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* Desert Eagle, unless the protagonist is an [[Anti-Hero]].

 

 

This is often [[Truth in Television]], though specific ones are used unrealistically. For example, the Uzi and AUG have rarely been used by actual criminals, but are often used by Western-friendly countries in real life. Many insurgent groups use many non-Soviet designs, especially as Western weapons and ammunition have become more common. In post-2001 Afghanistan, the national army and police, which are part of the UN coalition, use mainly ex-Soviet weapons, as do a lot of the British private security contractors working for Western organizations. "Good" weapons like the FAL and Lee-Enfield are now far more common among insurgents and militias than they are in national militaries.

 

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== Comic Books ==

* In ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' (2008), the bad guys almost exclusively use Western guns. They're referred to as made by Stark International. This is used to illustrate how Stark can't bother himself at first over his tech falling into the wrong hands.

* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' Han Solo's signature DL-44 is really a rebuilt broomhandle Mauser, normally a 'bad guy' gun.

** More generally, good guys in ''[[Star Wars]]'' tend to wield pistols (Han, Leia, Luke, the rebels on the ''Tantive IV'') whereas bad guys use rifles (Stormtroopers, Battle Droids).

** Zig-zagged for the generic Rebel soldiers after the first movie - in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' the standard blaster rifle was based on the StG-44, a weapon used by Nazi Germany. In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', their rifles were instead based on the AR-15.

* In the Korean Western, ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' the Good bounty hunter wields a lever-action Winchester rifle, the Bad bandit uses a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|Webley revolver,]] and the Weird thief uses [[Guns Akimbo|a pair of Walther P38 pistols.]]

* In ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' the Police and FBI use .38 Special Revolvers while the Mobsters all carry Colt 1911 .45s. At the climax both the FBI and [[Even Evil Has Standards|Mobsters]] use Thompson Machine Guns again the Nazis.

* The 1995 film adaptation of ''Richard III'' seems to zig-zag on this trope, being set in an alternate ''Dieselpunk'' Britain. Richard, a villain, carries the Mauser C96, while Edward (ostensibly good) and Richmond (definitely good) carry the Colt 1911. However, the troops of both sides use Lee-Enfield rifles and Browning Automatic Rifles. Also, in the coup that opens the film, Richard's troops use the MP-18 and Edward's men carry the MP-40, both German-made weapons.

* In the SF/Horror film ''[[Lifeforce]]'', the SAS troopers are armed with Steyr [[AU Gs]].

* ''[[Lost]]'''s guns constantly change hands, making "good" and "bad" irrelevant.

** Interestingly, many of the guns used by the "bad guys," the Others, were obtained from {{spoiler|the US Army}}, generally seen as good guys in other media.