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Aliens (1986)


The following weapons were used in the movie Aliens:

M41A Pulse Rifle

The Marines of the USCMC (United States Colonial Marine Corps) famously use the M41A Pulse Rifle as their standard issue weapon, a futuristic assault rifle with a magazine capacity of 95 rounds of armor piercing ammunition with a pump action 30mm grenade launcher underneath the barrel. This weapon was made from a M1 Thompson submachine gun with a Remington 870 shotgun underneath with the shroud and foregrip of a SPAS 12 covering it. At the end of the film, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) tapes one of these rifles to an M240 Flamethrower when going to rescue Newt (Carrie Henn).

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M41A
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Private R. Frost (Ricco Ross) loads an M41A Pulse Rifle.
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Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Michael Biehn) instructs Ripley on how to use an M41A Pulse Rifle.
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Ripley holds an M41A Pulse Rifle for the first time.
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Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) fires the M41A Pulse Rifle. Note the shells ejecting despite the fact the rifle was supposed to fire caseless ammunition.
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Ripley prepares to enter the fray with the pulse rifle and flamethrower together.
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A closeup of Ripley's pulse rifle and flamethrower.
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A closeup of the 30mm pump action grenade launcher.

Special

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Armorer Simon Atherton displays the M41A in a behind the scenes clip.
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A closeup of the modified Remington.
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Simon Atherton shows off one of the grenades used in the launcher. Which is just a 12 gauge snap cap with various cuts and a button so it can be detonated by hand also.

M56 Smart Gun

Both PFC J. Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein), and Private M. Drake (Mark Rolston) use M56 Smart Guns. These were made from German MG42 machine guns. The body-mounting apparatus was made from Steadicam "arms," with other miscellaneous parts coming from various motorcycles.

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Vasquez and Drake show off their smartguns.
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PFC J. Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) wielding an M56 Smart Gun as the Marines investigate the base.
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Private M. Drake (Mark Rolston) with an M56 Smart Gun.
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"Let's Rock!" Vasquez opens up with the smart gun.

Special

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A pre-production sketch of the smartgun.
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Another sketch shows off the detailing of the weapon.
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A top view of the weapon.
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The magazine drum of the smartgun.
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Atherton shows off the steadicam mechanism for Vasquez's gun.
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The handlebar grip.
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The handlebar trigger for the gun.

M240 Flamethrower

Another weapon used by the Marines is the M240 Flamethrower, it most notably used by Gunnery Sergeant A. Apone (Al Matthews), Private M. Drake (Mark Rolston), and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) when she famously tapes it to an M41A Pulse Rifle before she goes to rescue Newt (Carrie Henn). These flamethrowers also appear to have been created from parts from M16 rifles with the M203 handguard. The 'faux' flamethrower used the upper receiver assembly of an M16A1 - cut into two parts, using the top handle facing forward, but the section with the ejection port turned backwards.

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M240 Flamethrower
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Sergeant A. Apone wielding an M240 Flamethrower.
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Private M. Drake (Mark Rolston) using an M240 Flamethrower.
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Ripley tapes the M240 Flamethrower to an M41A Pulse Rifle.
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Ripley with her flamethrower and pulse rifle combo.

Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"

Corporal Hicks' (Michael Biehn) shotgun is an Ithaca 37 "Stakeout" which he keeps for "Close Encounters". One memorable scene with this gun is when Hicks sticks the barrel of the weapon in an aliens' mouth, and yells "Eat This!" and proceeds to blow its head off. In the process the acidic blood gets sprayed on to Pvt. Hudson's (Bill Paxton) arm because he was trying to close the door of the APC.

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Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"
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"I like to keep this handy [chick-chick]... for close encounters."
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Hicks picks up a dead Facehugger with the barrel of his Ithaca 37 "Stakeout".
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"Eat This!" Hicks blows the back of the aliens head off. Note how the blood spray does go in all directions. Causing Hudson's arm to get burned.

Heckler & Koch VP70

The Heckler & Koch VP70 is the service pistol of the Marines in the movie. This gun is notably seen in the hands of Private Frost (Ricco Ross) just before the aliens attack. Lieutenant Gorman (William Hope) uses one to shoot at aliens during the Airshaft scene.

Trivia Note: In the special features included with the Collector's Edition DVD, it is mentioned by one of the film's armorers that the VP-70 was chosen as the standard issue sidearm for the Colonial Marines because of its "futuristic look" as well as its relative obscurity; it is also is no longer manufactured.

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Heckler & Koch VP70 9mm with spare magazine
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Private Frost holding his Heckler & Koch VP70.
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Cpl. Ferro (Colette Hiller) attempts to draw her VP70 after an alien gets aboard her ship.

Special

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Atherton shows of the VP70.

Sentry Turret

In the extended version of the film, the Marines set up sentry turrets in the hallways leading to their refuge. These were built upon WWII German MG42 machine guns, the same used for the smartguns and provided by Bapty's (movie armorer of the UK). Only the ammo drums on the side are from WW1 German Spandau Maxim LMG 08/15 machine guns

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Sentry turrets firing during a test.
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Sentry turrets firing at approaching aliens.

Smith & Wesson Model 39

PFC Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) uses a blued Smith & Wesson Model 39 with Ivory grips as her sidearm. She most notably uses it to kill an alien while moving through the vents, but burns her foot from the creature's acidic blood in the process.


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Smith & Wesson Model 39 9mm.
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PFC Vasquez's Smith & Wesson Model 39 holstered, it's normally covered up by her body armor.
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PFC Vasquez moving through the vents with her Smith & Wesson Model 39 drawn.
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A closeup of the Vasquez's S&W as she takes out an Alien. Note that the hands firing the gun are actually that of Aliens producer Gale Anne Hurd. Hurd explained that Jenette Goldstein had little firearms experience prior to filming and her portrayal of the gun's recoil wasn't accurate.

M16A1

Seen on the gun racks in the USS Sulaco's armory.

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M16A1 with 30 Round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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M16A1 seen in the rack behind Private Frost.
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In this behind the scenes photo shows the best view of the M16A1's.

SA80

Seen on the gun racks in the Sulaco's armory.

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British Royal Ord SA80
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Sa-80 next to some pulse rifles.

Colt Commando

Seen on the gun racks in the USS Sulaco's armory.

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Colt Commando 5.56mm
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Colt Commando rifles briefly glimpsed in the gun rack behind Frost.
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In this behind the scenes photo shows the best view of the Colt Commando's. (far right)

External Links

M41A Pulse Rifle @ Wikipedia

Aliens Review

Aliens II Info