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[[Image:Valmet M78 LMG.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 7.62x39mm 40 round Magazine]]
 
[[Image:Valmet M78 LMG.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 7.62x39mm 40 round Magazine]]
 
[[Image:ValmetM78A2 308.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
 
[[Image:ValmetM78A2 308.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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[[Image:299ValmetM78HB.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 7.62x51mm NATO with magazine removed and scope]]
  
 
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| [[Commando]] || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Col. John Matrix || M78/83, with [[SVD Dragunov|SVD]]-style stock || 1985
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| ''[[Commando]]'' || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Col. John Matrix || M78/83, with [[SVD Dragunov|SVD]]-style stock || 1985
 
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| [[Maximum Overdrive]] || [[Leon Rippy]] || Brad || M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope || 1986
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| ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' || [[Leon Rippy]] || Brad || M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope || 1986
 
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| [[Predator]] ||  || Rebels || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1987
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| ''[[Predator]]'' ||  || Rebels || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1987
 
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| [[Red Dawn]] || [[Patrick Swayze]] || Jed Eckert ||  || 1984
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| ''[[Red Dawn]]'' || [[Patrick Swayze]] || Jed Eckert ||  || 1984
 
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| [[Red Dawn]] || [[Jennifer Grey]] || Toni Mason ||  || 1984
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| ''[[Red Dawn]]'' || [[Jennifer Grey]] || Toni Mason ||  || 1984
 
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| [[Red Dawn]] ||  || Soviet paratroopers ||  || 1984
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| ''[[Red Dawn]]'' ||  || Soviet paratroopers ||  || 1984
 
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| [[Negotiator, The|The Negotiator]] || [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Palermo || With scope and laser pointer || 1998
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| ''[[Negotiator, The|The Negotiator]]'' || [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Palermo || scope and laser sight|| 1998
 
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| [[Rambo: First Blood Part II]] ||  || Vietnamese soldiers || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1985
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| ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' ||  || Vietnamese soldiers || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1985
 
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| [[Light It Up]] ||  || N.Y.P.D. SWAT sniper || M78/83, with SVD-style stock, laser pointer, and scope || 1999
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| ''[[Light It Up]]'' ||  || SWAT sniper || footage from ''[[The Negotiator]]'', M78/83, with SVD-style stock, laser sight, and scope || 1999
 
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| [[Born on the Fourth of July]] ||  || NVA soldier ||  || 1989
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| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July]]'' ||  || NVA soldier ||  || 1989
 
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| [[Hard Target]] || [[Sven-Ole Thorsen]] || Stephan || M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope || 1993
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| ''[[Hard Target]]'' || [[Sven-Ole Thorsen]] || Stephan || M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope || 1993
 
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| || NVA soldiers || [[Tour of Duty]] || || 1987 - 1989
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|   ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || NVA soldiers || || 1987 - 1989
 
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| || Latino gang member || [[The Chicago Code]] || || S01E07 - "Black Hand and the Onion Man"/2011
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|   ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' |||| Latino gang member |S01E07 - "Black Hand and the Onion Man" || 2011
 
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Revision as of 10:39, 3 September 2011

The Finnish Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun has the standard clubfoot RPK-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. It has been chambered in 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).

In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the M78/83.

The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:

Valmet M78 7.62x39mm with 75-round drum and 40-round box magazines
Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 7.62x39mm 40 round Magazine
Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO
Valmet M78 7.62x51mm NATO with magazine removed and scope

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Commando Arnold Schwarzenegger Col. John Matrix M78/83, with SVD-style stock 1985
Maximum Overdrive Leon Rippy Brad M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope 1986
Predator Rebels M78/83, with SVD-style stock 1987
Red Dawn Patrick Swayze Jed Eckert 1984
Red Dawn Jennifer Grey Toni Mason 1984
Red Dawn Soviet paratroopers 1984
The Negotiator Michael Cudlitz Palermo scope and laser sight 1998
Rambo: First Blood Part II Vietnamese soldiers M78/83, with SVD-style stock 1985
Light It Up SWAT sniper footage from The Negotiator, M78/83, with SVD-style stock, laser sight, and scope 1999
Born on the Fourth of July NVA soldier 1989
Hard Target Sven-Ole Thorsen Stephan M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope 1993

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note Air Date
Tour of Duty NVA soldiers 1987 - 1989
The Chicago Code Latino gang member S01E07 - "Black Hand and the Onion Man" 2011

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