Alright, hopefully im not the last one to figure this out, but the "Hockler" machine pistol's origins are more obvious than they look... I saw the name Hockler and it occured in my mind that it was a very close configuration on "Heckler and Koch", a major firearm company. So i did a small bit of research and quickly discovered that this exclusive pistol is actually the Heckler and Koch MP7A1 Personal Defense Weapon.

The link to HK-USA page describing this gun is below.
http://http://www.hk-usa.com/military_products/mp7a1_general.asp
This link contains information and pictures on the Hockler machine pistol (MP7A1), and the weapons are nearly identical. Is this on purpose? Is it supposed to be this obvious, and if so, why not just title it the "H&K"?

And is it like this for all the guns, because ive just recently started studying them?

-- Alright, so i dont feel dumb about it now, thanks. Either way tough, I'm pre-ordering the fallout content anyways, i guess i should check that out, too

Its definitely on purpose. For fun.




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Edit: I'm not sure really as to why they did it. But it gives them the ability to joke around a bit with names.

They were being clever..? :batman:

Edit: Yeah it's like that for all of them, just look http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1173072-brink-weapon-derivitives/page__hl__derivitives

You actually are the first person to find this out. But it has been well known for some time that the weapons in this game are based on real life ones. There is an assault rifle that looks like a SCAR, an smg that is similar to the Kriss, and a revolver called the "Sea Eagle".

All the guns in game are based off real life guns. How is that surprising?

Also the Drognav Rifle, The Gerund assault rifle instead of the M1 Garand, Gottlung gun, etc.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1173072-brink-weapon-derivitives/page__hl__weapons

That's a list of real life counterparts to the Brink weapons. Have fun.

Thanks for the link bro.

dude i linked that like 4 posts up

Thank you, this really showed me some insight on the guns... I never would have had the time or dedication to do all this, but im just happy i found the obvious one

Hmm... Why can't it be called The H&K MP7? There's a little thing called licensing and fee's for said licensing. So by calling it Hockler MP7 it gets the same point across without all the messy paperwork and lawyers. Hope that gave you a better understanding.

I just read the first post. My bad.

But if im familiar with copyright laws, etc. (which im not, considering im not even out of highschool, or taken law courses), arent non-original sound-alikes technically still applicable for the paperwork to the creddited company? Is slightly changing the name seriously enough to avoid legal problems?

Somehow I doubt the weapon names really matter...you think Activision is paying the MAS for using the FAMAS in Call of Duty?

Then you are forgiven sir :spotted owl:

Because by calling it the H&K MP7, you'd have to stick to the original design of the gun. On the other hand, calling it the Hockler allows freedom with the design and you get to make some gun fanatic somewhere chuckle at a clever name. It's not every day you get a gun name like "FRKN-3K Assault Rifle".

The Cesar Revolver is based of the Rex Revolver:

http://world.guns.ru/userfiles/images/handguns/russia/revolver/1287753538.jpg

You may have seen in in Bad Company 1 & 2. Rex means king in Latin and Caesar means emperor. It all goes hand and hand.

For true. If anything it's free advertising.

Kross SMG = Kriss SMG.

Sea Eagle pistol = Desert Eagle pistol.

Kolt pistol = Colt pistol.

Maximus Machinegun = Minimi Machinegun.

It's just the name Heckler and Koch is a trademarked name of the German company Heckler and Koch. You can call it an MP7 due to that the name "MP7" is not trademarked by Heckler and Koch, the real life design and functionality of a gun named the "MP7" are property of H&K. The title MP7 is an acronym therefore it could have different meaning and connotation depending on the language or it's usage. While the H&K MP7 is Heckler and Koch Machine Pistol 7 the "MP7" in Brink could stand for Manly Pistol 7 or nothing at all. If you notice that many un-licensed (unofficial) names of weapons such as the M16, M4, FAMAS, P90, ACR etc are all commonly used in video games and all do not feature the manufacturing companies name beforehand. It's the same reason that you can't put Mcdonalds into a work without their consent but you could use the term Super Size Me. For instance the FAMAS is an english nickname/acroynm for the Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-étienne, which is why it appears as the FAMAS in multiple games. Also, in counter strike it's referred to as the Clarion which is another nickname given to it by French Soldiers. Basically, it's a way for people to identify that a gun shares characteristics with it's real life counter maybe therefore getting them excited but more importantly to avoid creating new names for weapons.

Probably so they can have the safety of making the guns they want to make it so people can't say, "Hey, The Heckler and Koch doesn't do that." they can say, "No, it doesn't, but the Hockler sure can!"