It should also be noted that the Makarov PM, the most popular handgun in the Soviet Union, used a 9.2mm round, which is probably why the Podbyrin is said to be chambered in '9.2mm'. According to LaFrance, the most difficult part of the blank adaption conversion was the gas porting. 357 Mk I pistols as a base and had to modify the entire profile to resemble a large Walther P38. A P38 on Steroids', so movie armorer Tim LaFrance built three guns he named 'The Hollywood Eagle'. 357 Magnum to look more like a Soviet weapon, is the main weapon for Captain Ivan Danko ( Arnold Schwarzenegger) for much of the film, until he gets it taken away, due to his lack of a diplomatic license.ĭirector Walter Hill wanted a 'P38 but bigger and meaner. The fictional Podbyrin 9.2mm Pistol, which is actually a modified Desert Eagle Mark I. Pistols Podbyrin 9.2mm (mocked up Desert Eagle. 2.5 Smith & Wesson Model 38 'Bodyguard'.2.3 Smith & Wesson Model 36 'Chief's Special'.2.1 Smith & Wesson Model 629 (2.5' barreled Mag-na-Ported).1.1 Podbyrin 9.2mm (mocked up Desert Eagle.The following weapons were used in the film Red Heat: The other snowbound filming took place in Budapest, Hungary, which is why so many of the 'Soviet' police (Russian: Militsia) were carrying FEG PA-63 Pistols (from Hungarian weapons armorers). Since the film depicted a Soviet policeman as a hero, the filmmakers actually secured permission from the Soviets to do some filming in Moscow and the soldiers marching in Red Square were real, as were their Parade SKS rifles. This film was done while the Soviet Union still existed, thus it was extremely difficult for any US movie armorer to get Soviet Bloc weapons, due to an ATF regulation (per Department of State directive) that no weapons from any Communist bloc country be sold within the United States (unless that country had signed a specific trade agreement, like China, and Yugoslavia, imported by Mitchell Arms) many AKMs (ARM/MISR) were imported from Egypt with no special agreement since Egypt was not a communist country, nor had ever been one. The movie was directed by Walter Hill from a screenplay written by Hill and Troy Kennedy Martin. When Viktor escapes custody, Danko partners with Chicago PD Detective Art Ridžić ( James Belushi) as they attempt to track him down. Red Heat is a 1988 action thriller that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ivan Danko, a Soviet police officer from Moscow who travels to Chicago to bring back notorious Soviet-Georgian drug dealer Viktor Rostavili ( Ed O'Ross).

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