In December 2025, months after the end of the events of Sword Art Online (Season 1), and Kazuto Kirigaya (Username: Kirito) is living peacefully back in the real world. However, he is recruited by Seijirou Kikuoka of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Virtual Division to investigate in a series of killings in the Virtual Reality MMORPG game Gun Gale Online. A player calling himself "Death Gun" is suspected of causing the deaths of two GGO players via shooting their avatars in the game, somehow coincidentally causing their real bodies to suffer an acute heart attack.
Gun Gale Online is a sci-fi, gun-based VRMMORPG set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, featuring both real firearms as well as sci-fi blaster-style weapons called optical guns which fire light-based ammo; the former are intended for Player vs. Player combat, while the latter are generally for hunting NPC monsters. The main even in the story is a PvP battle royale style tournament called the Bullet of Bullets.
Sword Art Online II has multiple story arcs and settings within the season, featuring the Phantom Bullet, Calibur, and Mother's Rosario story arcs, just as the first season featured the Aincrad and Fairy Dance story arcs, and Extra Edition bonus episode. As Phantom Bullet is the only arc to feature firearms, it's the only arc to be featured on this page. Also, as the story is set in a video game, all of the guns in the show appear in that context, with the exception two; one of those two is an airsoft replica.
Warning: Some descriptions and images are potential spoilers for the series, read at your own risk.
The following weapons were used in the anime series Sword Art Online II:
The player calling himself "Death Gun" uses a Norinco Type 54 "Black Star" to supposedly murder players in Gun Gale Online. In the real world, a Type 54 was also used by a bank robber who was disarmed and killed with his own gun by Shino Asada (Username: Sinon) five years before the main story.
After purchasing his Kagemitsu G4 photon sword, Kirito acquires an FN Five-seveN as his sidearm, per Sinon's recommendation. Sinon's HUD symbol for her sidearm, which is a Glock 18C, is occasionally misrepresented as a Five-seveN.
Sinon uses a Glock 18C fitted with a 33-round magazine as her secondary weapon; in the original novels it was instead a Heckler & Koch MP7. Despite being in Sinon's holster for most of the story, it's easily the least-used weapon belonging to a main character.
A sign for the Untouchable! mini-game in Gun Gale Online has an M1911A1 on it. In the real world, Endou, a school bully, later tries to use an airsoft M1911A1 borrowed from her brother to extort money from Shino.
The mascot for the Untouchable! mini-game wields a Smith & Wesson Model 3 Schofield as his weapon. The mini-game requires the player to run up a narrow passage dodging the mascot's fire and successfully reach him. As a side note, the mascot speaks very good English, mostly consisting of taunts.
A player competing in the Bullet of Bullets preliminaries is seen with a pair of Colt 1873s, better known as the Single Action Army. Also, during Sinon's explanation of the BoB tournament, players are seen in a Western face-off drawing Single Action Armys.
A player participating in the Bullet of Bullets tournament is seen using a H&K MP5A2, while another in the BoB waiting room is seen with an MP5 as well.
A player in the BoB tournament is seen using a MAC M-10 as his main weapon. One of the players that attempts to ambush Yamikaze during Sinon's explanation of his skill level was armed with an M-10 with the stock removed.
A Calico M900 in the long barreled, semi automatic carbine configuration without the M951 style foregrip is wielded by Yamikaze. Sinon refers the Calico as an "ultra-lightweight machinegun, the Calico M900A".
A player participating in the Bullet of Bullets preliminary matches is seen with an SMG or some sort slung over his shoulder, likely WWII-era or earlier.
A BoB player killed by Death Gun was using a SCAR rifle, caliber unknown due to the angle. These players were killed by Death Gun's L115, not the Type 54 that supposedly murders people in the real world; they're simply "dead" in a traditional video game sense.
Although Kyouji Shinkawa is never actually seen with his own main weapon in the show itself, he is seen with a Howa Type 89 on the bluray box cover art. In the novels, Kirito describes him as carrying a "somewhat large machine gun" slung over his shoulder; given Kirito's (lack of) expertise with firearms, this is an appropriate description for a full-size assault rifle like the Type 89.
The M4A1 can be seen used by Arashi as his main weapon; in the source material he was referred to as "the one with the M4". M4 images are also seen in the GGO Market.
XeXeeD is seen with an FN F2000 paired with the GL-1 under barrel grenade launcher and standard low zoom optical sight, said to be a rare and very good weapon in GGO.
Musketeer X wields a scoped Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle as her primary weapon. Kirito later picks it up and uses it to provide cover fire for a downed Sinon.
BOB Tournament competitor Shishigane appears to be wielding a Browning M1919. The source material states he uses only a Jatimatic SMG (to save weight for other equipment, such as armor), however this weapon is clearly not that.
"Death Gun"'s main weapon is a suppressed Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum. According to Sinon, it's called the "Silent Assassin" in-game for its attached suppressor and very good performance. In the novels it's expressly and repeatedly referred to by its British military designation of L115A3.
The weapon shop in GGO shows only silhouettes and images of the weapons available for purchase, with a weapon materializing upon being purchased by a player. As such, there is a large quantity of firearms that only appear in image form, and these are grouped here for the sake of not flooding the rest of the page with duplicate images and single-image entries.
Weapons shown in the market are grouped by weapon type, with pistols, SMGs/PDWs, assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and hand grenades being shown. For the generic silhouette images, each category has four individual models, reused enough times to fill up the board; the silhouette models shown are as follows: Pistols:Nambu Model 60, Beretta 92FS, Colt M1911A1, H&K USP SD. SMG/PDWs:H&K XM8 Compact Carbine, H&K MP5A3, H&K MP5N with tactical light forend and reflex sight, KRISS Vector. Assault Rifles:Colt R0635 (likely because AR-based), AK-47 with scope rail mount, H&K G36C, Colt M4A1 with Aimpoint sight. Shotguns:Maruzen CA870 CQB, two unknown shotguns, Benelli M4. Sniper Rifles:SVD, M40A5, unknown rifle, SMLE. Rocket Launchers:Carl Gustav M2, Mk 153 Mod 0 SMAW, M72 LAW, RPG-7. Hand Grenades:M26, M67, MK3, M116A1 training grenade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe main promotional image for Bullet of Bullets features a silhouette of a player holding a rifle. It resembles a short-barrel M4-type fitted with a large scope and sling, but it's hard to tell for sure. (Ep.1)Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn advertisement for a gun shop, featuring a model holding a two-tone SIG-Sauer P239. Also note the crossed revolvers on the shop's logo, likely Single Action Armys. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingA promotional image featuring an FN P90 floats by Sinon and Kirito. In the spin-off novel series Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, main character Karen Kohiruimaki (Username: LLENN) uses a pink-painted P90. The latter half of the spin-off author's pen name, Keiichi Sigsawa, is derived from "SIG-Sauer"; he previously helped as a technical advisor on this very story arc of the anime. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingA wide shot of the market; in the shotgun section, top to bottom, the Maruzen CA870 CQB (airsoft), two unknown shotguns, and Benelli M4 are visible. Also note the giant holographic M16A2, which features a large bulky handguard. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingA close-up of the above shot, better showing the sniper rifles which feature, top to bottom, the SVD, M40A5, an unknown rifle, and the SMLE. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe Colt R0635, two AK-47s, and G36C (M4A1 is visible in full room shot), plus a detailed image of an AR-15 variant being looked at by Kirito, as Sinon explains why assault rifles are heavier than SMGs, despite being lower-caliber. Or rather, as Sinon attempts to explain the history of the development of the M16 family first. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingSinon and Kirito pass by the section, which is only seen in this shot. The XM8 Compact Carbine, MP5A3, MP5N, and KRISS Vector are all seen here. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnother angle of the main part of the market, giving a better angle on the pistols; top to bottom they are the Nambu Model 60, 92FS, M1911A1, and USP SD. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe grenades are seen as Kirito activates his Kagemitsu G4 photon sword; by column they are the M26, M67, MK3, and M116A1 training grenade. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingA spliced image showing most of the detailed pistols, a few misnamed. By column: S&W 915, S&W SD40 VE, Beretta 92FS, Jericho 941 Semi-Compact, Jericho 941, SP-21 Barak, SIG-Sauer SP 2022, H&K HK45, H&K USP, SIG-Sauer P239, SIG-Sauer P250 Compact, SIG-Sauer SP 2009, Minebea P9 (Japanese-produced P220), Minebea P9 in two-tone, SIG-Sauer P228. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn FN FNX-9, FN L9A1, and FN BDA, with the Carl Gustav M2, Mk 153 Mod 0 SMAW, and M72 LAW to the right. (Ep.4)Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe bottom of the same FN-themed column, featuring an FN Five-seveN and FN FNX-45, with an RPG-7 and another SMAW to the right. (Ep.4)