The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific
Boxart
Release Date:
November 30, 2007
Developer:
FUN Labs, Cauldron HQ
Publisher:
Activision Value
Platforms:
PC Playstation 2 Playstation 3 Wii XBOX 360
Genre:
First-Person Shooter
The History Channel - Battle For The Pacific is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The campaign ranges from Guadalcanal to the Philippines to Iwo Jima. It's the sequel to the 2006 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.
The following weapons appear in the video game The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific :
Pistols
Colt M1911A1
The Colt M1911A1 is the main sidearm throughout the game by default.
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Wii Version
The Wii Version of the game includes a Colt equipped with a suppressor.
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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, however, they do use them in the PS2/Wii version.
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Submachine Guns
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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding the "Thompson M1" in the trenches of Iwo Jima.
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Type 100
The 1944 model of the Type 100 submachine gun modeled with a straight magazine instead of an accurate curved one is used by the Japanese Army in the game.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enjoying the view of Mount Suribachi with a captured "Type 100".
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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.
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a received "Type 38" on Guadalcanal Island.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Placing a 5-round stripper clip on the chamber.
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M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the weapon you start out with at Corregidor. This was the main rifle in the US Marine Corps.
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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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Machine Guns
M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle
The Browning Automatic Rifle cwhich does not appear so often. Especially in the last missions like Iwo Jima.
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Nambu Type 96
The Type 96 light machine gun is used by the Japanese as a portable weapon.
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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.
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M15 Anti-Tank Mine
Anachronistic and out-of-place M15 anti-tank mines must be disarmed at one point in the game.
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Emplaced Weapons
Browning M1919A6
The Browning M1919A6 can be seen as a usable emplaced weapon.
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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.
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Nambu Type 96
The Type 96 light machine gun appears also as a mounted weapon.
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Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun
Several Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Guns can be seen and destroyed through the campaign
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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.
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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.
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Type 97 Infantry Mortar
At the beginning of the first Guadalcanal mission, a Type 97 Infantry Mortar is seen.
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Type 99 Cannon
Two Type 99 cannons are also mounted on the Mitsubishi's wings.
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