M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

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The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, also known as SAW, is a weapon featured in Half-Life: Opposing Force. It is a powerful automatic weapon used by the HECU.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Tactics 3 Trivia 4 Gallery 5 List of appearances 6 External links

[edit] Overview

• The M249 is essentially a powered-up SMG with the grenade launcher removed. However, it also has a lot of recoil added to it as well so that the SMG is not made completely obsolete. In addition to decreasing accuracy the longer the player fires the gun, the M249's recoil knocks the player back a bit as long as the fire key is held down.

• The M249 can first be obtained by taking it from a dead ally in the chapter Friendly Fire. If not picked up there, it can be obtained at the very end of the chapter Vicarious Reality.

[edit] Tactics

• The M249 is very effective against strong foes, such as Shock Troopers and Voltigores. It should not be wasted on enemies that can be easily killed with the SMG, such as Zombies or Pit Drones.

• Headshots will make quick work of even the strongest enemies, so one should try to aim for the head if possible.

• Crouching will make the weapon more accurate, so one should be sure to crouch as often as possible when using it.

• Ammo for this weapon is extremely rare until the end of the chapter Vicarious Reality.

• The M249 has a fairly long reload time, so one should make sure to be safe before reloading.

• Tapping the primary fire button instead of holding it will greatly reduce the recoil. Moving forward removes the recoil but decreases accuracy.

[edit] Trivia

The M249 Machine Gun was reused in Counter-Strike: Source.

[edit] Gallery

The M249 being held.	A box of ammo for the M249.	The M249 HUD icon.	Shephard watches a Gargantua exploding while holding his M249.
Shephard aims at a Voltigore with his M249.

[edit] List of appearances

• Half-Life: Opposing Force (First appearance)

[edit] External links

• M249 squad automatic weapon on Wikipedia

Weapons of the Half-Life universe
Half-Life		.357 Magnum · Black Mesa Crossbow · Crowbar · Glock 17 · Gluon Gun · HECU Double Turret · HECU RPG · HECU Sentry Turret · HECU SPAS-12 · Hivehand · Land Mine · Laser Tripmine · M198 Howitzer · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M202A1 FLASH · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · Satchel Charge · Snark · Snark Mine · Tau Cannon · Xen Sentry Turret
Half-Life: Opposing Force		Barnacle Gun · Black Ops Mortar · Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Displacer · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mark IV Thermonuclear Device · Pipe Wrench · Shock Roach · Spore Launcher
Half-Life 2		.357 Magnum · Alyx's Gun · Annabelle · Combine Sentry Turret · Combine SPAS-12 · Crowbar · Headcrab Shell · Hopper Mine · Hunter-Chopper Bomb · Laser Tripmine · Manhack · MK3A2 Grenade · MP7 · Overwatch Sniper Rifle · Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle · Pheropods · Ravenholm traps · Resistance Crossbow · Resistance RPG · Rollermine · Stun Baton · Suppression Device · Tau Cannon · USP Match · Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch		S.L.A.M
Portal		Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device · Aperture Science Sentry Turret · Rocket Sentry
Half-Life 2: Episode Two		AR3 (non-existent) · Autogun · Magnusson Device
Half-Life (cut)		Black Hole Gun
Half-Life: Opposing Force (cut)		Flash Grenade
Half-Life 2 (cut)		AK-47 · Brickbat · Combine Guard Gun · Combine Launcher · Desert Launcher · FIM-92 Stinger · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · GR9 · HK-707 · Hopwire Grenade · Ice Axe · Immolator · Incendiary Rifle · Molotov Cocktail · MP5K · MP7 · Physgun · Pulse Shield · Rollerwand · S.L.A.M · Sniper Rifle · Socket Wrench · Sticky Launcher · Stun Baton · Thumper · XM29 OICW
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (cut from Half-Life 2)		Harpoon
Half-Life 2: Episode One (cut)		Vortex Hopwire

Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
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

The Black Ops
Vehicles		AH-64 Apache · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey
Weapons		Glock 17 · Laser Tripmine · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mark IV Thermonuclear Device · Mk 2 Grenade · Mortar · MP5 · Sentry Turret
Technology		Cloaking Device
Weapons (cut)		Crossbow · Flash Grenade