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− | In flashbacks, the main weapon used by the U.S. Marines of Echo Company, including Capt. Ramsey ([[Casper Van Dien]]), Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]), | + | In flashbacks, the main weapon used by the U.S. Marines of Echo Company, including Capt. Ramsey ([[Casper Van Dien]]), Tex Atkins ([[Jaimz Woolvett]]), and Sgt. Ray Shepard ([[Bobby Hosea]]), is the [[M16 rifle series|M16A1]]. |
[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. What distinguishes it from the original M16 was the addition of a raised rib around the magazine release button, changing of the forward Receiver pins, and the addition of the forward assist button on the upper receiver.]] | [[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm. What distinguishes it from the original M16 was the addition of a raised rib around the magazine release button, changing of the forward Receiver pins, and the addition of the forward assist button on the upper receiver.]] | ||
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==Norinco Type 56== | ==Norinco Type 56== | ||
The main weapon of the Vietcong is the [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]]. | The main weapon of the Vietcong is the [[AK-47#Norinco Type 56|Norinco Type 56]]. |
Revision as of 00:06, 3 November 2018
The Veteran is a 2006 television film directed by Sidney J. Furie starring Bobby Hosea as Ray, a former Marine and Vietnam veteran who is confronted thirty years later by a fellow Marine veteran (Michael Ironside) who went MIA during the war. The film is a followup to the 2001 film Under Heavy Fire and heavily utilizes footage from that previous feature. The film also stars Ally Sheedy.
The following weapons were used in the film The Veteran (2006):
Rifles
M16A1
In flashbacks, the main weapon used by the U.S. Marines of Echo Company, including Capt. Ramsey (Casper Van Dien), Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett), and Sgt. Ray Shepard (Bobby Hosea), is the M16A1.
Norinco Type 56
The main weapon of the Vietcong is the Norinco Type 56.
Machine Guns
M60D Machine Gun
In flashbacks, the M60D Machine Gun is seen mounted on UH-1 'Huey' Iroquois Helicopters.
M60 Machine Gun
In flashbacks, 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter (Kenny Johnson) and Sgt. Ray Shepard (Bobby Hosea) carry the M60 machine gun for Echo Company.
Launchers
M79 Grenade Launcher
In flashbacks, Tex Atkins (Jaimz Woolvett) carries an M79 Grenade Launcher).
M72 LAW
In flashbacks, Marines carry the M72 LAW, which is never seen fired.
Grenades
M67 Hand Grenade
Echo Company Marines Lance Corporal Eric Aimes (Daniel Kash) and Sgt. Ray Shepard (Bobby Hosea) carry M67 Hand Grenades on their jackets.
M26 Hand Grenade
Echo Company Marines Lance Corporal Eric Aimes (Daniel Kash), Sgt. Ray Shepard (Bobby Hosea) and Private Chico Spaceman (Pablo Espinosa) carry M26 hand grenades on their jackets.
Chinese Type 67 Stick Grenade
The Type 67 stick grenade, commonly known as the "Chi-com", (short for Chinese-Communist), is used by several VC Guerrillas.