Guys -
What feel you about carrying an Alternative to the PR? I have an MP5 I can use as a standby until my lottery win, and I can afford a Spulse... ...
Ian

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In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

Well there were M16's, SA80's and an M16 "Shorty" in racks in the background in the Armoury scene on the Sulacco so they would be "screen accurate" and other could be feasible on an EU Basis!

Did a quick search for previous posting of the appropriate stills but couldn't find them I'm sure someone else will oblige though!

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Winch

"Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow I shall fear no evil for thou art with me. And together we'll kick ANY bugs ASS!"
You know who you are!

Works for me - just running it by Bn...

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In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

The PR was originaly based on the MP5 and I believe one or two people on here have made an MP5 PR....

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AKA: Simon

Cheers Mantroon - the MP5 is a stopgap, as I said...Mind you Simon, if I had a How to, conversion may be the way forward

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In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

Many Tx Mantroon - I'm looking at an Older Time Served Marine, perhaps serving in Support Coy...

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In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

Hi guys, in view of this thread. I have a non working airsoft mp5 sd3, and a beretta 92 springer, and some type of m500 spring shotgun...in theory, expanded univers they should be ok?Maybe fo a backwater bughunter, or private security type?

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" I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

Private
UKCM
42 rgmt, 1st Bttln,
Hadrian's Wall.

The official line: " Do what you want."

The bottom line: " The farther you get from what's been seen in the films/ video games, the more likely you'll
get called ' Starship Troopers' or 'GI Joe.'

And even if your have accurate kit, there's a good chance you'll get called that anyway. Or get mistaken for a marine from Halo.

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"A writer needs a pen, a painter a brush, and a filmmaker an army." - Orson Wells.

http://www.rookscastle.com
http://www.alchemyarms.com

I'm packing a Pulse for my main weapon for airsoft in the woods with my Spatarmour.

But for 'close encounters' of the CQB kind (or when my arms get tired) I've got a P90- which is futuristic enough to be USCM worthy for me. Plus I don't have to swap out pouches on my belt to cope with the 'king dong' sized P90 mags

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2nd Lt Jon "Jaylo" Lopez
A11/TQ1.0.72144E1
USCM Quality Assurance Division- Aerospace and Space Products- Earth
"Checklists Save Lives- No Service Stations at 30,000ft"

Do the PR mags fit in P90 pouches? My P90 rig finds this veeeeeeeeery interesting.

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Sgt. Jake Tucker - 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters.

Yup.

'Long' Thompson mags fit into UMP/P90 MOLLE mag pouches.
'Short' PR mags with the baseplate fit best into standard ALICE pouches or M56 pouches.

I run long 450rounder Thompson mags for 'field ops', hence having P90/UMP MOLLE mag pouches on my rig already.

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2nd Lt Jon "Jaylo" Lopez
A11/TQ1.0.72144E1
USCM Quality Assurance Division- Aerospace and Space Products- Earth
"Checklists Save Lives- No Service Stations at 30,000ft"

Before I had my current PR, and at various times between PRs, Ive carried at TM M3 at events. With a teeny bit of modification [read: whacking a RIS and Backup iron sight on it] it closely resembles the combat shotgun from the Technical Manual.

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MSgt Samantha 'Boltie' Watters
Chief Medical Officer, UKCM
1st Batt. 42nd Regiment - Hadrian's Wall

Area 52 Bioweapons division - Amber T. Alien


"Harsh"

Interesting stuff Demoncase - Maybe I should skirmish my thompson for a change.. I already have a P90 I'm rather fond of, so it's nice to avoid changing my rig up.

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Sgt. Jake Tucker - 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters.

As Winch pointed out

SA80's, M16's and Colt Commando's (not quite an M4, but as near as dammit is to swearing) were all seen on screen, and these are readily available anywhere.

You can get hold of the Ithaca Shotgun from eHobby asia.

So I'd go down this route first, because if someone tried to pull you up on it, you've always got the Screen Accuracy argument to fall back on, and you can show your nerd-fu if they claim they weren't used!


Admittedly, the Pulse Rifle being as awesome as it is, does tend to add a large part to the costume.

Depends on how mad you want to go!

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http://www.chefs-creations.co.uk/shop/index.php/colonial-marine

http://www.kgbairsoft.com/wordpress

As Mantroon stated the UKCM has never pulled the you cant use/wear that bull and if you want to hang with us then feel free to use/wear what you want, regardless if it was on screen or not

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SSgt Kris "Bloodsucker" Kobus, VAS.
A09/TQ2.0.12136E1

I always liked the Glocks in Space: Above And Beyond. 17L, I think they were.
With a few simple additions and some OD paint, you can make a lot look like it belongs in Aliens!

I've now sourced a PR, tx to the Techno Viking, and have a Glock copy as a sidearm - slowly getting there!

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In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

I have a flamer and a not finished PR. I have to admit I prefer my flamer as its so much lighter than the PR. I struggle carrying the flamer round for a few hours nevermind my pulse rifle which weighs about 4 times more lol

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Cpl S Moden
A07/TQ2.0.42162E1

SAM, you have a sling on either of them?

Speaking of sidearms. I was watching Aliens the other night, and it suddenly struck me that Vasquez appears to be using a standard 1911 .45 with pearl/ivory? grips when she pulls it out in the airduct.

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" I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

Private
UKCM
42 rgmt, 1st Bttln,
Hadrian's Wall.

It's a S&W M39 9mm- not a 1911.

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2nd Lt Jon "Jaylo" Lopez
A11/TQ1.0.72144E1
USCM Quality Assurance Division- Aerospace and Space Products- Earth
"Checklists Save Lives- No Service Stations at 30,000ft"

Yep, Glock 17L with a lot of disguise boots added on to hide the fact of what it was.

Mag base extension
scope base
Red dot scope with weaver rings.
under barrel laser ( non RIS)
M16 muzzle brake
barrel shroud.

The thing that always bothered me about the set dressing weapons rack in Aliens
is the fact it was seen on screen for like 2 seconds, never used in
the film by any actor, and yet everyone says " oh, the M16 is canon to the film..."



I bet if Cameron had cared, and the budget had room for it, those weapons would have
been replaced with pulse rifles or flame units. I don't think they were ever intended to be seen.

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http://www.rookscastle.com
http://www.alchemyarms.com

And you're the man who'd know!!
Thing is, it was still blatantly a Glock, at least to my eyes.
Didn't you also have the cockpit, or was that someone else?

Ultimately, if you can make something look like it belongs in the Aliens universe, you're doing well.
I joked once about writing swear words on a placard, nailing it to a stick and using that as a weapon ("What're we s'posed t' use, man, harsh language?")... but then I had to get my coat!

Cool, thanks for the info, amazon have something like that, a springer in red, don't mind repainting that in OD:), oh and I have a Glock 17 too....so....hmmmmm:)

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" I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

Private
UKCM
42 rgmt, 1st Bttln,
Hadrian's Wall.

You can get them in clear too IIRC...As for the slings - they appear to be Land Rover Seat belts, with 58 webbing clips...

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In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.