Like Season 1 , Season 3 of Archer kicked off in September along with its FX stablemate It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , only this time with a three-parter that picked up right where the second season left off. The rest of the season 3 episodes would not air until January of 2012.
The following weapons were used in Season 3 of the television series Archer :
Handguns
Walther PPK
Sterling Archer's primary sidearm is a Walther PPK . According to a DVD special feature and the companion book How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written , his PPK is chambered in .32 ACP.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer fires his PPK at Barry in "Heart of Archness: Part I" (S03E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer with his PPK as he uses Cyril as cover in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer with twin PPKs in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer aims his PPK at Mounties in "The Limited" (S03E06).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nova Scotian separatist Kenny Bilko (Robb Wells ) with Cyril's PPK in "The Limited" (S03E06).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malory with a suppressed PPK in "Lo Scandolo" (S03E08). Later in the episode, Lana calls it a Walther PP in .32 ACP, correctly stating that the capacity is 8+1, but it appears to be the same animation model as Archer's PPK.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana sniffs Malory's freshly fired PPK in "Lo Scandolo" (S03E08).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malory hiding her suppressed PPK in "Lo Scandolo" (S03E08).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cyril with his PPK in "Crossing Over" (S03E10).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer holds his PPK to Krieger's head in "Skin Game" (S03E11).
Special
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M1911A1
M1911A1 's are seen throughout the season.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer aims Rip Reilly's M1911 in "Heart of Archness: Part I" (S03E01). Note that the grips in this shot are white.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer chambers a round into Rip Reilly's M1911 in "Heart of Archness: Part I" (S03E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer emerges with his M1911 in "Heart of Archness: Part I" (S03E01). Note that the grips are now black.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer with his M1911 in "Heart of Archness: Part III" (S03E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ray fires his ornate M1911s in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Malory's alleged shooters with a suppressed M1911A1 in "Lo Scandolo" (S03E08).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Ray's ornate M1911A1 "Barbra" in "Bloody Ferlin" (S03E09).
Desert Eagle Mark VII
Román Calzado uses a Desert Eagle Mark VII in "El Contador" (S03E05).
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Beretta 92F
Like in the first two seasons, Lana Kane sometimes carries a pair of Beretta 92F pistols in a shoulder rig.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana's holstered Beretta in "El Contador" (S03E05).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana's holstered Beretta in "Lo Scandolo" (S03E08).
Webley Mk IV
Real and fake Canadian Mounties are seen armed with Webley Mk IV in "The Limited" (S03E06).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk.IV WW2 British Army version chambered for .38 S&W
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mounties draw their Webleys.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fake Mounties with their Webleys in "The Limited" (S03E06).
Smith & Wesson Model 629
Malory is seen with her Smith & Wesson Model 629 in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malory loads her S&W 629 in "Drift Problem" (S03E07). Note how the cylinder swings to the right rather than the left.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malory fires without looking in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
Burt Reynolds is armed with a Double Barreled Shotgun in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another angle of the above in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
Mossberg 500
Ray's brother Randy uses a Mossberg 500 in "Bloody Ferlin" (S03E09).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Randy loading his Mossberg. Note how he's actually loading the pump-action shotgun correctly, by placing one in the chamber first and then loading the tube.
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Submachine Guns
TEC-9
Lana's primary weapon remains the TEC-9 in Season 3.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana with her holstered TEC-9s in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana fires her TEC-9s in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana with her TEC-9 in "The Limited" (S03E06).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana cocks her TEC-9 in "Bloody Ferlin" (S03E09).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana proves how bulletproof Archer's new Dodge Challenger is in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
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Uzi
Another Cuban hit squad is seen armed with Uzis in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04). The Yakuza have them in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Cubans mistake Ray for Archer in "The Man from Jupiter" (S03E04).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Yakuza fire on the ISIS agents in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Yakuza aims at Cyril in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
Rifles
AK-47
The AK-47 shows up numerous times during the series. They appear to be based on real AK-47s, with the milled receiver and open-topped front sight.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer mows down a pirate with an AK-47. (Hey UPROXX, maybe you'll cite us next time, or at least change the effing file name.)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer fires the AK next to Rip's head in "Heart of Archness: Part I" (S03E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another over-the-shoulder shot in "Heart of Archness: Part I" (S03E01). They actually got the skin on the left side correct.
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M14
Cyril and Calzado hunt for Archer and Lana with M14s in the Colombian jungle before Cyril catches up with Lana in "El Contador" (S03E05). Randy Gillette has one in "Bloody Ferlin" (S03E09) that fires full auto.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana with Cyril's scoped M14 in "El Contador" (S03E05).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing This shot shows the selector switch on the M14 in "El Contador" (S03E05)
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XM16E1
Archer and Lana carry XM16E1 rifles in "El Contador" (S03E05). They are armed with them again in "Drift Problem" (S03E07). Like all the other guns, the animators often mix up the sides.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer with his XM16E1 in "El Contador" (S03E05). Notice the lack of fencing around the mag release, which is on the wrong side.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The XM16E1 has flipped sides.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing And yet moments later, it's correct.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer and Lana with their XM16E1 in "El Contador" (S03E05). Now the forward assist is on the correct side of the receiver, but somehow on the same side as the safety selector switch and magazine catch.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer with dual XM16E1's in "Drift Problem" (S03E07). Note that the rifles are mirror images.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana returns fire with her XM16E1 in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer shoots off Pam's hood in "Drift Problem" (S03E07).
Machine Guns
Hybrid M60
In "Heart of Archness Pt.III" (S03E03) Lana fires on pirates with a hybrid M60 door gun from a UH-1 Huey. This M60 has spade grips like a M60D but still retains the forward hand guard.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer tries to coach his pirate lacrosse team as Lana looks on.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lana then mows down Archer's lacrosse team, including some redshirt freshmen middies he was grooming.
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Browning M1919
A pair of Browning M1919 machine guns deploy from the grill of the Dodge Challenger Special Agent Edition in "Drift Problem".
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Grenades/Explosives
Mk 2 hand grenade
Mk 2 hand grenades are seen throughout the season, sometimes as frags and sometimes as flash-bangs, although the same animation model is used.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pirates toss a Mk 2 grenade into the radio room in "Heart of Archness, Part II" (S03E02). The animators left the spoon in place.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A nice closeup of a Mk 2 in "Heart of Archness, Part II" (S03E02).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Archer, Rip, and Noah stare at a smoldering grenade in "Heart of Archness, Part II" (S03E02). It turns out to be a flash-bang, despite looking exactly like a frag grenade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Please tell me that's a smoke grenade." "Okay. It's not though." (S03E06).
M18 Smoke Grenade
M18 Smoke Grenades are always seen in gear bags.
M18 smoke grenade
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M18A1 Claymore
Archer disarms an M18A1 Claymore in "El Contador" (S03E05).
M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine
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M67 hand grenade
Lana carries a pair of M67 hand grenades in "El Contador" (S03E05).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of Lana's M67s.
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M26 hand grenade
Archer has a black M26 hand grenade in "El Contador" (S03E05).
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RPG-7
Pirates are armed with RPG-7s in ""Heart of Archness, Part III" (S03E03).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pirates attempt to shoot down an escaping helicopter
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shelf of RPG rounds in the ISIS armory in "Bloody Ferlin" (S03E09).
Miscellaneous
Orion Flare Gun
Rip Riley threatens Archer with an Orion Flare Gun in "Heart of Archness, Part I" (S03E01).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rip Riley points the Orion Flare Gun at Archer.
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Palmer Cap-Chur Short Range Projector
Krieger uses a Palmer Cap-Chur Short Range Projector tranquillizer gun in "El Contador" (S03E05).
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"M41 Mark 2 Plasma Pulse Rifle"
The "M41 Mark 2 Plasma Pulse Rifle" is used by ISIS and mutineers in the two part episode "Space Race". It has an underbarrel concussion grenade launcher. It bears some resemblance to the M41A Pulse Rifle .
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"Ion Cannon"
The mutineers on the Horizon fire a bazooka-like "ion cannon" towards the ISIS team in "Space Race: Part II" (S03E12).
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Oerlikon 20mm Cannon
The main armament of the pirate ship appears to be an Oerlikon 20mm Cannon in "Heart of Archness, Part I" (S03E01).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Oerlikon mounted on the bow of the ship behind a gun shield.
SS-1 Scud missile
Two SS-1 Scud transporter erector launcher are shown in "Space Race: Part I" (S03E12).
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