The Chinese prison guards (including ones played by Logan Wong, Hon Ping Tang, Tom Lung and Chuen Tsou) in Su Chou carry the Norinco Type 56-1. The Vietnamese gunner in the helicopter also fires a Type 56-1 at Bishop and Jiang during the 1975 flashback, as do several Viet Cong. Many of the Lebanese terrorists and Sheik Salameh's men also carry Type 56-1 rifles during the 1985 flashback to Beirut. Some of the East German border guards in the late 1970s flashbacks also carried AKMS rifles.
U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam scenes in 1975 carry the M16A1 with 30-round magazines. U.S. Embassy Marines in Beirut are also armed with M16A1s.
After Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) convinces S/Sgt. Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) to assassinate a high-ranking North Vietnamese Army officer, Bishop uses a Parker Hale Lee Enfield T4 Sniper rifle to carry out his task.
Bishop (Brad Pitt) fires the AK-47 carried by his South Vietnamese spotter Jiang (Adrian Pang) at the helicopter gunner. A Lebanese terrorist in Beirut is also seen firing an AK-47.
A terrorist in Beirut during the 1985 flashback fires an RPG-7, seen in one of the photos Bishop takes while undercover as a photojournalist. Somehow the weapon fires despite never being loaded.
The Sheik's personal bodyguards all carry Heckler & Koch MP5A3 SMGs as do the Lebanese terrorists who suicide bomb his home. The U.S. Navy SEALs (including one played by James Embree) under Commander Wiley all carry MP5A3s with fore end weaponlights when rescuing Bishop and Hadley from Su Chou prison during Operation Dinner Out.
It appears to be a well-worn AK-pattern rifle, although I cannot determine the exact model. You can see the forward part of the receiver, the forward stock, and the barrel in front of his coat.SAWGunner89 02:08, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
L1A1
The Sheik's guards outside his house carry the British commonwealth variant of the FN FAL rifles, the L1A1, in addition to the Type 56-1s.
