The PSG1 (German: Präzisionsschützengewehr 1 , "precision-shooter burglarize") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by the German language company Heckler & Koch.

Clarification

Information technology is chambered for the venerable vii.62x51mm NATO cartridge, feeding from either 5- or xx-round box magazines. While it is an constructive weapon, the PSG1 sees express utilise due to its incredible toll. (A military-affordable MSG-xc, based around the PSG1's derivative G-three combat rifle, was subsequently released and currently sees a lot more utilise in the field). Only the wealthiest, best-equipped law enforcement agencies can afford them, such every bit the GSG-nine, Germany's nearly recent counter-terrorist grouping. It is also non used by any war machine in the world; one of the rifle'southward biggest flaws is how far the spent casing flies after being ejected. While this is non a business for police sharpshooters, this could give a military sniper's position away. It is rumored that it was adult in response to the Munich Massacre in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Initially, the rifle was equipped with a Hendsoldt 6x42 scope (fixed magnification of 6x power), but every bit of 2006, the rifle is at present equipped with a Schmidt & Bender three-12x50 PM 2 scope. A further redesign regarding the relocation of the cocking handle has earned the rifle a new designation - the PSG1A1.

Use by FOXHOUND

The PSG1 was the weapon of option for FOXHOUND's sharpshooter, Sniper Wolf. During the Shadow Moses Incident in 2005, Solid Snake was forced to learn 1 of his own in social club to defeat Wolf at the communications towers and surrounding snowfield, on Shadow Moses Island.

Raiden operated a PSG1 burglarize on board the Big Beat offshore plant in the Big Trounce Incident in 2009. He used information technology to destroy several control units linked to Semtex explosives that had been planted on the Shell one-2 Connecting Span. Raiden later gave Emma Emmerich sniper cover against Gurlukovich Mercenaries and Cypher UAVs, while she crossed the Strut L Oil Fence, with Snake as well providing support fire with a similar weapon.

Behind the scenes

The PSG1 wasn't the merely West Germany-developed sniper rifle that ended up selling in limited quantities and halting production due to expensive costs or the last one. Another sniper rifle organization developed in West Deutschland, the Walther WA 2000, concluded up sharing a like fate during the tardily 1980s.

Metal Gear Solid (The Twin Snakes)

The PSG1 can be found in the Armory, in the second flooring basement of the Tank Hangar, in Metallic Gear Solid. It is mandatory that the histrion procure the burglarize in gild the defeat the boss character Sniper Wolf at the Underground Passageway. The histrion should have intendance while aiming the PSG1, as the graphic symbol'due south hands tend to shake and Diazepam is recommended if important shots are likely to be missed.

The 2004 remake The Twin Snakes likewise includes the PSG1-T tranquilizer rifle, showtime introduced in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (run into below). It is found on the first floor basement of the Nuclear Warhead Storage Building. Aside from being implemented to allow for a no-impale run, the PSG1-T'south location significantly reduces the travel distance and fourth dimension required to obtain a sniper rifle for defeating Wolf.

Metallic Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom

The PSG1 is required at the Shell 1-2 connecting span, during the Institute Affiliate of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in order to destroy a sensor on an airborne Cipher UAV. It can be constitute on the top floor of the Strut F warehouse. Like the previous game, the trembling of the character's hands tin can be reduced past using Pentazemin.

The PSG1-T is a modified version of the PSG1 rifle, firing tranquilizer rounds and equipped with a suppressor, which can as well be institute in Strut F. Unlike the PSG1, it only holds 5 rounds per magazine. In reality, it is impossible to screw a silencer on the PSG1 due to the employ of costless-float chamber, although a special suppressor may accept been developed by the then-future setting of the game. Because information technology uses a tranquilizer round, however, it probably doesn't require the same high-caliber cartridge - it more probable uses a projectile similar to that of the M9 handgun. In gameplay terms, it is similar to the M9's tranquilizer, with the exception that the tranquilizer rounds used by the PSG1-T will put the enemy to slumber much faster, every bit well as having a longer constructive range and faster muzzle velocity.

Other appearances

The PSG1, or rather, its card made an appearance in both master entries of the not-canonical Metal Gear Ac!d franchise. Both instances were likewise of import to the plot, to clear away Cyphers, both of the regular and gun varieties at a bridge that led to the last location in the game.

Appearances

• Metal Gear Solid (PSG1)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (PSG1, PSG1-T)
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom (PSG1, PSG1-T)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PSG1; flashback only)

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