Benelli M Series Super 90 Shotguns

The Benelli M Series Super 90 Shotguns are a series of 12 gauge Tactical shotguns based on the H&K recoil system, first introduced in the H&K Model 512 Auto Shotgun. The Super 90 refers to only the defense / tactical models, since Benelli does offer hunting, trap & field versions of some of the same shotguns. The only departure is the M4 which keeps the same exterior design but introduced a new proprietary gas operated system, the "Auto-regulating gas-operated (ARGO)" system.

The Benelli M Series Super 90 shotguns or variants has appeared in the following:

Heckler & Koch Model 512 Auto Shotgun

The father of the Benelli M Series shotguns, the Heckler & Koch 512 Auto Shotgun (developed for GSG-9 commandos) - 12 gauge. The basis for Benelli Tactical shotgun design.

• The grand-daddy of all H&K/Benelli Auto shotguns. This was the first shotgun to use the H&K/Benelli recoil system. It was first manufactured for use by West Germany's Elite GSG-9 Anti-Terrorist Police Units. The internal design was the basis for all of the joint H&K/Benelli series of tactical Shotguns. The H&K Model 512 shotguns were sold with the 'Man-Cutter' adjustable choke in front, designed to send the pellets in an elongated oval pattern to either cut a man in half, or (when turned vertically) dump all of the shot into the main body of the target

Benelli M1

Benelli M1 Super 90 in synthetic straight stock configuration, ghost ring sights - 12 gauge

• Semi auto only tactical shotgun based on the H&K Model 512 design.

Movies

• Used by Rudyard Kipling (Kevyn Major Howard) in Alien Nation (featured optional extended magazine tube, pistol grip and movie modified to use detachable box or drum magazine). [Movie released in 1988, M2 model not available until 2004]

• 2 Fast 2 Furious

Video Games

• Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

• Global Operations

Benelli M2

Benelli M2 Super 90 in synthetic straight stock configuration, ghost ring sights - 12 gauge

• Trap and Field models are made of the M2 as well as Tactical models. It is recognizable from the M1 due to the lack of receiver screw beneath the rear of the ejection port (as seen on M1); both feature bolt release button directly below bolt handle. M2 also has a unique foregrip (which doesn't fit on any of the other M series shotguns). Also the back of the receiver is slightly different and must have it's own buttstocks, whereas the M1 and the M3 have interchangeable foregrips and buttstocks.

Benelli M2 Super 90 in tactical pistol grip configuration, standard rifle sights - 12 gauge

Movies

• David Caruso as Dino in Proof of Life (fitted with pistol grip configuation)

• One of the Slag robbers in Alien Nation (modified with pistol grip configuration, extended magazine tube, and rifle sights; modified to take drum or box magazines)

• Nicolas Cage as Castor Troy in Face/Off (fitted with pistol grip configuration and Surefire 628 weaponlight)

Television

• Tom Knapp and Tim Bradley in Benelli's Top Guns

Benelli M3

Benelli M3 Super 90 12 gauge with pistol grip stock combination

Benelli M3 Super 90 12 - gauge

Benelli M3 Super 90 with top folding stock - 12 gauge

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Benelli M3 Super 90 - 12 gauge

• The Benelli M3 is a combination pump and Semiautomatic Shotgun (12 gauge)

Movies

• L.A.P.D. SWAT officers in S.W.A.T. (fitted with tactical flashlights in the foregrips, trigger grip/buttstock combination, spare shotshell holders, and one fitted with a door-breeching muzzle brake)

• Alec Baldwin as Carter "Doc" McCoy in The Getaway (1994)

• Tom Sizemore as Michael "Slick" Cheritto in Heat

• "Company Men" and Brad Pitt as John Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith

• An FBI Agent in Rush Hour

• Gary Oldman as Lt. Jim Gordon in The Dark Knight

• RoboCop 2

• Blade

• Street Kings

• Exit Wounds

• Eraser (Top folder version)

• Wanted (Top folder version)

• In Equilibrium, the Beretta AR-70 is the doorbreacher of the sweepers and Preston flips two shotguns.

Television

• DEA agent in DEA

• Firefly

• Unit, The

• Stargate: Atlantis

• JAG

• NCIS

• A Pittsburgh Police SWAT officer in The Kill Point (with pistol grip stock combination and Surefire dedicated forend weaponlight)

Anime

• Full Metal Panic

Video Games

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

• Army Of Two

• Counter Strike: Source

• Counter-Strike Online (as the "Leone 12 gauge Super")

• Resident Evil 5

• Rainbow Six: Vegas

• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

• Army Of Two

• Saints Row 2

• BioHazard 4-D: Executer

• Killing Floor

• Resident Evil (2002) (with retractable buttstock)

• Combat Arms

Benelli M4

Benelli M4 Super 90 12 gauge

• Unlike the previous M series shotguns, rather than the Benelli Inertia Drive system for semi-automatic operation, the M4 uses a new proprietary dual gas piston system for semi-automatic operation called the "Auto-regulating gas-operated (ARGO) system". This new system was designed per specifications from the U.S. Marine Corps.

Movies

• Jamie Foxx as Detective Ricardo Tubbs in Miami Vice

• One of the Merovingian's henchmen in The Matrix Revolutions

• Steven Seagal in Today You Die

• Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee in Zombieland (2009)

• A Thug in Hancock

Video Games

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Modern Warfare 2
• Battlefield 2

• Crysis

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

• Counter Strike: Source

• Counter-Strike Online (as the "Leone YG1264 Auto Shotgun")

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (as the "M1014")

• Left 4 Dead

• SOCOM: Confrontation

• Project IGI 2: Covert Strike

• SWAT 4

• Left 4 Dead: 2

• Combat Arms