What order do the MGS games take place chronologically?

So we've established that MGSV: TPP comes before MGS2, but what about the other games in the MGS franchise, including MGR:R?

What order do the MGS games take place chronologically?

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The order of the Metal Gear Solid Series timeline is as follows:

1. 1964: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2. 1970: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
3. 1974: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
4. 1975: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
5. 1984: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
6. 1995: Metal Gear
7. 1999: Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
8. 2005: Metal Gear Solid
9. 2007 - 2009: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
10. 2014: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
11. 2016 - 2018: Metal Gear Rising: Revengance

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