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Desert Eagle

Alternate name(s)	Deagle
Price	$650 in CS - CS:S $800 in CS:GO
Origin	Israel
Caliber
Magazine capacity	7/35
Firing mode(s)	Semi-automatic
Rate of fire	267 RPM
Weight (loaded)	1.8 kilograms
Projectile weight	19.4 grams
Muzzle velocity	1380 feet/second
Muzzle energy	1650 Joules
Used by	Counter-Terrorist Terrorist
Reload time	2.2 seconds
Movement speed (units per second)	250(CS,CZ,CS:S) 230(CS:GO)

The Desert Eagle, or Night Hawk .50c, as it was previously known, is one of the pistols featured in the Counter-Strike series.

OverviewEdit

The Desert Eagle is a powerful semi-automatic pistol available to both teams. It is chambered with .50 Action Express which makes it able to deal high amounts of damage. It is the most powerful handgun in the Counter-Strike series. For this reason, the Desert Eagle is one of the most popular and widely used weapons in the Counter-Strike games. Currently in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive it costs $800 as opposed to $650. The movement speed of this weapon is 250 units per second, meaning they don't suffer any speed reduction. However, in Global Offensive it has a movement speed of 230 units per second, which is suffering a moderate speed reduction. When comparing to other secondary weapons, it has the slowest movement speed of all pistols.

PropertiesEdit

CS, CZ and CS:S damage values

Hitbox	Primary Attack
Hitbox	Unarmored	Armored
Head	214	160
Chest & Arm	53	40
Stomach	66	50
Leg	39	39
Red signifies a fatal hit.

CS:GO damage values

Hitbox	Primary Attack
Hitbox	Unarmored	Armored
Head	250	231
Chest & Arm	62	58
Stomach	77	72
Leg	62	62
Red signifies a fatal hit.

While wielded, the player's movement speed is 250 units per second, meaning they suffer no speed reduction. However, in CS:GO the player's movement speed is reduced to 230 units per second. The Desert Eagle is one of the many weapons able to shoot underwater.

AdvantagesEdit

Extremely powerful ( 1 shot kill to the head, 3 shot kill to the chest)
Moderate Accuracy
Fast reload
Can penetrate through most surfaces
Can eliminate enemies with a headshot even if they are equipped with a helmet.

DisadvantagesEdit

Very small magazine size (7 rounds)
Relatively slow rate of fire compared to the other pistols
High spread and recoil, especially when on the move
Most expensive Handgun in CS:GO (It is $150 more expensive when comparing to the previous titles)

GameplayEdit

TacticsEdit

This weapon is fairly cheap, so it can be bought during the pistol round. However, this means the player cannot buy a defusal kit, as a Counter-Terrorist on a bomb defusal map.
2-3 shot bursts should be used at close range.
This pistol may be a good choice for users with very good aim, as a headshot grants an instant kill, even if the target is wearing a helmet.
This weapon has a good effective range, so it may be an ideal sidearm for players equipped with shotguns or SMGs.
This weapon is a good backup for snipers due to its high damage. Use the sniper rifle for long range engagements and switch to this weapon if an enemy gets too close.
Be sure to reload often due to the small magazine size.
If the enemy is not aware of you, go for headshots.
This is the only pistol that can penetrate through walls, whereas other pistols do not; so try to wallbang in order to kill an enemy player that is hiding.
Its ability to one shot kill make it good weapon for player equipped with Tactical shields.
Try not to miss; shooting your ammuniton too quickly (which is especially easy with the Deagle's small clip) will force you to waste time reloading, possibly in the middle of a firefight.
This pistol is often used to "wall-bang" surfaces unlike most of the other handguns.

CountertacticsEdit

Fully automatic weapons can be used to kill its user at close range.
Rifles can be used to kill its user at long range.
The Desert Eagle's low magazine size means that the user is forced to reload regularly
Strike the user with two or more teammates.
Depending on how close you are and if there are any nearby enemies, it may actually be a good idea to rush with a knife to the position of the Desert Eagle user when that player is reloading.

AchievementsEdit

Counter-Strike: SourceEdit

WeaponEdit

Icon	Name	Description
	Night Hawk .50c Expert	Kill 200 enemy players with the Night Hawk .50C

TriviaEdit

The Desert Eagle in the Counter-Strike games comes in two finishes: Black (used only in Deleted Scenes) and chrome silver (used in all other games), the sound is slightly different, too. In Global Offensive, the Desert Eagle instead has a dust-color shiny finish.
The Desert Eagle in Counter-Strike is based on the IMI/Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX chambered in .50AE. However, the version depicted has slits in the barrel (known as a "fluted barrel") that were only used in .44 Magnum and .357 Magnum models of the Mark XIX. The black Desert Eagle from Deleted Scenes lacks the fluted barrel in addition to the slits in the top of a standard Mark XIX barrel. The model in Global Offensive lacks this and has other markings confirming it as a .50
It is odd that the Desert Eagle is in Counter-Strike, because no police or military forces have (or ever for that matter) used it in any of it's variants/calibers due of loud noise and heavy penetrate power.
The "Eagle head" marking on the operating slide only appears in early Counter-Strike games until 1.6 version.
Before the August 10th, 2012 update, the Desert Eagle in Global Offensive shared its draw and reloading animations with the Glock-18, P2000, P250, and Five-SeveN.
- Reloading animations that are currently in use for Desert Eagle in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are remade pistol animations from the Alpha stages of the game.
The current model in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is re-used from Left 4 Dead 2's Magnum pistol (minus the LAM flashlight) and with new dust-color texture.
The Desert Eagle is sometimes called the "Deagle", a combination of the aforementioned words.

GalleryEdit

Main article: Night Hawk .50c/Gallery

External linksEdit

Desert Eagle at Wikipedia

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