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[[File:4thWar 37.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Jack Knowles ([[Roy Scheider]]) holds his .45 [[1911#Colt Commander|Colt Commander]] while confronting some Russian soldiers.]]
 
[[File:4thWar 37.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Jack Knowles ([[Roy Scheider]]) holds his .45 [[1911#Colt Commander|Colt Commander]] while confronting some Russian soldiers.]]
  
==Beretta 92FS==
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==Beretta 92F==
The [[Beretta 92FS]] is seen in the hands of Colonel Valachev ([[Jürgen Prochnow]]).
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The [[Beretta 92F]] is seen in the hands of Colonel Valachev ([[Jürgen Prochnow]]).
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:4thWar 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Beretta 92FS]] is seen in the hands of Colonel Valachev ([[Jürgen Prochnow]]).]]
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[[Image:Beretta92F LeftSide.jpg|thumb|none|325px|Beretta 92F - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:4thWar 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Beretta 92F]] is seen in the hands of Colonel Valachev ([[Jürgen Prochnow]]).]]
  
 
==Makarov PM==
 
==Makarov PM==

Revision as of 13:29, 30 September 2018


The Fourth War
4thWar.jpg
BluRay Cover
Country Flag of the United States.jpg USA
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Release Date 1990
Main Cast
Character Actor
Colonel Jack Knowles Roy Scheider
Colonel Valachev Jürgen Prochnow
Lieutenant Colonel Clark Tim Reid
General Hackworth Harry Dean Stanton


The Fourth War is a 1990 drama directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Roy Scheider as Jack Knowles, a US Army Colonel and decorated Vietnam veteran who comes to be at odds with a Russian colonel (Jürgen Prochnow) at the West German-Czechoslovakia border during the height of the Cold War in the late 1980s.


The following weapons were used in the film The Fourth War:


Colt Combat Commander

Jack Knowles (Roy Scheider) carries a .45 Colt Commander compact pistol as his sidearm in the film.

Colt Combat Commander - .45 ACP.
Closeup of the Colt Commander compact pistol carried by Col. Knowles.
Col. Jack Knowles (Roy Scheider) holds his .45 Colt Commander while confronting some Russian soldiers.

Beretta 92F

The Beretta 92F is seen in the hands of Colonel Valachev (Jürgen Prochnow).

Beretta 92F - 9x19mm
The Beretta 92F is seen in the hands of Colonel Valachev (Jürgen Prochnow).

Makarov PM

A Russian officer is seen with a Makarov PM.

Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov
On the right, is threatened with a Makarov PM.

M16A1 (A2 Handguards)

The majority of the US soldiers in the film carry what appear to be M16A2-style rifles. This appear to be M16A1 rifles with A2-style round handguards.

M16A1 with A2 style handguards - 5.56x45mm
4thWar 33.jpg

Norinco Type 56-1

What appears to be the Norinco Type 56-1 rifle carried by Russian soldiers in the film. These rifles have the distinctive full-circle ("hooded") front sights of the Norinco, but have slant muzzle brakes of Russian-made AK rifles. Colonel Valachev (Jürgen Prochnow) appears to use one of these rifles that's been fitted with what appears to be a GP-25 Grenade launcher.

GP-25 Grenade Launcher - 40mm
Type 56-1 assault rifle (under-folding stock variant), early model with milled receiver and plastic fittings - 7.62x39mm
4thWar 31.jpg

Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun

Browning M2 HB machine guns are seen mounted on US Army APC's in the film.

Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
4thWar 04.jpg

GP-25 Grenade launcher

What appears to be a GP-25 Grenade launcher is mounted underneath the Norinco Type 56-1 rifle used by Colonel Valachev (Jürgen Prochnow). This launcher could very well be a mockup.

GP-25 Grenade Launcher - 40mm
What appears to be a GP-25 Grenade launcher is mounted underneath the Norinco Type 56-1 rifle used by Colonel Valachev (Jürgen Prochnow).

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