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[[File:Browning Hi-Power 2 SSRV.JPG|thumb|none|600px|Lena reloads her Hi-Power, giving a good profile of the gun. Note that the slide is blank and lacks trademarks.]] | [[File:Browning Hi-Power 2 SSRV.JPG|thumb|none|600px|Lena reloads her Hi-Power, giving a good profile of the gun. Note that the slide is blank and lacks trademarks.]] | ||
== Luger P08 == | ==Luger P08== | ||
In some missions in ''Stalin Subway'', you can play as Natasha Mikhalyova, a member of the conspirators. The [[Luger P08]], | In some missions in ''Stalin Subway'', you can play as Natasha Mikhalyova, a member of the conspirators. The [[Luger P08]], called the "Mauser P-08" in-game (possibly indicating a WWII-era Mauser-produced example), is her starting weapon. Ammo for the gun is rare, and weapon is rather weak, making it an emergency weapon at best until a better weapon can be used. Like the Hi-Power, no enemy uses it. | ||
[[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | [[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Luger P08 - 9x19mm Parabellum]] | ||
[[File:Luger P08 SS.JPG|thumb|600px|none|Natasha holds the Luger while sneaking through the Kremlin.]] | [[File:Luger P08 SS.JPG|thumb|600px|none|Natasha holds the Luger while sneaking through the Kremlin.]] | ||
[[File:Luger P08 SS 2.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Going down to the dungeon, she stumbles upon some unfriendly troops.]] | [[File:Luger P08 SS 2.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Going down to the dungeon, she stumbles upon some unfriendly troops.]] | ||
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The Stalin Subway (Russian title "Метро-2", "Metro-2") is a Russian first-person shooter published in 2005. The story takes place in 1952 and is about a great conspiracy in the USSR government with Deputy Premier Lavrentiy Beria plotting against an older Stalin. The hero of this game, Gleb Suvorov, is a member of MBG and must stop Beria's plans to destroy the government.
A sequel was released in 2006, The Stalin Subway: Red Veil (Russian title "Метро-2: Смерть вождя", "Metro-2: Smert vozhdya"). The story takes place in 1953, after Stalin's death and with Beria again trying to take over the government. He arrests Gleb but his wife, Lena Suvorova, escapes from Beria's men. So she has to free her husband and destroy the evil plans of Beria again.
Both games have almost identical weapons and graphics, so weapons from both games will be together - with notes about which game is which, of course.
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power
Called in the game "Browning Hi-Power 1944", the Browning Hi-Power is the starting weapon in the game The Stalin Subway: Red Veil. Lena wields it while escaping from the powers of Beria. Spare magazines as well as actual guns can be found in neighboring flats. The gun incorrectly holds 7 rounds rather than the correct 13 in a magazine. This weapon is rather weak, and after the third mission it is lost. Enemies don't uses this pistol. The in-game name of this gun seems to hint at the version produced during the German occupation of Belgium for the Wehrmacht, which was designated the "Pistole 640(b)".
Luger P08
In some missions in Stalin Subway, you can play as Natasha Mikhalyova, a member of the conspirators. The Luger P08, called the "Mauser P-08" in-game (possibly indicating a WWII-era Mauser-produced example), is her starting weapon. Ammo for the gun is rare, and weapon is rather weak, making it an emergency weapon at best until a better weapon can be used. Like the Hi-Power, no enemy uses it.
Makarov PM
In both games, the player characters and some Soviet officers wield Makarov PMs. Gleb can also dual wield them in Stalin Subway. Being a common pistol, the Makarov isn't quite as accurate as the APS found later on, but is a dependable sidearm nonetheless. Oddly in Red Veil the Makarov, PPSH, SVT rifles and AK-47 somehow all share ammunition while the original game only has weapons that would realistically share catridges (Such as the Makarov and Stetchkin or the AK/SVT/SKS) share ammo.
Stechkin APS
In Stalin Subway, some of the Soviet officers and Gleb Suvorov wield Stechkin APS pistols. Such a choice makes the APS one of the more "modern" pistols in the game, seeing as the APS was developed in 1951 while the game is set in the Summer of 1952. The machine pistol fires in semi-auto as standard, but secondary fire shoots five bullets in full-auto mode. In has 20-round magazine and is one of the most accurate pistol in both games, despite machine pistols generally being regarded as difficult to control in full-auto.
Submachine guns
PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 is a common weapon of Soviet soldiers in both games, alongside the AK-47. It is possible to use it in semi-auto mode. It incorrectly holds 72 rounds (one more than the weapon can hold, and it cannot hold another in the chamber due to being an open bolt weapon). It is a fast firing, high-capacity weapon, but is quite weak in terms of damage.
Sten Mk V
The Sten Mk V is used by Soviet paratroopers in Stalin Subway, a rather odd choice to say the least. Incorrectly called "STEN Mk2"; the actual Sten Mk II lacks a proper foregrip or stock and has a different heat shield and front sight. The player character can use it in semi-auto mode. It has an incorrect 30-round magazine (should be 32) and is rather weak.
Assault Rifles
AK-47
The AK-47 is used by a number of soldiers throughout the game. An unusual choice for sure, seeing as it would still be quite recent during the game's story (being only five or so years old at the time, and only widely distributed to Soviet military forces in 1949). However, the AK-47 modeled in the game is a Type III AK, first made in 1953 and anachronistic for Stalin Subway and would be improbable to see in Red Veil. On top of that, it uses even further anachronistic prototype steel 5.45x39mm magazines which are also incompatible with the AK-47.
Rifles
PTRS-41
The PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle appears, boasting good destructive power at the cost of having to be placed on a bipod in order to fire, as well as a low rate of fire and hard-to-find ammo. The game depicts the weapon as a single-shot rifle, which is incorrect, as the real PTRS-41 loads from a five-round internal magazine. One can only guess the developers were thinking of the PTRD-41, a precursor to the PTRS that is single-shot. Oddly, the PTRS-41 and RPG-2 somehow share ammo despite firing very different projectiles and the PTRS-41's ammunition is depicted as explosive.
SKS
The SKS, called the "SKS-45", is a standard weapon of Soviet soldiers in both games. The in-game version lacks a fixed bayonet.
SVT-40
The Tokarev SVT-40 appears in The Stalin Subway. Incorrectly called "SVT-38". The actual SVT-38 was hated by soldiers for being unwieldy and unreliable and was abandoned in 1940 (a good twelve years before the events of the first game) for the SVT-40, itself replaced by the SKS that is also in the game.
SVT-38
A scoped Tokarev SVT-38 appears in The Stalin Subway: Red Veil, replacing the SVT-40 from the first game. Just to confuse matters further, it is called "SVT-40" in an inverse of the first game.
Machine guns
DP-27
The DP-27 machine gun, incorrectly called "DPM" in the The Stalin Subway and "Stationary machine gun DPM" in The Stalin Subway: Red Veil, is the most powerful standard weapon in both games. It feeds from 47-round magazines, fires in full-auto mode only, and is very accurate and powerful. The only weakness is the use of 7.62x54mm ammunition, which is very rare. No enemy uses it. The actual DPM was a modern update to the DP-27 that had a pistol grip, one the in-game model appears to lack.
Explosives
F-1 hand grenade
The main grenade used in-game, used by pretty much everyone is the F-1 hand grenade.
Launchers
RPG-2
The RPG-2 is used in the first game. It boasts enormous destructive power, but finding the rockets for it is hard and of course it is dangerous to use in close-quarter battles. It's anachronistic for both The Stalin Subway and Red Veil as it was introduced in 1954.
LPO-50
The LPO-50 flamethrower appears in The Stalin Subway: Red Veil. It is powerful, despite the fact that burning enemies will continue to fight completely unbothered until they burn to death. Its main disadvantages are its uncommon ammunition and its short range.
Cut Weapons
These firearms were cut or replaced before the The Stalin Subway's final release.
Tokarev TT-33
A Tokarev TT-33 was initially supposed to be one of the handguns in the game (and was in the beta version), but was later cut for unknown reasons.
Walther P38
A Walther P38 was cut early into The Stalin Subway's development for unknown reasons.
PPSh-41 with 35-Round Magazine
The PPSh-41 was initially supposed to be in the game with 35-round stick magazine, but later was replaced by the version with a 71-round drum magazine.
Sten Mk II
A Sten Mk II was cut early into The Stalin Subway's development for unknown reasons. It is likely that it was replaced by the Sten Mk V; this may explain why the Sten Mk V in the game is incorrectly called an Mk II.
