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== PPSh-41 == | == PPSh-41 == | ||
More than one Viet Cong/NVA soldier is seen with a [[PPSh-41]] fitted with a stick magazine. | More than one Viet Cong/NVA soldier is seen with a [[PPSh-41]] fitted with a stick magazine. | ||
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[[File:The losers ppsh1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Cong soldier aims his PPSh.]] | [[File:The losers ppsh1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Viet Cong soldier aims his PPSh.]] | ||
[[File:The losers ppsh3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|This time, a Chinese advisor uses the PPSh.]] | [[File:The losers ppsh3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|This time, a Chinese advisor uses the PPSh.]] |
Latest revision as of 15:01, 2 April 2024
The Losers, A.K.A. Nam's Angels, (not to be confused with the 1989 movie Nam Angels or the 2010 DC Comics film), is a 1970 Vietnam War action film starring William Smith as head biker "Link Thomas" with Paul Koslo as "Limpy". The film follows a small group of Hell's Angels bikers who are recruited by the US Army to rescue an American CIA agent, (portrayed by the film's director Jack Starrett), from a NVA/Viet Cong military camp in neighboring Cambodia. The movie was shot in the Philippines and was based by an original script by novelist Alan Caillou.
The following weapons were used in the film The Losers:
Submachine Guns
Madsen M50
Each of the bikers' motorcycles sport a Madsen M50 welded on the front of the bike.
PPSh-41
More than one Viet Cong/NVA soldier is seen with a PPSh-41 fitted with a stick magazine.
M1928 Thompson SMG
The biker known as "Speed" (Eugene Cornelius) uses a M1928 Thompson with a stick magazine during the movie's climax.
Rifles & Carbines
M16
Several US soldiers are seen with the original M16 rifle.
M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine is seen in the hands of several US soldiers plus some Viet Cong. M1 Carbines with 30-round magazines are used by some American soldiers.
M1903 Springfield
An NVA soldier is armed with an M1903 Springfield.
Machine Guns
Browning M1919A4
The bikers' specially-made "hog-wagon" sports two Browning M1919A4s. According to "Link", the wagon is "part Harley, part Volkswagen".
Browning M2HB
A Browning M2HB is pintle-mounted on an M41 Walker Bulldog light tank.
Shotguns
Sawed off double-barreled shotgun
The biker "Dirty Denny" (Houston Savage) carries a sawed off double-barreled shotgun.