XM25 ‘Punisher’ Individual Airburst Weapon System ( Black Widow) The XM25 ‘Punisher’ during ‘Black Widow’ Developed as part of the DoD’s Small Arms Master Plan (SAMP) weapon series that ran from the mid-1990s until 2005, the insanely-bulked but undeniably-futuristic-looking XM29 became a featured firearm in the hands of Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Solider: The Return and that godawful final Pierce Brosnan James Bond flick Die Another Day, although both versions were in fact mocked-up MP5 and G36Ks, respectively, per the Internet Movie Firearms Database. The XM29 Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW), also known as the “Selectable Assault Battle Rifle” or SABR, was a post-ACR attempt to produce a hybrid 5.56mm assault rifle-airburst grenade launcher firearm in order to replace the M16, the M4 carbine, and the M203 grenade launcher all in one sitting. XM29 Objective Individual Combat Weapon ( Universal Soldier: The Return, Die Another Day) A fake OICW during the hovercraft chase in ‘Die Another Day’ Defined by its blocky appearance, only 1,000 units of the G11 were ever produced, and the rifle eventually entered cinematic history as the “Magnetic Accelerator” 1X.31A particle weapon pilfered from a museum armory exhibit in 2032 by insane convict Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) in the dystopian action comedy Demolition Man. Army during the Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program that ran from 1986 to 1990. G11 ( Demolition Man) A G11 during ‘Demolition Man’Īn unusual bullpup-style assault rifle that chambered caseless ammunition (and a personal favorite of the Task & Purpose team), firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch offered the prototype G11 assault rifle to the U.S. Get the latest military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily. ![]() (Is it weird that all of them are Heckler & Koch weapons? I didn’t think so.) military weapons systems that, once abandoned to the ash-heap of history, found a second life as a futuristic firearm on the silver screen. Luckily, Hollywood is always there to pick up where the Pentagon leaves off - quite literally, in fact. military to formally field the M4 carbine, but no search has left more potential candidates in its wake than the search for its replacement. Sure, it took from 1982 to peacekeeping operations in Kosovo in 1999 for the U.S. But while moviemakers manage to build the best and brightest new toys with relative ease, no such luck applies to the Pentagon, which spent nearly 40 years working through Advanced Combat Rifles and Objective Individual Combat Weapons in search of the perfect next-generation service rifle. ![]() Hell, nobody cared about the Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer pistol until George Lucas turned it into Han Solo’s reliable BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol on the set of Star Wars.īut the realm of action and sci-fi isn’t the only place that’s obsessed with finding the next big gun: look no further than the halls of the Defense Department, which only recently eked out a purported replacement for the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in the form of the XM5 and XM250 Next Generation Squad Weapon variants. With the right additions, a skilled mind can transform an AKS-74U into the multi-functional Zorg ZF-1 Pod Weapon System from The Fifth Element, or slap together Ruger Mini-14/AC-556 rifles and Ithaca 37 pump-action shotguns to form the venerably utilitarian Morita series of rifles from Starship Troopers. When it comes to the world of action cinema, a truly talented armorer can summon fictional firearms out of thin air. Florence Pugh with an XM25 'Punisher' in 'Black Widow' (Marvel).
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