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{{quote|''The TMP is actually an MP 9. We incorrectly labelled it as such when the weapon was being modelled, and some gun-nerd got pissed off about it. [[Trolling Creator|So we kept it known as a TMP.]]''|''James'', developer of ''[[Cry of Fear]]''}}
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The reason appears to be avoiding potential lawsuits from the manufacturers of said firearms; it's a lot easier to prove a trademark infringement over a name than over the unique likeness of a weapon, and many companies haven't trademarked the latter anyway. There's also the issue of editorial control; much as car companies used to dictate that vehicles in videogames could not be shown crashing or being damaged (they just hit things and stopped), gun companies could potentially demand their weapons only be shown in certain situations as a requirement for inclusion of their trademarks
Oddly, often happens even with guns known primarily by a military designation or name that the trademark on has expired where legal issues with using them shouldn't be relevant (the AK tends to get this even though the only possible owner no longer exists). The United States legal system determined in 2007 with ''Colt Defense LLC v. Bushmaster Firearms INC'' that military assigned designations (M4) were generic and free to use.
A subtrope of [[Bland-Name Product]]. Compare [[Improperly Placed Firearms]]. Often avoided by setting games in [[World War II]], since most trademarks associated with weapon names from that period have long since lapsed.
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'', the enemy's "Fifth-Generation Fighters" are quite obviously Su-57s.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Used in the ''[[GURPS]]'' Basic Set. All guns are given a basic descriptive name such as "Auto Pistol, 9mm" or "Assault Carbine, 5.56mm". However this isn't meant to be so much deceptive as it is generic and they later gave statistics to dozens of real life firearms.
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=== MMOs ===
* ''[[Entropia Universe]]'', despite being set far in the future, provides players with guns made by Meckel & Loch (a play on Heckler and Koch) and Starkhov (the Starkhov rifles are even [https://web.archive.org/web/20120714110541/http://www.entropiadirectory.com/w/images/Weapon_starkhov_as-98.jpg clearly patterned after AK-47] and similarly named).
* Some of the weapons in ''[[All Points Bulletin]]'' are fictional, but the barely-modified G36C is named "STAR 556", the H&K USP is named "Obeya FBW", the AK-47 is named "N-TEC 5" and the Desert Eagle is named "ACT 44".
* ''[[Wolf Team]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20121115141547/http://wolfteam.softnyx.net/Guide/Weapon.aspx And how.] AKEI-47, EM-16, EF-2000...
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