THE GUNARM
Introduced in RoboCop3, the weapon arm was actually a add on that were in a early script of RoboCop2.

Built by Rob Bottin, the versatile gun tab featured a nine-millimeter machine gun, a fully operational missile launcher and a practical flamethrower capable of shooting a stream of fire one hundred feet. The actuall design of the gun arm was made by RoboCop3 director Fred Dekker.







ROB BOTTIN: "In one of our first meetings Fred walked in with a drawing he had done, and said, "I think the gun arm should look something like this; but of course, I'm a big fan of your work and I want to see what you come up with" I looked at his drawing, and said, 'Well. I don't think we can beat thisl' It was a damn good design; and so we went with it."

Stembridge Gun Rentals supplied the machine gun for the multi-weapon arm. Stembridge had supplied all the guns for the Terminator movies and Total Recall; and they were a great help putting this gun arm together. The machine gun was laid down into the cradle of the arm, with the handle and trigger disguised by a second, added barrel. So there were barrels on either side, which made it look more futuristic. The authentic machine gun packed a considerable wallop.





ROB BOTTIN: "When they brought the machine gun to the shop, I wanted to shoot it so that I could make sure it would be safe laying on its side. So Harry Lu from Stembridge loaded it up and I shot a few rounds. It was wild, because it would actually move me backwards as I shot it. It wasn't that big a gun -and I was weighing in at about 235 at that point -yet it could still push me across the room. That was something that Robert Burke had to get used to."

Also incorporated into the practical prop were the flame-thrower and missile launcher. The flamethrower was built for us by Roboshop -a company that did the flame effects for the dragon in the Conan show at Universal Studios. The actual flamethrower was a rod about the size of a pencil- but it could easily shoot a hundred feet offire with the circumference of the stream blossoming out to a good eight feet. Fuel lines for the flamethrower ran out from behind RoboCop, and then off onto the floor to a special tank. Rounding out the multi-weaponarm was the missile launcher which employed small, but powerful rockets used by model rocket enthusiasts. AIl in all. the gun arm was an effective new tool in the RoboCop arsenal.





ROB BOTTIN: "I wish it could have been featured more, because it was pretty cool. And it was great fun to make. We were like a bunch of kids -'Oh, yeah! Let's shoot the machine gun! Hey! Now we get to shoot fire out in the backyard! Now we get to shoot missiles! All of us had a lot of kid-Iike enthusiasm about the gun arm."

Well.....I know what movie I'm digging out tomorrow


I forgot about this one...always remembered his spike....but this is damn cool!!!

Freeze Punk!



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i remember it but didnt know it was REAL!!! that make it so much cooler.

ROFL I love the look on the desk sergeants face...

Nice one BG!!

even at only 15 y.o. i still remember it ....hey didnt he only have a plate in his head then he mystically transformed into robocop..

Plate in his head? OK you lost me, what do you mean?

Has anyone else heard that they are doing a re-make of Robo-cop for 2010

Robo-cop 2010

Oi you know Robocops a Baaaaad'ass mah fukka!

That machine gun arm looks like a Calico

http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg57-e.htm

Also, keep your eyes out for the massive OTF KnuckleKnife that one of the rapists pulls out.....right before RC lets off with the ol' M93R conversion and blows his balls off via a hole in his potential victim/human shield's skirt! COOOOOL AS FUCK and the right punishment too!!!!!

BillSykes

@Toedash
You know, I had heard nothing of it... I hope it's good, I kind of think they were running out of ideas by the last one... Unless they turn him into a Cylon or something...

@Billsykes
Hey, good eye there Bruv!!

I was almost getting ready to disagree, because that banana magazine on the side looks like an AK-74 Mag. But then I looked a little closer at the pic, the mag is in the wrong place, and entirely wrong angle for it to have been functional, given where the barrel is. And then you can see what looks like the helical feed magazine on the side...

So you're probably right... I've always loved the Calicos...

And that rapist got what he deserved. Live by the sword, die by the sword... Or better yet live without your "sword"...

I just finished watching all 3 movies today, and omg i love them. I remember the first time i watch Robocop i had nightmares for months because of the death scene at the beginning.

And beings you all know how i love to make gifs and post pictures, i couldn't resist :)

Btw, the spike arm and holster legs were seperate units. There was a guy on set holding the arm everytime it was used.

Nice Gifs!!

It's funny to imagine some guy, off camera, holding up an arm or a leg in the shot LOL...

I've always loved his leg holster though...

I always wonder if the pistol, was full automatic.
or if being a robot, he simply pulled the trigger fast.

jerryk25 wrote:I always wonder if the pistol, was full automatic.
or if being a robot, he simply pulled the trigger fast.

In a behind the scenes video of the suit and weapons, they state it was a modified 92F/93F (cant remember which) with a 3 round burst.