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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 old enough that trademark issues wouldn't be relevant.
A subtrope of [[Bland
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* While ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' uses entirely fictional weapons, one very, very familiar gun is present: The Ruhm, which is the German MG 34 with a different paint job. For comparison: [http://www.wingdamage.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/valkyria-chronicles-dlc.jpg Ruhm]; [http://www.smhq.org/history/mg34.jpg MG34].
* The first ''[[Parasite Eve]]'' uses real model numbers, but no manufacturer names and only generic textures.
* Each and every one of Vincent's guns in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' besides his [[Infinity
* Every single one of the guns in ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' is a real weapon, from the Glock pistols to the H&K submachine guns. However, for licensing reasons, the names of every single gun are changed. Glock weapons are now Samael weapons, any Russian weapon is designated UC, including the AK-47, and so on.
== Simulation Games ==
* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' uses real-world names for all existing aircraft (with the exception of the ''Northern Wings'' mobile game, which uses planes with new names that somewhat resemble real-world planes). Weapons, on the other hand, are given generic names like UGB (Unguided Bomb, alternatively with suffix S, M, or L depending on size), though missiles are clearly modeled on real-life weapons. Like the F-14 carrying the AIM-54 Phoenix. ''Electrosphere'' sidesteps this by giving the planes [[Bland
* Mostly averted in ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' and its successor ''[[Arm A]]''. However, one notable case where this was played straight in ''OFP'' was the Czech SA-58 assault rifle (a distant cousin of the AK-47 and AKM). It was called "AK-47 CZ". This is all the more odder, since the developers are Czechs and virtually every other weapon uses its copyrighted name. Some of the civilian vehicles in the game (Trabants, Škodas, Minis and Zetor tractors) also play the trope straight (the rest avert it).
* Every Heckler & Koch weapon in ''[[SWAT 4]]'' is given a generic label ("9mm submachinegun" for the MP5A4) or a changed name ("Gb36" instead of G36). However, every firearm manufactured by Colt and Benelli is licensed (complete with small-print legalese), and therefore correctly named.
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* In ''[[The Godfather (Video Game)|The Godfather]]'' game almost all weapons have generic descriptors or are [[Named Weapons]] except for maybe the Tommygun and (Colt) "Python".
* ''[[The Saboteur]]'' uses this rather haphazardly. Some weapons are given generic names (like 'silenced pistol' or 'automatic shotgun'), some use fictional names (e.g. 'Raum pistol' for a Mauser C96 or 'Kruger' for Parabellum 08 i.e. 'Luger') some use their popular names ('Tommy Gun') and in some cases the name is left unaltered (MP 40, Panzerschreck).
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' uses both real gun names as well as fake names. You'll see famous and well known guns of the period such as Springfield Rifles and Henry Repeaters. However the M1911 gets the award for ultimate [[Bland
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