Whether generally known as the Green Meanie, the Magnum Sniper or the AWP, Accuracy International’s Arctic Warfare is one among gaming’s most iconic sniper rifles, with its identification tied to one of many greatest FPS franchises of all time, Counter-Strike. But how did such a distinct segment rifle turn out to be an FPS and eSport legend? And was it actually constructed by three males in a shed in England?
In this episode of Loadout, Dave Jewitt visits the Royal Armouries to speak to Keeper of Firearms & Artillery Jonathan Ferguson, finds out the AWP’s origin from one among its creators Dave Walls, and hears what made Counter-Strike’s weapon designer Minh ‘Gooseman’ Le choose the AWP all the way in which again in 1999.
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