The Cobras are actually older-specification Barrett M82 long-range. When Clarence Boddicker and his gang are asked by Dick Jones (Ronnie Cox) to kill RoboCop, they are provided with an experimental military weapon being developed by OCP called the Cobra Assault Cannon. The effect was enhanced with a large amount of optical diffusion to give the 'flashes' the more 'burned-in' look of gunfire. The muzzle flashes were created with pieces of cotton (stretched numerous ways), painted a special orange color, and lit with flash-bulb tubes modified to be placed inside the guns of the actual ED-209 miniature. Phil Tippett, who animated the stop-motion Imperial Walkers in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, directed the stop-motion animation of the ED-209 unit, which included the guns' firing. And in a clever touch, never used in the film, a pocket behind the robot's head was equipped with twin launchers which could be loaded with either mortars or gas grenades for crowd control. The right hand held two additional 20mm guns. Conceived as having a modular weapons system, ED's left hand was equipped with one 20mm gun and had been further retrofitted with three heat-seeking missiles. The movie version of ED 209 was equiped with heavy armament. From the real ones used by the Clarence and Cain gangs to the fictional ED-209 guns and the cobra cannon. State of the art, bang bang! Here we take a look at the many guns used in the movies and tv-series.

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