The Mk.22 Mod 0 "Hush Puppy" is a Smith & Wesson Model 39 modified for military purposes. It is a mil-spec pistol firing the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge and is capable of attaching a silencer. The Mk.22 was used by special forces units during the Vietnam War; regular troops were generally issued the older and more powerful M1911A1 as a sidearm.
Snake's Mk.22 uses 9x19mm tranquilizer darts instead of lethal rounds. It holds eight rounds in a single-stack magazine and uses a slide-lock mechanism, enhancing the suppression effect but reducing the rate of fire. The Mk.22 has been fitted with taller iron sights so the gun can be used more easily with a suppressor. Like the M1911A1, the Mk.22 can be used in conjunction with a knife for CQC.
M1911
The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol (handgun) chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It was designed by John M. Browning, and was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985, and is still carried by some U.S. forces. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam era. In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life.
SAA (Single Action Army)
The Colt Single Action Army Revolver is a powerful single action revolver holding six rounds of .45 Long Colt ammunition. The Single Action Army was designed for the US cavalry by Colt's Manufacturing Company and adopted in 1873.
Revolver Ocelot adopted this sidearm as his weapon of choice after his semiautomatic Makarov pistol jammed during combat with Naked Snake. Snake advised Ocelot his shooting style would better suit a revolver, and sure enough, Ocelot took his advice and became a master with the Single Action Army. This weapon was responsible for the loss of Snake's right eye during his time in captivity at Groznyj Grad during the Cold War.
MAC-10
The MAC-10 (Military Armament Corporation Model 10, officially the M10) is a highly compact, blowback operated machine pistol developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964.
It is a simple, low-cost design with few moving parts, making it easy to manufacture and maintain.
The compactness and high rates of fire for these weapons (1,090 to 1,145 rpm for the M-10 and 1,200 rpm or more for the M-11 / M-11A1) worked against them. Their small size made them difficult to fire accurately in full auto, and this, when combined with their high rate of fire, made control challenging; this was a key factor in their never finding much success with the military. However, they did see limited service in Vietnam with Special Forces.
Besides Military Armament Corporation, MAC-10s and MAC-10 parts have been produced by RPB Industries, Cobray Company, Jersey Arms Works, and Section Five Firearms.
UZI
The Uzi is a related family of open bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered to be machine pistols. The Uzi was one of the first weapons to use a telescoping bolt design which allows for the magazine to be housed in the pistol grip for a shorter weapon.
The first Uzi submachine gun was designed by Major Uziel Gal in the late 1940s. The prototype was finished in 1950; first introduced to IDF special forces in 1954, the weapon was placed into general issue two years later. The Uzi has found use as a personal defense weapon by rear-echelon troops, officers, artillery troops and tankers, as well as a frontline weapon by elite light infantry assault forces.
Over its service lifetime, the Uzi was manufactured by Israel Military Industries, FN Herstal, and other manufacturers.
Scorpion
The Škorpion vz. 61 is a Czechoslovakian 7.65 mm submachine gun by the Česká Zbrojovka arms factory in Uherský Brod. Although it was developed for use with security forces, the submachine gun was also accepted into service with the Czechoslovak Army, as a personal sidearm for lower-ranking army staff, vehicle drivers, armored vehicle personnel and special forces. Currently the weapon is in use with the armed forces of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Angola, Croatia, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Mozambique and Uganda. Production rights to the submachine gun were also acquired by the Yugoslavian Crvena Zastava factory , which license-built the weapon in the 1980s as the M84. It features a synthetic pistol grip compared to the original version (a civilian, semi-automatic pistol version was also produced, known as the M84A, also available in 9x17mm Short).
Ak-47
The AK-47 is a 7.62 mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47.
Design work on the AK began in 1944. In 1946 the rifle was presented for official military trials, and a year later the fixed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later). The AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1949. It is also used by the majority of the member states of the former Warsaw Pact. The AK-47 was also used as a basis for the development of many other types of individual and crew-served firearms.
It was one of the first true assault rifles and, due to its durability, low production cost and ease of use, remains the most widely used assault rifle in the world - so much so that more AK-type rifles have been produced than all other assault rifles combined.
M16A1
The M16A1 started out in the late fifties as the brainchild of aerospace enginee Eugene Stoner, who together with the Fairchild aircraft corporation came up with a series of designs under the division of "Armalite". The intention was to create innovative firearm designs that incorporated many of the new materials being used in aerospace design, such as fibreglass and machined aluminium forgings.XM177E2
The XM117E2 is the designation for the second version of the CAR-15 Commando carbine purchased by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. It was basically a carbine version of the XM16E1, using the same basic receiver and parts with a shortened stock and barrel.
During the Vietnam War, American soldiers encountered problems with their full-sized M14 and M16 rifles. Their size made it difficult to both carry and aim them in the jungles covering most of Vietnam. Because encounters with the enemy in this thick foliage often were short-range, quick firefights between small units, soldiers needed a weapon that could be quickly aimed and fired, rather than long-range accuracy. In 1966, to alleviate this problem, the U.S. Army purchased and issued Colt 609 Commando's (Army classification XM117E1) to front-line troops. Several problems were found with the carbine, including double feeds (also a problem with early M16's and aggravated by the shortened gas-porting system), loud report and bright muzzle flash (caused by the shortened barrel allowing more propellant to exit the barrel before burning), barrel fouling, and accuracy.
In 1967, to counter some of the defects found in the E1, the MACV SOG purchased 510 Colt 629 Commando's, classifying them as the XM117E2. The major difference was a longer 11.5 inch barrel compared to the E1's 10 inches. This served to lessen the noise and muzzle flash, although the other problems found in the E1 were not fixed.
SVD
The SVD (Russian: Снайперская винтовка Драгунова, Snayperskaya vintovka Dragunova), "Dragunov sniper rifle", is a 7.62 mm semi-automatic sniper rifle, developed in the former Soviet Union. It was selected as the winner of a contest that included three competing designs: the first was a rifle designed by Sergei Simonov (known as the SSV-58), the second – by Alexander Konstantinov (prototype designated 2B-W10) and the third rifle, the SVD-137 was a design by Evgeny Dragunov. Extensive testing of the rifles in variable environmental conditions resulted in E. F. Dragunov’s design being accepted into service in 1963. At the same time an initial pre-production batch of 200 rifles was assembled, and from 1964 serial production was carried out at Izhmash. Since then, the SVD has become the standard squad support weapon of several countries, including those of the former Warsaw Pact, among them Poland (since 1966). Licensed production of the rifle was established in China (Type 79 and Type 85) and Iraq.
Mosin Nagant
The Mosin-Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various Eastern bloc nations. Also known as the Three-Line Rifle it was the first to use the 7.62x54mmR cartridge. As a front-line rifle, the Mosin-Nagant served in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s in many Eastern European nations, when the sniper rifle variant was replaced by the SVD . The Mosin-Nagant is still used in many conflicts due to its ruggedness and the vast number produced during World War II.
M37
The M37 is an American-made shotgun. First appearing in 1937, the Ithaca M37 is sometimes called the "Featherlight" due to its light weight. MGS3's M37 has a sawed-off barrel and stock, further reducing the weight to 2.9 kg (6.4 lbs), which is exceptionally light for a shotgun. It carries four 12-gauge shells in a tube magazine and operates using a pump action, meaning there is a delay in between shots. Many guards carry the M37, and Snake can even use one himself. The M37 is extremely powerful, capable of blowing enemies away and doing serious damage. Most guards will be killed in one blast, but the shot's effectiveness decreases over range. The Pain's hornet shield can be penetrated by three shotgun blasts, leaving him vulnerable. The M37 also has a slow reload rate and this can be a deadly giveaway in combat since it only carries 4 rounds. A strategy to prevent such reload is to quickly un-equip it and re-equip it again which then is present with a full magazine.
M870
The Remington Model 870 is a U.S.-made pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, Inc. It is widely used by the public for target shooting, hunting, and self-defense. It is also commonly used by U.S. police and the U.S. military.The Remington 870 was the fourth major design in a series of Remington pump shotguns. John Pedersen designed the fragile Model 10 (and later the improved model 29). Working with John Browning, Pedersen also helped design the Model 17 which was adopted by Ithaca as the Ithaca 37 and also served as the basis for the Remington 31. The Model 31 was well-liked, but struggled for sales in the shadow of the Winchester Model 12. Remington sought to correct that by introducing in 1950 a modern, streamlined, rugged, reliable, and relatively inexpensive shotgun, the 870 Wingmaster.
Sales of the 870 have been steady. They reached 2 million guns by 1973 (ten times the number of Model 31 shotguns it replaced). By 1996, spurred by the basic "Express" model, sales topped seven million guns. The 870 holds the record for best-selling pump gun in U.S. history.
M63
The Stoner M63 is an American-made modular system weapon. It was designed in 1963 by Eugene Stoner, the inventor of the previous M16 rifle. The Stoner M63 was designed to be able to change parts easily to suit different roles, ranging from a compact carbine to a full assault rifle to a light machine gun to even a mounted medium machine gun.
Snake finds the light machine gun variant during Operation Snake Eater. It fires 5.56 x 45mm ammunition from a 100-round disintegrating belt. The M63 can only be fired in full-automatic mode. It is very heavy, weighing 4.5 kg (9.9 lbs), the second heaviest weapon Snake can carry during Operation Snake Eater after the RPG-7. It takes about 5 seconds to reload. The M63 can only be fired from the hip, making it less accurate than the AK-47 and the XM16E1, but the huge, 100-round belt makes it a good "run and gun" weapon. Despite such poor accuracy, it posseses deadly firepower, able to decimate entire attack teams and is one of the recommended weapons during the GRU's pursuit against Snake and EVA in MGS3.
RPG-7
The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company. The weapon has the GRAU index 6G3.
The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 have made it the most widely used anti-tank weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon, and it is manufactured in a number of variants by nine countries. It is also popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across all continents since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the present day War in Afghanistan and Iraq War.
Spetsnaz Knife
A specialized ballistic knife was developed for the use of Spetsnaz. A powerful spring installed within the grip allows the blade to be ejected. Another form of Spetsnaz knife is the NR-2 bayonet with a built in 7.62 mm hole for use of a 7.62 caliber weapon and not much else is known about it or why there is a 7.62 hole (a less used caliber of the Russian military). Some speculate it's for the OTs-14 Groza, PKM and the old RPK still in service today. The PKM and RPK are light machine guns.
Survival Knife
Survival knives are knives intended for survival purposes when lost in a wilderness environment. Military units issue some type of survival knife to pilots in the event they may be shot down. Hunters, hikers, and outdoor sport enthusiasts use survival knives. Some survival knives are heavy-bladed and thick; others are lightweight or fold in order to save weight and bulk as part of a larger survival kit. Their functions often include serving as a hunting knife.
Machete
The machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically 50 to 60 centimetres (20 to 24 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres (0.12 in) thick. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet,[1] though the name 'machete' is more commonly known. In the English-speaking Caribbean such as Grenada and in Trinidad and Tobago, the term "cutlass" is used for these agricultural tools.
Liquid Nitrogen Grenade
Does small amounts of damage and freezes enemy weapons. Only usable by Python in Portable Ops.
Other weapons include:
Stun Grenade - A grenade that temporarily blinds and knocks-out enemies.
Chaff Grenade - A grenade that temporarily disables electronics.
Claymore - An anti-personnel mine.
For more information about these grenades , check out MGS1, MGS2, MGS3 Weapons post.
References:
metalgear.wikia.com
wikipedia.org
