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.

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

Artists rendition of the M590 Assault Rifle

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

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

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

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

Stunt gun

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.

T.C. McQueen carries a Desert Eagle

Faux SR9

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