Silenced Submachine Gun
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| Tactical Information | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | .22 LR |
| Capacity | 177 |
| Reload type | Magazine |
| Base damage | 1 heart |
| Firerate | 1200 RPM |
| Lifespan | 4425 shots |
| Action type | Blowback |
| Sight type | Iron sights |
The Silenced Submachine Gun (aka the American-180 or just the Silenced SMG) is a blazingly fast-firing submachine gun chambered in .22 LR. Its mediocre damage-per-shot is made up by its rate of fire and massive 177-round magazine.
Crafting
The silenced SMG can be crafted with high-speed steel and gunmetal components, plus a wooden stock and grip:
Mechanics and Play
The silenced SMG is a bit of a black sheep compared to the other SMGs — its .22 caliber suffers from pitiful damage stats and, even worse, low armor-piercing stats for its upgraded variants.
The other SMGs, however, cannot compete with it for pure crowd control; by default, one reload can kill nearly 18 unarmored enemies. More importantly, though, the default 1.25x headshot multiplier on .22 LR soft points allows it to kill a ten-heart enemy in only 8 shots, making skilled play a prerequisite for maximizing the silenced SMG's potential.
This upside has a hard time overcoming the weapon's downsides, though. It has a somewhat sluggish reload at 3.3 seconds, and .22 LR — although cheap per round — takes up a lot of inventory space compared to any other caliber.
Trivia
- The silenced SMG's model was made by Vær.
- The weapon animations were provided by Mellow.
- It is wholly based on the American-180.
- The inspiration for the gun itself is the Silenced .22 SMG from Fallout: New Vegas.
- However, the SMG from New Vegas appears to have an integral suppressor, whilst the silenced SMG only has an external suppressor (similar to the real-life gun). Additionally, New Vegas's rendition has a 180-round capacity.
- In reality, those three additional slots are 'dummies', with the triple-stack pan magazine containing one per layer.