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The AWPer Hand is a promotional primary weapon for the Sniper. It is an AI Arctic Warfare Police sniper rifle, used in Counter-Strike series under its abbreviation: AWP.

This weapon functions identically to the Sniper Rifle.

The AWPer Hand was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam before August 21, 2012.

Damage and function times

Identical to: Sniper Rifle

Damage and function times Shot type Hitscan Damage type Bullet Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged Damage Base damage 100% 0% : 50

100%: 150 Critical 0%: 150

100%: 450 Mini-crit 0%: 68

100%: 203 Function times Attack interval 1.5 s Maximum charge time 3.3 s Zoom-in charging delay 1.3 s Zoom-in headshot delay 0.2 s Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Strange variant





Crafting

Blueprint

Related achievements

Grey Matter

Get 25 Headshots as a Sniper.

Firewatch

Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine Update)

[Undocumented] Added the AWPer Hand.

September 4, 2012 Patch

[Undocumented] Added missing crit firing sound.

September 13, 2012 [Item schema update]

Made the AWPer Hand in Genuine quality tradable and giftable.

Made the AWPer Hand craftable.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

Added Strange quality.

February 29, 2016 Patch

Fixed an LOD issue for The AWPer Hand.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

Updated sounds for the Awper Hand( sic ).

Trivia

The description references the fact that the AWP is commonly banned in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source servers.

and servers. The weapon's name is a play on the phrase "upper hand", referencing the advantage in Counter-Strike games that AWP users have, due to its immense stopping power.

games that AWP users have, due to its immense stopping power. The weapon is incorrectly referred to as an AWP. Due to its green body, it would either be an AWM (Arctic Warfare Magnum) or a normal AW. AWP (Arctic Warfare Police) models have a black body.

Gallery

First person view.

AWP in first-person view in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive .

Steam Pop-up featuring the AWPer Hand item.

Store announcement for the promotion.

Promotional image featuring the AWPer Hand on Sniper.

The Sniper with the AWPer Hand on the CS:GO Blog.