Talk:Jericho (2006)

L85A1

How in the world would a civilian in the US manage to get their hands on one of these things? I mean, to my knowledge there's no semi-auto civvy version and no US governmental or law enforcement agencies use it. The SCAR is similarly out of place but at least plausible... Is it perhaps safe to assume that both of the above guns, like the HK416 in the hands of the US Marine NCO, is a mistake on the armorer's part? Spartan198 08:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

I really can't tell if that's an L85A1 or not. But yes, the mistake was probably made by the propmaster or one of their assistants. Stanley is seen loading a G36C in that same episode, which is presumed to have been another weapon taken from the Marines, and that, too, would be a mistake. -MT2008 15:05, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

I blew up the image when first looking at it, thinking perhaps it was an AR with a triangular handguard (e.g., an M16A1 or something thereof), but by the lack of a front sight post and the position and height of what appears to be a SUSAT scope on the receiver (and, you know, the lack of a magazine housing in front of the user's right arm and hand, of course) convinces me that it's an L85. Spartan198

It is possible for it to have been an L85. If I remember correctly in the series Dark Angel the eugenics commandos were armed with L85s with iron sights. In particular I remember Amy Dumas, who was the wrestler "Lita" for the WWE loosing off a few rounds but, in semi-auto only (seen in the second season/series finale "Freak Nation") . Additionally the weapon was seen in Battlestar Galactica with, again, iron sights. Charon68

I was speaking in story context, not armorer context. I'm saying it doesn't seem plausible for some random civvy in a nearby rural town to have one. Spartan198

HK416 is not HK416

A fake Marine with an HK416 in Episode 1.16, "Semper Fidelis".

Look toward the end of the fore-grip just ahead of the PEQ-2, there's part of an A-frame front sight barely visible. That's not an HK416, it's an M4. At least in this shot it is, which would explain it having a 14-inch barrel in a wide shot as the Marines first arrive in town. Apparently we've got ourselves a major continuity error. Spartan198 15:57, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, definitely a major continuity error. The stand-off scene seems to be the only one with an HK416. All other scenes of the NCO seem to show him with an M4. But someone with the DVD will need to double check, because as I was pausing and rewinding to get good angles of the weapon for confirmation, I accidentally hit the wrong damn button on my remote and changed the channel, resetting the DVR so that I couldn't rewind back to where I was in the episode (I was about 15 minutes or so behind the broadcast due to excessive rewinding). Spartan198 16:18, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Foley goof

Hawkins fires an AKM

In the Season 1 episode "Coalition of the Willing" Hawkings fires what appears to be a semi-automatic version of the AKM and the foley artist sound some AUTOMATIC weapons sounds on the firing. It's usually a commonality in movies and TV shows to place FULL-AUTO sounds on semi-automatic assault rifles.

Plus in that scene, when Hawkings stop firing his AKM and shouted "Where the hell is Jonah?!" I saw the bolt/charging handle stuck in mid-fire (presumably an unknown jam). Just my observation. --Dangerman 1973 05:00, 26 November 2009 (UTC)