The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 film directed by Peter Weir about an Australian journalist (Mel Gibson) caught up in the tumultuous events surrounding the overthrow of Indonesia's President Sukarno in 1965. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, and was shot in the Philippines.

Handguns

Colt M1911A1

An angry Indonesian soldier points a M1911A1 pistol at Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) and Pete Curtis (Michael Murphy) when they dance with local women at a bar.

World War II issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP

Browning Hi-Power

One of the Indonesian agents pursuing Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt) in the climax is armed with a Browning Hi-Power.

Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm

Walther P38

Another agent uses a Walther P38 when he kicks down the door to Kwan's hotel room.

Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm

Submachine Guns

Sten

Sten Mk. III

Several Indonesian soldiers, most noticeably at the Jakarta airport and the road leading towards it, are armed with Sten Mk.III submachine guns.

Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm

Sten Mk. V

Other Indonesian soldiers carry Sten Mk.V submachine guns, distinguished by their foregrips and trigger guards.

Sten Mk V issued to Airborne forces - 9x19mm

Thompson M1928A1

Guards at the presidential palace carry M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns.

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP

PPSH-41

Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) militants brandish PPSh-41 submachine guns during a protest.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Madsen M50

A PKI militant sitting on a truck waves a Madsen M50 when it rams Hamilton's car during the protest. Later, an Indonesian soldier is also seen with a M50.

Madsen M50 - 9x19mm

Rifles

M1 Carbine

M1 Carbines with 30-round magazines are carried by the guards escorting Hamilton through the presidential palace.

Post-war M1 Carbine with 30 round magazine and metal barrel shroud - .30 Carbine

Norinco Type 56

Most of the Indonesian soldiers in the film are armed with the Norinco Type 56, with and without the attached "pig-sticker" bayonets. A PKI militant who helps treat Hamilton after he is beaten by soldiers also carries a Type 56.

Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") which was standard on PLA-issue Type 56s - 7.62x39mm

AK-47

An Indonesian officer uses a genuine AK-47, distinguished by its open sights, to strike Hamilton when he refuses to stop walking towards the presidential palace after the military coup d'etat.

Final Production version of the III AK-47 with laminated stock - 7.62x39mm

M16A1

Indonesian soldiers fire M16A1 rifles at Hamilton and Jill when they drive through their checkpoint in defiance of a curfew. The use of the M16A1 is an anachronism since the Indonesian military only adopted the rifle in the 1970s, well after the period in which the film is set.

M16A1 with 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm.

M1 Garand

U.S. Marine guards at the American embassy in Jakarta carry M1 Garand rifles. Later, several Indonesian soldiers surrounding the presidential palace after the overthrow of Sukarno hold M1 Garands as well.

M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk. I

A single soldier carries a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I rifle when Hamilton returns to the airport in the film's conclusion.

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British.

Machine Guns

BAR M1918A2

Soldiers surrounding the presidential palace after the coup carry the BAR M1918A2.

Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 - .30-06

Browning M1919

Browning M1919 machine guns are mounted atop the M-41 tanks surrounding the presidential palace.

A variant of the Browning M1919 developed during World War 2, this model is designated the M37, with the ability to feed from either the left or the right of the weapon - 30-06. This example is shown without a tripod, only the pintle mount. This the MOST likely .30 cal machine gun to be seen firing from armored vehicles.

M60

A soldier is seen with a M60 machine gun in the conclusion of the film.

M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO