Winter's Howl

Winter's Howl is a new Wonder Weapon introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It fires a blizzard that causes ice-based effects on the zombies. When a zombie is hit once by the Winter's Howl, it emits an icy steam and slows to walking speed. This also does minute damage to the zombie. If that same zombie is hit again while under the effects of the first blast, it is stopped in its tracks and is encased in an ice cube. This ice cube is fairly weak, with one knife or bullet required to destroy it and the zombie inside. The ice cube will shatter if left alone for a few seconds, which also kills the zombie. It holds 6 rounds and has 24 spare rounds. It can be Pack-a-Punched to become Winter's Fury. The Winter's Fury has 9 freeze blasts per magazine with 36 spare blasts. It also has a longer freeze time and more power.

The Winter's Howl and its upgraded version, the Winter's Fury, are best used as support or emergency weapons. The range is mediocre compared to ballistic weapons, and it has a limit to how many zombies it can hit at once. The effect is also vision-blocking, and can be detrimental to the aim of teammates.

Trivia

 * The Winter's Howl is another Wonder Weapon that is a Sci-Fi reference to the Freeze Ray. The other Sci-Fi references are the Ray Gun, Wunderwaffe DG-2, and the Thundergun.
 * There's a Winter's Howl sitting on one of the desks in the basement of "FIVE." Across from it is a target that has a coating of ice, suggesting that it was tested, if not developed, at the Pentagon.
 * This gun also appears in the Call of Duty: Black Ops version of Verrückt . (maybe suggesting that Peter created it as he worked in Verruckt.)
 * In "FIVE," the do not try to use the Winter's Howl against the Pentagon Thief. He is unaffected by the blast, and is not even slowed down.
 * The Winter's Howl is possibly an American version of the Ray Gun. They look similar, mostly it's shape, except for the far front and back. Even though the Ray Gun has 11 more rounds than the Winter's Howl, they both have immense power.
 * The Winter's Howl is not effective when running away from a horde of zombies. If you shoot a zombie in your way, it will just slow it down and the zombie can still attack you.