The following weapons can be seen in the film Tears of the Sun :
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Remington 870 The team’s forward scout, Lake (Johnny Messner ) wields both a Remington 870 and a M4A1 . The shotgun is equipped with an extended magazine tube, a side saddle shell holder, and a strange compensator. The squad’s designated marksman, Flea, (Chad Smith ), takes the shotgun after Lake is shot, but the weapon was dropped and Flea switched back to his M4A1.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake leads the way with his Remington 870, at-the-ready. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake runs through the jungle with his Remington 870 ready. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake covers the area with his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake gives Zee that "what the fuck are we doing?" look. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake takes cover with his Remington 870 slung over his back. Colt M1911A1 The Colt M1911A1 appears in the hands of two senor officers of the Nigerian Militants.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1911A1 .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer far left has what looks like a Colt 1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The second in command charges the fleeing SEALs with his 1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He then tells his men to keep fighting. AKM The most commonly used assault rifle on the African continent, AKM are seen in the hands of militants, refugees, and Doc, (Paul Francis ) who took it from a dead militant. He is never seen using it, but after the village raid, he most likely gave it to a refugee, as they acquired a lot of them then.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AK-47 rifle 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rebel fighter walks through the jungle with his AKM. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rebels enter the mission with their AKMS. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc Kelly sits with his AK slung over his shoulder. He acquired the weapon after Lt. Waters killed it owner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc crawls towards the village with his AK slung over his shoulder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rebel executes a villager with his AK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A refugee obtains a pair of boots and an AK-47 from a dead rebel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Arthur Azzuka's bodyguards (a trained soldier) covers Arthur. AKS-47 The under folding version of the AK-47 is seen being used by several soldiers as well as the full stocked variant.
This is not an AKS-47; more likely a Norinco Type 56-1 with an AKM lower hand guard. -MT2008 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A AKS-47. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rebel fires upon the fleeing SEALs with his AKS. AKMSU A few soldiers are seen wielding the AKMSU , which uses the same kind of ammunition as the AK-47.
File:YugoKrinkov.jpg AKMSU 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing M18A1 Claymore The team’s demolition man, Red (Cole Hauser ), carried three M18A1 Claymores into the field with him. He uses two to ambush the militants and later uses it to hold back enemy troops.
M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red sets up his final Claymore as a volley of gunfire hits the log. DShK Heavy Machine gun It’s hard to determine, but a heavy machine gun; actual DShK or Browning M2 mocked-up is seen on a mounted platform of a flatbed truck.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK heavy machine gun 12.7x109mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun can be seen on the truck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel is seen mildly clearly here. FN FAL Actual footage of the violence in Africa is seen in the beginning of the film and one scene shows several soldiers carrying FN FAL rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN FAL 50.63 Paratrooper with 18" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier far right has a FN FAL paratrooper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier also has a FN FAL paratrooper. FN MAG Seen in the actual footage at the beginning, a government soldier is seen with what looks to be a FN MAG , but please correct me if I’m wrong.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN MAG 58 mocked up to resemble an M240, with synthetic buttstock and heatshield added - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing THe soldier stands behind a FN MAG in the actual footage. Karabiner 98k What appears to be a WWII-vintage Karabiner 98k is seen in the hands of at least two militants. They are never given explicit detail, sadly.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rebel bottom center is carrying a Kar98. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rebel moves to investagate the body of a rebel spy. M72 L.A.W. The Light Anti-Tank Weapon is seen having been carried by Red (Cole Hauser ) and Slo (Nick Chinlund ). The two weapons are fired by Lake and Flea, and then dropped as they are unreloadable.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M72A2 LAW 66mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Slo, (Nick Chinlund ), helps refugees up a hill with his M72 strapped into his pack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flea readies his M72. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flea and Lake fire their LAWs. M1A Previously thought to have been an M21 SWS, the rifle carried by Silk (Charles Ingram ) is in fact a M1A, as it is lacking a selector switch. He uses the weapon throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M14 rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the selector switch is missing in this shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Silk readies to shoot the Rebel spy with his M1A. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red and Silk make their final stand, firing Lt. Water's M4 and Silk's M1A. M4A1 Lieutenant Waters (Bruce Willis ), Flea (Chad Smith ), and Lake (Johnny Messner ) as their primary weapons. "Flea" has a 6x48 Sightron S33 scope on the carry handle, a cheek pad on the stock, a silencer, and a custom paintjob of green and black. "Lake" has a suppressor on his rifle. Both Lake and Lt. Waters both have M68 Aimpoint scopes fitted on their weapons. When the team first arrives in Africa, their M4A1's are fitted with AN/PVS-17 night-vision scopes which are removed once morning arrives.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M4A1 5.56x45mm with M68 Aimpoint scope and RIS foregrip Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Waters meets Dr. Lena Hendricks. Note the M68 aimpoint is mounted backwards and the bit of tape that makes it easier for him to pull it from his vest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flea and Lake search the village hooches with their suppressed M4s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flea hands out the contents of his MRE to refugees. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flea takes a sniper position in a tree while the other team members raid the village. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake fires his M4. Due to his wounded shoulder, he fires it like a complete moron. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red, (Cole Hauser ), fires Lt. Waters' M4 after he drops it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The team with their weapons. Doc, Lake, Lt., and Zee with their M4s.
M4A1 with M203 Team corpsman, Doc, and radioman, Zee, both carry M4A1 carbines with M203 grenade launchers .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M4A1 carbine 5.56x45mm with M203 grenade launcher 40mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zee, there's a $500 sight attached to your gun for a reason! Aim damn you! Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc and Zee equip their pistols, while slinging their M4/M203 combos. Beretta 92FS While I was hoping to get through a movie without a Beretta 92FS , but sure enough, one shows up in the hands of a militant officer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Sgt? far right has a 9mm Beretta. M16A2 A few of the Marines disembarking the helicopter in the beginning of the film are carrying M16A2 rifles , as well as a few Marines at the end of the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Select Fire rifle (Safe/Semi/3 round Burst Only). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jarhead behind the others is carrying a M16A2. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Marine in the background is carrying a M16A2. M18 Smoke Grenade The SEAL team carries a number of M18 smoke grenades that are used to signal to the incoming helicopters as well as the incoming bombers near the end of the film.
M18 smoke grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rebel second in command picks up the empty smoke grenade. M60D The M60D is seen mounted on a helicopter, but it is never fired.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M60D machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing M60E4 Red (Cole Hauser ), the team’s designed heavy-gunner is seen armed with a M60E4 machine gun without the film. Doc (Paul Francis ) wields the weapon when Red runs to set-up a Claymore. Another Navy SEAL who accompanies Captain Bill Rhodes (Tom Skerritt ) also wields a M60E4.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M60E4 machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red directs the refugees with his M60E4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc mans Red's M60E4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The other Navy SEAL with a M60E4. M67 grenade All of the SEALs carry and use M67 hand grenades throughout the mission.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M69 training grenade - an inert version of the M67 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch MK23 The pistol designed especially for USSOCOM, the Heckler & Koch Mark 23 is used by several Navy SEALs, including Lt. Waters, Zee, Red, Flea, Lake, and Slo.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing H&K Mk 23 Mod 0 .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Waters with his MK23. Error creating thumbnail: File missing H&K Mk 23 Mod 0 with (real) Knights Armament suppressor .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red prepares to enter a hooch with his MK23. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rack the slide on your MK23, Lake! This is a continuity shot as it only happens for a second. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 69 RPG The Chinese-replica rocket launcher is seen in the hands of several Militant rebels throughout.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPD light machine gun 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing M249 SAW Slo, (Nick Chinlund ), the squads designed heavy gunner and tech-guy is seen with his paratrooper M249 SAW throughout the movie, until he's killed in a shootout with the rebels. Silk (Charles Ingram ) then uses the weapon during the climax firefight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M249 SAW 5.56x45mm paratrooper version with 200-round ammo drum and accessory rail on feed tray cover Error creating thumbnail: File missing Slo with his SAW. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the blank rounds on the ammo belt. SIG-Sauer P226 The real life Navy SEAL’s favorite handgun, the SIG-Sauer P226 , is seen in the hands of Doc and Silk, (Paul Francis and Charles Ingram ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SKS rifle 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The point man of the rebel men walks through the jungle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Arthur Azzuka's bodyguard saves Lt. Waters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Walther PP In a deleted scene, Lt. Waters leaves the preist running the hospital a Walther PP as self-defense, though proves to be useless as the preist and everyone else at the hospital are slaughtered by the rebels.
The gun is a Walther PP, you can tell by the longer barrel, and if you look at the back strap of the grip you will notice it has grip panels over the wrap around grip used on a PPK.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Walther PP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Walther PP left by Lt. Waters for the preist L1A1 Rifle At the end of the film, one of the Cameroon border guards can be briefly seen armed with an L1A1 rifle instead of an AK variant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing L1A1 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cameroon border guard behind Captain Bill Rhodes (Tom Skerritt ) brandishes an L1A1 rifle HALO jump The High Altitude Low Opening jump seen in the beginning of the film was performed by several former soldiers. One such man, landed several hundred yards off-shore and drowned by getting tangled in his parachute.
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