Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard is the fourth installment in the Die Hard film series. This 2007 sequel was directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld) and Bruce Willis returns as NYPD Lieutenant John McClane, who finds himself paired with a young hacker (Justin Long) as they must attempt to stop cyber terrorists from shutting down the United States government. The cast also included Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q and Cliff Curtis. The film was released internationally under the title Die Hard 4.0.
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=Handguns=
==SIG-Sauer P220R==
In this fourth installment, Detective Lieutenant John McClane (Bruce Willis) changes his sidearm to a SIG-Sauer P220R (nowadays, this model is simply known as the standard P220) instead of the Beretta 92FS he carried in the previous films. The use of a SIG-Sauer series pistol is more in line with the sidearms approved for on-duty carry by the NYPD (although the P226 DAO is the actual approved NYPD model). During the confrontation with Mai Linh (Maggie Q) at the power plant, she takes the P220R and points it at Matthew Farrell (Justin Long). After McClane hits her with an SUV, she loses the gun and it is never seen again. McClane later takes a Beretta Px4 Storm from Robert Russo (Yorgo Constantine), which becomes his weapon for the rest of the film.
==Beretta Px4 Storm==
Terrorist Robert Russo (Yorgo Constantine) is seen carrying a Beretta Px4 Storm in several scenes, both with and without a suppressor. John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes it after killing the previous owner and uses it as his sidearm in the second half of the film. During the final confrontation with Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant), Matthew Farrell (Justin Long) uses McClane's dropped Px4 Storm to kill Emerson (Edoardo Costa).
==Beretta 92FS==
One of the terrorists is seen using a Beretta 92FS to take care of the hackers in the semi-truck, including Casper (Andrew Friedman). An interesting note, the particular Beretta used in the film was the same prop gun used by Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance. Call it a "cameo" role, if you will. This is also the only film in the Die Hard series in which McClane does not use a Beretta 92 variant as his own sidearm.
==Beretta 92SB==
A patrolman in Washington D.C. is briefly seen holding a Beretta 92SB, noted by its rounded trigger guard and ambidextrous decocking safety.
==Beretta 92G Elite 1A==
Thomas Gabriel's main hacker Trey (Jonathan Sadowski) is briefly seen holding a Beretta 92G Elite 1A. The same gun is seen used in Mission: Impossible III.
==Jericho 941 R==
Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) uses a stainless steel Jericho 941 R as his sidearm, which he points at Lucy McClane (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) during the final confrontation and uses to shoot Matthew Farrell (Justin Long) in the leg. Later, Gabriel sticks the muzzle of the Jericho into John McClane's (Bruce Willis) gunshot wound, so McClane simply forces him to pull the trigger, causing him to shoot through his pre-existing wound.
==Glock 22==
FBI agents, including Director Miguel Bowman (Cliff Curtis) and some of the Washington D.C. police officers are seen using third generation Glock 22s. They are noted as such by their muzzle diameters and by the fact the FBI actually carries Glock 22s in real life. John McClane (Bruce Willis) at one point also takes a Glock 22 from a terrorist disguised as an FBI agent and uses it to kill him.
==Heckler & Koch P2000SK==
Mai Linh (Maggie Q) uses a suppressed Heckler & Koch P2000SK when she and some of the terrorists infiltrate the power plant.
thumb|none|300px|Heckler & Koch P2000SK - 9x19mm
==Heckler & Koch USP Tactical==
During the scene at the power plant, McClane (Bruce Willis) runs into a terrorist (Michael Papajohn) who is armed with a Heckler & Koch USP Tactical fitted with a KAC suppressor. McClane fires his SIG-Sauer P220R and the terrorist fires the USP Tactical simultaneously over each other's heads before knocking each other's guns away. McClane eventually gets a Glock 22 out of the terrorist's holster and uses it to kill him.
==Heckler & Koch USP Compact==
Emerson (Edoardo Costa) armed with a Heckler & Koch USP Compact which Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) grabs after she knocks the MP7A1 out of his hands and shoots him in the foot with it, but he restrains her and points it at her.
==SIG-Sauer P226R==
One of the terrorists at the power plant (Matt McColm) is seen using a SIG-Sauer P226R fitted with a suppressor. When the terrorist is shoved into the elevator shaft by Matthew Farrell (Justin Long), his gun falls into the SUV lodged in the shaft. Mai Linh (Maggie Q) tries to use the gun to kill McClane, but the car falls to the bottom of the shaft before she can fire off a shot.
==Kimber Custom TLE II==
Rand (Cyril Raffaelli) carries a Kimber Custom TLE II as his sidearm.
==Unidentified Pistol==
A MPDC police officer keeps this pistol in his holster.
==Unidentified Pistol==
One of the terrorists keeps this pistol in his leg holster.
=Submachine Guns=
==Heckler & Koch UMP-45==
Many of the terrorists are seen using Heckler & Koch UMP-45s throughout the film. They are all fitted with C-More red-dot sights, Surefire M900A vertical foregrip/flashlight combinations, and flash-hiders. McClane (Bruce Willis) commandeers one after the shootout at Matthew Farrell's (Justin Long) apartment, but never uses it.
==Heckler & Koch MP5A2==
Most of the FBI agents in Washington D.C. are seen carrying Heckler & Koch MP5A2 submachine guns with Navy lower receiver/trigger groups.
==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==
Few FBI agents in Washington D.C. are seen holding Heckler & Koch MP5A3s with Navy lower receiver/trigger group. A terrorist can also be seen being armed with one.
==Heckler & Koch MP7A1==
Emerson (Edoardo Costa) uses a Heckler & Koch MP7A1 to wound John McClane (Bruce Willis) moments before the rescue of his daughter Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) during the final confrontation. Later, Lucy knocks the MP7A1 out of Emerson's hands and tries to kick it to McClane, but Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) intercepts the weapon before it reaches McClane.
=Rifles / Carbines=
==Heckler & Koch G36C==
Another weapon used by the terrorists are Heckler & Koch G36Cs. Like the UMPs, they are fitted with C-More red-dot sights and Surefire tactical flashlights.
==Heckler & Koch G36K==
A terrorist can be seen loading a Heckler & Koch G36K into the truck, which prompts one of the hackers to ask why the weapons are present. Gabriel responds by saying: 'They are the hardware to your software'.
thumb|none|450px|Heckler & Koch G36K with ZF 3x4° dual optical sight - 5.56x45mm
==M4A1 Carbine==
M4A1 Carbines are used by the FBI agents. They are fitted with rear BUIS, an M68 Aimpoint red-dot sight, AN/PEQ-2 lasers, a vertical foregrip, and a TLR-1 weaponlight. The security guards at the Woodlawn facility have the same setup except that they have a Surefire M900A weaponlight/foregrip instead.
==Mk 12 Mod 0 SPR==
The rifle used by Rand (Cyril Raffaelli), first in the shootout at Matthew Farrell's (Justin Long) apartment, and later during chase scene in Washington D.C., is the Mk 12 Mod 0 SPR (Special Purpose Rifle). This is a little-known AR-15 derivative developed by Crane and is used by U.S. SOCOM personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hot-spots globally. The Mod 0 uses a PRI carbon fiber handguard while the Mod 1 uses a Knight Armament free-floating aluminum handguard. The weapons in the film are fitted with a Leupold Mark 4 CQ/T rifle scope, suppressors, brass catchers, Surefire M900A weaponlight foregrips, as well as AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and are fired on automatic (which suggests that the terrorists simply took the upper receivers/barrels and slapped them on full-auto lowers).
==M16A2==
National Guardsmen soldiers are seen with M16A2s in Washington D.C.. They appear to be resin props.
==SIG SG 552==
A terrorist is briefly seen holding a pair of SIG SG 552 rifles when Gabriel's (Timothy Olyphant) men load up.
==Unidentified Rifle==
One of the terrorists at Farrell's apartment is armed with this assault rifle.
=Others=
==General Dynamics GAU-22/A==
At one point, John McClane (Bruce Willis) is forced to face a Lockheed Martin F-35B jet (noted from the F-35A model by its short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) system similar to a Harrier jet). This jet is erroneously outfitted with a pair of GAU-22/A 25mm guns (a four-barrel model of the older GAU-12/U) under the fuselage when the actual F-35B is only outfitted with a single external gunpod. At the time the film was made it was hard to find information on where this was mounted (the final model being a single wedge-shaped gunpod mounted on the centreline hardpoint), so it's possible the filmmakers simply assumed the F-35 used twin external pods like some models of the Harrier. The guns devastate the semi-truck McClane is driving but the pilot recklessly hovers the aircraft around a demolished cluster of overpasses and eventually crashes when debris falls in the lift fan, causing engine failure.
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