The Hurt Locker is a 2008 film about a U.S Army explosives and ordnance disposal (EOD) team set in Iraq in 2004. The following weapons can be seen in this film:
Pistols
Beretta 92 Series
Beretta 92
A Beretta 92 (distinguished by its rounded trigger guard and butt-mounted magazine release) is used by Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner), most prominently when James stops an Iraqi taxi.
Beretta 92 - the first Beretta model produced, noted by rounded trigger guard, butt located magazine release, and frame mounted safety (pre-decocking safety) - 9x19mm.
Beretta 92FS
For the rest of the film, James and Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) both use the Beretta 92FS pistol, as noted by the hocked trigger guard and slide-mounted safety.
File:THL Beretta3.png "Tell him to put his hands behind his head or I'll be very happy to shoot him." James radios a translator while pointing his 92 at a man who was forced to wear a bomb vest.
File:THL Beretta4.png "He's a dead man, James; just leave him!" Sergeant Sanborn, after trading some bolt-cutters for James' Beretta, tells him to leave the man in the bomb vest for the sake of everyone's safety.
Glock 19
What appears to be a Glock 19 pistol is carried by the leader of the British private military contractors (Ralph Fiennes).
Glock 19 (2nd Generation) - 9x19mm
Rifles
M4A1 Carbine
M4A1 carbines are used by Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner), Sergeant J.T Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), as well as by other American soldiers. The carbines are equipped with a variety of sights and other attachments. Note that throughout the film, their buttstocks interchange between the 3rd and 4th generation stocks.
Colt M4A1 Carbine with M68 Aimpoint reflex optic and Knight's Armament RAS railed handguard and vertical forward grip - 5.56x45mm
File:THL William James aiming M4.png SSGT James aims his M4A1 Carbine at British contractors suspected of being armed Hadjis. Note woodland camouflaged helmet cover, as opposed to the conventional ACU covers.
Specialist Eldridge aims his M4A1 Carbine at insurgents communicating with video cameras. Note slight desert camouflaging, while his M4 in other scenes do not have this scheme.
File:THLtrail-M4.jpg "What's he doing?" Sanborn looks on at James removing his EOD suit with his M4A1 Carbine (with 3rd generation buttstock).
File:THL M4A1.jpg Spc. Eldridge's M4A1, equipped with a M68 Aimpoint sight and flashlight.
James and Sanborn open fire with their M4A1's at a pair of insurgents attempting to hold Eldridge prisoner. They manage to kill the pair, but Eldridge is hit in the femur thereafter.
M16A4
A few American soldiers carry M16A4 rifles (possibly airsoft replicas, by the unnecessary screws in the A2 stocks), fitted with reflex sights and other attachments.
M16A4 with RAS rails installed, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, RIS foregrip, and (replica) ACOG scope - 5.56x45mm. This is the USMC style set up.
File:THL M16A4.jpg The American soldier to the right has a M16A4 fitted with a C-More sight.
Kalashnikov Variants
AKM
AKM rifles are carried by Fedayeen soldiers and insurgents.
AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm
File:THL AKM.jpg An insurgent armed with an AKM attempts to sneak up behind the EOD team and the contractors before being mowed down by Eldridge's M4.
MPiKMS 72
A MPiKMS 72, an East German version of the AKMS with plastic handguards and a side-folding stock, is seen slung over the shoulder of the Iraqi police officer that talks to SSgt James about the car bomb at the UN compound.
File:THL MPiKMS.jpg An Iraqi police officer with a MPiKMS-72 points out a suspiciously parked car to SSgt. James.
Customized AKMS
Customized AKMS rifles with RIS foregrips and reflex sights are carried by most of the British private military contractors.
AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mm
File:THL AKMS.jpg The leader of the private military contractors (
Ralph Fiennes) lays down his AKMS, customized with a RIS foregrip and a tactical light.
File:THL AKMS1.jpg A contractor holds his customized AKMS with a C-More sight while radioing for help.
File:THL AKMS 2.jpg The British contractor leader raises and lowers his AKMS. Note the underfolding stock.
Barrett M107
A Barrett M107 (not a M82 as noted by the full-length accessory rail) is used by the private contractors to respond to an insurgent ambush, and is later used by Sergeants James and Sanborn to shoot several of the attackers. It should be noted that Sanborn and the other EOD members know how to operate a Barrett, since it can also be used for removing IED's from afar with its anti-materiel purposes.
File:M82A1.jpg Barrett M107 sniper rifle - .50 BMG. Note rail running full length of reciever and barrel, differentiating it from an M82A1.
Sanford snipes with the Barret M107.
FPK/PSL Sniper rifle
A FPK / PSL Sniper Rifle is used by an insurgent sniper who ambushes the EOD team and the private contractors in the bush. Despite the range and the type of rifle used, the sniper is able to inflict several casualties.
Romanian FPK/PSL sniper rifle - 7.62x54R
File:THL PSL.jpg The insurgent sniper prepares to fire his FPK/PSL sniper rifle.
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
Browning M2HB machine guns are mounted on top of U.S Army Humvees, including that of the EOD team.
Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
The Humvee is seen with a M2HB HMG mounted on the roof during the desert scenes.
File:THL M2HB.jpg Chris, one of the British contractors, fires the EOD team's M2HB machine gun wildly.
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