FAMAE

FAMAE
It may appear silenced, but it's not.
Weapon Type	SMG
Weapon	FAMAE SAF with Integral Silencer
Speed	900 Rounds Per Minute
Accuracy	Moderate
Magazine size	20 15 (Hard) 24 (Hiding Colombians)
Location	Colombians, Static Weapon Spawns, Weapon Bag object
Unlock	No
Lethal Throw	No
Can Execute?	Yes (Only as Manny Pardo)

The FAMAE is a sub-machine gun that is available in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and is used by the Colombians and can be used by Manny Pardo and The Son.

Statistics

The FAMAE shares the same round capacity and similar fire rate (albeit slower) with the Skorpion from the first game as it replaces said weapon; however the FAMAE is less accurate than the Skorpion (like all firearms in Wrong Number) and is much more common; being a standard weapon used by Colombians (especially ones hiding behind crates and fallen tables; despite their sprites depicting them using Mendozas)

With it's more common appearance, and more manageable fire rate the FAMAE can be considered a better version of the Skorpion, though it will still play second fiddle to the more accurate, higher accuracy, and slower firing Mendoza.

Trivia

• FAMAE is the name of the Chilean manufacturer that manufactures the SAF, which is what the FAMAE weapon in-game is based on.
• The appearance of the FAMAE in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is anachronistic, as the FAMAE SAF -the weapon it is based on - was first produced in 1993, two years after the main events of Hotline Miami 2.
• The rapid rate of fire on the FAMAE is technically accurate, since the real SAF's fire rate is at a very rapid 1200 RPM. The Skorpion's fire rate on the other hand is incorrect as it is slightly slower at 850-900 RPM.
  • Its 20-round magazine capacity is also accurate, as the SAF can accept 20 and 30-round box magazines.
• It is illogical that the SAF is wielded one-handed in-game since in real life, it is 16.1 inches long with the stock folded (longer in the case of the suppressed variant used in-game) and weighs 5.95 pounds when loaded. Taking into account the high rate of fire, the FAMAE would be highly inaccurate if wielded single-handedly, due to the high recoil of the weapon combined with its weight.
• Hiding Colombians have several oddities: they drop FAMAEs despite being depicted as using the Mendoza, which have a 24 round magazine rather than the usual 20 (It is plausible that the FAMAE originally had a 24 round magazine; however this is most likely the result of an oversight of Jonatan reusing code of the Hiding Mobsters from Tension who were armed with 24-round M16s) Additionally they use the incorrect Snd9mm when firing (said sound effect was typically used by Jonatan as a placeholder sound effect for guns)
• While the in-game sprites and the sound effects suggest that the in-game FAMAE is based off of a real-life model of the gun featuring an integral suppressor, it does not function like this in-game. Whether this was intentional, for purposes of balancing, or a technical oversight, is unknown.
  • However it is possible the FAMAE is using a Muzzle Flash suppressor, which unlike typical suppressors; dampens the flash of the weapon fire, and can also make firing guns quieter due to less gas escaping (although not to an extent to a Silenced weapon, and could explain why it's louder than the Silenced Uzi despite both using the 9mm round)

Gallery

A FAMAE SAF in real life, buttstock unfolded.

An integrally suppressed variant of the SAF with the buttstock folded similar to the one in-game.

Manny Pardo using the FAMAE in Dead Ahead.

Manny Pardo executes a Gang Member with a FAMAE.

The Son wielding a FAMAE.

H.M. Hammarin wielding a FAMAE.