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[[Image:TFCFlareGun.JPG|thumb|none|600px|Senator Samuel Chapman hijacks a U.S. Navy helicopter toting an M8 flare pistol.]] | [[Image:TFCFlareGun.JPG|thumb|none|600px|Senator Samuel Chapman hijacks a U.S. Navy helicopter toting an M8 flare pistol.]] | ||
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| − | The Japanese A6M "Zero" fighters that destroy the yacht and are in turn destroyed by the F-14 Tomcats are armed with | + | The Japanese A6M "Zero" fighters that destroy the yacht and are in turn destroyed by the F-14 Tomcats are armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings. When the Tomcats are "playing" with the A6M's prior to being cleared to shoot them down, one of the Zeroes fires a burst at one of the F-14's, though the agile jet fighter easily evades the burst. In reality, these planes were American-made T-6 Texan trainers mocked up to look like Japanese-made Zeroes (a common practice in older films) owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, the machine guns also being acetyline-firing mockups meant to simulate the Zero's armament. |
| − | + | [[Image:TFC ZeroMG.JPG|thumb|none|600px|The mocked-up A6M Zero is seen firing a simulated Type 99 cannons]] | |
| − | [[Image:TFC ZeroMG.JPG|thumb|none|600px|The mocked-up A6M Zero is seen firing a simulated Type | ||
== M61 Vulcan == | == M61 Vulcan == | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 25 September 2010
The Final Countdown is a 1980 science fiction action film that follows the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz as they find themselves mysteriously transported back to 1941 just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Made with the cooperation of the United States Navy, the film is notable for being one of the first films to feature actual F-14A aircraft as well as filming aboard the actual Nimitz carrier.
The following weapons were used in the film The Final Countdown:
M1911A1
During the hostage situation aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz, a captured Japanese Zero pilot (Soon-Tek Oh) commandeers an M1911A1 pistol in the Nimitz sickbay. Another Marine responding to the crisis is also wielding an M1911A1, but doesn't fire it during the incident. It should also be noted that the M1911A1's have a gloss blued finish like a civilian pistol, instead of the military parkerized finish.
M16A1 Rifle
The M16A1 assault rifle can be seen wielded by Marines guarding the Japanese Zero pilot. The pilot then gets ahold of one of these weapons in the Nimitz's sickbay. In the sequences that did not require live firing, these weapons are replaced with MGC replica rifles.
M8 Flare Pistol
While being dropped off on a remote island near Hawaii, Senator Samuel Chapman (Charles Durning) takes an M8 Flare Pistol from the helicopter's emergency gear and threatens to fire it if he isn't taken to Pearl Harbor.
Type 99 Cannon
The Japanese A6M "Zero" fighters that destroy the yacht and are in turn destroyed by the F-14 Tomcats are armed with Type 99 cannons mounted in the wings. When the Tomcats are "playing" with the A6M's prior to being cleared to shoot them down, one of the Zeroes fires a burst at one of the F-14's, though the agile jet fighter easily evades the burst. In reality, these planes were American-made T-6 Texan trainers mocked up to look like Japanese-made Zeroes (a common practice in older films) owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, the machine guns also being acetyline-firing mockups meant to simulate the Zero's armament.
M61 Vulcan
The M61 Vulcan appears as the secondary weapon of US Navy F-14A Tomcats in the film, one of them being used to down one of the Japanese Zeroes during the dogfight scene. Unlike the Zeroes in the film, the Tomcats were completely genuine, including their weaponry. That said however, the effects of the Vulcan on the Zero are rather underwhelming; causing a trail of smoke from the disabled plane which plunges into the ocean largely intact, when in reality the 20mm shells fired by the M61 would have shredded the notoriously fragile Zero.
