M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, also known as the SAW Machine Gun or simply 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 a machine gun that offers squad-level support. 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 beginning of the chapter Foxtrot Uniform.

[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.

• If sufficient ammunition is available, the M249 can be used to impede falls by shooting downwards while falling. The backwards recoil will constantly push towards the player's back, regardless of direction, resulting in lower downwards momentum.

[edit] Trivia

The M249 Machine Gun also appears in the Counter-Strike series, but without the bipod and head, and uses a 100 round magazine.

[edit] Gallery

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  HUD icon.

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  Worldmodel.

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  Viewmodel.

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  Ammo box.

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  Shell model used when firing.

[edit] List of appearances

• Half-Life: Opposing Force (First appearance)

[edit] External links

• M249 Squad Automatic Weapon on Wikipedia

Weapons
Aperture Science	Animal King · Bomb · Defective Turret · "Frankenturret" · Oracle Turret · Rocket Sentry · Sentry Turret · Turret Opera
Black Mesa	Barnacle Grapple · Crossbow · Ceiling Turret · Colt Python · Crowbar · Desert Eagle · Displacer Cannon · Glock 17 · Gluon Gun · Laser Tripmine · Mark IV Thermonuclear Device · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · Pipe Wrench · RPG · Satchel Charge · Spore Launcher · SPAS-12 · Tau Cannon
Black Ops	Glock 17 · Laser Tripmine · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mk 2 Grenade · Mortar · MP5 · Sentry Gun
Combine	Autogun · Ceiling Turret · Emplacement Gun · Flare Gun · Ground Turret · Headcrab Shell · Hopper Mine · Hunter-Chopper Bomb · Laser Tripmine · Manhack · MK3A2 Grenade · MP7 · Overwatch Sniper Rifle · Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle · Pulse weapons · Rollermine · Sentry Gun · SPAS-12 · Stun Baton · Suppression Device · USP Match
HECU	Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Dam Turret · Double Turret · Dynamite · 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 Gun · SPAS-12
Resistance	Alyx's Gun · Colt Python · Crossbow · Crowbar · Magnusson Device · Pheropods · RPG · Ravenholm traps · Tau Cannon · Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Race X	Shock Roach · Spore Launcher
Xen	Ceiling Turret · Hivehand · Sentry Cannon · Snark · Snark Mine
Other	Annabelle · AR3 · S.L.A.M · List of weapons and items in Deathmatch Classic
Aperture Science (cut)	Hover Turret
Black Ops (cut)	Flash Grenade
Combine (cut)	Combine Guard Gun · Combine Launcher · Desert Launcher · FIM-92 Stinger · GR9 · HK-707 · Hopwire Grenade · Immolator · Incendiary Rifle · MP5K · MP7 · Sniper Rifle · XM29 OICW
HECU (cut)	Minigun
Resistance (cut)	Brickbat · Flare Gun · Ice Axe · Molotov Cocktail · Physgun · Socket Wrench
Xen (cut)	Black Hole Gun
Other (cut)	AK-47 · Harpoon · Pulse Shield · Roller Wand · Sticky Launcher · Vortex Hopwire · Zero Point Generator

Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
Characters	Minor members · Dwight T. Barnes · Sharpe · Adrian Shephard
Weapons	Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Dam Turret · Double Turret · Dynamite · 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 Gun · SPAS-12
Vehicles	AH-64 Apache · F-16 Fighting Falcon · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M35 cargo truck · V-22 Osprey
Classes	HECU Engineer · HECU Medic · HECU Sniper · Robot Grunt
Technology	Powered Combat Vest · Radio · Tactical Map · Welding Torch
Other	Military Police · Santego Military Base
Weapons (cut)	Minigun
Vehicles (cut)	F-117 Nighthawk
Classes (cut)	Human Sergeant

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