Posted: 7/26/2010 1:56:06 PM EDT
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for those interested, and those who remember. There was a thread a couple days ago talkig about transformers 3. In it was a picture of an AT-4 launcher with an ar-15 lower attached to the bottom and a night vision scope attached to the side. Im watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith and 53 minutes into it, Brad Pitt pulls out the same launcher with the same accessories. Check it out.
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It's the R-47 Widowmaker. link (about halfway down the page) "In the desert scene when Jane is waiting for her target to enter the kill zone, she sees an intruder, whom she later discovers is her husband John. Her scanner identifies the rocket launcher he is carrying as the fictional R-47 Widowmaker rocket launcher. After Jane shoots John in the chest (and his bullet proof vest), he fires this heavily-customized rocket launcher and destroys the shed she is hiding in. This is not an M136 AT4, since the AT4 wasn't even used in the construction of this fictional weapon. It was a 100% custom made prop, utilizing design elements and color schemes from the M136/AT4 launcher, but (a) it is a dual pistol grips and shoulder rest pad, (b) the front and back ends have futuristic caps and flanges that look nothing like an AT4 and (c) the overall diameter of the launcher is much larger than the 84mm of the AT4. It is more like a 105mm tube and is roughly the same size as Brad Pitt's head. Enough of the launcher is different to indicate that no AT4 was used and a Hollywood prop shop created the R-47 Widowmaker from scratch."     |
