HECU RPG
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| HECU Rocket Propelled Grenade | |
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| Production information | |
| Affiliation | |
| Type |
Guided rocket launcher |
| Technical specifications | |
| Damage |
100 |
| Magazine Size |
1 |
| Maximum Ammunition |
5 |
| Ammunition Type |
Rocket |
| Operation |
Unguided/Guided |
| Rate of Fire |
Slow |
| Effective Range |
High |
| Range |
Long |
| Usage | |
| Used by | |
| Counterpart(s) |
Other RPGs |
| Game information | |
| Entity |
weapon_rpg |
| Designer(s) |
Stephen Bahl (HD version)[1] |
The HECU Rocket Propelled Grenade, simply known as "RPG", is a weapon featured in Half-Life.
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[edit] Overview
- The HECU RPG fires a powerful rocket that can either be guided with a laser or fired without the laser (dumb-firing).
- Despite being found in HECU-controlled areas, this weapon is never used by HECU soldiers (besides Adrian Sheperd). However, rockets for it can be found scattered throughout HECU-controlled areas, such as the areas the player goes through in Surface Tension.
- This weapon is first acquired in the middle of Surface Tension. It is found in a cache in the cliff portion of Surface Tension.
[edit] Tactics
- During the Black Mesa sections of the game, the RPG is primarily used to destroy heavy armor such as the M1A1 Abrams tank, the M2A3 Bradley armored fighting vehicle and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. It usually takes about three rockets to to the turret to destroy both vehicles, while it takes two rockets to destroy the Apache.
- It can also be used to destroy a large group of enemies with ease, as it has a large damage radius from the point of impact. HECU Soldiers, Alien Grunts and Vortigaunts will try to run away from it, but the rocket is too fast for them to run away from in time.
- The RPG is one of the few weapons that can damage a Gargantua, so the player should try to reserve as many rockets as he/she can if he/she wants to manually kill a Gargantua.
- The RPG's laser can be used to guide rockets fired from enemy vehicles. This can be a great way to preserve RPG ammo in case the player wants to conserve RPG ammo so the player can kill something else later on.[2]
- In Xen, this weapon works well against the Gonarch. It take a few rockets for the Gonarch to try to escape to another part of its arena.
[edit] Trivia
- The Incendiary Cannon in Team Fortress Classic uses the HL1 RPG model.
- The RPG resembles the German-made Armbrust Rocket Launcher.[3]
[edit] Gallery
 The Rocket Launcher, as seen wielded by the player. |
 The HD RPG. |
 A RPG rocket in its case. |
 The RPG HUD icon. |
[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life (First appearance)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Decay
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Stephen Bahl as quoted on Marc Laidlaw Vault on the HalfLife2.net Forums
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkk3bsBdPBo
- ↑ http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl33-e.htm
| Hazardous Environment Combat Unit | ||
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| Characters | S. Bahl · Dwight T. Barnes · Cooper · P. Deupree · J. Faulkenbury · R. Heironimus · Inney · Jackson · B. Martel · D. Mertz · L. Montgomery · R. Pitchford · Sharpe · Adrian Shephard · Tower · M. Wardwell | |
| Weapons | Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Double Turret · Glock 17 · Land Mine · Laser Tripmine · M198 Howitzer · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M202A1 FLASH · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · RPG · Satchel Charge · Sentry Turret · SPAS-12 | |
| Vehicles | AH-64 Apache · F-16 Fighting Falcon · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey | |
| Technology | Powered Combat Vest · Tactical Map | |
| Other | Military Police · Santego Military Base | |
| Vehicles (cut) | F-117 Nighthawk | |
