V.I.P. was an action comedy series distributed by Sony Pictures Television that ran for four seasons on the UPN Network and in syndication throughout the United States. Created by J.F. Lawton (the screenwriter of Under Siege), the series featured Pamela Anderson as a woman who becomes the figurehead of a bodyguard service after unwittingly saving the life of a celebrity. The series was intentionally campy and broad farce and captured the spirit of the 1990s with splashy colors and 'lightweight' villains (one of the last shows to elicit that "pre-9/11" feel). One thing the show had tons of was .... (no not girls in skimpy attire, which was the case) ... guns. And only on V.I.P. could Vallery's team have a full auto shootout with bandits in the street and no vehicles or buildings are damaged. It was a low budgeted series and it showed, but the producers kept up the light feel by not taking the show seriously at all.
The following weapons were used in the television series V.I.P.:
Colt Arrow (Bryan Cranston) and a diamond thief are both seen using the Smith & Wesson Model 686 in Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand".
In Season 1 - Episode 2 "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead", Viktor Balek (Udo Kier) threatens Vallery and her client with his Smith & Wesson 659 pistol. Dual Smith & Wesson 659 pistols are also used by Tasha Dexter (Molly Culver) in the episode.
A Ruger Mk III with suppressor is the primary sidearm of Tasha Dexter (Molly Culver), first seen in Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand" - .22 LR.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRuger Mk III pistol with a custom suppressor - .22 LR. The MK II was replaced by the MK III in 2004. The MK II ceased production completely in 2005. All factory pistols after a certain year, are shipped with the Ruger Logo on the plastic grips. This is a film armory pistol with custom grips (that don't have the Ruger logo). This was done to make the weapon more into a stealth assassination piece and the 'bright' colored logo worked against that.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn the pilot episode, Tasha Dexter (Molly Culver) with her Ruger MK III with Integral Suppressor - .22LRError creating thumbnail: File missingCloseup of the Ruger MK III with Integral Suppressor in the Pilot episode - .22LR
A Mauser C96 is seen in Season 1 - Episode 11 "Good Val Hunting", used by Eric Collier (John D'Aquino). Collier's C96 is nickel plated (judging from the very shiny and almost brand-new finish, it is possible that this is a Chinese-made imitation. Real "Broomhandles" are relatively rare.)
In Season 1 - Episode 2, Vallery Irons (Pamela Anderson) drops a nickel-plated Beretta 92SB - 9mm. This handgun is erroneously referred to by Tasha Dexter as a Beretta 92S.
The diamond thief falls backwards on the deck of a yacht, armed with a Beretta 92FS and his Smith & Wesson Model 686 in Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand".
Season 1 - Episode 2 "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead" in the hands of one of Viktor Baleks' henchmen in a factory folding stock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingStainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56x45mmError creating thumbnail: File missingOne of Viktor Baleks' henchmen holds a regular Stainless Ruger Mini-14 in a factory folding stock - 5.56mm. It isn't a Ruger GB nor a Ruger AC556 and in the sequence the henchman only fires semi automatic.
Ruger AC556
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRuger AC556 Carbine - 5.56x45mm. This is the full automatic version of the Mini 14 with a distinctive Barrel and bayonet lug. Ruger also offers the Mini-14 GB ("Government Barrel" Model) which is a semi automatic only version of the AC556 for Law Enforcement and (some) civilian sales. The Full Auto AC556 has a distinctive Auto Selector Switch on the back of the receiver that the Semi Auto Ruger Mini 14 does not.
AK-47
In Season 1 - Episode 1, a member of a gang of Diamond thieves uses a milled receiver AK-47 - 7.62x39mm
In Season 1 - Episode 2 "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead", cyberjournalist Arnie Feign (Wayne Pére) takes a Remington Model 742 Semiautomatic deer rifle with a scope out a locker and uses it to attempt to scare off Vallery Irons.
In Season 1 - Episode 1, diamond thieves use an unusual CAR-15 variant with a bayonet lug attached to the elongated flash hider. This is also used to mount a CM203 37mm launcher during some scenes.
Used by one of Jackson Lasarr's henchmen, In Season 1 - Episode 1
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Used by one of Jackson Lasarr's henchmen, In Season 1 - Episode 1
In Season 1 - Episode 1, Nikki Franco (Natalie Raitano) wields a SWD Streetsweeper with 14" length barrel and forward pistol grip, but no folding stock - 12 gauge.
In Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand", "Militia Leader" Jackson Lasarr (Dean Norris) uses an M136 AT4Launcher with a Night Vision scope mounted against the VIP team. Militia leader Lasarr is the head of the fictional "Texas Mad Dog Militia". In the 1990s the favorite and only politically correct 'bogeyman' of Hollywood was the "White Christian Male Militia Member". But to be fair to V.I.P., wide shots of Lasarr's "anti Government" fringe group seem to have Hispanic, Asian and African American members as well, so they are an Equal opportunity fringe group.
