Beretta

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Overview

The 9mm pistol or the Beretta is a very reliable weapon. Although it has mediocre accuracy and damage, ammo is often very abundant, and with dual-wield the 9mm's rate of fire is second only to the dual Ingrams. Early in the game the 9mm is the weapon of choice as other ammo types are scarce and the Ingram and shotgun are not as reliable in mid-to-long distance battles. The 9mm is capable of headshots at extreme close range; these will incapacitate an enemy despite the low damage. Always good as a backup; in case Max Payne runs out of ammo for something else, he will probably have these to rely on as ammo is so abundant. This is the most basic gun in the game, and is common early on. It is rarely missing throughout the story.

Traits

• It holds 16 rounds per clip; Max can carry 160 rounds of 9mm ammo.
• It may take up to 4 hits to kill, although three hit kills are fairly common.

In-game

All the NYPD cops and the cleaners early on have a simple 9mm pistol, but it proves to be obsolete later in the game when you're facing commandos with expensive automatics.

Trivia

• Max Payne is always shown holding his 9mm pistol in cutscenes, even if it's out of ammo, or if he has a much better weapon. It can thus be argued that the 9mm is Max's signature weapon; also alluding to his occupation as a cop.
• In reality, the NYPD does not authorize the Beretta to be carried by police. The police in the game would be shown armed with a Glock 19, Sig Sauer P226, or Smith and Wesson 5946. However, it can be assumed that Max, an unorthodox detective, would carry a weapon of his choice.
• This weapon page refers to the 9mm pistol in the second game; in the first, it is named the Beretta.
• When playing New York Minute mode or chapter selection mode in Max Payne, on Part III Chapter 2 Max will find himself with a single 9mm pistol with twenty rounds-faced with five enemies. A combination of careful aiming and melee should be applied in this situation lest Max find himself with an empty gun.

Appearances (Obtainable in)

Max Payne:

• The American Dream: Prologue
• Roscoe Street Station
• Live from the Crime Scene
• Playing It Bogart
• The Blood Veins of New York
• Let the Gun do the Talking
• Fear That Gives Men Wings
• Police Brutality
• Ragna Rock
• An Empire of Evil
• The Baseball Bat
• An Offer You Can't Refuse
• With Rats and Oily Water
• Put Out My Flames With Gasoline
• Angel of Death
• A Bit Closer to Heaven: Prolouge
• Take Me to Cold Steel
• Hidden Truths
• The Deep Six
• Backstabbing Bastard
• In the Land of the Blind
• Byzantine Power Game
• Nothing to Lose

Max Payne 2:

• The Darkness Inside: Prologue
• Elevator Doors
• A Criminal Mastermind
• The Depths of My Brain
• No us in This
• A Sign of Her Passage
• A Linear Sequence of Scares
• The Million Dollar Question
• A Binary Choice: Prologue
• The Things That I Want
• In the Middle of Something
• Blowing Up
• Routing her Synapses
• Out of the Window
• The Genius of the Hole
• Too Stubborn To Die
• On A Crash Course
• Mob War
• Dearest of All My Friends
• There are no Happy Endings
• Love Hurts