Expert: Kyle Lohmeier - 9/2/2005

Question
Kyle,

What type of weapons are they?

http://www.residentevilfan.ws/encyclopedia/full/re0_grenadelauncher_lg.jpg

http://www.residentevilfan.ws/encyclopedia/full/re0_huntingrifle_lg.jpg

http://www.residentevilfan.ws/encyclopedia/full/re0_magnum_lg.jpg

http://www.rehorror.net/reHerie/re0_submachinegun.jpg

Jared

Answer
Jared,

Well, these are kind of tough to ID from the pics. Most look like they may not be actual firearms but based on features of different arms blended together.

The first one, the grenade launcher, looks to me like an artist's rendition of a repeating police tear-gas launcher. From the look of the picture, however, it appears as though the cylinder was drawn on so low the top of it doesn't line up with the barrel. This leads me to believe this exact weapon doesn't exist.

The hunting rifle too doesn't look "right," so to speak. The receiver looks like that of a break-action shotgun. The tube running beneath the barrel is suggestive of a magazine tube, though there's no lever, so it's not a lever-action Winchester or Marlin. I don't see rails attaching the forearm to a bolt-carrier, so it doesn't appear to be a pump-action rifle either. It looks more like an over-and-under double-barrel, break-action shotgun than anything else. I don't believe this firearm actually exists.  

The magnum pistol is definitely not an actual firearm. Its frame and grip are borrowed from the Magnum Research Desert Eagle with a safety toggle added to the rear, but the slide and barrel assembly look nothing like that of a Desert Eagle. If you look very closely, there is no notch in the slide for the slide stop on the frame to engage. The slide resembles a stretched-out 3rd Generation S&W automatic's slide, minus the safety/decock lever and with a Wildey Magnum-like vented rib atop it.

The sub-machinegun, however, does look an awful lot like Hecker & Koch's famous MP5 sub gun. The angle of the grip and magazine and shape of the receiver is right, as is the collapsible stock. The barrel and fore-end, however, are off as there's no cocking lever visible on the left side of the firearm as there should be.

Hopefully I've shed some light on those, if you've any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Kyle