Good Guns, Bad Guns: Difference between revisions

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* Anything made by Calico.

* Most weapons of the Central/Axis forces during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], especially the distinctive-looking Luger.

** Except the [[James Bond|Walther PPK]]. The Mauser C96 and Walther P38 also tend to get a free pass.

** Except the [[James Bond|Walther PPK]]. The Mauser C96 and Walther P38 also tend to get a free pass. The Browning Hi(gh) Power evades this by being one of the few firearms manufactured by both sides.

* Thompson M1921, though only when fitted with the drum magazine.

* [[Sawed-Off Shotgun|Sawed-off shotguns]], unless there are [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombies]] around.

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== Real Life ==

* Even though it wasn't officially allowed, more than a few US soldiers in Vietnam chose to use "informally acquired" AK-47s rather than their issued weapons due to the AK's ~~greater~~ ~~reliability~~ in ~~crappy environmental conditions~~.

* Even though it wasn't officially allowed, more than a few US soldiers in Vietnam chose to use "informally acquired" AK-47s rather than their issued weapons due to the AK having ammo that worked.

** Occasionally SEALs would use an AK or two on missions for the effect it would have on VC/NVA forces. Hearing the AK's distinctive bark would confuse the enemy, and seeing green tracers coming ''toward'' them was at best more confusing, at worst morale- and soul-crushing.

** Australian soldiers also often chose to use AK-47s in Vietnam, which added to some of the confusion about identifying them as they mixed and matched their uniforms quite often as well with items from other military forces.

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*** ...or Japanese soldiers with FG-42's, or TF141 operatives with Model 1887 lever-action shotguns, or Viet Cong with FAL's, or African militia with XM25's, or...

* In ''[[Army of Two]]'', for the first few missions Salem and Rios end up fighting Iraqi and al-Qaeda soldiers who use AK-47s, and they fight Chinese troops later on using AK derivatives. However, during the Aircraft Carrier the Abu Sayyaf terrorists wield mostly M4s and M16s, and during the Miami mission the {{spoiler|SSC mercenaries}} use FAMASes.

** [[Truth in Television]] for the Abu Sayyaf. ~~Licensed and unlicensed variants~~ of the M16 and M4 are so common in the Philippines they are much more easy to obtain in-country than even the internationally ubiquitous Kalashnikovs. Consequently, both sides use them. Same goes withe Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the New People's Army. There are AKs reported in use here and there by local media, but only a few were smuggled in the Philippines during the Cold War.

** [[Truth in Television]] for the Abu Sayyaf. Variants of the M16 and M4 are so common in the Philippines they are much more easy to obtain in-country than even the internationally ubiquitous Kalashnikovs. Consequently, both sides use them. Same goes withe Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the New People's Army. There are AKs reported in use here and there by local media, but only a few were smuggled in the Philippines during the Cold War.

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' has the protagonists allies in the Grove Street Families use the Tec-9 as their submachine gun of choice, while all other gangs in Los Santos use the Micro UZI.

** Unless you [[Gotta Catch Them All|spray all rival gang tags in the city]], when the GSF start using MP5s, playing the trope straight (mostly, as OGs like Sweet will, with very rare exceptions, still use the Tec-9 during missions).