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Submachine Gun
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Heather's submachine gun in Silent Hill 3
Description
"Holds 32 rounds of ammunition. Great for its continuous firing."
Range
Medium
Strength
High
Location(s)
Varies
Appearances
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill: Book of Memories

The Submachine Gun is a firearm introduced in Silent Hill 3 and reappearing in Silent Hill 4: The Room and Silent Hill: Book of Memories. They are only wielded by the female characters in the main titles, Heather Mason and Eileen Galvin. In all games, they have good range and inflict a great deal of damage, contradicting logic that dictates otherwise.

Silent Hill 3[]

The submachine gun is the third ranged weapon found in Silent Hill 3 by Heather Mason and is discovered in the basement of Brookhaven Hospital. It has decent damage, but, as is usual in a survival horror atmosphere, ammo is scarcely placed throughout the world. It can be equipped with the silencer.

After beating the game once, the player unlocks another version of the submachine gun: the unlimited submachine gun, which has infinite bullets and automatic fire; however, in order to get it, the player must beat the final boss using a melee weapon (katana, steel pipe, maul, etc).

Silent Hill 4: The Room[]

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Eileen's submachine gun.

"Small-sized, one-handed machine gun. Perfect for Eileen."

The submachine gun is an unlockable weapon in Silent Hill 4: The Room and is for Eileen Galvin's exclusive use. It can only be found after completing the game with a nine-star ranking and starting a "Brand-new Fear" game. It is found in Room 102 of South Ashfield Heights, on the counter by the refrigerator. However, Eileen's possessed state will increase.[1]

Silent Hill: Book of Memories[]

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The submachine gun.

The submachine gun is a powerful ranged weapon available in Book of Memories.

Trivia[]

  • The submachine gun in Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room is an Ingram MAC-10 machine pistol dressed up as an IMI Uzi submachine gun. In Book of Memories, it resembles an Intratec TEC-9 machine pistol.
  • The owner of Garland's, Steve Garland, was killed by a submachine gun. It is unknown if the submachine gun found by Henry Townshend in Silent Hill 4: The Room is the murder weapon. The same is true for the rusty axe and Twin Victim.
  • The submachine gun is one of four weapons used by the Memory of Alessa during the course of the boss fight.
  • The silencer's interchangeability between the handgun and the submachine gun suggests that they are chambered for the same ammunition; however, due to gameplay purposes, their ammunition boxes are considered separate entities.
  • In Silent Hill 3, this is one of the few weapons that allows the player to manually aim on the Y axis. Because the analog sticks (or the directional-pad buttons) are required to aim, Heather cannot move while aiming the submachine gun. The same rule applies for the flamethrower.
  • If the submachine gun is fired constantly, one may notice that the weapon has no recoil. Instead, all the bullets go towards the exact same position. This would be impossible in real life as the submachine guns such as Mac-10 and Uzi have a very high rate of fire and the recoil would be therefore extremely hard to control. This is further proven by the fact that Heather fires the weapon from the hip which in real life would make the weapon less accurate than if she were aiming down sights.
  • If the player tries to fire the submachine gun in the HD Collection version of Silent Hill 3, the sound of the weapon will become glitched and not play properly. This only occurs in the Xbox 360 version since the PlayStation 3 version was patched.[2]
  • Although Henry himself cannot use it, Eileen Galvin can fire it full-auto using just her unbroken arm, and is always accurate no matter how long she fires it. As an added bonus, this weapon can be used indefinitely by Eileen.
  • The MAC-11 is implied to be the weapon used in the fourth murder of the Walter Sullivan case (a key element of the game's backstory), where the perpetrator killed a pet store owner and his entire stock of pets using a submachine gun. Its previous use as an instrument of indiscriminate massacre is likely the reason behind its insidious drawback; merely holding the weapon will gradually, but certainly, cause Eileen to become increasingly possessed by the forces behind the otherworldly and supernatural phenomenon from which Henry must protect her, to such a point that this mounting hellish influence will cause Eileen to go insane and possibly even harm Henry. However, the same result will occur if the player fails to protect her from damage by ingame monsters, regardless of whether the submachine gun is armed.

Gallery[]

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Characters
Major Characters
Heather Mason - Douglas Cartland - Vincent Smith - Claudia Wolf
Other Characters
Harry Mason - Alessa Gillespie - Leonard Wolf - Stanley Coleman - Lisa Garland - Cheryl Mason - Jennifer Carroll - Joseph Schreiber - James Sunderland - Greys - Happy Birthday Caller - Danny - Confessor - Robbie the Rabbit - Sewer Fairy
Weapons
Beam Saber - Flamethrower - Handgun - Katana - Knife - Maul - Pipe - Shotgun - Stun Gun - Submachine Gun - Unlimited Submachine Gun
Monsters
Closer - Double Head - Glutton - God - Insane Cancer - Leonard Wolf - Memory of Alessa - Missionary - Numb Body - Nurse - Pendulum - Scraper - Sewer Monster - Slurper - Split Worm - Valtiel
Locations
Borley Haunted Mansion - Brookhaven Hospital - Carroll Street - Central Square Shopping Center - Chapel - Construction Site - Daisy Villa Apartments - Happy Burger - Happy Carousel - Hazel Street Station - Heaven's Night - Hilltop Center - Jacks Inn - KMN Auto Parts - Lakeside Amusement Park - Last Drop Cafe - Nathan Avenue - Underpass
Terms
Flashlight - Fog World - God - Map - Metatron - Monster - Otherworld - Paradise - PTV - Radio - Real World - The Order - Manifestation - Seal of Metatron - UFO Ending - Sexuality - Halo of the Sun - Red Square
Archives
Items - Keys - Memos - Puzzles - Soundtrack - Limited Edition Soundtrack - Secrets and Unlockables - Pachislot
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Characters
Major Characters
Henry Townshend - Eileen Galvin - Walter Sullivan - Cynthia Velasquez - Jasper Gein - Andrew DeSalvo - Richard Braintree - Joseph Schreiber
Other Characters
Frank Sunderland - Billy Locane - Bobby Randolph - Eric Walsh - George Rosten - Jimmy Stone - Mike - Miriam Locane - Peter Walls - Rachel - Rick Albert - Robbie the Rabbit - Sein Martin - Sharon Blake - Steve Garland - Toby Archbolt - William Gregory - James Sunderland - Mary Shepherd-Sunderland
Weapons
Aluminum Bat - Chainsaw - Handgun - Submachine Gun - Knife - Pipe - Bug Spray - Chain - Eileen's Bag - Golf Club - Nightstick - Pickaxe of Despair - Revolver - Rusty Axe - Riding Crop - Spade - Stun Gun - Torch - Wine Bottle
Monsters
Bottom - Conjurer - Eileen Head - Ghost (Victim 16 - Victim 17 - Victim 18 - Victim 19) - Greedy Worm - Gum Head - Hummer - Patient - Sniffer Dog - The One Truth - Toadstool - Tremer - Twin Victim - Wall Man - Wheelchair
Locations
Albert's Sporting Goods - Ashfield - Bar Southfield - Garland's - Hotel South Ashfield - Room 302 - Room 302 of the Past - Silent Hill Woods - South Ashfield Heights - South Ashfield Station - Spiral Staircase - St. Jerome's Hospital - Toluca Lake - Water Prison - Wish House Orphanage
Terms
21 Sacraments - Death Machine - Haunting - Holy Candle - Manifestation - Map - Monster - Real World - Ritual of the Holy Assumption - Saint Medallion - Sword of Obedience - The Order - Walter's Otherworlds - Great Knife - Sexuality - Halo of the Sun - Red Square
Archives
Items - Keys - Puzzles - Soundtrack - Limited Edition Soundtrack - Secrets and Unlockables - Memos
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Characters
Major Characters
Ashley Baker - Derek Copeland - Graham Reynolds - Howard Blackwood - Jack Merrick - Katie Collins - Matthew Collins - Protagonist - Lorelai Reynolds - Shannon - Trent Baker
Other Characters
Alex Shepherd - Cybil Bennett - Emma - Harry Mason - Heather Mason - James Sunderland - Jason - Joshua Shepherd - Lisa Garland - Mary Shepherd-Sunderland - Mira - Murphy Pendleton - Travis Grady - Walter Sullivan
Monsters
Air Screamer - Blood Baby - Blood Guardian - Blood Mama - Bogeyman - Bubble Head Nurse - Butcher - Double Head - Earth Guardian - Fire Guardian - Flesh Lip - Ghost - Grey Child - Insane Cancer - Light Guardian - Needler - Mother - Pyramid Head - Raw Shock - Tremer - Schism - Steel Guardian - Swarm - Valtiel - Water Guardian - Wood Guardian - Wood Sapling
Weapons
A. Y. Guitar - Assault Rifle - Baseball Bat - Bare Hands - Beam Saber - Bogeyman's Hammer - Chainsaw - Circular Saw - Crossbow - Crowbar - Dagger of Melchior - Earth Sword - Fire Axe - Fire Sword - Flamethrower - Great Cleaver - Great Knife - Great Spear - Grenade - Guitar - Handgun - Hyper Spray - Katana - Knife - Maul - Meat Cleaver - Laser Gun - Pickaxe - Pillow - Pipe - Princess Heart - Robbie Doll - Rock Drill - Shovel - Shotgun - Steel Sword - Stun Gun - Sword of Obedience - Submachine Gun - Television - Torch - TV Remote - Water Sword - Wine Bottle - Wood Sword - Wood Plank
Locations
Howard's Shop - Library - Forsaken Room - Otherworld
Terms
Monster - Flashlight - Accessories - Artifacts - Karma Meter - Book of Memories - Welcome Sign
Archives
Memos - Broadcasts - Michelle's Diary
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