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Assault Rifle refers to a basic design of a weapon that combines the abilities of older long-range rifles and the rapid fire of sub-machine guns. Common designs include the M-16, M-4, AK47 (and 74), and the L85A1.
A piece of cloth worn on the head, often worn by soldiers to keep sweat out of their eyes. Can also be worn around the neck and used to cover the face to hide one's identity.
A structure that is primarily meant to be occupied by inhabitants.
C4 is a special type of plastic explosive used in many games.
A cardboard box is handy for many things, but it's probably best known as something Solid Snake can hide under.
The Chaff Grenade is a weapon used primarily in the Metal Gear series of games. The Chaff Grenade is a tactical weapon that explodes and disperses small aluminum fragments. The aluminum causes a disruption to electronics like security cameras and radars.
When referring to cigarettes, one is normally referring to a tobacco cigarette, although the term cigarette can be applied to similar objects containing things other than tobacco.
Color-coded keys are a device used in games to ensure players move through a level in the intended, structured order. These cleverly tinted objects only work in doors and locks of the same color.
A popular weapon that is used in many shooters. The flamethrower is considered one of the most unique ways to defeat a foe.
An easily modified handgun from Fabrique Nationale de Hersta using a 5.7x28mm cartridge for its ammunition, which is where the gun's name is derived from. It uses the same ammunition cartridge as the P90 sub-machine gun.
Protects against deadly gas and other pollutants.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
Many enemies, and Solid Snake himself, bare arms.
Health packs restore some amount of a players health, and can be permanent or temporary. They come packaged in a variety of forms, from the common med kit, to drugs, medicine, and even food.
Helicopters are flying vehicles, typically with a single large main rotor to maintain lift with a tail rotor to counter rotation induced by this main rotor. They are useful in air to ground combat as well as for quickly inserting and recovering infantry close to the front line.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
A storage utility usually used for items. In video games however, they have a different use: hiding.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
Metal Gears are the military mechs from the Metal Gear series, capable of launching global nuclear strikes from anywhere around the world.
Metal Gear GANDER is the Metal Gear designed for Galuade.
The mine detector is an instrument used by soldiers and armies to help them detect the metal in hidden land mines. This device is sometimes essential in video games in order to avoid massive damage.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
Night Vision Goggles are used by armed forces and other military personnel to allow the user to see clearly in dark or even pitch-black areas.
A fictional remote-missile launcher that has appeared in various games in the Metal Gear Solid franchise.
A nuclear bomb is a device made up of fissionable materials (ie Uranium) and standard explosives. It creates a nuclear chain reaction, which release large amounts of radiation and a shockwave.
Proximity mines are passive anti-personnel devices, often used as traps or ambushes, that detonate upon detecting the presence of a target.
Rations are food distributed by the military. They are easily prepared or ready to eat.
A weapon that launches rockets.
The MK.II is a .22 LR caliber handgun. It is highly accurate, making it popular in world of competition shooting. Though the round is small and generally non-lethal unless it hits its victim in a vital organ.
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