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Black Hawk Down

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The following guns were used in the film Black Hawk Down

Browning M2

The opening firefight in Black Hawk Down is a one sided affair in which a local militia leader orders the firing on of a crowd gathered to receive UN food rations while US forces can only look on helplessly. Ironically the weapon used to fire on the crowd, a Browning M2 .50 BMG machine gun, is of US design and manufacture and is also carried on the US Army HMMWVs in the film. Whether the use of the Browning M2 was an intentional choice by the filmmakers, is historically accurate, or was simply a coincidence is unknown.

Browning M2 .50 BMG
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The opening shots of Black Hawk Down.
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An Army HMMWV with a Browning M2 turret.

GE M134 Minigun

During the slaughter of the crowd the Delta in the hovering UH-60 aren't cleared to open up the 6 barreled 7.62x51mm GE M134 minigun hanging off their Black Hawk. GE M134 pylon mounted miniguns are also carried by the MH-6 Little Birds and rain lead in several scenes.

GE M134 Minigun in 7.62x51mm
A GE M134 with flash suppressor.
A pair of GE M134s on an MH-6 supplying close air support.

M260 Rocket Launcher

The MH-6 that helps stop Atto's (George Harris) convoy carries a pair of M260 seven-tube 2.75 inch rocket launchers.

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M260 2.75 inch
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An MH-6 with a pair of M260 rocket launchers.

Colt M733

Busch (Richard Tyson) is the first Delta member on screen, and also the first soldier we see carrying a version of the Black Rifle, a Colt Commando M733.

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Colt Commando M733 5.56mm
Busch with a Colt Commando M733

M67 Hand Grenade

While loading up for the assault on the Olympic Hotel Sanderson (William Fichtner) picks up M67 fragmentation hand grenades.

M67 Fragmentation Hand Grenade 14oz
M67 Hand Grenades

M7A2 Hand Grenade

An M7A2 CS gas grenade is sitting next to the M67 fragmentation hand grenades Sanderson (William Fichtner) picks up.

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ABC-M7A2 CS Gas Grenade
M7A2 CS Gas Grenade

M60 Machine Gun

Army Ranger Nelson (Ewen Bremner) carries a belt fed M60 machine gun chambered in 7.62mm NATO.

M60 in 7.62 NATO
Nelson with his M60 and bipod.
Nelson fires his M60.

Heckler & Koch G3A3

The local militia arm themselves with, among many other weapons, Heckler & Koch (G3A3) assault rifles chambered in 7.62mm NATO.

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Militia members pick up G3A3s.
G3A3 in 7.62 NATO
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A Somalian gun dealer sells G3A3 rifles.

DShKM Machine Gun

A vehicle mounted Russian DShKM 38/46 machine gun appears in several scenes of Black Hawk Down.

Russian DShKM 38/46 in 12.7x109mm
The Somali militia leader on a DShKM.
A vehicle mounted DShKM.

RPG-7

The Russian manufactured RPG-7 features prominently in Black Hawk Down as it is the weapon which brings down a pair of

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Russian RPG-7 40mm
A rocket propelled grenade being fired at a Black Hawk.
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RPG-7s being handed out to Somali militia.

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