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+ | [[Image:-0976t.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FIM-92A Stinger - 70mm]] | ||
+ | Note: Before adding to this list, make sure that you have checked the [[FIM-43 Redeye]] page. For a brief guide in differentiating these two weapons, see the bottom of this page. | ||
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==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
''(1981-present)'' | ''(1981-present)'' | ||
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'''The FIM-92A 'Stinger' shoulder-fired Surface to Air Missile (SAM) has appeared used by the following actors in the following movies, video games, and television series:''' | '''The FIM-92A 'Stinger' shoulder-fired Surface to Air Missile (SAM) has appeared used by the following actors in the following movies, video games, and television series:''' | ||
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=== Film === | === Film === | ||
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+ | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Fire Birds]] || [[Sean Young]] || CWO Billie Lee Guthrie || || 1990 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Fire Birds]] || || || Mounted on AH-64 Apache helicopters || 1990 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | || | + | | ''[[Under Siege]] || || Henchmen || || 1992 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | ''[[True Lies]] || || Crimson Jihad terrorists || || 1994 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Soldier Boyz]] || || Vinh Moc's soldier || || 1995 |
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− | | | + | | ''[[Canadian Bacon]] || [[Kevin J. O'Connor]] || Roy Boy|| || 1995 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[2009: Lost Memories]] || || Fureisenjin terrorists || ||2002 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | || | + | | ''[[Charlie Wilson's War]] || || Mujahadeen fighters || || 2007 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | ''[[Charlie Wilson's War]] || [[Tom Hanks]] || Charlie Wilson || || 2007 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]] || || U.S. Army soldier || Mounted on M1097 Avenger Humvee || 2008 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Terminator: Genisys]]'' || || Resistance fighter || || 2015 |
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|} | |} | ||
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+ | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | ||
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="550"|'''Note/Episode''' |
− | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Air Date''' | |
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | + | |- |
+ | | ''[[JAG - Season 1|JAG]] ||[[Lee Tergesen]] || Gunnery Sgt. Gentry || "Brig Break" || 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Stargate SG-1 - Season 1|Stargate SG-1]] |||| U.S military personnel ||"Children of the Gods" (S1E01) || 1997 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[NCIS - Season 1|NCIS]] || || ||seen in weapons cache; "Enigma" (S1E15)|| 2004 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | || | + | | ''[[JAG - Season 8|JAG]] || || Terrorist|| "A Tangled Webb, Part I" (S8E24) || 2008 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Doctor Who (New Series)|Doctor Who]] || || British Army soldiers || "Doomsday" (S2E13), Incorrectly used against ground targets || 2006 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |''[[Unit, The|The Unit]] || [[Scott Foley]] || Sgt. Bob Brown || "Eating the Young" (S1E09) || 2006 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | ''[[CSI: Miami - Season 4|CSI: Miami]] || [[Vincent Laresca]] || Antonio Riaz ||"One of Our Own" (S4E25) || 2006 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | ''[[Lost - Season 4|Lost]]'' || || || "Cabin Fever" (S4E11) || 2008 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | ''[[Doctor Who (New Series)|Doctor Who]] || || UNIT soldiers || "Poison Sky" (S4E05); Incorrectly used against ground targets || 2008 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Branch (Expozitura)]] || || The assassins || 9th/ "Král je mrtev" || 2009 |
|- | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Blacklist, The - Season 1|The Blacklist]]'' || || || seen in weapons sale; "The Stewmaker (No. 161)" (S1E04) || 2013 | ||
|} | |} | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation''' | ||
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| [[Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc]] || || || Shoulder and vehicle-mounted || 1998 | | [[Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc]] || || || Shoulder and vehicle-mounted || 1998 | ||
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|[[Operation Flashpoint]]||AA Launcher||||||2001 | |[[Operation Flashpoint]]||AA Launcher||||||2001 | ||
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+ | |[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]||||||||2002 | ||
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|[[Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising]]||||||||2004 | |[[Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising]]||||||||2004 | ||
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|[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]||||||||2007 | |[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]||||||||2007 | ||
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+ | |[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]||||||||2007 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Resident Evil 2]]||||||||1998 | |[[Resident Evil 2]]||||||||1998 | ||
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|[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]||||||||2004 | |[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]||||||||2004 | ||
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| [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || || || || 2011 | | [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || || || || 2011 | ||
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+ | | [[Project Reality: Falklands]] || || || Shoulder and twin turret mount || 2012 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Resident Evil: Revelations]] || || |||| 2012 | | [[Resident Evil: Revelations]] || || |||| 2012 | ||
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+ | | [[Ravaged]] || || |||| 2012 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]] || Homing Missile || || "Futurised" version with radome instead of IFF antenna || 2013 | ||
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|} | |} | ||
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| Major Pollack's militia || [[Jormungand]] || Refurbished FIM-92As || 2012 | | Major Pollack's militia || [[Jormungand]] || Refurbished FIM-92As || 2012 | ||
|} | |} | ||
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+ | ==How to tell the FIM-92A Stinger from the FIM-43 Redeye== | ||
+ | The Redeye is an earlier MANPAD which is similar in outward appearance to the Stinger and due to the fact that it has since been retired from active service with the US military there are a higher number of deactivated launchers on the market meaning that it often stands in for the Stinger in live-action films and television (The FIM-92A Stinger is in fact an evolution of the FIM-43 Redeye, with developmental name of the Stinger being the "Redeye II"). There are however several key differences which can be used to identify a launcher as a Redeye: | ||
+ | [[File:FIM43.jpg|thumb|500px|none|FIM-43 Redeye - 70mm. The Redeye launcher lacks the IFF box antenna found on the right side of a Stinger, the sighting unit is longer and extends further towards the front of the launcher tube, the bottom of the fire control unit is rounded, the battery pack protrude out the bottom of the launcher and the pistol grip slopes backwards like on a conventional firearm, as opposed to the forward sloping grip found on the Stinger launcher.]] | ||
[[Category:Gun]] | [[Category:Gun]] | ||
[[Category:Missile Launcher]] | [[Category:Missile Launcher]] | ||
[[Category:MANPADS]] | [[Category:MANPADS]] |
Revision as of 12:46, 11 January 2015
Note: Before adding to this list, make sure that you have checked the FIM-43 Redeye page. For a brief guide in differentiating these two weapons, see the bottom of this page.
Specifications
(1981-present)
Type: MANPADS
Caliber: 70mm Missile, HE-Frag warhead
Capacity: 1 Missile
Fire Modes: Infrared Homing
The FIM-92A 'Stinger' shoulder-fired Surface to Air Missile (SAM) has appeared used by the following actors in the following movies, video games, and television series:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fire Birds | Sean Young | CWO Billie Lee Guthrie | 1990 | |
Fire Birds | Mounted on AH-64 Apache helicopters | 1990 | ||
Under Siege | Henchmen | 1992 | ||
True Lies | Crimson Jihad terrorists | 1994 | ||
Soldier Boyz | Vinh Moc's soldier | 1995 | ||
Canadian Bacon | Kevin J. O'Connor | Roy Boy | 1995 | |
2009: Lost Memories | Fureisenjin terrorists | 2002 | ||
Charlie Wilson's War | Mujahadeen fighters | 2007 | ||
Charlie Wilson's War | Tom Hanks | Charlie Wilson | 2007 | |
The Day the Earth Stood Still | U.S. Army soldier | Mounted on M1097 Avenger Humvee | 2008 | |
Terminator: Genisys | Resistance fighter | 2015 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
JAG | Lee Tergesen | Gunnery Sgt. Gentry | "Brig Break" | 1995 |
Stargate SG-1 | U.S military personnel | "Children of the Gods" (S1E01) | 1997 | |
NCIS | seen in weapons cache; "Enigma" (S1E15) | 2004 | ||
JAG | Terrorist | "A Tangled Webb, Part I" (S8E24) | 2008 | |
Doctor Who | British Army soldiers | "Doomsday" (S2E13), Incorrectly used against ground targets | 2006 | |
The Unit | Scott Foley | Sgt. Bob Brown | "Eating the Young" (S1E09) | 2006 |
CSI: Miami | Vincent Laresca | Antonio Riaz | "One of Our Own" (S4E25) | 2006 |
Lost | "Cabin Fever" (S4E11) | 2008 | ||
Doctor Who | UNIT soldiers | "Poison Sky" (S4E05); Incorrectly used against ground targets | 2008 | |
Branch (Expozitura) | The assassins | 9th/ "Král je mrtev" | 2009 | |
The Blacklist | seen in weapons sale; "The Stewmaker (No. 161)" (S1E04) | 2013 |
Video Games
Anime
Character | Film Title | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Kuze | Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig | 2004 - 2005 | |
Dejima refugees | Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig | 2004 - 2005 | |
Kiefer | Rideback | 2009 | |
JGSDF soldiers | Saikano | 2006 | |
Major Pollack's militia | Jormungand | Refurbished FIM-92As | 2012 |
How to tell the FIM-92A Stinger from the FIM-43 Redeye
The Redeye is an earlier MANPAD which is similar in outward appearance to the Stinger and due to the fact that it has since been retired from active service with the US military there are a higher number of deactivated launchers on the market meaning that it often stands in for the Stinger in live-action films and television (The FIM-92A Stinger is in fact an evolution of the FIM-43 Redeye, with developmental name of the Stinger being the "Redeye II"). There are however several key differences which can be used to identify a launcher as a Redeye: