Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series

The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of rifles can be seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:

NOTE: IMFDB really needs someone who is good with the AW rifles and can tell the more subtle variants apart from each other - i.e. L96 from AW and AWM, AWP from AICS, etc. This page was crap before, treating every AW variant as if it were the L96 (which is the British service version) and eschewing the other variants. However, I don't know enough about the platform to tell them apart, and distinguish between them all in the movies where they appear. So anyone who wants to help out, please do. Thanks. -MT2008

AW

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Accuracy International AW 7.62x51mm NATO

Also known as the L96A1 in British military service; This model is the basis for the Arctic Warfare series of tactical rifles and is currently produced in calibers .243 Win and .308 Win and normally fitted with a 660mm (26") match grade barrel for accurate long range performance. The .243 Win has a 1 in 10 twist and the .308 Win 1 in 12.

The .308 Win version AW is fitted with a muzzle brake which serves to reduce recoil and muzzle flip. The AW is normally supplied with a 10 round magazine. Both versions are housed in either olive drab or black stock panels and black metalwork. Butt length can be adjusted by fitting spacers to suit the firer.

Film

• A S.T.A.R.S. sniper in Resident Evil: Apocalypse

• Norman Reedus as Murphy in The Boondock Saints

• Al Vrkljan as a SWAT sniper in Assault on Precinct 13

• Keifer Sutherland as "the caller" in Phone Booth

• Nicolas Cage as Joe in Bangkok Dangerous

• Pierce Brosnan as Julian Noble in The Matador

Television

• Keifer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer in 24

• SAS troopers in Ultimate Force

• Michael Weston in Burn Notice

Video Games

• 007: Nightfire (as the "Winter Covert Sniper Rifle" (silenced, white stock) and the "Winter Tactical Sniper Rifle" (can be loaded with armor-piercing rounds))

• Half-Life: Counter-strike - HL: CS Condition Zero

• Counter Strike: Source ("AWM/P" the heavy sniper rifle for both sides))

• Conflict: Desert Storm 2 Back to Baghdad (erroneously shown as being semiautomatic)

• Cold Winter

• Combat Arms (as the "L96A1", with and without silencer and ghille camouflage strips)

• Delta Force: Task Force Dagger

Socom: CONFRONTATION

• Warrock

Anime

• Library War

AWM

Accuracy International AWSM in chambered in .338 lapua

The "Arctic Warfare Magnum"; Based on the AW rifle with minimal changes to accommodate Magnum length cartridges. Detachable box magazine which takes 5 rounds. Normal calibers are .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum. The latter is known, within the British Army, as the Arctic Warfare Super Magnum or L115A3 LRR.

Television

• Future Weapons

• Sam McBride "Whiplash" in The Unit

Video Games

• Counter Strike: Source

• Counter-Strike Online (as the "Magnum Sniper Rifle" )

• Rainbow 6 Vegas 2

AWP

Accuracy International AWP

The "Arctic Warfare Police", The AWP rifle has a stiffer and shorter 610mm (24") barrel to maximise precision. Usual calibres are .243 Win (1 in 10 twist) and .308 Win (1 in 12 twist). The rifle is designed to perform best with match-grade ammunition. Butt length can be adjusted to suit the firer by using spacers. The AWP differs to other models, in that it's the only AW weapon system to have a black finish.

Film

• Marcus Duvall's Snipers in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Television

• Lennie James as Robert Hawkins in Jericho

AW50 / AW50F

Accuracy International AW50 .50 BMG

Accuracy International AW50F .50 BMG

The biggest, largest-caliber variant of the Arctic Warfare rifles, chambered in .50 BMG. The "F" model, designed for the Australian military, differs in that it has a folding stock and a Madco barrel.

Video games

• Far Cry

Television

• Jamie Draven as Jamie Bow in Ultimate Force (AW50F)