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==CAR-15== | ==CAR-15== | ||
Seen in the hands of NYPD | Seen in the hands of NYPD ESU and US soldiers in Vietnam are [[M16 rifle series#Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series|CAR-15]] carbines with slab-side receivers and full stocks (as opposed to the more traditional collapsing stock). Based on the fact the weapons actually have safe-semi-full selector switches, they could very well be GAU-5/A models, or at least very close copies. | ||
[[Image:XM177E1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|XM177E1 Carbine - 5.56x45mm.]] | [[Image:XM177E1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|XM177E1 Carbine - 5.56x45mm.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In The Comedian's hidden closet armory a CAR-15 with a collapsing stock is visible.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In The Comedian's hidden closet armory a CAR-15 with a collapsing stock is visible.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|US Soldiers are seen armed in Vietnam with CAR-15 carbines.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|US Soldiers are seen armed in Vietnam with CAR-15 carbines.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD ESU officer aims his CAR-15.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note slab-side upper reciever.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note slab-side upper reciever.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note lack of magazine fencing.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note lack of magazine fencing.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach uses a can of Veidt Hairspray and a lit match to burn NYPD | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach uses a can of Veidt Hairspray and a lit match to burn NYPD ESU officers armed with CAR-15s.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach smacks away a CAR-15 before it can be used on him.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach smacks away a CAR-15 before it can be used on him.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ESU officer flicks the selector switch on his CAR-15 to full-auto. This indicates the lower on this rifle is not from a civilian copy like most film-used CAR-15, and it may possibly indicate the lower is from a GAU-5/A or similar unit. The writing is inlaid with white paint, which isn't correct but likely done so it can be read in low-lighting conditions.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A | [[Image:Watchmen-CAR-15-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ESU officer unloads his CAR-15 on full-auto, and manages to miss Rorschach from less than ten feet away. A real SWAT officer would know to lead a running target, but doing such would have made this a much shorter movie.]] | ||
==Ruger AC556== | ==Ruger AC556== | ||
ESU officers trying to apprehend Rorschach ([[Jackie Earle Haley]]) in Moloch's ([[Matt Frewer]]) house are seen armed with [[Ruger Mini-14|Ruger AC556]] rifles with folding stocks. | |||
[[Image:RugerAC556.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Ruger AC556 - 5.56x45mm. Versions in the film have folding stocks.]] | [[Image:RugerAC556.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Ruger AC556 - 5.56x45mm. Versions in the film have folding stocks.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-RugerAC556-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A | [[Image:Watchmen-RugerAC556-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ESU officer leads the charge armed with a Ruger AC556.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-RugerAC556-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The | [[Image:Watchmen-RugerAC556-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The ESU officer is blinded by the burning flame emitted from Rorschach's improvised flamethrower while trying to aim his Ruger AC556.]] | ||
==M16A1== | ==M16A1== | ||
An | An MP is seen armed with an [[M16A1]] outside the Rockefeller Military Base. Rikers prison guards are also seen firing M16A1s at the owl-ship "Archie" in the Director's Cut. | ||
[[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.]] | [[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-M16A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An | [[Image:Watchmen-M16A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An MP guard the perimeter of the Rockefeller Base while armed with an M16A1.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-M16A1-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rikers prison guard fires his M16A1 at "Archie".]] | [[Image:Watchmen-M16A1-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Rikers prison guard fires his M16A1 at "Archie".]] | ||
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[[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] revolvers are used by the guards in Riker's prison, one of which is taken by Silk Spectre II ([[Malin Akerman]]) and later used to shoot Adrian Veidt ([[Matthew Goode]]), who impressively catches the bullet. They are also carried by some of the NYPD police. | [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] revolvers are used by the guards in Riker's prison, one of which is taken by Silk Spectre II ([[Malin Akerman]]) and later used to shoot Adrian Veidt ([[Matthew Goode]]), who impressively catches the bullet. They are also carried by some of the NYPD police. | ||
[[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special.]] | [[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-S&W10-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD officer aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 as | [[Image:Watchmen-S&W10-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD officer aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 as ESU enters Moloch's house.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-S&W10-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD officer aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Rorschach as police try to restain him.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-S&W10-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NYPD officer aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Rorschach as police try to restain him.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-S&W10-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at Riker's prison aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Silk Spectre II ([[Malin Akerman]]) and Night Owl II ([[Patrick Wilson]]).]] | [[Image:Watchmen-S&W10-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at Riker's prison aims his Smith & Wesson Model 10 at Silk Spectre II ([[Malin Akerman]]) and Night Owl II ([[Patrick Wilson]]).]] | ||
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==M1 Garand== | ==M1 Garand== | ||
During the opening sequence summing up the past, Hippies stick flowers into US Army Military Policemen's [[M1 Garand]] rifles before the | During the opening sequence summing up the past, Hippies stick flowers into US Army Military Policemen's [[M1 Garand]] rifles before the MPs fire them on the hippies, flowers still in the muzzles. This is an homage to the famous photograph where a protestor places a flower in the barrel of an MP's [[M14 Rifle]]. In reality, MPs in the U.S. did use [[M14 Rifle]]s during this time period. National Guardsmen (as in the Kent State shooting in 1970) were armed with M1 Garands. | ||
[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand - .30-06.]] | [[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand - .30-06.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MPs train their M1 Garands (with fixed bayonets) on rioting protestors.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A flower is stuck in the muzzle of one of the | [[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A flower is stuck in the muzzle of one of the MP's M1 Garands by a protestor.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The | [[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The MPs open fire on the protestors with no prior instigation.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:Watchmen-M1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MPs guarding the military research facility witness a glimpse at the return of Jon Osterman ([[Billy Crudup]]) while armed with M1 Garands.]] | ||
==Colt M1921AC Thompson== | ==Colt M1921AC Thompson== | ||
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==Rorschach's Grapple Gun== | ==Rorschach's Grapple Gun== | ||
Specifically designed by Nite Owl II/Daniel Dreiberg ([[Patrick Wilson]]) for him, Rorschach ([[Jackie Earle Haley]]) uses this grapple gun to enter Edward Blake's ([[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]]) apartment and later uses it as a weapon to shoot a | Specifically designed by Nite Owl II/Daniel Dreiberg ([[Patrick Wilson]]) for him, Rorschach ([[Jackie Earle Haley]]) uses this grapple gun to enter Edward Blake's ([[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]]) apartment and later uses it as a weapon to shoot a ESU officer with. In the graphic novel it claims he broke the officer's color bone with it, but it appears to hit the ESU officer in the stomach in the film. | ||
[[Image:Rorschachgrapplinggun.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Replica prop of Rorschach's grappling gun on display with his mask.]] | [[Image:Rorschachgrapplinggun.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Replica prop of Rorschach's grappling gun on display with his mask.]] | ||
[[Image:RorschachGrapple.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Film poster featuring Rorschach posing with his grapple gun.]] | [[Image:RorschachGrapple.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Film poster featuring Rorschach posing with his grapple gun.]] | ||
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[[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach draws his grapple gun from his coat.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach draws his grapple gun from his coat.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The prongs extend on the grapple gun.]] | [[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The prongs extend on the grapple gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|We see the prongs extend again when Rorschach draws the weapon on | [[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|We see the prongs extend again when Rorschach draws the weapon on NYPD ESU.]] | ||
[[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach shoots a | [[Image:Watchmen-GrappleGun-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rorschach shoots a ESU officer with the grapple gun.]] | ||
==Trivia: Pre-9/11== | ==Trivia: Pre-9/11== | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 31 July 2009
The following guns were used in the film Watchmen:
M79 grenade launcher
The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) uses an M79 grenade launcher to fire smoke rounds at people trying to vandalize the buildings with the phrase "Who watches the Watchmen?" in the rioting crowds. He even hits one rioter dead on with a smoke round during the "American Dream" scene. It is also seen in his closet when Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) is checking out his apartment.
M1A1 Flamethrower
The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) uses an M1A1 Flamethrower to light his cigar with the pilot and then burn a VC soldier while in Vietnam. He can also be seen posing with it in promotional movie posters.
M1911A1
The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) uses his issued M1911A1 sidearm in the film to kill a pregnant Vietnamese woman (Nhi Do) when she slashes him with a broken bottle for leaving her and the baby behind behind. During the film's opening credits, a criminal armed with an M1911A1 is shown being foiled by a young Night Owl I (Clint Carleton). We also see a criminal try to draw a nickel plated 1911 fitted with ivory grips when attempting to kill Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), but is blown up horrifically before he can fire off a shot.
D&L Sports Professional Model Longslides
The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) sidearms right up to his murder are custom 1911-series D&L Sports Professional Model Longslides with ornate smiley-face grips to match the Comedian logo. They have "Nixon 1970" written on the grips, indicating they were a gift from Nixon for serving in the Vietnam war. At the beginning of the film, Comedian tries to bring up one of his 1911s (fitted with a sound suppressor) to combat the attacking assailant in his home but fires off one stray shot to no avail and is disarmed. For the most part, these guns are only seen in his holsters or in a presentation case any other time.
Zastava M70AB2
Vietnamese soldiers destroyed by Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) wield folding stock Zastava M70AB2 rifles noted by their folding grenade launcher sights.
AK-47
A Vietnamese soldier whose leg is blown off (seen in better detail in the Director's Cut) is seen with a milled receiver AK-47 before being burned to death by The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
CAR-15
Seen in the hands of NYPD ESU and US soldiers in Vietnam are CAR-15 carbines with slab-side receivers and full stocks (as opposed to the more traditional collapsing stock). Based on the fact the weapons actually have safe-semi-full selector switches, they could very well be GAU-5/A models, or at least very close copies.
Ruger AC556
ESU officers trying to apprehend Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) in Moloch's (Matt Frewer) house are seen armed with Ruger AC556 rifles with folding stocks.
M16A1
An MP is seen armed with an M16A1 outside the Rockefeller Military Base. Rikers prison guards are also seen firing M16A1s at the owl-ship "Archie" in the Director's Cut.
Carcano M91/38
The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is seen holding a scoped Carcano M91/38 while watching John F. Kennedy's car drive by. This implies that he assassinated JFK rather than, or in partnership with, Lee Harvey Oswald.
Remington 870
In the Director's Cut of the film, prison guards fire Remington 870 shotguns at Night Owl II's (Patrick Wilson) owl ship "Archie" as they spring Rorshach (Jackie Earle Haley) from the prison.
Ithaca 37
The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) fires on rampaging crowd members with an Ithaca 37 shotgun. He has loaded it with less-lethal rubber bullets, as as he claims in the scene.
Franchi PA3/215
A Franchi PA3/215 is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory when Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) investigates his home. In the original graphic novel, the only thing seen in the closet was his costume, a MAC-10, two 1911s in his holsters, and a few knives.
Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher
A Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory, standing in for the HE-grenade launching M203 grenade launcher. Aside from the error that this weapon is recognized as standing in for a destructive device, this is also the newer model CM203 (not released in 1985), so it is anachronistic as well.
M60 Machine Gun
An M60 machine gun is seen used by one of the US soldiers in Vietnam (Director's Cut only), and one is also seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Heckler & Koch MP5SD3
A Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 is seen on a rack in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Unknown Officer's-size 1911
An unknown 1911 of Officer's-size is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Heckler & Koch HK91
A Heckler & Koch HK91 is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Unknown Rifle
An unknown rifle is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Remington 700 (Marksman's Rifle MR-700 Conversion)
A Remington 700 (Marksman's Rifle MR-700 Conversion) rifle is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Smith & Wesson Model 686
A Smith & Wesson Model 686 revolver is seen in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hidden closet armory.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers are used by the guards in Riker's prison, one of which is taken by Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman) and later used to shoot Adrian Veidt (Matthew Goode), who impressively catches the bullet. They are also carried by some of the NYPD police.
Smith & Wesson Model 15
Some of the NYPD police in the film carry Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolvers, noteably an officer in Edward Blake's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) apartment who fires his at Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) to no avail.
Smith & Wesson Model 586
A Smith & Wesson Model 586 with a four inch barrel is used by Roy Chess (Douglas Chapman) to fire at Adrian Veidt (Matthew Goode) and shoot two employees (killing one) before Veidt hits him with a pole. In the novel the gun was a Beretta Cheetah modeled gun.
Walther PPK
A Walther PPK is left at Moloch's (Matt Frewer) side after he is murdered in which we see the person planting it unscrews the suppressor and places it next to him. Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) later finds it when he comes to ask Moloch questions, finding himself trapped by the police and framed for the murder.
Colt Detective Special
When Daniel Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson) and Laurie Juspeczyk (Malin Akerman) fight off "Knot-Tops" in the alleyway, one of them draws a Colt Detective Special and fires several shots at Laurie but only succeeds in shooting one of his comrades in the back and is dispatched by Dan.
Colt Police Positive Target
A Colt Police Positive Target is seen drawn by Gerald Grice, the man who murdered the little girl Blair Roche, when he enters his house, but he is quickly disarmed by Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley).
Glock 17
Police standing behind Adrian Veidt (Matthew Goode) as he attempts to stop Roy Chess (Douglas Chapman) from swallowing a poison capsule are armed with Glock 17 pistols, which were not in police service in 1985 (although commonly are today). An even worse error is the fact that they are 2nd Generation G17s, when only the 1st Generations were available in 1985.
M1 Garand
During the opening sequence summing up the past, Hippies stick flowers into US Army Military Policemen's M1 Garand rifles before the MPs fire them on the hippies, flowers still in the muzzles. This is an homage to the famous photograph where a protestor places a flower in the barrel of an MP's M14 Rifle. In reality, MPs in the U.S. did use M14 Rifles during this time period. National Guardsmen (as in the Kent State shooting in 1970) were armed with M1 Garands.
Colt M1921AC Thompson
A thug is seen foiled by The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in the opening credits while firing an Colt M1921AC Thompson into the air. In the special features the gun is revealed to be a specially built prop (likely a battery operated airsoft gun) that cycles the bolt slowly so the shot could be achieved. A rod was attached to the barrel to keep it level, as the weight would surely make holding it at such an angle one-handed difficult.
Sawed Off Double Barrel Shotgun
A Sawed Off Double Barreled Shotgun with exposed hammers is drawn by a criminal before he is blown up by Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup).
Beretta 92FS
In the Director's Cut of the film, Laurie Juspeczyk (Malin Akerman) disarms a government agent of his Beretta 92FS and unloads it. While in 1985, the 92F would have been the only squared trigger guard Beretta model available, it is more likely the newer 92FS was used.
GE M134 Minigun
Nite Owl II's (Patrick Wilson) owl-ship "Archie" is outfitted with a single GE M134 Minigun unit, which he uses to chop down a water tower and partially douse the flames on a burning building.
Smith & Wesson Model 29
On one of the TVs Adrian Veidt (Matthew Goode) is watching, we see Lord Humungous (Kjell Nisson) aiming a scoped Smith & Wesson Model 29 from a scene in The Road Warrior.
Percussion Rifles
On a wall rack in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) apartment, three percussion rifles/muskets of unknown make and model are seen.
Flintlock Pistols
In a display case several Flintlock Pistols are seen hanging, along with several decorative swords in The Comedian's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) apartment.
Browning M2 Aircraft
Seen mounted on the bottom turret of a US B-29 "Superfortress" bomber plane flying over Japan are a pair of Browning M2 Aircraft air-cooled units.
Molotov Cocktail
Rioters turn a vodka bottle into a Molotov Cocktail and throw it at the owl-ship "Archie", which sets off The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who jumps from the ship into the crowd to get more intimate in his craft. A molotov is also thrown through the window of an electronics store at the end of the opening credits.
Rorschach's Grapple Gun
Specifically designed by Nite Owl II/Daniel Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson) for him, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) uses this grapple gun to enter Edward Blake's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) apartment and later uses it as a weapon to shoot a ESU officer with. In the graphic novel it claims he broke the officer's color bone with it, but it appears to hit the ESU officer in the stomach in the film.
Trivia: Pre-9/11
In one scene, we see a view from Adrian Veidt's (Matthew Goode) building revealing the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) still standing. Since the film takes place in 1985 (well before September 11, 2001), it is historically accurate for the towers to still be standing in the New York City skyline.
