The "Mi-24 Hind" gunships seen in the film are in fact Aérospatiale Puma helicopters, first modified for the 1984 film Red Dawn and subsequently seen in the preceding Rambo movie, Rambo: First Blood Part II. Weapons Platforms "Faux" Mil Mi-24 "Hind" Gunship Rambo fires an arrow with an attached blue cyalume light at the Soviets in the cave. The mating of an M203 to an AK has been done much later (in the 21st century) by militias in Africa and there are some Communist (or former Communist) bloc 'clones' of the M203, but none of these were available in the 1980s, and a Spetnaz NCO would be using front line Soviet armament, thus making this combination unlikely and anachronistic.Īccording to armorer Steve Karnes, the AK was Soviet-made with a Colt M203 and a Galil folding stock that was supplied to the production by an Israeli company. Rambo later takes the weapon and uses it at the final battle.
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Lacking the Soviet 40mm BG-15 grenade launcher, which was mounted to the real AK-74 rifles in the Soviet-Afghan war, the movie armorers merely attached a US-made M203 grenade launcher to a Maadi AKM (ARM) rifle (with an aftermarket side folding stock). Other M203 grenade launcher (fitted underneath AKM) In reality the nose gun would be the much larger 12.7 mm YakB machine gun, but that gun is only seen on the real Mil MI-24 Hind helicopters. Israeli movie armorers have access to tons of authentic captured Soviet weaponry over the years, and any film shot in Israel would have real Soviet guns.Ī better detail shot of the fake M134 minigun firing Acetylene flame bursts in flight. These were all captured enemy arms, taken during the many wars between Israel and their neighbor nations. The ones in the early parts of the film are authentic USSR-made AK-47s. Seen carried by the Mujahideen and by armed tribal members in Peshawar, Pakistan. 6.5 "Faux" Soviet ZSU-23 Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun.6.4 "Faux" Soviet T-72 Main Battle Tank.6.3 Authentic Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank.5.1 M203 grenade launcher (fitted underneath AKM).4.6 Oerlikon 20mm AA gun (Acetylene Gas Mockup).The following weapons were used in the film Rambo III: Stallone would not return to the character until 20 years later with 2008's Rambo. Only aficionados of armored fighting vehicles would notice the change. These were provided by Veluzat Armored Vehicles out of Newhall, California (the company who notably produced these very good mockups of Soviet armor for the original Red Dawn). Most notably, the armored vehicles at the final battle changed from the authentic and original Soviet armored vehicles from the middle of the film, to the modified American tanks in the climatic final battle. 50 cal Machine guns instead of real Soviet DShK 12.7mm MGs, etc. As Stembridge Gun Rentals took over the final shoot in the United States, mocked up Browning M2. This sudden relocation back to the U.S explains the sudden change from accurate Soviet weaponry (provided by the Israeli armorers) to the typical faux weaponry seen in many American movies. The remaining shots were completed (including many insert shots) using the same talent, but utilizing areas around the American Western Desert, most notably Yuma, AZ for the final battle and Lone Pine, CA for 2nd unit photography. Not wishing for a multi-million dollar film to be scrapped, then California State Senator Pete Wilson (R) (a big proponent of the film industry in California and later Governor of the state), helped the production to relocate back to Southern California and Arizona. Before production could be completed, it is said that Israel revoked the production's permission to remain in the country (the rumored reason being security concerns and threats made to the American film crew). However, the spectacle of a major US movie being filmed in the Middle East created a lot of concern about terrorist attacks (to disrupt the production and "send a message to the US"). Rambo III was originally scheduled to film almost entirely in Israel (with parts of the opening filmed in Thailand), and many scenes were filmed in Eilat (the southern most tip of Israel between Jordan and Egypt), using Israeli armorers. The 1988 sequel is an unusual movie in that its production was halted about two thirds into the shooting schedule of the film. Sylvester Stallone returns in the 1988 sequel as John Rambo, the former Green Beret, who drops into Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation after his mentor Colonel Trautman ( Richard Crenna) goes missing following a mission. Rambo III is the third installment in the Rambo saga.
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