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The Greatest Beer Run Ever

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever
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Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USA
Directed by Peter Farrelly
Release Date 2022
Language English
Studio Apple Original Films

Skydance Media
Living Films

Distributor Apple Studios
Main Cast
Character Actor
John "Chickie" Donohue Zac Efron
Arthur Coates Russell Crowe
Tommy Minogue Will Hochman
The Colonel Bill Murray


The Greatest Beer Run Ever is a 2022 biographical war comedy drama directed and co-written by Peter Farrelly (Green Book), based on the book of the same name by John "Chickie" Donohue and Joanna Molloy. Zac Efron stars in the film as Donohue, a young veteran who in 1967 sneaks into Southeast Asia in order to deliver some beer to his friends who are serving with the military at the height of the Vietnam War. The film's cast includes Russell Crowe, Will Hochman and Bill Murray. The film, which was based on actual events, premiered in the US on September 30, 2022, on the streaming service Apple TV+.



The following weapons were used in the film The Greatest Beer Run Ever:


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Rifles

M16A1

The M16A1 Rifle appears in the film as the standard-issue weapon of most of the US soldiers in Vietnam.

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M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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The rifle seen on the left appears to be an M16A1.

M16 (SP1)

Some of the soldiers in the film appear to carry the M16 (SP1) rifle noted by its "slab-side" receiver.

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M16 (SP1) fitted with A1-style birdcage flash-hider (to imitate the M16A1) and 30-round magazine - 5.56x45mm
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The weapon seen appears to be an M16 (SP1) rifle, as noted by its "slab-side" receiver.

MGC Replica M16

In the scenes where blank-firing weapons were not needed, the US soldiers in Vietnam are seen carrying MGC M16 Replica rifles.

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MGC M16
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The rifle seen on the left appears to be an MGC M16 Replica rifle.

AK-47

AK-47 rifles are seen used by Viet Cong fighters.

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AK-47 Type II - 7.62x39mm
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Arthur takes a photograph of a dead VC fighter with an AK-47 rifle on the ground.

Pistols

Browning Hi-Power

A CIA officer is armed with a Browning Hi-Power pistol while searching the jungle for Chickie.

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The first version of the classic pistol, developed by John Browning and adopted by Belgium in 1935, the FN P-35 - 9x19mm
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A CIA officer is armed with a Browning Hi-Power pistol while searching the jungle for Chickie.

Machine Guns

M60

The M60 machine gun is seen mounted on US jeeps.

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M60 GPMG - 7.62x51mm NATO
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The M60 is seen mounted on a US jeep on the left.

Launchers

M79 Grenade Launcher

The M79 grenade launcher is used by US soldiers in Vietnam.

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M79 grenade launcher - 40mm
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A soldier in Vietnam uses his M79 grenade launcher to launch a flare.

Poster

The poster for the film shows UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, which are anachronistic for the time period of the movie.

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Note the anachronistic UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.