(Aliens) - M41A Pulse Rifle

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M41A Pulse Rifle - .45 ACP / 12 gauge (in fiction, 10x24mm / 30mm). The weapon pictured here is one of the actual screen-used pulse rifles from Aliens, and Alien³ (it is still painted black from its use on the latter film). This is the only M41A that Bapty & Co. (U.K.) left intact after Aliens was filmed. Photo taken by Dan Shea for Long Mountain Outfitters.

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M41A Pulse Rifle

The "M41A Pulse Rifle" is a fictional firearm invented for the world of Aliens. It uses a 100 round magazine loaded with 10x24mm, explosive tip, caseless, light armor-piercing rounds, although supposedly downloaded to 99 to prevent stoppages. It is fitted with an underslung pump-action 4 shot 30mm grenade launcher. The prop was composed of an aluminium shroud, and M1 Thompson for the main gun, a Remington 870 as the grenade launcher, and uses a Franchi SPAS-12 cut down forend and heatshield over the 870.

The M41A Pulse Rifle has been used in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Aliens	Sigourney Weaver	Ellen Ripley		1986
Aliens	Michael Biehn	Cpl. Dwayne Hicks		1986
Aliens	Bill Paxton	Pvt. Hudson		1986
Aliens	Jenette Goldstein	Pvt. Vasquez		1986
Aliens	Al Matthews	Sgt. Apone		1986
Aliens	Ricco Ross	Pvt. Frost		1986
Alien³	.	Weyland/Yutani operatives	Use it briefly to shoot a prison guard	1992

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Notations	Release Date
G-Police: Weapons of Justice	.	Used by police in the opening FMV	1999
Aliens vs. Predator 2	.	.	2001
Aliens: Colonial Marines	.	.	2012