(Aliens) - M41A Pulse Rifle

M41A Pulse Rifle - .45 ACP / 12 gauge (in fiction, 10x24mm / 30mm). The weapon pictured here is one of the actual screen-used pulse rifles from Aliens, and Alien³ (it is still painted black from its use on the latter film). This is the only M41A that Bapty & Co. (U.K.) left intact after Aliens was filmed. Photo taken by Dan Shea for Long Mountain Outfitters.

M41A Pulse Rifle

The "M41A Pulse Rifle" is a fictional firearm created for the world of Aliens. As described and seen in the film, this rifle is usually fitted with a 99-round magazine loaded with 10x24mm, explosive tip, caseless, light armor-piercing rounds, although supposedly downloaded to 95 to prevent stoppages. In addition, the Pulse rifle is fitted with an underslung pump-action 4 shot 30mm grenade launcher. The prop (which was constructed from a sketch by Aliens director James Cameron) was composed of an aluminium shroud, an M1 Thompson for the main gun and a Remington 870 as the grenade launcher, which was mounted underneath and uses a cut down forend and heatshield of Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun over the 870's action.

The "M41A Pulse Rifle" has been used in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Aliens	Sigourney Weaver	Ellen Ripley		1986
Aliens	Michael Biehn	Cpl. Dwayne Hicks		1986
Aliens	Bill Paxton	Pvt. Hudson		1986
Aliens	Jenette Goldstein	Pvt. Vasquez		1986
Aliens	Al Matthews	Sgt. Apone		1986
Aliens	Ricco Ross	Pvt. Frost		1986
Alien³	.	Weyland-Yutani commandos		1992

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Notations	Release Date
G-Police: Weapons of Justice	.	Used by police in the opening FMV	1999
Aliens vs. Predator 2	.	.	2001
Aliens: Colonial Marines	.	.	2012