Kandahar (2023)

Kandahar is a 2023 spy action thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Snitch). Gerard Butler stars as Tom Harris, a CIA operative in Afghanistan who has to flee with his translator (Navid Negahban) to a remote airfield in Kandahar Province after his identity is exposed. Along the way, Harris must contend with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operatives, Pakistani agents, and Taliban fighters who are all intent on capturing him. 
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=Handguns=
==Beretta Px4 Storm==
Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Kahil Nasir (Ali Fazal) appears to use a Beretta Px4 Storm as his main sidearm. 
==Glock 17==
Tajik warlord Ismail Rabbani (Ray Haratian) hands Mohammed "Mo" Daoud (Navid Negahban) a Glock 17 pistol during a tense confrontation. 
==SIG-Sauer P226R==
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) Colonel Farzad Asadi (Bahador Foladi) and his team use SIG-Sauer P226 pistols while pursuing Harris and Mo in Herat. Oliver (Tom Rhys Harries) also appears to use a P226 when the IRGC-QF raid the CIA safehouse in Qom. 
 
==SIG-Sauer P229R==
CIA agent Roman Chalmers (Travis Fimmel) provides Harris with a SIG-Sauer P229R pistol after rescuing him from the Taliban. Harris later uses the P229R when he confronts Nasir in the finale. 
thumb|none|300px|SIG-Sauer P229R - 9x19mm
=Submachine Guns=
==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==
An IRGC-QF operative uses a Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with a railed handguard while raiding a CIA safehouse in Qom, Iran. 
==Heckler & Koch MP5K (with PDW stock)==
Kahil Nasir uses a Heckler & Koch MP5K with a PDW-style stock throughout the film. 
thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch MP5K with PDW-style stock to emulate the MP5K-PDW - 9x19mm. The real MP5K-PDW can be distinguished by its longer barrel and newer trigger group.
==CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1==
Roman uses a CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1 as his primary weapon while assisting Harris and Mo. 
=Rifles=
==AK-47==
During a covert mission that Harris conducts in Qom to infect an Iranian nuclear facility with malware, IRGC soldiers are seen with AK-47 assault rifles. The AK-47 is also later seen in the hands of various Taliban fighters. 
==AKM==
AKM rifles are used by IRGC soldiers, Tajik militiamen, Taliban fighters and Afghan Special Forces commandos.
==Type 56-1==
Harris uses a Chinese Type 56-1 assault rifle for much of the film, most notably while engaging in a nighttime gunfight with an IRGC helicopter. Rasoul (Hakeem Jomah), a Taliban commander working with Nasir, also uses a Type 56-1, as does the leader of a British special operations team that is helping to evacuate Harris. 
==M16A2==
Soldiers of the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces (the post-Taliban name of the Afghan Armed Forces) use M16A2 rifles while guarding the Herat International Airport.
=Machine Guns=
==Browning M2HB QCB==
A Browning M2HB QCB machine gun is seen mounted on an IRGC truck. 
==FN MAG==
A FN MAG machine gun is mounted on one of the improvised armored cars that the disguised Afghan Special Forces commandos use to rescue Harris and Mo. 
thumb|none|400px|FN MAG 58 mocked up to resemble an M240B, with synthetic buttstock and heatshield added - 7.62x51mm NATO
==PKM==
A PKM machine gun is mounted on another improvised armored car used by the Afghan Special Forces. A British special operations soldier is later briefly seen with a PKM while waiting to be extracted. 
=Other=
==RPG-7==
Roman uses a RPG-7 rocket launcher when he attacks the Taliban compound with the disguised Afghan Special Forces commandos. 
thumb|none|450px|RPG-7 - 40mm
==M136 AT4==
Taliban fighters use a M136 AT4 launcher while pursuing Harris and Mo. 
thumb|none|450px|M136 AT4 - 84mm
==M29 Mortar==
Taliban fighters use what appears to be a 81mm M29 Mortar to shell Harris and Mo as they flee towards the airfield. 
thumb|none|300px|M29 Mortar - 81mm
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