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The X-Files - Season 5
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The following firearms were used in Season 5 of the television series The X-Files:
WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Pistols
SIG-Sauer P226
FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) carries a SIG-Sauer P226 as his sidearm.
SIG-Sauer P228
Mulder's partner, FBI Special Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) carries a SIG-Sauer P228 as her sidearm. However, there were several episodes in Season 5 when she used a SIG-Sauer P225 instead (see below). Mulder and Scully's superior, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is also seen with a P228. Other FBI and government agents on the show are also seen using P228s.
SIG-Sauer P225
In several episodes, Dana Scully used a SIG-Sauer P225 rather than the P228 she used normally. This might have occurred because the show's armorer was unable to bring a P228 on-set for those particular episodes. This was also an occurrence during the fourth season as well. The P225 would be seen in interspersed episodes throughout Season 5.
Beretta 92FS
Beretta 92FS pistols are seen numerous times throughout the series, carried and used by police officers and government agents, as well as soldiers and military personnel as a Beretta M9 substitute.
Beretta 92FS (Mocked up as Beretta 93R)
Syndicate operatives are seen firing what first appear to be Beretta 93R machine pistols in "Unusual Suspects" (S5E03). Upon closer inspection, the pistols have slide-mounted safeties, indicating they are actually Beretta 92FS pistols modified to pass for 93Rs, fitted with extended barrels with flash-hiders and faux folding foregrips and converted to full-automatic. These weapons have also been seen in the series Dark Angel and other productions filmed in British Columbia.
Glock 17
A Baltimore police officer is seen with a Glock 17 at the opening of "Unusual Suspects" (S5E03).
Revolvers
Smith & Wesson Model 60
A Smith & Wesson Model 60 with square butt grips is carried and used by Susanne Modeski (Signy Coleman) in "Unusual Suspects" (S5E03). Another Model 60 revolver (possibly the same weapon being re-used) is wielded by Mr. 'X' (Steven Williams), also in "Unusual Suspects".
Taurus Model 66
What appears to be a blued Taurus Model 66 is carried and wielded by Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) in "Unusual Suspects" (S5E03). Though he normally carries a SIG-Sauer P226 pistol in Season 5, this episode is a flashback story that takes place in 1989, prior to the events of the series.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
Numerous Heckler & Koch MP5A3s are seen throughout the series. These are wielded primarily by black-ops soldiers and operatives. Other government/law enforcement tactical officers are seen with MP5A3s as well. Unlike in the previous season, the MP5s now have optical sights on claw mounts in addition to Surefire 628 forearms; this is the same configuration as the MP5s used in the first season of Stargate SG-1, because they are the same weapons used on both shows (both productions were filmed in Vancouver and the MP5s were supplied by Tom Felcan).
Heckler & Koch MP5SD3
In "The Pine Bluff Variant" (S5E18), an undercover Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and the New Spartans militia group he infiltrates, wield Heckler & Koch MP5SD3s during a robbery. These weapons also appear again (fitted with laser sights) in the hands of FBI HRT operators in the next episode, "Folie à Deux" (S5E19).
Heckler & Koch MP5A2
The New Spartans militia group uses Heckler & Koch MP5A2 submachine guns during the bank robbery in "The Pine Bluff Variant" (S5E18). Strangely, when the group is seen unpacking and preparing weapons for the heist, they appear to be in possession of a large quantity of MP5A2s (at least 6-8 are visible in a crate and lying on the table), but only two of the gunmen carry MP5A2s during the actual robbery (the rest, including Mulder, use MP5SD3s and Spectre M4s).
Spectre M4
Two members of the New Spartans militia group in "The Pine Bluff Variant" (S5E18) use Spectre M4 machine pistols. These weapons also previously appeared in Season 4.
Rifles
XM177 (mock-ups)
XM177-type carbines are seen used by military personnel and SWAT officers, including Baltimore SWAT officers in "Unusual Suspects" (S5E03). These appear to be the same weapons from previous seasons of the show - All of them seem to be mocked up from other various AR-15 carbines (some have SP1 upper receivers, others have A1-style, and still others have the A1E1 style), as per the norm with XM177s in the vast majority of films and television.
Norinco Type 84S
The Norinco Type 84S was often used on the show by Russian soldiers (as an AK-74 stand-in). In "Patient X" (S5E13), two soldiers in a group of Russian troops led by Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) were seen armed with AK rifles while the rest of the unit were armed with clubs/nightsticks. There is a possibility that there were not many AK rifles available in Vancouver during the mid-1990s, which could explain why only two soldiers were armed with rifles while the others were armed with nightsticks.
There was also a recurring appearance of a folding-stock Type 84 that had a long RPK-style barrel. It appeared most prominently in the episode "Folie à Deux" (S5E19) where it was used by a hostage-taker. This is known as the Type 84S Match variant.
M16A2
What appear to be actual M16A2 rifles are seen in archived media footage shown as extra exposition during Michael Kritschgau's (John Finn) conversation with Mulder in "Redux II" (S5E02).
M16
An original M16 Rifle is seen in archived media footage shown as extra exposition during Michael Kritschgau's (John Finn) conversation with Mulder in "Redux II" (S5E02).
Ruger Super Redhawk (mocked up to resemble the KAC silent revolver rifle)
The weapon used by Syndicate operative/assassin 'Quiet Willy' (Willy Ross) in "Redux II" (S5E02) is a Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Magnum mocked up to resemble the KAC silent revolver rifle. This is a long barreled pistol has a carbine length bull barrel, and a bipod and black synthetic buttstock. The rifle has appeared in movies and television shows filmed in Canada including Another Stakeout and Psych.
Shotguns
Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"
A custom Ithaca 37 "Stakeout" with a chrome finish on the barrel and magazine tube and an MP5K style pump is used by Scott Ostelhoff (Steve Makaj) in the season opener "Redux" (S5E01). This weapon had appeared in the preceding episode, Season 4's finale "Gethsemane" (S4E24). This gun can also be seen in several episodes of the television series Supernatural, Human Target, Painkiller Jane, and several other TV shows filmed in British Columbia.
12-Gauge Double Barreled Side-by-Side Shotgun
Michael Asekoff (Alf Humphreys) is seen wielding a Double Barreled Side-by-Side Shotgun when he and his son Louis (Tyler Thompson) are out hunting in "Detour" (S5E04).
Machine Guns
M249 SAW / FN Minimi
What appears to be either an M249 SAW or FN Minimi is seen in archived media footage shown as extra exposition during Michael Kritschgau's (John Finn) conversation with Mulder in "Redux II" (S5E02).
M60
An M60 machine gun is seen in archived media footage shown as extra exposition during Michael Kritschgau's (John Finn) conversation with Mulder in "Redux II" (S5E02).
Other
M136 AT-4
An M136 AT4 launcher is seen in archived media footage shown as extra exposition during Michael Kritschgau's (John Finn) conversation with Mulder in "Redux II" (S5E02).