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Tour of Duty

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Tour of Duty was an American military series that following a group of soldiers through their first tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It ran on CBS from 1987-1989 and was one of very first television series to portray the Vietnam War in a weekly drama.


The following firearms can be seen in the television series Tour Of Duty:

Handguns

M1911A1

The M1911A1 is seen used by Lt. Myron Goldman (Stephen Caffrey) and Lt. John McKay (Dan Gauthier).

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Lt. Goldman armed with a M1911 becomes a tunnel rat in the Season 1 episode "Notes from the Underground."

Assault Rifles

M16A1

The M16 rifle was the main rifle of the U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam. Seen carried by most of the platoon in the series.

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The platoon armed with M16A1 rifles checks out a village in the Season 1 episode "Notes from the Underground"
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SP4 Tucker (Ving Rhames) rides in a Huey with his M16A1 in the Season 1 episode "Burn, Baby, Burn"

Colt XM177

The XM177 rifle is mainly seen being used by SFC Clayton "Zeke" Anderson (Terence Knox).

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Sgt. Anderson (Terence Knox) fires his Colt in the Season 1 episode "Under Siege".

M14

The M14 Rifle was seen twice, used by Sgt. Block (Michael Madsen) and Lt. John McKay (Dan Gauthier) as sniper rifles.

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XM16E1

The XM16E1 Rifle was seen mostly in the third season by the U.S. Army soldiers.

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Norinco Type 56

The Norinco Type 56 was the main gun of the NVA and VC soldiers.

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Rifles

SVD Dragunov

The SVD Dragunov is seen twice used by NVA snipers.

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SKS rifle

The SKS rifle is seen a couple of times by VC soldiers.

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Submachine Guns

Smith & Wesson M76

The Smith & Wesson M76 is seen used by Corporal Danny Purcell (Tony Becker) in the SOG missions.

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S&W Model 76‎

M3 / M3A1 "Grease Gun"

The M3 / M3A1 "Grease Gun" is seen used by Sgt. Marvin Johnson (Stan Foster) in the SOG missions.

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M2 Carbine

The M2 Carbine was used by Sgt. Marcus Taylor (Miguel A. Nunez, Jr.) in some of the SOG missions.

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Shotguns

Ithaca 37

The Ithaca 37 shotgun is seen in the hands of SFC Clayton "Zeke" Anderson (Terence Knox) in several episodes.

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Sgt. Anderson fires his Ithaca 37 in the season 1 episode "Notes from the Underground"

Heavy Weapons

M60

The M60 is mainly used by Pvt. Alberto Ruiz (Ramon Franco) in the series.

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Ruiz readies his M60 in the season 1 episode "Notes from the Underground"

M60D

The "D" variant of the M60 is seen mounted on Huey helicopters as well as fired by enemy forces in the series.

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NVA soldiers seen firing an M60 D in the Pilot Episode.
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M60D seen mounted on a Huey.

Browning M2 HB

A Browning M2 .50 cal is seen mounted on a truck in the Pilot episode.

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RPK Machine Gun

NVA forces are sometimes seen firing the RPK light machine gun.

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Other

M79 grenade launcher

The M79 grenade launcher is seen quite a few times in the show.

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A soldier fires his M79 in the season 1 episode "Notes from the Underground"

M72 LAW

The M72 LAW was seen on the backs of U.S. soldiers and used several times.

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Johnson prepares to fire the LAW in the Pilot episode.