The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific
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Release Date:
November 30, 2007
Developer:
FUN Labs, Cauldron HQ
Publisher:
Activision Value
Platforms:
PC
Genre:
First-Person Shooter
The History Channel - Battle For The Pacific The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided and History Channel Civil War: Secret Missions
There is also a PS2/Wii versions by different developers with different weapons and levels, this version has the player as a solo operative, with no AI friendlies and appears to re-use assets from Call of Duty 2: Big Red One .
The following weapons appear in the video game The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific :
Main 360/PS3/PC Version Pistols Colt M1911A1 The Colt M1911A1 is the main sidearm throughout the game by default.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1911A1 - 45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cocking the hammer while drawing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding the "M1911". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Looking at the empty pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pressing in a full magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing When the player does nothing for a long time he will swing his sidearm. Nambu Type 14 Nambu Type 14 pistols are seen in Japanese officers' holsters, but they never use them in the 360/PS3/PC versions, only when in "last stand" after getting down.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu Submachine Guns Nambu Type 100/44 The 1944 model of the Nambu Type 100/44 modeled with a straight magazine instead of an accurate curved one is used by the Japanese Army in the game.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 100 submachine gun with magazine removed - 8x22mm Nambu Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enjoying the view of Mount Suribachi with a captured "Type 100". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing the submachine gun. The charging handle is in motion. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Type 100 without a magazine during reloading. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inserting another magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pushing back the charging handle which actually does not move forward after emptying the gun. Thompson M1A1 The M1A1 Thompson is the standard submachine gun of the U.S Marine Corps. The in-game model is equipped with a 30-round magazine which only includes 20 bullets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1A1 Thompson - 45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding the "Thompson M1" in the trenches of Iwo Jima. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Taking the empty magazine... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and exchanging it with a new one to which he gives a blow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moving the charging handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The third person model. Note the long 30-round magazine. Shotguns Winchester M1897 The Winchester Model 1897 Shotgun is first given to you at Guadalcanal. It is a very powerful short-range weapon that will take out any enemy with a few shots.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1897 - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding the "Trench gun". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pumping the action after firing a single shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Filling in the tube magazine with loose shells. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Completing the reload by pumping the action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Trench gun lying on the ground. Rifles Arisaka Type 38/Type 99 The Arisaka Type 38 was the rifle used by the Japanese on many levels. It is a simple easy to use the rifle and surprisingly, you never see it with a bayonet.
While called in the game a Type 38, it is modeled off of the Type 99 , other than the receiver markings which is modeled off of a Type 38. For some reason, it is common for video games to call it by the wrong type of to take parts of one gun and put it onto the other.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 38 - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 99 - 7.7x58mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a received "Type 38" on Guadalcanal Island. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cycling the bolt-handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Placing a 5-round stripper clip on the chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sinking in the stripper clip. Like many games from this period, the Arisaka is always reloaded with a full 5-round stripper clip, with no regard for rounds still in the chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The melee attack shows the bolt-handle in detail. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Arisaka Rifle lying on the ground. M1 Garand The M1 Garand is the weapon you start out with at Corregidor. This was the main rifle in the US Marine Corps.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand . 30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a "M1 Garand" ín the jungle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Getting a new 8-round en-bloc clip. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Putting in the en-clip into the chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pushing the bolt into battery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M1 Garand lying on the ground. Machine Guns M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle The Browning Automatic Rifle cwhich does not appear so often. Especially in the last missions like Iwo Jima.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a "BAR" during the last assault on Mount Suribachi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inserting a full magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charging the BAR. Nambu Type 96 The Type 96 light machine gun is used by the Japanese as a portable weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nambu Type 96 (minus magazine) - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a picked up "Type 96 LMG" during the defense of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starting the reload by moving back the magazine catch. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Removing the used magazine which still has rounds in it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brandishing the empty Type 96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pressing in a new magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moving the chargin handle. Grenades & Explosives Mk 2 Hand Grenade The Mk 2 hand grenade was the main grenade used by the U.S Marines, you can kill 1-6 Japanese soldiers with this grenade. You will use 20 grenades in the whole game.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mk 2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Mk 2 grenade in mid-air. M15 Anti-Tank Mine Anachronistic and out-of-place M15 anti-tank mines must be disarmed at one point in the game.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M15 Anti-Tank Mine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Midway through clearing a Japanese minefield, the protagonist is distracted from the question of why the Japanese would lay down a field of unburied American-made anti-tank landmines that haven't been invented yet to stop infantry by said mines' markings; "TM-46 " is written on them, despite that being a completely different (and also anachronistic) mine. Emplaced Weapons Browning M1919A6 The Browning M1919A6 can be seen as a usable emplaced weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1919A6, post-WWII manufacture with conical muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M1919A6 mounted on sandbags on Wake Island. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Readying the machine gun after a black screen interrupting the gameplay for the manning animation. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Operating the Browning machine gun. Browning M2 The Browning M2 is mainly mounted on the patrol & PT boats and is mounted in several places on Corregidor. It can also be mounted in the Wake Island level.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M2HBs in M45 Quadmount mounted on M51 Multiple Machine Gun Carriage - . 50 BMG Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manning the AA gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing the gun at two flying by "Zero" fighters. Nambu Type 96 The Type 96 light machine gun appears also as a mounted weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nambu Type 96 (minus magazine) - 6.5x50mm Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun Several Type 1 47mm anti-tank guns can be seen and destroyed through the campaign
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 1 anti-tank gun at the US Army Museum in Honolulu - 47x285mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun seperated from its crew. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Anti-Tank Guns in the Philippine jungle Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rear view of the same guns. Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun Japanese Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns can be seen in twin mountings in several missions. These AA guns are unusable for the player.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 96 twin AA mounting - 25x163mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rear view of one Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun on Guadalcanal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another AA gun seen on a Philippine island. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The right sight in detail. Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun The Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun can incorrectly seen mounted on the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2a Type 0 Model 11 "Zero" long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft's wing instead of in its nose.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 97 aircraft machine gun - 7.7x56mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun is seen to the left. Type 97 Infantry Mortar At the beginning of the first Guadalcanal mission, a Type 97 Infantry Mortar is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 97 81-mm Infantry Mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing Examing the abandoned Type 97 Infantry Mortar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The left side. Type 99 Cannon Two Type 99 cannons are also mounted on the Mitsubishi's wings.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 99 Mark 2 cannon - 20x101mmRB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Standing in front a wing-mounted Type 99 Cannon- PS2/Wii Version Pistols Colt M1911A1 (Wii/PS2 Version) The Colt M1911A1 appeaars, sometiems with a suppressor. (though the game's lack of stealth mechanics makes it not very helpful.)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1911A1 - 45 ACP The Wii Version of the game includes a Colt equipped with a suppressor.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player equipping the Silenced Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player holding the Silenced Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player aiming the Silenced Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player reloading the Silenced Colt. Nambu Type 14 (Wii/PS2 Version) Nambu Type 14 pistols are seen in Japanese officers' holsters, but they never use them in the 360/PS3/PC versions only when in "last stand" after getting down, however, they do use them in the PS2/Wii version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player holding the Nambu. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player aiming the Nambu. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Player performing a melee attack with the Nambu. Submachine Guns Nambu Type 100 (PS2/Wii Version) The Type 100 submachine gun appears, an odd thing is that all regualr enemies are either armed with the Type 100 or Type 40 Rifle, both weapons are never encountered together, this is incredibly inaccurate as the Japanese deployed fewer Submachine Guns compared to other armies during the war.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 100 submachine gun with magazine removed - 8x22mm Nambu Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enjoying the view of Mount Suribachi with a captured "Type 100". Thompson M1A1 The M1A1 Thompson appears as the player's starting weapon in a few stages, it appears to be the same model from Call of Duty Big Red One, just with downgraded textures.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1A1 Thompson - 45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding the Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reloading the Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chambering the Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Thompson on the ground.
M1903 Springfield The M1903 Springfield is used as a sniper rifle on the Rescue mission to take out the Japanese snipers, but it is very hard to see that.
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