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A double-action six-shot revolver of unknown make and model, 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 never used a .44 caliber round 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. | A double-action six-shot revolver of unknown make and model, 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 never used a .44 caliber round 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. | ||
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 | 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 red dot iron sights are used. | ||
[[Image:Metro2033revolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[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.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Revolver_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aiming the revolver's iron sights at a distant Nosalis Mutant. The cutout in the backplate is clearly visible in this view, and under certain circumstances (as the texture is at a randomized angle) the markings on the back of the shell casings can be seen to read ".44 mag," confirming the .44 Magnum caliber designation. The notches of the front sight are unusually far apart for this form of iron sights, which would make it difficult to determine whether you were aiming slightly left or right of your desired impact point.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Revolver_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aiming the revolver's iron sights at a distant Nosalis Mutant. The cutout in the backplate is clearly visible in this view, and under certain circumstances (as the texture is at a randomized angle) the markings on the back of the shell casings can be seen to read ".44 mag," confirming the .44 Magnum caliber designation. The notches of the front sight are unusually far apart for this form of iron sights, which would make it difficult to determine whether you were aiming slightly left or right of your desired impact point.]] | ||
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=Shotguns= | =Shotguns= | ||
== "Duplet" Double- | == "Duplet" Double-Barreled Shotgun == | ||
This makeshift 12-gauge double- | 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. 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. It also features a small needle for a bead sight, but this cannot be used in-game. | ||
[[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.]] | ||
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==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 | 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. | ||
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==Shotgun Ammunition== | ==Shotgun Ammunition== | ||
The 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. | ||
[[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_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.]] | ||
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== AK-74 == | == AK-74 == | ||
The [[AK-74]] 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-74 is actually one of the rarer guns available | The [[AK-74]] 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-74 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. | ||
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 | [[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.]] | ||
[[Image:Metro2033 Kalash.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom with his Kalash while investigating a subway train.]] | [[Image:Metro2033 Kalash.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom with his Kalash while investigating a subway train.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Admiring the lethal beauty of an Anomaly in the Metro with a Kalash in hand.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Admiring the lethal beauty of an Anomaly in the Metro with a Kalash in hand.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_AK-74_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom lights up a Nosalis mutant with the muzzle flash of a Kalash while looking through its iron sights, during the last stand of the defenders of Paveletskaya station (known ingame as Hole station). In reality, the rear sight of the AK-74 has a narrow notch cut through the middle, which has been replaced by a round cutout in the game. The ingame version offers a clearer sight picture, but would realistically make it much harder to ensure your rounds didn't go slightly to the left or right of the target on long-distance shots.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_AK-74_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom lights up a Nosalis mutant with the muzzle flash of a Kalash while looking through its iron sights, during the last stand of the defenders of Paveletskaya station (known ingame as Hole station). In reality, the rear sight of the AK-74 has a narrow notch cut through the middle, which has been replaced by a round cutout in the game. The ingame version offers a clearer sight picture, but would realistically make it much harder to ensure your rounds didn't go slightly to the left or right of the target on long-distance shots.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_AK-74_(Magazine).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom's idle animation with either version of Kalash will cause him to inspect the remaining rounds in the magazine (which will, as a nice touch, actually feed the rounds upward as the weapon is fired). Unfortunately there is no way to check the rounds in this fashion on difficulty modes which completely remove the | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_AK-74_(Magazine).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom's idle animation with either version of Kalash will cause him to inspect the remaining rounds in the magazine (which will, as a nice touch, actually feed the rounds upward as the weapon is fired). Unfortunately there is no way to check the rounds in this fashion on difficulty modes which completely remove the in-game HUD, so this is purely for show. In reality, the cutout would allow dust or other small objects to get inside the magazine, possibly causing the rounds to jam/misfire or interfere with the spring's operation.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_AK-74_(Ammunition).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A detached Kalash magazine in a pouch next to the mutilated corpse of its former owner. For some reason, these magazines never display the cutout seen on the magazines used on the actual weapon, nor do they possess the rust-red colour of those magazines. Artyom also does not have to remove the ammunition from such a magazine if he wants to use it in another 5.45x39mm firearm either.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_AK-74_(Ammunition).jpg|thumb|none|600px|A detached Kalash magazine in a pouch next to the mutilated corpse of its former owner. For some reason, these magazines never display the cutout seen on the magazines used on the actual weapon, nor do they possess the rust-red colour of those magazines. Artyom also does not have to remove the ammunition from such a magazine if he wants to use it in another 5.45x39mm firearm either.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Khan blazing away with his bayonet-equipped Kalash.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_AK-74.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Khan blazing away with his bayonet-equipped Kalash.]] | ||
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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. | ||
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 | 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. | ||
[[Image:Fnps90_1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|FN PS90 - 5.7x28mm]] | [[Image:Fnps90_1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|FN PS90 - 5.7x28mm]] | ||
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== "Tihar" Airgun == | == "Tihar" Airgun == | ||
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 | 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. | ||
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[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Tihar_Airgun_(Pump_Mechanism).jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pump mechanism of the Tihar Airgun appears to be of the lever type. It is slower than the Helsing's pump mechanism, but each pump builds more pressure thanks to its longer length and the use of a lever to aid in pumping.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Tihar_Airgun_(Pump_Mechanism).jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pump mechanism of the Tihar Airgun appears to be of the lever type. It is slower than the Helsing's pump mechanism, but each pump builds more pressure thanks to its longer length and the use of a lever to aid in pumping.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Tihar_Airgun_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aiming at a Howler mutant on the nuclear- | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Tihar_Airgun_(Iron_Sights).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aiming at a Howler mutant on the nuclear-winter bound surface of a devastated Moscow with the Tihar Airgun. The pressure gauge is clearly visible in this view, but what keeps the gauge and the iron sights lit in the darkest of areas is never explained.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Tihar_Airgun_(Scoped).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom holds his scoped Tihar Airgun while looking at a winged Demon mutant flying in the distance. <br> 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.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Tihar_Airgun_(Scoped).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom holds his scoped Tihar Airgun while looking at a winged Demon mutant flying in the distance. <br> 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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[[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.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing_(Cylinders).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom replaces the revolving cylinder of his Helsing. As mentioned earlier, each cylinder has its own barrel, which makes this weapon a sort of "pneumatic pepperbox." Also, the ammo counter icon shows bolts with barbed heads, but they never have any barbs | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing_(Cylinders).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Artyom replaces the revolving cylinder of his Helsing. As mentioned earlier, each cylinder has its own barrel, which makes this weapon a sort of "pneumatic pepperbox." Also, the ammo counter icon shows bolts with barbed heads, but they never have any barbs in-game.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing_(Pump_Mechanism).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Unlike the Tihar Airgun, the Helsing's pump mechanism is like that of a pump-action shotgun's. It is more compact than the Tihar Airgun's, but at the same time is less efficient because of its shorter length.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_FPV_-_Helsing_(Pump_Mechanism).jpg|thumb|none|600px|Unlike the Tihar Airgun, the Helsing's pump mechanism is like that of a pump-action shotgun's. It is more compact than the Tihar Airgun's, but at the same time is less efficient because of its shorter length.]] | ||
[[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Helsing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An arms merchant at the ''Kuznetsky Most'' station (known ingame as the Armory station) displaying a Helsing with a scope among his wares. A scoped Tihar Airgun and Duplet Shotgun are to the right of the Helsing.]] | [[Image:M2033_-_PC_-_3PV_-_Helsing.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An arms merchant at the ''Kuznetsky Most'' station (known ingame as the Armory station) displaying a Helsing with a scope among his wares. A scoped Tihar Airgun and Duplet Shotgun are to the right of the Helsing.]] | ||
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==Military Grade 5.45x39mm Ammunition== | ==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 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. | ||
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[[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 | [[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== | ||
Revision as of 00:21, 23 September 2011
The following weapons appear in the video game Metro 2033:
Overview
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.
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 for 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
.44 Caliber Revolver
A double-action six-shot revolver of unknown make and model, 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 never used a .44 caliber round 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.
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 red dot iron sights are used.
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Shotguns
"Duplet" Double-Barreled Shotgun
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. 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. It also features a small needle for a bead sight, but this cannot be used in-game.
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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.
"Uboyneg" Revolver Shotgun
The Uboyneg is a semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun holding six shotgun shells in manually loaded revolving half-cylinders. A variant with a bayonet can be purchased or discovered, but none have any usable iron sights. Many NPCs in the later levels of the game use Uboyneg shotguns, but only a few use the version with a bayonet. The Uboyneg could be considered out-of-place in a post-apocalyptic Moscow Metro given how simple, reliable, and easy-to-maintain modern pump-action shotguns with tube magazines are.
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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.
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.
Assault Rifles
AK-74
The AK-74 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-74 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.
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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"Bastard" Carbine
Modeled after the Sten submachine gun, this is a fictional scratch-built compact assault rifle with a side-feeding clip, much like the Sten in real life was easy to manufacture without advanced tools and had a side-feeding magazine. The "Bastard," however, uses a clip as it lacks a spring and merely holds the bullets 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 clip capacity, is chambered for 5.45x39mm ammunition, and is available in suppressed or unsuppressed variants.
The player character 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 armourer with a Bastard Carbine before handing it to Artyom. The ejection port and cocking handle are near where the armourer'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.
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, 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.
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.
Machine Guns
DShK Heavy Machine Gun
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.
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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" Airgun
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" Speargun
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). 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.
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.
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.
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 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). 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 baton. However, the weapon lacks any kind of sighting system other than a laser sight.
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