Ice Pick



An ice ax is a tool used to break-up, pick, or chip at ice. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Captain "Soap" MacTavish and Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson use them in the level Cliffhanger. Soap and possibly other soldiers may use them as melee weapons such as the knife or the bayonet. The ice axes are used where Captain "Soap" MacTavish uses them to kill an enemy soldier on a snowmobile.

However, in Cliffhanger you will only be able to use them in the beginning, after Gary automatically takes out his Silenced ACR with Heatbeat Sensor you will lose the ability to use the picks.

Trivia

 * Ice pick is an incorrect term; what Sanderson and Soap use are called ice axes. The curved, serrated part of the axe is called the pick; however, it is unlikely the developer was referring to this specific part.
 * If you don't hold on to the wall in Cliffhanger, you will fall and die. "Hold on for dear life!" will be shown on the screen.
 * If you hold on to the ice for too long, it will eventually break up and you will fall.
 * Roach melees with his knife in Cliffhanger, even though he has ice axes.
 * Ice axes were supposed to be a dual-wielding weapon, but you weren't given a chance to kill someone with them. You can, however, still melee with them if you press the attack button while not climbing.