BM001 Razor

BM001 Razor
Specifications
Manufacturer	United Kingdom
Type	Assault Rifle
Model	BM001
Weapon Stats
Primary Fire	Full Automatic
Secondary Fire	Energy disc blade
Rate of Fire	High
Accuracy	High
Range	Medium
Clip Size	45 rounds
Maximum Ammunition	225 rounds

The BM001 Razor is a British-designed and reverse-engineered variation of the Chimeran Bullseye that appears in Resistance Retribution.

Description

Much like the Bullseye, the BM001 Razor fires energy rounds as its primary fire. However, it lacks a Bullseye Tag (the Tag feature was made irrelevant with Retribution's auto-lock mode). Instead its secondary fire fires a charged energy disc in which it ricochets off walls, other solid objects and enemies, capable of killing an average Chimeran enemy with a single hit. The charged energy disc uses all of the Razor's ammo clip. If the energy disc is charged when the clip is full it will enhanced its damage. Its ammunition is similar to the Bullseye in which the weapon can use Bullseye ammo from slain Hybrids. It is later replaced by the more powerful BM003 Razor.

Strategy

• The Razor is one of the primary weapons the player receives in Resistance: Retribution. It is a powerful weapon with low spread and velocity when compared to the other primary rifle of the game, the .303 Storm Rifle. Another advantage it has over the Storm rifle is its energy blades, which it is named for, can ricochet off walls and other obstacles. Combined with its heat-seeking ability, it can quickly deal with groups of enemies.
• The Razor's possesses at least two weaknesses: its somewhat lower ammo capacity, holding 45 shots in the gun and 225 in reserve, compared to the Storm Rifle's 50 per magazine and 300 in reserve, but this is offset by the fact most of the enemies in the game will drop ammo for it. Its other weakness is the fact that if the charged razor attack misses, there is a good chance not a single enemy will get hit by it. It is also one of the few weapons able to be aimed and fired whilst underwater, making it invaluable against Sirens.

Intel

“	The BM001 Razor is a British-engineered assault rifle based on Chimeran technology. Press the R button to fire bursts of highly accurate energy rounds. Hold the R button to fire multiple bursts. Press and hold the L button to begin charging the Secondary Fire Mode, a homing energy blade that ricochets off surfaces and strikes multiple targets. While holding the L button a meter in the lower right corner of the screen displays the current charge level of the spinning blade. When the blade has been charged press the R button to fire the blade that will seek targets in your targeting reticule. Since a charged energy blade combines all of the ammo in the active clip, charging when the clip is full maximizes the potential damage.	”

Gallery

A hybrid using the BM001 Razor.

James Grayson using the BM001 Razor.

Trivia

• The "BM" designation likely means "Bullseye Modified".
• BM001 Razor was one of the few weapons in Retribution that was human made by using the Chimeran technologies, presumably created after the liberation of Britain depicted in Resistance: Fall of Man.
• Despite the BM001 Razor being reverse engineered from the Bullseye by the British, the weapon can be picked up from dead Hybrids. The same applies to the BM003 Razor.