Secondary: laser sight toggle, lowers fire rate but raises accuracy When used against players it is exceptionally useful.Īccurate, mildly powerful and are always by your side when the situation goes bad, sidearms are lifesavers (not bulletsavers). When it comes to whacking headhumpers, what else is more trusty than a red crowbar? This weapon is a cross between the Combat Knife's high attack speed with the Wrench's crate-bashing might. Is also a very handy tool when it comes to crossing chasms and collecting Spore Fruits.įound in: Chapter 8: Vicarious Reality, in a display case.

Secondary fire lowers the player to the ground safely when the grapple is hooked on to said Xen moss.

Primary fire launches the barnacle's tongue to pull an object/enemy towards the player (mainly headcrabs) or, if the object is too large, pulls the player towards it. More of a puzzle-solving tool than a weapon, it can latch on to green moss-like growths that appears in gigantic numbers after the grapple was found. Secondary: extend tongue (when hooked on to Xen moss)Īny sewer-dweller's worst nightmare, a fully living, healthy (and hungry) Barnacle is now at your disposal. Primary: tongue launch, if hooked onto an enemy then the Barnacle will bite them when retracted However, the true power of the Combat Knife lies at its capability to backstab human enemies resulting in an insta-kill, provided you snuck up close enough behind your target.įound in: Chapter 1: Welcome to Black Mesa, planted into a dead Vortigaunt near the Osprey crash site. Base DMG: 10 (primary) / Instant Kill (backstab)īeing a standard issue does not mean being huge and overly OP, the Combat Knife serves as a last-ditch effort to shoo away enemies during a firefight, smacking headcrabs, or simply as a makeshift can-opener when crates are abundant (and you are bored, big time). One whack from this hunk of metal can seriously injure any creature foolish enough to try coming near, though caution must still be exercised since the primary swing might not be powerful enough to one-hit larger enemies and the secondary swing is too slow to be reliable.įound in: Chapter 1: Welcome to Black Mesa, on the ground near the first fat security guard

This big boy is a HUGE (emphasize HUGE) step up from the lowly crowbar used by Gordon Freeman. Base DMG: 10 (primary) / 45 to 200+ (secondary) However, in the multiplayer game the player can carry both the new Opposing Force weapons and their Half-Life variants at the same time.įrom the humble Crowbar to the almighty Pipe Wrench, these solid baddies, while not being of much use at range, they can really make the difference between a live marine and a dead marine when it comes to close quarters. In the single-player campaign, some of the weapons replace their Half-Life counterparts (Desert Eagle - Colt Python, M40A1 - Crossbow, Pipe wrench/Combat knife - Crowbar, Shock Roach - Hivehand). In his message, he slammed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Russian forces fighting at Lyman, calling him “a mediocrity.*This section includes any and all forms of obtainable weapons found in the singleplayer maps of Opposing Force* The influential ruler of the Caucasus region of Chechnya has been a vocal champion of the war in Ukraine, with Chechen forces forming part of the vanguard of the Russian army in Ukraine. Other top Putin allies, including former president Dmitry Medvedev, have suggested that Russia may need to resort to nuclear weapons, but Kadyrov’s call was the most urgent and explicit. Russia has the world’s largest atomic arsenal, including low-yield tactical nuclear weapons that are designed to be deployed against opposing armies. He was speaking a day after President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions - including Donetsk, where Lyman is located - and placed them under Russia’s nuclear umbrella, saying Moscow would defend the lands it had seized “with all our strength and all our means.” In a message on Telegram criticizing Russian commanders for abandoning the east Ukrainian town of Lyman on Saturday, Kadyrov wrote: “In my personal opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons.”įor all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, said on Saturday that Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine amid new reversals on the battlefield.

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