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Predator (1987)
The following guns were used in the film Predator
Modified AR-15/SP1
The two members of the special forces team that exclusively carry Modified AR-15/SP1 rifles are Billy (Sonny Landham) and Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Dutch's AR-15/SP1 is fitted with an M203 grenade launcher, while Billy's AR-15/SP1 is fitted with an M16A2-style handguard and a Mossberg 500 shotgun attached under the barrel. Dutch later uses shells from the M203 to prepare improvised weapons for his final showdown with the Predator. They are identified as AR-15/SP1s because they lack the forward assists and fencing around the magazine release known on M16A1s or M16A2s. They are modified by the armorers to look somewhat like M16A2s which isn't hard to see they aren't as they lack the shell deflectors, forward assists, and newer adjustable sights. The armorers appeared to have taken real rifles, converted them to fully-automatic firing, and added blank adapters to the muzzles. They are somewhat visible sticking inside the barrels of several guns in the film, meaning they converted quite a few real guns.
M60E3 Machine Gun
The M60E3 machine gun is carried by Sgt. Mac (Bill Duke). The weapon can easily be identified as an M60E3 from the forward grip.
GE M134 Minigun
Nicknamed 'Ol Painless', a hand-held M134 Minigun is the main weapon of the movie carried by Blain (Jesse Ventura). It has been modded for Commando use with an M60 handguard and a rear pistol grip. The weapon was powered by an electric cable hidden in the actors trousers and fired reduced power 7.62 blank rounds to ease the recoil force. It is believed in real life a similar weapon was tested by US special forces in the 1970s but found impractical(This statement is false, anyone with the least bit of knowledge about this weapon system would know that a soldier cannot fire a multi barreled 7.62mm machine gun). Although rumoured to be an XM214 'Microgun' which fires the smaller 5.56mm NATO rounds, It is the larger M134 hence the barrel cluster. The gun is operated in the movie also by Mac shortly after Blain's death. A second minigun can be briefly seen door-mounted on one of the Hueys that the commandos ride to their insertion point in the jungle.
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
The MP5A3's are the mainstay weapons of the rest of the squad. Blain (Jesse Ventura), Poncho (Richard Cheves), Hawkins (Shane Black) and Dillon (Carl Weathers) all carry them. The weapons are distinguishable from i.e. their slightly curved buttstocks. Ponco keeps an MP5A3 slung in a back poach, along with his grenade launcher. Apparently they were originally civilian HK94 carbine rifles with 16" barrels cut down and modified to full-auto fire by the armorers of the film. They can be noted based on the lack of a paddle mag release, a lugged barrel, and a push pin set.
M18A1 Claymore
The commandos can be seen using M18A1 Claymores several times in the film; first as part of the defense perimeter when camped out for the night after Blain is killed, then when Dutch orders the other commandos to make a stand against the Predator in the jungle.
The pistols
It can be easily spotted, that at least Dutch, Mac, Dillon and Billy carry handguns of unknown type in shoulder holsters. None of these are ever used, however Dillon's holster is different to the rest in the way that it is an old US army black leather "Enger Kress pistol holster" usually meant for the Colt M1911A1 pistol. Therefore it is logical to assume that at least Dillon was carrying a Colt with him. Look carefully at Billy's shoulderholster just before he finds the skinned Green Berets - the holstered pistol appears to be an IMI .44 Desert Eagle.
Also, the guerilla girl by the name of Anna (Elpidia Carrillo) can be seen pointing a pistol of some sort (possibly a Walther PP or PPK) towards Dutch at the end of the attack against the guerilla base.
Guerilla weapons
The jungle guerillas engaged by Dutch's commando team carry only a few sorts of firearms. Aside from the yet again unknown pistol used by a guerilla to execute the POW, AKM's are mostly seen. One type of light machine gun used by the guerillas is the Valmet M78/83. The M78 has an RPK style 'clubfoot' stock, whereas the M78/83 was the version of the Valmet Light Machinegun that came with a black synthetic "Dragunov style thumbhole stock" and was the variant used in Arnold's previous film Commando..
It is first seen when Mac and Blain are infiltrating the camp. Later on one can be seen in the middle of the guerilla base during the fighting. The weapon does resemble an RPK light machine gun a lot, but has a different muzzle brake, front sight assembly, and other structural differences to distinguish it from the the RPK.
Custom 37mm Launcher
A custom launcher built specifically by the armorers is used by Poncho. It is built from H&K MP5A3 parts(mainly the stock and pistol gips) and uses parts ftom an AN-M5 aircraft pyrotechnic discharger (a 37mm flare launcher).
Additional weapons
Dutch can also be seen wearing a few M67 Grenades on his vest at the beginning. These grenades are also thrown around by the various commandoes during the raid to the guerilla base. Satchel charges are also used by Dutch to blow up a pickup truck after he manages to make it fall through a wall and right into a small gathering of the guerillas.