Valmet M78

The Finnish Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun has the standard clubfoot RPK-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. It has been chambered in 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).

The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:

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Valmet M78 with 75-round drum and 40-round box magazines - 7.62x39mm

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Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 40 round Magazine - 7.62x39mm

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Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO

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Valmet M78 with magazine removed and scope - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Red Dawn	Patrick Swayze	Jed Eckert	7.62x39mm	1984
	Jennifer Grey	Toni Mason
		Soviet paratroopers
Bird on a Wire	David Carradine	Eugene Sorenson	7.62x51mm NATO	1990
The Negotiator	Michael Cudlitz	Palermo	7.62x51mm NATO; with scope and laser sight	1998
Light It Up		SWAT sniper	footage from The Negotiator; 7.62x51mm NATO; with scope and laser sight	1999

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Tour of Duty		NVA soldiers	7.62x51mm NATO	1987 - 1989

Valmet M78/83

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Valmet M78/83S with Mauser Mark X Electro-Point 4x40 scope (converted to full-auto) - 7.62x51mm NATO

In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the M78/83.

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Commando	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Col. John Matrix	7.62x39mm	1985
Maximum Overdrive	Leon Rippy	Brad	with scope	1986
Predator		Rebels	7.62x39mm	1987
Short Time	Paul Jarrett	Jonas Lutz		1990
Rambo: First Blood Part II		Vietnamese soldiers		1985
Hard Target	Sven-Ole Thorsen	Stephan	7.62x51mm NATO; with scope	1993

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Chicago Code		Latino gang member	7.62x51mm NATO; S01E07 - "Black Hand and the Onion Man"	2011