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| − | == XM16E1==
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| − | The [[M16 rifle series#M16 Rifle|XM16E1]] assault rifle are used by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment including Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]), First Lieutenant Charlie Hastings ([http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046768/ Robert Bagnell]), Second Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan ([[Chris Klein]]), Sergeant Ernie Savage ([[Ryan Hurst]]) and most United States Army soldiers. Later on the film during the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray, Joe Galloway ([[Barry Pepper]]) uses one as well. These were actual XM16E1s.
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| − | [[Image:XM16E1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|XM16E1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
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| − | [[Image:HeroXM16E1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Actual XM16E1 used by [[Mel Gibson]] in the movie. Picture taken from Long Mountain Outfitters website.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-82003.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hal Moore ([[Mel Gibson]]) lands on LZ X-Ray. "I will be the first to set foot on the field..."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-83078.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier holds his XM16E1; note the forward assist. He has a pretty crappy stance too. Maybe all the "training" they did that Moore loved so much didn't help.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-90584.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A specialist holds a XM16E1.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-83195.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hal Moore and another soldier can be seen carrying XM16E1s during the Battle of LZ X-Ray.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-92270.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sergeant Savage uses the invisible side-mounted iron sight of his XM16E1 as his soldiers show military discipline by pointing their guns in random directions.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-92633.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Some of us were clearly ''not'' soldiers.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-91374.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Specialist Robert Ouellette holds a XM16E1.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-92336.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soldiers run from enemy fire while holding their XM16E1s.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-97294.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Specialist Bungum fires back at NVA soldiers with his XM16E1.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-107213.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A wounded private with his XM16E1.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-91319.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Son, you just shot down our helicopter."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-95915.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A United States Army Private fires his XM16E1 from a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-1_Iroquois/ UH-1 Iroquois].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-101337.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Jaws|"We're gonna need a bigger helicopter..."]]]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-154249.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hal fires at the treeline to goad enemy forces into revealing themselves. By his expression, he's just found a discarded bayonet.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-106714.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"I think that guy in the background is just a little too pleased with that severed arm you gave him."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-106476.jpg|thumb|none|500px|At this time every year, XM16s return from the battlefield to the factories where they were made, in order to spawn.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-96165.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Yeah, my new mobile only weighs thirty pounds and for $5,000 a month I get anything up to three seconds of talk time."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-132650.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Joe Galloway([[Barry Pepper]]) with his XM16E1 at the ready. He has a pretty good grip for someone that is not a soldier. Note the "I'm in a movie!" grins of the extras in the background.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-135100.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Mel Gibson]] fires his XM16E1.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-161618.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Mel Gibson]] fires his XM16E1 and the impressive triangular muzzle flash is seen.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-161898.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hal Moore([[Mel Gibson]]) fires the XM16E1. Note the flash suppressor.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-162489.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier part of Moore's unit fires his XM16E1 at the charlie.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-99262.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier to left of the screencap with his XM16E1 at the ready.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-98975.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier with his XM16E1.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-94579.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lieutenent Colonel Hal Moore([[Mel Gibson]]) fires back at the charlie with his XM16E1 after a enemy bullet hits his flashlight.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-131762.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two wounded US Army specialists with their XM16E1s at the ready.]]
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| − | == M1 Carbine ==
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| − | A Korean war era [[M1 Carbine]] is carried by the South Vietnamese (ARVN) interpreter dressed in tiger stripe fatigues. He appears in the scene in which the NVA scout is captured and interrogated. Viet Minh soldiers also use them against the French during the intro.
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| − | [[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Carbine with Bayonet Lug and Adjustable rear sight - .30 Carbine]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-33726.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier holds a M1 Carbine to a French soldier.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-82336.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The South Vietnamese interpreter lands on the Ia Drang Valley with his [[M1 Carbine]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-91624.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The South Vietnamese interpreter wielding a [[M1 Carbine]] and a very cool mustache, interrogates the NVA soldier.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-91714.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The South Vietnamese interpreter points his [[M1 Carbine]] at the captured NVA soldier. Note the Bayonet Lug.]]
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| − | == M60 machine gun ==
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| − | The [[M60 machine gun]] is used by several US soldiers. Various door gunners use them as well.
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| − | [[Image:M60.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M60 in 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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| − | [[Image:M60 WWS.JPG|thumb|none|500px|U.S. soldiers open up with an M60 in ''We Were Soldiers'']]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-39931.jpg|thumb|none|500px|US soldiers in training practice what to do if they find Jane Fonda.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-82893.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A door gunner fires a M60 during the Battle of LZ X-Ray.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-40045.jpg|thumb|none|500px|That'll do, pig.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-39994.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A FPS view of a M60 firing in training.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-75605.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier can be seen holding a M60 on the left.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-91127.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"What do you mean sometimes the M60 sneaks up on new recruits and eats them?"<br>"Don't look behind you, son."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-102263.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A door gunner gets plastered against his helicopter while holding a [[M60 machine gun]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-106362.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A door gunner fires his M60.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-126262.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A machine gun crew fire their M60.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-154314.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A US machine gunner provides supressive fire with his [[M60]] while the rest of the 1/7CAV troopers prepare to conduct a bayonet charge against the NVA position.]]
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| − | == Colt M1911 pistol ==
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| − | A Colt [[M1911 pistol#M1911A1|M1911]] is used by Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley ([[Sam Elliott]]) as his main weapon since he prefers the .45 to the XM16E1, which he calls a "Piece of Plastic". It is anachronistic to see the first model of the M1911 being used by Plumley since the M1911 was replaced in 1924 by the improved [[M1911A1]] which was the sidearm of the US Military in the Vietnam War, World War 2 and the Korean War. It could be that the M1911 was used to make Plumley more "Badass". As if a Sergeant Major that fought against a entire regiment of heavily armed NVA and a Vietcong Battalion armed only with an M1911A1 was not badass enough.
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| − | :No, he really did that-[[User:S&Wshooter|S&Wshooter]] 21:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
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| − | [[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colt Model 1911 .45 ACP]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-99097.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Gentleman. Prepare to Defend Yourselves!" Plumley Cocks his M1911.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-137131.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Plumley reloads his M1911.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-155397.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Plumley fires his M1911.]]
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| − | A Colt [[M1911 pistol#M1911A1|M1911A1]] is seen in the holster of Lt. Col. Hal Moore and most of the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division that appear in the movie.
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| − | [[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colt Model 1911A1 .45 ACP]]
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| − | == M26 Hand Grenades ==
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| − | In several scenes, U.S. soldiers can be seen with [[M26 hand grenade]]s strapped to their pouches.
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| − | [[Image:WWSM26Frag.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Captain Nadal and his RTO patrol the battlefield with M16s in hand and M26 hand grenades strapped to their pouches. Note the trigger discipline, fingers resting alongside the trigger guard.]]
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| − | == PPSh-41 ==
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| − | The NVA and the Vietcong use [[PPSh-41 / PPSh-43|PPSh-41]]s submachine guns during the intro sequence and the rest of the movie.
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| − | [[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A PPSh-41 submachine gun.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-30728.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier gets shot while holding a PPSh-41.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-31305.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier holds a PPSh-41 with a 35 round stick magazine.]]
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| − | == Genuine AK-47s ==
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| − | During the movie the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) use genuine [[AK-47]]s with milled receivers.
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| − | The [[AK-47]]s used in the movie were built by the Movie's Armourer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660143/ Mike Papac].
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| − | [[Image:Ak 54.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AK-47 with a milled receiver.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-103898.jpg|thumb|none|500px|NVA soldiers fire their AK-47s.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-123086.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A NVA soldier moves in the dark with a AK-47.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-128590.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A charlie gets shoot and drops his [[AK-47]]. Note bayonet attached.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-128779.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Thirty rounds left, I can still kill my agent!"]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-129123.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The same scared PAVN soldier rushes through the jungle and trys to bayonet [[Mel Gibson]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-130516.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The same PAVN soldier gets hit in the head by a single round from [[Mel Gibson]]'s XM16E1. Note the milled receiver.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-156900.jpg|thumb|none|500px|NVA soldiers armed with AK-47s.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-158010.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pile of [[AK-47]]s.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-106465.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close-up of the receiver of the AK-47 carried by a NVA soldier who gets waxed by the chargin' americans.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-158182.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A NVA soldier aims his AK-47 at the US Army soldiers when they charge the NVA position.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-113810.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A NVA soldier gets wasted by the Huey helicopters and their M134 miniguns. All while still firing his AK.]]
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| − | Various US soldiers can be seen carrying [[M79 grenade launcher]]s in a few scenes. Specialist Galen Bungum([[Blake Heron]]) uses one since he is the grenadier of Sergeant Savage's squad.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-41883.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier jumps from a chopper during training while carryng a [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-93589.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A American soldier fires his [[M79 grenade launcher]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-93116.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A American grenadier gets shot while holding his M79.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-40534.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bungum's M79 slung over his back.]]
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| − | == MAS-36 Rifle ==
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| − | In the opening scene where the French soldiers are ambushed during the French-Indochinese War, various french soldiers use [[MAS-36 rifle]]s.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-25677.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two French soldiers fire their [[MAS-36 rifle]]s.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-31354.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A French soldier gets shot while holding a [[MAS-36 rifle]].]]
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| − | The .38 caliber revolver pulled out by Maj. Bruce "Snake Shit" Crandall ([[Greg Kinnear]]) is most likely a Smith & Wesson M-13 Aircrewman, an unsuccessful lightweight aluminium-cylindered revolver designed for US military flyers. This was part of a generally badly thought-out push to make things from aluminium in the 1960s, also resulting in the M551 Sheridan's lightweight aluminium armour which could be penetrated by machine gun fire and a number of disasterous fires on warships with aluminium superstructures.
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| − | == GE M134 Minigun ==
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| − | A pair each of [[GE M134 Minigun]]s are seen mounted on the gunship Hueys that rip apart PAVN soldiers at the climax of the film, and one is also on display on a table near the beginning of the movie.
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| − | [[Image:GE 134 WWS.JPG|thumb|none|500px|"There are many others like it, but that one is mine."]]
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| − | == M1928A1 Thompson ==
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| − | Two [[Browning M1919|Browning M1919A4]]s can be seen mounted on French jeeps on the intro sequence.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-30185.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A French soldier fires the [[Browning M1919|Browning M1919A4]] at Viet Minh forces.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-22831.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A French soldier can be seen with a [[MAT-49]] in the center of the screencap.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-165653.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A MAT-49 sits on the top of the pile of guns while US soldiers pile up dead NVA soldiers in the background.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-72625.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Vietcong fighter gets shot while holding his MAT-49.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-126730.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Fresh from disrupting a pod race, the elite NVA Tusken Raider Unit prepare to engage Hal Moore's men.]]
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| − | Several Viet Minh soldiers and NVA soldiers use [[SKS rifle]]s during intro sequence and during the Battle of Ia Drang.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-26996.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Viet Minh soldiers rush the French in the intro of the movie. Note how you can see a Kar98k in the backround.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-33261.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier holds his SKS to a French soldier, apparently believing that the left ear is a vital organ.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-34495.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Do we take prisoners?"<br>"Yes. I will interrogate this bugle personally."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-34672.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier executes a POV shot.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-23999.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the French with his SKS rifle.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-25555.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier with his SKS.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-28285.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier before being blown up by a French grenade. He's looking at a cue card off-screen that says "Arrgh."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-28497.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Viet Minh to the left-centre of the screencap is armed with a SKS rifle.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-77472.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A NVA soldier comes out of a underground base armed with a [[SKS rifle]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-49825.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier rushes the french during the intro.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-75037.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A NVA or Vietcong soldier runs around with his SKS while the Ia Drang valley burns in the background by the napalm bombs dropped by United States Air Force planes.]]
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| − | During the intro sequence a Viet Minh soldier can be seen with a [[Mosin Nagant]] M44 carbine.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-34173.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Viet minh soldier in the center of the screencap has a M44 carbine while the other Viet Minh soldier has a Kar98k.]]
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| − | == Karabiner 98k ==
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| − | A Viet Minh soldier during the intro sequence and a Vietcong soldier later on can be seen using [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles.
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| − | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-34173.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Yankee schweinhunds!"<br>"I keep telling you we're not Germans, Quang."]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-70352.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Victor Charlie with a Kar98k.]]
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| − | A Viet Minh soldier uses a varient of the [[M1 Bazooka]], the M1A1 Bazooka with one forward grip and a modified rear sight to destroy a French jeep during the intro sequence.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-23699.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Viet Minh soldier fires at french soldiers with a M1A1 Bazooka. Note the modified rear sight and how it has only one grip.]]
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| − | During the scene where the men of the 1st Cavalry division perform a bayonet charge against a NVA position(which actually didn't happen in real life) a small crew of PAVN soldiers man a DP-28, a varient of the Soviet [[Degtyarev DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyarev light machine gun]].
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| − | [[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A DP-28, the same variant seen in the movie.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-164041.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A wounded PAVN soldier tries to get up while the U.S. soldiers overrun the position.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-163052.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A DP-28 with dead NVA soldiers. Note the Huey chopper flying in the sky.]]
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| − | == Type 67 Grenade ==
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| − | A Chinese Type 67 hand grenade is thrown at the 1st Cavalry Division's position.
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-134626.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Maybe it just wants to be friends.]]
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| − | == RPD Light Machine Gun ==
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| − | During the Battle of Ia Drang, one PAVN soldier can be seen carrying an [[RPD Light Machine Gun]].
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| − | [[Image:RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An RPD.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-72255.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An NVA soldier carries an [[RPD]] to the left of the screencap.]]
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| − | == Czech ZB26 ==
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| − | An [[ZB26]] is used by a Viet Minh machine gunner during the intro sequence in the Indochina War. Acording to Steve Karnes, The Movie's Armourer, the ZB26 used in the movie was sold to the Chinese and converted to 7.62x39 later in it's life. It also has Chinese Characters on the side of the receiver.
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| − | [[Image:ZB-26.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An Czech ZB26.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-34273.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Close Up of the [[ZB26]] in the Hands of an Viet Minh Soldier.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-34330.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another shot of the same scene. Note the mosin-nagant in the background.]]
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| − | == MG34 ==
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| − | When the American Soldiers charge the NVA position, a two man crew of NVA soldiers man an [[MG34|MG34 Light Machine Gun]] before they get killed by the Huey Helicopters. One NVA soldier also mans another [[MG34]] in the same scene.
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| − | [[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An [[MG34]].]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-158234.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two NVA soldiers man a [[MG34]] machine gun.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-158338.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A different NVA machinegunner aims his MG34 at the american soldiers.]]
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| − | == Browning Hi-Power Pistol ==
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| − | During the Intro of the Movie set during the Indochina War, a French Officer uses his Siderarm, a [[Browning Hi-Power]] pistol, to kill several Viet Minh soldiers before being killed himself.
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| − | The use of the Browning Hi-Power pistol by the French Army in the movie is a error. The Armourers couln't get French MAB pistols and since Hi-Powers were at the region the Armourers used those Hi-Powers instead.
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| − | [[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Commercial Browning Hi-Power Pistol.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-28610.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A French Army officer fires his [[Browning Hi-Power]] at a Viet Minh soldier.]]
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| − | [[Image:Vlcsnap-31533.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The French Officer gets bayoneted by a Viet Minh Officer.]]
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| − | There are several errors also in the uniforms of French troops.
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| − | - 1) No lieutenant from "troupes de Marine" (2 golden horizontal stripes on bleu) whould have a white kepi (Kepi blanc for Foreign Legion soldiers only, excluding NCOs and officers)
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| − | - 2) The red berets are worne the wrong way (Insigna on the right in France for all the Army. Only exception French Navy Commando green berets)
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| − | - 3) Insigna on the red berets are wrong (infantry instead of paratroopers)
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| − | Sorry, not hardware but military exactitude as well
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