The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 drama directed by Peter Weir that stars Mel Gibson as Guy Hamilton, an Australian journalist caught up in the tumultuous events surrounding the overthrow of Indonesia's President Sukarno in 1965. The film was shot in the Philippines and Australia and the cast included Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, who portrayed the male character Billy Kwan, and would subsequently receive an Academy Award for her role in the film. 
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=Handguns=
==Colt M1911A1==
An angry Indonesian soldier points a M1911A1 pistol at Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) and Pete Curtis (Michael Murphy) when they dance with local women at a bar. 
==Browning Hi-Power==
One of the Indonesian agents pursuing Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt) in the climax is armed with a Browning Hi-Power.
 
==Walther P38==
Another agent uses a Walther P38 when he kicks down the door to Kwan's hotel room. 
=Submachine Guns=
==Sten==
===Sten Mk. III===
Several Indonesian soldiers, most noticeably at the Jakarta airport and the road leading towards it, are armed with Sten Mk III submachine guns. 
===Austen===
Other Indonesian soldiers carry Austen submachine guns, distinguished by their foregrips, pistol grips, underfolding stocks. 
==M1928A1 Thompson==
Guards at the presidential palace carry M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns. 
==PPSH-41==
Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) militants brandish PPSh-41 submachine guns during a protest. 
thumb|400px|none|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
==Madsen M50==
A PKI militant sitting on a truck waves a Madsen M50 when it rams Hamilton's car during the protest. Later, an Indonesian soldier is also seen with a M50. 
 
=Rifles=
==M1 Carbine==
M1 Carbines with 30-round magazines are carried by the guards escorting Hamilton through the presidential palace. 
==Norinco Type 56==
Most of the Indonesian soldiers in the film are armed with the Norinco Type 56, with and without the folding "pig-sticker" bayonets. A PKI militant who helps treat Hamilton after he is beaten by soldiers also carries a Type 56. In reality, Indonesian soldiers in 1965 would have used Soviet-supplied AK-47s rather than the Type 56. 
==AK-47==
An Indonesian officer (Agoes Widjaya Soedjarwo) at roadblock uses a genuine AK-47, distinguished by its open sights, to strike Hamilton when he refuses to stop walking towards the presidential palace after the attempted coup d'etat by the 30 September Movement. 
==M16A1==
Indonesian soldiers fire M16A1 rifles at Hamilton and Jill when they drive through their checkpoint in defiance of a curfew. 
The use of the M16A1 is an anachronism since the Indonesian military only adopted the rifle in the 1970s, well after the period in which the film is set. Another possibility is that the rifles were used as substitute for the ArmaLite AR-15 used by Pelopor Regiment, an elite paramilitary unit within Indonesian police, which adopted the AR-15 in 1961.
==M1 Garand==
U.S. Marine guards at the American embassy in Jakarta carry M1 Garand rifles. Later, several Indonesian soldiers surrounding the presidential palace during the coup attempt hold M1 Garands as well. 
==Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I==
A single soldier carries a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I rifle when Hamilton returns to the airport in the film's conclusion.
=Machine Guns=
==BAR M1918A2==
Soldiers surrounding the presidential palace carry the BAR M1918A2.
==Browning M1919==
Browning M1919 machine guns are mounted atop the M41 tanks surrounding the presidential palace. This is inaccurate; the M41 was never used by Indonesia. As the movie was filmed in the Philippines, this is most likely the Philippine Army's M41.
==M60==
A soldier is seen with a M60 machine gun in the conclusion of the film. The use of the M60 is an anachronism since the Indonesian military only adopted the machine gun in the 1970s, well after the period in which the film is set.
thumb|none|400px|M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO
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