In the 1996 movie Heat, what was the type of rifle used by Al Pacino during the bank robbery?It obviously was not an AR-15 or AK-47 |
In the 1996 movie Heat, what was the type of rifle used by Al Pacino during the bank robbery?It obviously was not an AR-15 or AK-47 |
For future reference, the Internet Movie Firearms Database is the best source for such questions as yours.
Look here: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Heat
There's a good shot of Al Pacino holding an FN FNC-80.
"Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) pulls out an FN FNC-80 assault rifle during the shootout on Flower Street, and uses it to kill Cheritto when Cheritto - who is firing at Drucker and several other cops - grabs a little girl as a human shield. According to the on-set armorer, Hanna's rifle was a Select Fire FNC-80 assault rifle that was chopped down by the armorer to a Para length barrel, and an M16 style birdcage was attached. The FNC-80 was imported into the U.S. as a full automatic weapon and as a Semiautomatic Sporter rifle named the FNC 223 Sporter. Despite being a full auto weapon, Michael Mann instructed Al Pacino to fire only in semi-automatic mode, because Hanna and all of the other cops who were involved in the shootout would be concerned about the possibility of endangering bystanders."
Fabrique Nationale FNC-80 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=google...
Man, tough one. I've watched that movie 5 or 6 times. (twice in the theater) One of my favorites. But I didn't pay close attention to his rifle.
It definitely was an automatic like police use for major threat violent criminals