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|name = Metro 2033 | |name = Metro 2033 | ||
|picture = 1256226508.jpg | |picture = 1256226508.jpg | ||
|caption = | |caption = Xbox 360 boxart | ||
|series= Metro | |series= Metro | ||
|date= 2010 | |date= 2010 | ||
|developer=4A | |developer=4A Games | ||
|platforms=Xbox 360<br> | |platforms=PC<br>Xbox 360<br>Xbox One (Redux)<br>PlayStation 4 (Redux)<br>Nintendo Switch (Redux) | ||
|publisher= THQ | |publisher= THQ | ||
|genre=First-Person Shooter | |genre=First-Person Shooter | ||
}} | }} | ||
Based on the eponymous novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, '''''Metro 2033''''' is an FPS game set in the post-apocalyptic environs of a future Moscow devastated by nuclear war. The survivors have retreated into the underground Metro stations for shelter against the radiation on the surface, and for protection against the inhuman monstrosities which now stalk the dark tunnels below and the ravaged cityscapes above. The player is thrust into the role of a young man named Artyom tasked with delivering an urgent message that could save his home station, and must learn to defend himself against the many dangers along the way. A sequel, known as ''[[Metro: Last Light]]'', was released in 2013. | Based on the eponymous novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, '''''Metro 2033''''' is an FPS game set in the post-apocalyptic environs of a future Moscow devastated by nuclear war. The survivors have retreated into the underground Metro stations for shelter against the radiation on the surface, and for protection against the inhuman monstrosities which now stalk the dark tunnels below and the ravaged cityscapes above. The player is thrust into the role of a young man named Artyom tasked with delivering an urgent message that could save his home station, and must learn to defend himself against the many dangers along the way. A sequel, known as ''[[Metro: Last Light]]'', was released in 2013. | ||
The game was re-released on August 26, 2014 as ''Metro Redux'' on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and as ''Metro Redux Bundle'' with its sequel on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The Redux version utilizes the updated features of ''Last Light'''s engine. ''Metro Redux'' offers two separate playstyle difficulty options, "Survival" in which ammunition and filters and other supplies aren't available in quantities and has a greater emphasis on stealth. The "Spartan" mode brings over weapons from ''Last Light'' and is catered to a louder playstyle, with both the player and enemies dealing greater damage to each other. Both modes offer the expanded weapon customization of ''Last Light.'' Additionally, several weapons now track +1 round in the chamber and have their animations altered to realistically depict such (notable with several of the 5.45mm weapons.) | The game was re-released on August 26, 2014 as ''Metro Redux'' on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and as ''Metro Redux Bundle'' with its sequel on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The Redux version utilizes the updated features of ''Last Light'''s engine. ''Metro Redux'' offers two separate playstyle difficulty options, "Survival" in which ammunition and filters and other supplies aren't available in quantities and has a greater emphasis on stealth. The "Spartan" mode brings over weapons from ''Last Light'' and is catered to a louder playstyle, with both the player and enemies dealing greater damage to each other. Both modes offer the expanded weapon customization of ''Last Light.'' Additionally, several weapons now track +1 round in the chamber and have their animations altered to realistically depict such (notable with several of the 5.45mm weapons.) | ||
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=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
== | =="Revolver"== | ||
A double-action six-shot revolver, using .44 Magnum ammunition. It is the first weapon you acquire apart from Artyom's trench knife. Several customizations can be found or purchased throughout the game, including an extended barrel, a rifle stock (effectively turning the revolver into a pistol-caliber carbine), a sound suppressor, and a scope. No other handgun types are found within the game, but it can be ''surmised'' that revolvers, being 19th-century technology, came back into general use for being easier to manufacture and maintain, along with how ineffective the more common Russian pistol calibers (9x18mm, 7.62x25mm, etc.) proved to be against the mutants - except that the Russians have not used a .44 caliber round in decades and the [[Makarov PM]] seems reliable enough while being as common as dirt. In the original novel, for example, Hunter carries a [[Stechkin APS]] with a suppressor. The third installment in the series, [[Metro Exodus]], later confirmed this by stating that Armory station initally produced homemade copies of [[Nagant Revolver]], complete with its unique gas-seal system, but later switched to much more powerful .44 Magnum round because 7 | A double-action six-shot revolver, using .44 Magnum ammunition. It is the first weapon you acquire apart from Artyom's trench knife. Several customizations can be found or purchased throughout the game, including an extended barrel, a rifle stock (effectively turning the revolver into a pistol-caliber carbine), a sound suppressor, and a scope. No other handgun types are found within the game, but it can be ''surmised'' that revolvers, being 19th-century technology, came back into general use for being easier to manufacture and maintain, along with how ineffective the more common Russian pistol calibers (9x18mm, 7.62x25mm, etc.) proved to be against the mutants - except that the Russians have not used a .44 caliber round in decades and the [[Makarov PM]] seems reliable enough while being as common as dirt. In the original novel, for example, Hunter carries a [[Stechkin APS]] with a suppressor. The third installment in the series, ''[[Metro Exodus]]'', later confirmed this by stating that Armory station initally produced homemade copies of [[Nagant Revolver]], complete with its unique gas-seal system, but later switched to much more powerful .44 Magnum round because 7.62 rounds proved to lack a sufficient stopping power against mutants (this still doesn't explain how an ordinary round (with the projectile seated above the casing) would make the gas-seal system actually operational). | ||
One feature common to all revolver models in this game is a small cutout in the backplate behind the cylinder, at the ten o' clock position. This serves as a visual no-ammo indicator, as when all 6 shots have been expended, the cartridge casing made visible by the cutout will have a small indentation in its center from the firing pin, indicated it has already been fired. This cutout is most visible when the revolver's glowing red dot iron sights are used. | |||
Its design seems to have been inspired by [[S&W]] revolvers (with typical shape of frame and cylinder release), such as [[Smith & Wesson Model 29|Model 29]], including even characteristic grips with rest of the S&W logo. It also has a barrel in [[Colt Python]]-style with a vent rib, which ultimately lends some resemblance to the custom "[[Smython]]" revolver. | |||
[[Image:Smith&WessonModel29DeadPool.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 29 - .44 Magnum. This is Clint Eastwood's actual screen used Model 29 in the movie ''[[The Dead Pool]]''.]] | [[Image:Smith&WessonModel29DeadPool.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 29 - .44 Magnum. This is Clint Eastwood's actual screen used Model 29 in the movie ''[[The Dead Pool]]''.]] | ||
[[Image:Smython.jpg|thumb|none|400px|"Smython" revolver (Smith & Wesson Model 19 with a Colt Python barrel) - .357 Magnum]] | [[Image:Smython.jpg|thumb|none|400px|"Smython" revolver (Smith & Wesson Model 19 with a Colt Python barrel) - .357 Magnum]] | ||
[[File:SW 19-4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 19 with 4" barrel. | [[File:SW 19-4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Smith & Wesson Model 19 with 4" barrel - .357 Magnum]] | ||
[[Image:Metro2033revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In-game pic of revolver with stock, scope and extended barrel. ]] | [[Image:Metro2033revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In-game pic of revolver with stock, scope and extended barrel. ]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chasing down a Nosalis Mutant with a revolver that has a scope, an extended barrel, a laser sight, and a buttstock.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chasing down a Nosalis Mutant with a revolver that has a scope, an extended barrel, a laser sight, and a buttstock.]] | ||
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=Shotguns= | =Shotguns= | ||
=="Duplet" | =="Duplet"== | ||
This makeshift 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun is referred to in-game as the "Duplet." The left and right triggers (X360) fire each each barrel and likewise for Left Mouse and Right mouse buttons on the PC version. Reasonably powerful at close range, but hobbled with a long reload time and no sights at all, which can make the gun awkward to use at anything past point-blank range on difficulty levels that remove the ingame HUD. It features a spike for a bead sight (that nonetheless cannot be used) and a spring-loaded wooden shoulder stock that ostensibly reduces felt recoil. The Duplet is rarely used by NPCs past Chapter 2; afterwards the Uboyneg semiautomatic shotgun is frequently found instead. | This makeshift 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun is referred to in-game as the "Duplet." The left and right triggers (X360) fire each each barrel and likewise for Left Mouse and Right mouse buttons on the PC version. Reasonably powerful at close range, but hobbled with a long reload time and no sights at all, which can make the gun awkward to use at anything past point-blank range on difficulty levels that remove the ingame HUD. It features a spike for a bead sight (that nonetheless cannot be used) and a spring-loaded wooden shoulder stock that ostensibly reduces felt recoil. The Duplet is rarely used by NPCs past Chapter 2; afterwards the Uboyneg semiautomatic shotgun is frequently found instead. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Duplet.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Facing down a Howler Mutant with the Duplet.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Duplet.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Facing down a Howler Mutant with the Duplet.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Duplet_(Reloading).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading the Duplet's barrels, demonstrating the break-open action and the improvised nature of this shotgun's construction.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Duplet_(Reloading).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading the Duplet's barrels, demonstrating the break-open action and the improvised nature of this shotgun's construction.]] | ||
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==Saiga 12== | ==Saiga 12== | ||
The ''Redux'' version brings over the [[Saiga 12]] from ''Last Light'', but it is only ever seen in the hands of NPCs. | The ''Redux'' version brings over the [[Saiga 12]] from ''Last Light'', but it is only ever seen in the hands of NPCs. | ||
[[File:Saiga 12K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Saiga 12K - 12 gauge]] | [[File:Saiga 12K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Saiga 12K - 12 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:MetroRedux_Saiga.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|A guard in Armory Station wields a Saiga 12 with an bizarrely mounted underbarrel pipe bomb launcher. The shotgun does not appear to be available to the player either gametype.]] | [[Image:MetroRedux_Saiga.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|A guard in Armory Station wields a Saiga 12 with an bizarrely mounted underbarrel pipe bomb launcher. The shotgun does not appear to be available to the player either gametype.]] | ||
=="Uboyneg" | =="Uboyneg"== | ||
The Uboyneg (Russian: Убойник, ''Uboynik''; fictional word derived from Russian word "убийство", ''ubiystvo''; "murder") is a semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun holding six shotgun shells in manually loaded revolving clamps, though if the underside clamp is empty, only five can be loaded unless the gun is fired and then reloaded, upon which six shells can be loaded. A variant with a bayonet can be purchased or discovered, but none have any usable iron sights nor any other sighting system, which makes using this weapon difficult in difficulty modes that remove the ingame HUD. Many NPCs in the later levels of the game use Uboyneg shotguns, but only Bourbon is seen using the version with a bayonet. | The Uboyneg (Russian: Убойник, ''Uboynik''; fictional word derived from Russian word "убийство", ''ubiystvo''; "murder") is a semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun holding six shotgun shells in manually loaded revolving clamps, though if the underside clamp is empty, only five can be loaded unless the gun is fired and then reloaded, upon which six shells can be loaded. A variant with a bayonet can be purchased or discovered, but none have any usable iron sights nor any other sighting system, which makes using this weapon difficult in difficulty modes that remove the ingame HUD. Many NPCs in the later levels of the game use Uboyneg shotguns, but only Bourbon is seen using the version with a bayonet. | ||
While a significant upgrade from the Duplet shotgun, the Uboyneg could be considered unrealistic in a post-apocalyptic Moscow Metro given how simple, reliable, and easy-to-maintain modern pump-action shotguns with tube magazines are, as well as the availability of more conventional semi-automatic shotguns such as the [[Saiga-12]] in real life. It goes by the moniker "Shambler" in ''Redux'', and loses the ability to make melee attacks in return for the ability to be customized and usable iron sights. | While a significant upgrade from the Duplet shotgun, the Uboyneg could be considered unrealistic in a post-apocalyptic Moscow Metro given how simple, reliable, and easy-to-maintain modern pump-action shotguns with tube magazines are, as well as the availability of more conventional semi-automatic shotguns such as the [[Saiga-12]] in real life. It goes by the moniker "Shambler" in ''Redux'', and loses the ability to make melee attacks in return for the ability to be customized and usable iron sights. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Uboyneg_Shotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom uses an Uboyneg shotgun with a bayonet to defend himself from a Lurker mutant (which looks like an oversized Naked Mole Rat).]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Uboyneg_Shotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom uses an Uboyneg shotgun with a bayonet to defend himself from a Lurker mutant (which looks like an oversized Naked Mole Rat).]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Uboyneg_Shotgun_(Charging).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom works the charging handle of his Uboyneg shotgun, which is necessary to cycle the weapon from an empty ammunition cylinder. Sometimes Artyom cannot load all 6 cylinders of the Uboyneg and it will occasionally cycle to an empty cylinder, whereupon Artyom will have to manually charge the weapon to cycle to a loaded cylinder. The receiver system is ostensibly based on the Luger pistol's "toggle-action" system.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Uboyneg_Shotgun_(Charging).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom works the charging handle of his Uboyneg shotgun, which is necessary to cycle the weapon from an empty ammunition cylinder. Sometimes Artyom cannot load all 6 cylinders of the Uboyneg and it will occasionally cycle to an empty cylinder, whereupon Artyom will have to manually charge the weapon to cycle to a loaded cylinder. The receiver system is ostensibly based on the Luger pistol's "toggle-action" system.]] | ||
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[[Image:MetroRedux_ShamblerReload.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading the Shambler shotgun.]] | [[Image:MetroRedux_ShamblerReload.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading the Shambler shotgun.]] | ||
==Heavy Automatic Shotgun== | =="Heavy Automatic Shotgun"== | ||
A cut-down [[DShK]] heavy machine gun modified to fire shotgun shells, which it does via a belt-fed mechanism that has a maximum belt length of 20 shells. Originally, it was available only to players who bought a limited edition copy of the game, or who pre-ordered the game from Gamestop. Currently it is available to any player who purchases the Ranger Pack DLC, or buys a copy of the PC version (which automatically includes it in a patch). No NPCs use it in the game. | A cut-down [[DShK]] heavy machine gun modified to fire shotgun shells, which it does via a belt-fed mechanism that has a maximum belt length of 20 shells. Originally, it was available only to players who bought a limited edition copy of the game, or who pre-ordered the game from Gamestop. Currently it is available to any player who purchases the Ranger Pack DLC, or buys a copy of the PC version (which automatically includes it in a patch). No NPCs use it in the game. | ||
It is the fastest-firing shotgun in the game, but is actually the weakest-per-shot for some reason and has the widest spread. It also lacks sights of any sort, restricting its use to point-blank range only. The belt appears to be made of disintegrating links, but instead of visibly shortening when low on rounds, the belt will just start loading empty links instead. | It is the fastest-firing shotgun in the game, but is actually the weakest-per-shot for some reason and has the widest spread. It also lacks sights of any sort, restricting its use to point-blank range only. The belt appears to be made of disintegrating links, but instead of visibly shortening when low on rounds, the belt will just start loading empty links instead. | ||
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|450px|DShK on tripod - 12.7x109mm]] | [[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|450px|DShK on tripod - 12.7x109mm]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Heavy_Automatic_Shotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Heavy Automatic Shotgun on the bed of its creator, Andrew the Smith.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Heavy_Automatic_Shotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Heavy Automatic Shotgun on the bed of its creator, Andrew the Smith.]] | ||
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=="Bigun"== | =="Bigun"== | ||
An improvised "pepperbox" type firearm made from bicycle parts (essentially a curious home-made analogue of Colt Defender) returns from ''Last Light'' and curiously enough, can be found in the "Survival" playthrough as a purchase in Polis. It is fully automatic and very similar to the "Uboyneg/Shambler" weapon. In the Russian version, it is also known as "Velopal" (what may be translated as "bicycle-shooting"). | An improvised "pepperbox" type firearm made from bicycle parts (essentially a curious home-made analogue of Colt Defender) returns from ''Last Light'' and curiously enough, can be found in the "Survival" playthrough as a purchase in Polis. It is fully automatic and very similar to the "Uboyneg/Shambler" weapon. In the Russian version, it is also known as "Velopal" (what may be translated as "bicycle-shooting"). | ||
[[File:Defender MkI.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Defender Mark 1 - 20 gauge]] | [[File:Defender MkI.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Defender Mark 1 - 20 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:MetroRedux_Bigun.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom wields the Bigun in one of Polis' surface exits.]] | [[Image:MetroRedux_Bigun.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom wields the Bigun in one of Polis' surface exits.]] | ||
[[Image:MetroRedux_Bigunreload.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom reloads one half of the tubes with his left hand....]] | [[Image:MetroRedux_Bigunreload.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom reloads one half of the tubes with his left hand....]] | ||
[[Image:MetroRedux_Bigunreload2.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|....And finishes the others with his right, similar to the Shambler.]] | [[Image:MetroRedux_Bigunreload2.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|....And finishes the others with his right, similar to the Shambler.]] | ||
=Assault Rifles= | =Assault Rifles= | ||
==AK-74M== | ==AK-74M== | ||
The [[AK-74M]] appears in the game as the "Kalash, | The [[AK-74M]] appears in the game as the "Kalash", chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition and possessing a 30-round magazine capacity. Despite its ubiquity in real life, the AK-74M is actually one of the rarer guns available in-game and fetches a high price at markets, which could be explained by how the remainder that survived the nuclear exchange were quickly snapped up by the warring factions in-game (i.e., high demand + no new units being manufactured = high price). The Kalash can be purchased with/without a scope or a laser sight. It also sports a woodland green color scheme and an orange bakelite magazine with a cutout in the center to allow the user to track the remaining rounds. Non-camouflaged AK-74Ms possessing wooden handguards and solid magazines are found scattered throughout the game in various states of disrepair, but are unusable. A trend this game started throughout its series is the unrealistic straight-in insertion of the AK-74M's magazines (like an AR-15's magazines) when player characters reload, rather than the "rock and lock" method used to reload real-life AK rifles. | ||
Khan in the game possesses a unique (and unobtainable by the player) variant of the Kalash that has a bayonet in the shape of Artyom's trench knife. | Khan in the game possesses a unique (and unobtainable by the player) variant of the Kalash that has a bayonet in the shape of Artyom's trench knife. | ||
[[Image:AK-74M.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AK-74M - 5.45x39mm]] | [[Image:AK-74M.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AK-74M - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_AK-74_(Scoped).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Kalash with a scope on the counter of an arms merchant in the ''Kuznetsky Most'' station (known in-game as the Armory station). An unscoped variant is partially visible to the right. While the scoped variant is supposed to have a laser sight to allow aiming without the now-unusable iron sights, no laser sight is actually visible on this version.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_AK-74_(Scoped).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Kalash with a scope on the counter of an arms merchant in the ''Kuznetsky Most'' station (known in-game as the Armory station). An unscoped variant is partially visible to the right. While the scoped variant is supposed to have a laser sight to allow aiming without the now-unusable iron sights, no laser sight is actually visible on this version.]] | ||
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==AKS-74U== | ==AKS-74U== | ||
The [[ | The [[AKS-74U]] returns from ''Last Light'' in the ''Redux'' edition and is only available in "Spartan Mode", although it can still be seen in-world in the alternative mode, "Survival". | ||
[[Image:AKSU-Krinkov.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74U - 5.45x39mm.]] | [[Image:AKSU-Krinkov.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AKS-74U - 5.45x39mm.]] | ||
[[Image:MetroRedux_AKS74U.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom's stepfather Sukhoi keeps an AKS-74U on his desk in ''Redux | [[Image:MetroRedux_AKS74U.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom's stepfather Sukhoi keeps an AKS-74U on his desk in ''Redux''.]] | ||
[[Image:MetroRedux_AKS.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|On the route to Cursed Station, Artyom finds a bugged Krinkov with an invisible magazine, unobtainable in the Survival playthrough.]] | [[Image:MetroRedux_AKS.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|On the route to Cursed Station, Artyom finds a bugged Krinkov with an invisible magazine, unobtainable in the Survival playthrough.]] | ||
=="Bastard" | =="Bastard"== | ||
Modeled after the [[Sten]] submachine gun, this is a fictional scratch-built compact assault rifle with a side-feeding clip resembling a double-column [[Hotchkiss M1909]] feed strip. The device is correctly referred to as a clip as it lacks a spring follower and merely holds the rounds in place while the gun's mechanisms feed the ammunition and its entire container through the gun's barrel from left to right while firing. It possesses a 30-round capacity, is chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition, and is available in suppressed or unsuppressed variants. | Modeled after the [[Sten]] submachine gun, this is a fictional scratch-built compact assault rifle with a side-feeding clip resembling a double-column [[Hotchkiss M1909]] feed strip. The device is correctly referred to as a clip as it lacks a spring follower and merely holds the rounds in place while the gun's mechanisms feed the ammunition and its entire container through the gun's barrel from left to right while firing. It possesses a 30-round capacity, is chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition, and is available in suppressed or unsuppressed variants. | ||
Precisely how the "Bastard" operates is not particularly clear since it has no obvious way of placing a chamber around the rounds, which would be prone to splitting if fired with no support, nor any clear method of forming a gas seal between the front of the round and the barrel. It is conceivable it could a blow-forward system like the [[Pancor Jackhammer]] to form a seal between the neck of the cartridge and the rear of the barrel, though this is not explained. The Hotchkiss M1909 itself never used double-column rigid feed strips, which would in any likely bend into unusable shapes if transported outside the cases they were historically stored in, such as if it were used outside of a static position. The choice of using a fictional firearm with a likely-fragile ammunition container seems odd in the context of the backstory, given how the real-life Russian forces have plenty of rugged and durable AK carbines using 5.45x39mm ammunition such as the [[AKS-74U]]. | Precisely how the "Bastard" operates is not particularly clear since it has no obvious way of placing a chamber around the rounds, which would be prone to splitting if fired with no support, nor any clear method of forming a gas seal between the front of the round and the barrel. It is conceivable it could a blow-forward system like the [[Pancor Jackhammer]] to form a seal between the neck of the cartridge and the rear of the barrel, though this is not explained. The Hotchkiss M1909 itself never used double-column rigid feed strips, which would in any likely bend into unusable shapes if transported outside the cases they were historically stored in, such as if it were used outside of a static position. The choice of using a fictional firearm with a likely-fragile ammunition container seems odd in the context of the backstory, given how the real-life Russian forces have plenty of rugged and durable AK carbines using 5.45x39mm ammunition such as the [[AKS-74U]]. | ||
Artyom receives an unsuppressed Bastard Carbine free of charge at his home station armory. Many NPCs use the unsuppressed version as well, but none use the suppressed version. | Artyom receives an unsuppressed Bastard Carbine free of charge at his home station armory. Many NPCs use the unsuppressed version as well, but none use the suppressed version. | ||
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[[Image:MR Bastard (3).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom loads his on the first trip out of his home station.]] | [[Image:MR Bastard (3).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom loads his on the first trip out of his home station.]] | ||
==Kalash 2012== | =="Kalash 2012"== | ||
The Kalash 2012 is a fictional bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition that was produced in the year 2012 as the replacement for the Russian military's AK-74M service rifle, one year before the nuclear apocalypse in the game's backstory. | The Kalash 2012 is a fictional bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition that was produced in the year 2012 as the replacement for the Russian military's AK-74M service rifle, one year before the nuclear apocalypse in the game's backstory. | ||
Visually, the Kalash 2012 somewhat resembles the [[FN P90]], both its general layout and its use of a top-mounted magazine (with a capacity of 40 rounds) that must turn rounds 90 degrees to feed into the chamber, but also incorporates design elements from the AK rifle series. It sports an olive drab paint job, a triple rail system, an AK-styled front sight (moved to the top of the gas tube instead of near the muzzle as is the case with most AK rifles), a AK-74-styled flash suppressor, FN P90-styled ergonomics for the trigger hand, and a full foregrip instead of the hole for the off hand's thumb used on the FN P90. For some reason, a charging handle or similar device is absent from the weapon, as is a location on the gun to eject spent casings. The standard version uses a laser sight and iron sights, and a variant is available that uses a scope and suppressor along with the laser sight. | Visually, the Kalash 2012 somewhat resembles the [[FN P90]], both its general layout and its use of a top-mounted magazine (with a capacity of 40 rounds) that must turn rounds 90 degrees to feed into the chamber, but also incorporates design elements from the AK rifle series. It sports an olive drab paint job, a triple rail system, an AK-styled front sight (moved to the top of the gas tube instead of near the muzzle as is the case with most AK rifles), a AK-74-styled flash suppressor, FN P90-styled ergonomics for the trigger hand, and a full foregrip instead of the hole for the off hand's thumb used on the FN P90. For some reason, a charging handle or similar device is absent from the weapon, as is a location on the gun to eject spent casings. The standard version uses a laser sight and iron sights, and a variant is available that uses a scope and suppressor along with the laser sight. | ||
The design of the gun and the fact that it fires the 5.45x39mm cartridge suggests it may have been designed as an attempt to create a compact rifle of similar design to the P90 that didn't sacrifice stopping power or accuracy and is easy to maneuver, allowing it to fill a variety of roles very easily. Despite the name "Kalash 2012," it is not related to the [[AK-12]] rifle, a modernized Kalashnikov variant currently being offered to Russian armed forces. Despite it being an interesting design, there are a few glaring flaws in its design: | The design of the gun and the fact that it fires the 5.45x39mm cartridge suggests it may have been designed as an attempt to create a compact rifle of similar design to the P90 that didn't sacrifice stopping power or accuracy and is easy to maneuver, allowing it to fill a variety of roles very easily. Despite the name "Kalash 2012," it is not related to the [[AK-12]] rifle, a modernized Kalashnikov variant currently being offered to Russian armed forces. Despite it being an interesting design, there are a few glaring flaws in its design: | ||
*There is no method to eject | *There is no method to eject spent casings, cock the weapon, or clear jams. | ||
*The | *The grip is too far back to be used comfortably with the stock. | ||
*There is not enough room in the stock to house the bolt and buffer spring, nor is there space to house the AK-type gas system. | *There is not enough room in the stock to house the bolt and buffer spring, nor is there space to house the AK-type gas system. | ||
Its late production date makes it one of the rarest weapons in the game, probably resulting from the fact that there weren't many produced before the bombs fell and the surviving warring groups took all surviving rifles they could get a hold of. Accordingly, the only NPC to use it is Colonel Miller, the chief Ranger, who uses it after taking one from the caches at the D6 military command bunker. | Its late production date makes it one of the rarest weapons in the game, probably resulting from the fact that there weren't many produced before the bombs fell and the surviving warring groups took all surviving rifles they could get a hold of. Accordingly, the only NPC to use it is Colonel Miller, the chief Ranger, who uses it after taking one from the caches at the D6 military command bunker. | ||
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=Sniper Rifles= | =Sniper Rifles= | ||
==VSK-94== | ==VSK-94== | ||
Referred to as the "VSV, | Referred to as the "VSV", this weapon is visually based off of the [[VSK-94]], but unlike its parent firearm it is chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition instead, fed from a transparent magazine containing 20 rounds. It retains the parent firearm's fully automatic and semiautomatic firing modes, and can be purchased with or without a scope. A laser sight is fitted under the barrel as well. It can use Military Grade ammo, but its silenced nature relies on the low-quality underpowered "dirty" ammo - a full-power (MGR) 5.45 renders it fully audible to enemies. | ||
[[Image:VSK94.jpg|thumb|none|450px|VSK-94 with PKS-07 scope - 9x39mm]] | [[Image:VSK94.jpg|thumb|none|450px|VSK-94 with PKS-07 scope - 9x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:Metro2033VSV.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom admires his VSV during the weapon's idle animation.]] | [[Image:Metro2033VSV.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom admires his VSV during the weapon's idle animation.]] | ||
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=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
==DShK | ==DShK== | ||
The [[DShK]] can be seen mounted at various roadblocks or combat trolleys in game, or at several gun stores. One of the player-usable versions does not require ammunition but does possess an overheat gauge. The ones at roadblocks often sport large searchlights, but no player-usable ones have this accessory. The Panzer (a heavily armored combat trolley somewhat resembling a German WWII-era Pz. III tank) is also armed with a DShK somehow modified into a single-shot weapon firing grenades (those appear to be the same model used by the in-game pipe bombs). | The [[DShK]] can be seen mounted at various roadblocks or combat trolleys in game, or at several gun stores. One of the player-usable versions does not require ammunition but does possess an overheat gauge. The ones at roadblocks often sport large searchlights, but no player-usable ones have this accessory. The Panzer (a heavily armored combat trolley somewhat resembling a German WWII-era Pz. III tank) is also armed with a DShK somehow modified into a single-shot weapon firing grenades (those appear to be the same model used by the in-game pipe bombs). | ||
[[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|450px|DShK on tripod - 12.7x109mm]] | [[Image:DSHK.jpg|thumb|none|450px|DShK on tripod - 12.7x109mm]] | ||
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=Pneumatic Weaponry= | =Pneumatic Weaponry= | ||
Given the difficulties of manufacturing and maintaining firearms and their ammunition, coupled with the collapse of the pre-apocalypse industries dedicated to such tasks, it is no surprise that this class of weaponry has experienced a resurgence in the game's setting, with more easily manufactured ammunition, more quiet shots, and no need to pay for or make gunpowder. There are two types. | Given the difficulties of manufacturing and maintaining firearms and their ammunition, coupled with the collapse of the pre-apocalypse industries dedicated to such tasks, it is no surprise that this class of weaponry has experienced a resurgence in the game's setting, with more easily manufactured ammunition, more quiet shots, and no need to pay for or make gunpowder. There are two types. | ||
=="Tihar" | =="Tihar"== | ||
A homemade pneumatic weapon, referred to as the "Tihar, | A homemade pneumatic weapon, referred to as the "Tihar", firing 15mm ball bearings from a spring-loaded tube that serves as a magazine, with a 15 ball bearing capacity. The ammunition is propelled by a cylinder of compressed air, which attains its pressure by a handpump at the end of the handguard. A handy pressure gauge will show how much relative stopping power and distance the next shot will attain, with each shot draining a small amount of pressure from the cylinder, but this is only visible when the scope is not used (or mounted). It is possible to overpressure the cylinder for extra stopping power and range, but if not quickly used, the extra air will leak out and the gun will go back to normal power levels. | ||
The Tihar Airgun is capable of using a scope, turning it into a makeshift sniper rifle. Thanks to its subsonic and large-bore ammunition, the Tihar is perfect for quietly sniping targets from afar, but these same features make its shots less useful against human enemies wearing body armour (due to the low velocity and low sectional density of its spherical steel ammunition). It is also capable of fully-automatic fire. | The Tihar Airgun is capable of using a scope, turning it into a makeshift sniper rifle. Thanks to its subsonic and large-bore ammunition, the Tihar is perfect for quietly sniping targets from afar, but these same features make its shots less useful against human enemies wearing body armour (due to the low velocity and low sectional density of its spherical steel ammunition). It is also capable of fully-automatic fire. | ||
[[Image:1-weapon tihar.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An early render of the Tihar Airgun. This version uses a conventional telescopic sight rather than the naked aligned lenses seen in the finished game.]] | [[Image:1-weapon tihar.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An early render of the Tihar Airgun. This version uses a conventional telescopic sight rather than the naked aligned lenses seen in the finished game.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Tihar_Airgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A scoped Tihar airgun for sale at a Metro weapons shop (the only variant that can bought, not discovered). As can be seen here, the "scope" is really just an array of three lenses mounted above the barrel.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Tihar_Airgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A scoped Tihar airgun for sale at a Metro weapons shop (the only variant that can bought, not discovered). As can be seen here, the "scope" is really just an array of three lenses mounted above the barrel.]] | ||
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[[Image:MR Tihar (3).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading a new one.]] | [[Image:MR Tihar (3).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reloading a new one.]] | ||
=="Helsing" | =="Helsing"== | ||
The Helsing is a pneumatic speargun. It appears to be built around a revolver frame where the barrel has been replaced by a revolving cylinder which holds eight metal bolts, each in its own barrel, in a pepperbox formation (like later pepperbox-type firearms, the Helsing will rotate the cylinder and its barrels with every trigger pull, making it similar to a double-action revolver). Located under that is a hand-operated pump mechanism used to compress air which is stored in a tank that is integrated into the stock. Its name is likely a reference to the [[Van_Helsing#Gas_Operated_Automatic_Crossbow|Gas Operated Automatic Crossbow]] used in the film [[Van Helsing]]. | The Helsing is a pneumatic speargun. It appears to be built around a revolver frame where the barrel has been replaced by a revolving cylinder which holds eight metal bolts, each in its own barrel, in a pepperbox formation (like later pepperbox-type firearms, the Helsing will rotate the cylinder and its barrels with every trigger pull, making it similar to a double-action revolver). Located under that is a hand-operated pump mechanism used to compress air which is stored in a tank that is integrated into the stock. Its name is likely a reference to the [[Van_Helsing#Gas_Operated_Automatic_Crossbow|Gas Operated Automatic Crossbow]] used in the film ''[[Van Helsing]]''. | ||
Like the Tihar Airgun, the higher the pressure attained, the greater the damage and the range achieved by the ammunition. The Helsing's bolts are recoverable and reusable, and are, oddly enough, also the most expensive type of ammo (one Military-Grade Round can purchase only one bolt, whereas you can get five "dirty" 5.45x39mm rounds for the same price, or two shotgun shells), which is strange since the bolts would require no high technology or gunpowder to make. The Helsing can come with or without a scope. | Like the Tihar Airgun, the higher the pressure attained, the greater the damage and the range achieved by the ammunition. The Helsing's bolts are recoverable and reusable, and are, oddly enough, also the most expensive type of ammo (one Military-Grade Round can purchase only one bolt, whereas you can get five "dirty" 5.45x39mm rounds for the same price, or two shotgun shells), which is strange since the bolts would require no high technology or gunpowder to make. The Helsing can come with or without a scope. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom stands his ground with a Helsing in front of a Librarian mutant determined to provoke him into attacking.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom stands his ground with a Helsing in front of a Librarian mutant determined to provoke him into attacking.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom steadies his aim with the Helsing against a hungry Demon mutant trying to break through a barred window into the ruined Moscow library, while Miller curses up a storm nearby. As with many other weapons in this game, the rear sight's notch is too wide to realistically be of much use. The red bar to the right is a pressure gauge, and glows for some unexplained reason.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom steadies his aim with the Helsing against a hungry Demon mutant trying to break through a barred window into the ruined Moscow library, while Miller curses up a storm nearby. As with many other weapons in this game, the rear sight's notch is too wide to realistically be of much use. The red bar to the right is a pressure gauge, and glows for some unexplained reason.]] | ||
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==Flamethrower== | ==Flamethrower== | ||
A common feature of Metro station roadblocks and combat trolleys for use against the Mutants. It has unlimited ammunition, but does possess an overheat gauge. | A common feature of Metro station roadblocks and combat trolleys for use against the Mutants. It has unlimited ammunition, but does possess an overheat gauge. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Flamethrower.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A flamethrower's barrel and gunshield detached from its trolley mount in the Ranger's Sparta outpost.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Flamethrower.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A flamethrower's barrel and gunshield detached from its trolley mount in the Ranger's Sparta outpost.]] | ||
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In a world where central governments have collapsed and conventional scrip or precious metals are no longer of any value, Military Grade 5.45x39mm rounds have thus become the universal currency throughout the Moscow Metro system. They are available in both curved stripper clips or longer straight clips, the latter of which contain more ammunition and are much rarer. No other calibers of Military Grade Ammunition are available in-game, which is odd since the Russians have large stocks of older 7.62x39mm ammunition that could be of more use against the mutants (the shorter effective range of 7.62x39mm ammunition is less of a problem given how many mutant types must close to melee to do any damage, and the larger diameter of such rounds could offer more raw stopping power against them). | In a world where central governments have collapsed and conventional scrip or precious metals are no longer of any value, Military Grade 5.45x39mm rounds have thus become the universal currency throughout the Moscow Metro system. They are available in both curved stripper clips or longer straight clips, the latter of which contain more ammunition and are much rarer. No other calibers of Military Grade Ammunition are available in-game, which is odd since the Russians have large stocks of older 7.62x39mm ammunition that could be of more use against the mutants (the shorter effective range of 7.62x39mm ammunition is less of a problem given how many mutant types must close to melee to do any damage, and the larger diameter of such rounds could offer more raw stopping power against them). | ||
The player can use Military Grade 5.45x39mm ammunition to purchase weapons, other types of ammunition, or other miscellaneous services, or use them in firearms of the appropriate caliber for extra damage in combat. | The player can use Military Grade 5.45x39mm ammunition to purchase weapons, other types of ammunition, or other miscellaneous services, or use them in firearms of the appropriate caliber for extra damage in combat. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Military_Grade_Rounds_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The most common form of Military Grade ammunition is found in a curved stripper clip. Despite being depicted as holding 5 rounds, these will usually only add 1 or 2 Military Grade rounds to your inventory.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Military_Grade_Rounds_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The most common form of Military Grade ammunition is found in a curved stripper clip. Despite being depicted as holding 5 rounds, these will usually only add 1 or 2 Military Grade rounds to your inventory.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Military_Grade_Rounds_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A straight clip of Military Grade ammunition near the severed arm of its former owner. Regardless of where you find them, they are always depicted as shiny and new, which is less-than-realistic given how 20 years of neglect in certain in-game environments could lead to a less-than-polished appearance.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Military_Grade_Rounds_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A straight clip of Military Grade ammunition near the severed arm of its former owner. Regardless of where you find them, they are always depicted as shiny and new, which is less-than-realistic given how 20 years of neglect in certain in-game environments could lead to a less-than-polished appearance.]] | ||
==Pipe Bomb== | ==Pipe Bomb== | ||
Pipe Bombs are the game's version of grenades. They have a fuse made of detcord that will take 5 seconds to burn down once ignited. When lit and thrown, enemies can hear them coming and will get out of the way. This works both ways as well. A bomb with protruding nails can be found, and is stored in a different slot in your inventory. These can be thrown against surfaces or enemies, and upon contact the nails will pierce and stay stuck to the surface or enemy until detonation. NPCs will often carry them in pouches on their person, but why they don't have caps on the end with the fuse to keep the fuses from getting wet is never explained. These are occasionally seen in tripwire booby traps as well, and every time Artyom disarms one he will put the Pipe Bomb into his inventory if he doesn't already have his maximum amount, in which he will simply disarm the wire and leave the bomb in its place for later pickup once he has room in his inventory. | Pipe Bombs are the game's version of grenades. They have a fuse made of detcord that will take 5 seconds to burn down once ignited. When lit and thrown, enemies can hear them coming and will get out of the way. This works both ways as well. A bomb with protruding nails can be found, and is stored in a different slot in your inventory. These can be thrown against surfaces or enemies, and upon contact the nails will pierce and stay stuck to the surface or enemy until detonation. NPCs will often carry them in pouches on their person, but why they don't have caps on the end with the fuse to keep the fuses from getting wet is never explained. These are occasionally seen in tripwire booby traps as well, and every time Artyom disarms one he will put the Pipe Bomb into his inventory if he doesn't already have his maximum amount, in which he will simply disarm the wire and leave the bomb in its place for later pickup once he has room in his inventory. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Pipe_Bomb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pipe Bombs, both with and without nails.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Pipe_Bomb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pipe Bombs, both with and without nails.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Pipe_Bomb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom uses a Pipe Bomb with nails to give a sleeping Black Librarian mutant a wake-up call of a lifetime.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Pipe_Bomb.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom uses a Pipe Bomb with nails to give a sleeping Black Librarian mutant a wake-up call of a lifetime.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Pipe_Bomb_Trap.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tripwires connected to Pipe Bombs are occasionally found throughout the game, and can be disarmed by getting close to the bomb and pressing a button. Only the Pipe Bombs without nails are used in these traps.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Pipe_Bomb_Trap.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tripwires connected to Pipe Bombs are occasionally found throughout the game, and can be disarmed by getting close to the bomb and pressing a button. Only the Pipe Bombs without nails are used in these traps.]] | ||
==Shotgun Ammunition== | |||
The shotgun ammunition in-game is listed as 12x70mm caliber, making the shells 12 gauge wide, and 2 and 3/4ths of a inch long. No other shell payloads (such as slugs) are available in-game. Occasionally single shotgun shells are used in booby traps triggered by tripwires in some levels. In the re-released version, shotgun shells are colored blue as they were in the ''Last Light'' sequel. | |||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Shotgun_Ammunition.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Clips of shotgun shells in an ammo box. Only in easier difficulties do they add all 4 shells to your inventory; on harder difficulties you only get one or two per clip.]] | |||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Shotgun_Shell_Trap.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A shotgun shell booby trap rigged with a tripwire and affixed to a shelf. The extreme spread of a "naked" shotgun shell without a barrel or choke to keep the shot close together during firing is not a disadvantage here, since its intended use is at point-blank range.]] | |||
==Toy Revolver== | ==Toy Revolver== | ||
In the ''Outpost'' level, a toy revolver apparently made of wood can be found on a shelf inside a Ranger hideout taken over by Fourth Reich soldiers, evidently a pre-blast child's toy abandoned and long forgotten. Its shape appears to resemble the [[Webley Bulldog]] revolver. | |||
In the ''Outpost'' level, a toy revolver apparently made of wood can be found on a shelf inside a Ranger hideout taken over by Fourth Reich soldiers, evidently a pre-blast child's toy abandoned and long forgotten. Its shape appears to resemble the [[Webley Bulldog]] revolver. | |||
[[Image:WebleyBulldog.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Webley 'British Bull Dog' - .45 caliber - 1870s]] | [[Image:WebleyBulldog.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Webley 'British Bull Dog' - .45 caliber - 1870s]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Toy_Revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Did children really live up here on the surface, free to breathe clean air in a world where the only monsters they fought and the only weapons they needed were all imaginary?"'' <br> Even behind his gas mask and the poisonous air all around, Artyom takes a moment to gaze wonderingly at the toy revolver on a shelf, a memento of a better, and now long-dead, world.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Toy_Revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Did children really live up here on the surface, free to breathe clean air in a world where the only monsters they fought and the only weapons they needed were all imaginary?"'' <br> Even behind his gas mask and the poisonous air all around, Artyom takes a moment to gaze wonderingly at the toy revolver on a shelf, a memento of a better, and now long-dead, world.]] | ||
==Volt Driver== | ==Volt Driver== | ||
A scratch-built railgun, using the same magazines and ammunition as the Tihar. Instead of compressed air, however, it uses electricity from a hand-powered generator to propel a 15mm ball bearing to extreme speeds. Like the Tihar, the Volt Driver drains power from its battery with every shot and will need recharging from its hand-cranked generator to return to full power (though how a hand-powered generator can quickly generate enough electricity to propel a ball bearing to hypersonic speeds is never explained, nor how the rails avoid melting from friction.). Even without ammunition, the Volt Driver can deliver a nasty shock by touching an enemy with both its rails at once, essentially functioning as an oversized stun gun. However, the weapon lacks any kind of sighting system other than a laser sight. | A scratch-built railgun, using the same magazines and ammunition as the Tihar. Instead of compressed air, however, it uses electricity from a hand-powered generator to propel a 15mm ball bearing to extreme speeds. Like the Tihar, the Volt Driver drains power from its battery with every shot and will need recharging from its hand-cranked generator to return to full power (though how a hand-powered generator can quickly generate enough electricity to propel a ball bearing to hypersonic speeds is never explained, nor how the rails avoid melting from friction.). Even without ammunition, the Volt Driver can deliver a nasty shock by touching an enemy with both its rails at once, essentially functioning as an oversized stun gun. However, the weapon lacks any kind of sighting system other than a laser sight. | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Volt_Driver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Volt Driver on the bed of its creator, Andrew the Smith. Note how there is a ''Metro 2033'' book laying next to the weapon.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Volt_Driver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Volt Driver on the bed of its creator, Andrew the Smith. Note how there is a ''Metro 2033'' book laying next to the weapon.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Volt_Driver_(Melee_Attack).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Watchman mutant being electrocuted by the Volt Driver's melee attack. Melee attacks with the Volt Driver that don't touch an inanimate object or a living target do not use up any of its power supply, which is unrealistic since real-life stun guns need to use up some battery power each time they are used to shock a target they touch, though it could also be construed as a concession towards ease of gameplay.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Volt_Driver_(Melee_Attack).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Watchman mutant being electrocuted by the Volt Driver's melee attack. Melee attacks with the Volt Driver that don't touch an inanimate object or a living target do not use up any of its power supply, which is unrealistic since real-life stun guns need to use up some battery power each time they are used to shock a target they touch, though it could also be construed as a concession towards ease of gameplay.]] | ||
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Based on the eponymous novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 is an FPS game set in the post-apocalyptic environs of a future Moscow devastated by nuclear war. The survivors have retreated into the underground Metro stations for shelter against the radiation on the surface, and for protection against the inhuman monstrosities which now stalk the dark tunnels below and the ravaged cityscapes above. The player is thrust into the role of a young man named Artyom tasked with delivering an urgent message that could save his home station, and must learn to defend himself against the many dangers along the way. A sequel, known as Metro: Last Light, was released in 2013.
The game was re-released on August 26, 2014 as Metro Redux on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and as Metro Redux Bundle with its sequel on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The Redux version utilizes the updated features of Last Light's engine. Metro Redux offers two separate playstyle difficulty options, "Survival" in which ammunition and filters and other supplies aren't available in quantities and has a greater emphasis on stealth. The "Spartan" mode brings over weapons from Last Light and is catered to a louder playstyle, with both the player and enemies dealing greater damage to each other. Both modes offer the expanded weapon customization of Last Light. Additionally, several weapons now track +1 round in the chamber and have their animations altered to realistically depict such (notable with several of the 5.45mm weapons.)
The following weapons appear in the video game Metro 2033:
Overview
In accordance with the collapse of industry and the widespread loss of military hardware (thanks to the targeting of military installations during the nuclear exchange), many of the weapons found in the game are cobbled-together or improvised from scrap metal and spare parts, and military-grade weapons and ammunition have become exceedingly scarce, to the point where pre-blast 5.45x39mm ammunition has come into use as the universal currency within the tunnels of the Moscow Metro system. This ammunition can also be used for extra damage during combat, but doing so will quickly lead to the financial equivalent of rapidly pissing money out of a gun barrel. All the following weapons that are chambered for 5.45x39mm rounds can use both Military Grade rounds and "dirty" 5.45mm rounds, the latter of which the Metro citizens manufactured for themselves after the apocalypse. "Dirty" 5.45mm rounds use soiled cartridge casings, as well as less effective projectiles and powders compared to their Military Grade counterparts.
Note: Whether by deliberate choice or design oversight, several of the game's weapons lack iron sights entirely or possess incomplete ones which would allow only for alignment in the horizontal axis, not the vertical. In other words, several of the iron sights seen in this game would let you align them correctly in the up-down direction, but would not allow you in real life to precisely align them in the left-right direction.
Handguns
"Revolver"
A double-action six-shot revolver, using .44 Magnum ammunition. It is the first weapon you acquire apart from Artyom's trench knife. Several customizations can be found or purchased throughout the game, including an extended barrel, a rifle stock (effectively turning the revolver into a pistol-caliber carbine), a sound suppressor, and a scope. No other handgun types are found within the game, but it can be surmised that revolvers, being 19th-century technology, came back into general use for being easier to manufacture and maintain, along with how ineffective the more common Russian pistol calibers (9x18mm, 7.62x25mm, etc.) proved to be against the mutants - except that the Russians have not used a .44 caliber round in decades and the Makarov PM seems reliable enough while being as common as dirt. In the original novel, for example, Hunter carries a Stechkin APS with a suppressor. The third installment in the series, Metro Exodus, later confirmed this by stating that Armory station initally produced homemade copies of Nagant Revolver, complete with its unique gas-seal system, but later switched to much more powerful .44 Magnum round because 7.62 rounds proved to lack a sufficient stopping power against mutants (this still doesn't explain how an ordinary round (with the projectile seated above the casing) would make the gas-seal system actually operational).
One feature common to all revolver models in this game is a small cutout in the backplate behind the cylinder, at the ten o' clock position. This serves as a visual no-ammo indicator, as when all 6 shots have been expended, the cartridge casing made visible by the cutout will have a small indentation in its center from the firing pin, indicated it has already been fired. This cutout is most visible when the revolver's glowing red dot iron sights are used.
Its design seems to have been inspired by S&W revolvers (with typical shape of frame and cylinder release), such as Model 29, including even characteristic grips with rest of the S&W logo. It also has a barrel in Colt Python-style with a vent rib, which ultimately lends some resemblance to the custom "Smython" revolver.
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Shotguns
"Duplet"
This makeshift 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun is referred to in-game as the "Duplet." The left and right triggers (X360) fire each each barrel and likewise for Left Mouse and Right mouse buttons on the PC version. Reasonably powerful at close range, but hobbled with a long reload time and no sights at all, which can make the gun awkward to use at anything past point-blank range on difficulty levels that remove the ingame HUD. It features a spike for a bead sight (that nonetheless cannot be used) and a spring-loaded wooden shoulder stock that ostensibly reduces felt recoil. The Duplet is rarely used by NPCs past Chapter 2; afterwards the Uboyneg semiautomatic shotgun is frequently found instead.
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Eugine, Artyom's friend, about to hand his Duplet over after blasting a Nosalis Mutant away at point-blank range; as such, the camera view is still flecked with Nosalis spittle.
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Saiga 12
The Redux version brings over the Saiga 12 from Last Light, but it is only ever seen in the hands of NPCs.
"Uboyneg"
The Uboyneg (Russian: Убойник, Uboynik; fictional word derived from Russian word "убийство", ubiystvo; "murder") is a semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun holding six shotgun shells in manually loaded revolving clamps, though if the underside clamp is empty, only five can be loaded unless the gun is fired and then reloaded, upon which six shells can be loaded. A variant with a bayonet can be purchased or discovered, but none have any usable iron sights nor any other sighting system, which makes using this weapon difficult in difficulty modes that remove the ingame HUD. Many NPCs in the later levels of the game use Uboyneg shotguns, but only Bourbon is seen using the version with a bayonet.
While a significant upgrade from the Duplet shotgun, the Uboyneg could be considered unrealistic in a post-apocalyptic Moscow Metro given how simple, reliable, and easy-to-maintain modern pump-action shotguns with tube magazines are, as well as the availability of more conventional semi-automatic shotguns such as the Saiga-12 in real life. It goes by the moniker "Shambler" in Redux, and loses the ability to make melee attacks in return for the ability to be customized and usable iron sights.
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Recalling Hunter the Ranger's words, Artyom uses the bayonet of his Uboyneg shotgun to press the point home on a Fourth Reich soldier caught sleeping on the job in the Outpost level. Note how the Reich soldier's headlamp doesn't actually have anything attaching it to the front of his helmet.
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Artyom muses to himself while contemplating his bloody handiwork with an Uboyneg.
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"Heavy Automatic Shotgun"
A cut-down DShK heavy machine gun modified to fire shotgun shells, which it does via a belt-fed mechanism that has a maximum belt length of 20 shells. Originally, it was available only to players who bought a limited edition copy of the game, or who pre-ordered the game from Gamestop. Currently it is available to any player who purchases the Ranger Pack DLC, or buys a copy of the PC version (which automatically includes it in a patch). No NPCs use it in the game.
It is the fastest-firing shotgun in the game, but is actually the weakest-per-shot for some reason and has the widest spread. It also lacks sights of any sort, restricting its use to point-blank range only. The belt appears to be made of disintegrating links, but instead of visibly shortening when low on rounds, the belt will just start loading empty links instead.
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"Bigun"
An improvised "pepperbox" type firearm made from bicycle parts (essentially a curious home-made analogue of Colt Defender) returns from Last Light and curiously enough, can be found in the "Survival" playthrough as a purchase in Polis. It is fully automatic and very similar to the "Uboyneg/Shambler" weapon. In the Russian version, it is also known as "Velopal" (what may be translated as "bicycle-shooting").
Assault Rifles
AK-74M
The AK-74M appears in the game as the "Kalash", chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition and possessing a 30-round magazine capacity. Despite its ubiquity in real life, the AK-74M is actually one of the rarer guns available in-game and fetches a high price at markets, which could be explained by how the remainder that survived the nuclear exchange were quickly snapped up by the warring factions in-game (i.e., high demand + no new units being manufactured = high price). The Kalash can be purchased with/without a scope or a laser sight. It also sports a woodland green color scheme and an orange bakelite magazine with a cutout in the center to allow the user to track the remaining rounds. Non-camouflaged AK-74Ms possessing wooden handguards and solid magazines are found scattered throughout the game in various states of disrepair, but are unusable. A trend this game started throughout its series is the unrealistic straight-in insertion of the AK-74M's magazines (like an AR-15's magazines) when player characters reload, rather than the "rock and lock" method used to reload real-life AK rifles.
Khan in the game possesses a unique (and unobtainable by the player) variant of the Kalash that has a bayonet in the shape of Artyom's trench knife.
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AKS-74U
The AKS-74U returns from Last Light in the Redux edition and is only available in "Spartan Mode", although it can still be seen in-world in the alternative mode, "Survival".
"Bastard"
Modeled after the Sten submachine gun, this is a fictional scratch-built compact assault rifle with a side-feeding clip resembling a double-column Hotchkiss M1909 feed strip. The device is correctly referred to as a clip as it lacks a spring follower and merely holds the rounds in place while the gun's mechanisms feed the ammunition and its entire container through the gun's barrel from left to right while firing. It possesses a 30-round capacity, is chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition, and is available in suppressed or unsuppressed variants.
Precisely how the "Bastard" operates is not particularly clear since it has no obvious way of placing a chamber around the rounds, which would be prone to splitting if fired with no support, nor any clear method of forming a gas seal between the front of the round and the barrel. It is conceivable it could a blow-forward system like the Pancor Jackhammer to form a seal between the neck of the cartridge and the rear of the barrel, though this is not explained. The Hotchkiss M1909 itself never used double-column rigid feed strips, which would in any likely bend into unusable shapes if transported outside the cases they were historically stored in, such as if it were used outside of a static position. The choice of using a fictional firearm with a likely-fragile ammunition container seems odd in the context of the backstory, given how the real-life Russian forces have plenty of rugged and durable AK carbines using 5.45x39mm ammunition such as the AKS-74U.
Artyom receives an unsuppressed Bastard Carbine free of charge at his home station armory. Many NPCs use the unsuppressed version as well, but none use the suppressed version.
The Exhibition station armorer with a Bastard Carbine before handing it to Artyom. The ejection port and cocking handle are near where the armorer's thumb would be--note that they are behind the ammunition clip, which is arguably a strange place for an ejection port on a fully-automatic firearm. The Hotchkiss M1909, a real-life machine gun that fed ammunition through a sideways-moving clip, for its part ejected empty casings out one side just underneath the chamber, rather than up and towards the right through an ejection port behind the ammunition container like the Bastard does.
Staring at an inhuman ghost with a Bastard Carbine. The rear of the ammunition clip is visible in this view, revealing that the cartridges are held in place by small triangular pieces of metal in the clip, leaving no room for casing extraction after a round has been fired, despite the presence of an ejection port on the firearm. This unrealistic aspect could be solved simply by leaving the spent casings in the clip as it moves from left to right while firing. This kind of change would serve two purposes: emphasizing the scratch-built nature of the firearm, and allowing for retention of the spent cases for recycling, which would be important in the resource-starved Metro tunnels.
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The enormous muzzle flash is realistic considering the firearm's short barrel and lack of flash suppressor, but is thankfully absent on the suppressed version. The gun will also move the clip up and down to align the rounds in the staggered-column clip with the gun's barrel, and amount of rounds on the left side let the user immediately know how many rounds remain.
The Bastard's iron sights are a crude attempt at a Patridge sight (similar to that used in unmodified Glock pistols), but are too wide and have no marks to let the user know when the gun is properly aligned. Fixing this would require narrowing the rear sight and attaching high-contrast dot marks on the front sight's tip and the rear sight's top edges.
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"Kalash 2012"
The Kalash 2012 is a fictional bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition that was produced in the year 2012 as the replacement for the Russian military's AK-74M service rifle, one year before the nuclear apocalypse in the game's backstory. Visually, the Kalash 2012 somewhat resembles the FN P90, both its general layout and its use of a top-mounted magazine (with a capacity of 40 rounds) that must turn rounds 90 degrees to feed into the chamber, but also incorporates design elements from the AK rifle series. It sports an olive drab paint job, a triple rail system, an AK-styled front sight (moved to the top of the gas tube instead of near the muzzle as is the case with most AK rifles), a AK-74-styled flash suppressor, FN P90-styled ergonomics for the trigger hand, and a full foregrip instead of the hole for the off hand's thumb used on the FN P90. For some reason, a charging handle or similar device is absent from the weapon, as is a location on the gun to eject spent casings. The standard version uses a laser sight and iron sights, and a variant is available that uses a scope and suppressor along with the laser sight.
The design of the gun and the fact that it fires the 5.45x39mm cartridge suggests it may have been designed as an attempt to create a compact rifle of similar design to the P90 that didn't sacrifice stopping power or accuracy and is easy to maneuver, allowing it to fill a variety of roles very easily. Despite the name "Kalash 2012," it is not related to the AK-12 rifle, a modernized Kalashnikov variant currently being offered to Russian armed forces. Despite it being an interesting design, there are a few glaring flaws in its design:
- There is no method to eject spent casings, cock the weapon, or clear jams.
- The grip is too far back to be used comfortably with the stock.
- There is not enough room in the stock to house the bolt and buffer spring, nor is there space to house the AK-type gas system.
Its late production date makes it one of the rarest weapons in the game, probably resulting from the fact that there weren't many produced before the bombs fell and the surviving warring groups took all surviving rifles they could get a hold of. Accordingly, the only NPC to use it is Colonel Miller, the chief Ranger, who uses it after taking one from the caches at the D6 military command bunker.
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As can be seen in this screenshot, the Kalash 2012's iron sights are the most conventional in this game, but they still lack the capability to ensure the gun is properly aligned in the horizontal axis. The easiest way to remedy this problem on the Kalash 2012 would be to place a vertical sight marker in the middle of the bottom edge of the rear sight's trapezoidal notch to allow the user to know when the gun is properly aligned along both the horizontal and vertical axes.
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Sniper Rifles
VSK-94
Referred to as the "VSV", this weapon is visually based off of the VSK-94, but unlike its parent firearm it is chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition instead, fed from a transparent magazine containing 20 rounds. It retains the parent firearm's fully automatic and semiautomatic firing modes, and can be purchased with or without a scope. A laser sight is fitted under the barrel as well. It can use Military Grade ammo, but its silenced nature relies on the low-quality underpowered "dirty" ammo - a full-power (MGR) 5.45 renders it fully audible to enemies.
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Machine Guns
DShK
The DShK can be seen mounted at various roadblocks or combat trolleys in game, or at several gun stores. One of the player-usable versions does not require ammunition but does possess an overheat gauge. The ones at roadblocks often sport large searchlights, but no player-usable ones have this accessory. The Panzer (a heavily armored combat trolley somewhat resembling a German WWII-era Pz. III tank) is also armed with a DShK somehow modified into a single-shot weapon firing grenades (those appear to be the same model used by the in-game pipe bombs).
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Pneumatic Weaponry
Given the difficulties of manufacturing and maintaining firearms and their ammunition, coupled with the collapse of the pre-apocalypse industries dedicated to such tasks, it is no surprise that this class of weaponry has experienced a resurgence in the game's setting, with more easily manufactured ammunition, more quiet shots, and no need to pay for or make gunpowder. There are two types.
"Tihar"
A homemade pneumatic weapon, referred to as the "Tihar", firing 15mm ball bearings from a spring-loaded tube that serves as a magazine, with a 15 ball bearing capacity. The ammunition is propelled by a cylinder of compressed air, which attains its pressure by a handpump at the end of the handguard. A handy pressure gauge will show how much relative stopping power and distance the next shot will attain, with each shot draining a small amount of pressure from the cylinder, but this is only visible when the scope is not used (or mounted). It is possible to overpressure the cylinder for extra stopping power and range, but if not quickly used, the extra air will leak out and the gun will go back to normal power levels.
The Tihar Airgun is capable of using a scope, turning it into a makeshift sniper rifle. Thanks to its subsonic and large-bore ammunition, the Tihar is perfect for quietly sniping targets from afar, but these same features make its shots less useful against human enemies wearing body armour (due to the low velocity and low sectional density of its spherical steel ammunition). It is also capable of fully-automatic fire.
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The naked lenses which form the scope is somewhat implausible since without a protective tube, the lenses would be prone to being knocked out of alignment or otherwise damaged or soiled. The only advantage a rig like this might offer would be the ability to adjust the zoom level simply by folding the appropriate lenses up or down, but this capability is not present within the game.
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"Helsing"
The Helsing is a pneumatic speargun. It appears to be built around a revolver frame where the barrel has been replaced by a revolving cylinder which holds eight metal bolts, each in its own barrel, in a pepperbox formation (like later pepperbox-type firearms, the Helsing will rotate the cylinder and its barrels with every trigger pull, making it similar to a double-action revolver). Located under that is a hand-operated pump mechanism used to compress air which is stored in a tank that is integrated into the stock. Its name is likely a reference to the Gas Operated Automatic Crossbow used in the film Van Helsing.
Like the Tihar Airgun, the higher the pressure attained, the greater the damage and the range achieved by the ammunition. The Helsing's bolts are recoverable and reusable, and are, oddly enough, also the most expensive type of ammo (one Military-Grade Round can purchase only one bolt, whereas you can get five "dirty" 5.45x39mm rounds for the same price, or two shotgun shells), which is strange since the bolts would require no high technology or gunpowder to make. The Helsing can come with or without a scope.
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Other
Artyom's Lighter
Artyom's Lighter is apparently constructed from a firearm cartridge of some sort, possibly a DShk 12.7x108mm round. The fuel canister is formed by the empty cartridge case with the flint wheel ignition system mounted on the "lip" of the case, while the cap seems to have been made from the spitzer tip of a DShk bullet (with the lead core removed, leaving only the hollowed-out metal jacket). It is similar to souvenir bullet lighters which can be purchased in shops in various countries. However, no one shown smoking in the game is ever depicted using a lighter, and the question of how Artyom ever obtained the lighter is never answered. Artyom for his part can only use it for lighting the fuses on Pipe Bombs or checking his map and compass in dark locations. It never seems to run out of fuel either.
Flamethrower
A common feature of Metro station roadblocks and combat trolleys for use against the Mutants. It has unlimited ammunition, but does possess an overheat gauge.
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Military Grade 5.45x39mm Ammunition
In a world where central governments have collapsed and conventional scrip or precious metals are no longer of any value, Military Grade 5.45x39mm rounds have thus become the universal currency throughout the Moscow Metro system. They are available in both curved stripper clips or longer straight clips, the latter of which contain more ammunition and are much rarer. No other calibers of Military Grade Ammunition are available in-game, which is odd since the Russians have large stocks of older 7.62x39mm ammunition that could be of more use against the mutants (the shorter effective range of 7.62x39mm ammunition is less of a problem given how many mutant types must close to melee to do any damage, and the larger diameter of such rounds could offer more raw stopping power against them).
The player can use Military Grade 5.45x39mm ammunition to purchase weapons, other types of ammunition, or other miscellaneous services, or use them in firearms of the appropriate caliber for extra damage in combat.
Pipe Bomb
Pipe Bombs are the game's version of grenades. They have a fuse made of detcord that will take 5 seconds to burn down once ignited. When lit and thrown, enemies can hear them coming and will get out of the way. This works both ways as well. A bomb with protruding nails can be found, and is stored in a different slot in your inventory. These can be thrown against surfaces or enemies, and upon contact the nails will pierce and stay stuck to the surface or enemy until detonation. NPCs will often carry them in pouches on their person, but why they don't have caps on the end with the fuse to keep the fuses from getting wet is never explained. These are occasionally seen in tripwire booby traps as well, and every time Artyom disarms one he will put the Pipe Bomb into his inventory if he doesn't already have his maximum amount, in which he will simply disarm the wire and leave the bomb in its place for later pickup once he has room in his inventory.
Shotgun Ammunition
The shotgun ammunition in-game is listed as 12x70mm caliber, making the shells 12 gauge wide, and 2 and 3/4ths of a inch long. No other shell payloads (such as slugs) are available in-game. Occasionally single shotgun shells are used in booby traps triggered by tripwires in some levels. In the re-released version, shotgun shells are colored blue as they were in the Last Light sequel.
Toy Revolver
In the Outpost level, a toy revolver apparently made of wood can be found on a shelf inside a Ranger hideout taken over by Fourth Reich soldiers, evidently a pre-blast child's toy abandoned and long forgotten. Its shape appears to resemble the Webley Bulldog revolver.
Even behind his gas mask and the poisonous air all around, Artyom takes a moment to gaze wonderingly at the toy revolver on a shelf, a memento of a better, and now long-dead, world.
Volt Driver
A scratch-built railgun, using the same magazines and ammunition as the Tihar. Instead of compressed air, however, it uses electricity from a hand-powered generator to propel a 15mm ball bearing to extreme speeds. Like the Tihar, the Volt Driver drains power from its battery with every shot and will need recharging from its hand-cranked generator to return to full power (though how a hand-powered generator can quickly generate enough electricity to propel a ball bearing to hypersonic speeds is never explained, nor how the rails avoid melting from friction.). Even without ammunition, the Volt Driver can deliver a nasty shock by touching an enemy with both its rails at once, essentially functioning as an oversized stun gun. However, the weapon lacks any kind of sighting system other than a laser sight.
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