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The rifle seen in the Mike Force assault is a T26 Tanker Garand Rifle. I have seen them in the inventory with the flash hider removed and two holes drilled in the bottom of the trigger housing to mount a dummy magazine. It was the armories way of having a weapon look like an M14 at that time. --[[User:Phoenixent|phoenixent]] 17:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC) | The rifle seen in the Mike Force assault is a T26 Tanker Garand Rifle. I have seen them in the inventory with the flash hider removed and two holes drilled in the bottom of the trigger housing to mount a dummy magazine. It was the armories way of having a weapon look like an M14 at that time. --[[User:Phoenixent|phoenixent]] 17:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC) | ||
:Well, sure looks like a BM-59 to me, but you know what you're talking about so I'll bow to your knowledge on that one. - [[User:Nyles|Nyles]] | :Well, sure looks like a BM-59 to me, but you know what you're talking about so I'll bow to your knowledge on that one. - [[User:Nyles|Nyles]] | ||
| + | ::Actually I have heard of something like that when it came to the movie adaptation if "A Rumor of War" by Phillip Caputo. If I remember correctly due to the controversial nature of the movie the producers were unable to acquire the M-14s they needed for the movie so some M-1 Garands (possibly the "Tanker" version were used in their place. It is noticeable in scenes where they are loading their weapons that they are not real M-14s but modified M-1s (of some sort). --[[User:Charon68|Charon68]] 21:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 10 August 2010
Modified AR-7s in Viet Cong Assault
During the VC/NVA Assault on the basecamp, two VC being killed on the wire are carried the modified wooden stock and pistol grip Armalite AR-7's used in 'The Ambushers' and in a still of Maxwell SmartFoofbun 08:14, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
T26 Tanker Garand Rifle
The rifle seen in the Mike Force assault is a T26 Tanker Garand Rifle. I have seen them in the inventory with the flash hider removed and two holes drilled in the bottom of the trigger housing to mount a dummy magazine. It was the armories way of having a weapon look like an M14 at that time. --phoenixent 17:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- Well, sure looks like a BM-59 to me, but you know what you're talking about so I'll bow to your knowledge on that one. - Nyles
- Actually I have heard of something like that when it came to the movie adaptation if "A Rumor of War" by Phillip Caputo. If I remember correctly due to the controversial nature of the movie the producers were unable to acquire the M-14s they needed for the movie so some M-1 Garands (possibly the "Tanker" version were used in their place. It is noticeable in scenes where they are loading their weapons that they are not real M-14s but modified M-1s (of some sort). --Charon68 21:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC)