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The Long Road Home
The Long Road Home is a 2017 American television miniseries adaptation of the 2007 book The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family by journalist Martha Raddatz. The series is an account of a 48-hour battle in Sadr City (an area of Baghdad known as Saddam City before the invasion), that began on April 4, 2004 when militiamen of the Mahdi Army ambushed elements of the newly-arrived 1st Cavalry Division. Much of the production has been shot at the US Army base at Fort Hood in Texas, and so benefits from the availability of authentic US Army vehicles and equipment, and even advice from some of the 1st Cavalry soldiers who fought in the actual battle. The miniseries premiered in November of 2017 in the US on the National Geographic Channel.
The first two installments, "The Road to War" and "The Eye of the Storm" were initially broadcast as a feature-length pilot episode on November 7, 2017, under the name "Black Sunday." The listings on the official website currently list both of these episodes as S1E01.
The following weapons were used in the miniseries The Long Road Home:
WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Rifles/Carbines
Colt M4A1
U.S. Army Commanding Officers and NCOs of the 1st Cavalry Division carry M4A1 carbines as their primary weapon, mostly fitted with Trijicon TA01 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 laser designators and flashlights.
Colt M16A4
A majority of U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division soldiers carry M16A4 rifles as their primary weapon, fitted with either Aimpont CompM2 red dot sights and/or Trijicon TA01 ACOG scopes, AN/PEQ-2 laser designators, flashlights, universal slings and a black single STANAG magazine pouch fitted on the buttstock. Some M16A4s also appear to have SP1 lower receivers due to lack of a magazine fencing.
Colt M16A2
Several U.S. Army soldiers including then Corporal Robert Miltenberger (Jeremy Sisto) can be seen with M16A2 rifles in a flashback during the War in Kosovo in "Into the Unknown" (S1E03).
AKM
Insurgents, militiamen and Iraqi police carry the AKM.
AKMS
An AKMS is among the weapons used by insurgents.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun
Some of humvees and M1A2 Abrams are also armed with Browning M2HB heavy machine guns mounted on the roof.
M240B Machine Gun
The M240B Machine Gun is mounted on US Army Humvees.
RPD
An RPD machine gun is mounted on an insurgent technical.
RPK
An insurgent on the rooftop fires an RPK light machine gun at the Comanche 6 platoon during the ambush in "Black Sunday (Pt.1)" (S1E01).]]
M240C
The M240C appears as the coaxial armament of the M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and M1A2 Abrams tank. Unlike in many live-action productions these are real military vehicles, something made possible by most of the production being shot at the Fort Hood base in Texas.
M240D
The M240D is seen as the loader's weapon on M1A2 Abrams tanks.
Pistols
Beretta 92FS
U.S Army 1st Cavalry Division commanding officers and NCOs in combat carry Beretta 92FS pistols in their drop leg holsters. Some officers in Tactical Operations Center (TOC) carry Berettas in leather shoulder holsters. Lieutenant Colonel Gary Volesky (Michael Kelly) carries a Beretta 92FS as his sidearm in a leather shoulder holster before switching it out for a drop leg holster when he goes to combat. The Beretta 92FS is likely standing in for the M9 Beretta.
Other
M242 Bushmaster Chaingun
The M242 Bushmaster chaingun appears as the primary armament of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
BGM-71 TOW
In addition to the aforementioned Bushmaster chaingun, the M2 Bradley IFVs that arrive to reinforce the unit are also armed with twin BGM-71 TOW launchers on the side of the turret.
RPG-7
One of the insurgent crew of a technical is seen carrying an RPG-7.
