X-Men: First Class is the fifth film in the X-Men film franchise. Set primarily in October 1962, during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 2011 prequel was directed by Matthew Vaughn and examines the beginning of the friendship between Charles Xavier (who would become Professor X) and Erik Lehnserr (who would become Magneto).
The following weapons were used in the film X-Men: First Class:
A Luger P08 is used by Dr. Klaus Schmidt while testing Erik Lehnsherr's powers during the 1944 flahback. Later, a former SS soldier holds one on Erik, who then kills him and uses the gun to finish off the remaining officer.
Charles Xavier uses a M1911A1 pistol when training with Erik. Erik is later seen holding it when he and some of the students watch President Kennedy's address. A Division X agent fires one at Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) during the Hellfire Club's assault.
The Soviet General pulls a Tokarev TT-33 on Erik and Charles during the confrontation. Another is seen in the hands of a soldier on the Soviet battleship.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingTokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips
Soldiers accompanying Charles, Erik, and Moria to the Soviet General's palace are armed with CAR-15 assault rifles. Which would be anachronistic because Car-15s were not invented with the configurations of the telescopic stock until the late 60s. There were however prototypes of early CAR-15s in the early 60s, but they did not look like the ones in the movie. The CAR-15s in the film were chopped and built up from Colt Sporters, much like the ones used in Stargate: SG1.
American GI's are seen with M1 Garands during the aftermath of the assault on Division X. They are also carried by the U.S. Coast Guard crewman during the raid on Shaw's yacht.
American soldiers aboard the Naval Blockade are armed with M16 Rifles. Since this movie took place during the Cuban missile Crisis in 1962, this rifle, like the CAR-15, this is an anachronism because M16s were not issued to US military en mass until the onset of the Vietnam war.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original 3-prong flash hider. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm
Machine Guns
MG-42
A MG42 is seen being manned by a soldier in a machine gun nest during the 1944 flashback.
A Division X agent is briefly seen firing a M72 LAW at Sebastian Shaw during the Hellfire Club's assault. The weapon is anachronistic as the weapon was not produced until 1963.
Co. Hendry (Glenn Morshower) brings a Mk 2 hand grenade aboard Sebastian Shaw's yacht. However, Shaw (Kevin Bacon) snatches the grenade from Hendry and absorbs the grenade blast.
