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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The following guns were used in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:
Handguns
Webley "WG" Army Model
As in The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) carries a commercial Webley "WG" Army Model revolver as his main sidearm. He is seen cocking the hammer on one of the cemetery "guards", but doesn't fire it in the film.
Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 Pistol is carried by Red Army officers and KGB agents; the versions used in the film are the Chinese Type 54 copy, which would have existed at the time (the '54' refers to the year of its adoption by the PLA), but would not have been used by Russians. You can tell because they have a large safety switch and the distinctive grips of the Chinese-made Tokarevs. Russian TT-33s also have a safety, but this was forced upon importers after 1990 by the ATF, so many Soviet Era TT-33 pistols were drilled out and had a safety installed by importers in the 1990s.
Browning Hi-Power
A Browning Hi-Power is used by "George 'Mac' McHale" (Ray Winstone) at the end of the movie. Mac's BHP has an external extractor, which wasn't introduced until 1963. It also has the higher profile adjustible "beer can" sights.
Colt M1911
Colonel Dovchenko, disguised as US Army Colonel "Truman," had a Colt M1911. This prop pistol was used by actors playing Russians disguised a United States Army soldiers in the 2008 return of Indy- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This plastic and metal dummy Colt 1911 pistol, actually an airsoft gun (no longer capable of firing pellets), is a highly detailed copy of a real Colt 1911 pistol. Dummy pistols such as these are used during filming when a real firearm is not necessary as the actor is not firing the gun. They are also used for background actors to fill out the number of weapons in a scene, or as "holster stuffers." Keen eyes will catch that the "Prop Store of London"'s "official" version is an M1911A1, not an M1911, so the replica gun doesn't exactly match the blank firing weapon used on set.
Rifles
M1 & M2 Carbine
M1 and M2 Carbines are used by the Russians posing as US Army soldiers and by Indiana Jones at the beginning of the film. Most of them are fitted with 30 round magazines. The ones with 15rd magazines are most likely non-firing plastic replicas.
Norinco Type 56-1
Almost all of the AK-47-type rifles in this movie are stamped-receiver Chinese Norinco Type 56s (fixed stock) and Type 56-1s (folding stock), including the one used by Cate Blanchett during the chase. Aside from the fact that Russians should not be using Chinese-made weapons, AKs with stamped receivers didn't exist until 1959, and the Chinese didn't go to the stamped receivers until 1963. So, although AKs were around then, these particular models are an anachronism. There is a very good possibility that the production crew used the Norinco Type 56 rifles as a "stand-in" for the Russian AK-47s since there are not many genuine Russian AK-47s in the US as well as the Type 56 looking like the original Russian-made AK-47 rifles from a distance (the Norinco Type 56 rifles have a smooth receiver cover that is similar to the ones used on the original Russian AK-47 rifles). Also, the folding-stock model wasn't made until the early 60's, though the ones used might simply be stand-ins for AKS-47 rifles.
Submachine Guns
Thompson M1921AC
The Thompson Submachine Gun held by Mac (Ray Winstone) in Hangar 51 is a Colt M1921AC with a horizontal foregrip on it to update the weapon to the 1950's.
Thompson M1928A1
The Thompson Submachine Gun seen in the hands of the Russians posing as US Army soldiers at the beginning of the film. The M1928A1s seen in the hands of the Russians had horizontal foregrips, 30 round magazines, and Cutts compensators fitted on the muzzle.
Machine Guns
Browning M1919A6
A Browning M1919A6 machine gun with the stock removed is seen on the Russian amphibious Jeep in this movie, It is lost during the waterfall scene. It is possible this weapon could be a 'captured example' from WWII/Korea used by the Soviets prior to the PK machine gun, or on lease from Communist South American countries aiding the Soviets. A more likely possibility that the weapon was an attempt (and a fairly poor one at that) to imitate the design of the Soviet KPV.
Shotguns
Winchester Model 1897
A Russian posing as a US Army soldier is seen armed with a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun at the beginning of the film.
Other
Type 69 RPG
A Chinese Type 69 RPG, a copy of the RPG-7 is seen in a poster for the film, and is fired by Indy in the trailer. This is not historically accurate, as the movie is set in 1957, and the RPG-7 was not adopted by the Soviet Union until 1961. In the film, the weapon seems to have been modified to fire a PG-2 antitank grenade (a round which only the RPG-2 can fire), but the launcher itself is clearly not an RPG-2 (you can tell it's a Type 69 copy because it has the folding carry handle and thicker heat shield). It is more than likely that the Type 69 was used as a "stand-in" for the Russian RPG-2, which was in use with the Red Army in 1957.
Trivia
In the United States, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) does not allow firearms to be directly pointed at a person in the same screenshot in movie trailers that are deemed "approved for appropriate audiences" (so-called "Green Band" trailers). Thus, the studio resorts to CGI to disguise this fact. Below is an example:
For other examples, please see Cop Out and Iron Man.
The Indiana Jones Films
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom