Alien: Romulus - The Pulse Rife is Back?
I can still remember the first time I watched the film Aliens growing up. For me, back then, this 1986 science fiction action flick was more than a movie, it was an event. The box office return certainly reflected the film's popularity with it bringing $291,694,608 (adjusted for inflation) on a modest budget of $40 million. Of course, there would be many more films that would come out in the franchise but none of them featured the most iconic gun from the second instalment, the M-41A Pulse rifle. With the newest installment of the Aliens franchise chest bursting onto screens this Friday, I thought this would be a good time to look at its take on the Pulse rifle.
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In Alien: Romulus, our titular characters find themselves needing to improvise a new plan involving the new F44AA Pulse Rifle. Alien: Romulus actually takes place in between Alien and Aliens so I thought it was a bit weird that this rifle was much more advanced with a self-aiming stock. There is basically zero information on the internet about this rifle or how it came to be but to me, it certainly resembles the original M-41A Pulse rifle in all the right ways.
The Stock certainly reminds me of some kind of amalgamation between a Maxum Defence PDW brace and a Mission First Tactical AR Stock.
The lower receiver of the Pulse rifle has Kriss Vector written all over it which is a departure from the less angular design of the M-41A.
It's harder to see in this picture here but the pistol grip reminds me of the one found on the MG-34 Machine gun but with more finger grooves.
I find it funny that there is basically zero information online about this movie prop yet there is a guy who has been producing replicas of the F44AA for over a month now, below is a link to his own video going over the replica prop. The internet finds a way.
While the F44AA is never stated to have a grenade launcher, it has an obvious homage to the M203 on its forend. The magazine round counter is back but this time it only displays the amount of ammo left in the magazine with bars, similar to the battery on your phone.
The aforementioned stock that aims the rifle automatically. Don't let the ATF hear about this one.
That's all we have on the F44AA as of now, as the movie comes out tomorrow, but I'm excited to see how the rifle is utilized in the film.
Be sure to let us know in the comments; are you headed to the cinema to see Aliens: Romulus? What does the F44AA remind you of? And where do you think all the parts of inspiration came from for this new but retro-looking space blaster?
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"so I thought it was a bit weird that this rifle was much more advanced with a self-aiming stock"
I imagine it has something to do with travel times. Alien universe is sublight only so Romulus crew could theoretically leave after the Aliens crew but because of distance or propulsion advances get to their destination first.