Land of War: The Beginning
Offical Boxart
Release Date:
June 10, 2021
Developer:
MS Games
Publisher:
MS Games sp. z o.o.
Platforms:
Microsoft Windows
Genre:
First-Person Shooter
Land of War: The Beginning is a 2021 first-person shooter developed and published by Polish studio MS Games. In a setting rarely touched upon by Second World War media, players control Polish soldiers fighting the German invasion of their homeland in September 1939, the earliest days of the Second World War.
The following weapons appear in the video game Land of War: The Beginning :
Handguns
Luger P08
The Luger P08 is, naturally, the standard sidearm of Wehrmacht forces. It is referred to as the "P08 Parabellum".
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski holds a Luger P08.
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Vis wz. 35 Radom
Vis wz. 35 Radom
The Vis wz. 35 Radom is the standard sidearm of the Polish forces, known as the "ps Vis wz. 35".
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing In a trench network, Kowalski comes across a wz. 35.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Having been hounded by German bombers in recent times, he aims at the sky.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reloading a Vis wz. 35 Radom in an animation mostly recycled from the Luger, save for Kowalski thumbing the slide release when empty.
Vis P-35p
A Vis wz. 35 with a chrome finish is a DLC weapon and is modeled after the Vis P-35p, the German designation for wz. 35s produced at the Radom factory for use by the Wehrmacht after the occupation of Poland. It is referred to as the "VIS P-35p", however, the full designation of the German-produced wz. 35 was 9 mm Pistole 645(p) . It is functionally identical to the common variant. Due to the circumstances of this particular pistol's production, it can be considered somewhat anachronistic.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski arrives to show-off his fancy P-35p pistol to his comrades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unbeknownst to his fellow soldiers, Kowalski flags one of his buddies with the chrome P-35p.
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wz. 30 Nagant
The wz. 30 Nagant, a Polish-produced variant of the Nagant Revolver , is available as a DLC weapon under the name "wz. NG 30 Nagant".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing wz. 30 Nagant - 7.62x38R Nagant. Compared to the Russian Nagant, the Polish-produced Nagants are slightly lighter and have a shorter barrel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski finds himself with a rather antiquated sidearm.
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Shotguns
Becker Model 1899
The Becker Model 1899 is the game's sole shotgun. Being a somewhat obscure hunting shotgun not designed for combat, its presence during the invasion of Poland is dubious.
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Submachine Guns
Haenel MP28/II
The Haenel MP28/II appears as the "Maschinenpistole 28" and is encountered in German hands.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing After clearing Germans from a trench, Kowalski liberates an MP28/II for himself, using the oft ill-advised technique of holding it by the magazine well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski interrogates another MP28/II as to the whereabouts of his friends.
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MP40
While called a "Maschinenpistole 38" in-game, this weapon is actually an anachronistic MP40 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski with a time-traveling "Maschinenpistole 38". Note the non-fluted upper part of the receiver and Margolit lower receiver typical for many MP40s.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reloading the MP40. For some reason, every submachine gun produces a large amount of smoke from the barrel- not the muzzle, but rather the entire barrel. This effect is best seen here.
PPD-29
The PPD-29 was added in a post-release update as the "Degtyaryov PPD-30".
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski finds himself with an obscure Soviet prototype. Best not to dwell on where he got it.
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M1928 Thompson
The M1928 Thompson appears under its contemporary Polish designation of "pm Thompson wz. 28".
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Wz. 39 Mors
The Wz. 39 Mors appears as the "pm Mors wz. 39". It is depicted as much more common in the field than it ever was in real life- only 39 wz. 39s were produced by the start of World War II.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a Wz. 39 Mors at the site of a battered farmstead.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reloading, Like the other SMGs, the Mors produces a large cloud of black smoke after sustained fire, accompanied by a rather worrying sizzling sound.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k Infantry
The Karabiner 98k is, of course, the standard issue rifle of German forces. Referred to as the "Karabiner 98 kurz".
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holding a captured Karabiner 98k. The in-game model seems rather compact or squashed.
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Karabiner 98k (Sniper)
A Karabiner 98k with a scope is used by Wehrmacht snipers. It strangely gets a completely new designation of "Masuer Kar98 Sniper".
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wz. 29 Mauser
The wz. 29 Mauser is the standard issue rifle of Polish infantry, marking Land of War as one of this rifle's rare video game appearances.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kowalski muses on the irony of him and his countrymen fighting Germans with the Kar98k's Polish cousin. Like the Kar98k, this rifle also seems a bit too short.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aiming the wz. 29 Mauser. Unlike the Kar98k, this Mauser variant lacks a hooded front sight.
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wz. 38M
The wz. 38M .
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Machine Guns
MG34
The MG34 with Patronentrommel 34 magazine.
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Wz. 28 Browning
The Wz. 28 Browning .
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Launcher
Sturmpistole
The Sturmpistole .
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Explosives
Dynamite
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Wz. 33 Granat Obronny
The Wz. 33 Granat Obronny .
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Mounted
2 cm KwK 30
German Panzer II ligh tanks and Sd.Kfz. 222 scout cars are equipped with KwK 30 autocannons.
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7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18
Two Infanteriegeschütz 18 support guns can be seen through the single-player campaign.
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76.2 mm divisional gun M1902
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8.8 cm Flak 37
The Flak 37. Weapons can be found in virtually every campaign. Cannot be used.
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15 cm schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33
A German Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. B "Bison" self-propelled gun is seen with a mounted Infanteriegeschütz 33.
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MG 15
German Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers have rear-mounted MG15s .
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Unknwon Mortar
During the mission in Warsaw, an unknown mortar can be seen.
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Wz. 08 Maxim
The Wz. 08 Maxim .
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Wz. 25 Hotchkiss
The Wz. 25 Hotchkiss .
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Wz. 30 Browning
The Wz. 30 Browning .
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Wz. 35 Ur
The Wz. 35 Ur .
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Wz. 36 Bofors plot
The Wz. 36 Bofors plot .
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Wz. 36 Bofors ppanz
The Wz. 36 Bofors przeciwpancerna.
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Wz. 37 Szczeniak
The Wz. 37 Szczeniak .
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