Jericho 941

Jericho 941 (early model) - 9x19mm. The Jericho 941FS version moved the decocker from the slide to the frame

Stainless IMI Jericho 941 9x19mm. The gun pictured here is the screen used pistol in the movie Live Free or Die Hard

Jericho 941 (two tone early model) - 9x19mm

The Jericho 941 is the designation given by IMI/IWI [Israeli Military Industries/Israeli Weapons Industries] and the slide is marked 'Desert Eagle' which seems counterintuitive since it is not the Desert Eagle that people are familiar with. It is also known to many by the name Baby Eagle which is the name given to it by the Minnesota company Magnum Research who imports and manufactures under license several weapons of IMI design, including the Galil Rifle. The name 'Baby Eagle' is not just a nick name, as the slides of those pistols are actually marked 'Baby Eagle'. On that note, Developers at IMI/IWI gave it the nickname 'UZI Eagle' and some pistols were also marked 'Uzi Eagle' but that practice stopped immediately when it was realized that marking the pistol "Uzi" in any way, made it 'a banned gun' in any of the states which had banned Assault weapons by name (California, New Jersey, Maryland, the City of Cincinnati, the City of Chicago, to name a few). The way the laws were written, any semi automatic pistol marked "Uzi" would be the same as the Micro Uzi Pistol, so the name was eliminated to enable sales of the pistol in these markets.

In recent years, the pistol has been upgraded to include an under-barrel accessory rail as seen on many modern semi-auto handguns, and is available with both steel and polymer frames. It has been chambered in 9x19mm, .40S&W, .45ACP, and the defunct .41 AE. The FS version of the Jericho 941 has a decocker on the frame (moved from the slide).

The Jericho 941 and variants have appeared in the following films, television series, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

• Villian with Blonde dreadlocks in Children of Men (two-tone finish)

• Jason Statham as Frank Martin in Transporter 2 (stainless steel finish)

• Simon Pegg as Sergeant Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz (two-tone finish FS model)

• Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel in Live Free or Die Hard (stainless steel finish)

• Richard Sammel as Gettler in Casino Royale (two-tone finish FS model)

• Martin Henderson as Cary Ford in Torque (stainless)

• Luke Pegler as Baxter in The Condemned (stainless)

• Robert Patrick as Rome in The Marine (chrome)

• Sean Bean as Ian Howe and his men in National Treasure (stainless)

• James Woods as Jack Crow in John Carpenter's Vampires (stainless)

• Willis Sparks as John Janus in The Substitute (two-tone finish)

• Tres in Ghosts of Mars

• Club Fever Bodyguard in Collateral (two-tone finish)

• Everett McGill as Marcus Penn in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (two tone finish)

• Alicia Keys as Georgia Sykes in Smokin' Aces (two tone finish)

• One of Crane's henchmen in Batman Begins (two tone finish)

• Leo Lee as Lam in The Replacement Killers (two tone finish)

• Terence Stamp as Pekwarsky in Wanted (two tone finish)

• Angelina Jolie as Fox in Wanted

• Miscellaneous assassin in Wanted

• Big Boi as Marcus in ATL (nickel)

Television

• John Leguizamo as Jake "Mr. Wolf" Mendez in The Kill Point (stainless)

• Adoni Maropis as Abu Fayed in 24 (with and without suppressor)

• Bokeem Woodbine as Gordan Thomas in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (episode "Flipped")

• Rory Cochrane as Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami (stainless steel slide)

• A miscellaneous thug in Painkiller Jane

• Doug Chapman as a CID Agent in Painkiller Jane (two-tone finish)

• Isaiah Washington as Antonio Pope in Bionic Woman

• Tony's driver in The Sopranos (two-tone finish)

• Viper

Anime

• Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop

• Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

• Batou in Ghost in the Shell and Innocence (named as a 'Jericho 942' and supposedly chambered in .50 AE)

Jericho 941FB Compact

Jericho 941FB Compact 9x19mm, This one is a Magnum Research Model, as it was made in Minneapolis.

Film

• Thomas Kretschmann as Cross in Wanted

• Maung Maung Khin as Major Pa Tee Tint in Rambo

• Natascha McElhone as Dierdre and Robert De Niro as Sam in Ronin

• Adam Sandler as The Zohan in You Don't Mess with the Zohan