Rambo (2008)

The following guns were used in Rambo (2008)

Rambo (2008)

Barrett M82CQ

This .50BMG Rifle designed by Barrett Firearms is a Close Quarters Combat version of the M82A1M/M82A3, easily distinguished by the short barrel. It is used by the SAS-Trained Sniper 'Schoolboy' (Matthew Marsden) throughout the film. During the night raid during the rainstorm, the M82CQ has an AN/PEQ-2A mounted on the scope, and is seen as fully sound suppressed, though a .50 caliber weapon (or any supersonic round, including the 5.56x45mm) can only be partially suppressed.

Detail shot of the barrel length of "Schoolboy"s (Matthew Marsden) Barrett M82CQ - 50 BMG

The business end of a Barrett M82CQ - 50 BMG

Detail shot of the side of the Barrett M82CQ - 50 BMG

AKM

• A variety of AKM type full buttstock rifles (not Norinco Type 56) are seen in the hands of the Burmese Junta Soldiers.

Burmese Soldier with an AKM, most likely a Hungarian SA-85 rifle, judging by the handguards - 7.62x39mm

AKMS

• A variety of AKMS under folder type rifles (not Norinco Type 56) are seen in the hands of the Burmese Junta Soldiers.

Burmese Soldier with an AKMS underfolder, most likely a Hungarian SA-85M rifle, judging by the handguards - 7.62x39mm

Rubber AK

• Obvious in many shots there are many RUBBER AKs/Type 56s/AKMs. Most noticeable because their trigger guards are thicker than normal and sometimes the front sight has no hole and are solid rubber blocks.

Burmese Junta soldier holds a rubber AK rifle

More rubber AK rifles, the front sights on these have a hole in them

Norinco Type 56

• There are many AK types in the movie, and upon further study, most of the models will be identified. But one of the obvious ones is the Norinco Type 56. It is obvious in the hands of some of the Burmese Junta soldiers and during the final battle En-Joo (Tim Kang) grabs one and fights with it.

En-Joo (Tim Kang) picks up and fires a Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm

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"Die Burmese Junta Scum!"

Type 56 with pig sticker bayonet

• Most obvious during the night raid on the village, the Junta soldiers use Type 56 rifles with the classic 'Vietnam' era pig sticker underfolding bayonet.

Junta soldiers shooting villagers with Norinco Type 56 rifles with the "Pig sticker" underfolding bayonets - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56-C

• Myint (Supakorn Kitsuwon), the Karen Rebel leader carries a cut down AKM (probably modified from an original Norinco Type 56-1 converted to full auto) with a 345 mm barrel and appears to be the same short rifle that Claire Danes fires in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. It is NOT an AKS-74U and there is no such rifle as an AKS-47U like the airsoft weapon we sometimes see. What is confusing is that it has the non-ribbed folding stock like the Norinco and the non-ribbed dust cover, but the front sight is definitely a .5" AKM style and not the .75" Type 56 style, but since it is a custom gun, it could be built from parts of several guns. It is probably the same rifle as T3 since Harry Lu was the armorer for this movie and Mike Papac was the armorer on T3 and they both work with Syd Stembridge and each other.

Myint (Supakorn Kitsuwon) fires his custom Norinco Type 56-1 7.62x39mm

Walther P-38

The Burmese Pirate Leader is carrying a Walther P-38.

Burmese Pirate Leader with a Walther P-38 9mm

Tokarev TT-33 pistol

• Dropped by one of the Burmese pirates and visible on the deck of the boat before Rambo kills him.

Tokarev TT-33 pistol on the deck of the Boat - 7.62x25mm

M1911A1 pistol

• Rambo uses an M1911A1 pistol to take down the Burmese Pirates on the River.

Rambo fires his M1911 pistol - .45 acp

Jericho 941 "Baby Eagle"

• A Jericho 941 Compact "Baby Eagle" was used by the villainous Major Pa Tee Tint (Maung Maung Khin) as his personal sidearm, only seen during the final battle of the film.

Trivia Note: The actor Maung Maung Khin, who plays the villain, was a real life Karen resistance fighter, who escaped to Thailand (where the movie was filmed) to reunite with his relatives. Stallone wanted someone who understood the nature of the Burmese military and luckily had an actor with real life dealings with their brutality.

Major Pa Tee Tint (Maung Maung Khin) holds a compact Jericho 941 "Baby Eagle" at the final battle

M18A1 Claymore Mine

• Rambo grabs a Claymore from Schoolboy to set a trap. It looks to be the BLUE training version of the Claymore.

Rambo uses a Claymore mine to set a boobytrap for the pursuing soldiers. He has a secondary small charge on the back of the mine.

M67 Hand Grenade

• En-Joo (Tim Kang) grabs an "M67 Grenade" from a pouch and throws it. But in the shot it's an obvious M69 Metal training grenade (even visible with the 'blue' paint of the inert model).

Grabbing the M67 to throw.

British Tallboy Bomb

• One of the first bunker buster bombs, the British Tallboy "Earthquake" bomb was 21 feet long and weight 5 tons and was used by the R.A.F. in 1944. The one seen in the film is halfway submerged in the soft jungle earth and extends 10 feet high. Though people thought that the explosion mimicked a nuclear explosion more than anything, a 5 ton conventional bomb is a massive explosion that resembles a small nuke blast. A goof is that the British never used the type of plane(Avro Lancaster)that carried the Tallboy in Burma. It was mainly used against the Germans in Europe during WWII rather than against the Japanese in the Pacific Theartre.

The British "Tallboy" bomb, unexploded in the jungle for over 60 years...

M16A1

• Karen rebels carry M16A1 rifles in large quantities.

Karen Rebel with an M16A1 - 5.56x45mm

M4A1 with M203

• Carried by Reese (Jake La Botz) with a tan camo paint job and a red dot scope (probably an Airsoft replica) that is a copy of the real Trijicon ACOG scope. Noticeable is the lack of the fiber optic band on the top of the real ACOG scope, indicating that it is a replica red dot.

Reese with his M4A1, painted in camo - 5.56 NATO

DSA SA-58 OSW

• Carried by Diaz (Reynaldo Gallegos).

DSA SA58 OSW rifle with grip, flashlight and Eotech Holographic Sight - 7.62x51mm

Diaz with his DSA SA58 OSW rifle with rails, no grip and an Aimpoint Sight - 7.62x51mm

Diaz with his DSA SA58 OSW rifle - 7.62x51mm

SIG SG-551

• Carried by En-Joo (Tim Kang).

En-Joo carries his SIG SG-551 - 5.56x45mm

FN MAG

• Clearly seen on the Burmese Patrol boat. It's a FN MAG-58 with an M240 style flash hider.

MAG-58 used by a Burmese Sailor - 7.62x51mm

M136 AT4

• Myint (Supakorn Kitsuwon) fires an M136 AT4 rocket launcher at the Burmese Patrol Boat.

Myint fires his AT4 - 84mm

M29 81mm Mortar

• Used by Junta forces and the Karen Rebels

M29 81mm Mortar used by Junta troops - 81mm

M29 81mm Mortar used by Junta troops - 81mm

Mossberg 590 Custom

• SAS trooper Lewis (Graham McTavish) carries a Mossberg 590 with a Magpul M93A rear stock attached to a Mesa Tactical M4 adapter block and a Mesa Tactical Top receiver Rail with an EOTech holographic Sight.

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Lewis (Graham McTavish) runs with his custom 590 - 12ga

Lewis (Graham McTavish) carries with a custom 590 - 12ga

Closer shot, detailing the Magpul M93A stock

Browning M3 Anti Aircraft machine gun

• The Browning M3 (the anti aircraft version of the M2HB .50 Cal machine gun) used in the film has a perforated shroud around the barrel and a modern twist - a Muzzle Brake (similar to a Barrett M82A1) to divert the flash to the sides, especially useful if you're shooting from behind an armored shield and your only viewable area is directly above the barrel. The M3 had a long heat shield for several reasons, not the least bit being that when used against aircraft in WW2, the bursts were much longer as gunners attempted to walk their fire (via tracers) onto their targets. The barrels grew red hot and the heat shield not only helped protect the crews, the added area improved the heat dissipation qualities of the barrel. It is not the standard air cooled Browning M2HB that is usually seen mounted on vehicles.

Browning M3 with spade grips (most commonly seen as door gunners on B17s) An electronically fired version of the M3 was used as the main gun in many U.S. aircraft during WW2. - .50 bmg

Browning M3 with a muzzle brake, first seen used by the Junta soldiers to gun down villagers - .50cal BMG

M3 .50 caliber machine gun, used by Rambo to kick ass - .50cal BMG

Good side shot of M3 .50 caliber machine gun - .50cal BMG

Also seen mounted on the Burmese Patrol boat with a snail drum magazine (common on Naval boat mounted guns) - .50cal BMG

Browning M2HB machine gun

• The only standard M2HB in the film is seen on the Burmese Pirate Boat near the middle of the film.

A Standard Browning M2HB 50 cal machine gun on the deck of the Burmese Pirate Boat - .50 BMG