Full Metal Jacket

The following weapons were used in the film Full Metal Jacket:

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

M14 Rifle

The M14 rifle features prominently in the U.S. Marine training scenes of Full Metal Jacket. Once the Marines arrive in Vietnam they are issued M16s. It is with an M14 rifle locked and loaded with full metal jacketed 7.62x51mm NATO ammo that Pvt. Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio) kills both Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) and himself.

M14 rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO

"There are many others like it, but this one is mine." Pvt. Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio) awith his M14 long with the rest of the boots recite the Rifleman's creed as a prayer before bed.

This is my rifle, this is my gun! This is for fightin', this is for fun.

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M16 Rifle

The M16 rifle appears in the film as the standard-issue weapon of most of the US Marines in Vietnam. Several of them can be seen with two magazines taped together "jungle style", as this is where this practice originated prior to the introduction of higher-capacity 30-round magazines for the M16. During his encounter with the VC sniper, Pvt. Joker's rifle jams on him, something early M16's were notorious for due to poor maintenance habits and design faults with the early variants.

The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Army in Vietnam. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56mm

Rafterman (Kevyn Major Howard) unloads his M16 rifle into the VC sniper (Ngoc Le).

Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine) throws away his M16 rifle after it jams on him.

M60

The Doorgunner (Tim Colceri) on the helicopter that takes Joker (Matthew Modine) and Rafterman (Kevyn Major Howard) to join Pvt. Cowboy's (Arliss Howard) 1st Platoon repeatedly fires an M60 machine gun at random Vietnamese they pass. The M60 is also the weapon Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin) carries throughout Full Metal Jacket. Pvt. Joker can also be seen firing an M60 when their base is attacked at the start of the Tet Offensive.

M60 7.62x51mm NATO

"Get Some!" The Doorgunner (Tim Colceri) wastes several civilians with his M60 machine gun.

Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin) hugs the dirt and his M60.

Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin) shoulders his M60 while looking over the dead Marines.

M1911A1

Pvt. Joker draws his M1911A1 pistol after his M16 rifle jams on him. He uses the .45 to "waste" the already-wounded VC sniper.

M1911A1 .45 ACP

Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine) with his M1911 pistol series drawn.

Sa vz 58

The VC sniper (Ngoc Le) that "wastes" Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and Doc Jay (Jon Stafford) is armed with a Czec madeSa vz 58. It should be also noted that the Sa vz 58 series rifles were commonly used by the Việt Cộng and the North Vietnamese Army alongside the more predominant AK-47 and SKS rifles,all used the Soviet 7.62X39 round.

Sa vz 58 7.62x39mm

The VC sniper (Ngoc Le) with her Sa vz 58 just before Rafterman (Kevyn Major Howard) kills her.

The VC sniper (Ngoc Le) lines up her Sa vz 58 on Eightball (Dorian Harewood).

M72 LAW

We briefly see a U.S. Marine firing a 66mm M72 LAW at the VC Sniper's (Ngoc Le) position.

M72A2 LAW 66mm

A U.S. Marine firing an M72 LAW.

M79

The M79 grenade launcher is mainly carried by T.H.E. Rock (Sal Lopez) in the film.

M79 grenade launcher - 40mm

T.H.E. Rock (Sal Lopez) fires his 40mm M79 grenade launcher during the Battle of Hue.

T.H.E. Rock firing his M79.

Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun

Several Browning M2HB heavy machine guns mounted on M41A Walker Bulldog tanks are seen firing in the background of several scenes.

Browning M2HB .50 BMG in vehicle mounting

A .50 cal Browning M2HB is seen mounted on the M41A Walker Bulldog tanks as they enter Hue.

An M2HB is glimpsed behind Animal Mother.

Daisy Red Ryder

Crazy Earl carries a lever action Daisy Red Ryder BB gun in addition to his M-16 throughout the movie, as carried by his character in the book on which the film is based, The Short Timers,although we never see it closely:

Daisy Red Ryder BB gun in "Full Metal Jacket" (arrow). Also, note how the character of Crazy Earl is carrying an MGC M16 replica rifle.

Daisy Red Ryder BB gun in "Full Metal Jacket" (arrow)

MGC M16 rifle

A number of characters were seen carrying MGC M16 rifles for scenes where they didn't carry the blank-firing M16 rifles.

The MGC M16 Assault rifle: a non firing metal replica built by the Model Gun Corp of Japan and one of the most used non firing replicas of the M16 in movies and television

Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine) walks in a column holding a Model Gun Corp MGC M16