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The A-Team (TV Series)

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The A-Team is an American action television series that aired on NBC from 1983-1988. The show followed the adventures of a US Special Forces team who, while serving in Vietnam, were convicted of a military crime they didn't commit. After escaping from a maximum security prison, they survive as soldiers of fortune in the Los Angeles underground. The show was known for its numerous gunfights where nearly no one was shot, and for its car chases where everyone is able to get out of their vehicles even after they experienced spectacular crashes.


The following weapons were used in the television series The A-Team:

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The A-Team (1983-1988)



Handguns

Browning Hi-Power

The Browning Hi-Power is one of the handguns frequently used by Col. John "Hannibal" Smith.

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In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Col. Decker has a Browning Hi-Power held on him.
In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Hannibal holds his Browning on Col. Decker.

Correction. In the Battle Of Bel Air Hannibal did not use a Browning Hi Power. Examine the picture carefully where he has the gun on Decker and its clearly not a Hi Power its a S&W blued 39. He used a Smith and Wesson model 39 blued 8rd automatic pistol for 4 episodes and then switched to a S&W model 639 (stainless 8rd automatic). The last episode Hannibal used his Browning Hi Power is Taxi Cab Wars.

Colt M1911

The M1911 and many variants are carried at various times by A-Team members, U.S. Military Police pursuing the A-Team, and various bad guys.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP
In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Decker second-in-command Capt. Crane (Carl Franklin) fires his M1911.

Nickel Plated Colt Lawman MK III

Used in the first 6 episodes of Season 2 by Templeton Peck(Dirk Benedict). He then switches it out for the S&W Model 29 in The Taxicab Wars.

Colt Lawman MK III. - .357 magnum
The business end of Facemans nickel plated Colt Lawman MK III.

Smith & Wesson Model 29

The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is the main sidearm of A-Team nemesis Col. Decker (Lance LeGault). Faceman is also seen carrying the Smith & Wesson Model 29 in numerous episodes.

Smith & Wesson Model 29 - .44 magnum.
Faceman shows Hannibal his S&W Model 29 in the Season 2 episode "The Taxicab Wars".
In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Col. Decker (Lance LeGault) with his S&W Model 29 drawn, searches for Hannibal in a sporting goods store.

Wilkinson Arms Linda pistol

Hannibal (George Peppard) uses a Wilkinson Arms Linda machine pistol converted to full-auto in the Season 2 episode "Deadly Maneuvers".

Wikinson Arms Linda Pistol
Hannibal fires the Wilkinson Arms Linda in the Season 2 episode "Deadly Maneuvers".

Submachine Guns

HK94A3

Heckler & Koch HK94 - 9mm.

Intratec AB-10

Intratec AB-10 Pistol. - 9x19mm.
Used throughout season 2, Hannibal is seen here holding an Intratec AB-10 Pistol.

Intratec TEC-9

Seen used by Robert Davi in an episode. Also, TEC-9 Mini blued carried by Hannibal in at least 1 episode.

MAC-10

The MAC-10 appears in two guises in this tv series. Both as itself (in a specific instance where Hannibal discovers it in a weapons cache inside a limo - complete with what appears to be a Psionics suppressor) and in a "fake Uzi" mode much like The Dogs of War with fake Uzi furniture mounted on the barrel and receiver. If memory serves the "front sight" of the Uzi was actually upside down!!!

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In the Episode When You Comin´ Back, Range Rider?, a MAC-10 is used by Col. Roderick Decker(Lance LeGault) for target practice. It should be noted that Lance LeGault barely ever flinches when firing a weapon in the series.

Micro Uzi

Micro Uzi - 9mm.

Uzi Carbine

Uzi Carbine - 9mm.

Assault Rifles

Ruger Mini 14 Stainless version with Folding stock

When the show began its full run in 1984, the producers decided not to have the team use different weapons every week, primarily due to budget concerns. (Let's face it, it was a cheap show). Beginning with its second season, the A-Team favored the Ruger Mini-14 with a factory folding stock in Stainless steel. Contrary to popular belief, these were not the fully automatic Ruger AC556 rifles, but the Semi auto only Ruger Mini 14 with folding stocks. Close examination of the show reveals that the actors are pulling the triggers quickly and only a few spent brass casing as flying out, despite the sound effects of full auto fire. Also the cuts in editing, showing bullet squibs and 'dust hits' against the ground and buildings, created the illusion of full auto firing Ruger rifles. Since Americans had not yet been exposed to 'assault weapon bans' being that this was the mid 1980s, the title 1 classified Ruger rifles were easy to transport across state and local lines with no paperwork hassles. The rifles were actually purchased for the show and were kept on permanent storage in the show's props containers during the show's run.

Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56x45mm
Hannibal Smith (George Peppard) and Templeton "Faceman" Peck (Dirk Benedict) hold their Ruger rifles in the Season 2 episode "The Taxicab Wars".
"Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz) holds a Ruger Mini-14 as he and B.A. Baracus (Mr. T) burst into a backyard in the Season 2 episode "The Taxicab Wars".

-- The question remains...what's that handgun B.A. is holding in this shot? -- Could it be a Walther PPK?

AKM

AKM - 7.62x39mm.

HK91A2

Heckler & Koch HK91A2 - 7.62x51mm.

IMI Galil

IMI Galil ARM - 5.56x45mm
"Any Questions?". Templeton holds a Galil on a bunch of thugs from atop a Sherman tank.


M16

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M16A1

Used by U.S. Military Police pursing the A-Team, by A-Team members themselves, and various bad guys.

Err, I almost forgot...some could have been earlier-model M16s or AR15 Sporters, but I don't remember anymore.
M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.

Norinco Type 56

Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm.

(Fake) XM177

Commercial CAR-15 - 5.56x45mm.

Sniper Rifles

Remington Model 700

Remington Model 700 with front sight removed. - .308 Winchester
The Remington Model 700 is used twice in the episode Diamonds ´N Dust. It can also be seen on multiple other occasions.


Machine Guns

M60

The M60 was the regular squad support weapon in the series, always used by Hannibal Smith (George Peppard) and rarely by B.A. Baracus (Mr. T) even though he would of been the obvious choice but more often was relegated to using a chrome Smith & Wesson 639 automatic pistol.

M60 - 7.62x51mm NATO.
In the Season 2 episode "The Battle for Bel-Air", Hannibal fires the M60 mounted on a Hughes 500 helicopter.
In the Season 3 episode "The Bend in the River", B.A. Baracus (Mr. T) bursts into a bar with the M60. This is probably the only time we see B.A. fire the weapon.

Launchers

Federal Gas Riot Gun

Federal M201-Z Riot Gun.
In When You Comin´ Back, Range Rider?, Col. Decker(Lance LeGault) uses a Federal M201-Z Riot Gun.

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