For All Mankind - Season 2

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For All Mankind Country USA Channel Apple TV+ Genre Science Fiction Drama Broadcast 2021 No. of Episodes 10 (Planned) Main Cast Character Actor Ed Baldwin Joel Kinnaman Gordo Stevens Michael Dorman Karen Baldwin Shantel VanSanten Tracey Stevens Sarah Jones Molly Cobb Sonya Walger Danielle Poole Krys Marshall Ellen Wilson Jodi Balfour

Season 2 of For All Mankind takes place in 1983, approximately a decade after the finale of Season 1. The United States has maintained Jamestown, the first lunar colony, for ten years. Technological development bought about by NASA's research for lunar missions has resulted in an alternate vision of the 1980s with more advanced technology than what was available in the real-life early 80s being commonplace. However, the Soviet Union also possesses a lunar outpost, Zvezda, not too far from Jamestown and is aggressively expanding their operations on the Moon. Tensions on the Moon between the two superpowers begin to rise, mirroring the ongoing Cold War tensions on Earth.

The following weapons were used in Season 2 of the television series For All Mankind:

Smith & Wesson Model 19

When Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) visits Molly Cobb (Sonya Walger) at her home in "Pathfinder" (S2E04), a holstered Smith & Wesson Model 19 is seen hanging next to her bathtub.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum - .357 Magnum

"You always leave the door open while you're bathing alone?"
"Who says I'm alone?"
Molly points out her Model 19 to Ed.

AKM

In "Best-Laid Plans" (S2E6), Soviet troops are seen holding AKM assault rifles when American astronauts arrive at Star City, a cosmonaut training facility in Russia.

AKM - 7.62x39mm

"Where's our brass band?"
Soviet troops armed with AKMs provide a rather chilly reception to the arriving American astronauts. Given the time period, AK-74 assault rifles would be a more appropriate choice.

A Soviet soldier holds an AKM in "Don't be Cruel" (S2E07).

Colt M16A2

When the Soviet cosmonauts on the Moon begin encroaching on sites of valuable resources discovered by the Americans, the decision is made to bring firearms to the Moon to arm the Jamestown astronauts. They are provided modified M16A2 assault rifles, first seen in "The Weight" (S2E05).

Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm

An M16A2 is secured in a crate for transport to the Moon in "The Weight" (S2E05). This rifle appears to be fitted with a Colt 4x carry handle scope.

A full view of the above scene, depicting US Marines slated to head to Jamestown as a security detail handling M16s. The rifles are described as being painted with a special heat-resistant white paint to protect them from thermal damage on the lunar surface. They are also fitted with technically anachronistic collapsible LE-style M4 stocks - the earlier XM177 collapsible stock would be a bit more period correct.

A better view of the receiver and stock. The protrusion at the bottom of the stock is a modification to allow the rifle to be shouldered easier when the user is in a bulky space suit.

US Marine Vance Paulson (Connor Tillman) takes aim with an M16A2 during target practice in "Best-Laid Plans" (S2E06) and shortly after becomes the first human being to discharge a firearm on the Moon.

The Marines armed with M16A2s in "Don't be Cruel" (S2E07) when they arrive to reclaim Site 357 Bravo, a valuable lithium deposit that the Soviet cosmonauts of Zvezda claim jumped.

M203 Grenade Launcher

Some of the M16A2s sent to the Moon are equipped with M203 grenade launchers.

M16A2 with M203 grenade launcher - 5.56x45mm / 40x46mm

The Marine at the far left is armed with an M16A2 with equipped M203.

The same Marine holds up his M203 equipped rifle in triumph after the reclamation of Site 357 Bravo.

Port Said Submachine Gun

In the beginning of "Every Little Thing" (S2E01), a montage of newspaper headlines depicts several alternate history events in For All Mankind's timeline. In one photograph, an assassin is seen with a Port Said submachine gun, an Egyptian licensed copy of the Carl Gustav M/45.

Port Said SMG - an Egyptian licensed copy of Carl Gustav M/45 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

This is a real photograph of the assassination of Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt on October 6, 1981. It depicts an Islamic fundamentalist Egyptian soldier firing a Port Said SMG into the reviewing stand containing Sadat during a military parade in Cairo. In the For All Mankind universe, Sadat survives this attack, but in real life, he was killed along with ten others.

The original, unobstructed, photo. While the photo used on the show is cropped, the full photo depicts other assassins armed with 7.62x39mm AK rifles.

Other

Sukhoi Su-15

A Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor aircraft destroys a Korean Airlines Boeing 747 in "Don't be Cruel" (S2E07), a portrayal of the real-life Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shootdown that occurred on September 1, 1983.

An Su-15 tails KAL 007 in "Don't be Cruel" (S2E07).

Moments later, the aircraft fires a K-8 air-to-air missile that destroys KAL 007.