The "guerrilla shot down from tree" was a member of a Communist guerrilla force operating in Guatemala in 1987. He was killed when Alan "Dutch" Schaefer's private military team attacked the main guerrilla camp in the jungle, dying when Blain destroyed his sniper's nest with his M134 Minigun.
Biography[]
The ambush[]
The guerrilla is blown out of his tree.
The guerrilla was positioned in a sniper's perch high in one of the trees in the middle of the rebel camp when Dutch and his team launched their assault. From his position, the guerrilla was able to rain deadly fire down on Mac as he attempted to advance through the camp. Mac dove for cover and called for Blain to assist, who promptly destroyed the guerrilla's perch and blew him clean out the tree with his M134 Minigun, nicknamed "Old Painless". The rebel's corpse crashed down through the roof of one of the nearby huts in the camp, startling Hawkins and Poncho.
Equipment[]
The soldier was armed with a Valmet M78/83 light machine gun.
Trivia[]
- William H. Burton, Jr., the actor who played the unnamed guerrilla, also performed stunts in Predator 2.
- The Valmet M78 used by the guerrilla is possibly intended to stand in for the RPK light machine gun, which looks very similar.
Appearances[]
Gallery[]
![Burton in the tree.[2]](/wiki/File:Burton_in_tree.png "Burton in tree.png (686 KB)")
![Burton falls from the tree.[2]](/wiki/File:Burton_falls.png "Burton falls.png (600 KB)")
![Burton lands in an airbag.[2]](/wiki/File:Burton_lands.png "Burton lands.png (583 KB)")
References[]
- ↑ Jim Thomas, John Thomas (writers), John McTiernan (director). Predator (1987), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John McTiernan, John Davis, Shane Black, Bill Duke, Carl Weathers, Stan Winston. If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It: The Making of Predator (2004), 20th Century Fox [DVD].