Conflict: Vietnam Weapon Overview
Take a look at the assortment of arms you'll use in SCI's upcoming combat game.
Conflict: Vietnam sets itself apart from other games in the Conflict franchise in a number of ways, and chief among these is the characters' limited access to weaponry. Whereas in the Desert Storm games soldiers were resupplied between every mission, were prone to finding bountiful weapon hoards, and were able to carry as much as they could find, the squad in Conflict: Vietnam will have no such surpluses.
Because your squad is trapped behind enemy lines for most of the game, the only way for them to replenish their weapons and ammo is to pray to find a left-behind weapon, discover the rare, hidden VC munitions cache, or cannibalize guns from fallen enemies. Compounding this problem of shortage is that each character can carry only four weapons--a knife, a pistol, a rifle, and a heavy weapon. All too often you will have to sacrifice a superior gun in order to at least have something with some bullets in it.
Thus, the weapons available in Conflict: Vietnam are a key element to the game. Through heavy research and hands-on experience, developer Pivotal Games selected 30 unique weapons that showcase the variety of arms potentially available to soldiers during the Vietnam War. Every weapon in the game has a different feel thanks to specific report sound effects, unique gun sights, fire settings, ammo capacity, and so on.
On the following pages we present five pistols, five rifles, and five heavy weapons to give an overview of the various firearms that you will encounter in Conflict: Vietnam.
Pistols
M-1911 A1 .45 Automatic
First used by the Army in 1911, this pistol became standard issue during World War II. Production ceased in 1945, but due to surplus inventories it was used by the armed services for decades after. It was widely respected for its reliability and stopping power, and its design required soldiers to be very familiar with it to be able to carry it in the ready-to-fire mode. Numerous unintentional discharges of the M-1911 resulting in injuries were documented during the Vietnam War.
S&W .38 Special Revolver
Standard issue for police officers for decades, the Smith & Wesson .38 Special is the most widely used handgun in the world, and it has been in continuous production since its introduction in 1899. This pistol was standard issue for helicopter pilots during the Vietnam War because it is compact and reliable and has tremendous stopping power.
Tokarev 7.62mm Automatic Pistol
This pistol was developed in the Soviet Union in 1930 and was adopted by the Soviet army the same year. Used by the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, it was popular because of its interchangeable parts and eight-round magazine. It's still being manufactured in China today.
Makarov 9.5mm Automatic Pistol
The Makarov became the standard pistol for most Euro-Asian Communist forces after its introduction in the early 1950s. The gun's grip was bulky, which made firing uncomfortable for those with small hands, but the thumb-operated safety catch served as a moderate consolation for this.
Montagnard Crossbow
These crossbows have been created for centuries by the Montagnard--French-speaking natives who dwell in Vietnam but are ethnically separate from the Vietnamese. Entirely constructed from wood and bamboo, the weapons could be devastating at close range, easily able to penetrate 1-inch-thick planks of wood.
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