.45 ACP (no ontology)
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The .45 ACP (more rarely, 11.43x23mm) is a popular handgun cartridge developed in 1904 by John Moses Browning. It is a somewhat common caliber used in handguns and submachine guns.
Real-life data
Since the late 1890s to the early 20th Century, the US Cavalry was field-testing several handguns; the Colt Single Action Army had long been replaced by double-action versions of the same weapon. Most notably, the cavalry fielded .38 Long Colt double-action revolvers, although they determined that they were much less effective than .45 Colt against determined and/or fearless opponents, as proved during the Philippine-American War and the Moro Rebellion. During the latter conflict, the .30-40 Krag-caliber rifles failed to stop the Moro warriors effectively.
This experience, and tests conducted by Thompson-LaGarde in 1904, led the US Army and Cavalry to decide that a minimum of .45 caliber was required in the new handgun. At that point, John Browning was working with Colt on a .41 caliber (10 mm) cartridge; the US Army requested a .45 caliber variant of this cartridge. The end results were the Colt model 1905 handgun and the .45 Automatic Colt Pistol, aka .45 ACP.
By 1906, six makers bid on the production of the cartridge and submitted their designs for an evaluation round, but only three of them made the cut: DWM, Savage Arms and Colt. Five years later, a second evaluation round was held, and this time Savage's design suffered 37 stoppages and failures, leaving only Colt's design, which passed without any problems. This design would go on to become the famous Model 1911 pistol.
Although the cartridge was developed by John Browning of Colt, it is John Thompson, of Auto Ordnance who was the most influential to the US Army in the choice of this caliber. Thompson would later design for the same caliber the ever-so-popular Thompson Submachine gun, well-known by its nickname, the Tommy Gun.
Mazeworld overview
| Type | Unarm | Light | Hardskin | Kevlar-2 | Kevlar-3 | Kevlar-4 | HEV |
| Bullet | 46% | 42% | 40% | 31% | 20% | 9% | 3% |
A somewhat common caliber in Mazeworld, the .45 ACP caliber is used in a fair amount of weapons of the game. As a slow, but large bullet, .45 ACP is popularly known as a more powerful alternative to 9x19mm Parabellum but (usually) without the advantage of high-capacity 9x19mm has. Many debates have sparked even in the Mazes about which of the two calibers is the better one, fruitlessly.
The round is best used as a finisher, or a self-defense round if the primary intention of the contestant is only to injure, damage without killing, or finish off an already wounded opponent.
Suitable for use in 11 weapons, .45 ACP ammunition is moderately easy to find in the mazes. If not found in the rooms, .45 ACP can be bought in gun shops and weapon shops for the reasonably low price of 2 P$/round, in boxes of 50 or 150.
.45 ACP may also be found in the following crates:
- WPN-2 crate (60 rounds)
- AMMO-1 crate (150 rounds)
- NKDSNAK crate (35 rounds)
The caliber is famous for being the subject of attention in Mission 6.
Weapons compatible
Class 2 weapons
Class 3 weapons
- Colt M1911A1
- Glock 21
- Heckler ＆ Koch HK45
- Heckler ＆ Koch Mark 23
- Heckler ＆ Koch USP Tactical
- MAC-10
- Para Ordnance P-14.45
- Star Megastar
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