Space: Above and Beyond

A science Fiction show in 1995, created by James Wong and Glen Morgan, concerning the adventures of the 'Wild Cards', a group of US Marines who must fight an alien threat to the human race. The pilot episode was filmed in Australia with locations in the Australian states of Queensland (e.g Warner Bros. Movie World Studios and the Bond University campus on the Gold Coast) and New South Wales (e.g. RAAF Williamstown air base for the USMC air base) being used for the production. After the pilot episode was made, production was relocated to California, USA for the remainder of the series.

The Following weapons were used in the show:

M590 Assault Rifle aka "Ruger Mini-14"

• The Primary weapon of the USMC in the future (mid/late 21st century) is the fictional M590 Assault Rifle. The real firearm was a Ruger Mini-14 hidden in a custom fabricated shell. In the show the Marines only fired the weapon semi Auto, so the rifles inside were most likely Mini-14s only, and not AC556s. This prop rifle would later be used again in The X-Files episode "First Person Shooter" as one of the many weapons available to gamers in the virtural reality game of the episode's name. It also appeared in Command and Conquer: Tiberium Sun as GDI's M16 Mk 2 Pulse Rifle.

The Marines aboard an APC with their M590s

Lt. Nathan West (Morgan Weisser), Captain Shane Vansen (Kristen Cloke), and Lt. Cooper Hawkes (Rodney Rowland), pose with their M590 Assault Rifles

Another promo shot of West, Vansen and Hawkes with their M590 Assault Rifles

Artists rendition of the M590 Assault Rifle

M70 Pistol aka "Glock 17L"

• The Primary Sidearm of the Space Marines was the Fictional M70 Pistol, which was in reality a Glock 17L with an extended threaded barrel with an AR15 birdcage flash hider attached, along with some other clever additions to mask the gun's identity. The first appearance was orange instead of OD Green with a light inside the flash hider, it was used as a training gun attached to a VR video game/training simulator used by Hawkes in episode 2.

The Glock 17L, the real gun upon which the M70 was built. An extended threaded barrel was attached to affix the birdcage flash hider - 9x19mm

Stunt gun

A VR version of the M70 being used by Hawkes

Lt. Vanessa Damphousse (Lanei Chapman) holds her M70 Pistol

Artists rendition of the M70 Pistol, in reality a modified Glock 17L - 9mm

Desert Eagle

• Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen (James Morrison) is seen in several episodes carrying a Desert Eagle pistol (caliber unknown). It also appears to have been intended to be the original sidearm since Cooper Hawkes can be seen with a Desert Eagle handgun in the Pilot episode when he pointed it at the head of a captured Chig pilot, and one of the other Marines in the third episode was carrying one.

Desert Eagle MK VII - .357 Magnum. The most commonly seen Desert Eagle pistol in films before 1999.

Lt. Hawkes holds a Desert Eagle Pistol to a Chigs head

T.C. McQueen carries a Desert Eagle

Heckler & Koch SR9T Sniper Rifle

• A Faux SR9 is used by Cooper Hawkes on a solo covert ops mission. The butt of the rifle gives away the fact its a "Faux" SR9.

Heckler & Koch SR9(T). This is a 'faux' SR9(T) movie gun converted from an HK91, with an SG/1 style butt stock (instead of the correct MSG90 style) and PSG trigger pack - 7.62x51mm

Heckler & Koch MP5SD

• The Heckler & Koch MP5SD was used by the Marines in a night time covert ops mission. The MP5SD3 was also used by the Silicates on numerous occasions.

Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 9mm with Stock Extended.

MAC-10

• The MAC-10 was used by Silicates at the mining facility (Season 1, Episode 9)

Ingram MAC 10 open bolt Submachine gun - .45acp

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Steyr AUG

• The Steyr AUG was used by various characters throughout the series.

Steyr AUG - 5.56mm NATO

Lt. Col. T.C. McQueen (James Morrison) captures a Steyr AUG from a slain Silicate Soldier in Season 1, Episode 9: "Choice or Chance"

CZ75

• In Season 1, Episode 9: "Choice or Chance", Silicate pleasure model Feliciti OH, played by porn star Ashlyn Gere, uses a two tones CZ-75 pistol.

Silicate Feliciti OH (Ashlyn Gere) offers her CZ-75 Pistol to shoot Vansen in Season 1, Episode 9: "Choice or Chance"

Heckler & Koch MP5K

• The Heckler & Koch MP5K was used by various characters.

Heckler & Koch MP5K - 9mm

The MP5K was used by Silicate soldiers in Season 1, Episode 9: "Choice or Chance". On the left, a Silicate guard in the prison facility carries an MP5K and has a second one tucked in his waist band.

In Season 1, Episode 9: "Choice or Chance" all of the 'wildcards' use and carry MP5Ks. On the left, Lt. Cooper Hawkes (Rodney Rowland) fires an MP5K on semi auto only at pursuing Silicate Guards. On the right Lt. Shane Vansen (Kristen Cloke) carries an MP5K during her escape. Using full auto weapons on Semi auto fire only (to conserve ammunition) when you have only one loaded magazine, is a nice bit of realism that is rarely seen in movies or television.

Heckler & Koch MP5A3

• Seen in the Pilot episode in the hands of the Security personnel when they searched the Telus colony spacecraft before the launch.

Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9mm

Rocket Launcher

A rocket launcher, that vaguely resembles a Armbrust ATW, was seen in several episodes. It first appeared in episode 3 when a pissed Vansen shot down a Silicate ship that was trying to escape.

Vansen with a Rocket Launcher

Preparing to fire

Chig Battle Axe/Rifle combo

• Fictional 'firearm' developed entirely from fibreglass and is not based on a live firearm - fired electronically initiated 9mm blank ammunition.

Chig Warrior (Kristian Sorensen) with his fictional weapon