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PARANOIA

Official Box Art

Release Date:	2007
Developer:	PARANOIA Team
Series:	PARANOIA
Platforms:	Windows
Genre:	First-Person Shooter

PARANOIA is a freeware survival horror first-person shooter. Originally a Half-Life mod, it was eventually turned into a standalone freeware game on the Xash3D open source engine.

The player takes the role of Spetsnaz Officer Alexander Kalashnikov who is deployed to the Udarnik complex after it is attacked

The following weapons appear in the video game PARANOIA:

Pistols

Stechkin APS

The APS is the first handgun you come across in the armory and it uses the Desert Eagle animations from Counter-Strike. It's a little odd giving the player a machine pistol for their secondary. a more appropriate choice for a standard issue Russian sidearm could have been a Makarov PM or a MP433 Grach which entered service 4 years prior. It holds only 12 shots instead of 20.

Stechkin APS - 9x18mm Makarov

Alexander holds his Steckhin APS while getting close to an NPC with their own Stechkin.

Alexander aims his Steckhin APS while examining a wreck he finds, most weapons can be aimed with a right click, which zooms in and centers the weapon.

Glock 17C

The Glock 17C in the game has a silver ported slide and uses the same animations as the Glock 18 in Counter-Strike, Unlike in Counter-Strike it has a Magazine capacity of 17 rounds and you can aim down the sights in the game.

Alexander finds a Glock on the ground.

Alexander holds his new Glock.

Makarov PM

The Makarov PM appears on posters but is not a usable weapon.

Russian Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov

Shotgun

Franchi SPAS-12

The Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun appears late in the game. The "Double-shot" feature from Half-Life was replaced with aiming the Shotgun and like most video game depictions, the carrier latch isn't used when reloading and the shotgun is only fired in pump-action.

Franchi SPAS-12 without stock - 12 gauge

Submachine Guns

Heckler & Koch MP5A3

The Heckler & Koch MP5A3 fitted with an RM Equipment M203PI grenade launcher appears and is likely a reference to the film End of Days.

The Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9x19mm rubber stunt prop used in End of Days. This image is supplied by Propstore.com.

Submachine gun poster

Upper left PP-91 Kedr, Upper right OTs-02 Kiparis, Lower left PP-93, and Lower right PP-19 Bizon

Assault Rifles

AK-74M

The AK-74M appears being used by NPCs and Alexander during most of the campaign. It appears the devs mixed up the weapon names as the game calls it a "AKS-74". (Which wouldn't be correct for the AK-74 anyway as it has a full wooden stock.)

AK-74M - 5.45x39mm

Alexander finds a dead ally with a broken AK-74M

AK-74

The AK-74 appears misnamed as the "AK-74M" and is mainly used by NPCs. Alexander only uses an AK-74 in training outside of cheats.

AK-74 - 5.45x39mm

OTs-14-4A-03 Groza

The OTs-14-4A-03 Groza appears with it's scope and Sionics 2 stage suppressor.

OTs-14-4A-03 Groza 9x39mm with scope

AS Val

The AS Val appears as an available weapon. It is notably so quiet that the sound of the weapon's action is louder than the actual gunfire.

The scope which is shared with the Groza

Sniper Rifles

SVD Dragunov

The SVD Dragunov sniper rifle appears on a poster.

SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.6x54mm R

Machine guns

PKM

The PKM machine gun appears as both a mounted weapon and a portable version. The portable version is misidentified as a RPK-74

PKS on Samojenkov tripod - 7.62x54mmR. Note the lack of a hinged shoulder strap on the stock and the fluted barrel; these differentiate the PK from the later PKM. This example is also seen with an earlier tripod without the modern tripod's belt box mount.