This article is about the revolver in Human Revolution.

For the Mankind Divided revolver,

see Mustang Arms .357 Magnum.

 

The Diamond Back .357 is a weapon in

Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

 

Background

The Diamond Back .357 is a .357 magnum revolver

made by Mustang Arms Ad-Tech Ltd. This revolver

is rather innovative, using a revolving cylinder

magazine and a hybrid cartridge system to combine

reloading speed with reliability and accommodate

multiple ammo types.

 

Characteristics

The Diamond Back uses telescopic ammunition,

in which the projectile is completely enveloped in

the case by the propellant. This revolver can also

use heavyweight .357 magnum special explosive

rounds. It can accept 5, 6 or 7 round cylinders.

The weapon uses aside breakaction rather than

conventional swing-out cylinder for reloading.

Prior to speed upgrades, the Diamond Back reloads

rather slowly, but once adequately invested in, an

entire cylinder can be changed within mere moments.

 

Un-upgraded, the Diamond Back offers great stopping

power and a tremendous bullet damage, capable of

dropping heavy troops and bots in a single shot.

 

When upgraded with the explosive round modification,

it becomes even more powerful, killing all non-boss

enemies with 1-2 shots and bosses with 3-7 depending

on whether they are a direct hit near a critical area.

Given its availability in the environment or on downed

enemies, and its raw power-to-size ratio in the inventory,

the revolver is an economical choice for players who

prefer combat to stealth in boss fights or enemy

encounters. A single cylinder of reserve ammunition can

hold up to 50 rounds while using only two slots of

inventory space, far exceeding the same explosive power

and storage of grenade launcher ammunition

or frag grenades.

 

A major drawback to using this weapon is its

somewhat low accuracy. Firing the Diamond Back

without aiming will almost always cause the bullet

to hit off-target, unless a Laser Aiming Module is

attached, after which it becomes greatly more accurate.

Its heavy recoil also contributes to its high miss rate,

but can be circumvented with the right augmentations.

 

Ammunition is very rare at the start of the game, but

after locating Isaias Sandoval, it becomes

vastly more common.

 

Pieter Burke owns a custom model with a golden finish

given to him by the CEO of Mustang Arms after Burke

saved his life during a close-protection mission early in

Burke's Belltower career. [1]

 

 

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