Whether or not referred to as the Inexperienced Meanie, the Magnum Sniper or the AWP, Accuracy Worldwide’s Arctic Warfare is certainly one of gaming’s most iconic sniper rifles, with its id tied to one of many largest FPS franchises of all time, Counter-Strike. However how did such a distinct segment rifle change into an FPS and eSport legend? And was it actually constructed by three males in a shed in England?
On 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 certainly one of its creators Dave Partitions, and hears what made Counter-Strike’s weapon designer Minh ‘Gooseman’ Le choose the AWP all the way in which again in 1999.
