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Mobile Infantry
Morita

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The Morita was a combination of two working arms. The top, rifle mechanism was (add)... The lower, shotgun portion was (add)... Heroes had three different versions they carried around. The fully functional (add)... The fiberglass shell that could take an actual clip (add)... And the foam "stunt" version (add)... The Fleet version was simply a cut-down MI Morita. The shotgun "pump" was cut off, and the muzzle flash suppresser was moved back (add)...

Morita w/ Pump Action

Held
by figure
Foam
Detail 1
Detail 3

Fiberglass
Fiberglass Shell
Detail 4
Detail 5

Firing Morita
in action!
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Firing Morita
w/ clip
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Magazine
detail
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Firing Morita
center
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Firing Morita
action
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Film References 1

Ah... a child and an automatic weapon.
Is there no moment more special?
Detail of the pump-action.
Detail of the receiver.

A shot of Sugar's Sniper Morita.
Sugar takes aim...

Film References 2

Let's compare excessive muzzle flash...

Johnny's Morita flash.

Ace's Morita flash.
Carmen's Morita flash.

"Alternate" Uses

The Morita rifle never looked so good...

Actual Weapons

Dave Uhe from Tucson, AZ writes,
"For your readers who might be interested...

After looking at the pictures on this page, looks like the full size Morita rifle was made using a Ruger AC-556 and an Ithaca 37 short barrel shotgun.

The Ruger AC-556 was a full auto version of the Mini-14 rifle marketed mostly to police departments during the 1980's. Easy to identify, by the receiver picture and the magazine. The shotgun is an Ithaca Model 37 with short barrel. Notice the angled metal projection in front of the magazine tube, just below the barrel.

Enclosed pictures of the real firearms, from the www.ithacagun.com and www.ruger-firearms.com websites.

Lastly, a 3rd party vendor called MWG makes a plastic clamshell stock for the Mini14 called the Muzzlite Bullpup stock. Somewhat similar look to the fleet Morita carbine, used in the film Total Recall. Regards,"

Film References

Detail of the clip.
Statistics on the ammunition were never established,
(but a hex-wrench jammed into a Mini-14 brass is a good guess).
A real military flash suppresser was used on the firing Moritas.

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Arnie's Airsoft - Morita Project
Starship Troopers "Morita"

For more information, please visit Arnie's Airsoft main page and click on "Projects".

Battlefield Sports - Morita
Australian outdoor Lasertag company features a "Morita" in their arsenal.

For more information, please visit their main page and click on "Weapons".

Fan-Made Morita Kit

From the C. Adrian Collection, "www.goldenarmor.com".

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Fan-Made Morita

Finished fiberglass Morita. Note diferent muzzle. (add)...

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Held by figure	Foam	Detail 1	Detail 3
Fiberglass	Fiberglass Shell	Detail 4	Detail 5
Firing Morita in action! NiC	Firing Morita w/ clip NiC	Magazine detail NiC	Firing Morita center NiC
Firing Morita action NiC

	Film References
Detail of the clip.	Statistics on the ammunition were never established, (but a hex-wrench jammed into a Mini-14 brass is a good guess).	A real military flash suppresser was used on the firing Moritas.
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