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Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder is a 1983 action film starring Roy Scheider as a Los Angeles police helicopter pilot who is assigned to be involved in a secret military helicopter program. There is a title card at the beginning of the film that states all of the technology portrayed in the film is real and currently in use in the United States military.
The following weapons were used in the movie Blue Thunder:
M61A1 20mm Vulcan Cannon
The main offensive weapon of the Blue Thunder helicopter. It is chin-mounted on a turret in the front and is able to be guided by pilot's helmet movements.
Smith & Wesson Model 27
Carried by the LA police officer that stops Kate on the bridge.
"Smith & Wesson Model 27"? I doubt it. It´s way too small (K-frame size probably) and where are the adjustable sights? Looks more like a Model 10 or 13 to me.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38 Snubnose
Colonel Cochrane (Malcolm McDowell) takes out his Smith & Wesson Model 10 snubnose and fires at Murphy as he takes off with Blue Thunder.
Officer Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider)points his .38 snub at an angry mechanic while he sits in Blue Thunder.
M230 Chain Gun
The Hughes M230 30mm Chain Gun is typically mounted on the AH-64 Apache, but two are mounted on Col. Cochrane's Hughes 500 helicopter.
M60 Machine Gun
SWAT officers try to knock down Blue Thunder with their M60 machine guns.
M16A1
SWAT officers use M16's to take down Blue Thunder during the chase in the Los Angeles river.
Ithaca 37
Seen being fired by police officers and carried by SWAT officers.
Trivia Section
- The "Blue Thunder" chopper in reality is a French Aerospatiale Gazelle with the cockpit section modded. This cockpit section was also used as part of a Mil-24 Hind in the movie Firefox.
