerrillas | 1985 | |
| Hold-Up | Montreal SWAT and police | 1985 | ||
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Charles Cioffi | George Grove | 1985 | |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | Various | Vietnamese troops and pirates | Some fitted with A2 handguards | 1985 |
| Day of the Dead | Various | US Army soldiers | 1985 | |
| American Ninja | Steve James | CPL Curtis Jackson | Fitted with M203 grenade launcher | 1985 |
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Commando | Arnold Schwarzenegger | John Matrix | Alternates with M16 SP1 | 1985 |
| Various | Arius' men and US Army soldiers | Some fitted with M16A2 hand guards | ||
| Commando Leopard | Lewis Collins | Enrique Carrasco | With M203 grenade launcher | 1985 |
| John Steiner | Smithy | |||
| Cristina Donadio | Maria | |||
| Klaus Kinski | Colonel Silveira | |||
| Manfred Lehmann | Padre Julio | |||
| Various | Soldiers and rebels | |||
| Morons from Outer Space | Edward Wiley | Laribee's Aide | 1985 | |
| US Army soldiers, plainclothes officers | ||||
| The Park is Mine | Various | NYPD SWAT officers | 1986 | |
| Iron Eagle | Various | US Air Force security guards | 1986 | |
| Aliens | Seen on the walls of the Sulaco's armory | 1986 | ||
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Various | US Marines | 1986 | |
| Band of the Hand | Daniele Quinn | Carlos | . | 1986 |
| Heartbreak Ridge | Various | US Marines | With and without MILES gear | 1986 |
| Platoon | Charlie Sheen | PVT Chris Taylor | 1986 | |
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Firewalker | Brigands, guerillas | 1986 | ||
| The Dragon Hunt (Okhota na drakona) | Mashrab Kimsanov | Ramos | 1986 | |
| Demon of Paradise | Soldiers | Elisco | 1987 | |
| Extreme Prejudice | Matt Mulhern | SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker | 1987 | |
| Various | Special Unit and cartel members | Some with A2 handguards | ||
| Gardens of Stone | Various | US Army personnel (seen during news footage of the Vietnam War) | 1987 | |
| Hamburger Hill | Various | US Army 101st Airborne personnel | 1987 | |
| Dragnet | SWAT officers | With A2 handguards | 1987 | |
| Rage of Honor | Various henchmen | 1987 | ||
| Equalizer 2000 | Richard Norton | Slade | In futuristic dress-up | 1987 |
| Henry Strzalkowski | Alamo | |||
| Lawton's soldiers and rebels | Standard and in futuristic dress-up | |||
| Tiger Cage | Jacky Cheung | Insp. Fong Chun-Yau | 1980 | |
| Policeman | ||||
| BAT*21 | Danny Glover | Captain Clark | 1988 | |
| Bulletproof | Henchmen | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1988 | |
| Iron Eagle II | Various | US Military Police | 1988 | |
| China O'Brien | Sommers' henchman | With sniper scope | 1988 | |
| Casualties of War | Various | US Army soldiers | 1989 | |
| The Package | Various | US Army soldiers | 1989 | |
| A Better Tomorrow III | Chow Yun-Fat | Mark Lee | 1989 | |
| Anita Mui | Chow Ying Kit | |||
| Tony Leung Ka Fai | Cheung Chi Mun | |||
| Various | ARVN soldiers | |||
| Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge) | Israeli soldiers | 1989 | ||
| Guns | Army soldiers | 1990 | ||
| Fire Birds | Various | US Army soldiers | 1990 | |
| By Dawn's Early Light | US military personnel | 1990 | ||
| Total Recall | Seen at Kuato's resistance base | 1990 | ||
| Die Hard 2 | Various | Airport police and US Army Special Forces | The Army Special Forces team fitted with A2 handguards | 1990 |
| Bullet in the Head | Jacky Cheung | Fai | 1990 | |
| Darkman | Karl A. Wickman | Police officer | Fitted with scope | 1990 |
| La Femme Nikita | guards | 1990 | ||
| Death Warrant | Prison guards | 1990 | ||
| Silence of the Lambs | US Army National Guardsmen | 1991 | ||
| Nothing But Trouble | Various | National Guardsmen | 1991 | |
| Toy Soldiers | Various | Colombian soldiers | 1991 | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Seen on the walls of Sarah's armory | 1991 | ||
| The Jackpot! (La Totale!) | Seen in secret service minivan | 1991 | ||
| Pure Luck | Mexican prizon guards | 1991 | ||
| Operation Corned Beef | Zargas' henchmen | 1991 | ||
| Rapid Fire | Various | Guards | 1992 | |
| Hard Boiled | Philip Kwok | Mad Dog | Fitted with M203 grenade launcher | 1992 |
| Various | Hong Kong police and Johnny Wong's thugs | |||
| To Survive (Chtoby vyzhit) | Sergey Veksler | Nikolai | Fitted with XM148 grenade launcher | 1992 |
| Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) | American soldiers, mujahedeen, mercenaries | 1993 | ||
| Boiling Point | Is seen in arms rack | 1993 | ||
| RoboCop 3 | Resistance fighters, OCP Rehab officers | 1993 | ||
| Rage and Honor II | Cynthia Rothrock | Kris Fairchild | 1993 | |
| Thugs | ||||
| Open Fire | Jeff Wincott | Alec McNeil | 1994 | |
| Ron Howard George | Deacon | |||
| Mimi Craven | Lynne Tolbert | |||
| Lee de Broux | Bob McNeil | |||
| The plane flies to Russia (Samolyot letit v Rossiyu) | Navy sailors, mafia members | 1994 | ||
| Steel Frontier | Brion James | General J.W. Quantrell | 1995 | |
| Joe Lara | Yuma | |||
| mercenaries | ||||
| citizens | ||||
| Soldier Boyz | Michael Dudikoff | Major Toliver | 1995 | |
| Channon Roe | Brophy | |||
| David Barry Gray | Lamb | |||
| Various | Vinh Moc's soldiers | |||
| Species | Background extras | US soldiers | 1995 | |
| Rumble in the Bronx | NYPD officers | 1995 | ||
| FBI officer in helicopter | ||||
| Heat | Wes Studi | Detective Casals | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1995 |
| Heat | Steven Ford | Officer Bruce | A2 handguards | 1995 |
| Midnight Man | Michael Watson | Ilyia | With Cobray CM203 | 1995 |
| Midnight Man | Lorenzo Lamas | John Kang | With Cobray CM203 | 1995 |
| The Rock | Various | Rogue US Marines | Fitted with A2 handguards and tactical flashlights, some with M203 grenade launchers | 1996 |
| Eraser | Various | US Marshals | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1996 |
| A Time to Kill | Samuel L. Jackson | Carl Lee Hailey | 1996 | |
| The One That Got Away | Sam Halpenny | "Legs" Lane | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| Alexander Morton | Big Bob | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | ||
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Henchman | 1996 | ||
| Romeo & Juliet | Various | Verona Beach police officers | Some fitted with A2 handguards | 1996 |
| Day of the Warrior | Kevin Light | Doc Austin | With M203 grenade launcher | 1996 |
| Ron Browning | Ron | |||
| Warrior's henchman | ||||
| Original Gangstas | Gang members | 1996 | ||
| The Devil's Own | Desmond - Provisional IRA Gunman | Used by Desmond to fire on British Soldiers from a 2nd floor window. It is on semi-automatic firing mode. | 1997 | |
| Con Air | Various | Convicts and US Army National Guardsmen | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1997 |
| The Postman | Various | Holnist soldiers | 1997 | |
| Dance with the Devil | Javier Bardem | Romeo Dolorosa | 1997 | |
| Carlos Bardem | Reggie San Pedro | |||
| Miguel Galván | Doug | |||
| Against the Law | Richard Grieco | Rex | 1997 | |
| Dead Silence (1997) | FBI HRT | 1997 | ||
| The Peacemaker | Army National Guard | 1997 | ||
| The Rage | Dell Yount | Bobby Joe | 1997 | |
| The Rage | FBI agents | 1997 | ||
| The Pentagon Wars | Cary Elwes | LTC James G. Burton | With magazine removed and A2 handguards | 1998 |
| Various | US Army soldiers | Fitted with A2 handguards | ||
| Scarred City | Soto's bodyguard | 1998 | ||
| From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | Various | Mexican Police | . | 1999 |
| Shergar | Various | SAS Soldiers | 1999 | |
| Blue Streak | Various | Mexican Border Security Officers | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1999 |
| Battlefield Earth | Human resistance fighters | Some with M203 grenade launchers | 2000 | |
| Joint Security Area | ROKA soldiers | Fitted with A2 handguards | 2000 | |
| The Point Men | Israeli soldiers | 2001 | ||
| War (Voyna) | Aslan | 2002 | ||
| Death to Smoochy | SWAT team | 2002 | ||
| The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | Various | US Army Rangers | Some fitted with M203 grenade launchers | 2002 |
| xXx | Colombian narcotics officer | 2002 | ||
| Tears of the Sun | Nigerian soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Jisai (Dzisay) | Seen in truck | 2004 | ||
| Land of the Dead | Various | Fiddler's Green Soldiers | 2005 | |
| The Devil's Rejects | Various | Sheriff's department and Rejects | 2005 | |
| Sky Fighters | Terrorists | 2005 | ||
| The President's Last Bang | Suk-kyu Han | KCIA Agent Ju | 2005 | |
| Sang-ho Kim | KCIA Agent Jang | |||
| South Korean Army, KCIA agents | ||||
| The Departed | Various | Massachusetts State Police at funeral | Fitted with A2 handguards | 2006 |
| In Her Line of Fire | David Millbern | Armstrong | 2006 | |
| Patrick Kake | Hammer | |||
| Rene Naufahu | Solia | |||
| Various | The mercenaries, guerrillas | |||
| The Battle of Long Tan | Various | Australian soldiers | Anachronistic | 2006 |
| Invisible Target | Hong Kong Police | 2007 | ||
| The Apocalypse Code | US soldiers | 2007 | ||
| American Gangster | US soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Rambo | Various | Karen rebels | 2008 | |
| The Sniper | Hong Kong SDU sniper team | M16A1 fitted with with A2 handguards and ACOG scope | 2009 | |
| Elephant White | several examples in weapons caches | 2010 | ||
| Red State | Stephen Root | Sheriff Wynan | with A2 handguards | 2011 |
| Super 8 | Kyle Chandler | Jackson Lamb | 2011 | |
| Noah Emmerich | Colonel Nelec | |||
| US airmen and soldiers | ||||
| Largo Winch II (2011) | Praptpapol Suwanbang | Kadjang | 2011 | |
| State of Emergency | US Marines | A2 Handguards | 2011 | |
| Men In Black 3 | Military Police | 2012 | ||
| R2B: Return to Base | South Korean honor guard | 2012 | ||
| Argo | US Marines | 2012 | ||
| Battleground | US soldiers | 2012 | ||
| A Dark Truth | Equadorian soldier | With M203 attached | 2012 | |
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | Alan Ford | Ray | With M203 attached | 2012 |
| 009-1: The End of the Beginning | SMA troops | 2013 | ||
| Northern Limit Line | 1970s South Korean navy patrol boat crewmen | 2015 | ||
| All the Way | Secret Service agent | Anachronistic | 2016 | |
| Karate Kill | Capital Messiah members | 2016 | ||
| American Made | Tom Cruise | Barry Seal | 2017 | |
| Malay Regiment | 17th Royal Malay Regiment troopers | |||
| 21st GGK commandos | ||||
| Communist guerillas | without handguard | |||
| KL Special Force | Syamsul Yusof | Ashraff | 2018 | |
| Gang Anarchist mafias | ||||
| STAFOC officers | ||||
| Rambo: Last Blood | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | 2019 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Five-O | Jack Lord | Steve McGarrett | 1979 - 1980 | |
| Hill Street Blues | Emergency Action Team (E.A.T.) | 1981 - 1987 | ||
| The A-Team | Various | US Army soldiers | 1983 - 1987 | |
| Vietnam War Story | Eriq La Salle | KC | 1987-1989 | |
| Tour of Duty | Various | US Army soldiers | 1987 - 1988 | |
| Ving Rhames | SP4 Tucker | "Burn Baby Burn" | 1987 | |
| Max Headroom | Janie Crane | "War", mocked up as a telephoto "gun camera" and Network 23 logo on 20 round magazine | 1987 | |
| The Stand | Gary Sinise | Stud Redman | 1994 | |
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| The X-Files - Season 6 | Nevada Highway Patrolmen | Mocked up with A2 handguards to pass for M16A2s / "Drive" (S6E02) | 1998 | |
| Seven Days | Various | US Army personnel | Fitted with M16A2 hand guards, some fitted with Cobray CM203 Flare Launchers, one fitted with a night-vision scope | 1998 - 2001 |
| Harsh Realm | Various | US Army soldiers | Fitted with M16A2 hand guards | 1999 - 2000 |
| Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik) | Gangsters | With M16A2 handguards | 2000 | |
| Going Back | Pablo Espinosa | Chico Spaceman | 2001 | |
| Ultimate Force | Tony Curran | Sgt. Pete Twamley | Fitted with M16A2 handguards | 2002- 2006 |
| Sendhil Ramamurthy | Tpr. Alex Leonard | |||
| Christopher Fox | Cpl. Louis Hoffman | Fitted with Cobray CM203 | ||
| Louis Decosta Johnson | Cpl. Dave Woolston | |||
| Liam Garrigan | Cpl. Ed Dwyer | |||
| Miles Anderson | Col. Aidan Dempsey | Changes to AR-15 Sporter-1 for firing scenes | ||
| Cult members | 20 round magazines | |||
| Columbian Soldiers | Fitted with leather slings | |||
| Simon Kassianides | Juan | Changes to AR-15 Sporter-1 in some scenes | ||
| Roberto Viana | Miguel | |||
| Falling Skies | Extras | Resistance fighters | 2011 - | |
| Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Mexican and Salvadoran border guards | 2011 | ||
| Tyrant | Ali | Non-firing replica/Episode 2 | 2014 | |
| Tyrant | Abbudinian soldiers | Non-firing replicas | 2014 | |
| The Spider (Pauk) | US Marine Security Guards | 2015 | ||
| The X-Files | Cory Rempel | LCpl Walter Skinner, USMC | Equipped with 20-round STANAG magazines. | 2018 |
| Haley Joel Osment | PFC John "Kitten" James, USMC | |||
| Fortunate Son | US Army soldiers | Including documentary footage | 2020 |
Anime
| Anime Title | Character(s) | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Magic M-66 | Spec-Ops Commandos | Some fitted with M203 grenade launchers | 1987 |
| Appleseed | Cyborg terrorist | 1988 | |
| Patlabor: The Movie 2 | JGSDF Intelligence Agents | 1993 | |
| You're Under Arrest! - Season 1 | Monsters at an amusement park | File #40 "Dangerous Date 2x3"; Paintball | 1997 |
| You're Under Arrest: Mini Specials | Airsoft | 1999 | |
| Amazing Nurse Nanako | American soldiers | 1999 | |
| Noir | Ulgian Army Soldiers | 2001 | |
| You're Under Arrest: No Mercy! | Ken Nakajima | 2002 | |
| Full Metal Panic! | Melissa Mao/Jimmer/Sousuke Sagara/Kurz Weber | Fitted with A2 handguards | 2002 |
| Area 88 | US soldiers | 2004 | |
| Blood+ | US soldiers; seen during flashbacks | 2005 | |
| Black Lagoon/Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage | Various | 2006/2010 | |
| The Skull Man | American soldiers | 2009 | |
| Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky | Various | Seen with A1 and A2 handguards | 2010 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Bad Company's soldiers | S4E4, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2"; S4E5, "The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3" | 2016 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallout Tactics | "M16A1" | Fitted with A2 handguards | 2001 | |
| Grand Theft Auto III | "M16" | Fitted with fictional 60-round magazine | 2001 | |
| Battlefield: Vietnam | "M16" | Available as standard firing on full-auto, and as a sniper rifle fitted with scope but firing on semi-auto | Modeling error showing the ejection port on the left side | 2004 |
| Söldner: Secret Wars | "M16A1" | 2004 | ||
| Project Reality | "M16A2" | Available with and without M203 grenade launcher | Featured with A1 and A2 handguards | 2005 |
| Project Reality | As the "M16A1 DMR" | With scope mounted on carry handle | 2005 | |
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| Scarface: The World is Yours | "Carbine Assault Rifle" | Can be fitted with dual mags and M203 grenade launcher | 2006 | |
| Cross Fire | "M16" | 2007 | ||
| "M16A2" | railed handguard | |||
| "M16A4" | with Galil-style skeleton folding stock and silencer | fully automatic | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | "M16A1" | Can be fitted with 20-round magazine, 30-round (and dual 30-round) magazine, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon ACOG scope, AV/PVS-14 night scope, laser module, tactical flashlight, bipod, bayonet, and suppressor | 2008 | |
| 1968 Tunnel Rats (VG) | 2009 | |||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | "M16A1" | Can be fitted with suppressor, laser module M203 grenade launcher, underbarrel shotgun | 2010 | |
| Project Reality: Vietnam | "M16A1" | Available with 20-round and 30-round magazines | 2012 | |
| Alan Wake's American Nightmare | "Assault Rifle" | Fitted with A2 handguards | 2012 | |
| Counter-Strike Online | "M16A1" | 30 + 1 round mag | 2012 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | M16 A1 | bayonet | 2014 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | M16A1 | 2016 | ||
| Mafia III | 2016 | |||
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | optional bayonet | 2017 | ||
| Far Cry 5 | "M-16" | Incorrectly depicted with a 4-position selector | 2018 | |
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | "XM16E1" | Camouflage paint scheme, semi/burst/auto trigger group, detachable suppressor | 2005 |
M16A2
The M16A2 was developed under request by the US Marine Corps as a result of combat experience in Vietnam, and was adopted in 1982. Modifications were extensive, including new, faster rifling (1 twist every 7 inches, replacing the M16A1's 1:12 twist rate) to permit the use of the heavier SS109 round, a heavier barrel to resist bending and reduce overheating in sustained fire, an adjustable rear sight to allow sighting-in for ranges between 300 and 800 metres to take full advantage of the SS109's ballistic characteristics as well as windage adjustments without the use of special tools or a cartridge. The buttstock was lengthened 5⁄8 in (15.9 mm). The handguards were changed from the vertically split triangular pattern to the horizontally split round version found on carbines. A notch for the middle finger was added to the pistol grip. The flash hider was closed at the bottom to prevent dirt being kicked up when fired prone. A brass deflector was added to the upper receiver to prevent spent brass hitting left-handed shooters. The A1's full auto setting was dropped and replaced with a three round burst setting to prevent "spray and pray" usage by inexperienced users. The forward assist was changed from teardrop to round mainly as a cost-saving measure.
In contrast to the real world M16A2 rifle adopted by the US military in the early 1980s, most of the A2s seen in movies are A2 'kits' built on A1 full auto lower receivers (or converted A2 style receivers). Most movie "M16A2" rifles have the A1 Birdcage flash hider installed, since cinematographers want the "starburst" of the flash to go all the way around, not just divert upwards (as is the case with the correct A2 Flash hider).
A fully automatic version of the M16A2 also exists, known as the M16A3. However, because nearly all movie "M16A2s" fire full automatic, it is not IMFDB policy to designate these rifles as "M16A3s" when identifying them in movies, since in nearly all cases they are intended to pass for M16A2s.
Also note that some American movies feature M16A1 rifles fitted with M16A2-style handguards, such as Heat and Die Hard 2. An example of such a rifle can be seen in the M16A1 entry above. When identifying M16 variants, please look at the receiver of the rifle in question, not just its handguards, to determine whether it is an A1 or an A2.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Overdrive | Emilio Estevez | Bill | 1986 | |
| Scrooged | Santa Claus | 1988 | ||
| In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders | Michael Gross | William Matix | 1988 | |
| The Abyss | US Navy personnel | Mix of A1 and SP1-style lower receivers; possibly semi-auto AR-15 A2s | 1989 | |
| RoboCop 2 | Detroit Police officers | Fitted with MWC "90-rounder" inverted drums and 30-round translucent magazines | 1990 | |
| Stone Cold | Soldiers | 1991 | ||
| Rapid Fire | François Chau | Detective Farris | fitted with tactical scope | 1992 |
| In the Line of Duty: Ambush at Waco | Tim Daly | Vernon Howell / David Koresh | 1993 | |
| Neal McDonough | Jason | Starlight scope | ||
| Branch Davidians | ||||
| Jurassic Park | Guards | With and without barrel-mounted weaponlights | 1993 | |
| Clear and Present Danger | US Army soldiers | 1994 | ||
| In the Army Now | Pauly Shore | PFC Bones Conway | 1994 | |
| Dead Weekend | Greg Collins | TWF soldier | Colt Government Model HBAR | 1995 |
| Marcos A. Ferraez | Gonzolo | Colt Government Model HBAR | ||
| TWF soldiers | Colt Government Model HBAR | |||
| GoldenEye | US Marines | 1995 | ||
| Ransom | Michael Gaston | FBI Special Agent Jack Sickler | 1996 | |
| The Rock | US Marine honor guard | 1996 | ||
| Eraser | US Marshal | 1996 | ||
| Independence Day | US military personnel | 1996 | ||
| Courage Under Fire | Meg Ryan | CPT Karen Emma Walden | With full-auto lower receiver | 1996 |
| Seth Gilliam | SGT Steven Altameyer | |||
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Bulletproof | LAPD SWAT officers | 1996 | ||
| Various | DEA agents | |||
| A Time to Kill | Army National Guardsmen | 1996 | ||
| Volcano | Army National Guard soldiers | 1997 | ||
| The Pest | Aries Spears | Chubby | With A1-style forward assist | 1997 |
| Con Air | John Malkovich | Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom | 1997 | |
| Ving Rhames | Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones | |||
| The Rage | Gary Busey | Art Dacy | 1997 | |
| The Rage | FBI agents, Dacy's henchmen | 1997 | ||
| Deep Impact | US Army soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Godzilla (1998) | US Army soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Armageddon | US military personnel | 1998 | ||
| The Siege | US Army soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Arlington Road | Hans Stroble | 16-Year-Old Parsons | 1999 | |
| The General's Daughter | Various actors | US Army soldiers | 1999 | |
| Blue Streak | US Customs agents | 1999 | ||
| Various | Mexican Border Patrol officers | |||
| Three Kings | Mark Wahlberg | SFC Troy Barlow | 1999 | |
| Ice Cube | SSG "Chief" Elgin | |||
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Python | Soldiers | 2000 | ||
| Left Behind: The Movie | IDF soldiers and American National Guardsmen | 2000 | ||
| Total Western | Jean-Marie Winling | The Colonel | 2000 | |
| Total Western | The Colonel's group member | 2000 | ||
| Evolution | US Army soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Swordfish | Police officer | 2001 | ||
| Jurassic Park III | US Marines | 2001 | ||
| Blow | Panamanian bank guards | 2001 | ||
| Behind Enemy Lines | US Marines | 2001 | ||
| Black Hawk Down | Josh Hartnett | SSG Matt Eversmann | 2001 | |
| Ewan McGregor | SPC John Grimes | Fitted with M203 grenade launcher | ||
| Gabriel Casseus | SPC Mike Kurth | |||
| Johnny Strong | SFC Randy Shughart | |||
| Carmine Giovinazzo | SGT Mike Goodale | |||
| Matthew Marsden | SPC Dale Sizemore | |||
| Gregory Sporleder | SGT Scott Galentine | |||
| Brian Van Holt | SGT Struecker | |||
| Enrique Murciano | SSG Ruiz | Fitted with Cobray CM203 | ||
| Various | US Army Rangers | |||
| Desert Saints | Mexican police | 2002 | ||
| Ali G Indahouse | Sacha Baron Cohen | Ali G | 2002 | |
| Blade II | Matt Schulze | Chupa | Fitted with a tactical flashlight, two MWG 90-round magazines coupled together (night club scene) and standard 30-round mag (sewer scene) | 2002 |
| The Sum of All Fears | US Marines | With and without M203 grenade launcher | 2002 | |
| Die Another Day | US military personnel | 2002 | ||
| Various | South Korean Military Police | |||
| Redemption | Richard Norton | Tom Sasso | 2002 | |
| Police officers, Lam's thugs | ||||
| Tears of the Sun | US Marines | 2003 | ||
| Dreamcatcher | US Army soldiers | 2003 | ||
| The Core | US military personnel | 2003 | ||
| A Man Apart | Guard | 2003 | ||
| Battle Royale II: Requiem | Japanese soldiers | 2003 | ||
| 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout | Ron Livingston | Donnie Anderson | 2003 | |
| Bad Boys II | US Marines | 2003 | ||
| Various | Miami PD officers | |||
| The Whole Ten Yards | Bruce Willis | Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudesky | 2004 | |
| Matthew Perry | Dr. Nicholas "Oz" Ozeransky | |||
| The Day After Tomorrow | US Army soldier | 2004 | ||
| Innocent Voices | Salvadoran Army soldiers and guerrilla | 2004 | ||
| American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq | Jason Matheson | LT Diggs | 2005 | |
| xXx: State of the Union | US Marines | 2005 | ||
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| War of the Worlds | US Army soldiers | With and without SureFire Universal WeaponLight | 2005 | |
| Various | US Marines | |||
| Lord of War | Seen in warehouse | 2005 | ||
| Jarhead | Jake Gyllenhaal | LCpl. / Pfc. Anthony "Swoff" Swofford | 2005 | |
| Jamie Foxx | SSgt. Sykes | With and without paintball conversion | ||
| Lucas Black | LCpl. Chris Kruger | |||
| Laz Alonso | LCpl. Ramon Escobar | With Cobray CM203 | ||
| Brian Geraghty | Pfc. Fergus O'Donnell | With and without M203 grenade launcher | ||
| Peter Sarsgaard | Cpl. Alan Troy | With M203 grenade launcher/Cobray CM203 | ||
| Various | US Marines | |||
| Arthur Hailey's Detective | Miami PD officers | 2005 | ||
| The Tiger and the Snow | US Army soldiers | Equipped with Colt scopes | 2005 | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | US Army soldiers | 2006 | ||
| The Departed | Police honor guard | 2006 | ||
| Blood Diamond | Sierra Leone Army soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Various | South African mercenaries | |||
| Home of the Brave | Brian Presley | SPC Tommy Yates | 2006 | |
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Battle for Haditha | Various | US Marines | With vertical foregrips and Trijicon ACOG scopes, mocked up to resemble the M16A4 MWS | 2007 |
| Bobby Z | Laurence Fishburne | Tad Gruzsa | 2007 | |
| Transformers | US military personnel | 2007 | ||
| I Am Legend | Guard | 2007 | ||
| Invisible Target | Hong Kong Police | 2007 | ||
| Cloverfield | US Army Soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Babylon A.D. | Neolite | 2008 | ||
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | In the warehouse of weapons | 2008 | ||
| The Eleventh Hour | K. Danor Gerald | Mason Chambers | 2008 | |
| The Eleventh Hour | Matthew Reese | Micheal Adams | M203A1, Mounted on M4A1 | 2008 |
| Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | Colombian Army soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Rogue unit | ||||
| Crank: High Voltage | Stripper | 2009 | ||
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | US Army soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Various | Jordanian Special Forces soldiers | |||
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | US Army soldier | Fitted with M203 grenade launcher with the lower half of the standard handguard removed | 2009 | |
| Surrogates | US Army soldier | 2009 | ||
| Helldriver | Marc Walkow | Doctor | 2010 | |
| Soldiers | ||||
| Unthinkable | US Army soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Fair Game (2010) | US Military honor guard | 2010 | ||
| Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) | Seen in illegal weapon store | 2010 | ||
| New Kids Nitro | Tim Haars | Gerrie | extension to carrying handle, but no scope attached | 2011 |
| Colombiana | US Embassy guards | 2011 | ||
| Steve Niles' Remains | rouge US Army soldiers | Airsoft | 2011 | |
| Machine Gun Preacher | Gerard Butler | Sam Childers | HBAR, w/scope | 2011 |
| A Dark Truth | Equadorian soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Get the Gringo | Prison Guard | 2012 | ||
| Warm Bodies | Military survivors | 2013 | ||
| The Purge | Purger | 2013 | ||
| Lupin III | Thai sldiers | 2014 | ||
| 22 Minutes (22 minuty) | Somali Pirates | Possibly a replica | 2014 | |
| Innocent Lilies: The End and The Beginning | Solders | 2015 | ||
| Jason Bourne | USAF security forces personnel | 2016 | ||
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | U.S. Army soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Atomic Blonde | U.S. Army | 2017 | ||
| Bushwick | mercenaries | 2017 | ||
| 7 Days in Entebbe | IDF MP | anachronistic | 2018 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Trek: Voyager | Militant extremists | "Future's End" | 1995 - 2001 | |
| JAG | Randy Vasquez | GySgt Galindez | "In Country" | 1995 - 2005 |
| David James Elliott | CMDR Harmon "Harm" Rabb | |||
| Catherine Bell | LtCol Sarah "Mac" Mackenzie | |||
| The X-Files - Season 3 | FBI sharpshooter | Custom AR-15A2 with 24" barrel, free-floating hand guard, bipod and scope / "Pusher" (S3E17) | 1996 | |
| The X-Files - Season 5 | US soldiers | Shown in archived media footage / "Redux" (S5E01) | 1997 | |
| Seven Days | Johnathan LaPaglia | Frank Parker | "Doppleganger" | 1998 - 2001 |
| Don Franklin | Cpt. Craig Donovan | "Peacekeepers" | ||
| Rick Worthy | Sgt. Grubbs | |||
| The X-Files | Military Personnel | Some with mounted weaponlights | 1998 - 2002 | |
| The X-Files - Season 7 | Sniper zombies | With mounted scopes and laser sights / "Hollywood A.D." (S7E19) | 2000 | |
| The X-Files - Season 9 | Mexican Federal Police | "John Doe" (S9E07) | 2002 | |
| Ultimate Force | Ross Kemp | Sgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie | Fitted with a Cobray CM203 | 2002 - 2006 |
| Jamie Draven | Cpl. Jamie Draven | |||
| Christopher Fox | Cpl. Louis Hoffman | |||
| Richard Armitage | Capt. Ian Macalwain | Unmodified rifle | ||
| Laurence Fox | Cpl. Mick Sharp | |||
| Tremors: The Series | Patrick St. Esprit | Karl Hartung | "Night of the Shriekers" | 2003 |
| Security personnel | ||||
| Red Cap | SAS Troopers | With and without M203s and Colt 4x20 scopes / "Betrayed" | 2003 - 2004 | |
| CSI: NY | US Marines | With ACOG scopes, with & without M203 grenade launchers / "Heroes" | 2004 - 2013 | |
| Eion Bailey | Dean Lessing | "Charge of This Post" | ||
| Over There | Nicki Aycox | Pvt. Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell | 2005 | |
| Lizette Carrión | PFC Esmaralda "Doublewide" Del Rio | |||
| Prison Break - Season 1 | Guards / Soldiers | 2005 - 2006 | ||
| Prison Break - Season 2 | Panamanian Police Officers | 2006 - 2007 | ||
| Prison Break - Season 3 | Sona Guards | 2007 - 2008 | ||
| Invasion | William Fichtner | Sheriff Tom Underlay | 2006 | |
| Jericho | Skeet Ulrich | Jake Green | "Coalition of the Willing" | 2006 - 2008 |
| Kenneth Mitchell | Eric Green | "Reconstruction" | ||
| Brad Beyer | Stanley Richmond | |||
| Gerald McRaney | Johnston Green | |||
| The Unit | Max Martini | MSG Mack Gerhardt | With M9 bayonet / "Play 16" | 2006 - 2009 |
| Eric Ladin | CPL Blaylock | "Dark of the Moon" | ||
| US Army soldiers | "Dark of the Moon" | |||
| The Kill Point | Pittsburg PD officers | 2007 | ||
| Armored van driver | ||||
| Henchman | ||||
| Knight Rider (2008) | Justin Bruening | Michael Knight | Fitted with Leatherwood scope mount and telescopic sight / "Exit Light, Enter Knight" | 2008 |
| Bank robbers | "Exit Light, Enter Knight" | |||
| The Andromeda Strain | US Army soldiers | Airsoft replicas | 2008 | |
| Breaking Bad - Season 2 | Mexican federales | "Negro Y Azul" (S2E07) | 2009 | |
| Falling Skies | Extras | Resistance fighters | 2011 | |
| Revolution (TV Series) | Extras | Monroe Republic Militia Soldiers | "Ties that Bind" | 2012 |
| Daniella Alonso | Nora Clayton | |||
| Banshee - Season 1 | can be seen in opening titles | 2013 | ||
| Banshee - Season 3 | can be seen in Episode 10 opening titles | 2015 | ||
| The Last Ship | Titus Welliver | Thorwald | "Unreal City" (S02E01) | 2015 |
| Arrow - Season 5 | possibly a modern semi-auto variant; seen in gunstore; "Vigilante" (S5E07) | 2016-2017 | ||
| Waco | ATF agents | 2018 | ||
| Yellowstone | tribal police | "Daybreak" (S1E01) | 2018 | |
| Stranger Things | U.S. Army | "Chapter Eight: "The Battle of Starcourt" (S3E08) | 2019 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suisei no Gargantia | Sailor | 2013 | |
| Mayoi Neko Overrun! | |||
| When They Cry: Kai | Banken Soldiers | Using 20 round magazines | 2007 |
| Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex | American Empire soldiers | 2002 | |
| Planetes | INTO soldiers and El Tanikans | 2003 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | Seen held by American soldiers in one of the game's endings | 2000 | ||
| Hitman: Codename 47 | "M16A2" | 2000 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint | "M16A2" | Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with M203 | The world model features a mirror of the right side of the receiver | 2001 |
| Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror | "M16" | Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also fitted with barrel-mounted laser sight | Featuring 20-round magazine | 2002 |
| America's Army | "M16A2" | Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with M203 | 2002 | |
| Conflict: Desert Storm | "Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle" "M16 Colt Silenced Sub-machine Gun" |
First variant is fitted with M203 and can fire in semi-auto, three-round burst, and inaccurately full-auto; second variant fitted with scope and suppressor, also featuring an inaccurate 32-round magazine | 2002 | |
| Splinter Cell | Used by hostile NPCs, unusable | 2002 | ||
| Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | "M16" "M16/203" |
Available with and without M203 | First variant erroneously featuring a 14.5" barrel while ironically the second variant has the correct 20" barrel; the fire selector switch is set on semi-auto | 2003 |
| Enter the Matrix | M16 | 2003 | ||
| Postal 2 | Machine Gun | Pachmayr Vindicator pistol grip, Converted to full-auto | Erroneously showing the fire selector switch set on semi-auto | 2003 |
| Manhunt | "Defender Mark 1" | Can fire in semi-auto and erroneously full-auto | Firing 30 rounds from a 20-round magazine | 2003 |
| Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | "M16" "M16/203" |
Available with and without M203 | First variant erroneously featuring a 14.5" barrel while ironically the second variant has the correct 20" barrel; the fire selector switch is set on semi-auto; Available only for the Rifleman class of the Joint Ops faction | 2004 |
| The Matrix: Path of Neo | "Assault Rifle" | Erroneously full-auto fire | Featuring a Thermold magazine | 2005 |
| Battlefield 2 | With and without M203 grenade launcher | 2005 | ||
| Joint Task Force | With 20-round magazine | 2006 | ||
| Manhunt 2 | 2007 | |||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | "M16A2" | Erroneously fires in full-auto | 2007 | |
| World in Conflict | 2007 | |||
| ArmA: Armed Assault | 2007 | |||
| 9th Company: Roots of Terror | 2008 | |||
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Seen only in cutscenes | 2008 | ||
| Left 4 Dead | "Assault Rifle" | With barrel-mounted weaponlight 50-round magazine |
2008 | |
| Far Cry 2 | "M16A3" | Seen in a magazine and on posters, unusable | 2008 | |
| Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | "M16/M203" | Fitted with M203 | 2009 | |
| ArmA II | "M16A2" "M16A2 M203" |
Can fire in semi-auto and three-round burst, also available with M203 | 2009 | |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | "M-16 Assault Rifle" | With barrel-mounted weaponlight and optional laser sight 50-round magazine |
2009 | |
| Firearms: Source | "M16-A2" | Can fire semi-auto and three-round burst | 2010 | |
| Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Seen held by a soldier in one of the game's endings, unusable | 2011 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Seen used by a thug in the intro cutscene, unusable | 2002 | ||
| Bumblebee | US Army soldiers | 2018 | ||
| The Division 2 | "M16A2" | 2019 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | "M16" | Holds 30 rounds despite being depicted with a 20-round magazine | 2020 |
M16A4
The M16A4 is the latest version of the M16 rifle, and is currently a service rifle in the United States Army. It is a 3-round burst rifle like the M16A2. The original upper receiver with a fixed carry handle was replaced with one that has a removable handle and a built-in full-length Picatinny rail for mounting optics and other ancillary devices. The M16A4 is the standard-issue rifle of the U.S. Marine Corps, though a switch to the M4 carbine was made in late 2015.
Military-issue M16A4 are also equipped with a Knight's Armament Company M5 RAS railed handguard (RAS standing for "Rail Adapter System"). Such rifles were designated M16A4 MWS (Modular Weapon System) in the U.S. Army field manuals.
As is the case with the A2 rifle, all movie/TV appearances of the 'flat top' M16 are full auto, not 3-round burst, since no director wants to see only three rounds fire at a time. So these are, again, A4 uppers built on full auto lower receivers. Despite the fact that the real world A4 is a 3-round burst rifle, IMFDB will still refer to the movie incarnations as A4s, since that is the rifle they are supposed to represent on film.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamakasi | Special Forces | 2001 | ||
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Serbian and Albanian soldiers | with a red dot sight | 2002 | |
| The Tiger and the Snow | Peter Swander | Pete | Fitted with M16A2 handguards and carrying handle | 2005 |
| Home of the Brave | SFC Duhon | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight | 2006 | |
| The Incredible Hulk (2008) | Various | US Army soldiers | Fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards | 2008 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | US Army soldiers | Fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards | 2008 | |
| Peranmai | Jeyam Ravi | Dhuruvan | 2009 | |
| Vasundhara Kashyap | Kalpana | |||
| Dhansika | Jennifer | |||
| Varsha Ashwathi | Thulasi | |||
| Liyashree | Susheela | |||
| Roland Kickinger | Anderson | |||
| Mercenary | ||||
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Various | US military personnel | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, and KAC RIS foregrips | 2009 |
| The Hurt Locker | Various | US Army soldiers | Possibly airsoft replicas; fitted with various attachments | 2009 |
| Far Cry (2008) | Mercenary | Possibly Armalite M15A4; fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO | 2009 | |
| Legion | Paul Bettany | Michael | Fitted with carry handle and M203 grenade launcher | 2010 |
| Survival of the Dead | Alan Van Sprang | SGT Crocket | 2010 | |
| Athena Karkanis | Tomboy | |||
| Red (2010) | Helen Mirren | Victoria | Fitted with CAA Sharp Shooting Stock, HBAR flat top upper, sniping scope, A2 handguards, GemTech suppressor, and Harris Bipod | 2010 |
| Battle: Los Angeles | Ne-Yo | Cpl. Kevin Harris | Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip | 2011 |
| Jim Parrack | LCpl. Kerns | |||
| Noel Fisher | Pfc. Lenihan | |||
| Various | US Marines | Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sights, Trijicon TA31F and TA31RCO ACOG scopes (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designators, Surefire Universal WeaponLights, and KAC RIS foregrips or M203A2 grenade launchers | ||
| Various | US California Army National Guardsmen | Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip | ||
| Michael Peña | Joe Rincon | Fitted with Magpul MBUS rear sight, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope (on Larue Precision mount), AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, Surefire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip | ||
| Thor | Various | S.H.I.E.L.D. guards | Fitted with C-More red dot sights | 2011 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Various | US Army soldiers | 2011 | |
| Drive Angry | Tom Atkins | Cap | 2011 | |
| Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead | Asami | Kanae | 2012 | |
| Lust of the Dead 2 | JSDF members | 2013 | ||
| Lust of the Dead 3 | Asami | Kanae's clones | 2012 | |
| White House Down | Various | US Army soldiers | 2013 | |
| Lust of the Dead 4 | Asami | Kanae's clones | 2012 | |
| Brick Mansions | Various | Soldiers | 2014 | |
| American Sniper | Various | US Marines | With EOTech and ACOG sights, M203 grenade launchers | 2014 |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Various | US Marines | 2016 | |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Sterling K. Brown | Sgt. Hurd | 2016 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSI: Miami | US Marines | "Come As You Are" With ACOG scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator | ||
| CSI: Miami | Miami-Dade P.D. officer | "Seeing Red" With EOTech red dot sight | ||
| Over There | US Army soldier | 2005 | ||
| Jericho | New Bern residents | 2006 - 2008 | ||
| Jericho | Beck's soldiers | With and without M68 Aimpoint red dot scope and Surefire weaponlight | 2006 - 2008 | |
| Prison Break - Season 3 | Sona Guards | with scope and RIS handguard | 2007 - 2008 | |
| The Unit | US Army soldier | "Dark of the Moon" | 2009 | |
| Supernatural - Season 5 | Jensen Ackles | Dean Wincehster | Dlask Arms Corp. rifle with telescopic sight / "Good God, Y'all" (S05E02) | 2009 |
| Shawn Roberts | Austin | |||
| Future Weapons | stock footages | 2010 | ||
| Ultimate Weapons | various soldiers | with ACOG and ITL MARS | 2010 | |
| Breakout Kings / "Fun with Chemistry" | Ted Hallet | Corrections Officer | 2011 - ???? | |
| Falling Skies | Resistance fighter | 2011 | ||
| Defiance | Justin Rain | Quentin McCawley | With telescopic sight | 2013 |
| Deklon Roberts | Sentry | |||
| Defiance residents | ||||
| Continuum - Season 2 / Split Second | Liber8 terrorist | suppressed and scoped | 2013 | |
| Walking Dead, The - Season 7 | Chandler Riggs | Carl Grimes | KAC M5 railed handguard, ACE Entry skeleton stock and 40 round PMAG, "Sing Me a Song" (S7E07) | 2016 |
| Austin Amelio | Dwight |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag | UNF soldiers | used in multiple configurations | 2006 |
| Upotte!! | Ichiroku (Japanese for One Six) | With & without ACOG Scope | 2012 - ???? |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Recon | "M16A2" | Available with carry handle, Trijicon RX01NSN reflex sight, and M203A2 grenade launcher | 2001 | |
| The Sum of All Fears (VG) | "M16", "M16/M203" | Available with Trijicon RX01NSN reflex sight and M203A2 grenade launcher | 2002 | |
| Close Combat: First to Fight | "M-16 A4" | Fitted with Trijicon TA01 ACOG scope and M203 grenade launcher | NPCs using rifles fitted with carry handles and A2 handguards | 2005 |
| Project Reality | M16A4 | Available with iron sights, EOTech Holographic sight, M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope, KAC RIS and Grippod foregrips, and M203A2 grenade launcher | 2005 | |
| Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | "A4 Rifle" | Available in the Xbox 360 version only | 2006 | |
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | With Grippod foregrip, Magpul PMag magazine, and ACOG scope | 2007 | ||
| Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | "A4 Rifle" | Available with Aimpoint M68 CCO and H&K M320 grenade launcher | Available in the Xbox 360 version only | 2007 |
| ArmA: Armed Assault | "M16A4", "M16A4 ACOG", "M16A4 GL", "M16A4 ACOG GL" | Available with iron sights, Trijiocn TA01 AOCG scope, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and M203A2 grenade launcher | Added with update v1.04; erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip | 2007 |
| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat | M16A4 | Available with iron sights, and M203A2 grenade launcher | 2007 | |
| 7.62 High Calibre | M16A4 | Can be fitted with 20, 30 and double 30-round magazines, M9 bayonet, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon ACOG scope, Leupold M8 scope, AV/PVS-4 night scope, laser module, tactical flashlight, Harris bipod, M9 bayonet, and suppressor | 2008 | |
| Combat Arms | "M-16A3" | 2008 | ||
| America's Army 3 | "M16A4", "M16A4 DMR" | Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon M150 ACOG scope, and H&K M320 grenade launcher | 2009 | |
| ArmA II | "M16A4 CCO", ""M16A4 RCO", "M16A4 M203", "M16A4 M203 RCO" | Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and M203A2 grenade launcher | Erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip | 2009 |
| Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising | "M16A4", "M16A4 Assault", "M16A4 CQB", "M16A4 Night Ops", "M16A4 Marksman", "M16A4 Stealth" | Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon TA01NSN ACOG scope, AN/PAS-13 thermal scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR Designator, suppressor, and M203A2 Grenade Launcher | 2009 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | M16A4 | Can be fitted w/ iron sights, red dot sight, EOTech 556 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, Thermal scope, silencer, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, and M203 grenade launcher | 2009 | |
| Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer | Fitted with A1 handguards | 2009 | ||
| Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny | Fitted with A1 handguards | 2009 | ||
| Marines: Modern Urban Combat | Fitted w/ Trijicon ACOG scope, and M203 grenade launcher | 2010 | ||
| Counter-Strike Online | M16A4 | Fitted with iron sights, KAC RIS foregrip, and painted with desert camouflage scheme | Available to the Counter-Terrorist faction only | 2010 |
| Karma Online | 2011 | |||
| War Inc. Battlezone | "Colt M16" | 2011 | ||
| Homefront | "M16 Rifle" | Can be fitted with various optical sights | Fires in semi-automatic only, also incorrectly firing 20 rounds from a 30-round magazine | 2011 |
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | M16A4 | Available with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG scope, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and M203 grenade launcher | Modeled with reassembles to the Canadian C7 rifle, noticing by the handguard and the small rails attached beside the front iron sight | 2011 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | M16A4 | Can be modified with FMJ rounds, extended mags, dual mags, red dot sight, Holographic sight, ACOG scope, thermal scope, heartbeat sensor, suppressor, M203 grenade launcher, and KAC Masterkey | Modeled with a flash hider similar to the Non Gun M16A2 replica | 2011 |
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | "M16" | Fitted with EOTech 551 Holographic sight, 20-round magazine, and A2 handguards | 2012 | |
| Arctic Combat | 2012 | |||
| State of Decay | "M16A4" | A2 handguard | 2013 | |
| The Last of Us | "Assault Rifle" | Fires fully automatic, fitted with collapsible, M4-style stock | 2013 | |
| Warface | M16A3 Custom | 2013 | ||
| Insurgency | M16A4 | w/ various attachments | 2014 | |
| Battlefield Hardline | "M16A3" | 2014 | ||
| Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | "M16" | w/ various attachments | Available in Supply Drops | 2015 |
| Rainbow Six Siege | with and without M203 grenade launcher | Unusable, seen on a NATO poster | 2015 | |
| The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | with AN/PEQ-15 | 2016 | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered | M16A4 | Available with iron sights, SureShot red dot sight, M203 grenade launcher, suppressor, or Trijicon ACOG scope | Incorrectly full-auto in singleplayer mode | 2016 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | M16A4 | 2016 | ||
| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds | M16A4 | w/ various attachments | non-railed handguard | 2017 |
| Insurgency: Sandstorm | M16A4 | w/ various attachments | 2018 | |
| Terminator: Resistance (VG) | "M16 Rifle" | Has left and right rail covers, a retractable buttstock, and an anachronistic AN/PEQ-15 IR designator | Erroneously locked to fully-automatic fire mode, rear sight aperture is unrealistically wide | 2019 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 | US Marines | w/ACOG scope; "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) | 2019 |
Colt AR-15 Sporter-1
Films
| Film Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennessy | IRA snipers | 1975 | ||
| Hennessy | Eric Porter | Sean Tobin | 1975 | |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Gangmembers | 1976 | ||
| Scarface | Al Pacino | Tony Montana | fitted with "faux" M203 grenade launcher | 1983 |
| Tremors | Reba McEntire | Heather Gummer | 1990 | |
| Trespass | Ice Cube | Savon | Fitted with A2 handguards and rubber bands on pistol grip and handguard | 1992 |
| Byron Minns | Moon | |||
| Tommy "Tiny" Lister | Cletus | |||
| Tico Wells | Davis | |||
| In the Army Now | Pauly Shore | PFC "Bones" Conway | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1994 |
| Lori Petty | PVT Christine Jones | |||
| David Alan Grier | PVT Fred Ostroff | |||
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| The One That Got Away | Paul McGann | Chris Ryan | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| The One That Got Away | David Morrissey | Andy McNab | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| The One That Got Away | Nick Brimble | Vince Phillips | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| The One That Got Away | Steven Waddington | Dinger | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| The One That Got Away | Simon Burke | Stan | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| The One That Got Away | Hannes Muller | Mark | fitted w/ Cobray CM203 | 1996 |
| Four Brothers | DPD honor guard | Fitted with A2 handguards and 20-round magazines | 2005 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam-12 | Martin Milner | Officer Malloy | 1971-1975 | |
| Adam-12 | Kent McCord | Officer Reed | 1971-1975 | |
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Cortez´s henchmen | "The Cortez Connection" (S03E08) | 1985 | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Steve Buscemi | Gordon Pratt | "End Game" (S3E14) | 1995 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Militant extremists | Fitted with A2 handguards | 1995 - 2001 | |
| Ultimate Force | Ross Kemp | SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie | Fitted Cobray CM203 | 2002 - 2006 |
| Chris Ryan | SSgt. Johnny Bell | |||
| Jamie Draven | Cpl. Jamie Dow | |||
| Miles Anderson | Col. Aidan Dempsey | M16A1 in non firing scenes | ||
| Columbian soldiers and rebels | ||||
| Simon Kassianides | Juan | Changes to M16A1 in some scenes | ||
| Roberto Viana | Miguel | |||
| Fargo | Zahn McClarnon | Hanzee Dent | 2015 |
Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II
Films
| Film Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tough Guys | SWAT officers, sheriff deputies, Mexican police | Early model | 1986 | |
| Tremors | Michael Gross | Burt Gummer | 1990 | |
| China O'Brien II | Frank Magner | Frank Atkins | Early model | 1990 |
| Tricia Quai | Annie Atkins | |||
| Baskin's henchmen | ||||
| Thunderheart | FBI agents | Early model | 1992 | |
| Never Say Die | Todd Jensen | Agent Mike Roper | With Cobray CM203 grenade launcher | 1994 |
| FBI commandos | ||||
| Underworld | Early model, seen in gun rack | 2003 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Weapons | Early model with A1 handguard | 2009 |
Colt Sporter Rifle Delta HBAR
A variation of the standard Colt AR-15A2 rifle that was specially selected for accuracy and then converted by the Colt factory into a "DELTA-HBAR" type rifle. The conversion consisted of a Colt installed Tasco 3-9 power variable scope (with duplex reticle) with the rubberized/armored exterior that was mounted in a special A.R.M.S. carry handle adapter. It is also fitted with a Colt marked plastic cheekpiece on the buttstock that provided a higher cheek weld for shooting with the scope and still allows the charging handle to be pulled all the way back. It has the A2 rifle configuration with a forward assist, brass deflector and fixed carrying handle with the 800 meter adjustable rear sight. It has the slabside lower receiver as used on the commercial AR-15s with the original Colt fixed A2 style improved buttstock, handguards and pistol grip. The side of the pistol grip was also affixed with a small circular "RED DELTA" symbol signifying the model. The model was also fitted with their new Colt factory "HBAR" heavy target type barrel. The left side magazine well is marked "COLT SPORTER/MATCH HBAR/CAL. 223. Some models come fitted with an adjustable folding bipod. This rifle originally would come with the Colt aluminum storage/carrying case with the original COLT label on the end of the case.
This variant is well known in Japan due to it use in the Golgo 13 manga series, where it's used by protagonist Duke Togo aka Golgo 13.
Film
| Title | Actor | Characters | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok Dangerous | Police Snipers | 2008 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven | Gin | 2001 | |
| Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor | Gorō Kobayashi | 2009 | |
| Upotte!! | 2012 | ||
| Durarara!!×2 Shou | Kasuka Heiwajima | 2015 |
Colt Match Target
Post-ban version of the AR-15A2 HBAR; it has the bayonet lug deleted and features a barrel that has no threading and therefore cannot accept a muzzle brake or flash hider. A 'Competition' model was also made, incorporating a flat-top upper receiver to allow mounting of various optics. Both versions of the Match Target are available with a permanently attached compensator as a factory option.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home of the Brave | Brian Presley | Tommy Yates | With magazine removed | 2006 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythbusters | Competition with 30 round magazine | 2003 - ???? |
Colt AR-15 Sporter Carbine
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncommon Valor | Fred Ward | Wilkes | 1983 | |
| The Annihilators | Andy Wood | Woody Isaacson | 1985 | |
| The Smile of the Fox | Steve Bond | Mark Derrick | With a scoope, Model 6420 | 1992 |
| The Smile of the Fox | Derrick´s pal | With a scope, Model 6420 | 1992 | |
| Never Say Die | Todd Jensen | Agent Mike Roper | With custom short barrel | 1994 |
| Top Dog | SWAT officers | 1995 | ||
| U.S. Marshals | Michael Paul Chan | Cultural Attache | 1998 | |
| Point Blank | Michael Wright | Sonny | 1998 | |
| Supreme Sanction | An Alpha Section operative | 1999 | ||
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | 2010 | |||
| American Heist | Luis Da Silva Jr. | Spoonie | Sporter I | 2014 |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer Park Boys | Regional Police | (S05E02) | 2001 - | |
| FBI Agent | (S07E10) | |||
| Ultimate Force | Jamie Bamber | Lt. Dotsy Doheny | Sporter II fitted with solid stock and duckbill flash-hider | 2002 - 2006 |
| Miles Anderson | Col. Aidan Dempsey | |||
| Heather Peace | Tpr. Becca Gallagher | |||
| Tyrant | Abbudinian soldiers and Shiek Rashid's guards | non-firing replicas | 2014 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burn-Up Scramble | 2004 |
Diemaco C7/Colt Model 715
Known as the Colt Model 715 in the United States, the Diemaco C7 is a Canadian license-built version of the M16 that was developed in tandem with the M16A2, but retains the rear sight and the automatic firing mode of the earlier M16A1, with the further addition of a heavier barrel and brass deflector. The original C7 was gradually replaced by the C7A1 in Canadian service during the mid 1990s, eliminating the carrying handle in favor of a Weaver rail system and a 3.5x ELCAN optical sight. The C7A2 is a mid-life upgrade of the C7A1 that adds a 4-position M4-style stock, a new handguard and pistol grip in OD green, and a Triad rail system that allows for the mounting of additional accessories such as RIS foregrips or AN/PEQ-2 laser illumination devices.
NOTE: Diemaco (currently Colt Canada) does not permit sale of their weapons to civilians (including film armorers), so C7s in films is near impossible to see. However, several AR-15 manufacturers built identically-configured rifles with the same receiver style, which were usually marketed as "budget" alternatives to their M16A2 clones. Colt manufactured the Model 715, while Olympic Arms manufactured its own version, the K4B (which is currently sold as the "Plinker Plus 20"). Most of the "C7" rifles appearing in movies and TV shows are the older-model (pre-1994) Olympic Arms K4B rifles; these guns are evidently preferred by the armorers in Vancouver, British Columbia and have been featured on TV shows such as Stargate: SG1, The X-Files, Millennium, and Viper. If the movie or TV show you are watching was filmed in British Columbia, chances are that you're seeing a converted Olympic Arms K4B, and not a genuine C7.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyena Road | Paul Gross | Pete Mitchell | C7A2 | 2015 |
| Walking Tall (2004) | Ex-Deputy | With Beta-C drum magazine | 2004 | |
| Operation Dumbo Drop | Green Berets,US Soldiers,ARVN | Mocked up as M16A1 | 1995 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuum - Season 2 | with Cobray 37mm Launcher / Episode 2 | 2013 | ||
| Continuum - Season 1 | Luvia Petersen | Jasmine Garza | with Cobray 37mm Launcher / "Fast Times" (Episode 2) | 2012 |
| Combat Hospital | Various | Canadian Forces soldiers | C7A1 and C7A2, with ELCAN scopes and RIS foregrips | 2011-??? |
| The Border (TV Series) | James McGowan | Major Mike Kessler | With ELCAN sight / "Blowback" | 2008-2010 |
| Harsh Realm | Various | US Army soldiers | 1999 | |
| Harsh Realm | Various | Repblican Guard Special Forces | 1999 | |
| Harsh Realm | Various | Cherokee rebels | 1999 | |
| Millennium | Various | Survivalists/other characters | 1997 - 2007 | |
| Stargate: SG1 | Various | USA.F. personnel | 1997 - 2007 | |
| Viper (TV Series) | Various | US military personnel/various bad guys | 1996 - 1999 | |
| Viper | With 20-round magazine and Cobray CM203 launcher / "Diamond in the Rough" | 1996 - 1999 | ||
| Viper | Various | Villains | 1996 - 1999 | |
| The Sentinel | Armored van robber | with Cobray CM203 / "Love and Guns" | 1996 - 1999 | |
| The Sentinel | Richard Burgi | Det. Jim Ellison | "Siege" | 1996 - 1999 |
| The X-Files - Season 4 | FBI tactical agents, Militia gunmen | Olympic Arms K4B variants with heavy barrels, fitted with A1 handguards to pass for M16A1s / "Tunguska" (S4E08) | 1996 | |
| The X-Files - Season 2 | SWAT sharpshooter | Olympic Arms K4B variant with heavy barrel, fitted with custom buttstock and scope / "Duane Barry" (S2E05) | 1994 | |
| The X-Files | Military personnel | Mostly Olympic Arms K4B variants with heavy barrels, stand-ins for M16A2s | 1993 - 1998 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Reality | C7A1, with polymer magazine, ELCAN scope, and Heckler & Koch AG36 grenade launcher | 2005 | ||
| C7A2, with Back-Up Iron Sights, EOTech red dot sight, ELCAN scope, and M203 grenade launcher | ||||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | "Diemaco C7A2" | C7A2, with Crane stock, polymer magazine, EOTech red dot sight, and ELCAN Specter scope | 2007 | |
| Cross Fire | C7A2, with ELCAN Specter scope | 2007 | ||
| Rainbow Six: Siege | "C7E" | w/ various attachments | C7NLD, Introduced in Operation Velvet Shell expansion (2017) | 2015 |
Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 Carbine
Essentially a carbine version of the C7 rifle, the C8 carbine serves the same role in the Canadian Armed Forces as the M4A1 carbine serves in the US military. The original C8 is virtually identical to the Colt Model 653 carbine, while later variants introduced heavier barrels and flat-top upper receivers.
The C8A1 is features a flat-top upper receiver. The C8A2 features a heavier barrel. The C8FTHB, later called simply C8A3, is a further improved variant with green furniture and a cutout for a grenade launcher. The C8A3 variant was technically further modified with ambidextrous controls.
The C8 SFW (Special Forces Weapon) features a longer, 400 mm (15.7 in) barrel. It is used by British special forces under the designation L119A1 SFIW (Special Forces Individual Weapon).
The C8 CQB variant features a compact barrel similar to the Mk 18 Mod 0. It is also used by British special forces under the designation L119A1 CQB.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July | Norwegian ERU officer | C8 SFW | 2018 | |
| Hyena Road | Canadian soldiers | Fitted with foregrips, suppressor, and ELCAN scopes | 2015 |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer Park Boys | S.W.A.T | C8A1 with ELCAN scope | 2001 - | |
| Combat Hospital | Elias Koteas | Colonel Xavier Marks | C8A3, with ELCAN scope and foregrip | 2011-??? |
| The Border (TV Series) / "Gross Deceptions" | Various | Gunmen | C8A1, with ELCAN scope | 2008-2010 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Reality | polymer magazine, RIS foregrip, and M68 Aimpoint red dot & ELCAN scopes | C8A1 | 2005 | |
| EOTech red dot sight and ELCAN scope | C8A3 | |||
| Cross Fire | C8 | with a silencer, vertical foregrip, red dot sight, laser sight mounted on the left side | 2007 |
Diemaco/Colt Canada C7/C7A1 LSW
A light machine gun variant of the C7, the LSW features an enlarged gas tube and heavier barrel with a correspondingly larger handguard with a distinctive square profile and detachable carry handle. The weapon is only capable of being fired in fully automatic from an open bolt (hence no need for a forward assist), and features a bipod, vertical grip and modified buffer tube to aid in automatic fire. The weapon was a joint venture between Colt and Diemaco, and is thus the only Canadian variant to feature the A2 rear sights as standard. The original C7 LSW was designed in the 80s and featured a barrel mounted bipod and fixed sights. The weapon was updated to the C7A1 LSW in the 90's, which featured a flattop receiver and a handguard mounted bipod. These two weapons were sold by Colt as the Model 750 and Model 950 respectively and were known as either the "Light Machine Gun" or "Automatic Rifle", however all weapons are actually made by Diemaco/Colt Canada as noted by the maple leaf stamped on the magazine well.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Soldier | 2000 | ||
| The Purge | Purger | 2013 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Fire | "M16A3 LMG" | with Beta C-Mag and ACOG scope | C7A1 LSW | 2007 |
| Warface | M16A2 LMG | C7A1/Model 950, forward sight and vertical grip removed | 2013 |
Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series
During the Vietnam War, Colt made a series of M16-based carbines that were fielded by the United States military. These carbines featured short barrels and unique moderator muzzle devices, distinguishing them from other M16-based carbines. There is no official name for the entire series; common unofficial names for the series include CAR-15 and Colt Commando, though they are technically inaccurate names.
- Colt Model 607: An early attempt by Colt to create a carbine M16 variant. It had a 10" barrel (initially with a 3-prong flash hider then a 3.5" moderator) and a slab side receiver just like the original AR-15s, in addition it had a complicated extending triangular stock and a shortened triangular handguard. Saw minimal use in Vietnam.
- Colt Model 609: Produced from late 1966 to early 1967, the Model 609 was the first Colt AR-15 Carbine to see widespread use by the US military. It was designated XM177E1 by the US Army. The Model 609 / XM177E1 featured a tear drop forward assist, upgraded takedown pin assembly, a simpler two-position telescoping tubular aluminum stock, reinforced two-piece round handguards, a 10" barrel, and an improved 4.25" moderator. Earlier models featured partial fence lowers, while later models featured full fence lowers. This version was also where they started stamping the receivers "Commando", leading to the "Colt Commando" name.
- Colt Model 610: A version of the Model 609 without a forward assist built for the USAF security forces. The Model 610 initially entered USAF service under the name XM177, and was later given the designation GAU-5/A when formally adopted. The Model 610 is used by the USAF until recently (which is why the gun is seen on the show Stargate: SG1).
- Colt Model 629: In 1967, the Model 629 was officially designated the XM177E2. Very similar to the Model 609 / XM177E1, the barrel was changed from 10" to 11.5", a grenade ring was added to the 4.25" moderator, and a chromed chamber was added (the same modifications made to the A1 upgrade of the M16 rifle). In 1983-1984, an improved model of the XM177E2 was prototyped, which later received the designation XM4 and eventually became the M4 Carbine. The XM177E2 was the last XM177 variant used in the Vietnam War. Following the war many of these rifles were transferred to the USAF and were classified as GAU-5A/B or GAU-5/B (sources vary), and these too were later altered to the GUU-5/P standard (see below). This is the version most commonly seen as model and airsoft replicas.
- GUU-5/P: In 1989, the USAF decided that the GAU- designation should only apply to aircraft guns, and infantry guns should be classified as GUU (guns, miscellaneous personal equipment) with a /P (personal) end. Almost all USAF Colt rifles (models 610 (GAU-5A), 629 (GAU-5A/B), 630 or 649 (GAU-5A/A, it is unclear which) and some USAF M16s) were folded into the GUU-5/P designation, and rebuilt with a new standard; they are fitted with 14.5 inch 1/7 twist barrels (some had already been given 14.5 inch 1/12 twist barrels and may or may not have been designated "GAU-5/P") with their original markings erased and remarked as "GUU-5/P." All have the national stock number 1005-01-042-9820 regardless of their actual configuration.
The XM177E1 and the XM177E2 were adopted by the US Army and are no longer used since 1994 when it was replaced by the M4.
Movie Armorer's note: Since the ATF viewed the moderator of the XM177 as a 'silencer' due to the sound baffles within the item, it was as strictly controlled as any other silencer. Also the interior design of the flash hider / sound suppressor of the XM177 made it difficult to adapt to fire movie blanks. Thus there are virtually NO real XM177s used in movies. Most of the versions seen in films are modified commercial SP1 Carbines/M16 shorties with 'fake' XM177 flash hiders slipped over or welded to the end of the barrel. Also movie armorers used aftermarket barreled uppers by third party manufacturers and mated them to existing fully automatic lower receivers, thus were constantly swapping parts to build up guns which were requested by movie directors. So it is possible to see various upper receiver assemblies on recognizable M16/A1/A2 lower receivers.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dogs of War | Various actors | Mercenaries | 1981 | |
| The Final Option | Ziggy Byfield | Trooper Baker | 1982 | |
| Uncommon Valor | Todd Allen | Frank Rhodes | 1983 | |
| Uncommon Valor | Randall "Tex" Cobb | Sailor | 1983 | |
| Uncommon Valor | Tim Thomerson | Charts | 1983 | |
| Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) | Various actors | US Army soldiers | XM177E2, with original flash suppressor replaced by "birdcage" flash hider | 1985 |
| Spies Like Us | Sam Raimi | Security Guard | 1985 | |
| Joel Coen | Security Guard | |||
| Martin Brest | Security Guard | |||
| Brazil | MOI SWAT officers | 1985 | ||
| The Park is Mine | Yaphet Kotto | NYPD ESU Cpt. Frank Eubanks | 1985 | |
| The Emerald Forest | Powers Boothe | Bill Markham | XM177E1 | 1985 |
| Claudio Moreno | Chief Jacareh | |||
| Band of the Hand | Daniele Quinn | Carlos | 1986 | |
| Lethal Weapon | Gary Busey | Mr. Joshua | With scope, with & without magazines taped 'jungle-style' | 1987 |
| Various actors | Shadow Company henchmen | |||
| Fatal Beauty | Henchwoman | 1987 | ||
| The Running Man | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Ben Richards | 1987 | |
| Yaphet Kotto | Laughlin | |||
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | Chico | |||
| Guards, prisoners, guerillas | ||||
| Rage of Honor | Sho Kosugi | Shiro Tanaka | 1987 | |
| Rage of Honor | Various henchmen | 1987 | ||
| Casualties of War | Sean Penn | Sgt Tony Meserve | Fake version | 1989 |
| Double Impact | Geoffrey Lewis | Frank Avery | 1990 | |
| Triad hitman | With M203 grenade launcher | |||
| Hard to Kill | Dean Norris | Det. Sgt. Goodhart | 1990 | |
| Charles Boswell | Jack Axel | |||
| Predator 2 | Danny Glover | Lt. Mike Harrigan | With M203 grenade launcher | 1990 |
| Navy SEALs | Michael Biehn | LT Curran | 1990 | |
| Dennis Haysbert | Graham | With M203 grenade launcher | ||
| Rick Rossovich | Leary | |||
| Nothing But Trouble | Valri Bromfield | Miss Purdah | 1991 | |
| Toy Soldiers | Counter-terrorist team | 1991 | ||
| New Jack City | Judd Nelson | Nick | With futuristic laser pointer/scope | 1991 |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Linda Hamilton | Sarah Connor | With flash hider, suppressor, laser sight, and ACOG scope | 1991 |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | T-800 | |||
| Under Siege | US Marine | 1992 | ||
| Various actors | Navy SEALs | |||
| Article 99 | Leo Burmester | Polaski | 1992 | |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Navy SEALs | With M203 grenade launchers | 1993 | |
| The Fugitive | Chicago PD SWAT sniper | With scope | 1993 | |
| RoboCop 3 | John Castle | Paul McDaggett | With M203 grenade launcher | 1993 |
| Splatterpunks Gang Members | With & without M203 grenade launchers | |||
| Rehabilitation Officers | With & without M203 grenade launchers | |||
| Resistance Members | ||||
| Rage and Honor II | Fake terrorists | 1993 | ||
| The Dallas Connection | Bruce Penhall | Chris Cannon | With M203 grenade launcher | 1994 |
| Direct Hit | Richard Norton | Rogers | 1994 | |
| CIA operatives | ||||
| Desperado | Henchmen | 1995 | ||
| Top Dog | Neo Nazi terrorists and SWAT officers | With M203 grenade launcher | 1995 | |
| Mercenary | Alan's mercenaries | 1996 | ||
| The Rock | Sean Connery | John Patrick Mason | With SureFire Universal WeaponLight | 1996 |
| Nicolas Cage | Stanley Goodspeed | |||
| David Morse | Maj. Tom Baxter | |||
| Gregory Sporleder | Cpt. Frye | |||
| Various actors | Rogue Recon Marines | With & without SureFire Universal WeaponLights | ||
| Original Gangstas | Dru Down | Kayo | 1996 | |
| Gang members | ||||
| The Peacemaker | Various actors | US Army Special Forces soldiers | With & without M203 grenade launchers & Maglite flashlight | 1997 |
| Point Blank (1998) | Henchman | 1998 | ||
| Commander Hamilton | Peter Stormare | Carl Hamilton | 1998 | |
| Commander Hamilton | Mats Långbacka | Stålhandske | 1998 | |
| The General's Daughter | US Army soldier | 1999 | ||
| The Cell | FBI HRT officer | With Surefire Universal WeaponLight | 2000 | |
| Brother 2 (Brat 2) | Chicago Police officer | 2000 | ||
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | Kurt Russell | Michael | 2001 | |
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | Christian Slater | Hanson | 2001 | |
| Black Hawk Down | Various actors | Delta Force operators | With camouflage paint schemes and M68 Aimpoint red dot sights | 2001 |
| Die Another Day | US military personnel | 2002 | ||
| Bad Boys II | Drug runner | 2003 | ||
| The Protector | gangster in helicopter | Model 607 | 2005 | |
| In Her Line of Fire | The rebels | 2006 | ||
| Blood Diamond | Leonardo DiCaprio | Danny Archer | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and camouflage paint scheme | 2006 |
| Mercenaries | ||||
| American Gangster | Denzel Washington | Frank Lucas | 2007 | |
| Pandemic | Filipino boy | 2009 | ||
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | Georgia King | Emma | 2012 | |
| 009-1: The End of the Beginning | SMA troops | 2013 | ||
| Lupin III | Nirut Sirichanya | Pramuk | 2014 | |
| Sahajak Boonthanakit | Head of Security | |||
| Thanayong Wongtrakul | Royal | |||
| Pramuk's soldiers | ||||
| Thai soldiers | ||||
| Terminator Genisys | Jai Courtney | Kyle Reese | 2015 | |
| Skin Trade | Dragovic's henchman | Model 629 | 2015 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Duty | Terence Knox | Sgt 1st Class Clayton "Zeke" Anderson | 1987 - 1989 | |
| The X-Files | Various law enforcement tactical officers, military/black-ops personnel | Mockups from various models - Earlier appearances (Season 3 to Season 5) built off of A1 and A1E1 receivers (Such as Colt Model 653s and Olympic Arms K3Bs), Later appearances (Season 6 onward) built off of A2 receivers (Such as Colt Model 727); Later carbines also feature mounted weaponlights | 1996 - 2002 | |
| Stargate SG-1 | Garvin Cross | Casey | with Cobray CM203 flare launcher / "Children of the Gods" (S01E01) | 1997 |
| Seven Days | Raymond Cruz | Rodriguez | Mocked-up weapons with M16A2-style receivers / "Daddy's Little Girl" | 1998 - 2001 |
| Various | US Army soldiers | |||
| Various | NNL Personnel | |||
| Ultimate Force | Chris Ryan | SSgt. Johnny Bell | Commercial CAR-15 semiautomatic rifle | 2002 - 2006 |
| Elliot Cowan | Cpl. Jem Poynton | |||
| Alex Reid | Cpt. Caroline Walsh | |||
| UN Peacekeepers | Commercial CAR-15 semiautomatic rifle fitted with gooseneck rail and telescopic sight | |||
| Ross Kemp | SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie | Mocked up Olympic Arms K3B with Cobray CM203 mounted | ||
| Christopher Fox | Cpl. Louis Hoffman | |||
| Derek Horne | Sgt. Sean Smith | |||
| Firefly | Badger's henchman | "Serenity" (S01E01) | 2002 | |
| Hokkaido Police. Russian Department (Politsiya Khokkaydo. Russkiy otdel) | S.A.T. | 2007-2011 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spriggan | Model 629 | 1998 | |
| Key the Metal Idol | Model 629 | 1994 - 1997 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Six | "CAR-15" | Can fire in semi-auto, 3-round burst, and automatic fire | Incorrectly featured with safe/semi/burst/auto trigger group, holds 30 rounds in a 20-round magazine, the handguard is the same length of the M16A2, and has a shorter flash hider | 1998 |
| The World Is Not Enough | "Mustang MAR-4", "Mustang MAR-4 GL" | Available with an M203 grenade launcher | 2000 | |
| Operation Flashpoint | "XM-177E2", "XM-177S" | Can fire in both semi-auto and automatic fire; a generic red dot sight is featued with the "XM-177S" variant | Both first-person and world models are missing the flash hider | 2001 |
| Max Payne | "Colt Commando" | 2001 | ||
| Line of Sight: Vietnam | "CAR15" | Can fire in both semi-auto and automatic fire | Incorrectly loaded with 30 rounds in a 20-round magazine | 2003 |
| Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| Cross Fire | "XM177" | flat top receiver | 2007 | |
| Vietcong 2 | "XM-177" | Lacks rear iron sight | 2009 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | "Commando" | GAU-5A/A, with flat top and A1 flash hider | 2010 | |
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | 2017 | |||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | "XM4" | XM177E1, with flat top and A1 flash hider | 2020 |
Colt Carbine/Model 653/Model 727/Model 733
After 1973 Colt made several lightweight versions of the M16 and Commando rifles for use with Police and Security forces, as well as civilian sales worldwide. It had the features of the XM177 carbine series, including the telescoping stock, but had either a 14.5" or a 16" lightweight barrel, depending on the demands of the customer, whether domestic or foreign. It was NOT correct for Vietnam, despite what the movie Platoon portrays. Though 'unofficially' called the "M16 Shorty" by some writers and shooters, the 16" barreled lightweight carbine was never adopted formally by the US Military, and thus never had an "M" or "XM" designation. It was used in the US by Federal and local law enforcement. The Model 653 is also the basis for the Diemaco/Colt Canada C8 carbine series (see above).
In 1985 Colt also made the Model 733, which was a 11.5" barreled version of the Model 653, intended for tactical police and security work. Later manufactured versions of both guns had A2 style heavy barrels. The Model 723 was a 733 designed for export for the UAE and used by US Delta Force.
What is confusing is that other manufacturers made all sorts of modified short barreled AR-15 rifles for the Police and Civilian markets throughout the years. Colt themselves bastardized so many of their rifles throughout the years, swapping particular uppers with different lowers so that there will always be exceptions to the rule. The explosion of custom and unique looking AR-15 rifles in the 1980s and 1990s has led to a lot of confusion regarding what rifle is in what movie.
Film
| Film Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enter the Ninja | Franco Nero | Cole | Model 653P | 1981 |
| Alex Courtney | Frank Landers | |||
| Will Hare | Dollars | |||
| Venarius' henchmen | ||||
| Code Name: Wild Geese | Klaus Kinski | Charleton | Model 653 | 1984 |
| Charleton's men | ||||
| Silk | Ronnie Patterson | Vernon | Model 653 | 1986 |
| Cec Verrell | Silk | |||
| Joe Mari Avellana | Lt. Kobayashi | |||
| Frederick Bailey | Brown | |||
| Police, various criminals | ||||
| Platoon | Tom Berenger | SGT Bob Barnes | Model 653P | 1986 |
| Willem Dafoe | SGT Elias K. Grodin | |||
| The Living Daylights | Joe Don Baker | Brad Whitaker | Model 733 with transparent bullet-proof shield | 1987 |
| Equalizer 2000 | Richard Norton | Slade | Model 653P as part of "Equalizer" | 1987 |
| Robert Patrick | Deke | |||
| William Steis | Lawton | |||
| Frederick Bailey | Hayward | |||
| Corinne Wahl | Karen | Model 653P | ||
| Warren McLean | Fletcher | |||
| Rebels | ||||
| Bullet in the Head | Jacky Cheung | Fai | Model 653 | 1990 |
| American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | Commandos and rebels | Model 733 | 1990 | |
| China O'Brien II | Donré Sampson | Omar | Possibly Model 653 | 1990 |
| Keith Cooke | Dakota | |||
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Navy SEAL | Model 653; fitted with M203 | 1993 | |
| Direct Hit | Richard Norton | Rogers | Model 653 | 1994 |
| CIA operatives | ||||
| Heat | Robert De Niro | Neil McCauley | Model 733 | 1995 |
| Val Kilmer | Chris Shiherlis | |||
| Soldier Boyz | Tyrin Turner | Butts | Model 653P | 1995 |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Geena Davis | Charlene Elizabeth "Charly" Baltimore | 1996 | |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Götz Otto | Stamper | Model 727; fitted with M203 | 1997 |
| Deep Impact | US Army soldiers | With M203 grenade launchers | 1998 | |
| Scarred City | Soto's bodyguard | Possibly Model 653 | 1998 | |
| Point Blank | Mickey Rourke | Rudy Ray | Model 733 with optics, with camo point and suppressor | 1998 |
| K-911 | Model 727 with M203 grenade launcher; Seen in Devon Lang's armory | 1999 | ||
| Black Hawk Down | Eric Bana | SFC "Hoot" Hooten | Model 727 | 2001 |
| William Fichtner | SFC Sanderson | Model 727; fitted with Aimpoint red dot sight and SureFire WaponLight | ||
| Richard Tyson | SSG Busch | |||
| Jason Isaacs | CPT Mike Steele | Model 733 | ||
| Hugh Dancy | SFC "Doc" Schmid | |||
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | MSG Gary Gordon | Model 733; fitted with Aimpoint red dot sight, SureFire WeaponLight, and suppressor | ||
| Ron Eldard | CW3 Michael Durant | |||
| Detention | Dolph Lundgren | Sam Decker | Model 727 with M203 | 2003 |
| US Army soldiers | Model 727 with foregrip | |||
| American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq | Paul Sturino | PFC Dowdy | Model 727 | 2005 |
| Jordan Brown | SPC Cohen | Model 727; fitted with custom stock, KAC M4-style railed handguard, SureFire WeaponLight and RIS foregrip | ||
| Brett Ryan | SPC Romeo | Model 727 ;fitted with M203 | ||
| Lord of War | Models at the Berlin Arms Fair | Model 723 | 2005 | |
| Painkiller Jane | Various | US Army soldiers | Model 723 fitted with a Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher | 2005 |
| The Hunt for Eagle One | Mark Dacascos | Lt. Matt Daniels | Model 727, Model 733; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock, red dot sight, KAC M4 RAS handguards with rail covers, KAC RIS foregrip, and tactical flashlight | 2005 |
| Zach McGowan | Spec. Hank Jackson | Model 727; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock and M203 | ||
| Mark Dacascos | Lt. Matt Daniels | Model 733; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock, red dot sight, KAC M4 RAS handguards with rail covers, KAC RIS foregrip, and tactical flashlight | ||
| Joe Fozzy | Spec. Jeff Parker | |||
| Rey Malonzo | Lt. Narcisco Montalvo | Model 653P; fitted with 6-position collapsible stock and rubber butt pad, scope, KAC M4 RAS handguards, KAC RIS foregrip, and unusual ported compensator | ||
| Home of the Brave | Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Specialist Jamal Aiken | Model 727; with M203 leaf sight, Trijicon RX-09 red dot sight, and Vortex muzzle brake | 2006 |
| US Army soldiers | Unrecognizable; could be Model 933s | |||
| Battle for Haditha | US Marines | Model 727; with foregrips and ACOG sights, mocked up to resemble the M4A1 MWS | 2007 | |
| Beaufort | Oshri Cohen | 1stLt. Liraz "Erez" Librati | Model 653; fitted with Kimber Mepro 21 reflex sight | 2007 |
| Eli Eltonyo | 1stSgt. Oshri | |||
| Hannan Yishai | Nadav | Model 733; fitted with different flash hider | ||
| Various | IDF soldiers | Locally chopped down Model 653 known as the "Mekut'zrar" | ||
| Gomorrah | Marco Macor | Marco | Model 727; fitted with G&P airsoft replica of M203 and Olympic Arms (or JB Unicorn Airsoft) handguards | 2008 |
| Fatal Move | Jing Wu | Lok Tin-Hung | Model 654 | 2008 |
| Simon Yam | Lin Ho-Tung | |||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Hugh Jackman | James Howlett | Model 733 | 2009 |
| Green Zone | Various | Special Forces soldiers | Model 733s; fitted with Aimpoint red dot sights, SureFire Universal WaponLights, and XM177 flash hiders | 2009 |
| Dolan's Cadillac | Gangster | Model 727; fitted with M203 | 2009 | |
| Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) | Model 727; Seen in illegal weapon store | 2010 | ||
| Killer Elite (2011) | Robert De Niro | Hunter | Model 727 | 2011 |
| Taken 2 | US Marine | Model 727 with RIS handguard | 2012 | |
| A Dark Truth | Andy Garcia | Jack Begosian | Model 723 | 2012 |
| Forest Whitaker | Francisco Francis | |||
| Eva Longoria | Mia Francis | |||
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | Guide | |||
| Ecuadorian soldiers | ||||
| 009-1: The End of the Beginning | Kazutoshi Yokoyama | SMA Officer | 2013 | |
| SMA tropes | ||||
| Colt 45 | Commando of killers, Police arms depot | Model 727 | 2014 | |
| Let's Be Cops | Jake Johnson | Ryan O'Malley | 2014 | |
| The Last Witch Hunter | seen in the Kaulder's armory | 2015 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice | Don Johnson | Sonny Crockett | Model 654 | 1984-1989 |
| SRT members | ||||
| Edward James Olmos | Lt. Castillo | Model 733 | ||
| Various | Model 733 with and without M203 | |||
| The X-Files | Tactical officers, military/black-ops | Roughly 10" barrels, Likely short-barreled Olympic Arms K3B carbines, resemble Model 733 | 1993-1998 | |
| Seven Days | Johnathan LaPaglia | Frank Parker | Model 733 fitted with XM177 style flash hider / "The Fire Last Time" | 1998-2001 |
| Ultimate Force | Jamie Draven | Cpl. Jamie Dow | Model 733 | 2002-2006 |
| Christopher Fox | Cpl. Louis Hoffman | |||
| Heather Peace | Tpr. Becca Gallagher | |||
| Tremors: The Series | Michael Gross | Burt Gummer | Model 654 | 2003 |
| Victor Browne | Tyler Reed | |||
| Red Cap | SAS troopers | Model 727 / "Betrayed" | 2003 - 2004 | |
| All or Nothing (Pan ili propal) | Vladimir Yavorsky | Ole Svendsen | Model 654 | 2004 |
| The Kill Point | Pittsburg P.D. SWAT officer | Model 653 fitted with Surefire M500AB weaponlights | 2007 | |
| Sanctuary | Model 733, present in the armory but never used / "Penance" | 2007 | ||
| Falling Skies | Sarah Carter | Maggie | Model 733 | 2011-2015 |
| Stranger Things | David Harbour | Chief Hopper | 2017 | |
| Waco | Branch Davidian members | 2018 | ||
| Jack Ryan | John Krasinski | Jack Ryan | 2019 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Variant and Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | "M4 Carbine" | Model 733 | 1999 |
| Urban Terror | "M4A1" | Model 727 | 2000 |
| Half-Life | Model 727 with M203 grenade launcher, HD replacement of the MP5 | 2001 | |
| Max Payne | "Colt Commando" | Model 733 | 2001 |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | "M4" | Model 733 | 2002 |
| Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza | N/A | Model 733 with A1E1 upper receiver, M16-style fixed stock, and 20-round angled magazine | 2002 |
| Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | "CAR-15" | Model 727 | 2003 |
| Chaser | "Colt M4" | Model 733, without casing deflector | 2003 |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | "M4" | Model 733 | 2004 |
| Far Cry | "M4 Assault Weapon" | Model 727 | 2004 |
| Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | Model 654; unusable, comes with a reflex sight and 16" barrel. Modeled with an elongated 10rd magazine | 2004 | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | "M4" | Model 733 | 2005 |
| Project Reality | "M16A1 Menosar" | Israeli Defence Force Menusar: Model 653 with barrel cut down to 13", with optional M203 grenade launcher | 2005 |
| "M16A1 Mekotzrar" | Israeli Defence Force Mekut'zrar: Model 653 with barrel cut down to 10" | ||
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | M4 Carbine | Model 653 with 6-position stock and flashlight | 2007 |
| World in Conflict | Model 733 | 2007 | |
| Tomb Raider: Underworld | "A12 Carbine" | Model 727, with custom butt-stock and flash suppressor | 2008 |
| Wheelman | Carbine | Model 727 with A1-type barrel of the Model 723 | 2009 |
| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | M4 | Model 653 with 6-position stock and flashlight | 2009 |
| Rogue Warrior | Model 733 | 2009 | |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | "M653" | Model 653 with various upgrades | 2010 |
| Fallout: New Vegas | "Assault Carbine" | Model 733 | 2010 |
| Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | "Assault Rifle" | Model 727, sometimes with custom butt-stock | 2010 |
| Uncharted: Golden Abyss | M4 | Model 653 with 6-position stock and flashlight | 2012 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | "M4A1-S" | Model 723 with optional suppressor | 2012 |
| Payday 2 | AMCAR | Model 733 with A2-style receiver and 6-position stock | 2013 |
| Ironsight | Training M4 | Model 723, only appears when a player's weapon expires or reaches 0 durability | 2018 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Planet Cuties | Model 723 | 2010 |
M231 Firing Port Weapon
The M231 Firing Port Weapon is a stripped-down, bare-bones carbine designed for US Army soldiers riding in the M2 & M3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. The FPW was designed to allow transported soldiers to protect the vulnerable flanks and rear of the IFV while still under armor. The weapon is only capable of full-auto fire with no semi-auto mode. Later upgrades to the Bradley blocked the firing ports on the sides of the hull with extra armor, though FPWs are still carried for the two rear ports covering the loading ramp.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Variant and Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Reality | Used on M2A2 Bradley | 2005 | |
| Battlefield: Bad Company | Used on M2A2 Bradley | 2008 |
M4/M4A1 Carbine
The M4 Carbine is a 14.5" barreled select fire assault rifle adopted by the United States Armed Forces. It has a distinctive 'step down' in the barrel to allow for mounting the M203 grenade launcher. The M4 has 3-round burst capability, while the M4A1 has full-auto fire capability. The very earliest M4s delivered to the US Army in 1994 had fixed carry handles and were known in Colt's catalog as the Model 777. However, by 1995, the military standardized the Model 920 (M4) and Model 921 (M4A1), which featured a flattop upper receiver and a detachable carry handle; in spite of the receiver difference relative to the earlier Model 777, the Model 920 retained the same "M4" designation. Contrary to popular misconception, the carry handles on most M4s and M4A1s are detachable; since the early-2000s, almost all M4 carbines are used with the carry handle removed, and a folding rear sight and optic being attached to the receiver instead. As far as the DoD procurement program has always been concerned, the burst/auto capability is the only difference between an M4 and M4A1. (NOTE: More recently produced M4A1s - known as the Model 921HB - also have a thicker barrel profile under the handguards along with a heavier buffer to slow the rate of fire, meaning that the weapon is more controllable during fully automatic firing and is less prone to overheating.) As of 2014, most burst-fire M4s have been converted to the upgraded full-auto M4A1s.
What is confusing is that many civilian commercial makers of AR-15 style rifles call their 16" Carbine "The M4" (these weapons are often referred to as "M4geries"). Though there is no rule saying they can't name their gun whatever they want, the official M4 is the version used and originally issued by the US Army and built by Colt. Colt tried to sue other gun makers to stop using the term 'M4' (specifically, Bushmaster and Heckler & Koch: the latter settled out of court and changed the name of their "HK M4" to HK416) however, in 2005 it was ruled that M4 refers to a type of firearm and Colt's trademark was revoked. Owing to a second spate of legal shenanigans with Colt over the US Army trying solicit new-production M4A1s competitively (which came to a head when they awarded part of the contract to Remington), M4A1s produced since February 2013 have been made by FN Herstal.
In the field, the M4/M4A1 is typically issued to standard infantry with Knight's Armament Corporation (KAC) M4 RAS railed handguards (usually holding an IR designator, a vertical foregrip, sometimes a flashlight, or one of many types of rifle scopes and red-dot or reflex optics). United States Special Operations Forces have access to additional accessories through the SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification) program. The SOPMOD kit consists of various standardized accessories such as optics, laser sights, and suppressors, as well as a shortened M203 grenade launcher. The core of the SOPMOD is an M4A1 Carbine with a KAC railed handguard, much like the ones used by the standard infantry. The SOPMOD program, specifically Block I of the program, was initially proposed in 1992 by United States special forces, and was developed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Block II, which began issue in 2005, uses Daniel Defense RIS II rails (see M4/M4A1 Block II entry - below). In general usage, SOPMOD refers to M4s equipped with accessories from the SOPMOD kit, though at times the term has been used as a general name for any kind of M4 with lots of tacticool accessories.
The Mk 18 and Mk 12 (see below) had their origins in the SOPMOD program, originally intended as alternate upper receivers for the SOPMOD kit.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force One | Gary Oldman | Ivan Korshunov | Fitted with C-More Sight, first film to feature the M4A1 | 1997 |
| Elya Baskin | Andrei Kolchak | Fitted with C-More sight | ||
| Soldier | Child recruits | Fitted with C-More Sights and RIS foregrips | 1998 | |
| The Cell | FBI HRT members | Fitted with tactical light | 2000 | |
| Joint Security Area | South Korean soldiers | Fitted with C-More sights | 2000 | |
| Black Hawk Down | Eric Bana | SFC Norm "Hoot" Gibson | Rubber prop M4 fitted with tactical flashlight and paint with desert camo, technically an anachronistic for the time period of the film | 2001 |
| Delta operator | Rubber prop | |||
| 2009: Lost Memories | JBI SWAT officers | Fitted with scope, rails, forward handgrips, tactical light and laser aiming devices | 2002 | |
| Steal | SWAT officers | 2002 | ||
| The Tuxedo | Debi Mazar | Agent Steena | 2002 | |
| The Sum of All Fears | US military personnel | Fitted with Trijicon RX01 red dot sight | 2002 | |
| xXx | Marton Csokas | Yorgi | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Beta-C mag and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip | 2002 |
| Jan Pavel Filipensky | Viktor | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Beta-C mag and RIS foregrip | ||
| NSA commandos | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight | |||
| Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | Antonio Banderas | FBI agent Jeremiah Ecks | One of the first films to feature the M4's newer 6-position ("LE") collapsible stock | 2002 |
| Lucy Liu | Agent Sever | |||
| Gregg Henry | Robert Gant | |||
| DIA agents | ||||
| Tears of the Sun | Bruce Willis | LT A.K. Waters | Fitted with back up iron sight, Aimpoint M68 CCO, D-LAP laser sight, and RIS fioregrip | 2003 |
| Cole Hauser | James "Red" Atkins | Bruce Willis's M4A1 | ||
| Johnny Messner | Kelly Lake | Fitted with back up iron sight, Aimpoint M68 CCO, and suppressor | ||
| Chad Smith | Jason "Flea" Mabry | Fitted with stock cheek pad, carry handle, Combat Military Optics LTD Marksman Series Model 100, and suppressor | ||
| Dreamcatcher | Soldiers | 2003 | ||
| X2: X-Men United | Col. Stryker's men | Fitted with RIS foregrips, tactical flashlights and laser pointers | 2003 | |
| The In-Laws | David Suchet | Jean-Pierre Thibodoux | 2003 | |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | US Customs agents | Fitted with WeaponLights | 2003 | |
| Carter's henchmen | ||||
| Hulk | US Army soldiers | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2003 | |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Nick Stahl | John Conor | Fitted with C-More sight and M26 MASS | 2003 |
| SWAT officers | Fitted with C-More sights and Surefire M500AB weaponlight | |||
| Bad Boys II | Yul Vasquez | Det. Reyes | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, Surefire M500AB forend weaponslight and laser pointer | 2003 |
| TNT members | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes, M500AB forend weaponlights and laser pointers | |||
| S.W.A.T. | Jeremy Renner | Brian Gamble | Fitted with Trijicon TA47 ACOG compact scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight | 2003 |
| L.L. Cool J | Officer Deacon 'Deke' Kay | |||
| Colin Farrell | Officer Jim Street | |||
| Underworld | Robbie Gee | Kahn | Fitted with a scope and Surefire M500AB weaponlight | 2003 |
| Paycheck | FBI SWAT | 2003 | ||
| Detention | US Army soldiers | With foregrip | 2003 | |
| Sniper 3 | US Marines | Fitted with AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and RIS foregrips | 2004 | |
| The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) | RAID member | Fitted with laser sight | 2004 | |
| Cube Zero | Soldiers | 2004 | ||
| American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq | Zan Calabretta | SGT Delvecchio | Fitted with A.R.M.S. SIR system, Aimpoint M68 CCO, RIS foregrip and SureFire WeaponLight | 2005 |
| Shaun Taylor | SGT Ron Stalker | |||
| Michael Belisaro | PFC Johnson | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, RIS foregrip and SureFire WeaponLight | ||
| Ben Gilbank | PFC Aikens | |||
| Hostage | LAPD SWAT officers | Fitted with Trijicon TA38 ACOG scope and SureFire WeaponLights | 2005 | |
| Fake FBI SWAT operators | ||||
| The Interpreter | Various | Secret Service Uniformed Division | 2005 | |
| xXx: State of the Union | Scott Speedman | Agent Kyle Steele | Fitted with aforementioned weaponlight and a Leupold CQ/T scope | 2005 |
| Xzibit | Zeke | fitted with a M26 MASS | ||
| NSA security forces | Fitted with Surefire M500AB forearm weaponlights | |||
| SWAT officers | ||||
| The Interpreter | US Secret Service | 2005 | ||
| The Tiger and the Snow | US Army soldier | Fitted with M203, Aimpoint, and flashlight | 2005 | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Various | Company Men members | 2005 | |
| Batman Begins | Various | GCPD SWAT officers | 2005 | |
| The Island | Gunman | Fitted with carry handle, Trijicon ACOG scope, and Magpul stock | 2005 | |
| Transporter 2 | Miami SWAT member | 2005 | ||
| Painkiller Jane | Emmanuelle Vaugier | Capt. Jane Elizabeth Browning | 2005 | |
| Divergence | Daniel Wu | Coke | airsoft replica | 2005 |
| Harsh Times | Christian Bale | Jim Davis | RIS fore-grip and M68 Aimpoint scope | 2005 |
| Miami Vice | Barry Shabaka Henley | Castillo | 2006 | |
| Piranha (Okhota na piranyu) | Ramil Sabitov | Ibragim | 2006 | |
| Inside Man | Various | NYPD ESU officers | Fitted with Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sights, WeaponLights and RIS foregrips. | 2006 |
| The Sentinel | CAT operator | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope | 2006 | |
| Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Kohl Sudduth | Officer Simspon | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope | 2006 |
| Mission: Impossible III | Keri Russell | IMF agent Lindsey Ferris | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope and rail covers | 2006 |
| Children of Men | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Luke | Fitted with M203 Grenade Launcher, tactical light and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator | 2006 |
| 'Fish' gunman | Fitted with Elcan optical sight | |||
| Paragraph 78 (Paragraf 78) | Aziz Beyshenaliev | Pay | with a railed handguard | 2007 |
| Assassin in Love | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Bjorn | w/ suppressor, laser, bipod, ACOG | 2007 |
| Ghost Rider | SWAT officers | Fitted with optical sights | 2007 | |
| Shooter | Mark Wahlberg | GySgt. Bob Lee Swagger | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, EOTech Holographic sight with 4x magnifier scope, and rail covers | 2007 |
| FBI SWAT agents | ||||
| SWAT officers | ||||
| Mercenaries | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, AN/PVS-14 NVG sights, and rail covers | |||
| Planet Terror | 2007 | |||
| Spider-Man 3 | NYPD ESU officers | Fitted with Aimpoint CompM2 and SureFire M500AB WeaponLights | 2007 | |
| 28 Weeks Later | Jeremy Renner | SGT Doyle | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight, ERGO grip, CAA CBS CAR telescoping stock, PVS-14 NVG sight, also lacking front iron sight | 2007 |
| Rose Byrne | MAJ Scarlet | |||
| US Army personnel | Fitted with carry handles, Aimpoint M68 CCOs, Trijicon TA01NSN 4x32 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, tactical flashlights, and RIS foregrips | |||
| Live Free or Die Hard | Yorgo Constantine | Russo | Fitted with rear BUIS, Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and SureFire M900A WeaponLight | 2007 |
| FBI agents and HRT | Fitted with rear BUIS, Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrips, and TLR-1 WeaponLights | |||
| Security guards | Same as above | |||
| Transformers | SOCCENT personnel | Fitted with ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, RIS foregrips and camouflage paint schemes | 2007 | |
| Delta team | ||||
| Dragon Wars: D-War | SWAT teams and US military personnel | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scopes and RIS foregrips | 2007 | |
| In the Valley of Elah | Wes Chatham | CPL Steve Penning | 2007 | |
| US Army soldiers | Fitted with various attachments | |||
| Saw IV | SWAT officers | Fitted with SureFire Universal WeaponLights and RIS foregrips | 2007 | |
| Lions for Lambs | Derek Luke | Arian Finch | Fitted with ACOG scope | 2007 |
| Michael Peña | Ernest Rodriguez | With ACOG scope | ||
| US Army Rangers | With ACOG scope | |||
| Redacted | Ty Jones | MSG Sweet | Fitted with Trijicon TA31F 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip | 2007 |
| Daniel Stewart Sherman | SPC B.B. Rush | Fitted with Trijicon TA338 ACOG scope, and M203 Grenade Launcher | ||
| Kel O'Neill | PV2 Gabe Blix | Fitted with Trijicon TA338 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip | ||
| US Army soldiers | Fitted with various accessories | |||
| Cloverfield | US Army soldiers | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes and AN/PEQ-2 IR designators | 2008 | |
| Saw V | SWAT officers | 2008 | ||
| Stop-Loss | Channing Tatum | SGT Steve Shriver | Fitted with old-style stock, Trijicon TA11 3.5x35 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, KAC railed handguard, WeaponLight, and a SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip. | 2008 |
| US Army soldiers | ||||
| The Incredible Hulk (2008) | 2008 | |||
| The Hurt Locker | Jeremy Renner | SFC William James | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, tactical weaponlight, RIS foregrip and flip-up rear iron sights | 2008 |
| Anthony Mackie | SGT J.T. Sanborn | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot & ACOG scopes, weaponlight, RIS foregrip and flip-up rear iron sights | ||
| Brian Geraghty | SPC Owen Eldridge | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, tactical weaponlight and RIS foregrip | ||
| Wanted | 2008 | |||
| The Eleventh Hour | Navy SEALs | with suppressors, optics, and M203A1 launchers | 2008 | |
| The Dark Knight | GCPD SWAT officers | Fitted with C-More red dot sights, M900 SureFire WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2008 | |
| Tropic Thunder | Guerrilla Forces | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint scope, RIS foregrip and ACOG scope | 2008 | |
| Babylon A.D. | Vin Diesel | Toorop | 2008 | |
| Body of Lies | US Army soldiers | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sights, Trijicon ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and RIS foregrips | 2008 | |
| Specialist Firearms Officer | Fitted with SureFire WeaponLight | |||
| Max Payne | Corrupt SWAT | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope, WeaponLight, and laser sight | 2008 | |
| Resident Evil Degeneration | Greg | Fitted with back up iron sight and tactical WeaponLight | 2008 | |
| US Marines | ||||
| Punisher: War Zone | Ray Stevenson | Frank Castle | Fitted with KAC Quad-rails, a C-More red dot optic, an M4-2000 by Advanced Armament Corp suppressor and a short version of the AG36 grenade launcher | 2008 |
| Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | US Navy SEALs | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip and tactical flashlight | 2009 | |
| The Objective | Jonas Ball | CIA Agent Benjamin Keynes | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AR-15 Sporter II lower receiver, and SureFire M500A WeaponLight | 2009 |
| Matthew R. Anderson | CW Wally Hamer | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC M4 RAS handguard, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC vertical foregrip | ||
| Jon Huertas | SGT Vincent Degetau | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC M4 RAS handguard, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and RM Equipment M203PI Grenade Launcher | ||
| Sam Hunter | SGT Tim Cole | |||
| Michael C. Williams | SGT Trinoski | |||
| A Dangerous Man | Jerry Wasserman | Sgt. Ritchie | 2009 | |
| Chinese thugs | Non-firing dummy used in one shot | |||
| District 13: Ultimatum | Various | French police | 2009 | |
| Fast and Furious | Paul Walker | Brian O'Conner | Fitted with Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sights, SureFire M500AB WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2009 |
| FBI SWAT | ||||
| Driven to Kill | 2009 | |||
| The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) | 2009 | |||
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Channing Tatum | Duke | Fitted with SureFire Universal WeaponLight | 2009 |
| 31 North 62 East | SAS commandos | 2009 | ||
| Surrogates | Michael Cudlitz | Colonel Brendon | Fitted with rear back up iron sights, C-More red dot sights, and RIS foregrips | 2009 |
| US Army soldier | ||||
| FBI HRT | ||||
| The Men Who Stare At Goats | Private security contractor | Fitted with carry handle and an unknown scope | 2009 | |
| Armored | Bank Guards | 2009 | ||
| Brothers (2009) | US Marines | Fitted with various accessories. | 2009 | |
| The Marine 2 | Ted DiBiase Jr. | Sgt. Joe Linwood | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight. | 2009 |
| Linwood's spotter | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO and RIS foregrip | |||
| Rebels | ||||
| Prison Break: The Final Break | SWAT | with weaponlight | 2009 | |
| Go Fast | Jean Michel Fête | Méco | 2009 | |
| Fitted with old stock | ||||
| Drug dealer | ||||
| The Keeper | SWAT troopers | 2009 | ||
| Terminator Salvation | refugees, weapons rack | Surefire tactical light | 2009 | |
| Yakuza Busting Girls: Final Death Ride Battle | Asami Sugiura | Asami | 2010 | |
| Yakuza thug | ||||
| The Book of Eli | Michael Gambon | George | 2010 | |
| Elephant White | unidentified version with folded bipod, scope and silencer in weapons cache | 2010 | ||
| El Infierno | 2010 | |||
| Edge of Darkness | SWAT officers | Fitted with EOTech Holographic Sights and WeaponLights. | 2010 | |
| Dear John | Channing Tatum | SGT/SSG John Tyree | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and RIS foregrip, also paint with desert camo. | 2010 |
| Special Forces soldiers | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, RIS foregrips, and paint with desert camos | |||
| From Paris With Love | 2010 | |||
| The Crazies | US Army soldiers and an infected hunter | Fitted with M68 Aimpoint red dot & ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip and weaponlight | 2010 | |
| Brooklyn's Finest | NYPD ESU officer | 2010 | ||
| Green Zone | Matt Damon | CWO Roy Miller | 2010 | |
| MET-D soldier | Fitted with ACOG scope and flashlight | |||
| Kick-Ass | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes and RIS foregrips | 2010 | ||
| Iron Man 2 | USAF airmen | Fitted with rear BUISs, Aimpoint red dot sights, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2010 | |
| MacGruber | MacGruber's old crew | 2010 | ||
| Von Cunth's henchmen | ||||
| Animal Kingdom | Victorian Police Officers | 2010 | ||
| The A-Team | Liam Neeson | Hannibal | Fitted with CTR stock | 2010 |
| Bradley Cooper | Face | Fitted with CTR stock | ||
| Unthinkable | US Army | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sights and WeaponLights | 2010 | |
| Knight and Day | Federal agent | 2010 | ||
| Inception | Various | 2010 | ||
| Salt | US Army soldiers | 2010 | ||
| CIA agents | ||||
| NYPD ESU officers | ||||
| The Other Guys | NYPD ESU officer | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight and WeaponLight | 2010 | |
| The Stranger | Steve Austin | The Stranger | 2010 | |
| Takers | Paul Walker | John Rahway | 2010 | |
| Idris Elba | Gordon Cozier | |||
| Michael Ealy | Jake Attica | |||
| Chris Brown | Jesse Attica | |||
| The Town | Jeremy Renner | James "Jem" Coughlin | 2010 | |
| BPD SWAT officers | Fitted with various accessories | |||
| FBI SWAT agents | Fitted with various accessories | |||
| Elite Squad 2 | BOPE Officers and militia members | 2010 | ||
| Red | FBI SWAT agents | Fitted with EOTech 552 Holographic sights, WeaponLights and RIS foregrips | 2010 | |
| Red | Audrey Wasilewski | The Businesswoman | . | 2010 |
| Sinners and Saints | mercenaries | 2010 | ||
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Gary Daniels | Michaels | 2010 | |
| Battle: Los Angeles | Aaron Eckhart | SSgt. Michael Nantz | Fitted Magpul rear back iron sights, Trijicon TA31F 4x32 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-15 IR designators, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and RIS foregrip | 2011 |
| Ramon Rodriguez | 2ndLt. William Martinez | |||
| US Marines | ||||
| Michelle Rodriguez | TSgt. Elena Santos | Fitted with Magpul rear back iron sight and Trijicon TA31F 4x32 ACOG scope, also with and without OKC-3S bayonet | ||
| Memorial Day | Johnathan Bennett | SSG. Kyle Vogel | With M68 Aimpoint scope, AN/PEQ-2 and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators and RIS foregrip | 2011 |
| Corby Kelly | Derek Lodermeier | |||
| Chris LeFevere | Specialist Josh Berg | |||
| 34th Infantry Division Soldiers | ||||
| Thor | S.H.I.E.L.D. guards | 2011 | ||
| Tower Heist | FBI agents | w/EOTech holosights and tactical lights | 2011 | |
| Contagion | US Army National Guard | 2011 | ||
| Hanna | CIA SOG operatives | Fitted with Aimpoint red dot sights, folding front sights, Surefire lights, and an M203 grenade launcher; also seen in stock footage on television | 2011 | |
| Flypaper | Fitted with foregrips, ACOG sights, and mounted flashlights | 2011 | ||
| A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) | Lyons police officer | 2011 | ||
| Red State | Marc Blucas | ATF sniper | Fitted with an unknown scope | 2011 |
| James Parks | Mordechai | |||
| ATF agents | ||||
| Texas Killing Fields | Sam Worthington | Det. Mike Sounder | 2011 | |
| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Elias Koteas | Sergei Katsov | 2011 | |
| State of Emergency | US Soldier | 2011 | ||
| Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead | Asami | Kanae | 2012 | |
| Yui Aikawa | Tamae | |||
| Alice Ozawa | Nozomi | |||
| JSDF members | ||||
| The ABCs of Death | Mental | 2012 | ||
| Red Dawn | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | SGM Andrew Tanner | 2012 | |
| Hello Herman | SWAT | 2012 | ||
| The Viral Factor | PASKAL commandos | With Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sights | 2012 | |
| Background extras | IDC agents | |||
| Andy On | Sean Wong | |||
| Act of Valor | US Navy SEALs | Various attachments, including: SOPMOD Crane Stocks, Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sights, EOTech 553 Holographic sights, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, RIS foregrips, and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators | 2012 | |
| Battleship | Taylor Kitsch | Lt. Alex Hopper | Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scopes, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2012 |
| Rihanna | Petty Officer (GM2) Raikes | |||
| The Avengers (2012) | S.H.I.E.L.D. agents | Fitted with EOTech MPO II 3x magnifiers, EOTech XPS Holographic sights, laser modules, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2012 | |
| US Army soldiers | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sights, WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | |||
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | G.I. Joes | 2012 | ||
| Cobra Vipers | ||||
| The Amazing Spider-Man | NYPD ESU Officers | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, SureFire WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2012 | |
| August. Eighth | Georgian soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Red Dawn | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner | With ACOG scope, taclight, and suppressor | 2012 |
| Kenneth Choi | Cpl. Smith | |||
| Matt Gerald | Sgt. Hodges | With EOTech Sight and Surefire M900 foregrip | ||
| Taken 2 | US Marines | 2012 | ||
| Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault | Secret paramilitary squad | Some with fitted Cobray 37mm Launcher | 2012 | |
| Mark Chao | Ying-xiong Wu | with fitted Cobray 37mm Launcher | ||
| The Hooligan Wars | gang member | 2012 | ||
| The Sweeney | Robber | with a tactical flashlight forward hand grip | 2012 | |
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Jason Flemyng | Rob Hart | 2012 | |
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Sectragon PMC's | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Mikael Persbrandt | Carl Hamilton | 2012 | |
| Cold War | Andy On | Michael Shek | With foregrip, Magpul CTR stock and Aimpoint sight | 2012 |
| The Baytown Outlaws | Daniel Cudmore | Lincoln | with/without stock | 2012 |
| Keith Woulard | Diggs | |||
| Tim J. Smith | Rondo | |||
| Travis Fimmel | McQueen | |||
| Maximum Conviction | Numerous Characters | 2012 | ||
| Casa de mi Padre | Diego Luna | Raul Alvarez | 2012 | |
| Henchman | ||||
| Suave Patria | 2012 | |||
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | 2012 | |||
| Man on a Ledge | NYPD ESU officers | w/optics, tac lights | 2012 | |
| This Means War | Chris Pine | FDR | deleted scene, w/ ACOG, light, foregrip | 2012 |
| Tom Hardy | Tuck | |||
| henchman | alternate scene | |||
| Osombie | multiple attachments | 2012 | ||
| Get the Gringo | 2012 | |||
| Stolen | FBI SWAT | 2012 | ||
| Battleground | 2012 | |||
| I Declare War | Eric Hanson | Kenney | w/ optics and foregrip | 2012 |
| I Declare War | Alex Wall | Scott | w/ M203 | 2012 |
| Travelers | Soldiers | 2013 | ||
| Lust of the Dead 2 | uncredited | Kakizaki | 2013 | |
| uncredited | Maeda | |||
| uncredited | JSDF officer | |||
| Asami Sugiura | Kanae | |||
| Iona | Chika | |||
| Bungetsu | Yayoi | |||
| Survivors, JSDF members, Otaku | ||||
| Lust of the Dead 3 | Yui Aikawa | Annu | 2013 | |
| uncredited | JSDF officer | |||
| Asami Sugiura | Kanae | |||
| Bungetsu | Yayoi | |||
| JSDF members, Otaku | ||||
| The Project: Panacea (Proyekt: Panatseya) | Svetlana Luchko | Maria | 2013 | |
| Coffin Baby | SWAT members | 2013 | ||
| Warm Bodies | Military survivors | 2013 | ||
| Odd Thomas | Morse Bicknell | Kevin Goss | 2013 | |
| White House Down | Secret Service agents | 2013 | ||
| Mercenaries | With EOTech sights and iron sights | |||
| Delta Force commandos | With EOTech sights | |||
| We're the Millers | DEA SWAT | 2013 | ||
| The Heat | Peter Weireter | FBI SWAT Team Leader | 2013 | |
| FBI SWAT | ||||
| Killing Season | Robert De Niro | Benjamin Ford | with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic | 2013 |
| Redemption | Jason Statham | Sgt. Joseph Smith | With ACOG sight | 2013 |
| Blue Ruin | Macon Blair | Dwight | 2013 | |
| The White Storm | Hoi-Pang Lo | Eight-faced Buddha (aka Big Boss) | M68 Aimpoint reflex optic, vertical forward grip | 2013 |
| Lust of the Dead 4 | Yui Aikawa | Annu | 2014 | |
| Meguri | Nozomi | |||
| Asami Sugiura | Kanae's clones | |||
| Otaku | ||||
| Lust of the Dead 5 | Iona | Chika | 2014 | |
| Bungetsu | Yayoi | |||
| Asami Sugiura | Kanae's clones | |||
| Otaku | ||||
| ABCs of Death 2 | Basaam Bader | Arab man | 2014 | |
| Hunting the Phantom | SWAT, Terrorists, Rush's mercenaries | 2014 | ||
| Life After Beth | Zombie hunters | 2014 | ||
| The Rover | Australian Army and mercenaries | 2014 | ||
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Cobie Smulders | Agent Maria Hill | With foregrip and EOTech sight | 2014 |
| Frank Grillo | Brock Rumlow | |||
| Sebastian Stan | The Winter Soldier | |||
| No Tears for the Dead | Brian Tee | Chaoz | With Magpul MOE furniture, suppressor and CTR stock | 2014 |
| Anthony Dilio | Juan | |||
| Dong-gun Jang | Gon | |||
| Son of a Gun | Brenton Thwaites | JR | With ACOG scope and foregrip | 2014 |
| Ewan McGregor | Brendon Lynch | |||
| Everly | Salma Hayek | Everly | with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic | 2014 |
| Taiko's special squad | ||||
| Let's Be Cops | L.A.P.D. SWAT | 2014 | ||
| American Heist | Akon | Sugar | With RIS-foregrip | 2014 |
| American Heist | Tory Kittles | With RIS-foregrip | 2014 | |
| A Walk Among the Tombstones | Adam David Thompson | Albert | 2014 | |
| Sabotage | Max Martini | Pyro | 2014 | |
| Sabotage | Josh Holloway | Neck | 2014 | |
| Innocent Lilies: The End and The Beginning | Solder | 2015 | ||
| Zero Tolerance | seen at the base of Mekael | 2015 | ||
| Skin Trade | Michael Jai White | Reed | vertical foregrip | 2015 |
| police | ||||
| Terminator: Genisys | Jai Courtney | Kyle Reese | 2015 | |
| Survivor (2015) | US soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Run All Night | ESU officers | with EOTech 552.A65 Holographic sight and SureFire M951XM05 tactical light | 2015 | |
| Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | CIA Special Activities Division | 2015 | ||
| Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | WCKD soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Sicario | Emily Blunt | Kate Macer | 2015 | |
| The Gunman | Sean Penn | Jim Terrier | 2015 | |
| Mark Rylance | Cox | |||
| Billy Bingingham | Reed | |||
| Daniel Adegboyega | Bryson | |||
| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | John Krasinski | Jack Silva | 2016 | |
| The 5th Wave | Chloë Grace Moretz | Cassie Sullivan | 2016 | |
| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | US Army soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Jason Bourne | Vincent Cassel | Asset | 2016 | |
| Daylight's End | Louis Mandylor | Ethan Hill | 2016 | |
| Daylight's End | Chelsea Edmundson | Sam | 2016 | |
| Suicide Squad | Jared Leto | The Joker | 2016 | |
| Blood Father | Ryan Dorsey | Shamrock | 2016 | |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Joe Alwyn | Billy Lynn | 2016 | |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Vin Diesel | Shroom | 2016 | |
| Daylight's End | Lance Henriksen | Frank Hill | 2016 | |
| CHIPS | Rosa Salazar | Officer Ava Perez | 2017 | |
| Molly's Game | F.B.I. agents | 2017 | ||
| Jigsaw | SWAT officers | 2017 | ||
| Wolf Warriors 2 | Jing Wu | Leng Feng | 2017 | |
| Heidi Moneymaker | Athena | |||
| Aaron Ly | Ghost | |||
| Frank Grillo | Big Daddy | |||
| The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion | Mercenaries | 2018 | ||
| Hold the Dark | Alexander Skarsgård | Vernon Slone | 2018 | |
| Conor Boru | Corporal | |||
| US Army soldiers, Police | ||||
| Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado | Jeffrey Donovan | Steve Forsing | 2018 | |
| Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Rosa Salazar | Brenda | 2018 | |
| All The Devil's Men | Milo Gibson | Jack Collins | 2018 | |
| All The Devil's Men | Joseph Millson | Deighton | 2018 | |
| Mile 22 | US Marines | 2018 | ||
| 12 Strong | Trevante Rhodes | SFC Ben Milo | 2018 | |
| 12 Strong | Chris Hemsworth | Captain Mitch Nelson | 2018 | |
| The Hurricane Heist | US Treasury agents | 2018 | ||
| PASKAL The Movie | Hairul Azreen | Lt. Arman | 2018 | |
| Ammar Alfian | Lt. "Jeb" | |||
| PASKAL trainees | ||||
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | SWAT officers | 2018 | ||
| The Yellow Birds | Jack Huston | Sergeant Sterling | M240B | 2018 |
| God Bless the Broken Road | US Army soldiers | 2018 | ||
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | law enforcement | 2019 | ||
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Linda Hamilton | Sarah Connor | 2019 | |
| Angel Has Fallen | Gerard Butler | Mike Banning | 2019 | |
| Rambo: Last Blood | Sergio Peris-Mencheta | Hugo Martinez | 2019 | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | US Army 10th Mountain Div troopers | With ACOG scope, RIS handguard and foregrip | 2020 | |
| Tenet | Robert Pattinson | Neil | 2020 | |
| Time to Hunt | Choi Woo-shik | Ki-hoon | 2020 | |
| Lee Je-hoon | Jun-seok | |||
| Black Widow | Black Widow operatives | 2021 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stargate: SG1 | US military personnel | With & without ELCAN scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, & M203 grenade launcher | 1997 - 2007 | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | LVPD SWAT officers | With Surefire M500AB weaponlights and M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes | 2000 - ???? | |
| 24 | Keifer Sutherland | Agent Jack Bauer | With ACOG scope, EOTech red dot sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, Pentagonlight MD3R weaponlight, 20 & 30-round magazines, M68 Aimpoint red dot & AN/PVS-17 night-vision scopes | 2001 - 2010 |
| 24 | CTU Tactical Team members | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, RIS foregrips, Surefire M500AB & Universal weaponlights | 2001 - 2010 | |
| 24 | Sarah Clarke | Nina Myers | With ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, and 20-round magazine | 2001 - 2010 |
| 24 | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Chloe O'Brian | With Surefire Universal weaponlight | 2001 - 2010 |
| 24 | Coral Snake Commandos | With ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and RIS foregrips | 2001 - 2010 | |
| 24 | Delta 3 members | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and Surefire Universal weaponlights | 2001 - 2010 | |
| 24 | US Marines | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and Surefire Universal weaponlights | 2001 - 2010 | |
| 24 | LAPD SWAT officers | With Surefire M500AB weaponlights | 2001 - 2010 | |
| 24 | US Customs officers | With Surefire M500AB weaponlights | 2001 - 2010 | |
| 24 | US Navy SEALs | With EOTech red dot sights, M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and M203 grenade launchers | 2007-2008 | |
| 24 | FBI agents | With EOTech red dot sights, RIS foregrips, Surefire Universal weaponlights, with & without brass catchers | 2008-2009 | |
| 24 | NYPD ESU officers | 2009 - 2010 | ||
| CSI: Miami | Miami PD SWAT officers | With EOTech red dot sights, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and ACOG scopes | 2002 - ???? | |
| Firefly | Browncoats | "The Message" (S01E12) | 2003 | |
| CSI: NY | Melina Kanakaredes | Det. Stella Bonasera | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip / "Snow Day" | 2004 - ???? |
| CSI: NY | NYPD ESU officers | 2004 - Present | ||
| Stargate: Atlantis | Joe Flanigan | Lt Col John Sheppard | "Runner" (S2E03) | 2005 |
| The Closer | Jon Tenney | FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard | . | 2005-2012 |
| Over There | J. Lamont Pope | LT "Mad Cow" Taylor | Fitted with carry handles, KAC railed handguards with KAC rail covers, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and KAC RIS foregrips | 2005 |
| Josh Stamberg | LT Alexander "Underpants" Hunter | |||
| Erik Palladino | SSG Chris "Scream" Silas | |||
| Josh Henderson | PFC Bo "Texas" Rider, Jr. | |||
| Omid Abtahi | PFC Tariq Nassiri | |||
| US Army soldiers | ||||
| Iraqi civilian | ||||
| Keith Robinson | PV2 Avery "Angel" King | Fitted with Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and a KAC RIS foregrip | ||
| Michael Cudlitz | COL Ryan | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, suppressor, KAC RIS foregrip, and a desert camo scheme | ||
| Ultimate Force | Ross Kemp | SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie | Seen with various accessories including Aimpoint Mark III, M68 and 5000 red dot sights, AN/PEQ-2 lasers, suppressors, PRR pressel switches, RIS handguards, carry handle mounted gooseneck rails, Cobray CM203 flare launchers and M203 grenade launchers | 2006 |
| Heather Peace | Tpr. Becca Gallagher | |||
| Louis Decosta Johnson | Cpl. Dave Woolston | |||
| Jamie Michie | Cpl. Finn Younger | |||
| Sam Callis | Cpt. Patrick Fleming | |||
| John Schwab | Pincher | |||
| Martin McDougall | McMullin | |||
| Josh Dallas | Weaver | |||
| Justin Allder | Barbella | |||
| Prison Break - Season 1 | Guards | 2005 - 2006 | ||
| Rockmond Dunbar | Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin | w/ weapon light | ||
| Prison Break - Season 3 | Chopper Gunner | ACOG and brass catcher | 2007 - 2008 | |
| Prison Break - Season 4 | SAR Member | Holographic sight and weapon light | 2008 - 2009 | |
| Jericho | D.B. Sweeney | Goetz | With AN/PVS-17 night-vision & M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and RIS foregrip | 2006 - 2008 |
| Jericho | Ravenwood mercenaries | With AN/PVS-17 night-vision & M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, and RIS foregrips | 2006 - 2008 | |
| Jericho | Fake Marines | With AN/PEQ-2 IR designators and M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes / "Semper Fidelis" | 2006 - 2008 | |
| Jericho | AS Army soldiers | With ACOG scopes, Surefire Universal weaponlights, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and laser pointers | 2006 - 2008 | |
| The Unit | Dennis Haysbert | SGM Jonas Blane | Fitted with and without Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and a RIS foregrip | 2006 - 2009 |
| Max Martini | SGT Mack gerhardt | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and a M203 grenade launcher | ||
| Wes Chatham | SSG Sam McBride | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal wWaponLight, and a RIS foregrip | ||
| Scott Foley | SGT Bob Brown | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and a RIS foregrip | ||
| Heroes | US Special Forces | With Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, Surefire Universal weaponlights, RIS foregrips, and laser pointers | 2006 - 2010 | |
| The Kill Point | Pittsburgh PD SWAT officers | With Surefire Universal weaponlights | 2007 | |
| Primeval | Mark Wakeling | Cpt. Tom Ryan | Fitted with ACOG scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, and RIS foregrips | 2007 - ???? |
| SAS soldiers | ||||
| Stargate: Atlantis | Leela Savasta | Capt Alicia Vega | 2008 | |
| Sanctuary | Police officer | 2008 - ???? | ||
| Flashpoint (2008) | David Paetkau | SRU Officer Braddock | 2008-2012 | |
| Flashpoint (2008) | Amy Jo Johnson | SRU Officer Callaghan | 2008-2012 | |
| East West 101 | Australian Police - Tactical Operations Unit | 2008-???? | ||
| Generation Kill | Brian Wade | Capt. Craig "Encino Man" Schwetje | Fitted with M203, UTG railed handguards and AN/PEQ-4 IR designators | 2008 |
| Jon Huertas | Sgt. Antonio "Poke" Espera | |||
| Eric Kocher | Sgt. Rich Barrett | |||
| Alexander Skarsgard | SSgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert | Fitted with M203, AN/PVS-17 NVG sight, Trijicon TA01 4x32 ACOG scope (Episode 1 only), UTG railed handguard with UTG rail covers, and an AN/PEQ-4 IR designator | ||
| Meteor | Army National Guard | 2009 | ||
| Meteor | Stacy Keach | Sherriff Crowe | 2009 | |
| Meteor | Marla Sokoloff | Imogene O'Neil | 2009 | |
| Iris - Season 1 | NSS SWAT and IRIS mercenaries | 2009 | ||
| Supernatural - Season 5 | US Soldiers | With vertical grips, flashlights and ACOGs / "The End" (S05E04) | 2009 | |
| Breaking Bad - Season 2 | Raymond Cruz | Tuco | "Bit By a Dead Bee" (S2E03) | 2009 |
| The Glades | Police officer | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope and RIS foregrip | 2010 - ???? | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 1 | various | Dead US Army Soldiers | "Wildfire" (S1E05) | 2010 |
| various | US Army Personnel | "TS-19" (S1E06) | ||
| Noah Emmerich | Dr. Edwin Jenner | "TS-19" (S1E06) | ||
| Justified - Season 1 | Lexington SWAT officers | "Blowback" (S1E08) | 2010 | |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Detroit PD SRT | 2010-2011 | ||
| Jon Benjamin Has a Van | US Border guard | "Border" (S01E01) | 2011 | |
| Jon Benjamin Has a Van | USAF guards | "Star Door" (S01E03) | 2011 | |
| Falling Skies - Season 2 | Dale Dye | Col. Porter | "Death March" (S2E08) | 2011-Present |
| The Promise | IDF soldiers | 2011 | ||
| Leverage | security guards | "The Jailhouse Job" (S3E01) | 2011 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 3 | Scott Wilson | Hershel Greene | "Seed" (S3E01), "Arrow on the Doorpost" (S3E13) | 2012-2013 |
| IronE Singleton | Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas | "Seed" (S3E01) | ||
| Michael Rooker | Merle Dixon | "Walk With Me" (S3E03), "Arrow on the Doorpost" (S3E13), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15) | ||
| various | Woodbury Guards | "Walk With Me" (S3E03) | ||
| various | Georgia Army National Guards | "Walk With Me" (S3E03) | ||
| Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | "When the Dead Comes Knocking" (S3E07), "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "I Ain't A Judas" (S3E11), "Clear" (S3E12), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) | ||
| Lauren Cohan | Maggie Greene | "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) | ||
| Danai Gurira | Michonne | "Home" (S3E10) | ||
| Lennie James | Morgan Jones | "Clear" (S3E12) | ||
| Norman Reedus | Daryl Dixon | "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) | ||
| Melissa Ponzio | Karen | "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) | ||
| Continuum - Season 1 | various characters | 2012 | ||
| Elementary | NYPD ESU | 2012-???? | ||
| Last Resort | US Navy personnel | 2012 | ||
| Last Resort | Scott Speedman | Lt. Cmdr Sam Kendal | 2012 | |
| Bullet in the Face | Police | (S01E06) | 2012 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 4 | Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | Bob Stookey | "30 Days Without an Accident" (S4E01) | 2013-2014 |
| Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | "Internment" (S4E05) | ||
| Chandler Riggs | Carl Grimes | "Internment" (S4E05) | ||
| Juliana Harkavy | Alisha | "Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) | ||
| Kirk Acevedo | Mitch Dolgen | "Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) | ||
| Emily Kinney | Beth Greene | "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) | ||
| Unknown | Governor's Militia Soldier | "Too Far Gone" (S4E08 | ||
| Steven Yeun | Glenn Rhee | "Inmates" (S4E10), "Claimed" (S4E11) | ||
| Alanna Masterson | Tara Chambler | "Inmates" (S4E10), "Claimed" (S4E11) | ||
| Michael Cudlitz | Sgt. Abraham Ford | "Claimed" (S4E11) | ||
| Josh McDermitt | Dr. Eugene Porter | "Claimed" (S4E11) | ||
| Unknown | Terminus Inhabitant | "A" (S4E16) | ||
| Banshee - Season 1 | Mr. Rabbit's guards | episode 10 | 2013 | |
| Banshee - Season 1 | SWAT | episode 7 | 2013 | |
| Defiance | Graham Greene | Rafe McCawley | With M203 and ACOG | 2013 |
| Defiance residents | With and without M203 and RIS | |||
| The Following | FBI SWAT | 2013 | ||
| Continuum - Season 2 | various characters | 2013 | ||
| Banshee - Season 2 | seen in Proctor's illegal weapon arsenal / Episode 8 | 2014 | ||
| Banshee - Season 2 | Julian Sands | Priest | with vertical forward grip / Episode 10 | 2014 |
| Continuum - Season 3 | Liber8 terrorists | Episode 5 | 2014 | |
| Continuum - Season 3 | Luvia Petersen | Jasmine Garza | Episode 11 | 2014 |
| Tyrant | Abbudinian soldiers | Episode 9 | 2014 | |
| Helix | Billy Campbell | Dr. Alan Farragut | Fitted with surefire weapon light, rail hand guard and vertical forward grip (S01EP11) "Black Rain" (S01EP12) "Reaping" | 2014 |
| Meegwun Fairbrother | Daniel Aerov | |||
| Hiroyuki Sanada | Hiroshi Hatake | |||
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 1 | Unknown | LAPD SWAT Members | "The Dog" (S1E03) | 2015 |
| various | US Army Soldiers | "The Dog" (S1E03), "Not Fade Away" (S1E04), "Cobalt" (S1E05), "The Good Man" (S1E06) | ||
| Jamie McShane | Lt. Moyers | "Cobalt" (S1E05) | ||
| The Walking Dead - Season 6 | Chandler Riggs | Carl Grimes | "JSS" (S6E02) | 2015-2016 |
| Melissa McBride | Carol Peletier | "JSS" (S6E02) | ||
| Unknown | Savior Members | after credits scene; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09), "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12) | ||
| Unknown | Alexandria Resident | "Knots Untie" (S6E11) | ||
| Ross Marquand | Aaron | "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12) | ||
| Danai Gurira | Michonne | "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12) | ||
| Steven Yeun | Glenn Rhee | "East" (S6E15) | ||
| Josh McDermitt | Dr. Eugene Porter | "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16) | ||
| Banshee - Season 3 | FBI TAC team members | Episode 6 | 2015 | |
| Banshee - Season 3 | Hoon Lee | Job | Episode 10 | 2015 |
| True Detective | Colin Farrell | Detective Ray Velcoro | 2015 | |
| The Last Ship | Eric Dane | CDR Tom Chandler | 2015 | |
| Wayward Pines | Security | 2015 | ||
| Murder in the First | Raphael Sbarge | SFPD Inspectors David Molk | S2E1, S2E2 | 2015 |
| Murder in the First | Lombardo Boyar | SFPD Inspectors Edgar Navarro | S2E1, S2E2 | 2015 |
| Murder in the First | Emmanuelle Chriqui | Sergeant Raphaelle "Raffi" Veracruz | S2E01, S2E02 | 2015 |
| Murder in the First | A. J. Buckley | Inspector Marty "Junior" McCormack | S2E02 | 2015 |
| Murder in the First | SFPD officers | 2nd and 3rd seasons | 2015-2016 | |
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 | Unknown | Unnamed Captor | "Blood in the Streets" (S2E04) | 2016 |
| Arturo Del Puerto | Luis Flores | "Blood in the Streets" (S2E04) | ||
| Rubén Blades | Daniel Salazar | "Blood in the Streets" (S2E04) | ||
| Unknown | Unnamed Outlaw | "Grotesque" (S2E08) | ||
| various | Marco's Men | "North" (S2E15) | ||
| Wynonna Earp | Commandos | "Landslide" (S1E11), "I Walk the Line" (S1E13) | 2016 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 7 | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Negan | "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (S7E01) | 2016-2017 |
| Karl Makinen | Richard | "The Well" (S7E02) | ||
| Austin Amelio | Dwight | "Service" (S7E04) | ||
| Sydney Park | Cyndie | "Swear" (S7E06) | ||
| Unknown | Hooded Scavenger | "Rock in the Road" (S7E09) | ||
| Designated Survivor | Clé Bennett | Sgt. Royce Sims | S2E17 "Overkill" | 2016-2019 |
| Tin Star - Season 1 | Sarah Podemski | Constable Denise Minahik | Episode 3 "Comfort of Strangers" | 2017 |
| Tin Star - Season 1 | Tim Roth | Chief Worth | 2017 | |
| Training Day | Justin Cornwall | Det. Kyle Craig | 2017 | |
| Condor | Mira Sorvino | Marty Frost | "Distrust is the Harvest" (S1E09) | 2018 |
| L.A.'s Finest | Jessica Alba | Det. Nancy McKenna | 2019 | |
| Jack Ryan | Jovan Adepo | Marcus Bishop | 2019 | |
| Magnum P.I. | Stephen Hill | Theodore "TC" Calvin | "Blood Brothers" (S02E02) | 2019 |
| Yellowstone | Ian Bohen | Ryan | "Sins of the Father" (S2E10) | 2019 |
| Yellowstone | James Jordan | Agent Steve Hendon | 2019 | |
| Walking Dead: World Beyond, The - Season 1 | Julia Ormond | Elizabeth | with a Trijicon ACOG scope, vertical grip and dual stabbing implement | 2020 |
| CRM soldiers | ||||
| The Stand | U.S. Army personnel | 2020 | ||
| WandaVision | S.W.O.R.D. agents | "Now in Color" (S1E03), "We Interrupt This Program" (S1E04), "On a Very Special Episode..." (S1E05), "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" (S1E06), "Breaking the Fourth Wall" (S1E07), "Previously On" (S1E08), "The Series Finale" (S1E09) | 2021 | |
| US Army officers | "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" (S1E06), "The Series Finale" (S1E09) | |||
| The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Power Broker's mercenaries | The Star-Spangled Man" (S1E02) | 2021 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasite Eve II | "M4A1 Rifle" | Fitted with various accesories | 1999 | |
| Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | "M4A1 Assault Rifle" | Fitted with various accessories | 1999 | |
| Counter-Strike | "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" | Suppressor | Counter-Terrorist exclusive | 1999 |
| S.W.A.T. 3: Close Quarters Battle | "M4A1 Carbine" | Can be fitted with FMJ or LTT rounds, Gemtech M4-96D suppressor, Beta C-mag, 4x Trijicon ACOG, Trijicon reflex sight or Aimpoint red dot sight | 1999 | |
| Delta Force: Land Warrior | "M4A1" | Fitted with KAC Masterkey | 2000 | |
| Ghost Recon | "M4" "M4 SOCOM" |
Fitted with various accessories | 2001 | |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | "M4" | Laser sight | Actually an M4A1 | 2001 |
| Shadow Force: Razor Unit | 2002 | |||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | |||
| Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror | Available with and without M203 grenade launcher | 2002 | ||
| The Sum of All Fears (VG) | "M4" "Spec Ops M4" |
Correctly fires in 3-round bursts | 2002 | |
| Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | "M4A1SD" | Fitted with Trijicon TA01 ACOG scope, suppressor, and KAC RIS foregrip | 2002 | |
| America's Army | "M4A1 Carbine" "M4A1 SOPMOD" |
Can be fitted with iron sights, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon RX01 reflex sight, Trijicon TA01NSN ACOG scope, Harris bipod, and a KAC QDSS-NT4 suppressor | 2002 | |
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | "M4 Rifle" | Fitted with unusable scope | 2002 | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Cutscene only | 2002 | ||
| The Specialists | 2002 | |||
| Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003 | |||
| Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow | "M16 assault rifle" | 2003 | ||
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | "M4 Carbine" | Very slow rate of fully automatic fire | 2003 | |
| Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" | Suppressor | Counter-Terrorist exclusive | 2004 |
| Ghost Squad | "AR4A" | Fitted with RIS, Aimpoint Comp M2 and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip | Incorrectly holds 28 rounds | 2004 |
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004 | |||
| True Combat: Elite | 2004 | |||
| Hitman: Contracts | Featuring a non-stepped barrel | 2004 | ||
| Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | "M4A1 Carbine" | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 COO, KAC M4 RAS handguards, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and KAC RIS foregrip | 2004 | |
| Shadow Ops: Red Mercury | "Colt M-4 SOPMOD" | Fitted with Trijicon 4x32 ACOG/RMR scope, AN/PEQ-4 IR designator, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, suppressor, and a KAC RIS foregrip. | 2004 | |
| Counter-Strike: Source | "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" | Suppressor | Counter-Terrorist exclusive | 2004 |
| SWAT 4 | M4A1 Carbine | Fitted with SureFire M500AB WeaponLights and KAC RIS foregrips. | 2005 | |
| Battlefield 2 | "M4A1 Carbine" | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 COO. | 2005 | |
| Project Reality | "M4" "M4A1 Carbine" |
Available with carry handles, Aimpoint M68 CCOs, Trijicon TA31F and TA31RCO 4x32 ACOG scopes, ITL MARS, Meprolight, EOTech Holographic sight, RIS foregrips, and Harris bipod | 2005 | |
| Rainbow Six: Lockdown | "SR-4CQB" | Fitted with rear and front flip-up BUISs, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and a KAC Masterkey | 2005 | |
| Far Cry Instincts: Predator | M4 Carbine | Fitted with C-More sight, suppressor, and camouflage paint scheme | 2005 | |
| 24: The Game | "M4 Carbine" | 2006 | ||
| Hitman: Blood Money | Non-stepped barrel | 2006 | ||
| Joint Task Force | 2006 | |||
| Splinter Cell: Double Agent | With side-folding stock | Seen in a crate | 2006 | |
| Soldier Front | "Colt M4A1" | 2007 | ||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | With ACOG or M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, EOTech red dot sight, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator (erroneously emitting visible red laser) | 2007 | ||
| ArmA: Armed Assault | "M4" "M4 CompM2" "M4 ACOG" "M4A1 ACOG" "M4A1 QDS CompM2" |
Every variant of the weapon is erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip | 2007 | |
| Darkness, The | "M4A1 Carbine" | Featuring a 20-round magazine with a 30 round capacity | 2007 | |
| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat | "M4A1 Carbine" | Default appearance: Fitted with KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and a KAC RIS foregrip. Optional: Available variates are with carry handle or with Aimpoint M68 CCO. |
2007 | |
| Blacksite: Area 51 | "Assault Rifle" | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight, KAC railed handguard, and a dual magazines with erroneously 45-rounds capacity instead of 30. | 2007 | |
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | Non-stepped barrel | 2007 | ||
| Zombie Panic Source | "M4A1" | 2007 | ||
| Cross Fire | "M4A1" | 2007 | ||
| "M4A1-X" | RIS Rail System, flip-up iron sightsed and a forward grip with flashlight | |||
| "M4A1 Silencer" | Silencer | |||
| "M4A1-Custom" | Silencer, Galil-style skeleton folding stock, Aimpoint stock, flashlight | |||
| Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals | Unusable | 2008 | ||
| Army of Two | M4A1 | 2008 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto IV | "Carbine Rifle" | Carry handle removed | 2008 | |
| 7.62 High Calibre | Fitted with various attachments | 2008 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | "M4 Custom" | Can be fitted with folding iron sights, suppressor, Aimpoint red dot sight, ACOG scope, SureFire WeaponLight, AN/PEQ-5 laser module, two types of RIS grips, Masterkey shotgun, and Heckler & Koch M320 grenade launcher | 2008 | |
| Combat Arms | "M4A1" | 2008 | ||
| Counter-Strike Online | "Maverick M4A1 Carbine" | 2008 | ||
| Mercenaries 2: World In Flames | "Carbine" | 2008 | ||
| SAS Secure Tomorrow | 2008 | |||
| Saints Row 2 | "AR40 Xtnd" | 2008 | ||
| 007: Quantum of Solace (VG) | "TND-16" | Fitted with railed handguard and RIS foregrip (default build). Can be fitted with EOTech 551 Holographic sight, carry handle, and a suppressor | 2008 | |
| Armed Forces Corps | 2009 | |||
| Killing Floor | "M4" | Fitted with Vltor Carbine Modstock, rear flip-up BUIS, Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and Magpul PMAG | 2009 | |
| Terminator Salvation (VG) | 2009 | |||
| Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | "M4 - Auto" | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers, and a KAC RIS foregrip | 2009 | |
| Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures | "M4 Colt" | 2009 | ||
| Prototype | "Assault Rifle" | Fitted with carry handle and a RIS foregrip | 2009 | |
| America's Army 3 | "M4A1 Carbine" | Can be fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO | 2009 | |
| Battlefield Heroes | "M16" "Tier 1 Elite M16" |
2009 | ||
| ArmA II | "M4A1" "M4A1 CCO" "M4A1 CCO CAMO" "M4A1 CCO SD CAMO" "M4A1 M203 RCO" "M4A1 M203 Holo" "M4A1 M203 Holo CAMO" "M4A1 M203 Holo SD CAMO" "M4A3 CCO" "M4A3 M203 RCO" |
Every variant of the weapon is erroneously modeled with A1 pistol grip | 2009 | |
| Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising | "M4A1" "M4A1 Assault" "M4A1 CQB" "M4A1 Night Ops" "M4A1 Marksman" "M4A1 Stealth" |
Every variant of the weapon is modeled with 2nd generation collapsible stock, and KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers | 2009 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | "M4A1" | Can be fitted with red dot sight, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG scope, thermal scope, suppressor, KAC Masterkey, heartbeat sensor, FMJ rounds, and extended magazines | The weapon is modeled with PRI front and A.R.M.S. #40L rear BUISs, A.R.M.S. S.I.R. system, and (erroneously) A1 pistol grip | 2009 |
| Army of Two: The 40th Day | "M4" | Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes | 2010 | |
| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 | "M4A1" | Can be fitted with various accessories | 2010 | |
| The 3rd Birthday | "MfA1" | 2010 | ||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | "M4A1 Carbine" | Unusable; seen on the cover, fitted with Trijicon TA31-RMR ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and KAC RIS foregrip | 2010 | |
| Just Cause 2 | "Assault Rifle" | 2010 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | 2010 | |||
| Firearms: Source | "M4-A1" | Fitted with carry handle, KAC railed handguard with KAC rail covers, and a KAC RIS foregrip | 2010 | |
| Dead Rising 2 | 2010 | |||
| Medal of Honor | "M4" "M4A1" |
Fitted with flip-up iron sights, EOTech 556 Holographic sights, Trijicon 4x32 scopes, SureFire Universal WeaponLights, KAC QDSS-NT4 suppressors, RIS foregrips and AN/PEQ-2 laser designators | 2010 | |
| Breach (VG) | "M4A1" | Can be fitted with iron sights, EOTech Holographic sight, Trijicon TA31 ACOG scope, or M203 grenade launcher | The weapon is modeled with 3rd generation collapsible stock, KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers | 2011 |
| Battle: Los Angeles | "M4A1 Carbine" | Various accessories in cutscenes, but shown without any in-game | 2011 | |
| Homefront | "M4 Rifle" | Can be fitted with iron sights, various optical sights, KAC Masterkey, and a suppressor. | The weapon is modeled with KAC M4 RAS handguards | 2011 |
| The Darkness II | "Carbine" | 2011 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | "M4A1 Carbine" | Can be fitted with carry handle, Aimpoint M68 CCO, Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG scope, EOTech 551 Holographic sight, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and M203A1 Grenade Launcher | 2011 | |
| NCIS: The Video Game | Seen on a poster | 2011 | ||
| Batman: Arkham City | "M4A1 Carbine" | 2011 | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | "M4A1" | Can be fitted with SureShot reflex sight, EOTech XPS Holographic sight, EOTech MPO III magnifier, Trijicon TA31F ACOG scope, thermal scope, suppressor, KAC Masterkey, heartbeat sensor, and extended magazines | The weapon is modeled with Magpul MOE Carbine Stock, customized charging handle, rear and front flip-up BUISs, KAC M4 RAS handguards with KAC rail covers, RIS foregrip, (erroneously) A1 pistol grip, and a 20-round STANAG magazine with a Magpul loop | 2011 |
| Saints Row: The Third | "AR-55" | Fitted with various accessories | Fires in slow 3-round bursts | 2011 |
| Payday: The Heist | "AMCAR-4" | 2011 | ||
| Karma Online | 2011 | |||
| Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | "Assault Rifle" | Fitted with Aimpoint red dot sight | 2012 | |
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | 2012 | |||
| Prototype 2 | 2012 | |||
| Spec Ops: The Line | M4A1 Carbine | Fitted with various accessories | 2012 | |
| Black Mesa | With M203 grenade launcher | Cut weapon | 2012 | |
| Arctic Combat | 2012 | |||
| Ravaged | 2012 | |||
| Warface | "M4A1" | Can be fitted with various accessories | SOPMOD Block I configuration | 2013 |
| "M4 Custom" | heavy customized | |||
| State of Decay | "M4A1" | 2013 | ||
| ArmA Tactics | M4A1 | 2013 | ||
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | Cut weapon | 2013 | ||
| Payday 2 | "CAR-4" | Various attachments and modifications | The weapon is modeled with tan flip-up iron sights, a KAC-style free-float railed foregrip, and a railed low-profile gasblock | 2013 |
| Insurgency | M4A1 | With various attachments | 2014 | |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 2014 | |||
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | M4 Carbine | various attachments | 2014 | |
| Time Crisis 5 | "Machine Gun" | With Trijicon ACOG4x32+RMR sight, laser sight, flash light, vertical foregrip | 2014 | |
| Survarium | 2015 | |||
| Squad | Plastic handguards (M4), KAC railed handguard (M4A1), available with a carry handle, a CompM4 red dot sight, a 4X ACOG sight and a KAC foregrip | M4 and M4A1 | 2015 | |
| Contract Wars | 2015 | |||
| Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault | M4A1 | Various attachments | Starter assault rifle | 2015 |
| Rainbow Six Siege | "M4" | M4A1 Block II with Mk 18 Mod 1 railed handguard, 12.5 inch barrel, and tan Command Arms UPG16 modular pistol grip | Added in Operation Grim Sky in 2018 | 2015 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | M4A1 | M4A1 Block I | 2016 | |
| "M4A1 Classic" | Original production M4A1 | |||
| "M4A1 Left Hook" | M4A1 Block I, left-hand variant | |||
| "M4A1 Shorty" | 10" barrel with railed handguard | |||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered | "M4A1 Carbine", "M4A1 Suppressed", "M4A1 Grenadier", and "M4A1 SOPMOD" | Tasco Red Dot reflex scope, Sightmark Sure Shot reflex sight, EOTech 552 holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG, AN/PEQ-2A IR designator, M203 grenade launcher | 2016 | |
| Escape from Tarkov | Colt M4A1 5.56x45 Assault Rifle | Tons of the attachments | has a few special variants | 2016 |
| Ghost Recon: Wildlands | 2017 | |||
| Ring of Elysium | 2018 | |||
| World War 3 | M4 MWS | added in a 2019 update | 2018 | |
| The Division 2 | Police M4 | 2019 | ||
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 2019 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom: The Animation | Ein; Inferno commandos | 2004 | |
| Kochikame, The UFO Movie | |||
| Ga-rei: Zero | 1st Division operators | 2008 | |
| Canaan | American SOF operators | outfitted with various SOPMOD accessories | 2009 |
| Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | Ein | 2009 | |
| Zwei | |||
| King of Thorn | Owen | 2009 | |
| US Army personnel | |||
| Hanasaku Iroha | outfitted with various SOPMOD accessories | 2011 | |
| Blue Exorcist | Vatican HQ Armoury | 2011 | |
| Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C³ | Yura Yamato | Airsoft | 2013 |
| Sword Art Online II | "Miso" | With a crane stock, Comp M4 and Surefire M900 foregrip | 2014 |
| Captain Earth | Tanegashima Space Center security | 2014 | |
| Bungo Stray Dogs | Ep. 18 "The Strategy of Conflict"; self-firing trap, equipped with reflex sight and laser pinters | 2016 |
M4/M4A1 Block II
In 2001, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC - Crane Division) initiated Block II of the SOPMOD program, which called for both new accessories (optics, flashlights, etc.), as well as a new M4/M4A1 Rail Interface System (RIS) to replace the Knight's Armament Company (KAC) forearm from Block I. Among others, SOPMOD Block II introduced accessories such as:
- Elcan SpecterDR 1-4x Scope (designated SU-230/PVS)
- EOTech 553 HOLOgraphic Weapon Sight (designated SU-231/PVS)
- Insight Technology M3X Tactical Illuminator (designated SU-233/PVS)
- Advanced Target Pointer Illuminator Aiming Light (ATPIAL) (designated AN/PEQ-15)
During the rail selection phase, NSWC-Crane surprised most observers when they chose a new lightweight free-floating rail forearm manufactured by a then-unknown vendor, Daniel Defense, based in Black Creek, Georgia, over competing rail designs from KAC and ARMS. In contrast to the earlier KAC rails, Daniel Defense's design, designated RIS II, extended nearly the full length of an M4's barrel, past the gas block, thereby increasing M1913 Picatinny rail space relative to the KAC rail. The RIS II was also free-floating (it had no contact with either the barrel or front sight post), and was capable of mounting the M203 grenade launcher without a barrel attachment. Two versions of the RIS II exist: A version which contains a slot to fit over an M4's A-frame front sight post (known as the "RIS II FSP"), and a continuous version (simply "RIS II") which contains no FSP slot and therefore must be used with a low-profile gas block. The RIS II was first adopted by SOCOM in 2006. However, in contrast to most of the other SOPMOD Block II accessories, which began reaching operators in the field in 2007, SOCOM did not complete testing on the RIS II and issue its first major procurement contract until 2009, and Daniel Defense's own production lines initially strained to meet delivery orders on their SOCOM contract (which also limited the RIS II's availability on the commercial market). Consequently, the RIS II did not enter usage with SOCOM component personnel until after 2010, and it did not fully replace the KAC rail in SOCOM until 2016, by which point newer, modular rails had begun to usurp Picatinny quad rails on the commercial AR-15 market. Despite being a dated design relative to current AR-15 rails (e.g. those using Keymod and M-LOK attachment systems), the RIS II is currently the standard-issue M4A1 carbine rail for U.S. SOCOM.
For IMFDB's purposes, the primary difference between the traditional "Block I" M4s (above) and the M4/M4A1 Block II is that the former use the KAC rail handguards and the triangular front sight post, while the M4 and M4A1 Block II are distinguished by utilization of the Daniel Defense RIS II rail system, which runs along the full length of the barrel. Note also that in the early days of the SOPMOD Block II program, it was common for SOCOM personnel to utilize M4A1s fitted with the traditional KAC rail, while still using optics and sighting devices from the Block II package; any M4-pattern rifle that uses a KAC rail and Block II accessories is known informally as an "M4 Block 1.5" in the AR-15 community. IMFDB, however, regards only the RIS II as the distinguishing feature of a "Block II" M4/M4A1 carbine.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicario | Josh Brolin | Matt | Daniel Defense DDM4A1 | 2015 |
| Captain America: Civil War | US Navy Master at Arms | Daniel Defense DDM4A1 | 2016 | |
| Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Josh Brolin | Matt | Daniel Defense DDM4A1 | 2018 |
| Rampage | Joe Manganiello | Burke | Daniel Defense DDM4A1 | 2018 |
| Triple Frontier | Garrett Hedlund | Ben Miller | Fitted with ACOG | 2019 |
| Extraction | Chris Hemsworth | Tyler Rake | 2020 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WandaVision | S.W.O.R.D. agent | "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" (S1E06) | 2021 | |
| Teyonah Parris | Monica Rambeau |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 2019 |
Colt Model 933
The Colt Model 933 is a semi/full-auto carbine similar to the M4A1 carbine listed above, except with an 11.5" barrel as opposed to the 14.5" barrel on the M4A1. Much like the earlier Colt Model 733, which it replaced, the barrel thickness varied; some versions had the M16A1 barrel profile, while others had the thicker M16A2/M4 barrel profile. Additionally, the RO933 was one of Colt's first AR-15-pattern rifles to feature a front sight post which had the bayonet lug deleted, though this was not standard and some versions retained the bayonet lug. All versions, however, feature the flattop upper receiver and removable carry handle/rear sight assembly found on the M4.
A burst version of the Model 933 was also produced; this version was known as the Model 935 and was purchased in limited numbers by the U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance community beginning in the late-1990s ([1]). However, beyond the USMC, the Model 933/935 saw little acceptance in the U.S. military; most special operations units instead opted to use either the standard 14.5" barrel M4 or the 10" CQBR/Mk 18. The Model 933/935 proved far more popular, however, in the U.S. law enforcement market with SWAT teams, as well as various export customers
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harsh Times | Christian Bale | Jim Davis | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCO, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, SureFire Universal WeaponLight, and RIS foregrip | 2006 |
| Home of the Brave | US Army soldiers | Unrecognizable; could be M733s | 2006 | |
| Transformers | Josh Duhamel | Captain William Lennox | Fitted with Vltor Clubfoot stock, Aimpoint M68 CCO and AN/PVS-17 night scope, SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 TPIAL designator, and Phantom muzzle brake | 2007 |
| Hancock | Bank robber | 2008 | ||
| Quantum of Solace | CIA SAD agents | 2008 | ||
| Crank: High Voltage | Thug | 2009 | ||
| Salt | CIA agents | 2010 | ||
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Gary Daniels | Michaels | 2010 | |
| Bokeem Woodbine | Miller | |||
| Coriolanus | Ralph Fiennes | Caius Martius Coriolanus | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs, few are missing front iron sights | 2011 |
| Various | Roman Legionnaire soldiers | |||
| Fast Five | Paul Walker | Brian O'Conner | Fitted with KAC M4 RAS handguards | 2011 |
| X-Men: First Class | American soldiers | Mocked up as XM-177E1 | 2011 | |
| Lockout | SWAT officers | Fitted with Aimpoint M68 CCOs | 2012 | |
| End of Watch | ICE agents | Fitted with EOTech sights, foregrips and Vltor Modstocks | 2012 | |
| Warm Bodies | Cory Hardrict | Kevin | 2013 | |
| Pain & Gain | police officers | 2019 | ||
| Pain & Gain | Miami PD SWAT officers | Fitted with EOTech sights, Surefire M900 foregrips and AN/PEQ-2 IR designators | 2013 | |
| Robocop | Vallon's henchman | With 100-round Beta-C magazine | 2014 | |
| American Heist | Seen on table | 2014 | ||
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Gary Oldman | Dreyfus | With Leupold CQ/T scope and SureFire M900 foregrip | 2014 |
| Sicario | Mexican Federal Police | 2015 | ||
| Hell or High Water | Ben Foster | Tanner Howard | With Sightmark Sure Shot reflex sight, railed handguards, foregrip | 2016 |
| Patriots Day | Watertown Police | 2016 | ||
| Rambo: Last Blood | cartel soldiers | 2019 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The X-Files - Season 5 | Military personnel | Roughly 10" barrels, Likely short-barreled Olympic Arms K3B-FT carbines | 1998 | |
| CSI: NY | ESU Officers | 2004 - 2013 | ||
| The Unit | Dennis Haysbert | SGM Jonas "Snake Doctor" Blane | With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" | 2006 - 2009 |
| The Unit | Scott Foley | SFC Bobby "Cool Breeze" Brown | With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" | 2006 - 2009 |
| The Unit | Max Martini | MSGT Mack "Dirt Diver" Gerhardt | With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" | 2006 - 2009 |
| The Unit | Michael Irby | SFC Charles "Betty Blue" Grey | With EOTech red dot sight, Crane stock, RIS foregrip, and AN/PEQ-2 IR designator / "Five Brothers", "Play 16" | 2006 - 2009 |
| Luther | Sam Spruell | Owen Lynch | With scope / Episode 2 | 2010 |
| The Chicago Code | Chicago PD officers | With M68 Aimpoint red dot scopes, RIS foregrips, and Surefire Universal weaponlights | 2011 - ???? | |
| Banshee - Season 3 | various | fitted with the EOTech 551 Holographic sights, AN/PEQ-2s, vertical foregrips and weaponlights | 2015 | |
| Condor | police tactical unit | "What Loneliness?" (S1E01) | 2018 | |
| Bumblebee | Sector 7 soldiers | 2018 | ||
| L.A.'s Finest | Jessica Alba | Det. Nancy McKenna | 2019 | |
| L.A.'s Finest | Gabrielle Union | Det. Syd Burnett | 2019 | |
| Magnum P.I. | Honolulu Police S.W.A.T. | 2019 | ||
| WandaVision | S.W.O.R.D. agent | w/sight; "The Series Finale" (S1E09) | 2021 |
Anime
| Anime Title | Character(s) | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG | Dejima Refugees | 2004 - 2005 | |
| American Soldiers | With futuristic furniture, cybernetic sights and M203 grenade launchers | ||
| Blood+ | Lewis | Fitted with EOTech Holographic sight and SureFire M900 WeaponLight foregrip | 2005 - 2006 |
| US Special Forces soldiers |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 2 | Promotional material only | 2005 | ||
| Condemned 2: BloodShot | "Assault Rifle" | Fitted with Vltor Modstock, Tango Down BG-16 Battlegrip, 5.56mm Magpul, rear and front BUISs, a scope similar to the Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG, railed handguards with rail covers, custom gas block, and YMH flash hider | 2008 | |
| Fallout: New Vegas | "Marksman Carbine" "All American" |
Can be modified with various upgrades | Both variants are fitted with ACOG scopes; the "Marksman Carbine" has black finish, whilst the "All American" has woodland camouflage finish, as well both lack the charging handle on the rear, which is located on the moving bolt on the right side where the brass ejects instead | 2010 |
| GoldenEye 007 (2010) | "Terralite 3" | Available with iron sights, ACOG scope, EOTech Holographic sight, or a suppressor | The rear sight of the carry handle is missing | 2010 |
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | "M4 Carbine" "Jungle Ops CARB-15" "Night Ops CARB-15" |
The "M4 Carbine" is missing a rear iron sight and bayonet lug | 2012 | |
| Max Payne 3 | "M4" | Local Justice DLC | 2012 | |
| Rainbow Six Siege | C8-SFW | Various attachments. Under barrel Shotgun | added in Operation Black Ice | 2015 |
Mk 18 Mod 0
An even shorter-barreled M4A1 carbine with a 10.5 inch barrel. The upper receiver, which is used on a regular M4 lower receiver, is designated CQB-R (Close Quarters Battle-Receiver), while the entire weapon system is designated as the Mk 18 Mod 0 by the United States Navy. Used by Navy VBSS units, NCIS, and Navy SEALs. It is another one of the weapons that fell under the 'M4 Commando' nickname as an airsoft gun.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenet | Tenet operatives | 2020 | ||
| Sicario 2: Soldado | government agents | 2018 | ||
| Chappie | Ninja | Ninja | Painted bright yellow, with red dot sight, laser designator, suppressor, and magazines painted yellow or pink | 2015 |
| American Sniper | Bradley Cooper | Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle | With tan paint scheme, LMT rear sight, RIS foregrip, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, suppressor, Crane stock, Surefire Universal weaponlight, and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope | 2014 |
| American Sniper | US Navy SEALs | With LMT rear sights, EOTech red dot sights, suppressors, and AN/PEQ-15 IR designators | 2014 | |
| Act of Valor | US Navy SEAL | 2012 | ||
| Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault | Major | 2012 | ||
| The Baytown Outlaws | gang member | EOtech sight | 2012 | |
| The Losers | Various characters | With various accessories | 2010 | |
| The Keeper | A SWAT trooper | 2009 | ||
| Terminator Salvation | resistance member | 2009 | ||
| Tropic Thunder | Flaming Dragons guerrilla | With ACOG sight | 2008 |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | Season 7 "Episode 15 - 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M." With Aimpoint M4 red dot sight, Aimpoint 3x Magnifier, Gemtech G5 suppressor, LaRue Tactical 7.0 railed handguard, Yankee Hill Mfg front & rear sights, DPMS Inc. 4-railed Gas Block, and Vltor Modstock | 2001 - 2010 |
| Torchwood | British Soldiers | "Sleeper". Fitted with EOtech sights, foregrips, and tactical flashlights | 2008 | |
| Torchwood | Doug Rollins | Lead Alien sleeper agent | "Sleeper" Fitted with EOtech sight, foregrip, and tactical flashlight | 2008 |
| The Blacklist - Season 3 | Baz | Baz | "Susan Hargrave (No. 18)" (S3E18) | 2016 |
| Hawaii Five-0 - Season 9 | Meaghan Rath | Tani Rey | Magpul STR stock, Trijicon ACOG TA11 scope, Magpul RVG grip, DBAL D2 laser, panel ris covers,flashlight. | 2018 |
| Magnum P.I. | Tim Kang | Katsumoto | "The Ties That Bind" (S1E09) | 2018 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Fire | "M4CQBR" | suppressor, AN/PEQ-15 laser module, EOTech 512 holographic sight | 2007 | |
| "MK.18 Mod 0" | suppressor, foregrip, and an LMT fixed A2 rear sight | |||
| Combat Arms | "M4A1 CQB-R" | With Crane stock and LMT rear sight | 2008 | |
| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 | w/ various accessories | 2010 | ||
| Medal of Honor | "M4 CQB-R" | Equipped with Various Accessories | SP only | 2010 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | "M4A4" | With flip-up rear iron sights and free-float RAS handguard | 2012 | |
| Insurgency | w/ various attachments | 2014 | ||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 |
Anime
| Title/Episode | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| King of Thorn | Owen | 2009 | |
| Angel Beats! | Yuri | with EOTech Holograhic sight, foregrip, custom stock, Beta C-Mag 100 rounds drum magazine (it probably held more though) | 2010 |
| Sword Art Online II | "Lightly salted Tarako" | Coyote camo handguard and stock | 2014 |
Mk 18 Mod 1
The Mk 18 Mod 1 differs from the earlier Mk 18 Mod 0 (above) in that it utilizes the Daniel Defense RIS II free-floating rail system, often with a low-profile gas block; as with the M4/M4A1 Block II, the Mark 18 Mod 1 was a product of the SOPMOD Block II program. (NOTE: See the M4/M4A1 Block II entry for more details on SOPMOD Block II and the origins of the RIS II.) For IMFDB's purposes, the usage of the RIS II is the single feature which distinguishes the Mk 18 Mod 1 from the Mk 18 Mod 0.
Also note that Daniel Defense offers a clone of the Mk 18 Mod 1 (known as the DD MK18), which is very often seen in Hollywood as a stand-in for the actual SOCOM-issue Mk 18 Mod 1s (which are built on Colt receivers). Pictures of two different DD MK18s are included on this page for reference.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Viral Factor | Jay Chou | Jon Man | Built on XM16E1 lower; Aimpoint CompM2 sight, Crane stock, vertical foregrip, and AN/PEQ-16 MIPIM | 2012 |
| Suicide Squad | U.S. special operators | Various accessories | 2016 | |
| The Accountant | Ben Affleck | Christian Wolff | Daniel Defense MK18 w/foregrip, weaponlight, suppressor, Magpul MOE stock, Leupold HAMR/Delta point sight | 2016 |
| Mile 22 | Lauren Cohan | Alice | Daniel Defense MK18; various attachments | 2018 |
| Mile 22 | Ronda Rousey | Sam | Daniel Defense MK18; various attachments | 2018 |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Five-0 - Season 9 | Meaghan Rath | Tani Rey | Daniel Defense MK18 with Magpul STR stock, Trijicon ACOG TA11 scope, Magpul RVG grip, DBAL D2 laser, panel ris covers,flashlight. | 2018 |
| Magnum P.I. | Jay Hernandez | Magnum | "The Day It All Came Together" (S1E20) | 2018 |
| SEAL Team / Season 2 "Episode 19 - Medicate and Isolate" | Tony Curran | Brett Swann | With EoTech 552 sight, KAC suppressor, AN/PEQ-2, VFG and flashlight | 2019 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Warfighter | Daniel Defense MK18 | 2012 | |
| Rainbow Six Siege | Daniel Defense MK18; Unusable; on loading screen | 2015 | |
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | Mk 18 | Year 2 DLC | 2017 |
| Insurgency: Sandstorm | Initially generic Mk 18 Mod 1; later re-skinned as Daniel Defense MK18 | 2018 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 | US Marines | Daniel Defense MK18 w/EOTech sight; "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) | 2019 |
Colt AR-15A2 Government Carbine
A civilian released carbine rifle with a 16" barrel, A2 upper receiver. Designed for law enforcement.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Warriors | Ying Bai | Gangmember | 1986 | |
| Open Fire | Ron Howard George | Deacon | Sporter Lightweight | 1994 |
| Open Fire | Leo Lee | Nakata | Sporter Lightweight with sniper scope | 1994 |
| Open Fire | Jeff Wincott | Alec McNeil | Sporter Lightweight | 1994 |
| Open Fire | Mimi Craven | Lynne Tolbert | Sporter Lightweight | 1994 |
| Conspiracy Theory | John Schwartzman | Sniper | With night-vision scope, 20-round magazine, and laser pointer | 1997 |
| The Fast and the Furious | L.A.P.D. SWAT officer | Sporter Lightweight version | 2001 | |
| Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) | Militia member | Sporter Lightweight version | 2010 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAG | Sal Landi | Sergeant Riske | "We the People" (S2E01), with telescopic sight | 1995 - 2005 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Rising 2 | "M4" | 2010 | |
| 7.62 High Calibre | w/ various attachments | 2008 | |
| Black | "M16" | has some kind of electronic device near the muzzle | 2006 |
Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine
A civilian carbine with a 16" barrel and a removable carry handle.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fast and the Furious | L.A.P.D. SWAT officer | With fixed A2 stock | 2001 | |
| 009-1: The End of the Beginning | SMA troops | 2013 | ||
| Ant-Man | Martin Donovan | Mitchell Carson | 2015 | |
| Hell or High Water | Gill Birmingham | Ranger Parker | 2016 |
Video Games
| Title | As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | "M4A1 Carbine", "M4A1 Suppressed", "M4A1 Grenadier", and "M4A1 SOPMOD" | Tasco Red Dot reflex scope, Sightmark Sure Shot reflex sight, EOTech 552 holographic sight, Trijicon 4x32 ACOG, AN/PEQ-2A IR designator, M203 grenade launcher, M203 leaf sight | Features full-auto fire, four-position collapsible stock, M16A1-style flash hider and pistol grip, KAC RIS handguard, KAC rail cover, KAC foregrip, and lacks the bayonet lug. | 2007 |
| GoldenEye 007 (2010) | "Terralite III" | Reflex sight, grenade launcher, ACOG, or laser aiming module | Carry handle is missing rear sight, attached optics remove front sight/gas block | 2010 |
Colt Law Enforcement Carbine
The "M4A1" of the civilian world, this rifle has a 16" barrel (as opposed to the M4A1's 14.5") with step-cuts to attach a launcher such as an M203 grenade launcher and the Cobray 37mm Launcher. In films, this gun has been converted to full auto to trick viewers into believing it is an M4A1, earning it the nickname "M4gery".
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots Day | Boston Police and F.B.I. HRT | 2016 | ||
| Homefront (2013) | SWAT officers | with EOTech red dot sights | 2013 | |
| Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | NYPD ESU officers | with RIS handguards and EOTech red dot sights | 2013 | |
| S.W.A.T.: Firefight | SWAT officers | With various accessories | 2011 | |
| Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling | Todd A. Robinson | Overton | 2009 | |
| State Affairs (Une affaire d'état) | Thierry Frémont | Michel Fernandez | 2009 | |
| I Am Legend | Will Smith | Dr. Robert Neville | With ACOG scope and PentagonLight MD3R weaponlight | 2007 |
| Casino Royale | Miami-Dade Police | 2006 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note/ Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | FBI SWAT | "Hell" (S10E17); With C-More and PentagonLight MD3R | 2009 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | LAPD SWAT officer | "The Debt" (S3E10) | 2011 | |
| Covert Affairs | CIA agents | "Bang and Blame" (S2E03), "Half a World Away" (S2E07); Magpul MOE handguard, UBR stock, PMags | 2011-2012 | |
| Nikita | Rob Stewart | Roan | "343 Walnut Lane" (S2E06); Magpul MOE handguard, UBR stock, PMags | 2011-2012 |
| Revolution | Patrick St. Esprit | Wayne Ramsey | "The Stand" (S1E11) | 2013 |
| Revolution | Derek Webster | Nicholas | "The Stand" (S1E11) | 2013 |
| Revolution | Graham Rogers | Danny Matheson | "The Stand" (S1E11) | 2013 |
| The Walking Dead | Lauren Cohan | Maggie Greene | "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) | 2013-2014 |
| Shades of Blue - Season 1 | FBI HRT teams | "The Breach" (S1E11) | 2016 | |
| The Blacklist - Season 3 | Baz | Baz | "Mr. Solomon (No. 32)" (S3E17) | 2016 |
| Specialists (Specialisté) | URNA (Czech SWAT) | "Den zúčtování" (S1E67) | 2017-Present |
Video Games
| Title | As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Decay | "AR 15" | 2013 | ||
| "AR 15 Custom" | Magpul stock, pistol grip and tactical grip |
Colt 9mm Submachine Gun
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Psychopaths | Thugs | 2012 | ||
| Urban Justice | Drug dealer's bodyguard | Model 633 | 2007 | |
| Collateral | FBI Special Agent | With Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight | 2004 | |
| A Man Apart | Vin Diesel | DEA Agent Sean Vetter | With two magazines taped together 'jungle-style' | 2003 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Henchman | 2003 | ||
| xXx | NSA commandos | With C-More red dot sights and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlghts | 2002 | |
| xXx | Seen in GTO back seat armory, with C-More red dot sight and Surefire M500AB forend weaponlight | 2002 | ||
| Death to Smoochy | SWAT team | 2002 | ||
| Battlefield Earth | Human resistance fighters | With & without Colt DOE (Department Of Energy) upper receivers & M203 grenade launchers | 2000 | |
| The Replacement Killers | Chow Yun-Fat | John Lee | With & without silencer & scope | 1998 |
| The Replacement Killers | Henchmen | 1998 | ||
| The Siege | Black ops soldiers | With C-More red dot sights | 1998 | |
| Spawn | Melinda Clark | Jessica Priest | With flammable chemicals canister, C-More red dot sight, and laser pointer | 1997 |
| The Peacemaker | FBI Agent | With Surefire 9P weaponlight | 1997 |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Days / "Daddy's Little Girl" | Johnathan LaPaglia | Frank Parker | 1998 - 2001 |
Video Games
| Game | Appears As | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enter the Matrix | "9mm SMG/R0635" | 2003 | |
| State of Decay | "Samurai PDW" | 2013 | |
| Rainbow Six Siege | "Commando 9" | Added in the Operation Burnt Horizon expansion (2019) | 2015 |
| Killing Floor 2 | "AR-15 Varmint Rifle" | With Forward Assist, Rail Interface System, RRA Tactical Mount, Magpul AFG | 2016 |
Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Weeks Later | Delta Sniper | With 30-round magazine. | 2007 | |
| Live Free or Die Hard | Cyril Raffaelli | Rand | With silencer, brass catcher, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip, and Leupold CQ/T scope | 2007 |
| Hitman | Sniper | With AN-PEQ-2 IR designator, silencer, and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip | 2007 | |
| Killers | Kevin Sussman | Mac Bailey | With silencer, AN-PEQ-2 IR designator, and Surefire M900 weaponlight foregrip | 2009 |
| Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault | Secret paramilitary squad | Suppressed | 2012 | |
| Lone Survivor | Mark Wahlberg | Marcus Luttrell | Mk 12 Mod 1 with Harris bipods, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, Leupold MR/T scopes and suppressors | 2013 |
| Ben Foster | Matthew Axelson | |||
| American Sniper | Bradley Cooper | Chris Kyle | Mk 12 Mod 1 | 2014 |
| Republic Z (Respublika Z) | Irina Mikhaylova | Dora | Mk 12 Mod 1 | 2018 |
| Georgiy Bessonov | Byokke | |||
| Dmitriy Baishev | Mettee |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burn Notice - Season 5: "No Good Deed" | Gabrielle Anwar | Fiona Glenanne | Suppressed | Dec 15, 2011 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Used By | Appears As | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Army | US Army faction | MK 12 MOD 0 Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) | Mod 0 variant, fitted with Leupold Mark 4 scope, Harris bipod, and detachable suppressor. | 2002 |
| Project Reality | Mod 1 variant, with Leupold Mark 4 scope in LaRue Tactical SPR mount, Harris bipod, and optional suppressor | 2005 | ||
| ArmA: Armed Assault | US Army designated marksmen | SPR | Mod 0 variant, fitted with costume pistol grip and a Leupold Mark 4 scope. | 2007 |
| ArmA II | USMC Force Recon marksmen | Mk12 SPR | Mod 0 variant, fitted with costume pistol grip and a Leupold Mark 4 scope. | 2009 |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | The Ghost Warrior | "SR 25" | Mod 1 variant, fitted with Leupold Mark 4 scope, KAC Free-Float RAS, Harris bipod, and a suppressor. | 2010 |
| Ring of Elysium | 2018 |
Colt IAR
The Colt IAR (Infantry Automatic Rifle) is an automatic rifle derivative of the M16 developed by Colt Defense in response to a Purchase Description for an Infantry Automatic Rifle submitted by the United States Marine Corps to the small arms industry in March 2008. Developmental contracts of the IAR were awarded to Colt Defense, FN Manufacturing Inc. (FN IAR) and Heckler & Koch (Heckler & Koch IAR). Colt Defense developed two models of the IAR to be tested, the IAR6940 and the IAR6940H (as well as an external piston prototype IAR6940P that was not trialled), the latter featuring Knight's Armament Company designed components. The USMC contract was eventually awarded to the Heckler & Koch design, leading to the adoption of the M27 IAR. Colt dropped the IAR6940H model and began attempting to market the IAR6940 commercially as simply the Colt IAR.
Specifications
(2008 - Present)
- Type: Squad automatic weapon
- Caliber: 5.56x45 NATO (.223 Rem.)
- Weight: 9.5 lbs (4.31 kg)
- Length: 33.5 in. (85.09 cm)
- Barrel length: 16 in. (40.64 cm)
- Feed System: STANAG
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto, Full-Auto
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract Wars | Colt IAR | 2014 |
Colt SCW
Specifications
(2005 - Present)
- Type: Sub Compact Weapon
- Caliber: 5.56x45 NATO (.223 Rem.)
- Weight:
- Length:
- Barrel length: 10.3”
- Feed System: STANAG
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto, Safety
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Fire | Colt SCW | 2007 |
Commercial Copies of the M16 Rifle series
Many of the guns seen as Colt model guns aren't Colt at all, but the many other manufacturer copies of the M16/AR-15 series of firearms. The most common clones are the guns made by Bushmaster, PWA and Eagle Arms. Though there are now many semi-automatic rifles made by companies like Panther DPMS and others, most of the Movie Prop houses acquired their guns before the 1990s. So only the most common third party manufacturers will be seen. Since it's difficult to determine which maker built the gun, for the sake of simplicity, the rifle variants in movies will be identified by the COLT model they most look like, unless there is clear evidence of a third party manufacturer. Sometimes this is possible via DVD commentary, direct information from the Armorer, or a clear shot of the manufacturer trademarks on the gun in a screenshot.
Bushmaster XM-15 Rifle Series
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Barry Pepper | Mike Norton | 2005 | |
| Planet Terror | Rose McGowan | Cherry Darling | as a prosthetic leg with grenade launcher | 2007 |
Bushmaster XM15 "V-Match"
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eleventh Hour | SEAL Marksman | With JP Enterprises thumbhole stock, scope and Harris bipod | 2008 | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Seen leaning against wall | 2005 | ||
| Soldier | Arcadia 234 Inhabitant | With C-More red dot sight | 1998 | |
| Ronin | Sniper | With scope | 1998 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justified - Season 1 | Jacob Pitts | Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson | "Fire in the Hole" (S1E01) | 2010 |
| Under the Dome | Dean Norris | James "Big Jim" Rennie | 2013-2015 |
Luvo Arms LA-15
The LUVO Arms LA-15 is a Czech semi-automatic rifle produced by the Prague-based company Luvo Arms. It is structurally identical to the M16/M4.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemen (Hranari) | Vladimir Marek | Hitman - cleaner | 2011 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | Nikola Navrátil | Blonde assassin | "A Busy Solitude" (S01E06) | 2012 |
| Missing | Thugs | "Answers" (S1E08) | 2012 |
Luvo Arms LA-16
A Czech AR-15 clone produced by the Prague-based company Luvo Arms, which manufactures a variety of AR-10 and AR-15 models in different calibers and configurations.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) | Til Schweiger | Max | carrying handle removed, with EOTech holosight | 2012 |
| Snowpiercer | Tómas Lemarquis | Egg-Head | 2013 |
LaFrance Specialties M16K
The LaFrance Specialties M16K is a compact version of the M16 produced by LaFrance Specialties of San Diego, California. It features a 21cm barrel, making its total length just 60cm with its stock collapsed. Developed in the early 1980s, the weapon was intended for military and law enforcement, but found few major buyers. A .45 ACP version known as the M16K-45 was also produced; LaFrance also produces a shortened M14 known as the M14K.
To improve reliability, the M16K features an adjustable gas system with an expansion chamber and second enclosed tube, which also reduces its rate of fire to less than 600 rpm. Due to the significant modification to the handguard, the M16K features a new front sight aperture on its carry handle. Later M16K models have round handguards, standard M16-styled front sight post, and accessory rails.
The creator of the M16K, Tim LaFrance, worked as a film armorer in the 1980s, and a number of M16Ks are seen in some films and TV shows of the period.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escape from L.A. | Kurt Russell | Snake Pliskin | Used as base for Coreburner | 1996 |
| Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, The | Leslie Nielsen | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1994 | |
| Police Story 3: Supercop | Jackie Chan | Inspector Chan | With 90-round drum magazine | 1992 |
| Pink Cadillac | Militia member | 1989 | ||
| The Dead Pool | Mob assassin | 1988 | ||
| Death Wish 4 | Gang Member | 1987 | ||
| Assassination | Assassin | 1987 |
North Eastern Arms NEA-15
A Canadian AR-15 clone produced by Ontario-based manufacturer North Eastern Arms for civilian and Law Enforcement customers. Variants include the 7.5" PDW, 10.5" CQB, 14.5" Carbine and 18" DMR models.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Mekong | Eddie Peng | Fan Xinwu | PDW model | 2016 |
Olympic Arms K3B
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driven to Kill | Steven Seagal | Ruslan Drachev | 2009 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Operations | "Olympic Arms M4" | 2002 |
Olympic Arms K23B
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Linda Hamilton | Sarah Connor | 2019 | |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Mackenzie Davis | Grace | 2019 | |
| The Sweeney | Robber | 2012 | ||
| Skyfall | Naomie Harris | Eve | With scope | 2012 |
| Safe House | Fares Fares | Vargas | With scope and suppressor | 2012 |
| Righteous Kill | Robert De Niro | Turk | 2008 | |
| Righteous Kill | Al Pacino | Rooster | 2008 | |
| The Departed | SWAT officers | 2006 | ||
| Christmas Rush | Richard Yearwood | Kid Blast | With Beta-C magazine | 2002 |
| Reindeer Games | Gary Sinise | Gabriel | 2000 | |
| Reindeer Games | Dennis Farina | Jack Bangs | 2000 | |
| Romeo Must Die | Bodyguard | custom "suitcase" handle | 2000 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stargate SG-1 | Amanda Tapping | Major Samantha Carter | "Carter Special" | 2003 |
Video Games
| Title | As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warface | "M4 CQB" | LMT SOPMOD stock and a set of A2 style iron sights | 2013 |
Norinco Model 311
A Chinese copy of the M16A1, also called the CQ 5.56. Can be differentiated by the grips, front sight, stock, and handguard. The Model 311 is also produced by DIO of Iran as the S-5.56 and in modified form as the DIO KH2002.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Warriors | Scott Adkins | "Tom Cat" | 2015 | |
| Lord of War | Seen in piles of weapons | 2005 | ||
| Buffalo Soldiers | various | US Army soldiers | Stand-in for M16A2 | 2005 |
Anime
| Title/Episode | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sword Art Online II | Kakuton | with drum magazine | 2014 |
Norinco CQ-A
A Chinese copy of the M4 Carbine, also known as "CQ-M4 Carbine". CQ-A carbines have been seen used by the Chongqing SWAT and Snow Leopard assault team special forces.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Warriors | 2015 |
Smith & Wesson M&P15
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings | Kingdom of Gilboa soldiers | Tactical variant w/ EOTech 553 holo sight | 2009 | |
| Burn Notice - Season 5 | Jeffrey Donovan | Michael Weston | Tactical variant | 2011 |
| Bruce Campbell | Sam Axe | |||
| Coby Bell | Jesse Porter | |||
| The Walking Dead - Season 4 | Kirk Acevedo | Mitch Dolgen | EOTech holo sight, foregrip and Magpul 60-round magazine; "Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) | 2013 |
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3 | Sam Underwood | Jake Otto | 2017 | |
| Alycia Debnam-Carey | Alicia Clark | |||
| Mercedes Masöhn | Ofelia Salazar | |||
| Justin Rain | Lee "Crazy Dog" | |||
| Matt Lasky | Coop | |||
| Michael Greyeyes | Qaletaqa "Taqa" Walker |
Non Firing Replicas
MGC M16
Before the advent of inexpensive Airsoft guns, there were precious few replica weapons that could be used in productions if they didn't want to have a live firing weapon on set, or for a stunt or if they didn't have the budget to get a real gun (and armorer). Though the US Army had a "rubber duck", i.e. slang for the hard rubber training M16 they used, it was not readily available on demand for the movie prop houses of the 1970s and the 1980s. Metal replica guns that were commercially available were thus used for these non-firing purposes.
Model Gun Corporation (MGC) of Japan made and built excellent quality metal replica guns between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and the most utilized one was the MGC M16 assault rifle. They were sold in the United States by Collector's Armory, Ltd. (and should not be confused with the inferior quality zinc-pot metal replicas currently coming in from Spain). Early model MGC M16 replicas can be distinguished from the real M16 by the fake forward assist on these models, which are actually 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.
There is also the MGC XM177 Commando carbine variant, listed in the catalog as the CAR-15. This replica rifle was built on the same MGC M16 receiver, however the buttstock was pot metal and not plastic, and it did not telescope unlike the real weapons. Instead the makers of the gun split the difference and locked the non-adjustable stock into the 'half extended/half closed' position. This feature did not enamor replica gun collectors to the weapon and it did not sell well.
MGC replicas are likely the most used M16 replica in film and television productions.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raid on Entebbe | Izraeli commando, Ugandan soldiers | 1976 | ||
| The Spy Who Loved Me | British/Russian/US Navy Sailors during gun battle on the Liparus | 1977 | ||
| Apocalypse Now | mounted on the PBR boat, shot up by tracer rounds | 1979 | ||
| Moonraker | Various | Drake launch base guards | 1979 | |
| Private Benjamin | Goldie Hawn | Pvt. Benjamin | 1980 | |
| The Final Countdown | US Marines on the deck of the Nimitz | 1981 | ||
| First Blood | the Army National Guardsmen | 1982 | ||
| Taps | 1983 | |||
| Uncommon Valor | Todd Allen | Frank Rhodes | 1983 | |
| WarGames | USAF Security | 1983 | ||
| Octopussy | South American soldiers during the pre-credits sequence | 1983 | ||
| Ghostbusters | Army National Guard soldiers | fitted with A1-style flash hiders | 1984 | |
| Commando | Bennett's men | 1985 | ||
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | seen in the weapons hold of the pirate boat used to smuggle Rambo up river. | 1985 | ||
| Wild Geese II | American MP | 1985 | ||
| Predator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Dutch | seen when rifle is destroyed by the Predator | 1987 |
| Full Metal Jacket | Various | US Marines | 1987 | |
| Lethal Weapon | SWAT officer | Director's Cut | 1987 | |
| Hamburger Hill | Various | Airborne Soldiers during a medical Evac | 1987 | |
| The Red Spectacles | 1987 | |||
| In Country | US troops | 1987 | ||
| Barb Wire | Congressionals | outfitted with ill fitting 30 round magazines, A2 handguards and A1 birdcage flash hiders | 1996 | |
| Rushmore | Jason Schwartzman | Max Fischer | 1998 | |
| Diplomatic Siege | Tom Berenger | Gen. Buck Swain | 1999 | |
| Bandits | L.A.P.D. SWAT officer | fitted with A2-style handguards | 2001 | |
| Hulk | US soldiers | seen in 'split screen' shots of their reaction to the Hulk. | 2003 | |
| Land of the Dead | soldiers | 2005 | ||
| Dragon Wars: D-War | US Troops | outfitted with ill fitting 30 round magazines, A2 handguards and A1 birdcage flash hiders | 2007 | |
| Cobra Kai | US Troops | 2020 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The A-Team | ||||
| Tour of Duty | ||||
| V: The Series | ||||
| V.I.P. | ||||
| Law & Order | ESU officers | (w/ A2 handguards) | (1990-2010) | |
| Sledge Hammer | David Rasche | Sledge Hammer | "Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer" (S2E19) | |
| Criminal Minds | US Marines |
.22 LR Replicas
Adler-Jager AP-74/Armi-Jager AP-15
Made in Italy and imported into the US by Mitchell Arms (during the 1970s and early 1980s), these M16 clones were chambered for .22 LR and looked very similar to the M16 or M16A1 rifles. The dummy "20 round magazine" was a solid part of the lower receiver. A small .22LR magazine was inserted into the bottom of the dummy magazine. They were used sometimes in films due to budgetary reasons, since low budget films (especially in the 1970s and 80s) could pick up a .22LR M16 clone for less than a real AR-15. There were .22 LR guns imported into the US with either Armi-Jager or Adler-Jager markings (but the Armi-Jager was most common), so both names are correct.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cassandra Crossing | US Army soldiers | AP-74 | 1976 | |
| Dawn of the Dead | Ken Foree | Peter Washington | AP-74 | 1978 |
| Scott H. Reiniger | Roger DeMarco | |||
| Man on Fire | A combatant in Beirut | AP-74 with wooden furniture | 1987 | |
| Man on Fire | Seen in Sandri's hideout; AP-74 and subcompact AP-74/I | 1987 | ||
| La Femme Nikita | Subcompact model | 1990 | ||
| Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) | Martin Provost | Daniel | Subcompact model | 1990 |
| Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) | A Cleaner | Subcompact model | 1990 | |
| Léon (The Professional) | NYPD ESU officers | AP-15, with fake M203 grenade launcher | 1994 | |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex | US soldiers | AP-74 | 2008 | |
| Kill Zombie! | Dutch soldier | AP-15/74 hybrid | 2012 |
Armscor M16 22
Armscor (out of the Philippines) made another .22LR clone rifle, the Armscor M16 22, however this rifle looked even less like a real M16 and was rarely (if ever) used in a film to impersonate an M16 rifle.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recoil | Sloan's henchmen | 1998 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "M1600" | 2016 | ||
| "M1600A2000" | Collapsible wire stock, top rail, shortened barrel, railed handguard |
Smith & Wesson MP15-22
Due to popular demand for .22LR versions, a number of manufacturers have produced such models for the civilian market, predominantly for plinking and varmint hunting. Smith & Wesson are offering the MP15-22, a realistic semi-auto copy with 25 rounds capacity that can be equipped with many accessories due to the Picatinny rails.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One for the Money | On a local shooting range’s sign | 2012 |
Air Guns
Crosman M4-177
The Crosman M4-177 is a pump action air rifle built in the general form of an M4 carbine. It is most easily distinguished from a genuine AR-15 by the distinctive front sight block which has a gap between it and the handguard. The rifle feeds from either a 5 round pellet clip (which must be manually indexed with each shot) or from an integral gravity fed 18 round BB magazine (which is topped up from an integral 350 round hopper). To charge the rifle for each shot it must be "pumped" between 4 and 10 times depending on the power required and this is done by rotating the handguard downwards. You must then manually cock the bolt to chamber the pellet/BB (after indexing the clip to the correct position if pellets are being used) before being able to fire.
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walking Dead - Season 3 | Woodbury Guard | "Home" (S3E10) | 2013 |
Crosman Air 17
The Crosman Air 17 is a pump action air rifle built in the general form of an M16 rifle. It is most easily distinguished from a genuine M16 by the pump tube under the barrel, rounded rear receiver and blockish magazine well. The rifle feeds from either a 5 round pellet clip (which must be manually indexed with each shot) or from an integral gravity fed BB magazine (which is topped up from an integral hopper). To charge the rifle for each shot it must be "pumped" once each time by pulling down on the handguard. You must then manually cock the bolt to chamber the pellet/BB (after indexing the clip to the correct position if pellets are being used) before being able to fire.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RoboCop 3 | Rehab officers | 1993 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice - Season 3 | Cuban rebels | "Cuba Libre" | 1986 - 1987 |
Unidentified AR-15 Variant
Films
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Terror | Freddy Rodriguez | El Wray | night-vision scope | 2007 |
| The Hitcher | Sean Bean | John Ryder | 2007 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 | w/ rounded handguard, ACOG scope and HK E1 stock; is seen next the dead Marine in "Shape-Shifters" (S1E10) | 2019 |
See Also
- Barrett REC7 & Barrett M468 - Firearms derived from the M16 series in 6.8x43mm Remington SPC.
- Bushmaster Firearms International - A list of all firearms manufactured by Bushmaster.
- Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt Manufacturing Company.
- Norinco - A list of all firearms manufactured by Norinco.
- Remington Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Remington Arms.
- ArmaLite - A list of all firearms manufactured by ArmaLite.