Argo is a 2012 thriller directed by, co-produced and starring Ben Affleck as CIA exfiltration specialist Tony Mendez, who in 1979 helped to devise a daring plan for rescuing six American Embassy workers from Iran during the Iranian Hostage Crisis by posing as a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a fictional sci-fi epic movie called Argo (inspired by the success of sci-fi films during that era, such as Star Wars). The film's cast includes John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, and Alan Arkin. Argo, which was co-produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, would go on to receive three Academy Awards, including the 2012 award for Best Picture.
When the US Embassy in Tehran is seized by Iranian demonstrators on November 4, 1979, a Walther P38 is used by one of the demonstrators to force the American embassy chief of security to order the opening of the doors to the main building.
A Revolutionary Guard at Mehrabad Airport holds a Heckler & Koch MP5A2 with a slimline handguard and the early-pattern "waffle" magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch MP5A2 with original "slimline" handguard and straight "waffle"-style magazine - 9x19mmError creating thumbnail: File missingA Revolutionary Guard holds a Heckler & Koch MP5A2. Iran acquired a license from Heckler & Koch to produce the MP5 during the mid-1970s and continues to build them today as the "MPT-9".
Heckler & Koch MP5K
In one scene, a Revolutionary Guard shoots a man with a Heckler & Koch MP5K that has a MP5A2 stock.
Most of the Revolutionary Guards and soldiers are armed with Heckler & Koch G3A3 rifles, the standard service rifle of the pre-revolutionary Iranian military. Though the weapon is accurate, the model is not quite exact; Iranian G3 rifles have olive-drab green plastic furniture, while the weapons in the film are seen with black.
US Marine embassy guards are seen grabbing and loading M16A1 rifles when the demonstrators break into the embassy compound. They also use the rifles to smash electronic equipment before the demonstrators seize control of the embassy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mmError creating thumbnail: File missingA US Marine chambers his rifle. In this shot the rifle features an M16A1-style forward assist, but lacks the fencing around the magazine release, indicating this gun is either an early-version Colt AR-15A2 Sporter II fitted with the A1 handguards or a similarly-built hybrid with an A1 upper receiver on an SP1 'slab-side' lower receiver.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA US Marine smashes a computer with the butt of his M16A1 as the demonstrators storm the embassy.
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Smith & Wesson 276 Gas Gun
US Marines use Smith & Wesson 276 Gas Guns to fire tear gas rounds at the demonstrators as they attempt to storm the embassy.
