Nightfire has 17 weapons that you can use in the game. In the
single player game you can only carry 4 weapons at a time. In
Multiplayer games you can carry as many as you can pick up.
Listed below are all the Nightfire Weapons and where possible
their real life versions.
In the first Mission Rendezvous you pick up the Storm M9-32 after disabling
one of the guards. It comes in two flavours with or with out a silencer. It's
real life name is the Ruger MP9.
Length: 376 mm (with stock folded), 556 mm (with stock extended)
Barrel length: 173 mm
Rate of fire: 550 - 650 rounds per minute (depending on type of ammo)
Magazine capacity: 32 rounds
Effective range: 200 meters
The Ruger MP9 was designed by Uziel Gal for Sturm,
Ruger & CO. INC. and was released in 1994 - 1995 for law enforcement
and Military sales. Uziel Gal designed the original UZI SMG (Sub Machine
gun) back in late 1940's when he was working for the Palmach (underground
infantry forces of the Hagana) and specialised in weapons maintenance. In
1948 Israel gained it's Independence and it was then that Uziel showed his
prototype SMG to the Israeli defence force. He was sent to work for the Israel
military Industries so that he could further develop the weapon. One of the
problems Uziel over came was the ability for a soldier to easily and quickly
change the magazine during dark combat situations, he did this by housing
the magazine in the gun grip. In the early 1950's The Israeli Defence Forces
needed a new sub machine gun and put Uziel Gal's weapon and Major Chaim Kara,
head of the Israel defence force's light weapons division, weapon up against
each other to try them out. Uziel's weapon won and the Israeli Defence Forces
adopted the new weapon as its official submachine gun and named it UZI,
after its developer, despite Uzi's protest.
From here on the Uzi did not go through many changes from it's original design.
The folding metal stock that replaced the older fixed wooden stock did not
happen until 1967 and it wasn't until the 80's that smaller versions of the
Uzi started to appear. Uziel Gal never stopped his work with guns through out
his life and continued to work for the Israeli Defence Force right up until
he retired from them in 1975. He soon after moved to America and worked as
an independent developer on various designs and projects, one of which was
the MP9 for Rugar. Sturm Ruger presented the first gun off the assembly line
to Uziel on September 24th 1990. Uziel considered the MP-9 to be the ultimate
submachine gun, delivering excellent quality at low cost.
The Ruger MP9 is very controllable with a rate of fire of around 600 rounds
per minute, with the front and rear adjustable sights along with shock absorbers
for firing with the locked shutter makes it highly accurate. The handle is
made from Polymer with the upper part of the gun being made from stainless
steel. It also has a three position safety and select fire switch and a telescopic
metal folding stock. The magazine is fed through the handle which is one of
the trade marks of the Uzi's "fist finds fist" principle.
