The following weapons were used in the film The Day After :
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Smith & Wesson Model 15 A Smith & Wesson Model 15 is briefly seen holstered on a USAF airman in the Minuteman II Oscar-1 Launch Control Center at Whiteman AFB in Missouri. This footage is actually taken from a 1979 documentary called First Strike .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 15 holstered on a USAF airmanRemington 700 Remington 700s are seen in the truck Stephen Klein (Steve Guttenberg ) gets into as he hitchhikes back to Joplin, Missouri. They are also used by militia to execute looters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 700 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 700 top rackError creating thumbnail: File missing Steve seems like he may be a bit of a hoplophobe Ithaca 37 Ithaca 37s are seen being used by US National Guardsmen defending the aid truck.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ithaca Model 37 riot version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ithaca 37 bottom rack Error creating thumbnail: File missing A US National Guardsman holds his Ithaca 37 while preventing a mob of civilians from looting the truck. MGC M-16 The MGC M16 replica is utilized by US Air Force Security Police at the Oscar-1 Launch Control Facility and later by US National Guardsmen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MGC M16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A US Air Force sergeant armed with an MGC M16 orders the airman at Oscar-1 to stay until the evac choppers get there. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Airman Billy McCoy: "Yeah, come on man, make up your mind. 'Cause you're either gonna crawl down in that hole, or you're gonna shoot me in the back. So what does the book say, bozo?" A US Air Force MP pulls back the bolt on the MGC M16.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dr. Oakes rides to the ruins of Kansas City with US National Guardsmen. Remington 870 Field Gun Jim Dahlberg (John Cullum ) uses a 1970s vintage Remington 870 Field Shotgun with 28" barrel, throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 Field Gun - 12 gauge. This is the current production model, with matte finish and laminate wood furniture. The 870 used in the show is the 1970s variant with rich factory blued finish and walnut stocks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim Dahlberg loads his Remington 870 to defend his family's fallout shelter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim pumps a shell into the chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Armed with his Remington 870, Jim asks Stephen Klein what he saw after the nuclear war. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jim demands that nomads get off his property. Colt Lightning After a fight breaks out at a water pump a man draws his Colt Lightning to break up the fight so Airman McCoy (William Allen Young ) and "Cody" (Bob Meister) can have a drink.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Lightning 1877 Cavalry - .38 Long Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The man cocks his Colt Lightning. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Combination gun A Combination gun is seen briefly being carried by a farmer at the farmer's meeting.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Over & Under shotgun Jim Dahlberg gives Steve Klein an Over & Under shotgun when he takes Jim's daughter Denise Dahlberg and Danny Dahlberg to the hospital in Lawrence.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A wastelander shoots Jim in the back with his Side by Side shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia Due to the studio being denied footage by the DoD (the studio opted to make who attacked whom first ambiguous rather than depicting the Soviets as the aggressors, defying the DoD's request), the mushroom clouds in the film were made by injecting colored ink plumes into a water tank.
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