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-[[Image:Aliens-The M41A Pulse Rifle.png|thumb|250px|[[Ellen Ripley|Ripley]] learns how to use the M41A pulse rifle from [[Corporal Hicks]]. From ''Aliens''.]]
-The '''Armat M41A''' is a [[fictional]] pulse-action air-cooled [[assault rifle]] used by the [[United States Colonial Marines|U.S. Colonial Marine Corps]] and the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in the ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' films. In ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'', it is described as using 10mm calibre, caseless ammunition, and is seen with an over-and-under configuration incorporating a PN 30 mm [[pump-action]] [[grenade launcher]]. The M41A props, repainted and given a different gunfire sound effect, appear at the end of ''[[Alien³]]''
-In the movie, the weapon has the fictional NATO Stock Number ([[NSN]]) 3055-00-721-4790.
-==Prop design==
-The M41A Pulse Rifle was designed by [[James Cameron]] and built by British armorers Simon Atherton and Andrew Fletcher from the parts and components of three firearms supplied by prop armory Bapty & Co., U.K. The rifle component utilised a [[World War II]]-era [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson M1A1 submachine gun]] while the grenade launcher component was built around the action of a [[Remington 870]] [[pump-action shotgun]] and the [[shotgun]] was encased inside the shroud and foregrip of a [[Franchi|Luigi Franchi]] [[Franchi SPAS-12|SPAS-12]] shotgun. It was originally designed around a [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] [[submachine gun]] but the MP5 is said not to have produced a muzzle flash as large as desired for the impression of a futuristic [[infantry]] rifle.
-==Depiction==
-The M41A Pulse Rifle is an air cooled, fully automatic, short- to mid-range combat rifle. Made of light alloy plates, it fires 10x24mm Armor Piercing Caseless Rounds from a 100 round U-bend magazine in either semi automatic, four-round burst, or fully automatic rates of fire. In the ''[[Aliens versus Predator (computer game)|Aliens versus Predator]]'' computer game, the rifle can practically hold 99 rounds; according to the ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual]]'', the weapons were usually underloaded to 95% capacity to avoid jamming. The pulse rifle has a battery-powered digital display that displays the number of rounds left in the magazine. With a retractable stock and an underslung 30 mm PN grenade launcher, this weapon can be used as a carbine and an assault rifle.
-==M41A and Airsoft==
-There are several kits available to convert the [[Tokyo Marui]] M1A1 Thompson [[airsoft]] gun into an M41A Pulse Rifle. One version is available from Monsters In Motion.<ref>[http://www.monstersinmotion.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=8721 M41A Convertible Pulse Rifle Model Kit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Monsters in Motion/Tek Arms also created a non-functional model kit that could be modified to house the TM M1A1. A less expensive kit (with a 100% static non-working shotgun) is currently under development at Arnies Airsoft.<ref>[http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/?filnavn=/projects/aliens/m41.htm ArniesAirsoft: M41a Pulse Rifle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-Several manufacturers of infrared gaming guns also make a Pulse Rifle model, such as Battlefield Sports.<ref>[http://www.battlefieldsports.com/pulserifle.htm Battlefield Sports M41a Pulse Rifle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-==Cameo appearances==
-{{Trivia|date=March 2008}}
-* The Pulse Rifle also makes an appearance in another [[James Cameron]] film, ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', being carried by members of John Connor's resistance force. They are not featured prominently, however. In ''[[Terminator 3]]'' T-X's on-screen display also list the M-41 Pulse Rifle as an available weapon.
-* In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' entitled "[[The Lastest Gun in the West]]", a black version of this gun appears.
-* The rifle is also mentioned in the movie ''[[Soldier (movie)|Soldier]]''.
-* Several models of the Pulse Rifle are shown in the [[Sony PlayStation]] game ''[[G-Police]]'', where they are used in a few FMV cutscenes.
-* Black Versions of the M41A Pulse Rifle have been featured in one episode of the [[Anime]] ''[[Excel Saga]]'', though their function is questionable at best.
-* The Pulse Rifle is the weapon held by the main character on the cover of D.E. White's book ''[[Jettison]]''.
-* The Pulse Rifle is a main weapon in the ''[[Half-Life]]'' mod ''Desert Crisis''.
-* The Pulse Rifle made an appearance in ''[[South Park]]'' in the ending of the episode "[[Go God Go]]".
-* It is also used in the opening FMV sequence of the expansion pack ''Defiance'' of the game ''[[I-War (Independence War)|I-War]]''. Here it is seen used by a team of marines boarding an Indie ship.
-* The Pulse Rifle can be seen briefly in one episode of the [[anime]] ''[[Galaxy Angel]]''.
-* The Pulse Rifle is the weapon wielded by the GDI Light Infantry in CGI cutscenes of the game ''[[Tiberian Sun]]'' (labeled as the M16 Mark II in the instruction manual).
-* It appears in the [[B movie]] ''[[Battle Queen 2020]]''.
-==See also==
-* [[M56 Smart Gun]]
-==References==
-{{Refbegin}}
-* Brimmiscombe-Wood, Lee, and Dave Hughes. ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual]]''. New York: Perennial Currents, 1996. ISBN 0061053430.
-* Foster, Alan Dean. ''Aliens: A Novel''. New York: Warner Books, 1986. ISBN 0-446-30139-6.
-{{Reflist}}
-{{Refend}}
-==External links==
-* [http://www.m41a.com/ www.M41A.com]
-* [http://www.colonialmarines.net The USCM Charter]
-* [http://scifimilitary.com Sci-Fi Military Forums]
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