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- Simon Atherton is a British movie armorer and the ex-head of Bapty & Co. who served as armorer on the film Alien 3.
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The Pacific: The Weapons
The Pacific
As with every other aspect of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, attention to detail was crucial in creating realistic weaponry for the production.
It fell to armorer Simon Atherton, a veteran of previous World War II productions such as Saving Private Ryan and HBO's Band of Brothers, to ensure the authenticity of the weapons, ammunition and webbing (the belts and bags that hold a Marine's gear).
For THE PACIFIC, he faced new challenges, both from the climate on set and in finding appropriate weaponry for the actors playing Japanese soldiers.
The production used a combination of real and prop weapons, some much easier to obtain than others. Atherton had retained much of the American forces' weaponry from Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, but had to rely on collectors and prop houses around the world to equip Japanese troops.
Atherton notes that the Japanese weapons "weren't highly desirable at the end of the Second World War. People di
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- Simon Atherton, Black Hawk Down lead armorer and owner of Zorg Limited, provided examples of M16s and CARs used in the movie.
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- Simon Atherton has been working in the movie business for the past 20 years as a crew member that often gets overlooked: the armorer.
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- Ironically, many of the M16s and CAR-15s used on screen were actually built as an export variation of the Colt M16. Simon Atherton, Black Hawk Down lead armorer and owner of Zorg Limited, provided examples of M16s and CAR-15s used in the movie.