Uncommon Valor is a 1983 film starring Gene Hackman and Patrick Swayze which involves a group of Vietnam veterans determined to retrieve POW's left behind during the war.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver
Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special
Thailand law enforcement carry S&W Model 10 revolvers in a police raid.
M1911 pistol series
Carried by several characters including Col. Rhodes (Gene Hackman), Wilkes (Fred Ward), and Blaster (Reb Brown).
Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.
Rhodes checks out a dusty M1911 in an old arms locker
Wilkes checks out a POW cell with his M1911 drawn.
Closeup of Wilkes' M1911.
Blaster guards a sewage tunnel with his M1911.
M1928A1 Thompson
When their weapons are confiscated before the rescue mission, the men are forced to use older WWII-era weapons including the M1928A1 Thompson. Wilkes, Blaster and Charts (Tim Thomerson) are seen with the Thompson.
M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round stick magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP
A Thompson is seen on a pack mule.
Blaster aims his Thompson as Johnson readies the recoilless rifle.
Wilkes opens up with his Thompson.
Blaster fires his Thompson at an oncoming patrol boat.
UZI
AR15
CAR-15
MGC CAR-15
In the flashback scene where the LRRPs are running back to the helicopters, some (including Sailor) are carrying the MGC CAR-15 replica rifle. They are never seen firing. The CAR-15s by MGC were always sold with the replica 30 round magazines. Some of the CAR-15s in the film took 20 round magazines off of the MGC M16 replica rifles and used those. Others retained the stock 30 round magazine.
MGC CAR-15 replica assault rifle with 20 round MGC magazine.
The MGC CAR-15 Assault rifle with stock 30 round magazine.
Frank Rhodes (
Todd Allen) carries his friend MacGregor on his back along with a CAR-15 during the Vietnam sequence.
M16
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.
Norinco Type-56
The Norinco Type-56 is a common assault rifle used in movies and television to stand-in for the AK-47. Seen carried by Laotian border patrol guards as well as Jiang (Kwai Hi Lim) and Lai Fun (Lau Nga Lai).
Jiang carries a Norinco Type-56 as his primary weapon.
Lai Fun fires her Norinco. Note the closed front sight.
Type 56 rifle
Chinese Type 56 Carbine aka the Chinese SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Chinese SKS has a stamped receiver and a spike bayonet (aka a "pig sticker") much like one of their AK47 copies - the Type 56 assault rifle. This version, like many imported SKS rifles, have the infamous 'orange cratewood' stocks, probably the lowest quality wood in any mass produced rifle, save for the last ditch Arisaka Type 99 rifles at the end of WW2. Many SKS rifles during the Vietnam War were issued with reddish plastic stocks, because of the incidents of 'wood rot' in the humid SE Asian jungles.
M14E2 Squad Automatic Weapon - 7.62x51mm NATO. This weapon is outfitted with a scope and used as a sniper rifle in the film.
M60 machine gun
Carried by Sailor (Randall "Tex" Cobb) during the Vietnam sequence.
M60 machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO
Sailor makes a run for the helicopters.
M60D
The "D" variant of the M60 is seen used by the Huey doorgunners during the Vietnam sequence.
A doorgunner sits ready with the M60D.
Sailor reaches out his hand for Frank while a doorgunner fires the M60D.
MG42
In the film, a fake barrel shroud is placed on a M60 machine gun to make it look like a MG42. You can notice in the photos there is no opening to remove the barrel on the right hand side. Also there is ammo bag hanger on the left side and the nut on the bottom of the gas cylinder is showing below the shroud. The stock was left off on the helicopter just like M60C gun and a fake rubber stock was add for the ground scene.
MG42 7.92 x 57mm Mauser (8mm Mauser)
Mock up MG42 using a M60 Machine Gun
Mock up MG42 using a M60 Machine Gun
Mock up MG42 using a M60 Machine Gun
Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning Automatic Rifle .30-06
M1 Garand
M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length, Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R.
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)
Lee-Enfield No.5 Jungle Carbine - .303 British. This is not a chopped down No. 4 conversion (like many jungle carbines are) but an original No.5
Mauser Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm
M79 grenade launcher
M79 grenade launcher - 40mm
M2HB
M79
RPG7
M7 Recoiless Rifle
other
- ^These are Oerlikon 20mm cannons. - Gunmaster45