Niko Bellic and his magical pockets.
Calculated the total weight that the main character of Grand Theft Auto IV (Niko Bellic) has on his person at any given time. It comes out to over 365 lbs, assuming:
600 rounds of 5.56 ammo, in 30 round standard magazines (.45 kg/ea)
m4a1 rifle (2.7 kg)
50 rounds of m82 ammo, in 5 10 round magazines (1.87 kg/ea)
m107/m82 rifle (12.9 kg)
8 PG-7v rockets (2.6 kg/ea)
RPG-7 (7 kg)
Baseball bat, assumed for a 180 lb man (.73 kg)
25 m67 fragmentation grenades (.4 kg/ea)
1500 .357 Desert Eagle ammo in 166 9 round magazines (.3 kg/ea)
Desert Eagle .357 (1.9 kg)
80 12 gauge buck rounds in 8 10 round bandoleers (.4 kg/ea)
m1014 shotgun (3.8 kg)
1200 9mm rounds in 40 30 round magazines (.6 kg/ea)
MP5 (2.9 kg)
Interceptor Body Armor with SAPI plates (7.4 kg) – this is a likely assumption, but is not represented as such in the game. Niko can carry body armor that is proofed against 7.62 ammunition, and since most of his other gear is US army issue, this would be the most plausible. He could also be using the outdated Flak Jacket, weighing in at 11.3 kg.
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165.68 kilograms // 365 lbs
One possible configuration of Niko Bellic’s gear – click on the image to enlarge.
Notes:
- The equipment is not to exact scale in the image.
- Niko can alternatively carry an AK-47 instead of the M4A1, which would add even more of a burden to his body.
- The recommend combat weight of combat gear for US soldiers is 50 lbs, which includes everything a soldier needs, not only weapons and ammo. The most extreme loads are seldom more than 135 lbs (and remember, this INCLUDES food, water, communication gear, camp gear and assorted kit). (source)
2 replies on “What Niko Bellic carries”
Wasn’t the semi-automatic shotgun a remington 11-87?
And the semi-automatic sniper rifle was most definitely a PSG-1.
But otherwise a very interesting article.
Seth,
You are probably right about the sniper rifle (I realized that a few weeks after making this article), and I just used a typical combat shotgun for my example. The point was to show to show how much of an absurd amount of weight Niko can carry while performing amazing acrobatic stunts and running for tens of miles at a time. In truth, even the strongest man wouldn’t be able to waddle with that load, to say nothing of the volume required. Thanks for the comments!