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The Finnish '''Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun''' has the standard clubfoot [[RPK light machine gun|RPK]]-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. ''It has been chambered in  5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).''   
 
The Finnish '''Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun''' has the standard clubfoot [[RPK light machine gun|RPK]]-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. ''It has been chambered in  5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).''   
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In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a '''black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip''', called the '''M78/83'''.
 
  
 
'''The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:'''
 
'''The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:'''
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[[Image:Valmet M78.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with 75-round drum and 40-round box magazines - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[File:Valmet M78.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with 75-round drum and 40-round box magazines - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[Image:Valmet M78 LMG.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 40 round Magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[File:Valmet M78 LMG.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 40 round Magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[Image:ValmetM78A2 308.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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[[File:ValmetM78A2 308.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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[[Image:299ValmetM78HB.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with magazine removed and scope - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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[[File:299ValmetM78HB.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78 with magazine removed and scope - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
  
 
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=== Film ===
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| ''[[Commando]]'' || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Col. John Matrix || M78/83, with [[SVD Dragunov|SVD]]-style stock || 1985
 
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| ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' || [[Leon Rippy]] || Brad || M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope || 1986
 
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| ''[[Predator]]'' ||  || Rebels || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1987
 
 
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| ''[[Red Dawn]]'' || [[Patrick Swayze]] || Jed Eckert ||  || 1984
 
| ''[[Red Dawn]]'' || [[Patrick Swayze]] || Jed Eckert ||  || 1984
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| ''[[Bird on a Wire]]'' || [[David Carradine]] || Eugene Sorenson ||  || 1990
 
| ''[[Bird on a Wire]]'' || [[David Carradine]] || Eugene Sorenson ||  || 1990
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|''[[Short Time]] || [[Paul Jarrett]] || Jonas Lutz || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1990
 
 
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| ''[[Negotiator, The|The Negotiator]]'' || [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Palermo || scope and laser sight|| 1998
 
| ''[[Negotiator, The|The Negotiator]]'' || [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Palermo || scope and laser sight|| 1998
 
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| ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' ||  || Vietnamese soldiers || M78/83, with SVD-style stock || 1985
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| ''[[Light It Up]]'' ||  || SWAT sniper || footage from ''[[The Negotiator]]'', with laser sight, and scope || 1999
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| ''[[Light It Up]]'' ||  || SWAT sniper || footage from ''[[The Negotiator]]'', M78/83, with SVD-style stock, laser sight, and scope || 1999
 
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| ''[[Hard Target]]'' || [[Sven-Ole Thorsen]] || Stephan || M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope || 1993
 
 
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=Valmet M78/83=
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[[File:Valmet M78 83S.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Valmet M78/83S with Mauser Mark X Electro-Point 4x40 scope - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
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In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the '''M78/83'''.
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| ''[[Commando]]'' || [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] || Col. John Matrix || || 1985
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| ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' || [[Leon Rippy]] || Brad || with scope || 1986
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| ''[[Predator (1987)|Predator]]'' ||  || Rebels || || 1987
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|''[[Short Time]] || [[Paul Jarrett]] || Jonas Lutz || || 1990
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| ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' ||  || Vietnamese soldiers || || 1985
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| ''[[Hard Target]]'' || [[Sven-Ole Thorsen]] || Stephan || with scope || 1993
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=See Also=
 
=See Also=
 
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Revision as of 23:12, 21 November 2018

The Finnish Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun has the standard clubfoot RPK-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. It has been chambered in 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).

The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:

Valmet M78 with 75-round drum and 40-round box magazines - 7.62x39mm
Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 40 round Magazine - 7.62x39mm
Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO
Valmet M78 with magazine removed and scope - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Red Dawn Patrick Swayze Jed Eckert 1984
Red Dawn Jennifer Grey Toni Mason 1984
Red Dawn Soviet paratroopers 1984
Bird on a Wire David Carradine Eugene Sorenson 1990
The Negotiator Michael Cudlitz Palermo scope and laser sight 1998
Light It Up SWAT sniper footage from The Negotiator, with laser sight, and scope 1999

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note Air Date
Tour of Duty NVA soldiers 1987 - 1989
The Chicago Code Latino gang member S01E07 - "Black Hand and the Onion Man" 2011


Valmet M78/83

Valmet M78/83S with Mauser Mark X Electro-Point 4x40 scope - 7.62x51mm NATO

In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the M78/83.

Title Actor Character Note Date
Commando Arnold Schwarzenegger Col. John Matrix 1985
Maximum Overdrive Leon Rippy Brad with scope 1986
Predator Rebels 1987
Short Time Paul Jarrett Jonas Lutz 1990
Rambo: First Blood Part II Vietnamese soldiers 1985
Hard Target Sven-Ole Thorsen Stephan with scope 1993

See Also

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