Both films were from Orion Pictures so they probably used them to save money. Roger Corman executed this technique a lot. He'd take action shots from other films instead of spending thousands and some time millions to shoot new ones. It's kind of a staple of low-budget film making.
On another note, I also noticed that in one of the scenes they shoot a car until it explodes and I'm pretty sure it's insert footage from "Robocop 2", another Orion picture.
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