Weapons (Payday 2)

Example of the weapons screen. The highlighted weapon's stats are shown to the right. If not equipped, its stats will be displayed in comparison with the player's current one's.

Beta weapons screen where most stats were displayed in the form of bars and weapons had descriptions. Note how Concealment was dubbed "Visibility" and Stability was called "Recoil". The Mobility and Noise stats have since been removed or reworked to affect most weapons equally.

In PAYDAY 2, players may carry one primary, secondary, and melee weapon each. A few weapons in the game are also currently only available to non-player characters.

The weapons that appears in the live-action media of PAYDAY 2 are not included on this page.

Primary

Assault rifles

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
Golden AK.762	560	90	30	40	10	12	11	22	17	Community
AMCAR	550	180	20	16	10	19	21	14	0	Base Game
AK	650	150	30	28	10	15	16	14	1	Base Game
CAR-4	600	150	30	23	12	17	20	14	4	Base Game
UAR	750	120	30	28	14	12	20	14	8	Base Game
AK.762	560	90	30	40	10	12	13	22	16	Base Game
JP36	710	180	30	25	15	19	19	13	16	Base Game
M308	710	40	10	95	16	3	6	31	26	Base Game
Ak 5	710	150	30	20	16	22	18	14	33	Base Game
AMR-16	860	90	30	30	12	20	17	14	39	Base Game
Commando 553	710	150	30	28	10	20	22	12	0	Armored Transport
Eagle Heavy	610	80	20	43	12	12	8	22	0	Gage Weapon Pack 01
Falcon	700	80	20	43	10	12	10	22	42	Big Bank Heist
Clarion	1000	150	30	25	14	12	24	14	27	Gage Assault Pack
Gecko 7.62	850	120	30	33	12	19	15	24	34	Gage Assault Pack
Gewehr 3	650	80	20	43	14	8	12	26	52	Gage Assault Pack
Queen’s Wrath	720	180	30	33	12	20	16	12	24	Clover Character Pack
Lion's Roar	860	150	30	33	16	8	17	12	28	Dragan Character Pack

Sniper rifles

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
Rattlesnake	60	50	10	130	18	3	5	78	15	Gage Sniper Pack
R93	50	30	6	250	18	3	5	93	35	Gage Sniper Pack
Thanatos .50 cal	40	15	5	2880	18	0	2	185	65	Gage Sniper Pack
Nagant	60	25	5	280	18	6	6	84	54	Gage Historical Pack

Shotguns

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
Predator 12	300	36	6	48	10	8	14	28	0	Community
Joceline O/U 12G	500	26	2	138	14	20	5	37	43	Community
Reinfeld 880	100	48	6	60	14	6	11	28	8	Base Game
IZHMA 12G	330	70	7	35	10	8	13	28	26	Base Game
Mosconi 12G	500	26	2	138	12	3	7	37	39	Base Game
M1014	430	72	8	35	14	12	12	26	15	Gage Shotgun Pack
Raven	100	42	14	60	10	12	22	28	22	Gage Shotgun Pack
Steakout 12G	300	64	8	38	12	17	9	28	52	The Butcher's BBQ Pack

LMGs

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
RPK	750	300	100	30	8	15	5	22	0	Gage Weapon Pack 02
KSP	910	400	200	28	6	17	2	31	45	Gage Weapon Pack 02
Brenner 21	720	300	150	33	10	12	2	37	75	Gage Weapon Pack 02
Buzzsaw 42	1200	450	150	30	6	15	2	31	71	Gage Historical Pack

Special

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
GL40	30	6	1	340	12	6	18	37	46	Gage Assault Pack
Vulcan Minigun	3000	750	750	40	8	5	5	31	38	OVERKILL Pack
Piglet	60	12	6	340	4	20	10	37	43	The Butcher's BBQ Pack
Flamethrower	2000	600	150	14	0	0	7	37	44	The Butcher's BBQ Pack
OVE9000	400	300	150	23	4	17	16	24	Skill	Base Game

Akimbo Pistols

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
Akimbo Bernetti 9	670	196	28	18	14	19	28	6	Skill or Perk	Base Game
Akimbo Chimano Compact	670	120	20	18	12	20	30	9	Skill or Perk	Base Game
Akimbo Crosskill	500	120	20	23	12	12	27	10	Skill or Perk	Base Game
Akimbo Deagle	240	60	20	60	10	6	26	24	Skill or Perk	Base Game
Akimbo Chimano Custom	500	160	32	23	10	23	29	9	Skill or Perk	Base Game
Akimbo Chimano 88	500	136	34	15	12	17	30	8	Skill or Perk	Base Game
Akimbo Interceptor 45	500	156	26	20	12	20	29	8	Skill or Perk	Base Game

Secondary

Pistols

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
Interceptor 45	750	130	13	20	12	20	29	8	0	Community
Chimano Custom	750	128	16	23	10	23	29	9	22	Community
Chimano Compact	670	150	10	18	12	20	30	4	27	Community
Chimano 88	500	136	17	15	12	17	30	8	0	Base Game
Crosskill	500	60	10	23	12	12	29	10	2	Base Game
Bernetti 9	670	154	14	18	14	19	30	6	6	Base Game
Bronco .44	290	30	6	75	12	3	26	24	6	Base Game
STRYK 18c	910	140	20	20	8	15	29	8	29	Base Game
Deagle	400	30	10	60	10	6	28	24	36	Base Game
Gruber Kurz	670	154	14	18	16	20	30	4	0	Armored Transport
Signature .40	670	84	12	23	12	17	29	9	0	Gage Weapon Pack 01
Broomstick	670	80	10	33	10	17	28	10	23	Gage Historical Pack
LEO	670	133	19	18	12	17	29	7	28	The Bomb Heists

Submachine guns

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
Chicago Typewriter	720	150	50	23	12	20	18	12	14	Community
Mark 10	1000	80	40	25	8	15	27	10	2	Base Game
Compact-5	750	150	30	18	12	21	23	6	13	Base Game
CMP	950	120	30	20	12	17	24	8	19	Base Game
Para	680	100	25	20	14	20	24	14	19	Base Game
Krinkov	820	90	30	25	8	15	21	22	29	Base Game
Kobus 90	910	100	50	20	14	20	25	12	36	Base Game
Swedish K	600	80	40	28	10	17	24	10	0	Armored Transport
SpecOps	950	80	20	28	12	19	23	8	0	Gage Weapon Pack 01
Cobra	1000	160	20	19	10	18	28	9	18	Hotline Miami
Blaster 9mm	900	120	20	26	12	18	27	17	32	Hotline Miami
Uzi	700	90	30	28	14	21	24	17	55	Hotline Miami
Patchett L2A1	550	80	20	35	12	17	20	12	51	Gage Historical Pack
Jacket's Piece	1200	128	32	25	6	19	25	10	12	Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Digitial Special Edition

Shotguns

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
The Judge	500	20	5	95	6	3	29	28	35	Community
Locomotive 12G	160	30	6	65	8	6	26	28	13	Base Game
Street Sweeper	430	48	12	35	10	8	21	28	33	Gage Shotgun Pack

Special

weapon	rof	tot	mag	dam	acc	stb	con	thr	rep	source
HRL-7 Rocket Launcher	30	4	1	10000	18	9	5	37	38	OVERKILL Pack
OVE9000	400	300	150	23	4	17	16	24	Skill	Base Game

Melee

Main article: Melee

weapon	dmg	dmg c	knd	knd c	chg	rng	con	rep	source
Weapon Butt	15	15	26	26	0.0s	150	30	0	Base Game
Weapon Butt with Nagant Bayonet	40	40	26	26	0.0s	150	30	0	Gage Historical Pack
Fists	10	30	54	87	1.0s	150	30	0	Base Game
350K Brass Knuckles	15	35	56	94	1.3s	150	30	0	Community
Ursa Tanto Knife	20	80	16	40	2.0s	185	30	0	Community
Nova's Shank	25	40	3	40	2.0s	150	30	0	Community
Money Bundle	2	10	30	100	1.0s	150	30	7	Community
Psycho Knife	28	140	28	140	4.0s	150	28	31	Community
Lucille Baseball Bat	40	66	160	212	3.0s	275	21	45	Community
OVERKILL Boxing Gloves	15	35	60	105	1.0s	150	30	25	Community
Rivertown Glen Bottle	30	55	90	110	2.0s	185	27	47	Community
Alpha Mauler	29	60	113	286	2.0s	275	20	0	Event
URSA Knife	15	70	11	37	1.8s	185	29	0	Gage Weapon Pack 02
Krieger Blade	15	75	15	33	1.5s	185	29	21	Gage Weapon Pack 02
Berger Combat Knife	20	52	20	30	1.3s	160	30	41	Gage Weapon Pack 02
Trautman Knife	22	100	13	40	2.0s	200	29	61	Gage Weapon Pack 02
K.L.A.S. Shovel	13	26	64	134	2.2s	250	24	4	Gage Shotgun Pack
Telescopic Baton	7	17	82	148	2.0s	250	30	17	Gage Shotgun Pack
Survival Tomahawk	40	66	20	40	2.2s	225	26	42	Gage Shotgun Pack
Utility Machete	17	117	7	40	3.0s	220	28	54	Gage Shotgun Pack
Bayonet Knife	20	80	20	36	2.0s	185	29	14	Gage Assault Pack
Compact Hatchet	30	80	15	48	2.0s	185	27	23	Gage Assault Pack
X-46 Knife	25	60	25	60	2.0s	185	30	32	Gage Assault Pack
Ding Dong Breaching Tool	30	92	120	294	3.0s	275	20	48	Gage Assault Pack
Baseball Bat	35	60	140	192	2.0s	250	24	18	Hotline Miami
Cleaver Knife	30	95	15	57	3.0s	185	26	34	Hotline Miami
Machete Knife	40	85	20	51	3.0s	225	24	51	Hotline Miami
Fire Axe	90	140	90	140	4.0s	275	20	71	Hotline Miami
50 Blessings Briefcase	7	17	68	168	2.0s	185	30	0	Hotline Miami
Swagger Stick	20	35	76	140	2.0s	225	27	0	Gage Historical Pack
Potato Masher	30	61	96	92	2.0s	185	27	24	Gage Historical Pack
Trench Knife	30	50	6	50	2.0s	175	30	41	Gage Historical Pack
The Spear of Freedom	70	160	70	160	4.0s	275	18	47	Gage Historical Pack
Clover´s Shillelagh	35	65	140	195	2.0s	185	26	37	Clover Character Pack
Dragan's Cleaver Knife	30	75	15	45	2.0s	195	26	25	Dragan Character Pack
Carpenter's Delight	30	61	96	92	2.0s	185	27	37	Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Digitial Special Edition
The Motherforker	40	90	10	45	2.0s	185	27	3	The Butcher's BBQ Pack
Spatula	20	30	30	60	1.0s	185	27	3	The Butcher's BBQ Pack
Poker	60	120	102	240	3.0s	185	27	44	The Butcher's BBQ Pack
Tenderizer	30	90	60	144	3.0s	185	27	48	The Butcher's BBQ Pack

Weapon mechanics

Weapon statistics are taken from the following sources:

• The in-game inventory screens
• The PAYDAY 2 Weapons Spreadsheet
• The PAYDAY 2 Melee Weapons Spreadsheet

Displayed statistics

The following statistics are displayed in the inventory screens:

Total ammo

The maximum ammunition reserve the player can hold for this weapon at any time. This includes the rounds in the magazine, i.e. 150/30 means that the player may carry up to 150 rounds and there are 30 rounds in the magazine (this does not mean a total of 180 rounds). Any improvements to the magazine capacity do not allow you to carry more ammo; this will only allow you to reload less often.

Damage

The amount of damage dealt in a single hit. Each enemy has his own head-shot damage modifier while some are resistant to body damage. Shotguns shoot a number of pellets instead of a single bullet and any single pellet landed deals full listed damage. Damage from multiple pellets hitting the same enemy will not stack.

Accuracy

High accuracy reduces weapon spread while low accuracy results in bullets flying randomly from where the gun is aimed. Thus, higher accuracy increases effective range of the weapon and helps with ammo conservation while lower accuracy increases the chances of missing and wasting ammo. Accuracy is improved while aiming down the sight or the scope. This, however, takes time, reduces the field of vision, and slows the player down. Excluding boosts from skills, accuracy is capped at 22 for shotguns and 18 for rifles (except for the M308 which is capped at 22)^{[citation needed]}.

Stability

Stability reduces recoil. Each shot shakes the weapon and affect player's aim temporarily. The lower the weapon's stability, the more it is a problem and the more time player must adjust their aim while shooting or wait for the weapon to stabilize. Stability is less important in weapons with low rates of fire. Stability is capped at 34 for rifles, 22 for shotguns, not including boosts from skills.

Concealment

Higher concealment reduces the player's detection risk, thereby increasing the amount of time NPCs and cameras need to detect the player. An increase of one point of concealment decreases detection by more than one point unless the concealment value is already very high. Detection risk has its maximum and minimum levels and can be additionally affected by armor and skills. Obviously, this stats is only important on stealth heists. Concealment is visually capped at 30 for all weapons, barring any boosts from skills and attachments but the actual (unseen) value can exceed what is shown in the inventory screen.

Threat

When firing at enemies, they sometimes dive for cover instead of returning fire. Higher threat increases the chance of this. This is useful when trying not to get overwhelmed, but can make it harder to actually hit enemies.

Threat does not affect the chance of making an enemy surrender, nor does it affect one's ability to control civilians.

Rate of fire

Rate of fire determines how quickly a weapon fires during automatic fire, expressed in rounds per minute. Higher rate of fire contributes to more damage per second, but combined with low stability makes for more problematic aiming, which in turn can offset effective damage output and waste ammo. The rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons, such as most pistols, is additionally restricted by how fast the player can click, so its benefit depends on the player and weapon.

Undisplayed statistics

The following statistics are used in the game but not displayed in the inventory screens.

Reload time

The time it takes to reload a weapon varies, and is modified by skill bonuses and whether or not a given reload is considered to be a tactical reload (see below).

In the infoboxes on individual weapon pages, and below, the reload time is given as tt / ee when tactical reloads are available, the first number being the tactical reload time and the second being the empty-chamber reload time.

Typical reload times

• Pistols, with the exception of the Deagle and the Bronco .44, have a reload time of 1.4 / 2.1-2.2 seconds.
• SMGs have the largest range of reload times, from 1.51 / 2.48 seconds (CMP) to 3.3 / 4.3 seconds (Kobus 90).
• Assault rifles range from 2 / 3 to 2.8 / 3.9.

Tactical reloads

Magazine-fed weapons (be they external magazines, such as automatic pistols and assault rifles, or internal magazines, such as Reinfeld 880 and the Locomotive 12G shotguns, but not revolvers or belt-fed LMGs) can do what is called a "tactical" reload. This is a reload done before the weapon has completely run out of ammo, leaving the chamber loaded when changing the magazine. This eliminates the need to manually charge the weapon, saving about a second over the reload time with an empty chamber. The manual charging of the weapon is visible as an extra animation after the new magazine is inserted.

Interrupting reloads

Reloads may be interrupted by briefly sprinting (unless you have the Mastermind's Kilmer skill), executing a melee attack, or switching weapons.

Interrupting the reload of a shotgun with an internal magazine (e.g., the Reinfeld 880 and Locomotive 12G) leaves you with a partial reload and the ability to fire immediately. For these weapons, besides the means described above, you may also interrupt the reload by briefly holding the left mouse button. This does not immediately fire the weapon; you need to click the button a second time to fire.

Skills affecting reload time

The following skills can reduce your reload time for particular weapons:

• SMG Specialist (Ghost tier 3) increases SMG reload speed by 35%.
• Shotgun CQB (Enforcer tier 4) increases shotgun reload speed by 50%.
• Gunslinger (Mastermind tier 5) increases pistol reload speed by 50%.(Applies to Akimbo pistols also only in the 11-6-14 Beta.)
• Kilmer (Mastermind tier 5) increases assault rifle and sniper rifle reload speed by 25%.

Additionally, acing the Kilmer skill allows one to reload weapons when sprinting.

Falloff range

Shotguns deal full damage out to a certain range (that varies for each shotgun) and after that damage falls gradually to zero at the shotgun's range limit. For example, the Raven shotgun deals 100% damage out to eight meters, falling to zero damage at twenty meters. Combined with most shotguns being inherently inaccurate (unless modified for a high-accuracy build, of course) these ranges severely limit a shotgun's effectiveness against distant targets.

Once a projectile's damage reaches 0%, it effectively ceases to exist - hits will not register at all.

Flechette and AP Slug special ammo types will increase the falloff range as described on the Ammunition page.

Critical Hit

Critical hit marker.

Critical hits are shots that deal several times the damage a shot normally does. There are two separate ways to trigger a critical hit: a headshot and a RNG-based Low Blow hit.

The damage multiplier that comes from the critical hit is dependent on the enemy type. Most regular enemies receive about 2.5x damage for headshots; special enemies such as Cloakers and Tasers receive about 4-5x normal damage.

On Death Wish, the critical hit damage multipliers for all enemies are reduced.

Shots to an enemy's head will always be critical hits. Shotguns fire a number of pellets with each shot; if any single pellet hits an enemy's head it will do full headshot damage to that enemy. (If more than one pellet hits the enemy, no extra damage is done.)

The fourth perk Helmet Popping for all decks increases your headshot damage by 25%.

The skill Low Blow provides up to a 30% chance for any shot fired by the player to be a critical hit.

Critical hits from Low Blow and headshots are stacked multiplicatively, allowing massive damage to be dealt a single headshot that also triggers Low Blow.

Suppression

Suppressor (a.k.a. silencer) barrel extensions and suppressed barrels reduce or eliminate the chance that NPCs will detect shots fired. Normally, the detection radius for a suppressed weapon is 0 meters (undetectable), though some weapon shots can be detected up to 1 meter away.

Firing modes

The player's primary weapon is currently switched to the automatic mode, while the player's secondary weapon is locked to semi-auto mode.

There are two firing modes in the game: full-auto and semi-auto. In full-auto mode, the weapon is able to shoot continuously by holding down the fire button. In semi-auto mode, each click of the fire button fires one shot.

If a weapon is not locked to one of the two modes, the player can switch between the two modes by pressing [v] on PC. The player's HUD will indicate which firing mode is the player's weapon currently using.  

Weapons with the Auto Fire mod equipped are locked to full-auto mode. Weapons with the Single Fire mod equipped are locked to semi-auto mode. A select few firearms in the game are capable of switching modes, though the fire mode locks are not available to them. 

If one of a weapon's mode indicators appears red, it means that the weapon is incapable of using that mode, be it locked to a single mode by default or via an attachment.

Armor Piercing Capability

Certain heavily armored enemies, such as Maximum Force Responders and Shields have protective equipment that made them bulletproof to most attacks from the front.

Note that despite their appearance, Bulldozers do not in fact have armor in a game-mechanics sense and instead have a huge number of hitpoints coupled to a huge headshot damage bonus.

Weapons that can pierce the bulletproof armors are shotguns with AP Slug ammunition equipped and sniper rifles. These weapons can also pierce thin walls and damage enemies behind them.

Several skills and perk will also give normal weapons a chance to pierce bulletproof armour to do damage:

• Ghost's aced Silent Killer, which gives a 15% chance to pierce armor when using a silenced weapon.
• Ghost's aced The Professional, which gives a 15% chance to pierce armor when using a silenced weapon.
• Rogue's final perk Killer Instinct, in which will gives a 25% chance to pierce armor for all weapons.

All of these bonuses stack additively, giving a possible 55% chance to pierce armor.

In general, the reduced damage of silenced weapons (and/or limited ammo pools of those weapons which can be powerful despite fitting a suppressor) limits the combat effectiveness of using such a setup against MFRs as simply aiming for the head remains approximately 4x more efficient.

Ammo Pickup Rate

A single ammo pickup.

The Ammo Pickup rate affects how many bullets will be replenished in a single ammo pickup (Ammo pickups are small ammo boxes dropped by enemies when they die). 

The Walk-in Closet Perk increases the ammo pickup rate for all weapons to 135%, while the skill Fully Loaded Aced increases it to 175% of the normal rate. The perk and skill do NOT stack, Fully Loaded will simply overwrite the Perk.

Certain weapons are hard-coded with a modified pickup rate (usually of 0, meaning each pickups restores exactly 0 units of "ammo") to reduce or nullify their ability to ever replenish spent ammo from drops, usually as a mean of balance. The OVE9000 Saw, HRL-7, Flamethrower and Vulcan Minigun all have an ammo pickup rate of 0, meaning they can never replenish any ammo from pickups.

Ammo Pickup Modifier

Other manners of ammo pickup modifier comes in the forms of weapon-specific mods or custom ammo types. Shotguns loaded with basically any kind of ammunition barring the default 00 Buckshots can only replenish one shell per pickup, regardless of Fully Loaded or Walk-In Closet. Certain unique mods that alters the weapon behavior like the DMR Kit of the Gewehr 3 also overrides the skill's/perk's effect.

Non-player weapons

There are several weapons seen in the game but are not available anywhere for the players. Examples of these include:

Heckler & Koch UMP45

A GenSec Elite SWAT wielding the UMP45

The UMP45 can be seen wielded by members of the GenSec Elite SWAT units introduced in the Death Wish update. These SMGs deals somewhat less damage compared to a CAR-4 rifle, but nonetheless more powerful than the standard Compact-5s wielded by the regular blue SWAT which makes them dangerous in large numbers.

The UMP45 has a See More Sight attached to it.

In the Shadow Raid heist, the Murkywater PMC units also brandish UMP45s as their standard-issue SMG.

Non-player modifications

There are also several modifications seen in the hands of a few enemies during gameplay but are not available anywhere for use by players. Examples of these include:

Cloaker's Compact-5

The Cloaker's Compact-5 with a few unique modifications.

The Cloaker's Compact-5 has a few unique modifications, which include a vertical foregrip and a unique suppressor.

Despite having a suppressor, shots fired from this weapon are not suppressed.

Black Bulldozer's IZHMA Shotgun

IZHMA 12G from the Black Bulldozer with unobtainable Drum Mag.

IZHMA 12G from the Black Bulldozer with unobtainable Solid Stock.

The IZHMA 12G used by Black Bulldozers used to carry a custom drum magazine unavailable to players, and allows the Bulldozer to shoot for longer without reloading.

The IZHMA 12G with the drum magazine has since been replaced by a regular version of the weapon, but now fitted with an unobtainable solid stock.

GenSec Elite SWAT Team's JP36

A close-up view of the GenSec JP36, showing the unique scope and camo.

The JP36 used by the GenSec Elite SWAT Team has a white digital camouflage, similar to their uniforms, and carry a unique sight (EOTech Holographic Hybrid Sight).

Metropolitan Police's Bronco .44

The small laser attached to the trigger-guard.

The Bronco .44 revolver used by Metropolitan policemen and female FBI Agents has an unobtainable laser mounted on the trigger-guard. The laser module strangely uses the model of the Flash Hider.

Murkywater Guard's Eagle Heavy

The Reskinned Eagle.

The Murkywater's Eagle Heavy is a reskin in total black.

Gangsters' Mark 10

The Mark 10s used by the gangsters have integrated tactical light mounted near the trigger guard. These tactical lights are visually and locationally different to the Assault Light, which is mounted to the right side of the weapon.

NPCs' Reinfeld 880

The Reinfeld 880 shotgun used by NPC shotgunners have an integrated tactical light on the pump.

Trivia

• Most PAYDAY 2 weapons were modeled after airsoft products, and thus have some minor differences from the real iterations of said firearms.
  • The 2 most notable are on the Kobus 90 and Cobra.
    • Kobus 90: Below the magazine feed is a BB receiver.
    • Cobra: The gun has a rail under the barrel. This is NOT seen on the real-life variant (Skorpion Vz. 61.) of the Cobra. Airsoft Cobras have the rail.
• There are several technical errors present in the many weapons available in the game. This is probably because of lack of thorough knowledge on real-life firearms on the developers' part, or for gameplay purposes. Weapon-specific goofs can be found on their respective pages.
  • It is unclear in what manner are Barrel Extensions attached to the muzzle of most shotguns in the game as none of the available weapons of that type have barrel threads, be they external or internal. Several other specific weapons also cannot be silenced in real-life, like the Deagle, can be fitted with a suppressor in-game.
  • Man-portable light machineguns are specifically designed with recoil dampening and ergonomy in mind, and thus are capable of being sighted. Also incorrect is the weight-imposed movement speed penalty of these weapons as several other firearms in the game are equally, if not more bulky, can still be carried around like normal (a prime example is the Thanatos .50 cal). Only certain weapons based on general-purpose machineguns such as the Buzzsaw 42 and Brenner 21 are known to be heavy.
  • Long Barrel mods on most weapons actually reduces damage instead of increasing it. Conversely, several Short Barrels also increases this stat, despite the shorter barrel length not providing the spin time for a projectile to achieve terminal velocity.
  • Grenades launched from launchers does not have a minimum arming range.
  • Bullpup weapons like the UAR and Lion's Roar all have horrible Stability. In reality, most bullpup rifles are designed to be rear-heavy with large, shock-absorbent stockpads to increase the contact surface area with the user's body, increasing grip strength and negating most of the generated recoil.
• The Tactical Pistol Light used to be exclusively used by law enforcers on their Chimano 88 pistols and was unavailable to players. After Update #40, the mod was available to players.
• The Alpha Mauler is currently the only Event melee weapon in the game.
• Very few weapons in PAYDAY 2 retained their real names. The ones that did retain the original's name, alternative designation, or nickname wholly or partially are the following:
  • The RPK was based on the real-life Russian lightmachine gun of the same name.
  • The R93 was based on the Blaser R93 LR S2.
  • The Gewehr 3 was based on the Heckler & Koch G3, with "Gewehr 3" being the written out form of G3.
  • The M1014 was based on the Benelli M4 Super 90, M1014 being its US Army's designation.
  • The Uzi was based on the IMI Uzi.
  • The Ak 5 was based on the real-life Ak 5, the Swedish version of the FN FNC.
  • The Swedish K was based on Carl Gustav m/45, Swedish K being one of the real weapon's nicknames.
  • The The Judge was based on the Taurus 4510PLYFS, a "pocket-sized" variant of the Taurus Judge.
  • The UAR was based on the Steyr AUG A2. AUG stands for Armee Universal Gewehr, which when translated into English stands for Universal Army Rifle.
  • The Chicago Typewriter was based on the Thompson SMG, the in-game name being one of the real weapon's nicknames during the Prohibition and Depression Eras.
  • The Patchett L2A1 was based on the Sterling submachine gun, with its in-game name being based on the British Army's designation of the Sterling Mk.2 series.
  • The Buzzsaw 42 is based on the Mauser MG 42. The "buzzsaw" in its name came from one of the MG 42's real-world epithets: the "Hitler's buzzsaw".
  • The Nagant was based on the Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle.

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