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Sniper Elite V2 is the second installment in the Sniper Elite video game series.
The player takes the role of Karl Fairburne, an American OSS operative, sent to Berlin in 1945 with the assignment of assassinating top Nazi scientists suspected of being involved in a secret V2 rocket program. Fairburne must rely on his intelligence, training, skills, stealth, and arsenal to survive what is left of the German army. The player will rely mostly on their sniper rifle to push past enemy patrols and complete the objective.
The following weapons appear in the video game Sniper Elite V2:
The M1911A1 is the first handgun you unlock. Although it only holds 7 rounds per mag and ammunition is fairly rare, it has a moderate rate of fire and deals the most damage out of all the semi-auto handguns.
The Luger P08 sacrifices less damage in exchange for one round more than the Colt, as well as far more common field ammunition, making it a worthy alternative.
The Tokarev TT-33 is added by the St. Pierre DLC. It has the highest ROF of all pistols and holds the same amount of ammunition as the Luger, but it is weaker than the former.
The Webley Mk VI is added by The Neudorf Outpost Pack DLC. The Webley is the most powerful handgun in the game, an almost guaranteed one shot kill weapon, and is extremely accurate. It also has the most range compared to any of the other handguns. However, its hammer must be cocked after every shot, making it a little ungainly in a heavy firefight.
The British Mark I Welrod Pistol is the first handgun available in the player's arsenal. Being silenced (the only such weapon in the series), it can be used for stealth kills. However, the bolt action makes it have the slowest ROF of all pistols. It also deals the lowest damage of all the weapons and is only accurate at point blank range. The weapon is incorrectly depicted with the front sight at the muzzle rather than halfway along the weapon, a configuration only found on a Mark II.
The Arisaka Type 99 is added by "The Landwehr Canal Pack" DLC. The choice of the Type 97 is odd, as the entire game takes place in the European Theater, however it is arguable that an elite operative on such an operation would be able to choose any gear they so wished. It has a slow ROF compared to other rifles, but is the most powerful, coupled with high muzzle velocity and good scope zooming.
The only semi-auto rifle that can be aquired without DLC. With a high rate of fire and a good scope for zooming, it is often considered the best rifle out of the original three. Its only downside is a low muzzle velocity. Strangely, the magazine holds only 7 rounds compared to the real world 10. This may have been done for balancing purposes.
Pre-order bonus, unlocked from the start, or with purchase of the "Kill Hitler" DLC. It is also seen in Fairburne's hands on the front cover of the game box and in the menu diorama.
The Karabiner 98k has the best scope zooming out of all the available sniper rifles, but has the slowest ROF out of all the rifles. It also suffers from low bullet velocity.
The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is added by "The Landwehr Canal Pack" DLC. It has the fastest ROF and largest magazine of all bolt action rifles in the game. However, it has extremely low muzzle velocity and a below average scope.
A scoped M1 Carbine is added by "The Neudorf Outpost Pack" DLC. It has very low recoil and the fastest ROF of any rifle, coupled with a 15 round magazine, the most of any rifle. However, the M1 Carbine also comes with the weakest zoom of all sniper rifles and extremely low muzzle velocity.
The M1-D Garand is added by the St. Pierre DLC. As the sniper variant of the American standard issue M1 Garand, it holds 8 rounds per magazine and has the fastest reload out of any available rifle. It has a decent rate of fire and an average scope zoom, but suffers from low bullet velocity, despite using the same exact round as the Springfield 1903.
The M1903A4 Springfield is the first rifle available to the player. It has a decent ROF for a bolt action and is extremely powerful. However, it has fairly high recoil and has poor scope zooming compared to most of the other rifles.
The Tokarev SVT-40. Pre-order bonus, unlocked from the start, or with purchase of the "Kill Hitler" DLC. It is a semi-auto with a 10 round mag, combined with high ROF. However, it has a very bad scope and is extremely inaccurate, on top of having arguably the lowest muzzle velocity in the game.
The Blyskawica submachine gun is added by the St. Pierre DLC. It performs similarly to the Thompson, only with better accuracy and less recoil, making it a deadly sidearm. However, ammunition is not carried by enemy soldiers, so use it sparingly.
It was an improved Polish modification of the simple British Sten, manufactured in secret underground factories in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Polish resistance. Less than 1000 were ever made, so it would be unlikely that any could be in an American's hands.
The M1A1 Thompson is best compared to the MP40, which is just about as accurate, however the Thompson has a higher ROF, higher recoil and higher damage than its German counterpart. No enemies use the weapon, making resupply problematic.
The low ROF of the MP40 helps maintain its accuracy, especially in short bursts. It is the most common submachine gun in the game, making it very easy to find ammunition.
First found in the 4th mission with round drum. Has the biggest magazine and highest ROF of any SMG. It is fairly common, being found in the hands of many Soviet troops, it is however woefully inaccurate and uses a weaker round compared to alternative SMGs.
Although an assault rifle in reality, the Sturmgewehr 44 is added by "The Landwehr Canal Pack" DLC as the MP44 in the submachine gun category. While it can be fired in bursts easier than the MP40 and has fair range, it suffers from high recoil and low damage. Worst of all, ammunition cannot be found on dead foes, so it is outclassed by all other submachine guns.
First grenade the player unlocks. It can be thrown quite far, but the explosion is moderate at best.
German Model 24 StielhandgranateFile:M24Loadout.jpgModel 24 Load-out imageFile:M24sev2.jpgHere we see the arc reticle that appears when the player throws a grenade. Also visible is an F-1 Grenade on Fairburne's belt.
F-1 hand grenade
Found in the 4th mission, more powerful but less throwing distance.
Found in mission 7 and 9, the Panzerfaust is a German, single shot, anti-tank weapon. It cannot be unlocked, and fills up the secondary weapon slot when picked up.
In some of the missions which feature Russians, Lee Enfield rifles can be seen propped up against crates in Russian camps. It is unusable, cannot be picked up, or unlocked (it is also worth mentioning that the Lee Enfield was most likely intended to be part of the game, as sound files for it can be found in the game's directory).
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