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==M40 Recoilless Rifle== | ==M40 Recoilless Rifle== | ||
Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]) and 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter ([[Kenny Johnson]]) use an M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep to knock out several heavily fortified VC positions in Hue City. | Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]) and 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter ([[Kenny Johnson]]) use an M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep to knock out several heavily fortified VC positions in Hue City. | ||
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[[Image:GB Jeep RecoilessRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep.]] | [[Image:GB Jeep RecoilessRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep.]] | ||
[[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'Jimmy Joe' Coulter ([[Kenny Johnson]]) inspects the barrel, making sure that the gun is loaded.]] | [[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'Jimmy Joe' Coulter ([[Kenny Johnson]]) inspects the barrel, making sure that the gun is loaded.]] |
Revision as of 09:25, 16 January 2011
Going Back is a 2001 made for TV movie starring Casper Van Dien as Capt. Ramsey, the former Marine C.O of Echo Company. Years after the war, Ramsey and several of his former soldiers return to Vietnam to film a TV documentary about their reunion, but tensions are high, as the men of E Company blame Ramsey for a friendly fire incident that resulted in the deaths of several Marines. As the men revisit old battlefields, the events leading up to the day in question are shown in a series of flashbacks. In the United States, the film was released on DVD under the title Under Heavy Fire.
The following weapons were used in the movie Going Back:
Rifles
M16A1
The main weapon used by the Marines of Echo Company, including Capt. Ramsey (Casper Van Dien), Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett), Eric Aimes (Daniel Kash), Gunnery Sergeant. 'Gunny' Bailey (Jim Morse), Chico Spaceman (Pablo Espinosa), Top Taylor (Lance Glass Green) is the M16A1.
AK-47
The main weapon of the Vietcong is the AK-47, most likely a Type II model.
Machine Guns
M60 Machine Gun
'Jimmy Joe' Coulter (Kenny Johnson) and Sgt. Ray Shepard (Bobby Hosea) carry the M60 Machine Gun for Echo Company. The M60 is also seen mounted on UH-1 'Huey' Iroquois Helicopters.
Launchers
M79 Grenade Launcher
Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett) carries an M79 Grenade Launcher) until he becomes Capt. Ramsey's (Casper Van Dien) RTO.
M72 LAW
Chico Spaceman (Pablo Espinosa) and other Marines carry the M72 LAW, which is never seen fired.
M40 Recoilless Rifle
Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett) and 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter (Kenny Johnson) use an M40 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep to knock out several heavily fortified VC positions in Hue City.
[[Image:GB JimmyJoe Tex RecoilessRifle 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]}) and 'Jimmy Joe' sight in the Recoilless Rifle.]]