Alien: Covenant

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Alien: Covenant Teaser Poster Country United States Directed by Ridley Scott Release Date 2017 Distributor 20th Century Fox Main Cast Character Actor Walter/David Michael Fassbender Daniels Katherine Waterston Christopher Oram Billy Crudup Tennessee Danny McBride Elizabeth Shaw Noomi Rapace

Alien: Covenant is the fifth standalone installment in the Alien film franchise. Ridley Scott returns to direct the 2017 science fiction feature, which is set around a decade after the events of the preceding film, 2012's Prometheus and follows the crew of the colonization spaceship Covenant, who land on mysterious planet and soon encounter a force that could threaten all their lives. Michael Fassbender reprises his role as David from Prometheus as well as portraying another android named Walter.

The following weapons were used in the film Alien: Covenant:

WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Handguns

Beretta 92FS Brigadier

Daniels (Katherine Waterston) is seen drawing and attempting to fire her Beretta 92FS Brigadier when she and her crew are preparing to evacuate. It can be assumed the Covenant crew also carry these pistols as their sidearm.

Beretta 92FS Brigadier - 9x19mm

Daniels draws and attempts to fire her Beretta Brigadier at David (Michael Fassbender) before he knocks it out of her hand.

Beretta 92FS Brigadier Inox

Sarah "Rosie" Rosenthal (Tess Haubrich) carries a Beretta 92FS Brigadier Inox pistol with Hogue wrap-around grips, a tactical flashlight, and a black hammer and safety/decocker as her sidearm. She is seen loading her pistol when she goes to medically treat herself. Like with Daniels Beretta Brigadier, it can be assumed the Covenant crew also carry these pistols as their sidearm.

Beretta 92FS Brigadier Inox with Hogue wrap-around grips - 9x19mm

Rosenthal loads up her Beretta 92FS Brigadier Inox.

Rosenthal reaching for her pistol when she sees the Alien being. This shot clearly shows the Hogue wrap-around grips.

Rifles/Carbines

Thales F90 (RMC F903WE Automatic Assault Rifle)

Katherine Daniels (Katherine Waterston) and Covenant security forces Sarah "Rosie" Rosenthal (Tess Haubrich) and Ben Ledward (Ben Rigby) are seen with futuristic bullpup rifles that are conventional to the later pulse based weapons called the RMC F903WE Automatic Assault Rifle, featuring armor piercing capacities. Cole (Uli Latukefu) carries one of these rifles with a Thales SL40 underbarrel grenade launcher.

The rifles themselves are modified Thales F90s rifles with Trijicon TA31 ACOG scopes, folding foregrips, laser sights, an extra sling swivel and fitted with a MLOK style railed handguard ahead of the receiver which shrouds the exposed portion of the barrel, all which were 3-D printed and made out of aluminium for production by lead armorer John Bowring and his team, who apparently at the time were discussing and creating these handguards ahead of Lithgow who had the idea on the drawing board when supplying the rifles for the movie.

The Firearm Blog reported that the F90s are actually Lithgow ATRAX models, a version of the Thales F90 available for the United States.

Thales F90 - 5.56x45mm

Still image of Katherine Waterston as Daniels wielding the modified Thales F90 first published by USA Today.

Daniels (Katherine Waterston) firing her F90 at the Praetomorph on the USCSS Covenant's Cargo Lifter.

Daniels in her space suit armed with the F903WE in the cargo hanger.

Daniels (Katherine Waterston) with an F90 upon stumbling on a bloody scene in a picture released by Entertainment Weekly.

In a behind-the-scenes picture released by Empire, Ridley Scott gives direction to Katherine Waterston, who's holding the modified Thales F90.

Thales F90MBR with SL40 - 5.56x45mm and 40x46mm

Futuristic AR-15 carbine(s)

Sergeants Dan Lopé (Demián Bichir) and Tom Hallet (Nathaniel Dean) are armed with futuristically modified AR-15 carbines, most common next to the RMC F903WE Automatic Assault Rifles. Lopé's rifle has a ELCAN SpectreDR optics while Hallet's has a EOTech 552 sight, however both rifles feature a monolithic Geissele style handguards, G&P Rubber textured foregrips, railed gas block with exposed barrel (like a Heckler & Koch HK416), extended charging handles and CAA buttstocks. Executive Officer then later Captain Chris Oram (Billy Crudup) wields Hallet's AR to shoot the Neomorph and then threaten Davis (Michael Fassbender) with it, demanding answers.

A unique version wielded by Pvt. Ankor (Alexander England) and eventually commandeered by Daniels (Katherine Waterston) is equipped with a EOTech 552 holographic sight, monolithic MLOK style handguard which covers the entire barrel except for the flash hider that also features a retractable bayonet (that isnt used in film but seen in the behind the scenes), flashlight, laser sights and buttstock similar to the CAA Advanced Sniper Stock.

SIG-Sauer SIG516 Tactical Patrol - 5.56x45mm - for reference.

HK416 carbines with Geissele Super Module HK Rail, Magpul CTR stock and Blue Can suppressor - for reference.

Lopé (Demián Bichir) holds his AR when scanning his surroundings, the mass Engineer graveyard.

M4A1 SOPMOD Block II - 5.56x45mm NATO - for reference.

Daniels and Lopé armed with futuristic AR-15s with rather antiquated optics (although to be fair the weapons platform are older than the users themselves).

Alexander England aiming his futuristic AR on the far right in a still picture, released by the Twitter account "" (with the number "220512052104" attached, which is possibly when the film, or at least this particular picture, is set: 22:05 12/05/2104). Also note the Colonial Marine shoulder lamps-style GoPro mounts.

Covenant security Ankor (Alexander England) at the right holds the AR-15 carbine.

Shotguns

Remington 870 (Customised)

Maggie Faris (Amy Seimetz) uses the shortened and customised Remington 870 shotgun fitted with flip up iron sights, top reciever picatinny rail with heatshield, shell saddle, dual picatinny rails mounted near the barrel, pump forend with rails that have a laser sight, accessory clamps for a flashlight, chrome tube magazine cap and LE 6 position buttstock. The Lander One drop shuttle's weapons locker contains two of these shotguns which Maggie picks the first one up only to lose it after firing then grabs the second one in a botched attempt to kill the Neomorph that hatches from Ledward (Ben Rigby). Near the end of the film, Tennessee Faris (Danny McBride) wields an identical Remington shotgun when dealing with the Praetomorph.

Remington Model 870 with Aimtec Warhammer rail system, FAB Defense stock and pump, MAGPUL Back-Up Sights, and 1st generation Bushnell Holosight - 12 gauge. This is the screen-used gun from Strike Back - Season 4 - similar in comparison and for reference.

Maggie Faris (Amy Seimetz) wielding one of the shortened and customized Remington 870 shotgun before slipping on a pool of blood and negligently discharging it.

Maggie wields the shortened and customized Remington 870 shotgun as she panics.

Maggie fires the custom Remington shotgun at the newly born Neomorph.

Maggie Faris fires the shotgun unintentionally at the Lander One's fuel reserves. In numerous shots, the flip up sights are seen folded down but here they are folded up, likely a continuity error.

The custom Remington shotgun is held by Tennessee Faris (Danny McBride) on board the USCSS Covenant.

Grenade Launchers

Thales SL40

Security officer Cole (Uli Latukefu) carries a Thales SL40 underbarrel grenade launcher under his 'RMC F903WE Automatic Assault Rifle', though it is not seen used.

Thales F90MBR with SL40 - 5.56x45mm and 40x46mm