Real Weapons Used in STAR TREK

[2takesfrakes]

The STAR TREK television franchise has used real-life firearms on a number of occasions. There is a great site which conveniently lists these, along with their associated screencaps from the shows they're in. Fellow firearm enthusiasts will enjoy the following links:

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise

How many of you take note of what weapons are used in your favourite STAR TREK shows?

 

[Captain Rob]

I love that website. Just watched "The Professional" last weekend. And I had some fun looking up what weapons were in Leon's fancy gun case.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Yes! Thank you - you're quite right about this site covering the weapons used in a variety of television shows and motion pictures. I've only just discovered it, myself and I'm like a kid in a candy store! It's opened up a whole new vista of inquiry into many shows that interest me - including and especially STAR TREK.

 

[hux]

Finally, a website I can masturbate to whilst choking myself.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Haha ... Choke that chicken!

 

[T'Girl]

The bamboo cannon didn't make the list huh?



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[Captain Rob]

Neither did the Lirpa.
Some of those Tommy guns sounded suspiciously plastic. Or maybe that was just a bad sound effect.

 

[2takesfrakes]

The bamboo cannon didn't make the list huh?

T'would appear that way. However, were you to write to the site and suggest its inclusion, I'm confident that those running it will give the matter all of the consideration it deserves ...

 

[publiusr]

We saw a nuclear test that Quark flew into--then too the most powerful weapon were the civil war era Q weapons. The cannon being both the most powerful fictional--and real weapon ever fired in trek.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Another "Q" weapon was seen in the episode "Hide And Q", and according to this site it's called a Charleville Musket. Only Q's version shot out LASER beams instead of led balls. Despite this upgrade, they have also fitted with bayonets.

 

[T'Girl]

We saw a nuclear test that Quark flew into

In 1945, there was a single nuclear test, a tower detonation on July 16.

In 1946, there were two tests in the South Pacific, a air detonation on July 1, and a underwater detonation on July 25.

in 1948, there were three tests in the South Pacific (different atoll), tower detonations on April 14, April 30, and May 14.

In 1951, the Nevada test site had it's first test on January 27.

Little Green Men had the Ferengi in the year 1947, there were no nuclear tests at all that year, perhaps they were in a alternate universe?
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[Timo]

Matters nuclear were clearly alternate by 1968 and the launch of an orbital nuclear warhead platform on a Saturn V. There's no obvious reason to believe in a timeline-altering event between the 1930s and 1968, so alternate might have been the word all along.

Then again, perhaps Quark suffices for "alternate" here? A test that was going to be postponed might go ahead now that there is a threat of alien invasion from outer space, as a pure propaganda move if nothing else. Garland read about the test on "the paper", be that a newspaper or some internal USAF report, but both allow for the news to be recent. Denning might have ordered the test (or pure detonation, without any measurements involved) performed just to show Quark's orbital invasion fleet that Earth was not without teeth.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Drone]

Yes! Thank you - you're quite right about this site covering the weapons used in a variety of television shows and motion pictures. I've only just discovered it, myself and I'm like a kid in a candy store! It's opened up a whole new vista of inquiry into many shows that interest me - including and especially STAR TREK.

Absolutely, it's indeed a treasure trove!!! I've been using it occasionally as a reference for some months and it doesn't seem to ever fail in being inclusive of all the paraphernalia that's used in any of the productions that I'm pretty familiar with. It's interesting too, that they profile performers themselves, with a listing of what they've been seen using in presumably just about everything they've appeared in, if not a total summation thereof. There are times that I've found that their link to certain weapons is lacking in much in the way of detailed specifications, such as the characteristic weapon that Mr. Connery wields in that idiosyncratic film peeked at in my avatar. However, in such cases, one can always slide over to dependable old Wikipedia to get the skinny on what you're interested in finding out.

 

[2takesfrakes]

You know, I have to tell you, I'm not really that familiar with the 007 series. As to his weapons, he has had some cool rifles and things, but what I mostly got out of it was his use of gadgets, really. The gadgets seemed to be more his thing. Like some keychain that would make even a lemonade stand blow up like an oil refinery ... that sort of thing.

But I have tremendous respect for the stuntmen who've been in it, especially pre-CGI. Those stunts were real and they are impressive as all hell. I've seen some of it, though ... here & there. The one that's stuck with me was The Living Daylights, for several reasons. For one, Bond was intense. He was a Man on the verge of going rogue, it seemed like, just had this edge about him. And he had a tasty car! What a cool set of wheels!

Last, but certainly not least, I was taken by Miss Moneypenny, of course. She was so adorable, so sweet and charming ... how could Bond not fall in love with her? I have to say, though, I was devastated that she wasn't considered a Bond Girl, because she needed to be. Put her in a tacky, cheesy dress and kiss her up between gunfights, instead of leaving her at the office, taking diction. And she was a lot prettier than the real Bond girl in that one, too!