Whats that gun?
Of course we all love IMDb, the Internet Movie Database. But there are times when the all-encompassing movie and television resource isn’t enough. Thankfully we have sites like the Internet Movie Firearms Database (a.k.a. IMFDB). This destination catalogs the weapons featured in popular movie and TV shows. It’s a wiki-style resource which lives on user submissions. You can search or browse the site by movie/show, actor or even particular firearm. I thought I’d begin my perusal of IMFDB by searching for the famous AK-47 machine gun. The site, unlike myself, is so knowledgeable in the way of weapons that I was immediately presented with this notice: NOTE: Please keep in mind that while “AK-47” is often a catch-all term for 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov rifles, most so-called “AK-47s” in movies — particularly American movies — are actually either Egyptian Maadi ARM copies of the highly improved AKM, or variants of the Chinese Norinco Type 56. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle i
