The assault pistol that The Boss, the Mother of Special Forces and mentor of Naked Snake, carried with her into her final battle. The feeder mechanism inside the drum magazine forms an "∞" shape.Ī hand rifle, and the primary weapon The Boss used against Snake when he was dispatched to assassinate her. The Patriot returns as an unlockable weapon in subsequent games.Īn assault pistol developed for The Boss. By completing the game it can be unlocked for use by the player in subsequent playthroughs. The Patriot first appears in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Holding the rifle in one hand, Big Boss initally brought the rifle to bear on his former subordinate and enemy, before dropping it to the ground.
Rewarded with the title of Big Boss for defeating his former mentor, he later laid the Patrot upon The Boss's grave in respect.įifty years later, following the Guns of the Patriots Incident, Big Boss confronted Solid Snake with the Patriot at the same cemetary housing The Boss's grave. The Patriot was the only weapon that Snake brought back home to the United States, due to his equipment being disposed of by Ocelot during Snake's escape from Tselinoyarsk. Naked Snake reluctantly prepares to fire the Patriot at its former owner.įollowing her defeat, The Boss handed the rifle to Snake on her deathbed, which he subsequently used to end her life at her request. Later, she used the Patriot to battle Snake at Rokovoj Bereg, making frontal attacks against her impossible and forcing Snake to attack her blindside. The bullets didn't leave the gun straight they flip and twist upon leaving the gun.ĭuring Operation Snake Eater, The Boss used the Patriot to destroy Naked Snake's drone aircraft in Dremuchij, Tselinoyarsk, drawing the attention of GRU Spetznaz soldiers in an attempt to drive Snake away. The blast of the muzzle was said to resemble the sound of a threatened rattlesnake, and that no one who heard the sound would live to tell the tale. The Patriot used 5.56x45mm ammunition and was fitted with a hundred-round drum magazine, with the internal feed mechanism shaped like an infinity symbol (∞). The fact that The Boss used it one-handed was a testament to her skill. The relatively light weight meant that the Patriot had a strong recoil, and was notoriously difficult to aim. It was designed in order to create a carbine that combined the feel and quick handling of a handgun with the force of a rifle. The Patriot was a modified version of the XM16E1, with a shortened barrel and the stock removed. 4.5 Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater Pachislot.4.3 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.