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[[Image:BerettaM92FS DH1&LW1.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm. The weapon pictured here is the actual screen used Beretta carried and fired by [[Bruce Willis]] in this film and in ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]''. Note that the magazine release is no longer reversed for left-handed shooters, since this gun was used by many other actors in other films and TV series.]] | [[Image:BerettaM92FS DH1&LW1.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm. The weapon pictured here is the actual screen used Beretta carried and fired by [[Bruce Willis]] in this film and in ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]''. Note that the magazine release is no longer reversed for left-handed shooters, since this gun was used by many other actors in other films and TV series.]] | ||
+ | [[File:DH2 McClane.jpg|thumb|none|601px|LAPD Detective Lt. John McClane ([[Bruce Willis]]) draws his Beretta 92FS when he confronts Marvin, the janitor ([[Tom Bower]]).]] | ||
+ | [[File:DH2 514.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McClane loses his Beretta on a luggage conveyor belt during a shootout in the airport baggage area. Unlike the Beretta 92F used in the first film, the slide release on the 92FS was not extended for Bruce Willis, though the magazine release was reversed to accommodate Willis (who is left-handed).]] | ||
+ | [[File:DH2 513.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Miller ([[Vondie Curtis-Hall]]) appears to hold McClane's Beretta after the shootout in the airport baggage area.]] | ||
[[Image:DH2 Beretta2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|LAPD Detective Lt. John McClane fires his [[Beretta 92FS]] at Stuart's men during the skywalk ambush.]] | [[Image:DH2 Beretta2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|LAPD Detective Lt. John McClane fires his [[Beretta 92FS]] at Stuart's men during the skywalk ambush.]] | ||
[[Image:DH2_Beretta.jpg|thumb|none|601px|McClane loads a fresh magazine into his Beretta 92FS]] | [[Image:DH2_Beretta.jpg|thumb|none|601px|McClane loads a fresh magazine into his Beretta 92FS]] | ||
[[File:DH2 501.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of McClane's Beretta on the floor of the skywalk.]] | [[File:DH2 501.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of McClane's Beretta on the floor of the skywalk.]] | ||
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[[Image:DH2_Beretta-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|McClane checks the load on his Beretta 92FS before going to intercept Gen. Ramon Esperanza ([[Franco Nero]]).]] | [[Image:DH2_Beretta-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|McClane checks the load on his Beretta 92FS before going to intercept Gen. Ramon Esperanza ([[Franco Nero]]).]] | ||
[[Image:DieHard2-2014-12-23-17h00m32s184.jpg|thumb|601px|none|A close-up of the grip of the Beretta 92FS in McClane's waistband.]] | [[Image:DieHard2-2014-12-23-17h00m32s184.jpg|thumb|601px|none|A close-up of the grip of the Beretta 92FS in McClane's waistband.]] | ||
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[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[File:DH2 515.jpg|thumb|none|600px|LAPD Sergeant Al Powell ([[Reginald VelJohnson]]) appears to now carry a Beretta as he receives a phone call from McClane.]] | [[File:DH2 515.jpg|thumb|none|600px|LAPD Sergeant Al Powell ([[Reginald VelJohnson]]) appears to now carry a Beretta as he receives a phone call from McClane.]] | ||
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[[Image:DH2-Beretta-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An empty Beretta 92FS in the hand of a dead SWAT officer after the Annex skywalk shootout. Note that the empty shell casings on the floor seem to be a mix of crimped-nose blanks and empty shells from live rounds.]] | [[Image:DH2-Beretta-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An empty Beretta 92FS in the hand of a dead SWAT officer after the Annex skywalk shootout. Note that the empty shell casings on the floor seem to be a mix of crimped-nose blanks and empty shells from live rounds.]] | ||
[[Image:DH2_Beretta-5.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Major Grant fires his Beretta 92FS during the shootout at the church.]] | [[Image:DH2_Beretta-5.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Major Grant fires his Beretta 92FS during the shootout at the church.]] |
Revision as of 23:12, 24 December 2014
Die Hard 2 is the 1990 sequel to 1988's Die Hard. Bruce Willis returns as Lt. John McClane, who this time finds himself trapped in Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport during Christmas week when mercenaries take over the airport's instrument landing system and threaten to bring down incoming passenger jets (one of which is carrying McClane's wife) unless a deposed military dictator on his way to the United States is allowed to be freed upon his landing. Directed by Renny Harlin, the film encountered some controversy at the time of its release due to its depiction of an airline disaster as well as its (unrealistic) depiction of a firearm that would be able to pass through an airport metal detector. The film was released in some video formats under the title Die Hard 2: Die Harder.
The following weapons were used in the film Die Hard 2:
WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Handguns
Beretta 92FS
Instead of the Beretta 92F carried in the original Die Hard, Lieutenant John McClane (Bruce Willis) carries the improved Beretta 92FS as his sidearm in this film. The Dulles Airport Police, along with Chief Carmine Lorenzo (Dennis Franz) and Major Grant (John Amos) also carry the 92FS. The Beretta 92FS used by Bruce Willis in this film was originally purchased by Cinema Weaponry for Lethal Weapon 2; it subsequently appeared in the next four entries in the Die Hard franchise. Unlike the Beretta 92F used in the first film, the slide release on the 92FS was not extended for Bruce Willis, though the magazine release was reversed to accommodate Willis (who is left-handed).
Glock 17
Colonel Stuart (William Sadler) and the mercenaries under his command use Glock pistols as their sidearms. This is one of the earliest appearances of the Glock in a major Hollywood film (it had just been featured in 1989's Johnny Handsome). While the handguns seen in the film appear to be the Glock 17 model, in a now-notorious scene early in the film, McClane (Bruce Willis) identifies the handgun to Chief Lorenzo (Dennis Franz) as a "Glock 7," (no such model exists) and recites a string of inaccuracies, describing it as "a porcelain gun made in Germany that doesn't show up on your airport metal detectors and costs more than you make in a month."
The most glaring misconception is that the weapon is undetectable to the X-Ray machines at the airport, while in reality, Glock never produced such a handgun. In fact, 83.7% (by weight) of the Glock pistol is normal ordnance steel and the "plastic" parts are a dense polymer known as "Polymer 2", which is radio-opaque and is therefore visible to X-ray security equipment. In addition, virtually all of these "plastic" parts contain embedded steel not to make the firearms "detectable", but to increase functionality and shooting accuracy. Contrary to popular movies like Die Hard 2, neither Glock nor any other gun maker has ever produced a "porcelain", "ceramic" or "plastic" firearm which is undetectable by ordinary security screening devices. Even if a pistol that was completely undetectable by either X-ray machines or metal detectors were to be developed, the ammunition inside would still be detectable. Another mistake is the claim the Glocks are made in Germany when in reality, they are manufactured in Austria.
When Glock pistols were first introduced to the U.S. market, they were promoted as being because of their extensive use of non-metallic components. This generated controversy from people fearing that this would make them easier to conceal from metal detectors and X-ray devices - hence the scene in the movie. However, as described, the scenario shown in the film is pure Hollywood fiction. Armorer Mike Papac, whose company Cinema Weaponry supplied all of the firearms used in Die Hard 2, has commented, "I remember when we did that scene, I tried to talk them out of it. There's no such thing as a gun invisible to metal detectors, and there shouldn't be, but they wouldn't budge. They had it written into the script and that was that."
M1911A1
General Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero) is seen with a blued M1911A1 while onboard the military plane transporting him to the States. He then is seen using it to fire at McClane.
Smith & Wesson Model 19
Several airport police officers throughout the film carry Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolvers as their sidearms.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5A5
Colonel Stuart (William Sadler) uses a Heckler & Koch MP5A5 as his main weapon throughout the movie. (IMFDB previously misidentified this weapon as an MP5A3, but Blu-ray screen captures indicate that Stuart's MP5 has the 4-position Navy trigger group which characterizes the A5 variant.)
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
Garber (Don Harvey) carries a Heckler & Koch MP5A3 fitted with a scope. Like the other MP5 variants used by Stuart's men, it also has two magazines taped together 'jungle style'. McClane later commandeers Garber's MP5A3 and uses it to fire at Captain Carmine Lorenzo to prove a point about the firefight between Stuart's men and Major Grant's unit. During the film, MP5 magazines filled with live ammunition are seen being switched for magazines filled with blanks.
Note: One cannot switch between blanks rounds and live rounds in an Heckler & Koch MP5A3/MP5K or an M16A1 as seen in the movie. All firearms that 'autoload', i.e. are either semiautomatic or fully automatic, must be blank adapted in order to cycle. This does not apply to revolvers or other manually operated firearms like pump shotguns or lever/bolt action rifles. If a gun, like an MP5 has been firing blanks, one cannot just switch magazines and start firing live rounds. The blank adapter (which restricts the barrel down to anywhere from 50% to 75% of the original barrel interior) would have to be removed or else the first live round would blow up the firearm.
Heckler & Koch MP5K
The other weapon used by Stuart's men is the Heckler & Koch MP5K submachine gun. Many of them have two mags taped together 'jungle style' with blank & live ammo. During the skywalk shootout, a few of the MP5Ks are actually converted Heckler & Koch SP89s.
Heckler & Koch SP89 (mocked up as MP5K)
During the shootout on the annex skywalk, at least one of the MP5Ks used by the terrorists is actually Heckler & Koch SP89 fitted with an MP5K vertical grip and converted to full-auto. Apparently, the armorer didn't have enough genuine MP5Ks to use when the scene was filmed. Due to a continuity error, both O'Reilly (Robert Patrick) and the terrorist on the scaffolding start out using the SP89 during the shootout, but are later seen with actual MP5Ks.
Shotguns
Ithaca 37
During the shootout on the Annex Skywalk, one of the SWAT officers can be seen carrying an Ithaca 37 shotgun with shell holder on the stock.
Rifles
M16A1
The M16A1 is used by the Dulles Airport SWAT team. It is also used by most soldiers in the "Blue Light" Special Forces unit.
M16 (Colt AR-15 SP1)
At least one of Major Grant's men carries an original M16 (or a Colt AR-15 SP1 converted to auto) that is fitted with an M16A1 flash hider. This weapon is meant to stand in for a genuine M16A1.
Colt AR-15 Sporter II
When Major Grant (John Amos) and the "Blue Light" unit show up at Dulles, several of the soldiers carry what appear to be Colt AR-15 Sporter II (SPII) rifles, fitted with M16A2-style hand guards, that have been converted to full-auto. They can be recognized as AR-15 SPIIs by the "slab side" lower receiver (visible in several shots). These are meant to stand in for the M16A2.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
When Baker and Thompson show up at the church and are knocking on the door, the custodian is watching a news broadcast of Esperanza's extradition, and a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun is glimpsed on the TV.
Other
M26 Hand Grenade
In attempt to kill McClane after securing Esperanza, Colonel Stuart (William Sadler) and his men throw M26 hand grenades into the cockpit of the plane McClane is in, but luckily for McClane, he manages to escape the cockpit using the pilot's ejector seat before the grenades detonate. The grenades seen in the film (especially in closeup) are in reality dummy training grenades meant to represent the M26 style grenade (as evidenced by the obviously 'rough' cast iron and no MFG markings). In typical Hollywood fashion, the hand grenades create explosions far in excess of their power (mockingly called nuclear hand grenades by some prop masters). Also noteworthy, the M26, at maximum, has a seven second fuse delay, and it takes over half a minute for McClane to eject himself from the time the first grenade enters the cockpit.